Chapter 214 The Return of the Holy Judge
Red Maple City, a deserted alley deep in Sifen Street.
[Lost] In a medium-sized stronghold of the secret sect "The Secret Prayer of Death".
--Bang!
A piece of golden light rose, and the warhammer hit a curse master's head hard. A huge skylight suddenly opened, and blood, flesh and turbid matter splashed out.
"Holy Inquisitor" Anthony kicked away the half-headed corpse in front of him, and at the same time raised his hand and pulled out his war hammer.
"This is the last one." Anthony looked around. The stronghold he was "adjudicating" at this time had been completely wiped out by him and his subordinates. No heretic escaped from his war hammer.
Pamier came from the side, the blade of the giant sword he held in both hands was dripping with blood, and behind her, there was also half a corpse lying on it. The pagan's eyes widened before he died, and he seemed to be unwilling to die.
"Their secret vault is at the deepest part of the stronghold, and I have taken care of the heretics guarding it."
Pamier said in a cold voice, throwing a bunch of keys to Anthony, "This is the key found from the guard. Captain, please take someone to open it, and sort out the usable supplies and take them away. I'll go to the entrance and keep an eye on you."
Anthony took the key and watched Pamier dragging the giant sword towards the entrance of the stronghold. His back quickly disappeared behind the broken door.
Anthony nodded imperceptibly, and then ordered to the surrounding Holy Judges: "The rest of you, come with me, go to the 'secret storehouse' that the adjutant mentioned, count and take away everything you can use."
"Yes." The Holy Judges responded at the same time, and then penetrated into the corridor leading to the depths one by one.
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Deep in the stronghold.
A dark brown wooden door is embedded in the gray wall, looking conspicuous and abrupt.
Anthony and the Holy Judges were standing in front of this door, staring at the door with vigilant eyes.
On the facade of the brown wooden door, the strange black light flows, swirls, and is bound like a ribbon, like chains locking the door, revealing bursts of dark and ominous atmosphere.
Although all the [Lost] heretics in this stronghold have been wiped out, the Holy Inquisitors did not dare to be tired for a moment against this group of strange enemies.
The weirdness left on this door makes most of the Holy Inquisitors feel an extremely dangerous aura. If their spiritual level is not high enough, they may face fatal danger if they approach this door rashly.
Until Antony came to stand two feet away from the door, he raised his warhammer and prayed:
"——I long for the sacred heavenly fire, and I am willing to use my sins as firewood..."
"——Burn away the unclean, turbid, and filthy things!"
"——I carry this on my body, and the Holy Light gives me thunder!"
"..."
As Anthony prayed, the warhammer in his hand also changed in some way.
The glorious inscriptions engraved on the surface of the hammer suddenly emitted a dazzling light at the next moment, and one or two golden flames slowly ignited from the surface of the war hammer and continued to jump on it.
The Holy Judges beside Anthony only felt that the temperature seemed to have risen a lot. They were watching the chief Anthony closely at the same time, eagerly anticipating his next move.
Anthony immediately took a step back, and the war hammer in his hand was pulled as far as possible behind him, and the brightness of the flames dancing on the hammer's surface also reached its highest level.
The next moment, Anthony swung out a hammer and slammed the door hard!
--boom! ! !
The warhammer slammed hard on the facade. The golden holy flame suddenly collided with the black light on the facade, and an extremely violent explosion suddenly erupted. Along with it, spiritual air waves swept around the surroundings, one after another outward. It emitted a sonic blast.
The sound of sound waves echoed in the air in front of the secret warehouse door. The sound seemed to contain some kind of power that could shatter gold and iron, causing the Holy Judges to cover their ears.
Anthony, on the other hand, stood in front of the door with a calm expression, his eyes fixed on watching the holy flame "eating away" the strange black light bit by bit.
"Hiss! - Hiss!" The black light, which was being torn apart by the holy flames, made a shrill and sharp sound like mourning. The light began to flash unnaturally. Deep red and dark purple light appeared and flickered in it, and something was about to emerge.
The next moment, a translucent ghost with half a humanoid body struggled out of the door.
Its body was still stained with traces of golden flames, and it made a sharp and shrill whistle from its mouth, then swooped in the direction of Anthony with its teeth and claws.
At this time, Anthony had raised his war hammer again and smashed it down hard in the direction of the Netherworld Undead!
——Poof! Puff puff puff! When the war hammer wrapped with golden holy flames came into contact with the body of the undead, it did not make a huge explosion like before when the door was smashed, but instead made waves of low, muffled sounds like water cannons.
Following Anthony's hammer blow, a large amount of holy flames were poured into the body of the undead, burning and annihilating the profound energy on which it was formed from the inside.
"—Hiss! Ooooh!"
The outline of the undead began to tremble violently, and he screamed more painfully at the same time, but the holy flame inside it became brighter and brighter, and the deep and ominous aura was gradually disappearing.
Finally, bright flames began to jump on the outline of the undead, burning it from the inside and outside at the same time, and finally annihilating its form, leaving no trace of spirituality.
As the dead souls on the Poyei door were successfully purified, the brown door also revealed its original quaint appearance. Anthony opened the door with the key that Pamier threw to him, and saw the scene behind the door.
It was a room that stored many [Lost] secrets. A large number of scrolls, props, weapons and equipment were displayed on the simple shelves on both sides.
In addition, the money hoarded by the pagans in this stronghold was also concentrated in two large wooden boxes. Anthony picked up the weight and estimated that the money contained in it was about five thousand gold coins.
This is really a big gain... Anthony thought to himself. He immediately asked his subordinates to move out the two boxes containing gold coins. After that, people sorted out the scrolls stored in the secret vault, preparing to take away the "Ancient Heritage" scrolls and burn the [Lost] taboo scrolls among them as usual.
Afterwards, the Holy Judges destroyed the weapons or equipment that had been enchanted by the forbidden enchantment, and took away other ordinary equipment that had not been enchanted. As for other props, medicines and materials, they are all packed and taken away, but these things need to be appraised by the priests of the "Mission House" before they can be used with confidence.
After arranging for his Holy Judges to carry out these tasks, Anthony looked around again to confirm that he had not left anything behind.
Suddenly, his attention was attracted by a small table on the side.
It was an inconspicuous small square table. Two of its four legs were even broken. If it hadn't been leaning against the wall, it would have almost collapsed.
On the desktop, there is a brand new piece of paper with writing on it.
"I just... didn't seem to see it. Is there a piece of paper here?"
Anthony thought with some confusion, but this was not an important memory. His first feeling was that he had missed something, so he shook his head and walked towards the square table.
When Anthony reached the table, he picked up the paper and quickly recognized what was written on it.
[To the obituary: ‘Death Priest’ Aswiss]
[The ‘Judgment War’ is approaching. I am asking you on behalf of the will of the 'Holy Envoy': Have you prepared enough sacrifices to make the giant wheel turn and make the ancient soul happy? 】【As a fellow participant in the path of death, I need to remind you. Don’t get lost in worshiping death, and don’t forget your mission...]
[I came here for revenge. Although my disciples’ death makes me sad, the restoration of the Theocracy is more important than anything else. I hope you can do the same. 】
[If you have prepared enough sacrifices, then bring them to see me. I am at Lane 6, the abandoned site of Pender Street, and the 'hidden eye' will guide you on the way to visit me. 】
[——‘Death Teller’ Grayn]
…
After quickly browsing the contents of the paper, Anthony fell into deep thought.
The words described in the letter were too obscure, and he was actually not very able to understand the meaning they expressed. But there is the most important and critical information in it, which is the main purpose of Anthony and his "Holy Judges"'s ruling this time.
——"Death Teller" Grayn! In this letter, the location where Grean is hiding is recorded!
Is this letter written by Geron to "Priest of Death" Asves? Is there a "comrades" relationship between them? Green also mentioned "revenge" in this letter... Starro, the "Spirit Beloved" who was killed by us before, was actually his disciple?
Anthony’s mind was full of doubts as he thought about this. Based on his understanding of [Loss], he didn’t understand why Starro from the “Séance” school was from the “Death” school. Ryan's disciple... But this is not important. What is important is that he learned about a very important location - "Alley No. 6, the abandoned site of Pender Street"! After obtaining this position, the mission assigned to them by the Holy Inquisition will be successfully completed.
Anthony then put away the paper, and the Holy Judges under him had also followed his previous assignment orders and cleared out the secret vault in this stronghold. They were all waiting outside the secret vault door for "Chief Officer" ”Anthony stepped out and gave them final instructions.
Anthony then walked towards the door. He put the warhammer on his back at the same time and made a "stop the team" gesture to the Holy Judges.
The Holy Inquisitors then exited the stronghold in an orderly manner, and after joining the adjutant Pamier who was guarding the door, they returned towards the church.
…
Just a few minutes after Anthony and the others left the stronghold.
Beside the square table in the secret vault, a vague whirlpool door slowly appeared on the wall, and a reddish, translucent human face poked out from it.
The eyes of the "spiritual body" looked at the empty table, then looked at the direction where Anthony and other "Holy Judges" were leaving, and nodded slightly.
After that, the head of the "spiritual body" retracted into the vortex, and then the vortex closed, returning to the rough, dark color of the wall, as if nothing had happened.
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Red Maple City, Glorious Church.
In the afternoon, Anthony, Pamier, and the inquisitors dispatched by the "Holy Inquisition" returned in triumph with the news of the victory.
In just two days, they successfully completed the task of judgment assigned to them by Luo Xiu, the "host of the great ceremony", and wiped out all the enemies. No holy judge died as a result, and the most serious ones only suffered fatal injuries.
As for this mere fatal injury, as long as you can return to the church with a sigh of relief, it can be effectively cured. As the "wartime church", the Red Maple City Church has sent many powerful and sacred medicines to the diocese. The blessed healing potion is enough to save any dying priest from the crisis of death.
And when Anthony and Pamier led the Holy Inquisition team back to the church, they immediately found a guiding pastor of the "Preaching Place" and asked them to take the injured Holy Inquisitor to the Mission House. Diagnose the injury and receive treatment.
However, when Anthony found the guiding priest and conveyed this to him, the guiding priest had a somewhat hurried look on his face and said to Anthony: "Well, well. Lord Anthony, the priests of the mission house We will treat them carefully..."
"..."
Sensing something strange about the leading pastor, Anthony assumed a friendly and friendly attitude and asked the pastor in front of him gently:
"You seem scared? Is it because of the blood stains on our bodies?"
"..." The guiding pastor was stunned for a moment, and his head immediately dropped.
As if he finally mustered up the courage, the guiding pastor finally raised his head again and said to Anthony:
"Please forgive me for my rudeness. Now the priests of the mission house will inevitably be a little scared when they see the priests of the Holy Inquisition..."
"Why?" Anthony asked with some confusion on his face.
"Oh...you don't know that yet."
The guiding pastor considered his words, and then said to Anthony:
"Just at noon today, our former chief officer, Mr. Kilanta, was discovered by Mr. Grand Priest of embezzlement and corruption. As a result, he was removed from his position and transferred to the Holy Inquisition for strict supervision..."
"And the priests who committed crimes together with Lord Chilanta were also removed from their original positions and fined their salary...if Lord Daiji had not revealed this in front of the altar statue. "Things like this, we, the marginalized clergy, don't even know that something like this has happened in the mission house."
"And now the entire mission is subject to the supervision of the 'Holy Inquisition', so the current clergymen of the 'Mission' are in panic. No one knows whether the next punishment of the Great Priest will come. On top of your head..."
"..."
Luo Xiu took action against Qilanta, the assistant priest of the "Missionary School"? As expected, he found the first suitable partner to establish his power as I suggested to him before. He didn't expect this to happen so quickly... Anthony thought to himself.
And that's not all. Luo Xiu directly asked people from the "Holy Inquisition" to supervise the "Missionary Office", and the two leaders of the Holy Inquisition are both his own people. This means that the real power of the church has been divided into three groups. Two-thirds are really under the control of Luo Xiu... As for the "Secret Fortress", after the "Preaching Station" broke out like this, it is only a matter of time before the "Secret Fortress" is truly under Luo Xiu's control... …
Anthony thought about this, he smiled at the same time, and said in a gentle tone to the leading priest in front of him: "Don't be afraid, my friend. As long as you have a clear conscience and the glorious teachings, the punishment of the high priest will never come to you. body."
"Yes, yes..." the leading priest murmured piously, his hand already caressing his chest, he performed the standard sacrament to Anthony, and then said:
"I think, more Those who pursue glory will not commit such crimes. What we should do is to be more cautious."
After saying that, the leading pastor nodded slightly, saluted Anthony again, and then turned and returned to his post.
Anthony and Pamier went straight to the Holy Office. They had learned from the priests along the way that Luo Xiu, the "presiding priest", was there at this time.
When he was almost in front of the Holy Office, Anthony saw Luo Xiu's figure standing in front of the magnificent Holy Office, looking at them from a distance with a smile.
He seemed to have already heard from other clergymen about the return of the clergymen of their "Holy Inquisition". Anthony and Pamier then quickened their pace and soon arrived in front of the Holy Office.
"You have completed your mission and returned." Luo Xiu stepped forward to greet them and asked them, "Did you gain anything?"
"Yes." Anthony nodded.
"We always remember what you said, about the 'Death Announcer' Gray."
"And in the stronghold of the 'Death Secret Prayer' that we finally determined, we did find something about his hiding place."
With that said, Anthony took out the paper handwritten by "Grian" from his arms and handed it to Luo Xiu.
Luo Xiu reached out to take it and browsed it quickly. His eyes became deep, and he nodded slowly, saying solemnly: "Thank you for your hard work, Anthony, and Pamier. Your discovery is quite important..."
"That 'Herald of Death' Gray, he turned out to be at the abandoned site on Pender Street... Hmm. This is exactly what I want to know."
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(End of chapter)