Chapter 145 -144- Your Excellency Linus, You Are Arrested
Chapter 145 -144- Sir Linus, you have been arrested
The days of waiting are long and painful.
Amidst the anxiety, tension and anticipation, time passed day by day, and the high priest finally welcomed the arrival of the church evaluation team from Crescent Diocese.
After these days of preparation, he has almost taken care of everything from top to bottom. Even Bold's various visions were suppressed one by one with the tacit cooperation between him and the old Duke.
Speaking of which, this is also thanks to the God of Dark Night, who is obviously hostile to the Blood Demon Order, for solving the Blood Demon Order's troubles and allowing him to cleverly take the credit on himself.
He really made a lot of preparations.
For the sake of safety, he even temporarily put aside the little beauty of the Castel family.
Next, as long as the high priest himself can pass the church's inquiry test, he will be able to get rid of this crisis completely.
What happened in Bold cannot be hidden from Legend's investigation, but if you want to hide it from a Blazing Sun priest...if you have the secret help of the gods, the high priest will still have a certain degree of confidence.
Of course, he also prepared for the worst.
He had already shut down the cathedral's holy symbol protection in advance, and had brought with him a high-level magic scroll for directional teleportation. Once he noticed something was wrong, he would flee decisively.
That is the worst case scenario. If possible, the high priest hopes that it will never appear.
But if it does happen, then he will have no choice but to completely surrender to the mysterious God of Dark Night.
These days I often pray to the God of Dark Night, not only hoping to gain protection from the other party during the assessment, but also to prepare for the worst case scenario.
Melodious bells rang from the church bell tower, and accompanied by flying dust, a mighty procession appeared outside the city of Boulder.
It was an evaluation team composed of trial knights and church priests.
The entire team of more than a hundred people drove into the city of Boulder in a mighty manner, and the high priest Linus and the priests of Boulder personally greeted them at the city gate.
The leader of the evaluation team is Gaster, a senior princess priest who was born as a commoner. He is deeply favored by God, and his strength is only one step away from being legendary.
He is also one of the three duke-level theocratic lords of the Crescent Kingdom. He rules the Landis theocratic principality located in the central part of the Crescent Kingdom and is also known as the chief priest of Landis.
The high priest saw Priest Landis surrounded by priests at a glance.
As a senior cleric of the Holy Royal Court, he has been able to know in advance a lot of high-level transfer information of the church. He knows that Priest Landis has long been valued by the College of Cardinals and will soon be recalled to the Theocracy to undergo the test of divine grace.
Once he passes the test, he can be officially promoted to a high priest with legendary power, step down from the position of chief priest of Princess Landis, and join the group of cardinal priests.
The position of High Priest Linus that he will be running for in the future is actually held by Duke Landis!
Thinking of this, the high priest took a deep breath, put on a friendly and decent smile, came to the front of Priest Landis, and said enthusiastically:
"Praise the Holy One! Lord Gast, welcome to Boulder!"
The officiant, Landis, is a tall old man with gray hair and a stern face.
He had no reaction to the high priest's overtures. He just gave him a cold look and rushed towards the cathedral with the members of the evaluation team.
The high priest's smile suddenly froze on his face.
Although Priest Landis is a clerical vassal who rules the theocratic domain, in terms of rank, he is actually on the same level as the great priest Linus.
Both of them belong to the Duke level, and at most the other one is half a level higher than him because of his status as the officiant, which is somewhat similar to the palace titles and fief titles in the nobility.
Priests of the same level have an indifferent attitude when meeting them, and do not even say hello. Even if they are the chief examiner who works impartially, this situation is not normal.
The high priest vaguely felt that Priest Landis's attitude seemed not quite right, but he could not figure out where he had offended him.
But no matter what, as the chief judge of his competition to be the officiant, he must take care of his relationship.
Maintaining a stiff smile, the high priest turned around and followed the evaluation team.
He came to the side of Priest Landis and enthusiastically introduced the customs of Boulder and the situation of the church.
But Priest Landis remained expressionless and unmoved, which made the high priest quite embarrassed.
If it weren't for the other two deputy chief examiners of the evaluation team who continued to chat with him sentence by sentence, the high priest really felt that he would soon be unable to stand this serious, embarrassing, and indifferent atmosphere.
unusual!
Absolutely not normal!
Even if the church does not allow the chief examiner to have too many in-depth exchanges with the priest being evaluated, the attitude of Priest Landis is too abnormal!
The great priest felt that he was getting more and more irritable.
The evaluation team has not even started investigating the situation in Boulder, and this attitude has appeared. Could it be that... the diocese discovered something?
The great priest's heart sank slightly.
But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he had filled in all the flaws, and there seemed to be no gaps left.
Even if there is, it would be the resurgence of the evil god derelict in its duty.
But he also has the merit of "uprooting the Blood Demon Order" and the merit of transforming the future Castel into a theocracy.
These are his advantages.
Not to mention, he still has the secret protection of the God of Darkness.
The high priest suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, continued to smile, and chatted and laughed with the members of the evaluation team, and then returned to the cathedral in Boulder.
As the chief examiner, Priest Landis entered the church first and naturally stood on the high platform of the hall.
The trial knights who followed the evaluation team also lined up on both sides, looking solemn.
The high priest was also a little nervous.
He knew that, as usual, the evaluation team would read out the church's evaluation documents and related procedures next.
As if to verify his judgment, soon after Bishop Landis stood up, a priest respectfully handed him the parchment.
However, when the high priest saw the parchment scroll, he was suddenly stunned.
The cover of the parchment... was not the gold used by the church to issue ordinary official documents, but an ominous black.
Black official documents, within the Holy Royal Court, are only used during suspension investigations, punishments or arrests.
The sound of "creaking" came from behind, and the high priest noticed that the trial knights closed the door of the cathedral directly and locked it from the inside.
As for the other two deputy examiners who also have the third level of Blazing Sun strength, they are already standing behind him, one on the left and one on the right, seeming to be ready to take action at any time.
not good!
The expression of the high priest changed slightly.
At the same time, Priest Landis on the high platform also opened the black parchment scroll and read seriously:
"According to a real-name report, Linus, the great priest of the Boulder branch of the Holy Royal Court, colluded with the Blood Demon Order and killed civilians. The evidence is conclusive..."
After saying that, he put down the parchment and looked at the high priest coldly: