Tome of Blood

  Chapter 145-144-Your Excellency Linus, you have been arrested

   The days of waiting are long and tormented.

  Among the apprehension, tension and anticipation, time passed day by day, and the great priest finally ushered in the day when the church evaluation team from the New Moon Parish came.

  After these days of preparation, he has almost taken care of the ups and downs. Even the various visions of Boulder, under the tacit cooperation between him and the old Duke, he took what he needed and suppressed them one by one.

  Speaking of which, it is also thanks to the God of Night, who is obviously hostile to the Gorefiend Cult, for solving the troubles of the Gorefiend Cult, and allowing him to cleverly take the credit for himself.

  He really did a lot of preparation.

  For the sake of safety, he even temporarily put aside the little beauty of the Castel family.

   Next, as long as the great priest himself can pass the church's inquiry test, he can completely get rid of this crisis.

   What happened in Boulder must not be hidden from the legendary investigation, but if you want to hide it from a blazing sun priest... if you have the secret help of the gods, the great priest is still sure.

  Of course, he also prepared for the worst.

  He has closed the cathedral's holy emblem protection ahead of time, and he has also brought an advanced magic scroll for directional teleportation with him. Once he finds that something is wrong, he will decisively flee.

  That is the worst situation. If possible, the High Priest hopes that he will never appear.

   But if it really happened, then he would only have to completely surrender to the mysterious God of Darkness.

   These days, I often pray to the God of Darkness. In addition to hoping to get the protection of the other party during the evaluation, I also plan for the worst situation.

  Melodious bells rang from the bell tower of the church, and accompanied by flying dust, a mighty procession appeared outside the city of Boulder.

  That is an evaluation team composed of trial knights and church priests.

  The entire team of more than a hundred people drove into Boulder City mightily, and the great priest Linus led the priests of Boulder to greet him at the gate of the city in person.

  The leader of the evaluation team is named Gast, 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 legend.

  He is also one of the three duke-level theocratic lords of the New Moon Kingdom, ruling the Landis priesthood in the middle of the New Moon Kingdom, also known as the Lantis priest.

  The great priest saw Landis the officiant surrounded by priests at a glance.

  As a senior clergyman of the Holy Royal Court, he has been able to know a lot of high-level mobilization information of the church in advance. He knows that Priest Lantis has long been valued by the Cardinals and will soon be recalled to the clerical state to accept the test of divine grace.

  Once he passes the test, he can be officially promoted to the chief priest with legendary power, and he will step down as the priest of Lord Lantis and join the priesthood of cardinals.

  The high priest Linus will compete for the position of officiant in the future, in fact, Lord Landis will hold it!

  Thinking of this, the great priest took a deep breath, put on a friendly and decent smile, and came to Lantis the priest, enthusiastically said:

   "Praise be holy! Lord Gast, welcome to Boulder!"

  The officiant of Landis is a tall, gray-haired, old man with a rigid face.

   He didn't respond to the high priest's overtures, but just gave him a cold look, and then led the members of the evaluation team towards the cathedral.

  The smile of the great priest suddenly froze on his face.

  Although Landis is the officiant and the vassal who rules the theocracy, in terms of rank, he is actually at the same level as the great priest Linus.

  Both of them belong to the duke rank, at most, the other party is half a rank higher than him because of the status of the officiant, which is a bit similar to the court title and fief title in the nobility.

  It is not normal for priests of the same level to meet with indifferent attitudes and not even say hello, even if they are the chief examiners who act impartially.

  The great priest faintly felt that Landis' officiant's attitude seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't figure out where he had offended him.

   But no matter what, as the chief judge of his bid to be the officiant, he must take good care of the relationship.

   Stiffly maintaining a smile, the great priest turned and followed the team of the evaluation team.

  He came to the side of Priest Landis, and enthusiastically introduced the customs and the situation of the church in Boulder.

   But Landis' officiant remained expressionless and unmoved, embarrassing the great priest.

  If it weren't for the other two deputy chief judges of the evaluation team to continue his conversation without saying a word, the great priest really felt that he might not be able to stand this serious, embarrassing, and indifferent atmosphere soon.

unusual!

   Absolutely not normal!

  Even if the church does not allow the chief examiner to have too much in-depth communication with the priest being assessed, the attitude of the chief priest of Landis is too abnormal!

  The great priest only felt more and more irritable.

  The assessment team has not started to investigate the situation in Boulder, and this attitude has emerged. Could it be... what did the parish find?

  The great priest's heart sank slightly.

  But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he had filled all the holes, as if there were no holes left.

  Even if there is, it is also negligence in the recovery of the evil god.

  But he also has the credit for "uprooting the Gorefiend Cult" and the credit for the theocraticization of the future Castel.

   These are all his advantages.

   Not to mention, he still has the dark protection of the God of the Night.

  The great priest suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, continued to smile, chatted with the members of the evaluation team, and returned to the cathedral in Boulder like this.

  As the chief examiner, the chief 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, with solemn expressions.

  The great priest was also a little nervous.

  He knew that according to the usual practice, the evaluation team would read out the church's evaluation documents and related procedures.

   As if to verify his judgment, soon after Bishop Landis stood up, a priest respectfully handed him the parchment.

  However, the moment the great priest saw the parchment, he was suddenly taken aback.

  The cover of the parchment...is not the golden color used by the church to issue ordinary official documents and instructions, but an ominous black.

  Black official documents are only used in the holy royal court when they are suspended for investigation, punishment or arrest.

  The sound of "creaking" came from behind, and the high priest noticed that the trial knights directly closed the door of the cathedral and locked it from the inside.

  As for the other two deputy chief examiners who also have the third-level strength of Chi Yang, they have already stood behind him, one on the left and one on the right, and they seem to be ready to make a move at any time.

not good!

  The expression of the great priest changed slightly.

   At the same time, the officiant of Landis on the high platform also opened the black parchment scroll, and read solemnly:

   "According to the real-name report, Linus, the great priest of the Holy King's Court Boulder Branch, colluded with the Blood Demon Sect and killed civilians. The evidence is solid..."

   After finishing speaking, he put down the parchment and looked at the high priest coldly:

   "Your Excellency Linus, you have been arrested."

   There is only one update tonight.

  (end of this chapter)