Chapter 99: Rebellious
Looking at the guards who were enjoying the "vacation life" outside the East Church, Chen Fan felt bad.
Surrounded? Like a siege.
Attacked? Like an attack.
Suppressed the rebellion? Like a town.
"This... this is not a solution!"
Chen Fan looked at one of the guards with a wooden face as he took out dry food and water from his backpack and lit a bonfire on the spot. He couldn't help but sighed.
He understood the situation.
The other party was also afraid of the thugs who retreated to the East Church.
This can be seen from the huge encirclement built by the guards-there is an extremely wide buffer zone between the entire encirclement and the East Church.
Not to mention the encirclement, even the range of activities of the guards has a clear demarcation line with the East Church.
Never cross the line and never take the initiative to provoke trouble. This is the attitude expressed by the guards.
As for the reason...
the bodies of the clergymen lying on the ground are probably the main reason.
These guards just want to complete the instructions issued by the Pope, and they don't want to risk their lives for it!
After realizing this, Chen Fan also had a perverse idea in his mind.
Now he only had a small pistol in his hand. Although this pistol was a little powerful, it did not change the fact that it was just a pistol.
And the other party... Let alone other things, the thousands of guards alone were enough to make Chen Fan feel apprehensive.
"We have to find a way to get these guards to leave..."
With the cover of the North Church, Chen Fan carefully looked at the guards around the East Church.
"This may be a bit difficult..."
Isa's voice came from the side: "These guards only listen to the Pope's orders, unless you can get the Pope to order again, otherwise..."
As she said, Isa sighed softly and shook her head helplessly.
Chen Fan's expression had become strange.
Pope?
"Is it possible..." Chen Fan tried to slow down his tone as much as possible, "The Pope is dead?"
Isa: "......?"
A few minutes later.
Isa walked out of the shadow of the North Church and walked carefully towards the East Church.
Under the gloomy sky, Isa, who was shrouded in a black robe, exuded a mysterious aura from head to toe.
...
"Holt."
Bailey moved his lips, causing his dirty beards to tremble slightly: "Relax, nothing will happen."
"Look at the other guards, they are like this too, aren't they?"
Holt's face showed some entanglement when he heard Bailey's words.
Perhaps because he had just been transferred into the "establishment", Holt still had some enthusiasm in his heart - for the guards, guarding the Wall of Sighs directly under the Pope's jurisdiction was the highest honor.
"But..."
Holt tried to refute the old predecessor's experience: "The Pope is watching us over there. Wouldn't the Pope be disappointed with us?"
As he said that, he subconsciously pointed to the direction of the North Church.
A black shadow slowly walked from the North Church in the distance and came into his sight.
"...Priest?!"
Before Holt could speak, Bailey, who had always been calm, had already climbed up from the ground and waved his hand to interrupt the laughter of the guards around him: "Get up! Everyone stand up!"
"A priest is coming!!"
"Priests? Why are there still priests?"
"Shouldn't they have been killed by those rebellious mobs?"
"Damn it... Who said there are no free clergy in Varela?!"
For a moment, the original laughter turned into deliberately suppressed curses.
This is normal.
Although the guards of the Wall of Sighs are only under the jurisdiction of the Pope, their status in Varela is only higher than that of ordinary believers and white-robed deacons.
Facing priests, these guards must maintain the necessary respect.
Not to mention that the place where this priest appeared was the North Church, where the Pope lived!
This caused even more uneasiness among the guards.
They could never have imagined that the Pope had hidden a priest in the North Church even though the East Church had been beaten to a pulp.
Is there really only one priest in such a big North Church?
When this question came to the minds of the guards, their uneasiness became even stronger!
"Respected priest."
Seeing the petite black-robed priest about to approach him, Bailey stretched out his hand to adjust his armor and took a step forward: "What instructions did the Pope ask you to bring?"
Isa raised her head slightly and carefully looked at the guard in front of her under the cover of the wide hood.
She frowned slightly and carefully recalled the words Chen Fan told her.
"The Lord has sent down an oracle, the rebellion has been basically quelled, and those bewitched believers are innocent."
With the experience of lying in front of the bishop and the archbishop before, Isa said without any psychological pressure: "The Pope sent me to the East Church to persuade those bewitched believers."
Bailey was stunned for a moment, and then glanced at the body of the clergyman lying in a pool of blood with a strange look.
Innocent?
Are you sure this word is used to describe those crazy thugs?
Although he was puzzled, due to Isa's identity, Bailey still silently stepped back half a step and made way to the East Church.
"As you wish, High Priest."
...
Watching Isa step over the debris and blood step by step, Bailey shook his head with a sigh.
"Well, another one rushing to die."
"To die?"
Holt was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked back: "Why do you say that?"
Before he finished speaking, Holt looked at the scattered limbs and arms on the ground, and suddenly woke up: "Why didn't you stop her?!"
"She is a priest!"
Bailey sneered, and the wrinkles on his face wrinkled into a ball: "Why remind her?"
"It's just right, we can also take this opportunity to see if there are other clergy in the North Church."
"If not..."
The wrinkles on Bailey's face deepened again: "I'm tired of those days guarding the Wall of Sighs!!"
Holt looked at Bailey in front of him, and felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart.
He understood the meaning of Bailey's words!
This old senior wanted to use this opportunity to gain higher power and status!
Even to break free from the constraints of the Pope!
What's the difference between this and those rebellious thugs? ! !
No, it's not just Bailey!
Holt turned his head and looked around.
The moment Bailey finished speaking, the guards around him all smiled in agreement!
Obviously, they had the same plan in mind! !
Holt gritted his teeth secretly, and a little resistance inexplicably arose in his heart.
Driven by this resistance, he stepped forward: "Priest, the thugs are fierce. For your safety, please allow me to serve as your guard!"
The moment the voice fell, the surroundings suddenly fell into a dead silence.
(End of this chapter)
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