It didn't take long for all that happened at the Northland New Year Festival to shake the entire temple.
"This is a disgrace to the temple!"
Standing in the center of the Glorious Hall, the Supreme Bishop, dressed in a crimson robe, had a livid face, and even the hand holding the scepter looked a little pale from excessive force.
In front of him, the bishops headed by Bishop Karl lowered their heads and dared not even breathe.
It was no wonder that the Supreme Bishop was so angry. The scandal at the New Year's Festival of the Temple was embarrassing enough, but the problem was that this was not just an ordinary private fight. One of the parties was a famous God-favored person in the Temple, and the other was a Holy Spirit Knight! Moreover, this private fight eventually involved the Angel Legion and the Goddess' direct intervention! !
“What on earth is going on!!”
The Supreme Bishop glared at the bishops in front of him, his old face even trembling with anger.
"Who can tell me why the God-favored Ones of our temple would fight with a Holy Spirit Knight? Why would an army of angels appear? Why did it end up in a situation where the Goddess had to intervene personally? Hmm? Where have you been? What are you doing?!"
The Supreme Bishop was getting angrier and angrier as he spoke. Originally, whether it was the Kingdom of Heaven, angels or the goddess appearing, it was all good for the Temple. But this time, the Temple was pushed to the forefront. Well, now the rumors outside are getting more and more outrageous, and there are even cultists with ulterior motives who spread rumors privately, claiming that it was because the Temple of Order had betrayed the will of the goddess that the goddess sent her messenger to punish the Temple.
In the past, such remarks would have been laughed at. But now, many people were even shaken!
This is also normal. After all, when Fang Zheng summoned the angel army, there were many nobles and mages present. They all heard Brand, the most powerful knight commander of the temple, personally identify Fang Zheng as a cultist, and then the other party summoned angels to slap him in the face. Everything that happened in this process cannot but make people think deeply.
Brand is the most powerful force in the Temple. To some extent, he does represent the will of the Temple.
And now, a spokesperson for the temple pointed at the people guarded by the angels and called them cultists? In the end, they even fought to the death?
Plus, in the end the goddess took away Brand's artifact, the Blade of Justice... oh, it's impossible not to think too much.
All of this happened in public. Even if the nobles and the Holy Temple who attended the banquet did not spread rumors, there were still so many servants and maids. The Holy Temple knew that it was better to guard against the mouths of the people than against the floods. How could this matter be covered up?
Once all this was spread out, and those damned cultists mixed it up, maybe they would really think that the Temple had betrayed the will of the goddess, and even planned to find an opportunity to kill Fang Zheng, the goddess's spokesperson. So the goddess couldn't stand it, so she directly sent the angel army to protect him, and finally took away Brand's artifact herself.
"Please don't be too angry, Supreme Bishop."
At this moment, a gentle voice sounded. Upon hearing this voice, the extremely angry Supreme Bishop immediately turned around respectfully and bent down to the other side of the veil.
"But... Your Holiness..."
"Let's talk about what happened first... At least, we need to know what happened so that we can make a judgment, right? Lord Karl, you were on the scene and in charge of this matter. I think you should have a complete report."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Carl, who was standing below, took a step forward and began to describe in detail what had happened.
Although Carl did not see what happened at the time, fortunately, in addition to Nymph and Connie, there were guards on duty and servants passing by in the backyard of the temple. From these people, plus the interrogation of Brand, Carl successfully figured out the whole story.
After listening to Bishop Carl's story, everyone present felt that they had no idea what to say.
"...In other words, Knight Connie thought that the angel was bound by Knight Founder's magic or some other means, so she tried to help her break free? She's really amazing...!!"
The Supreme Bishop didn't even have the energy to be angry at this moment. He just felt that how could there be such stupid Templar Knights under his command.
"Sir Karl, in your opinion, is the angel bound?"
"No, Your Majesty."
Hearing the question, Bishop Karl answered seriously again.
"To be honest, in the previous battle in the Dark Swamp, I had the honor of fighting side by side with Knight Fangzheng and the angel. From what I observed, the angel trusted Knight Fangzheng very much, and there was no gap between the two. Moreover, the angel played the most important role in destroying the Gate of Hell. If it weren't for her, we would not have been able to defeat the six-armed snake demon Bella so easily, and destroy the magic circle of the Gate of Hell..."
“…”
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. They finally understood why the young man had hurt someone just because of a disagreement. Well, he had taken the trouble to help you remove such a big threat, so it would be fine if he didn't say a word of thanks. But he actually hurt someone... And it was for a completely unfounded reason. Anyone would be angry.
"...and now the funeral of Knight Connie..."
"…We are considering…"
Speaking of this, Bishop Karl also looked helpless.
"To be honest, we have also examined Knight Connie's body. Her soul and life have completely disappeared..."
"Was it the Angel of Death who did this?"
Hearing Bishop Karl's answer, the Supreme Bishop also frowned.
Perhaps the lower believers would have doubts about the power of death, but in fact, as the high-ranking officials of the Temple of Order, they were not really disgusted with the power of darkness and death. Because both darkness and death were actually part of order. Therefore, what the Temple of Order opposed was not darkness and death, but the disasters and sufferings brought by these powers - after all, compared to holy light, the harm caused by the former was naturally greater.
"...Where's Brand?"
"He has been resting at home. It seems that the loss of the Blade of Justice has been a great blow to him."
"Why……"
Hearing Bishop Carl's answer, the Supreme Bishop sighed helplessly. Brand had brought this upon himself. Not only had he lost the Blade of Justice, but even his power had been taken away by the Goddess. Now he had completely turned into an old and decrepit mortal, no longer possessing the legendary power. In fact, the Temple had decided to deprive Brand of his title of Knight Commander. Everything he had done was too much, and even the Goddess had to intervene personally. If the Temple did not respond quickly, he would be doomed.
"That square knight... have you found him?"
"I'm sorry, but we still haven't found the whereabouts of Founder Knight."
After the battle, Fang Zheng fled with Nymph. As they were protected by the angel army led by Masail, the others did not dare to stop them and could only watch him leave. After that, Bishop Karl also took Shi Dong and the others to look for Fang Zheng everywhere, and even went to Rex to ask, but unfortunately, there was no clue.
"Is there no way to find his whereabouts through the star pattern?"
Hearing this answer, the Supreme Bishop became even more anxious. As the saying goes, the person who tied the bell must be the one to untie it. The best way now is to find Fang Zheng and then announce in a high-profile manner that there is no problem between him and the Temple. This will dispel the rumors, but the problem is that Fang Zheng is hiding now and they can't find him, which is very troublesome.
In this situation, what if someone pretends to be the Temple and launches an attack, and then draws hatred for themselves? Antonio alone is enough to give people a headache, if there is another one, how can the Temple bear it!
Now the first thing the Temple had to do was to find Fang Zheng and clear up the misunderstanding with him. At least they had to let him know that the Temple had no hatred or resentment towards him. What happened before was just Brand and Connie's private actions, and did not represent the Temple's own thoughts. But... Fang Zheng just didn't show up, so it was useless for them to be sincere!
"I'm sorry, I've looked for Lord Oscar, but he said that the Founder Knight's astrology has been obscured, and it's impossible to find out the real location..."
"Why……"
Hearing this, the Supreme Bishop could only sigh helplessly.
"But it's better this way. If we can't find it, those with ulterior motives won't be able to find it either... Maybe this is the will of the goddess."
But where did the young man go?