Chapter 326 Stone Tablet
In the western suburbs of Tivian, on the banks of the Moon Stream River.
The tall villa located on the riverside has been engulfed by the blazing flames. The leaping flames illuminate the dark sky. The fire in the entire villa is now out of control. The burning flames have engulfed everything inside. Thick black smoke is rolling up into the night sky.
Surrounding the blazing villa, a group of hunters and church members were gathered at its edge, all looking at the burning building in front of them. Some of the hunters wanted to put out the fire, but after taking a look at the intensity of the fire, they gave up the idea and could only stand guard to prevent the fire from spreading to the bushes and woods.
Standing in front of the blazing fire, the hunter garrison captain Edmund was standing on the ground. Looking at the flames in front of him, he lit a cigarette and started smoking. The flickering firelight reflected on his face, revealing a complicated expression.
"It's gone. Everything is burned... There's no clue left..."
Edmund muttered as he gazed at the flames, and at this moment, a loud and generous voice erupted beside him.
“Hahaha!!! So refreshing! Burn it! Keep burning it, and purify all the evil and corrupt things of these wolf cubs!”
Still wearing a helmet, Anresius opened his hands and spoke loudly to the fire he had created, as if he was very happy to be able to purify the cultists himself. As he spoke, he patted Edmund's shoulder.
"Hey, little brother from the Security Bureau, the cultists have been purified by us together, why do you look unhappy?"
His shoulder was a little painful from being hit by Andreius's gauntlet. Edmund's mouth twitched slightly, and he took the cigarette out of his mouth. Then he glanced at the knight beside him and said.
"Father Anrethius, I have a few questions. Why did they choose to send you here after our church reported the situation this time?"
"Ah? Why did you send me? This incident involves the Afterbirth Cult, which needs to be thoroughly purified and eradicated. Isn't it right to send me here? Look at this... how beautifully it's burned! I haven't personally purified the cultists in a long time, and my hands have been itching for a long time!"
Anrethius said this, which showed that he had been holding back in the church for a long time and was itching to do something.
"Well... indeed... it is reasonable for your Holy War Knights to take action in dealing with pagan affairs. However, our operations are always based on investigation and pursuit, and are secret operations. It is reasonable for you to send people from the Inquisition."
Edmund continued to ask like this. Since this incident involved a hospital led by the church and a nun from the church was arrested, it was certain that the church would send people. However, Edmund did not expect that they would send a holy war knight. After listening to Edmund's words, Andreitheus waved his hand and spoke bluntly.
"You're right. In fact, it's okay to ask the court to come in this situation. But those guys have been in trouble recently and don't have time to spare for the time being, so we have to come here."
Anrethius said directly, and listening to his words, Edmund frowned in confusion.
"Has the Church's Inquisition... encountered any trouble recently?"
For a moment, Edmund wondered if the Inquisition of the Chitivian Church was in some trouble, but since it involved the internal affairs of the church, Edmund did not ask much.
In fact, the trouble that the Tivian Church Inquisition is facing now is very simple. They are now busy checking for traitors. The last time, not long after Vanya reported Cork, before the Inquisition could go out to arrest him, Cork had already run away.
According to Vanya herself, after she found out that Cork had problems, she reported it to the Inquisition without looking for anyone else. Therefore, Cork's sudden disappearance made the Inquisition think that there might be a traitor inside! After realizing this, the head of the Inquisition quickly reported the situation to the Archbishop of the Pritt Diocese, and the result was that Archbishop Levi ordered the Inquisition to start the most stringent self-examination activities.
From that time on, the entire Tivian Inquisition began a strict process of self-examination. Almost everyone in the system was affected. As everyone was digging for traitors, the normal functions of the Inquisition were greatly disrupted. When this incident happened, they were still looking for traitors.
Since the traitor in the Inquisition has not been found yet, in order to prevent the information from being leaked again, the Church did not send the Inquisition this time, but sent the Knights of the Crusade to provide support. However, the fighting style of the Knights of the Crusade is somewhat direct and rough.
"Ha... no matter what! This time it's quite satisfying! I hope these guys can reveal more of their bases so we can purify them all!"
Looking at the fire in front of him, Anrexius put his sword on his shoulder and said with a smile. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and spoke.
"Hiss... By the way, it seems that she mentioned during the mission that a nun seemed to have been captured on our side. Tsk, I just remembered it now. I didn't see anyone like her during the fight just now. I wonder how she is now? Oh no, I was just busy purifying the cultists..."
Looking at the flames burning in front of him, the Crusade Knight suddenly reacted and scratched his helmet and said, Listening to Brother Anlei's words, Edmund sighed slightly, and then responded.
"Just now, my people found a nun who escaped from the villa during the chaos. After questioning, she was the missing nun who prayed for healing."
"Oh! Have you found her? Where is she now?"
After listening to Edmund's words, Anrethius changed his expression and looked at Edmund and asked, and Edmund shrugged in response.
"She is now under our protection. According to her, the wolf came to intercept the prisoner, but her movements were too big, causing the prisoner's injuries to worsen. So she was captured here by the medical staff who were treating her... In addition, we were able to find this place thanks to her."
"Hmm? We can find this place because you printed a sign on the prisoner, right?" Andreius asked Edmund with a look of surprise, and Edmund reached into his bag, took out a pair of twisted handcuffs and said.
"We printed the sign on the prisoner's handcuffs. We thought that the werewolf didn't find the handcuffs because he was careless. But now it seems that this may not be the case. According to your nun, the handcuffs were actually discovered by the werewolf using the flashlight at the beginning and were directly taken off, crushed and thrown there. The nun picked them up when they were not paying attention. She knew that they could lead the way for us.
"What she said should be true. She is from your church and didn't know there were symbols on the handcuffs. If the werewolf didn't notice the abnormality of the handcuffs from the beginning, then the nun wouldn't know. If she didn't know there were symbols on the handcuffs, she wouldn't have taken them out and told us this... So it can only be that the werewolf said something to let the nun know the function of the handcuffs when he removed Davic's handcuffs, so she secretly carried them with her... There should be no possibility of malicious credit."
Showing the twisted handcuffs in his hands to Anleisius, Edmund analyzed it this way. In his words, he denied the possibility that Vanya was holding the handcuffs to maliciously seek credit. After seeing it, Brother Anlei picked up the handcuffs and examined them for a while before he spoke.
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