The group waded through the cave and ran wildly. Lin De quickly found the exit in a hidden corner using his mental power.
"The exit is here, let's go!"
When everyone saw the exit, hope rose in their hearts.
The group filed out and successfully reached the ground.
Looking at the crumbling Viscount's Castle before them, everyone knew that the matter was not over yet, so they continued running outside without stopping.
The fortified city was destined to be anything but peaceful that night. Countless people felt the earth tremble and groan in their sleep, and they all surged into the streets.
"What happened?"
Was there an earthquake?
"What happened?"
Soon, the residents discovered the situation at Viscount's Castle.
"You...you all look, the Viscount's Castle!"
"Viscount Castle is sinking!"
"It's going to collapse!"
With a loud crash, the foundation of the Viscount's castle could no longer support its weight and collapsed in an instant.
The tremors from the collapse of Viscount Castle could be heard clearly from a kilometer away.
It was as if an earthquake had struck, shaking everyone in the city so much that they could hardly stand.
The heavy stone bricks on the city roads shattered as a result, and the sturdy city walls shook constantly.
Linde and the others who were closer were thrown to the ground by the strong tremor. When they managed to get up, they saw the ruins of the Viscount's Castle raising clouds of dust, followed by splashes of water.
Soon, the tremors subsided, and the once majestic Viscount's Castle sank underground, leaving only half of its pointed spire exposed.
"Phew, that was close."
Linde and his group looked at the dilapidated scene behind them with lingering fear.
With the collapse of Viscount Castle, the Consecration Society was completely eradicated in this place, and the first priority of this mission was accomplished.
Next... is to purge the traitors from the city.
However, with such a huge commotion caused by the collapse of the Viscount's Castle, the people in the city and the church must have already fled.
"Lynn, take your men and inform the whole city that a cult has attacked and that you have killed the leader of the Swift cult."
"Appeasing the people is a good opportunity to establish the new city lord's authority."
After Linde's reminder, Lilens realized what was happening, but then asked:
"Okay, but what about the rest of the cultists?"
You'll see when you get there.
"……All right."
After going through such a series of exciting events together, Lillens now has no doubts about what Lind has entrusted to him.
I do whatever my older brother tells me to do.
Before leaving, Lillens turned back to look at Lind and said gratefully.
"Thank you so much this time. The Feng family will always remember your help... I will always remember it."
"No matter what happens in the future, Lind, you will always be my friend."
After speaking, Lilens led his guards away quickly.
After watching Lillens lead his troops away, and with no outsiders around, Lind was about to go to the church with Leonis when Leonis grabbed his arm.
Leonis held the holy emblem in her hand, muttering incantations as she circled around Lind.
"Holy God, merciful as you are, protect your devout followers before you..."
"Protect him from evil spirits and from the temptations of evil gods..."
Lind felt somewhat helpless, but he still waited for Leonis to finish praying, hoping it would make her feel better.
"Leonis..."
Leonis, however, said sternly:
"My lord, although I don't know how you did it, please remember this!"
"Absolutely! Absolutely! Do not touch the core or sensitive areas of a cult member with your hands!"
Seeing Leonis so serious, Lind also adopted the posture of a student and listened attentively.
“The core or special parts of cult members are often where they are most closely connected with evil gods.”
"If you touch it directly, it can easily cause evil to invade it. There have even been cases where people have been possessed by evil gods."
"In that situation, even if the archbishop came, he could only purify it on the spot."
Did you hear me clearly?
Linde smiled sheepishly.
"Okay, okay, I won't be so reckless next time."
"...Thank you, Leonis."
"...It's good that you remember."
…………
In the church not long ago.
A number of cult members sat in the dimly lit room. Today, unlike usual, they sat together in a row.
The flickering lights illuminated the faces of many cult members, their expressions utterly devout yet revealing a madness within.
The person at the head of the table at this moment was none other than Lady, the former priest of the Fortified City and now the head of the Consecration Society.
At this moment, he was explaining the key points of the ritual to his newly converted followers.
Suddenly he felt a tightness in his chest and stopped explaining.
"What's going on? This can't be..."
Before he could finish speaking, the rumbling sound of the Viscount's castle about to collapse and the tremors of the earth alerted Lord Lady to something amiss.
With his excellent dark vision, he immediately spotted the collapsing Viscount's Castle in the distance.
"Swift is dead? Oh no!"
Many believers were still unaware of what was happening and didn't know what had occurred.
"Everyone, follow me."
Lady was a shrewd person; she knew that the Viscount's castle hadn't collapsed for no reason.
Either the Holy Knights came looking for them, or it was caused when Swift advanced.
Either way, it's not good news.
escape!
Run!
Previously, they had been holding onto the idea that the Holy Temple might not have discovered them, and continued to lie low in the city, managing to conceal themselves even if ordinary Holy Punishment Knights came.
But the tense situation over the past few days has made him like a frightened bird, and he is terrified at the slightest disturbance.
Not to mention the scale of this event today.
Then, on a sudden inspiration, he gave the order:
"All men, new order: disperse, create chaos in the city, and proclaim the authority of my faith!"
"yes."
He then disappeared into the darkness and hastily departed.
…………
"Damn it, there are still living cult members here!"
"Lord Lilens, a large number of cultists have poured into the city and are wreaking havoc. The soldiers are working hard to clear them out."
"You should go to a safe place right away, it's too dangerous here."
At this moment, Lilens was being protected by a large number of soldiers, and a large group of cultists had gathered around them.
"Damn it, there are still so many... Brothers, I swear on the honor of the Feng family, we will fight these cultists to the death."
The silver knights beside Lilens took out the Judgment Emblem they carried with them, slapped it on themselves, and their auras immediately surged.
After getting used to it for a while, he immediately rushed forward and fought with the cultists.
Lilens observed the battle situation from the middle.
Initially, after he spread the news that Viscount Swift was dead, many cultists hidden among the crowd were exposed and died here.
Just when everyone thought that was about it, for some reason, groups of cultists suddenly appeared from all corners of the city.
These cultists have a clear objective: to attack and kill civilians and create chaos through arson.
He and his soldiers had already killed several waves, but the number of people showed no signs of decreasing.
His two Silver Knights had already used the Judgment Emblem and were fighting desperately.
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