Chapter 700: Coming Soon to Your Doorstep
"This is the place where the evil indicated by the oracle was born."
After Anvis finished his discussion with Yanil, Yanil and his group, who were traveling quickly, had already arrived outside Dragon Film City.
This time, in addition to the team leader Yanil who was at the ninth level, the other clergy subordinates assigned to him by the Pope were all elite high-level members of the Inquisition who were at the seventh level or above, and each of them had a lot of practical experience.
In order to avoid alerting the enemy in advance, all the clergy concealed their auras and wore gray-white traveler's long cloaks. Their appearance was no different from other travelers who had traveled a long distance.
"Our goal is here."
Looking up at the towering and mottled ancient rock walls, Yanil spoke lightly.
After getting the confirmation, everyone behind him nodded. Three priests who were specifically responsible for investigation stood up and formed a special triangular holy power formation.
As the holy power spread, hidden detection ripples surged out from the magic circle released by the three people, quickly sweeping across the entire Dragon Shadow City.
The people in the city were unaware of the detection wave. Only Avis in the City Lord's Mansion turned his head and glanced in the direction of the detection array.
At the same time, when the ripples swept through the basement of the castle, under the effect of the special protective array arranged by Avis, they were separated like water waves and slid to both sides without any feedback at all.
"There is no one in this city who can threaten us, Lord Yanil. But what is special is that there are quite a few evil people hiding here."
After the simple detection, the leader of the three priests stood up and reported the detection results to Yanil with a serious face.
"This is a good thing. It shows that the evil in the oracle has not yet grown to an uncontrollable level."
Looking at the three people with eyes emitting a light white holy power, Yanile nodded slightly, and spoke in a gentle tone, telling his judgment to the temporary subordinates.
"The oracle cannot be wrong. There are only two possible reasons why we failed to find the target.
Or, the other party has already noticed our arrival and thought that they could not defeat us, so they hid in advance.
Either someone deliberately hid the target, or the target was simply the creation of some evil cult.
Whatever the possibility, we need to go into the city and investigate. The Lord will be watching us."
"Your will, Your Excellency the Archbishop."
Several clergymen had no objection to Yanil's decision, and they had similar speculations.
However, after actually entering the city, everyone immediately felt the "warm welcome" of this city.
At this moment, it was already dusk, and two silver-purple moons rose from the horizon, embellishing the dark blue night sky.
At such times, thieves are often more rampant than during the day.
"...What a disgusting city. How can the Federation allow such a lawless place to exist?"
After dealing with several pickpockets and a thug who tried to rob them, a female clergyman wearing a nun's robe under her cloak couldn't help but speak in disgust as she looked at the more evil acts that could be seen everywhere around her.
They were still on the street and could see a robbery in the distance. From deep in the dark alleys on both sides of the street, they could hear screams faintly.
"Whether this place exists or not depends on whether it is worthwhile for the Federation to pay some price to eliminate them."
Yanil spoke calmly. As a bishop of the Vatican, he was well aware of the twists and turns here.
"As a border city, the influence of the Longlin Kingdom's royal family on this place is very weak. As long as the taxes are paid in full, no one will come here to cause trouble.
Moreover, many fugitives are quite powerful, and the city lord is usually unwilling to take the risk to clean them up unless they have intentions that they shouldn't have.
Now, Balgan, Lamans, Helan, Katular, and Durak, the five of you should spread out and find the "rats" living in this city. They should know what special changes have taken place during this period, but don't make too much noise.
The rest of the people followed me to the City Lord's Mansion to learn about the situation directly from the City Lord.
No matter where the evil entity in the oracle is hiding now, its appearance must have a traceable path."
After casually pointing out a few clergymen, Yanil made direct arrangements.
After receiving the order, several people who had been enduring the evil atmosphere in Dragon Film City for a long time immediately dispersed and went to the city area of their choice to investigate.
The remaining few followed Yanile and quickly sneaked into the city lord's mansion. With Yanile's cover, they quickly found the "city lord" of Longying City without alerting any guards.
At this moment, as the target of everyone, Anvis, who was disguised as the lord of Dragon Shadow City, was standing in the study on the upper floor of the castle, gazing at the vast scenery of Dragon Shadow City outside the window, as if admiring his own territory.
Without much communication, the moment Yanil appeared, the huge force field quickly suppressed the 'Lord of Dragon Shadow City'. Facing the attack of a ninth-level warrior, the Lord of Dragon Shadow City, who was only seventh-level in strength, naturally had no power to resist.
"Who are you? Do you want to challenge the authority of the Longlin Kingdom?!"
After being subdued in an instant, Anvis struggled desperately while bringing up the reputation of the Dragon Kingdom, as if trying to threaten the clergy.
Faced with Avis's threat, many clergymen who had hidden their identities laughed.
The Longlin Kingdom only had one ninth-rank protector of the country, not to mention whether the other party would come here specifically for such a small matter. Even if the other party really came, they would not be a match for Archbishop Yanile.
"Answer my question. Recently, evil things have appeared in the direction of this city. Do you know any news that may be related to this?"
Unaffected by the people around him, Yanil began to ask Anvis expressionlessly whether there were any problems in the city during this period.
At the same time, a priest behind him made a gesture, and a dark beam of light connected to Avis.
It was a magic developed by the Church Inquisition specifically used to detect whether the target was lying.
If the city lord lies about their problems, it proves that there is something wrong with the city lord himself.
"This... Your Majesty... I..."
Anvis seemed to be too frightened and his words were a little stuttered.
"boom--"
Suddenly, a huge explosion sounded from the west side of the city, mixed with the explosion of holy power, and two powerful auras instantly entered the perception of everyone present.
One of the auras was very familiar to them, that was Balgan, the strongest priest on their trip except for the team leader Yanil. His strength had reached the middle of the eighth level and he was about to become a high-ranking official in the Inquisition.
And the other aura that was far stronger than his was fighting against. The evil force that was rising into the sky made all the priests who sensed it change their expressions drastically.
At this moment, with this huge explosion, Balgan's breath quickly weakened.
"Oh no! Balgan and the others!"
Thinking of the few people who had just dispersed to look for clues, the hearts of many clergymen in the Inquisition sank suddenly.
"You, stay here and watch over him. If there is any unusual movement, deal with it immediately. The rest of you, follow me!"
He casually pointed at a dark priest and asked her to stay here to watch over the 'Lord of Dragon Shadow City'. Yanile had no time to continue pestering her, so he led everyone out of the City Lord's Mansion quickly.
(End of this chapter)
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