Chapter 23 How to deal with it
Pétain, this is the name of the town.
In the continent of Lovey, this word has a beautiful meaning and symbolism, but unfortunately no one cares about it, just like no one cares that the sudden famine has killed more than half of the population of this small town.
The once bustling town fell into silence and depression, but it became lively again today.
It’s just that the way it became lively is a little different from what I imagined.
These residents of Pétain, who had nowhere to go and no food to eat, sat in groups on the street, watching with numb and confused eyes the groups of church knights who suddenly appeared in the town. The Rhine emblems on the knights' exquisite armor indicated their identities but not their purpose.
At first, the townspeople thought they were here to provide disaster relief, which showed that the God of the Rhine they believed in had not abandoned them, and allowed them, who seemed to be in darkness, to see a ray of light for survival.
But soon, the light went out.
Because they found that these knights were carrying not food but weapons.
Obviously, the knights did not come for disaster relief, but they did not know why. Because hunger almost made them lose the strength to live, let alone think.
So they can only sit there as if nothing happened, doing nothing and thinking nothing.
But not doing anything doesn't mean that things won't come knocking on your door. These knights would come to them one by one, without discussing with them, and would roughly pull their hands out, observe and discuss for a while, and then roughly put them down without even a word of explanation. Some people wanted to use this as an excuse to stutter, but they were all ignored by these knights.
"Knight Commander, will this really work?" The knight following behind Kelsey asked as he watched his colleagues screening the victims, "The person who took the finger should no longer be in this town, right?"
"No, he must be there." Kelsey said, "We have blocked all the roads leading to the outside world. The guy who killed people in this town last night can't get out."
As he spoke, Kelsey stopped walking. Seeing several stinking corpses in front of him (townspeople who had starved to death), he frowned tightly, then took out a red handkerchief from his pocket, covered his nose with it, and cursed.
"These damn guys, if they want to die, can they not die in a corner? Why do they have to die on the street? Do they have any sense of public morality?"
He subconsciously wanted to turn around, but then he thought of something and turned to his men and said, "Go, check those bodies to see if the thing is on them."
The knights looked at each other in confusion: "Huh?"
"Idiot?" Seeing that his men didn't understand what he meant, Kelsey couldn't help but curse, "See if that guy will hide among these corpses and pretend to be dead."
The knights finally came to their senses and immediately agreed to move forward. Although they generally looked somewhat reluctant, they had no choice but to follow the order.
"Those cultists love to hide wherever it's dark and smelly." Kelsey's words were full of contempt. "They are like rats in the gutter. They can only survive in the gutter. But this time, no matter which ditch they hide in, they can't hide."
The Cavaliers knew Kelce's words were not exaggeration.
After they used the holy fire to inform Bishop Corey last night, the bishop dispatched two knight groups to the town overnight and surrounded the town.
But some knights still had doubts: "Master Knight, this town is so small, is it really necessary to mobilize two knight orders? Isn't this a bit... too much of a mobilization?"
Kelsey glanced at the knight who asked the question and said, "Do you think we're just catching that guy?"
The knight thought for a moment and asked, "Are there still those cultists? Do you think the Wildfire Cult sent more than one person?"
“Hehe, this is just one reason, but not the main reason.” Kelsey pointed to the ground under his feet. “This is not a town controlled by the cultists. They got the news later than us, so their reaction will definitely be slower than ours. So even if they really sent people, there won’t be many.”
"So what are we doing..."
"Don't forget which religious sect this place borders. I'm talking about the Orthodox Church."
The knight understood immediately: "You mean, Tianqin?"
"I understand." Kelsey said calmly, "Those mechanical monsters are much more difficult to deal with than the cult."
At this time, the two knights who had finished examining the bodies stood up and reported to Kelsey, "Captain Knight, we have finished the examination. They are all dead, and their fingers are normal."
"Got it." Kelsey waved his hand and said impatiently, "Find a place to burn the body. It's unlucky to leave it here."
Then, he prepared to check the next place, but before he took two steps, he caught a glimpse of a knight walking hurriedly towards him.
"Knight Commander, the bishop has replied." Although the knight was running, he was very careful to protect what was in his hand.
When he got closer, he found that he was protecting a burning candle.
Kelsey raised an eyebrow, as if guessing what it was, and he thrust his finger into the flames.
The flame did not burn him, but turned into a small piece of paper the moment it touched his fingers.
Kelsey took a quick glance and immediately pulled out a black notebook to translate.
Soon, he finished the translation.
"Sure enough, the bishop has already found out the rules sealed by those two fingers, and has come up with a way to deal with these rules."
After hearing what Kelse said, the knights on the side exchanged glances and breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.
Even as knights of the church, they still held a certain fear of the legendary existence, because although they did not know all the rules sealed in those corpses, they knew the disasters caused by the few times they occurred.
But the most important thing is the unknown. All fear comes from the unknown.
Fortunately, the great Bishop Corey knew the [rules] of those two fingers and had already developed a way to deal with them, so it was no longer unknown.
"First of all, if it is the middle finger of the left hand, then the rule sealed in the middle finger should be [Termination], which can be released by 'snapping' with other fingers. That is, when using spells or divine arts, you must never hear the sound of his snapping fingers. So the response strategy given by Bishop Corey is..." Kelsey paused in the middle of his words. He slowly turned around and looked at the person behind him. "My old friend, why don't you stay in the church? Why do you come here?"
Behind Kelce, Uru was smiling awkwardly.
But the middle finger of the left hand slowly poked its head out and stared at Kelsey silently.
(End of this chapter)
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