Chapter 459

"If the people in the church don't recognize you, use this."

"Hey? Is this the emblem of the saint? This is the first time I've seen it."

Rin was too lazy to correct her wording and directly pulled the ring on the signal device.

Raising the signal device, a beam of white light shot out, directly penetrating the ceiling, exploding in the air, forming a pair of wings and a huge dazzling golden light of a sword.

I don't know if the servants found the body, but it is estimated that they will be more confused when they see the signal.

He and Raphael blocked the door of the basement. No matter who dared to break in, they would be beaten up.

After waiting for half an hour, someone from the church came.

The one who came was a Silver Star Bishop, and he also brought a team of more than 100 Crusader guards.

Because Rin released a distress model, the bishop might have kept all the power in the church, and sent people to notify other branch churches.

In a big city like this, there is usually a main church and four branch churches, and the reserve power is no less than that.

As soon as the church people arrived, they were stopped at the door by the manor guards. After explaining their purpose, they saw that the other party refused to give way, so they directly led people in.

Killing all the way to the place where the signal was, Bishop Silver Star looked at the main hall surrounded by three layers inside and outside, waved his hand, and then a great holy light spell exploded directly above everyone's head.

Accompanied by the dazzling white light flashing, a well-trained team of Crusaders has already controlled the main hall.

The manor housekeeper was not there, but there were still people who could speak.

I saw a middle-aged man with sweat all over his head, approaching the bishop, trying to suppress his anger and saluting the bishop.

"I wonder what Bishop Fanny is doing?"

"You can't see such a big signal? Don't say that you don't even understand the symbol of the Holy Church."

Bishop Fanny was obviously not such a good person to talk to, and replied aggressively.

Of course they could see that it was a signal from the church, but this was the count's manor after all.

But the master and his wife were gone, the housekeeper and Mr. Wallace were not there, and the guards in the manor were no match for these high-level elites.

When he was at a loss, Bishop Fanny had already pushed him away impatiently and directly ordered people to rush through the guards at the corridor and the basement door.

She was originally a paladin, a rare military-turned-civilian in the church. She had a bad temper and was violent but cautious, otherwise she would not have been sent to the Dark City to preach.

When she came in, she found that the other side was as chaotic as here, and she knew something was wrong because she had not seen Count Isabella for a long time.

The source was most likely related to the person who sent the signal.

She wondered if the church had specially sent a high judge to sneak into Mossen Manor to collect evidence, but did not tell her to avoid alerting the enemy.

In fact, she had been watching the couple for a long time.

Scott seemed to be in chaos and had many forces. Once he faced the Holy See and the Holy Empire government, he would become a solid block and it would be difficult to deal with him.

She wanted to find a breakthrough, so she targeted Isabella and her husband.

Although the two had a long history of bad deeds, they were able to destroy the evidence. In addition, other forces were obstructing her, so she had always encountered many obstacles in her targeted investigation.

If she could really trip Isabella, it would be a great pleasure.

Thinking of this, Fanny had already reached the end and saw the closed basement door at a glance.

The door was indeed made solidly, and the people in front had not been able to break it open until now.

The key was still in Lin's hand. Maybe there was a spare one, but it was definitely not in the hands of this group of scum.

When Lin heard the noise outside stop, he guessed that someone from the church had come, and his heart was half relieved.

He really didn't expect that when he was tracking Jonas in stealth before, the manor was scattered and he didn't see many people.

So many guards appeared at this time.

The door kept clanging and shaking from being smashed. Lin suspected that it would not last long, and he and Raphael would be stuck at the stairs and fall into a bitter battle.

Fortunately, the door was unexpectedly solid, and finally got reinforcements.

There were three knocks on the door, and a steady soprano voice sounded.

"I am the Silver Star Bishop Fanny F. Burnham, who leads the Holy Church in the church of Scat City. Are the people inside fellow believers?"

Hearing this, Raphael looked at Lin behind him nervously and whispered, "Are they really here or are they lying to us?"

Lin thought about it and whispered a few words back.

Raphael nodded vigorously: "What is your number?"

Fanny was stunned for a moment, then nodded with satisfaction, as if she appreciated her companion's caution, and then reported a string of numbers: "DXXEXX081."

The numbers themselves are not important, but the numbers of clergy are all regular.

For example, the first letter, the bishop is A, the chief of other departments is B, the Knights Templar is C, and the bishop is D.

Then there is the order of the bishop's appointment, the number represented by the Silver Star rank, the time of appointment, the number of the city where he is located, and finally the gender.

Even if outsiders know that there are numbers inside the church, they rarely care.

The numbers are just for record keeping, not for anti-counterfeiting.

Even some scammers have to prepare in advance and figure out all the serial numbers.

Anyway, a temporary actor would definitely not be able to tell.

This is what Rin saw when he was reading the church's internal manual, and he didn't expect it to come in handy now.

After comparing a few important letters and numbers, Rin felt that there was no problem, and nodded to Raphael.

It's not that he was too careful, but the current situation cannot afford to make mistakes.

Once the person who came in after opening the door was a high-level person, he and Rafael would be really powerless and could only run away.

Rafael carefully opened the door with the key, glanced at the door, and suddenly his face was happy, and he opened the door and walked out.

Seeing that it was a young girl coming out, Fanny was a little surprised, and a puzzled look appeared on her face.

Rafael said nothing, and raised the emblem of his family and the emblem of his mother's honorary Templar Knights in front of him one by one.

"I am Rafael Duren, the Thunder Sword Master, and my mother is the Meteor Sword Saint."

Although she was reluctant to say her mother's name, which would make her feel that she had always lived under the glory of the Sword Saint, she had to pull a sign now.

Hearing Rafael introduce himself, Fanny's doubts became more serious, and she didn't know what to say for a while.

In fact, the gap between her guess and hers was too big, and her mind was a little confused for a while.

Seeing that the other party didn't say anything, Rafael thought she didn't believe it, so she took out the badge that Rin gave her.

"And this..."

Who knew that Fanny just took a look, her face suddenly changed, and she hurriedly said: "Please put it away."

"Huh?"

Rafael also realized from her tone that something was wrong, and hurriedly took back the badge.

Others were far away, and she reacted quickly, so no one could see the badge she took out at the end.

Fanny looked around, and finally her sight fell on another voice in the dark basement, and a bright light flashed in her eyes.

Then she saluted to Rafael politely: "It turned out to be Miss Rafael, that is one of us, I don't know how you are here?"

At that moment, Rafael repeated what Rin called her.

The general content is that she came here, saved a girl, and got the clues of the demon couple from her, so she secretly investigated.

Finally, she successfully found the suspect, pretended to be captured and sneaked into the manor, and found that there were many victims in the basement, so she had to call for help.

Not everyone can get the church's distress signal, but the Falling Star Sword Saint definitely has one, so it's not surprising that he gave it to his daughter.

This sentence is 80% true, and with the sword in her hand that is shining with lightning in the scabbard, no one will doubt its authenticity.

After hearing this, Fanny's anger almost jumped out of her chest, but she finally suppressed it.

In this city, if you want to hate evil and enforce justice, you must wait until it is conquered.

If you are blinded by anger, you will fall into the trap of others and be used as a handle.

This is the sincere advice of the former bishop to her.

"So that's it, this pair of villains are really unforgivable, I will go and arrest them now and see what the Duke has to say."

Just after Fanny finished this sentence, she heard a few cries from behind.

"Master and Madam... they are dead!"

The voice was extremely sad, but no one knew how much true emotion was in it.

Fanny was happy in her heart, and the corners of her mouth twitched, almost laughing.

Fortunately, she was well-trained and quickly forced back her joy. She also showed a sad face and prayed silently.

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with us... and me. I have been staying here all the time, waiting to expose their crimes. I can only say that they deserved to die."

Raphael used words to whip the corpse mercilessly, and his attitude was very tough.

Fanny also nodded: "That's right, the church has the responsibility to investigate this matter thoroughly and make it public. Miss Raphael, you have worked hard. I will have someone take you to rest first."

With the escort of the church, Raphael was also full of confidence and waved to Lin who was hiding in the basement.

"Hey, little brother, I'm kind enough to send you home today. Go with your sister."

Lin gritted his teeth and walked out reluctantly, secretly casting a fierce look at Raphael.

Since he came out of the basement, Fanny's eyes have been staring at him, and she has always guessed Lin's identity.

Lin looked at her and felt familiar. Thinking about it carefully, she really had seen her before.

It was just that it was not during the canonization, but the first time he came to the Holy Road City, the bishop was in the meeting in the cathedral.

Then he was recognized for sure.

However, considering that this elder sister had asked Rafael to take back the child-bearing badge before, she was a cautious person and would not expose him.

Sure enough, Fanny only looked at him for a while, then retracted her gaze and ordered people to send them away.

The people in the manor dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out. Some people whispered to stop them but were ignored directly, and others did not dare to say a word.

Although the church was excluded by the city of Scat, it was a considerable force in itself. The nobles could still pretend to be submissive, but people like them dared not to go against it.

"Also, Bishop Fanny, the girls inside must be protected... By the way!"

Rafael slapped his head: "I almost forgot, it seems that there are still many men imprisoned by Isabella in a annex, please be sure to rescue them."

"Don't worry, this is our duty."

Fanny was going to investigate in person, and her promise was very firm.

Especially when she saw Raphael pointed to the northeast corner, she nodded in understanding.

Just when Lin thought the last part was done, there was still a small accident.

As soon as she walked out of the main building, someone told her that the Grand Duke was coming.

Chapter 96: Damn, I can't go back (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

Learning the news that the Duke was coming, Lin was not panicked.

With such a big thing happening, as the owner of Scat City, it would be strange not to come.

The key is that he came a little too fast.

It has only been more than forty minutes since the count and his wife died.

Bishop Fanny also looked unnatural. After some questioning, he found out that when the couple were fighting, the servants who escaped went to find Archduke Dis.

Coincidentally, Dis, who was usually homeless, happened to be in the Duke's Palace at this time. He hurried over after hearing the report.

When he came here, the Duke went to the scene immediately and asked that no one leave the Earl's Palace. At this time, his guards confronted some of the church crusaders who stayed outside.

There will be more and more guards at the garrison in the future. As the church's talker here, you have to say hello before taking Rafael away.

Fanny pretended to glance at Rin casually, and said to Raphael: "Since the Duke is here, why don't Miss Raphael go with me to expose their sins, and Duke Dis will give some advice in front of everyone?" judgment.”

Raphael nodded without hesitation, and then pulled Rin.

"I will not break my promise when I promise to send you back. Little brother, follow me."

Rin bared his teeth and made an "idiot" mouth gesture.