After listening to Tovia's words, the Patriarch did not immediately make a judgment, but seriously asked some questions about the couple and the little survivor girl. After asking, his expression became serious, because

What Tovia said made him think of some bad things.

Before entering the disaster area, when the church leaders discussed the rat tide, they considered human factors, because the time of the rat tide was too coincidental, and the rat tide that appeared this time was completely different from the previous rat tides.

The Jerry Rat was so crazy that it bit all living creatures and destroyed five religious principalities in a short period of time, with over a million casualties. This kind of disaster has never happened before in the Old World, let alone the New World.

Therefore, some people believe that this disaster should be caused by the Otter Federation, because the Otter Federation had previously proposed a plan to control animals to cooperate with the army for investigation and attack. Although I don’t know how this plan was implemented in the end, but if

Connecting this rat tide with this plan makes people feel a little strange.

Because of this, before entering the disaster area, the Patriarch also received some instructions, asking him to investigate the cause of the rat tide while rescuing survivors, especially whether the rat tide was related to the Otter Federation.

It’s just that he didn’t find any signs of artificially driving the rats along the way. Everything seemed very normal. This rat tide was just a natural sudden rat tide. But now after listening to Tovia’s words, he immediately felt

This couple may be related to the rat tide.

The main reason is that the timing and location of the appearance of this man and woman were too strange. It happened to be at the time when the rat tide broke out, and it happened to be in the Principality of Rus, the center of the rat tide outbreak. Moreover, these two people also made it clear that they were not locals, and even

They were not from the surrounding religious principalities, but they had very good proficiency in the local accents of the Rus religious principality, so it was impossible to tell where they were from.

Another point, Tovia mentioned that the earliest residents of this refuge town were the man and woman and the little girl, because the little survivor girl was a local, and I heard that she was participating in the hunting team hired by King Russ IX.

She went hunting in the mountains, encountered a rat tide, and luckily escaped the rat tide. When she returned to this small town, she found that everyone in the town had died in the rat tide, including her family.

This was originally just a tragic story of a survivor girl. Everyone in the town had a similar story, but the problem was that the origin of this girl’s story happened to be on Mount Geridos where the rat tide broke out. When the rat tide broke out, she

It happened to be in the mountains, and judging from various signs, the foreign man and woman were also met by the little girl in the mountains, so it was difficult not to create some bad associations.

In addition, after the three people lived in the town, all the rats in the town fled outside the town and did not dare to approach the town. It is precisely because of this that some survivors who fled here thought this was

A land favored by gods, this is why the refuge town was later built here.

Being able to store stocks in the place where the rat tide broke out, and being able to keep the rats away from the town, it makes people feel that the man and woman can control those crazy Jerry rats.

It was this information worthy of scrutiny that made the Patriarch begin to make guesses and judgments as Tovia hoped.

Although the Patriarch had doubts about the identity of the man and woman, he did not rush to test them. Instead, he summoned his church knights and ecclesiastical knights, and also sent some of the church knights they originally planned to use to deal with the rat tide.

The sacred vessel was taken out.

These church sacred vessels are torches made from special trees using special methods. These torches can withstand the power of the purifying fire source and can assist the church's clergy in performing some powerful divine spells.

After taking out the sacred torch, the Patriarch asked his clergy to light it one by one, and then led the team to the outside of the hut where Leo and Sylvia lived.

The archbishop signaled the knights of the Church and the Duchy to cooperate with the clergy to surround the hut, and prepared the corresponding magical spells. Then he led Tovia and Tuffman outside the hut, preparing to knock on the door.

However, before his hand touched the door, the door was opened from the inside, and then he saw Leo and Sylvia walking out. He looked at the patriarch in front of him, and then looked at the knights and knights around him.

Clergy.

"What's the matter?" Sylvia asked coldly.

I don't know whether it was the invisible pressure caused by Sylvia's noble temperament, or whether Leo and Sylvia's proactive inquiries caught the other party off guard. The patriarch didn't know how to answer for a while.

On the contrary, Tovia on the side said: "The Patriarch is here to investigate the cause of the rat tide. There are some things I want to ask you two."

Leo glanced around and said: "You are not just asking questions, it seems more like you have regarded us as suspects, or you have determined that we are the cause of the rat tide and want to arrest us.

.”

After hearing Leo's straightforward words, both the Patriarch and Tovia's expressions changed slightly.

However, they soon returned to normal, and the patriarch also broke away from the trance state just now, and said to Leo and Sylvia: "We do have doubts about you two, so please cooperate with my investigation.

.”

"What if I don't cooperate?" Leo asked provocatively.

When the Patriarch heard this, his eyes instantly became sharp. He didn't expect that the conflict would arise so quickly, but he also thought it was good, as it saved some trouble of guessing.

I saw that as his mentality changed, the purifying fire on the church sacred instrument in his hand immediately burst into a strong light, and these lights were combined with the purifying fire light of the holy covenant in the hands of other clergy around him.

They are connected together to form a pattern with mysterious symbols, shrouding the cabin in it.

At the same time, all the knights drew their weapons, and some even took out the crossbows they had prepared and pointed them at Leo and Sylvia at the door.

Seeing this situation, Leo seemed very calm, as if everything that happened in front of him was an illusion, and then he raised his hand and made a gesture.

The moment the Patriarch saw this gesture, he was stunned. Before he could recover, the purifying fire on the holy vessel in his hand and the purifying fire on the holy vessel in the hands of other church clergy around him

Everything dimmed, instantly disconnected, and then returned to their original state.

"Expulsion, this is the art of expulsion!" What happened in front of him made the Patriarch extremely surprised, and then he looked at Leo with a puzzled look, as if he was talking to himself or asking Leo for confirmation.

.

As the most commonly used divine spell by church clergy, expulsion spell has almost penetrated into the bones of every clergyman. Although there is no explicit requirement, there is an unwritten rule in the Church of Purifying Fire. There are several divine spells:

Those high-level clergy must master, and expulsion magic is one of them.

In general, most of the clergy in the church who have received divine inspiration and can perform magical arts do not pay special attention to these basic magical arts. They prefer the more gorgeous and eye-catching advanced magical arts, such as Wings of Fire and so on.

But a cleric at the top of the church like the Patriarch knows very well the potential and power of those basic magics. He has seen the pope use a basic magic to create amazing things.

effect, so during his daily training, he would also conduct some training specifically on basic magical skills.

However, just now, Leo's expulsion spell among the basic magic spells of the Purifying Fire Church actually made him see the shadow of the Pope. The expulsion spell, which was originally only used to expel some low-level evil forces, was easily suppressed.

He absorbed the power of the purifying fire and the holy weapon, and dispelled these powers. Moreover, Leo's entire performance process was very relaxed and comfortable, as simple as drinking water and eating. This brought him

Extremely shocking.

"Any more questions?" Leo looked at the Patriarch calmly and asked.

"No more! Sorry, I think this is a misunderstanding." The Patriarch could not say anything, thinking in his heart: "If a person who can use the expulsion magic so skillfully and powerfully is a heretic, he is a member of the Ot Federation.

As for those unbelievers, then what is he, the Patriarch, worse than a heretic?"

As for the idea of ​​the initiator of the rat tide, it completely disappeared from my mind. Not to mention that the person in front of me could not be the initiator of the rat tide. Even if he was, he couldn't say anything because of the priesthood of the Purifying Fire.

It is "absolutely" impossible for personnel to do such evil things, "absolutely not".

"It's good that the misunderstanding has been resolved. You are busy with your business, so don't disturb me!" Leo said to the Patriarch coldly, and then turned around and returned to the house with Sylvia.

Just when Leo was about to close the door, the Patriarch suddenly asked again: "Are you a hermit?"

Faced with this question, Leo paused deliberately, closed the door without answering, but this deliberate pause was enough to make people think.

"Is he really a hermit?" the Patriarch guessed self-righteously.

Monks are a special group in the Church of Purifying Fire. Before becoming hermits, most of them were senior clergy who held real power in the church, including many like the Pope.

And often when they reach the peak of their power, they suddenly receive the inspiration of the purifying fire. Then they give up all power, put on secular clothes, return to the secular world, and search for the purifying fire scriptures in the secular world.

The path to cleansing mentioned.

Although these hermits no longer hold real power in the church, the clergy of the church have a special kind of respect for them. Just like the current patriarch, if he displays extremely powerful magical skills in the face of them, it is very likely that he will

When looking at Leo as a hermit, he would still lower his posture, even if Leo showed unusual indifference.

After making his judgment, the Patriarch signaled to the knights and clergy around him, asking them to withdraw and retreat. Then he turned around and looked at Tovia, who was still looking surprised, and said: "You are not to blame for this matter. , after all, you are just a low-level cleric and don’t know about the hermit monks. You are very vigilant, so you don’t need to worry too much.”

Tovia was confused by this reversal, and even though the Patriarch comforted him, he did not react.

He remembered that he had felt the power of Leo through the purifying fire before. He could clearly feel the repulsion of Leo by the purifying fire. That kind of repulsion was definitely not the repulsion that a hermit known for his piety should have. , completely like a reaction to a heretic.

But in the blink of an eye, a few days later, this foreigner who was rejected by the Purifying Fire became a hermit of the Purifying Fire Church, and was able to perform the extraordinary power of expulsion. This transformation made him fall into confusion. During this time, he always felt like something was wrong, but he couldn't pinpoint it specifically.

After some words of persuasion, the Patriarch didn't say anything more. Although he said he didn't care about the matter, in his heart he was still dissatisfied with Tovia for causing this misunderstanding.

Fortunately, this matter did not get out of hand. Otherwise, let alone whether he could be better than a hermit monk in the use of divine magic, even if he was better than the hermit monk and caught the other party, then he would be If you offend this hermit to death, his relatives and friends in the church will definitely attack him, and he will make an enemy without any benefit.

It was the trace of dissatisfaction and resentment in his heart that made the Patriarch not treat Tovia as kindly as he did at the beginning. After seeing that Tovia had not reacted, and without waiting for his plan, he turned towards the place arranged for him. Walk to the residence.

Knight Tuffman on the side didn't understand what happened at all. He just knew that the male foreigner in the hut made a move towards the patriarch, and that was the end of the matter.

However, even if he didn't understand what the situation was, Knight Tuffman didn't have any special ideas. He quickly came to his senses, and when he saw the Patriarch leaving, he immediately grabbed Tovia, who was still in a daze, and chased after him.

In the hut, Sylvia used her witch power to create a ball of flame and burned herself from head to toe. Although the flame seemed to be burning fiercely and the temperature was enough to melt steel, the flame never stopped. After scanning her body, not only was she not injured, but her clothes were not even damaged.

After burning it for herself, she burned it for Leo again, and then sniffed Leo's body like a scent, with a satisfied look on her face.

"Is it so serious? It's just a banishing magic, and all that sticks to the body is a little bit of residual power." Leo looked at Sylvia's behavior and couldn't help laughing.

Sylvia rolled her eyes at the other person and said angrily: "Think about how you got out of the sewer and were covered in all kinds of filth." Then, she asked: "How long do we have to stay?"
Chapter completed!