The Church of Neutral Light and the Adventurer's Guild, two organizations spread throughout the continent's cities, were unique. Simply put, their standings were neutral.
There were doctors in the Church of Neutral Light who were responsible for treating patients and saving lives, ensuring the health of the local people. Church's Knights hunted cultists, ensuring that they did not harm the local people.
The Adventurer's Guild was responsible for accepting various commissions from the local people. After categorizing the commissions, they formed missions of different levels for different adventurers to accept, thus significantly reducing the burden on the local lords.
However, these two organizations were neutral, which meant that they could not interfere in the business of the local lords in issuing various decrees. This was also why they were allowed to be in the territories of the various nobles.
Therefore, for a matter as significant as clearing out all cult members of the Evil God cult within the entire territory, the Church of Neutral Light first informed the local lord to avoid misunderstanding. They would also need to seek the assistance of the local lord to avoid causing too many casualties and prevent the cult members from escaping.
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The operation time was set at noon today. From the list of cult members, other than the black-robed man who had already died, the person with the highest position in the death cult in Viscount Bluestone's territory was vice-captain Massey of the patrol team. He was the deputy mentor of all cultists in the entire territory.
When it was close to noon, under the order of George, the captain of the patrol team who represented Viscount Bluestone, the entire patrol team and the city guards quietly completed the arrangement.
If it were not for the fact that they were pressed for time, the Knights who were loyal to Viscount Bluestone would probably have come over to join in the fun too. This was an excellent opportunity to show their talents. Perhaps if they performed well, Viscount Bluestone might even grant them an extra piece of land!
But time waits for no man! Those Knights would not be able to come over in one night. If they were to rush over forcefully, they might even alert the enemy. Therefore, they could only assist the Church's Chief Knights in their respective territories to encircle the cultists.
This caused a problem. There were only two Bronze-level Knights in Bluestone City— John and George.
Viscount Bluestone was too old and sick. It had been a long time since he had left his castle. Otherwise, he would have personally led a team to encircle and annihilate the cultists with his character. This would bring a complete end to the glorious achievements of his life.
John alone was enough to kill Massey if things went according to plan. Naturally, the other cultists in the city would be dealt with by the patrol team, the city guards, and the Church's Apprentice Knights.
However, a setback occurred. Massey had received a warning from a mysterious Mage and ran away ahead of schedule!
John was a step too late. He could only watch as the tunnel where Massey had escaped blew up, and he almost ended up buried in the collapsed house.
"Bah! What Bad Luck! He got away!"
Waving the dust in front of him, John looked unhappy. Parr and Edith, who had followed him here, also looked disappointed.
"How did he get away?"
"D*mn it!"
Only John, Parr, and Edith had come to kill Massey. George, captain of the Bluestone City patrol team, had gone to crush the cultists scattered all over the city.
"I don't know where the tunnel leads to, but it shouldn't be far. You two go and inform the others to seal off all the intersections."
Turning around, John jumped onto the tallest building nearby and looked around.
Parr and Edith looked at each other and started to act. Both of them wanted to kill Massey too. Parr even wanted to kill Massey more than Edith because of his bet in a moment of passion. Since it was related to his dignity, he could not lose!
At this moment, people all over the city started to act. Bluestone City was not big. The city guards and the patrol team were very familiar with the city. Therefore, after the Church staff provided the list of the cultists, they quickly found where the cultists lived and used the advantage of numbers to launch an attack, catching the cultists off guard.
As mentioned before, the cultists of the Evil God cult were weakest in battle under the sun. The zombies that they could summon were useless in the face of light.
Therefore, the Church members, the patrols, and the city guards were unstoppable! The cultists managed to put up a little resistance before being hacked to death. The ordinary zombies buried in the courtyard did not even have time to show themselves before they were buried underground forever. As time passed, they would become one with the earth.
The average level of these cultists was not high. Most of them could only be called followers of the Evil God of Death. They did not even have zombies. Only a small portion of them were real cultists.
The siege in the city soon came to an end. Then, the large-scale search began again. No matter how detailed the plan was, setbacks would always happen. Some cultists managed to escape because they were not at home at that time. After learning that they had been exposed, they hid cunningly and planned to find an opportunity to leave the city after dark.
Therefore, under the leadership of George, the people began a large-scale search again, searching for those cultists who had escaped. Several cultists were found and then hacked to death in a chaotic mess from time to time.
In general, the cultists in Bluestone City had met with a disaster this time. This was all the fault of their master, who had kept a list of their names. The list led to their demise. The cultists were called crazy for a reason.
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Almost all the cultists in Bluestone City were found and hacked to death as time passed. However, Massey was still at large. It was as if he had become invisible. George led his men to dig open the tunnel that had been blown up. He confirmed that Massey had indeed not gone far. He was still in the city.
"This is strange. Can Massey fly?"
The search was still in progress. The people of Bluestone City went out to inquire out of curiosity! After learning that the entire city was hunting for cultists, they quickly ran back home, closed their doors and windows then hid.
In the blink of an eye, it was already evening. The sky gradually darkened. John, George, and the church head, Larry, were confident that Massey would definitely run out of the city during the night, so they ordered the people to be on high alert. They had to find Massey's tracks as soon as possible.
The East Gate of Bluestone City sent out a signal not long after giving the order. At the same time, the Church's members also used special techniques to sense the fluctuation of death elements there. They confirmed the death element was Bronze-level.
What else was there to say? John and George, the two Bronze-level knights, went ahead first while Larry led the lower-level members to surround them.
As soon as they went over, they saw many city guards falling at the city gate. The remaining city guards held long spears and surrounded a tall black-robed man with fear on their faces. They only surrounded him and did not dare to charge forward. When the black-robed man took one step forward, all the guards took one step back and were about to retreat to the bottom of the city wall.
At this moment, John and George, who had rushed over, launched their Battle Qi attacks without saying a word. John's attack was still the same as before. A blood-red crescent moon shot out from the blade of his sword.
"Blood Moon Slash!"
"Blazing Stab!"
George, who was tall and sturdy, had a simple and honest face. He had brown hair and green eyes. At a glance, one could tell that he was a good man. His Battle Qi rose like flames. Holding a long spear in his hand, he charged towards the black-robed man who seemed to be Massey.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two attacks hit their target. The black-robed man was first torn apart by the crescent moon and then burned up by the flames, revealing the true face of the black-robed man. It was not Massey, but a Bronze-level zombie was wearing heavy armor!
John and George's attacks shattered a part of the heavy armor, but they did not manage to hurt the Bronze-level zombie.
Roar!
The bronze-level zombie let out a roar that represented its identity. Then, the skin all over its body cracked, and it directly activated rampage mode, fighting with John and George simultaneously.
"Not good. This is Massey's lure!"
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"Over there!"
"Let's go quickly!"
In the Southern District of Bluestone City, Parr and Edith, who had searched for an entire afternoon without finding anything, also saw the signal from the East Gate. They knew that Massey had been found, so they ran over there, wanting to see his death with their own eyes. They also hoped they could kill Massey with their own hands. However, before the two could run far, Little Grimm's voice came from a small alley behind them.
"Big Sister!."
"Huh?"
Parr and Edith turned around and saw Little Grimm running out while panting. He pointed to the direction he came from and said, "Big Sister, we saw Massey."
"What?"
Edith was stunned. She turned around and looked in the direction of the East Gate. She seemed to have figured something out, but she still had to confirm it with Grimm.
"Grimm, how were you able to see Massey?"
Facing Edith's question, Grimm looked ashamed.
"Big Sister, we know it's our fault for working with Massey. To make up for our mistake, we've been to every corner of the South District this afternoon. Just now, my brother and I saw Massey sneakily walking towards the South Gate."
"You can't be mistaken, right?" Edith asked, but she had already started walking. Many people were at the East Gate, so it was useless for her to go there. There were fewer people here. If the news were true, Massey wouldn't be able to escape.
"We can't be mistaken. We know him very well."
Little Grimm hurriedly led the way. Parr grasped the hilt of his black sword and also followed.
They went around in circles. The Grimm brothers had their own communication codes. Little Grimm led Edith and Parr to a small alley near the southern part of Bluestone City. As they were about to go forward, Big Grimm came out from the corner and made a silent gesture.
"Shh..."
Big Grimm waved his hand and motioned for everyone to follow him.
Chirp.
The four of them came to an extremely dilapidated small courtyard. They heard the sound of digging there. They carefully peeked through the cracks in the wall and saw a tall and strong man was holding a tool to dig a hole. A heavy sword was inserted into the ground beside him.
Edith looked away and thought for a while. Then she turned to the Grimms and whispered, "Little Grimm, I want you and your brother to go and inform the city guards, the patrol team, or the Church."
"Big Sister, don't be rash!"
The Grimms looked at Edith worriedly, afraid that she would rush up and face Massey alone.
"Do I look like a rash person?"
Edith rolled her eyes and reached out to grab Parr, who was about to launch a sneak attack from behind.
"We'll stay here and watch him, in case he runs away. You two need to go and inform the others. The earlier you inform us, the safer we'll be. Go now!"
"Alright!"
The Grimm brothers, who were not even Apprentice Knights, knew that they could not be of much help if a fight broke out. They might even ruin the situation. They could only nod unwillingly and turn around to leave quickly. After walking far away, they scattered and ran away. Each of them went to inform the city guards at each side. However, as soon as the Grimm brothers left, Edith turned her head to look at Parr. A smile full of murderous intent appeared on her face.
"It's our turn to act!"