Although Arthur was cursing, he only glanced outside the church and then retracted his hand from the hilt of the sword.
Just like the last time the caravan was searched, there was a full group of knights outside.
The most basic level of the Knights of the Church of Light is the team. Twelve knights form a team, with one captain and one deputy knight each. The minimum level requirements for church knights are third-level warriors, and knight commanders are generally fourth- or fifth-level warriors.
These church knights are not those scattered wind thieves. The church knights are far better trained than the regular army of the kingdom, and their devout faith is what supports them to fight to the death. If Arthur dares to resist, he will never escape the roundup.
"Can you come in and search? See if there's anyone you want to arrest?" The bearded man stepped aside and opened the door. When he turned back, he looked at Arthur with a questioning look in his eyes.
Arthur just pretended not to see it.
The young knight leader who led the team glared at the bearded man with a cold look, but stood still and did not move. The knight behind him did not move either.
No one in the church dared to go out for a while, and the scene was strangely stagnant for a while.
Just when everyone in the church was full of doubts, three more riders arrived outside the church. The leader was a fat priest in white robes, and the two people behind him were halberd-wielding warriors wearing black armor.
The bearded man's face began to look serious. The Church of Light actually dispatched light priests, light warriors and a team of disciplinary knights at once. What kind of people made the church so aggressive!
He thought to himself and couldn't help turning his head to look at Arthur again, only to find that Arthur was looking at the door curiously, with no look of nervousness or anxiety on his face at all.
Arthur's expression was not fake at all. This was the first time he had seen the priests and warriors of the church. He was completely unaware of what their appearance meant?
The knight commander gave a slight salute to the priest. It was obvious that the other person's identity was higher than his own.
"Yes, right here, I can already feel the breath of dark magic!" The priest looked a little excited and walked straight to the church.
The pastor's eyes swept across the faces of everyone in the church, one by one. When he passed Arthur, he paused briefly, then passed by, and finally stopped at the broken statue in the middle of the church.
"Asia! That's the demon god Asia!" The priest suddenly pointed at the broken statue and shouted.
Everyone in the church still looked confused. Except for the people from the Light Church, probably no one knew about the devil?
Priest Ganging shouted to himself excitedly, "I know why the remnant is hiding here. This was their stronghold back then! Which bastard did it? After eradicating those demon bastards, they didn't burn this place completely."
The knight commander's eyes were still scanning the faces of everyone in the church, "What about these people? There doesn't seem to be the young man we want to arrest here?"
"Take everyone back and interrogate them one by one!"
The knight commander hesitated for a moment, and then confirmed to the priest again: "You mean to take them all back?"
The priest said slowly and in an unquestionable tone: "Although the above information says that the dark magician discovered is a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old boy, who can guarantee that he has no accomplices or hands over dark magic to others? Moreover, this is the place where the demon god's remnants belong. Stronghold, everyone who appears here can't escape suspicion!"
When the pastor said these words, he did not shy away from those present.
Dark magic will only be revealed when it is used, and no one can tell it without using it. Therefore, the church has not completely eliminated the dark magicians after thousands of years of collection, which also led to the gradual formation of the Church of Light that would rather be wrong. He has a domineering habit of not letting go even if he is killed.
The bearded man secretly exchanged glances with his companions behind him, but the seven or eight people gathered on the left were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, and some even started crying.
In the eyes of civilians, the Religious Punishment Center is an almost hellish existence. It seems that no one has ever been heard of anyone coming out alive after being arrested.
But Arthur was in a daze at this time. He finally knew who the church was looking for. It turned out to be a dark magician who was said to be extinct on the mainland. The Church of Light considers them followers of the devil and regards them as the greatest threat to the church, and has never stopped paying off them for thousands of years.
The family in the church was obviously much calmer. The middle-aged man dressed as a scribe took a few steps forward and bowed slightly to the pastor, "I think there is some misunderstanding here. We are from the Grand Duke, Palmer's Palace." just passing by here to take shelter from the rain."
The fat priest raised his eyelids and glanced at the middle-aged scribe, "If there is a misunderstanding, we will find out when we go to the punishment center. If it is really not related, we will let you go back."
Unexpectedly, he was retorted back with a single word, and the middle-aged scribe frowned.
A warrior attendant behind him stepped in front of the priest and glared at the fat priest, "I'm afraid your correctional institution can't take care of the affairs of our Grand Duke's Palace!"
"The entire world is under the grace of the God of Light, and all living beings in the world belong to God. Do you, the Duke of Palmer, still want to disobey the will of the God of Light?"
The attendant spat on the ground disdainfully, "Not everyone is afraid of your church. Who dares to take our master away?"
"I declare you a blasphemer, and the wrath of God will come upon your sinful flesh!" the fat priest shouted sternly.
As the priest finished speaking, the two disciplinary knights behind him pounced on the follower with swords.
"Don't even make a move!" the middle-aged scribe shouted anxiously.
Once there is a head-on conflict with the religious correctional institution, things will become out of control.
The attendant over there hesitated obviously when he heard the shout, but the two disciplinary knights would not listen to the scribe's orders. The moment the attendant hesitated, a sword pierced his thigh.
The attendant roared in pain, fought back angrily, and punched the Punishment Knight on the front breastplate, causing him to stagger backwards.
As soon as the follower resisted, another disciplinary knight who was also holding a sword and was about to stab his leg raised the tip of his sword and pierced the entire lower abdomen with the sword.
As soon as the sword was pulled out, blood spurted out.
The attendant fell to the ground, covering his abdomen with his hands, his body twitching, and he could not survive.
No one expected that these disciplinary knights would take action as soon as they said so! The little boy behind the scribe was so frightened that he cried loudly.
"You, you..." the middle-aged scribe pointed angrily at everyone in the church. He did not expect that one of his followers would die with just one word.
"Take them all away," the fat priest said coldly.
The disciplinary knights behind him swarmed forward with swords and ropes in hand, intending to tie up everyone in the church and take them away.
The first one to be caught was the middle-aged scribe who was closest. He was kicked to the ground by a disciplinary knight and leaned over to start binding him.
The few remaining followers behind the scribe began to resist when facing the disciplinary knights, who rushed forward. Among them, the older man who looked like a butler was significantly more powerful than these disciplinary knights.
Perhaps because his master was captured, and his companion died tragically, the old man took action without any scruples and was extremely ruthless. He used his pipe to deflect the disciplinary knight's sword, and then punched the knight in the throat, directly severing his throat. Broken bones. Then he turned around and kicked again, kicking away the knight who was rushing towards him.
The knight captain led two knights, and the three of them attacked at the same time to withstand the old butler's attack.
The bearded man and several of his companions on the other side also began to resist.
These rangers are people who are not bound by laws and disciplines. Once they decide to use force, they have no scruples and will fight with all their strength.
The bearded ranger turned out to be a fifth-level war captain. He waved a big sword wrapped in fighting spirit in his hand, forcing the three disciplinary knights to retreat.
The three companions behind him are also ruthless characters. One holds an ax, another wields a sword, and one wields a double-headed change the size of a human head. Each of them is stronger than a single disciplinary knight.
The fierce impact of several people forced the disciplinary knight to retreat towards the church door.
The two light warriors behind the priest saw this and rushed forward with their halberds. They stabbed with their halberds and fired their fighting energy before forcing several rangers back.
There was a fight in the whole church.
In the melee, no one noticed that a black mist was slowly rising from the ground...