"What happened!?"
People in the church start to go pale. They have heard of heretics committing hideous crimes before and the story pops up in many minds after hearing such an explosion.
"Heretic is attacking!"
Someone yells out in fear, causing people to get up from their bench. Their face is laced with uncertainty. Just then another sound came from the side of the church breaking the window.
Bang!
Glass shattered as Panic ensues among the church believers, they push each other to try to escape from the church, causing chaos among the people. The priest couldn't get past the people clogging up the exit.
The heretic yelling and the explosion cause the right amount of fear in people that it is hard for a priest to get under control.
"Calm down! This is the sun church, no heretic would attack here!"
Some of the people stopped their activities realizing that they were safe with the church but the majority didn't hear the priest in the panic. The priest couldn't also try to see what happened outside the church.
Reeva slips through unnoticed by the priest. He descended the stairs with a smile on his face. He only gave people one thing that the church would be alert to.
A gun
More specifically he gave it to a homeless person and gave the guy 1 stac to shoot it in front of the church. Reeva only said that it would make a loud sound and then do it two times. Escape the church and burn the thing. After that, he will gain another 2 stac.
The tramp didn't think twice about such an offer. 1 stac is like a windfall to him. He just needs to make some noise and cause as much chaos and he will get another 2. The easiest money of his life!
After making such noise the tramp did as the stranger instructed and left. A priest ran out and tried to follow him.
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The stone stairs spiral downward, the path is lit by candles giving off little light. Reeva didn't know why they wouldn't use an oil lamp like a normal person. It's been a question for him since he's been here, in some areas there seem to be improvements in technology and other places seem like they were in the Middle Ages.
If only rural towns or faraway cities didn't have some technology, Reeva wouldn't care but, Tumidus shouldn't be the one lacking., He could not chalk it up to consident, the church heavily limits the development of firearms. But didn't stop the canon from being made.
Why did they do such a thing? Reeva came here to find out, maybe that and the fact that they cut the tongue off that grey robe guy.
After some time, Reeva finally arrived at a door, it looked about halfway down the flight of stairs. He slowly touches the handle and feels that it's not locked. He slowly creek it open to see a long corridor with many rooms.
He quietly walks in front of one and uses his barely functioning Eryish to read the sign at the front.
Kent Pylon
Some kind of name, Reeva turned to another door to read the front sign, and sure enough, it was another name. Turns out this is where the priest lives after sundown. Their living headquarters was rather bad for such a holy organization. He pushes on one of the doors and sees that's it locked. He tried many different ones and finally found one that wasn't locked.
He quietly creek the door open and sees inside. One bed, a table, a chair and a wardrobe. If he hadn't entered the church, Reeva would have thought that this was some kind of jail. The stone wall and darkness of the room just made this place look depressing with only candlelight illuminating it.
Reeva went in and checked the belongings of the person. A paper and pen on the table with a fountain pen at the side. A quick glance at the content makes it clear that it is a letter. Reeva was not interested in this. He was not the type to snoop around place but, this time he needed something from here.
Since he's already here, he shouldn't miss out on the golden opportunity to fit in. He glared at the wardrobe and opened it, inside was a kind of white robe with golden trim. The signature of the church.
I'll be borrowing this hehe
Yellow mist seeps out of his body when he's putting on the robe. Then he checks the door if there are any people around. After he clears the hallway, Reeva strolls out like he owns the place.
He is one of the priests now.
He exited the living quarters and went further down the stairs. Arriving at the end of it. There he encounters a metal bar and door. Likely used to guard people from escaping. Another tow guard stands at the door. But this time it's not a priest but a knight in armor.
Reeva thought a bit a came up with an idea of how to go past the guard.
"Heretic!"
He went downstairs in a hurry screaming at the top of his lungs. The knights look rather confused but they are still on guard. They raise their sword and point them at Reeva.
"What's going on!?"
"There's a heretic outside making some noise!"
The guard is still tense, the person doesn't sound similar to any of the priests around here.
"Who are you? Answer in 3 seconds or your head will be on the floor!"
"Didn't you hear it!? They were in Chaos upstairs, something blew up, and another priest came to stop him. I could only catch a glimpse but he was holding something like this"
Reeva waved his hand around to imitate how he would hold a gun. It's a blind shot in the dark whether the knight knows about the guns or not.
"Hey isn't that... something that Father Theodore... describe?"
The guards look at each other, unsure of what to do next.
Jackpot!