Mystery: Beginning with the Warrior Path

Chapter 118 A shield (13, please subscribe!)
On the way to the North District in a rented carriage, Roman didn't speak, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

So all the way to the door of St. Samuel's Church.

After paying the fare, Roman walked into the church with some heaviness.

I didn't see Herbert today, maybe he's underground.

Roman walked through the quiet corridor to the dimly lit large prayer hall, sat in a corner, looked around at the devoutly praying believers, and looked at the ordinary curtain wall dotted with stars.

Bowing his head in prayer, he inspired the Dark Night Emblem in his hand.

With the familiar feeling of falling into a dream, Roman opened his eyes and saw His Excellency Saint Anthony in a black and red bishop's robe.

"Praise the goddess."

"Praise the goddess."

Roman clicked a crimson moon on his chest.

"Your Excellency, I would like to ask your opinion on something."

Roman said aloud before San Antonio spoke.

Seeing His Excellency St. Anthony looking at him, Roman sorted out his thoughts and began to talk about what happened to Claret and Zamia.

"Your Excellency Saint Anthony, Zamia is a believer of the goddess, how will the church deal with this matter?"

The beardless and serious saint looked at Roman and said:
"Your Excellency Roman, there are no supernatural factors in this matter, and it is not attributable to the Nighthawks. At the same time, the incident happened in the East District and Backlund Bridge District. Since many believers of the gods are involved, even if there are supernatural factors, according to the attribution The land should also be handled by the mechanical heart."

"Especially, if extraordinary factors are not involved, the church generally has no right to interfere. This is also the tacit understanding between the three major churches and the royal family of Loen."

After a moment of silence, Roman said in a low voice, "I understand, Your Excellency, thank you for your information."

St. Anthony didn't take it seriously, and then said: "Your Excellency Roman, the church has answered your previous request."

"A weapon is prepared for you."

"To be precise, it's a shield."

"It is a relatively powerful '2' level sealed item."

"This item must satisfy you."

Roman was a little disappointed to hear that he could not customize the weapon, but he was interested enough when he heard His Excellency Saint Anthony said that this was an item that he must be satisfied with.

His Excellency St. Anthony's voice sounded like a chant, and introduced the "2" level sealed item.

"Number: 166."

"Name: Guardian Shield."

"Hazard Level: Level 2, use with caution and in moderation."

"Confidentiality level: bishop and professional team leader and above."

"Description: This shield comes from a 'Guardian' who was killed by a 'Night Watchman' from the Church of God of War."

"Its appearance is a silver-white one-handed round shield engraved with complicated patterns."

"This shield has the property of being partly 'alive'. It likes to bathe in the morning light in the early morning. If it has not been exposed to the sun for more than three days, it will refuse to be used."

"If you wake it up at night, you must bask in the sun in the morning the next day, otherwise it will gradually drag the user into a deep sleep and never wake up again. This ability may come from the 'Night Watchman'."

"When using it with or without infusion of spirituality, it will be in a 'sleep' state and can only exert passive abilities."

"The holder will get a comprehensive improvement in strength, speed, physique, and defense. The defense will be raised to the point where it can withstand close-range shooting from a steam rifle, and it can break through some illusions."

"The only problem is that if the height is less than 180 centimeters, it will not be able to hold this shield. Only when the height reaches 2 meters can it fully obtain its holding effect."

"Infused with spirituality, it can inspire the 'Light of Dawn', which can cause damage to various types of enemies, and is especially good at dealing with spirits, evil spirits and monsters."

"Kneeling on one knee and infusing spiritual stimulation, an unbreakable wall formed by the light of the morning sun can appear in front of you. It is almost impossible to break through the defense below the high sequence, and all types of damage are available. The disadvantage is that you cannot move."

"If the defense is broken, it will immediately fall into a deep sleep, and will gradually drag the user into a deep sleep that cannot be awakened."

"Sealing method: when not in use, there is no need for a special seal, it will be in a sleep state by itself, after using it, you can use the 'sleep' ability of the night field to appease it in a short time, or communicate with it with the 'fear' ability, but still need Let it bathe in the morning light as soon as possible."

…… Listening to His Excellency St. Anthony's introduction, Roman knew why he said he would be satisfied.

Not to mention that this shield itself is extremely powerful, as far as I am concerned, when I am promoted to Sequence 5, I can find a way to restore it to Extraordinary characteristics and use it directly to prepare potions.

Fortunately, after being promoted to a weapon master, his height exceeded two meters.

Roman thought a little fortunately.

"I am very satisfied, thank you, Your Excellency the Bishop." Roman looked at Bishop St. Anthony.

His Excellency the Archbishop also understood what Roman meant, "I will take it out from behind the Chanis Gate later, you go to Confession Room 3 and wait, someone will send it to you."

As he said that, His Excellency St. Anthony said pointedly: "I will not let a sealed item appear in the Great Prayer Hall."

After he finished speaking, Roman woke up suddenly, and the dream was shattered.

While complaining in his heart, Roman came to the designated confession room No. 3.

After a while, the small door of the confessional opened, and Roman saw Herbert wearing a priest's uniform, holding a silver-white one-handed shield in his hand.

"Roman, Your Excellency the Bishop asked me to give you this shield."

"Please, Herbert." Roman said, taking the shield.

As soon as he got it in his hand, Roman felt that the facing card seemed to wake up from a dream. It shook slightly, and then returned to silence.

The corners of Roman's mouth twitched slightly, and he hung the shield behind him with a rope. After communicating with Herbert for a while, he left St. Samuel's Church.

Thinking back to the communication with Herbert just now, I felt that he seemed to be a different person from before. While I was sincerely happy for him, it seemed to strengthen a certain idea in Roman's heart.

After coming out of St. Samuel's Church, Roman called a taxi and headed towards the East District.

Along the way, Roman also remained silent and extremely silent.

It's just that the expression gradually became firmer.

Under the strange eyes of the coachman, Roman returned to the East District, and returned to the house he rented.

As soon as he opened the door, Roman saw the children sitting on the ground.

Under Claret's leadership, no one sat on the bed that belonged to Roman in the room, even if it was just a simple wooden bed made of old wooden boards.

When they saw Roman coming in, they all stood up and looked at Roman gratefully.

After Roman entered the room, the room instantly became a little crowded.

Claret took the initiative to say: "Mr. Roman, you are back."

"Well," Roman patted him on the shoulder: "Did you eat? Did the police find you later?"

"I've eaten, Mr. Roman." As if to express that he was determined to complete the task assigned by Roman, Claret answered loudly, and then looked at Roman: "Mr. Roman, no one will look for us again."

Roman was not surprised. Looking around at the boys and girls in the room, his heart became heavier and heavier.

He looked at Claret, at Zamiya who was rescued by him, and said, "Do you have any plans for the future?"

Claret and Zamiya looked at each other, and at the children beside them, and said in a low voice:
"No, Mr. Roman, we don't know what to do next."

"We dare not go back to the orphanage for fear of possible revenge from the gangsters and fear of being caught again in the dark basement."

"We have nowhere to go, we are all orphans."

"Are you all in this situation?" Roman asked the children next to him.

"Yes, Monsieur Roman."

Children, you started talking one by one.

"I used to live in a workhouse. The environment there was worse, the labor was more arduous, and no one cared about my illness. Both my parents died there." A little girl who looked only about ten years old said in a low mood. Said.

"I'm from Limon. My parents went bankrupt and committed suicide a few months ago. I became an orphan. I was tricked into Backlund and fell into the hands of gangsters." The person next to Clayt looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, quite Said for the strong and handsome boy.

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Roman looked at the 8 children, 9 men and 17 women, crowded in the small room in front of him. Hearing what happened to them, Roman always felt that he should do something.

For the Church of the Storms' refusal to come forward to resolve this matter, Roman was a little surprised at first.

In Roman's view, this involves serious crimes and dereliction of duty. There are so many children among the victims, and countless potential victims. There are many believers of the Lord of Storms among them. There is no reason for the church to refuse to deal with this matter. right.

At that moment Roman was angry.

However, on the way to St. Samuel's Church, Roman had some ideas.

Asking His Excellency St. Anthony is just a final confirmation.

It was Roman's own thinking that had gone awry.

Whether it is the church in the original book or the church that Roman experienced personally, the image is positive and a guardian.

This made Roman associate them with the officials of the previous life, and subconsciously felt that the church would take care of everything.

In fact, the idea is ridiculous.

The real official is the Loen royal family, the upper and lower parliaments, the nobles, the army, and the police station.

But they will not care about the life and death of some orphans, especially those in the East End.

They are not the embodiment of justice, of course, neither is the church.

Roman recalled the smog incident in the original book, where the death toll reached tens of thousands.

However, the three major churches compromised in the face of King George III of Loen's retreat, and accepted the explanation that the prince, who looked like he was joking, colluded with the witch to plot rebellion.

No one cared about the tens of thousands of people who died in the Eastern District. They were just the numbers in the report. Their deaths were the bargaining chips in the party struggle when promoting various policies later. Their deaths were like a raging fire that burned straw in the fields.

They can die in many identities, but they cannot be like one real person after another.

The three major churches did not speak out afterwards, but for the sake of stability and faith, they compromised.

Roman suddenly realized that he didn't know when, he seemed to really start to rely on the church, as if he could get a perfect solution for everything he entrusted to them, instead of thinking about acting on his own.

Since the three major churches have a tacit understanding with the Loen royal family, since some people from the Backlund police have colluded with the East District, since this is Backlund, there are Backlund rules.

Then Roman intends to do something in this rule.

Just here in the East, solve these problems in the way of the East.

Don't care what the church thinks.

Perhaps in their view, what they want to do is just some trivial matter of children playing around, and even those high-ranking people will not stay here.

fair enough.

Roman thought a little mockingly.

He looked at the children around him, and the road for these children was basically blocked.

There is a risk of being captured by gangsters at any time, without the slightest resistance, unable to receive education, and lacking skills,

Roman couldn't imagine how this group of teenagers could survive in this world without external help under such circumstances.

Looking at their expectant eyes, Roman said slowly:
"Kids, the police probably can't count on you. You may have to rely on yourself in the future."

Before Clayte could speak, Roman continued:

"I can help you eliminate one gangster and two gangsters, but in the East District, the gangsters cannot be eliminated cleanly."

"There's always going to be a steady stream of those people showing up."

"Children who are victimized, you will not be the first batch, and you will certainly not be the last batch."

"If you want to change your destiny, you can only rely on yourself."

"Only by becoming stronger can those guilty be punished and more homeless people like you can be protected."

"I will open an alternative school in the East End. In this school, apart from grammar and arithmetic knowledge, I will also teach you some self-defense methods, so that you can better protect yourself against those vicious gangsters. I am no longer powerless, of course, I will also ask the pastor of the church to explain the scriptures of the gods."

"My purpose is to enable you all to have the ability to protect yourself and survive. Just like what Emperor Roselle said, teaching others how to fish is worse than giving them a fish."

Roman didn't know if Roselle said it, but he thought it should be.

"Of course, the students in the school also need to do something for me to pay for my tuition."

"You can think about it for yourself."

"Those who don't want to participate can leave, I won't force it."

"Now, Claire, go find a hotel, open a few rooms, and let everyone have a good rest."

"Give me an answer tomorrow morning."

He didn't let the children make a decision quickly, and he wasn't someone with a burst of Mary's heart, so he must help someone.

After all, these children were rescued by Roman. Roman taught them some skills, and they helped Roman to do something.

It's fair.

(End of this chapter)