Transcendent Noble

In the morning of second day, the female bodyguard Nicole sent Victor to the carriage with no expression on her face.

On the carriage, Victor felt a sense of guilty conscience when thinking of Nicole's resentful eyes.

Victor shook the head, dispelling strange thoughts from his mind.

Now, the most important thing is to set off for the new territory before the Wimbledon family reacts.

After all, Victor caused the entire family to spend hundreds of thousands of goldsall's layout in Centaur Hills in a blemish.

And the Prince's party's next counterattack, Victor must also be unable to withstand it.

But as long as Victor is in a new territory, it is not easy for the family to pursue it.

First of all, even if Marquis Sophia sent an emissary to call Victor back to the king to question the crime, as long as Victor hides in the territory and avoid meeting somebody, they can do nothing about Victor.

Secondly, the Williams faction has long regarded Centaur Hills as their own bag. It is impossible to sit by and watch the Prince party send troops or the mighty Knight into the hinterland of Centaur Hills to question Victor.

So, Victor decided to recruit guards and leaders as soon as possible, purchase supplies and equipment, up to three days, he must set off.

After entering the Black Castle, Victor walked straight to the room where he lived. Before he could sit still, he heard a knock on the door.

"Lord Baron, Bishop Pierot will hold a purification ceremony in Black Castle Square before noon. The church invites all the nobles in Black Castle town to observe the ceremony as usual. Please be there." After the door opened, one person The Black Castle waiter bowed respectfully to Victor.

Victor's heart moved and asked the waiter; "Did you catch a wizard? When did it happen?"

The so-called purification ceremony is Radiance Church's statement, in fact, Radiance Church will People with wizard bloodline use the holy fire to burn their body and soul into ashes alive in the square. Every time the ceremony is purified, Radiance Church requires local aristocrats and civilians to observe it to demonstrate the justice and authority of the church.

In Victor's memory, Radiance Church has a history of more than 9,000 years, which is older than all empires in human history. It can be said that Radiance Church is the most powerful force in the human world.

Wizards are people who are born with extraordinary powers. They are the same as ordinary persons before they are awakened, but once they are awakened, they have various abilities, such as element control, body mutation, and activation of dead objects. , Manipulation of undead and so on. The wizard’s ability myriad can be large or small, and some wizards can Big Dipper Turns and Stars Move, and some can spread the plague, slaughter the city and exterminate the race, and some can only play small tricks, such as lighting a stone. But no matter what kind of ability the wizard is, it is the deadly enemy of the church.

According to Radiance Church, 9000 years ago, the human world was ruled by wizards with extraordinary powers. They either occupied a city or ruled a country, calling themselves Chosen One, and exercising cruel rule over ordinary people. From time to time, the people under the rule are used to perform cruel blood sacrifices in exchange for power from the devil.

The wailing and prayers of the people awakened the sleeping Lord of Radiance. He saw through the true face of Chosen One, dispatched the twelve brilliant Archangels under the seat, and descended the Oracle to select the saints from the people. Radiance Church, the church led the people through a hundred years of bloody battle, and finally overthrew the rule of Chosen One, and declared Chosen One a wizard, a spokesperson of the devil, and an evil one.

For thousands of years, one Human Kingdom from prosperity to decline, only Radiance Church has always stood firm. They treat diseases for the people, mediate wars, raise orphans, and punish cruel lords to protect the leaders. People, this makes Radiance Church have a great influence among ordinary people. But Radiance Church has always spared no effort to eliminate the wizard, even sacrifices.

And the wizard is not reconciled to death. For thousands of years, they have formed many organizations to fight the church, the most famous of which is Pantheon.

Until 1500 years ago, the church fought a decisive battle with Pantheon’s two great wizard Blair siblings. The church sacrificed seven Archbishops, one pope and one pope. More than 2,300 clergymen died in the battle. Finally, six brilliant Archangels came to purify the Blair sisters and brothers. Since this battle, the wizard organization can no longer directly compete with the church when it is fully transformed into the underground.

Although Radiance Church eliminated Pantheon, its own strength was greatly damaged and its control over the human world began to weaken. The human aristocracy took the opportunity to rise and began to make more voices in the human world. The hardliners in the church were unwilling to weaken their rights, and the conflict between the church and the nobility became increasingly acute.

300 years ago, there was a drastic change in the church. The human nobles took the opportunity to send troops to the Church, Bright City, the capital of the state of Al. In the end, the Church compromised, and Church signed the famous Bright New Covenant with the representatives of the human nobles.

Since then, Radiance Church has announced that governance belongs to the nobles and theocracy belongs to the church. El Kingdom officially changed its name to El Kingdom and merged into Rand Empire.

Church lost its control over the church and Mortal World. The pope, who has been inherited from generation to generation, became a virtual title. The daily work of the church was in charge of the pope and bishops in various places. The monastery was in charge of the Elder group of the hermitage. The court is in charge of the chief and deputy referees.

Although the rights of Radiance Church have been restricted as never before, the church's attack on the wizard has never been interrupted. This time, a wizard was captured near Black Castle. According to the bright new covenant, the church sent a priest to preside over the ceremony and asked the lord of Black Castle to sign the death penalty order to show that Radiance Church respected the lord’s secular rights. Eventually, the church will implement a purification ceremony under the witness of the nobles to prove that the church has not abused the power of God.

"My lord, just ten days ago, someone found three corpses in the basement of the Lamb Hotel in Black Castle. After the sheriff's identification, they thought it was an evil ceremony. The sheriff reported. After the pastor Ivan, the priest in the fort, the priest held a prayer to appraise the magic. It was discovered that the gardener Will in the town was an evil wizard. The priest asked Bishop Pierot to come and preside over the purification ceremony." The attendant answered Victor. road.

Victor eyes shrank, ten days ago was when he came across.

He thinks of the Demon God who crushed the little Baron soul in his memory. Is there any connection there?

"You just said that Bishop Pierot will host the ceremony in person?" Victor calmed down and asked.

"Yes, sir."

Bishop Pierot is a bishop in the western Aldrich province of Gambis Kingdom. It has a lofty status. Generally speaking, ordinary purification ceremony does not require him to host it. .

Unless the wizard caught this time is extraordinary!

Although the area of ​​Centaur Hills is large, the influence of Radiance Church on this newly developed land is still very weak, with only a few priests preaching in a limited number of places. And this time caught a wizard, and the church sent a bishop to host the ceremony to increase the church's influence on the new territory, which is also reasonable.

"Did the captured wizard just come to Black Castle?" Victor asked again. He wanted to find out if the captured wizard was related to Baron's death. .

"Your Excellency, the gardener Will has lived in Black Castle for 3 years. He is a resident who was evacuated from the Eastern Province. But no one knew that he turned out to be a lurking wizard. "

After dismissing the caller, Victor fell into deep thought.

In terms of time, wizard Will, who has lived here for three years, should not have been the murderer of Baron, and the arrival of Bishop Pierot does not show any clues.

Since he couldn't think of any results, Victor put his mind down and decided to see it for himself.