Invincible priest, out of the courtroom

"Ah."

Rorschach's voice came out through the Holy Flame Mask, appearing very hoarse and distorted.

Fortunately, among the clergy in the Northland, mutual identification does not need to be through appearance and voice.

"Where's the witch?"

Rorschach asked.

"Excuse me for my dereliction of duty...we are a little late..."

Francis replied very ashamed.

"It's okay, as expected, this thing is indeed very cunning, and it is also good at escaping."

Rorschach was not surprised by this, the opponent was indeed treacherous and cunning enough to be extremely difficult to deal with.

"Can you still catch it?"

he asked again.

Francis hurriedly took out an instrument from his waist. It looked like a large compass, with an extremely complex and delicate structure. There were six different pointers on it, and three different scales, large, medium and small. Normal people should not expect to understand it.

After fiddling with this complicated instrument, Francis replied with a little regret:

"This time, it directly escaped the search range of the airship..."

As he spoke, he turned his head and pointed to the pitch-black night for Rorschach.

There was almost nothing to see, except for the occasional flash of a signal to confirm the approximate position of the airship.

If you want to search for a cunning enemy like the Witch, it is obviously not feasible to just search on the ground.

"Although this witch is already a real witch, she is weaker than expected, so she has been evading our pursuit and has never confronted us..."

"I also reported the situation to the Grand Knight Commander. Her judgment is that this witch was promoted through a special ceremony, and maybe even this simplified ceremony was not fully performed..."

Francis continued to report.

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"In short, after escaping the search range of the airship, it is a bit tricky to locate it. After all, we are short of manpower, and currently only this airship is available..."

"Although the secret sect promised to modify more airships for searching as soon as possible, it will take some time."

Francis finally gave Rorschach a summary, and then bowed his head in shame.

This is the second time he missed a good opportunity, letting the weak witch escape from him.

Luo Xia didn't blame him, but instead patted him on the shoulder and encouraged him:

"Relax, witch hunting has always been a lengthy project."

Human beings have hunted witches four times, even if it is as strong as the Holy See in the Northland, even if it is the most successful and efficient fourth hunt, it took 100 years in the end to let the last witch of disaster be punished.

After all, the witch is an arrangement made by a veteran hardcore evil god who used his authority to personally drop it. If it is really that easy to deal with, it is not up to humans to solve it.

So even if Rorschach was in a hurry, so anxious that he would end up in person, it would be impossible to set too strict requirements for the Templar team with only seven members. On the contrary, he had already made preparations for a protracted battle.

Francis, who had gained understanding, couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and said cautiously:

"Well...Actually...Your Excellency the Great Knight Commander also provided us with a reference idea, maybe we can find opportunities from the devout believer Andy..."

Andy is a devout disciple developed by Rorschach, and other people are not very suitable to intervene, so Merida's suggestion may seem impolite, which makes Francis hesitate to speak for a while.

Fortunately, Rorschach didn't seem to mind this, nodded and responded:

"Tell me in detail."

"I praise you for your generosity!"

Francis hurriedly gave a compliment, and then talked about the suggestion from Merida.

To put it simply, Merida believes that this witch not only adopted a simplified ritual process, but even the simplified promotion was not performed perfectly.

It was already badly injured and in extremely bad condition.

And Andy, who is the last link in the process, is still alive, which involves interference from the gods.

So Merida speculated that for greater power, it would probably find a way to go back and complete the ceremony, or at least get rid of Andy as the last link, so as to make the ceremony as complete as possible.

Then you can arrange traps and ambushes around Andy, and wait for him to fall into the trap...

Merida's thinking is somewhat similar to Rorschach's previous thinking, they both want to use the 'trap' to complete the hunt.

The difference is just the difference in bait, one is Andy, who is still unconscious, and the other is a weird angel who doesn't know what he wants to do...

Luo Xia didn't really mind taking pious believers as bait, but the brows of the mask frowned slightly.

According to his understanding, judging from the experience accumulated by human beings through four times of "hunting witches", the core essence of hunting witches is actually not difficult to understand, which can be simply summarized into two points:

'Keep chasing' and 'set a trap and wait for it to come and deliver. '

The simplest and most simple way is also the most reliable and effective way. Both ways have their own successful records.

On the other hand, other fancy tricks are basically unreliable, and they often turn themselves into a clown.

After some weighing, Rorschach nodded and said:

"Hmm... Her thinking is indeed possible, but it is also full of risks and uncertainties. It takes a long-term plan and careful planning..."

"In short, let's get here first today, it's getting late."

Speaking of which, he actually planned to go back to sleep?

It seems that I forgot something...

Fortunately, before he left, he still remembered the insignificant battle before.

"By the way, those cult members in front are followers and believers of the Witch?"

Francis nodded and replied:

"Yes, it should be a group of 'pain attendants' that were born in the early years, still practicing the magic of [enjoying pain], using old-fashioned tricks, but they don't know that these tricks are already outdated..."

"So I speculate that they may be some stubborn remnants of the third hunt."

After hearing this, Luo Xia couldn't help feeling a little funny.

[Enjoy Pain] This sorcery, in simple terms, is to generate great pain through self-mutilation and self-abuse, and then draw evil power from the pain.

Although the power that can be absorbed is very strong and efficient, among the many tricks of cultists, they are still relatively stupid and ignorant.

Because there is a limit to the pain that human beings can bear, and there is also a limit to the power that can be obtained simply through self-mutilation. They must use other methods to obtain pain, and then draw more power.

That's why the old man deliberately put himself in a position where he could be easily attacked, with a posture of 'if you are a brother, come and cut me', he just wanted to continuously draw strength through the attack of the temple.

If Francis really attacked him, it would be in his arms, allowing him to have a steady stream of evil power to 'resurrect' those monsters, and then really fall into endless consumption.

Fortunately, Francis is also very experienced, so he was not fooled at all, just hanging so far away, watching him like a clown constantly consuming his strength until he couldn't hold on anymore and wanted to escape.

Afterwards, Luo Xia arrived, helped him to have a good time, and immediately changed his past.

Compared to the Witch's escape again, this lackluster battle was just an insignificant episode, almost ignored by Rorschach.

Fortunately, I finally remembered it, so I praised it again:

"Your choice and handling are very good."

"Thanks to your timely assistance."

Francis made a modest statement, quickly stroked his chest with his right hand, and bowed slightly to Rorschach, causing other knights to follow suit.

Rorschach quickly waved his hand in embarrassment.

"A small scene, no, no, please don't do this! It makes me very embarrassed... Let's do it, everyone go to bed early."

After saying that, he hurriedly disappeared in place.

After Luo Xia left for a while, the atmosphere in the team gradually eased.

A knight couldn't help asking curiously:

"Why is Archbishop Rorschach dressed like this? I think in his capacity, he should be wearing armor or cassock, right?"

Priests must always pay attention to protecting themselves, especially when dealing with the black and evil forces of cults, they must not show their faces, in case they have no limit to sneak attacks and revenge...

Just like the church, all members tightly cover their faces with visors.

It's just that Luo Xiazhe's way is a little bit unique?

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grateful……

Huh... I can't even pull out the list of thanks...

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The Templar's outspoken question successfully sparked discussions in the team about Rorschach, the archbishop.

"This archbishop gives me a very unique feeling. He is very different from those cardinals and cardinals. He is more individual and stronger, and his strength is simply unpredictable. He is stronger than the Pope and the Grand Knight... ..."

"That's right, is that magic technique just now the legendary [Sacred Sword of Heaven's Punishment]? It's even more exaggerated than the records and descriptions in the classics..."

"Is this one of the three giants of our Holy See? The divine technique before was really outrageous. He doesn't need such things as armor and robes at all, right? Being able to follow such a powerful leader really gives me an unparalleled feeling." sense of security!"

"I don't know if there are any archbishop-related merchandise for sale? I want to buy some back to spur my useless son and set an example for him..."

The knights were chatting, and the atmosphere in the team gradually relaxed. For the Holy Church, who no longer sleeps, and whose nerves are almost always tense, this is a rare moment of relaxation.

Perhaps, as the previous knight said, being able to fight side by side with an archbishop like Rorschach always makes people feel at ease.

On the other hand, Rorschach hurriedly returned to the church under Karanna's embrace. He wanted to hurry up and sleep, but found that the light in Nota's room was still on.

He couldn't help but knocked on Nota's door worriedly, and asked:

"It's so late, why don't you rest?"

"senior?"

Nota quickly ran to open the door, didn't even bother to change clothes, she was still wearing childish cartoon animal pajamas, wearing bunny-style slippers on her feet, revealing round and lovely toes.

She was still holding a notebook in her arms, she raised her eyebrows at Rorschach, and explained:

"I'm still helping seniors translate the telegrams received in the afternoon, and it's almost ready."

She was referring to the call back from the record officer of the secret religion that she received in the evening.

The other party may have found three or five telegraphers, and sent a long telegram with detailed information about the 'Remembering' sect.

Nota started to translate in a hurry, and has been busy until now.

When Luo Xia saw that she was so concerned about this matter and was busy so late, his heart couldn't help but warmed up, and he persuaded softly:

"It doesn't matter if you do these things in your free time during the day. Let's go to bed earlier."

As he spoke, he pinched her soft cheeks.

"Hee hee, thank you senior for your concern."

Nota squinted her eyes and smiled sweetly, held the notebook in front of her chest with one hand, and stroked the ends of her hair by her ear with the other hand.

Her golden twin ponytails have been untied, draped over her shoulders like a waterfall, not as cute and cute as in the daytime, but a little more gentle and charming, like a newly married little wife.

"Good night."

Luo Xia finally said, and then went back to the room to take a shower and sleep.

Nota also obediently put down her work, lay back on the bed, and hugged the fluffy puppet next to the pillow tightly, with a faint smile on her face.

Senior still cares about me very much. When I marry senior in the future, I will be able to monopolize such a gentle senior.

Hee hee, when we get married in the future, there will definitely be more...

She couldn't help thinking wildly for a while, and then suddenly froze.

Huh?strangeness……

It's obvious that I'm the only one around senior, but why does it always feel like there is a bad woman with evil intentions who wants to compete with me?

But I can't remember who it was...

It can't be Aunt Agatis, can it?