Chapter 86: Chapter 69 God Gives Blessings?_2
“Thank goodness, Sir Knight, you are here, things went awry! The reinforcements arrived!”
“Isn’t the arrival of reinforcements a good thing?”
Of course, Duanmu Huai had seen the reinforcements, he just couldn’t fathom why Lorena looked like that when the reinforcements arrived.
“No, there are people from the Sigma Church amongst the reinforcements, they say they want to arrest and execute those three nuns!”
Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows. He was well aware of the conflict between the Sigma Church and the Nun Association. As he had previously mentioned, the Two-tailed Comet had destroyed Modheim, and the Rock Monastery had suffered the least damage. As a result, the Sigma Church had declared the nuns of the monastery as heretics. They had even fallen out with General Pastte over this issue and did not participate in the temple defense war – technically, purifying the temple should have been their job.
And now these people came here just to cause trouble?
Although Duanmu Huai wasn’t particularly acquainted with the combat nuns, they had fought together, and their purification of the temple clearly did not mark them as heretics. Now the Sigma Church stirred things up as soon as they arrived, probably wanting to benefit from the situation… Damn, how come there’s so much trouble from the start?
“Let’s go and check it out.”
With that, Duanmu Huai got up and walked into the temple.
When he arrived at the Temple Hall, he saw that the three combat nuns had been tied up by the soldiers and were kneeling on the ground. In front of them stood a senior man clad in a bishop’s robe, standing behind the preaching podium in the middle, glaring at the nuns.
“You have desecrated the temple! You have disobeyed the doctrine! You have fallen into heresy! Now, I declare, in the name of Sigma, you will be executed!”
However, just as the old bishop was about to announce the verdict, Duanmu Huai strode out from the crowd. Upon seeing Duanmu Huai, the old bishop was taken aback.
“What, what do you want to do? I warn you, this is a church trial, no one is allowed to interfere!”
“No, I just want to ask you a few questions.”
Duanmu Huai stared at the old bishop and began to inquire.
“From what you said, are these combat nuns all heretics deceived by Chaos?”
“Exactly! When the Disaster Comet descended, they were the least affected, so we have ample reason to believe they may have colluded with an Evil God, submitting to him, falling into heresy.”
Upon hearing that, Duanmu Huai nodded.
“In that case, is there a problem with the purification of this Sigma Temple?”
“If you insist they are heretics, then they cannot possibly receive Sigma’s approval, naturally unable to purify the temple. So according to you, the purification of this temple should be a sham? Therefore…”
Duanmu Huai made a gesture.
“I hope you can remove the curse of the heresy and purify the temple again.”
Upon hearing Duanmu Huai’s words, the old bishop bellowed out in fury.
“We will, of course, purify the temple again, but not now! The most important task now is to eradicate the heresy! As for the purification, it can be done tomorrow!”
Duanmu Huai walked up to the old bishop and glared at him.
“The most important thing now is to purify the temple. If these combat nuns are heretics, then the purification of the Sigma Temple is a hoax, and there may be a trap. Are you telling us to spend a night in a temple cursed by heresy? Who will take responsibility if something happens?”
Upon hearing that, the soldiers were in an uproar. Indeed, if all that the old bishop said was true, and the three combat nuns were indeed heretics, they could not possibly purify the Sigma Temple. This means that the temple may still be hiding some kind of insidious and deadly curse, and logically, shouldn’t the most important thing now be to remove the curse?
Once the curse is removed, the accusation of the combat nuns being heretics would be proven, wouldn’t it?
The old bishop also noticed the gazes of the people around him at this moment, his color fading instantly. But very quickly, he stared fiercely at Duanmu Huai once more.
“This is none of your business! This is the church’s internal affairs! You dare to question the church, it is like questioning the deity! Do you also want to be branded as a heretic?”
Upon hearing this, everyone else was taken aback except for Duanmu Huai, who remained calm.
“Questioning the church is like questioning the deity?”
He quietly took out the War Hammer and stared at the old bishop.
“The church is just the deity’s servant, and yet you dare to put the church and the deity on par?”
“You are being disloyal…”
Under Duanmu Huai’s gaze, the old bishop turned pale. However, at this moment, something unexpected happened!
The statues on both sides of the temple suddenly emanated a dazzling golden light, and this golden light directly hit Duanmu Huai. In the next moment, Duanmu Huai’s War Hammer suddenly emitted a bright golden light, and simultaneously, a giant apparition appeared behind him!
It was the figure of Sigma, the founding emperor of the empire, worshiped by the Sigma Church!
Seeing this, almost everyone fell to their knees involuntarily, whereas Duanmu Huai looked confused. He glanced at the Thunder Warhammer in his hand, and soon enough, a system prompt appeared before his eyes.
[Thunder Warhammer (melee, two-handed, heavy strike)]
[15% chance to cause enemies to explode upon death, inflicting area damage equal to 50% of their Life Value (can accumulate)]
[Each attack has a 6.9% chance to cause a knockback effect]
[Sigma’s Blessing: Each attack will accumulate a layer of holy damage attribute]
Sigma is showing himself? What the hell? I’m not his follower, why is he contacting me?
Looking at the information in front of him, Duanmu Huai was momentarily stunned. However, when he looked at the old bishop, whose face was as pale as a sheet, he seemed to realize something and was taken aback.
The deity descends, it wouldn’t be just for show! So there’s only one answer left!!
Realizing this, Duanmu Huai rushed forward in a few strides, stretched out his hand to grab the old bishop and lifted him up. Then he reached out with his other hand, grabbed the robe on the bishop’s body, and tore it forcefully!
The bishop’s robe was torn to pieces, and his shriveled body was exposed to everyone’s sight. If it were a beautiful girl, it would indeed be a lovely view, but unfortunately, a shriveled old man’s body wouldn’t draw anyone’s interest. But the point was not there – it was the myriad symbols and signs on the old man’s body! The most eye-catching of which was the mark on his chest, an open eye and a palm!
Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai’s eyes were fixed.
“Withered Eye, you are a follower of the God of Trickery!”