234 Start of the Raid (1/2)

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Saint Heaven Kingdom

Inside the branch of the Church of Light in the Holy City, Cloe was currently walking along the corridor when she bumped into a high-priest that was the right-hand man of Archbishop Hervil.

She looked at the high-priest and asked. ”Is Archbishop Hervil inside his room?”

The high-priest was taken aback when he saw Cloe, which made him a little daze. Then he immediately relied the moment his regain himself. ”Ah! Young Saintess! The Archbishop was not in there. He is currently in the throne room to fix somethings.”

Cloe nodded her head after hearing that and said. ”Is that so? I'll go greet him there then.”

Then she started walking towards the throne room as the high-priest moved to the side and gave way for Cloe to walked through while having a deep bow for her. And when Cloe was already out of his sight, the high-priest suddenly formed an evil grin with his lips.

At the same time, he turned his head a little to the right before opening his mouth to say something. ”The Saintess really come. Lock the whole church and don't let anyone to get in and out. Also activate the Church's Formation to prevent some guys from sneaking in.”

A moment later, Cloe finally arrived at the throne room. And it did take her for long to find the Archbishop, it was because he was currently sitting on the throne comfortably.

”So, your really did come, huh? Saintess Arielle,” said Archbishop Hervil when he saw that Cloe entered the room.

Bang!

And that was when the door of the room closed with a loud sound. Then the atmosphere inside the room suddenly turned heavy. It was as if the throne room suddenly turned in to a gravity training room.

But Cloe seemed to be fine; it was as if she didn't get affected even for a little bit. Then she looked at the Archbishop before sneering at him. ”So, you are showing your true colors from the get-go?”

Archbishop Hervil smirked at him and said. ”Heh! What is the point of hiding it, knowing that you are already done with your investigations? And, isn't it your reason for coming here? To apprehend me?”

”Since you already admitted your wrongdoings, how about you surrender yourself voluntarily? That way, we can save both of our precious time,” said Cloe while flashing her charming smile at the Archbishop.

And when Archbishop Hervil heard it, he couldn't help but started laughing loudly as he found her words very funny. ”Hahaha… And what makes you think that I will do that? You might me strong, but you are still alone. You can't beat me all by yourself. Especially when I have my guards with me.”

Then three Paladin Guards appeared on the room. One walked out from behind the throne where the Archbishop was currently sitting while the other to revealed themselves by walking out from behind of the stone pillars on each of her sides.

”Whatever you are saying, no one can save you,” said Archbishop Hervil when he heard that. Then he immediately added after that. ”Let's end this useless talk. Guards, take her down but don't kill her. These Otherworldly Individuals have an Immortal Soul so we can't kill them completely. Just capture her and lock her in the prison.”

And without further ado, the three Paladin Guards immediately started rushing towards her in a simultaneous manner.

”Hmph! Do you think that I am that dumb to come here without making any preparations?” said by Cloe before taking out a seemed to be ordinary stone from her inventory bag, and sending a message to Shin.

Then she immediately crashed it with her one hand, illuminating the whole place with a blinding light. And that made the three Paladin Guards to halt their steps.

Archbishop Hervil squinted his eyes while making them to release a blinding light of their own. It was also for him to have an ability to see what's inside that blinding light, and that was when he saw a bunch of silhouettes standing in the middle of it.

”Careful!” – Is the word that the Archbishop wanted to say. But before he managed to voice it out, those figures were already making their moves.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Whoosh! Whoosh!

There were two battle-axes that was thrown at the Paladin Guards that were on each of their sides. At the same time, a pair of sword waves were sent flying towards the paladin on their front.

And because those attacks came a with a surprise, the three Paladin Guards failed to either block or dodge in time when it came after them. And those attacks sent them sliding backwards after getting hit.

Bang! Bang!

Boom!

When the blinding light finally subdued, Shin and other others were also been reveal at the others, with the real King Cassius standing in the middle of them.

Simba and Lawless simultaneously caught their battle-axes that bounced back at them while Shin and the mysterious hooded guy was still maintaining the ending postures of their previous attacks. And with that, the latter two took a look at each other while having similar thoughts in their minds.