Chapter 26 Of the Church, Only Seven Members Had an Unspeakable Scheme (1/2)
Since they knew the identity of the man that was gravely injured, who could still give off an intimidating aura, things were easier. Even though they thought killing the successor would be simple—
The great twin doors were flung open allowing Joshua and Ying to go in the church. One of the knights of the cathedral hurried to the back, perhaps to report to the higher officials. After a short while, when Joshua's arrival was informed, two priests came to the hall and welcomed him to a small chamber to start the preliminary healing process.
”Please remove the resisting powers against the holy element.” The priest that had a younger appearance politely requested. ”You are a Gold-tier warrior. If you're unwilling to cooperate with us, I'm afraid that our divine spells would not work on you.”
”That's true. My apologies.”
Joshua had truly forgotten about having the Level Suppression effect since all the priests that were his comrades were all legendary tier. If he did not remove the Combat Aura around his arm, he would not be able to receive any healing. Hence, he'd rather have a full healing effect than suppressed healing.
”Please continue.”
The priests nodded and started to chant their spell.
”Word's Truth: Cleanse.”
”Word's Truth: Diminish Bleeding.”
The spells used were simple ones to kill all bacteria and to slow down the bleeding process to help stop the bleeding. Perhaps due to a higher tier of power, the priests that were healing Joshua had to use a lot of magic power to break through his powerful resistance. From the looks of it, the church would have a tough time dealing with Joshua. In fact, three knights of the church were getting into a dusty mess just by cleaning Ying. The entire welcoming hall was literally covered in dust.
Not long after, the previous knight that had run off to the back of the church, returned to where Joshua was. Following closely behind him was an Upper Silver-tier, middle-aged priest. Despite having a full head of white hair, the man did not give out the vibe of an old man. In fact, he had his chest held high, his nose pointy, and his eyes sharp, all of which made him appear dependable.
”Master Artanis.”
”Master Artanis.”
The two priest got up from their healing and bowed to the person.
”Is it done? Not bad.”
The man glanced through the work done on Joshua's mangled hand and immediately understood the potential damage to it and how efficient his disciples were. After praising the two priests, he looked at Joshua and shook his head. ”Joshua… How did you end up like this?”
”My question exactly, Uncle Artanis. When did St. Laurent become so quiet? Listen carefully. I think, beside us, there's no one around.”
The two seemed to be close, however, it was not the time to have a friendly chat. The effect of 'Enrage' had started to wear off. Joshua could not even exert the force to open his mouth when the pain from his crushed hand had started to prickle his brain.
”Follow me to the quiet room.”
Artanis knew the degree of such pain. Instantly, he turned and quickly made his way to the back of the church. Joshua gritted his teeth in pain as he got up to follow Artanis. The two priest followed as well.
The four knights in the cathedral stayed back and closed the large door. Ying was done and wanted to follow Joshua, however, she was immediately stopped by Joshua.
”Ying. Please wait here.”
”… Yes, Master.”
Joshua could not think straight then but could tell from her expression she was feeling disgruntled. No matter how she felt, once the order was given, she had no choice but to obey.
In the quiet room, Joshua, the black-haired warrior, sat down on a stone chair and place his left hand into the center of a crystal basin with markings engraved on the side. Artanis sat down opposite the table. With long sharp pliers, he carefully picked out the bones fragments within his flesh. The other two priests were busy as well.
Of the two priests, one of them was very young. From his appearance, he looked like he had just reached the age of twenty. The other was older. Probably at the age of thirty-four or thirty-five. The younger one was standing beside Artanis and illuminating the table with a divine skill called the 'Shadowless Illumination' while the older one was casting a divine spell called 'Resist Pain' and a bright radiant light. The light was to assist Artanis to have a clearer view of Joshua's hand while also preventing the wound from festering.
From Joshua's point of view, the scene was the same as any modern-day surgery.
”Alright. I'll have to reassemble the larger broken bones and remove the smaller ones. It is time to start the restoration.”