308 The Most Vicious, Extremely Hungry! (1/2)

At night, the religious area in the eastern side of Dragon City was a tranquil and peaceful place, which was a sharp contrast to the bustling and noisy city center. The area once belonged to the more than ten religious forces in Brettonia, but now it was basically dominated by the Holy Light. The faint Holy Light enveloped the whole area, which expulsed the darkness, and brought peace.

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Between the two rows of looming religious buildings, a woman’s figure seemed insignificant.

The woman lightly walked on the smooth, milky-white stone slab. Each of her steps sent out a firm sound, which disturbed the tranquility of the night.

The woman was quite tall. The simple holy robe that she wore made it difficult to cover her ample and well-developed curves. Her brown wavy hair hung in front of her chest, and her cherry lips were exceptionally eye-catching under the night.

As she walked, she seemed to have a natural affinity to the faint holy light on both sides of the road. It was like she was wearing a white-golden veil, which showed her pure and holy personality traits.

She went straight to the corner of the religious district, towards a gray-black fortress, which was one of the few places in the entire religious area that was not covered by the holy light, and also the most prestigious institution of Holy Light Religion, the Inquisition.

Actually, most of the powerful religions in Western Continent have a similar arbitration institution. However, none of them was as notorious as this heretic inquisitor.

Even if a church’s Holy Woman could barely be included in the high-level structure of the church, she didn’t have much contact with the inquisitor. This time, she came here with insufficient courage, but considering the mission, the woman took a deep breath and knocked the thick wooden door.

”I am the Dragon City parish Holy Woman Marina. I want to see the Chief Inquisitor.”

The woman forcefully stabilized her breathing and appealed.

After a long while, the wooden door was slowly opened, revealing an endless gloom. Within the darkness, a few pairs of red eyes faintly looked at her.

Even though she had been promoted to the high order profession, being watched by the inquisitors from the darkness, Marina was still felt uneasy.

”Come in.”

The inquisitor silently responded. The red lights drifted away in the darkness, and Marina quickly followed. Her figure gradually disappeared into the darkness.

After walking in the dark for some unknown distance, a little light suddenly appeared in her field of vision, and Marina adjusted her eyes to accommodate the sudden glow. However, she found out that it was a candlestick, and sitting next to the candlestick was an old man who seemed to have one foot in the grave. With a tight heart, Marina recognized that this seemingly ordinary old man was actually the Chief Inquisitor of Dragon City parish, Count Conrad.

He was once a famous noble in Brettonia. In his youth, due to the accidental lost of his love one, he later joined the embrace of the Holy Light, and gradually advanced to become the chief Inquisitor of an area. Count Conrad was a genuinely ruthless character, even worse than Archbishop Rowan. It was just that in his advanced years, he was sent by his clique to head the Inquisition in Dragon City, seemingly for the purpose of letting him enjoy his retirement years. However, when facing this old man directly, one could feel a strong vitality that emanated from his body.

”Do you come here for those two Dragon City Guards?”

Sitting beside the candlestick, Conrad was thumbing through a thick dossier as he sent out his question without even lifting his head.

Marina forced herself to muster the courage to say, ”Yes. I come for them. They are innocent, definitely not a spy!”

Count Conrad asked, ”What is your guarantee?”

”I… guarantee with my reputation!”

”Oh? With your reputation?” Count Conrad said with moderate space, ”The reputation of the Holy Woman of a parish does have some weight.”

Seeing that the matter seemed to have a favorable turn, Marina said, ”Then, could you please release those two?”

”Release them?” Count Conrad closed the dossier, raised his head, looked at Marina, and then said, ”You guys Holy Women are truly benighted. Aside from attractive appearance, deep inside, you are rotten to the core, empty, just like actors who prostituted themselves, fooling ignorant people under the sun. The real world can’t tolerate you, these idiots.”

Listening to Conrad unusually vicious biting words, Marina’s heart was surprisingly calm.

”In short, could you please release them?”

”No. They are important suspects.” Conrad coldly refused. ”By letting you in, I, this old man just want to see for myself the extent of the stupidity of the Holy Woman. Now that I have seen it, you can go.”

”Count Conrad!”

”Are you unwilling? You think I’m being a bully? Very well, I’ll make an exception and say a few more words. Although the report about the two Nine Regions people came from anonymous sources, it is quite weighty. There is ample evidence that they are inextricably linked with the previous attack on the eastern church by the natives of Nine Regions.”

”But that’s not enough to say that they’re spies! I can definitely prove it to you!”

Conrad said, ”Perhaps. But actually, I don’t really care whether they are spies or not. Therefore, even if you can prove anything, I do not care. What I care about is their Dragon City Guards identity.”

”Dragon City Guards identity?”

”For so many years, Bedivere operate the Dragon City Guard like it’s a smuggling operation. Rowan is already old, so he already has no drive, always hesitating to make the big move. Now that we have this opportunity, the Inquisitor can push the narrative that the Dragon City Guards have been colluding with the Nine Regions heretics. This reason should be enough for the church to take further action.”

”But that’s a complete lie!”

”Maybe, but who cares? As long as I put my men on their trial, they will say anything.” Count Conrad lightly said, ”So, I should thank you instead. Were it not for you leading them to the church, it would be very difficult for us to do so. It’s very rare for Bedivere’s men to enter the church, but you’ve actually won their trust.”

Marina felt dizzy. I-Is this really the action of the believers of Holy Light? Won’t this virulent action provoke the punishment from the Holy Light?