Chapter 348: May the Path Ahead be Guided by the Gods, Death of the Judiciary Chief

"Ge-mu-o-va"?

The anger that had just risen in the Earth Pontiff Lei Meng's heart was like being splashed with a basin of cold water.

Looking at the Water Pontiff Cedran with his eyes lowered, and the Judiciary Chief Gulid with a full face of smiles and a calm and composed demeanor, he suddenly understood the matter that had puzzled him before.

Being able to become one of the Six Great Pontiffs as a former member of the 【Black Scripture】, the Earth Pontiff Lei Meng was naturally not a fool who only possessed strength.

"Ge-mu-o-va" was one of the divine languages passed down from the Six Great Gods; at first, it was thought to be some kind of special mysterious magic spell.

Until later.

On the eve of the great 【God of Darkness】 confronting the 【Eight Greed Kings】, the pontiff serving before him personally heard many "Ge-mu-o-va" self-talks.

It was only in the pious crying of the believers that they finally learned from the God that it meant "death."

Passed down to this day, only when those with high status and great contributions in the Theocracy die will they be crowned with the honor of "Ge-mu-o-va."

The pious believers of the 【God of Darkness】 pursue permanent peace and have always regarded obtaining this honor as the highest distinction!

The atmosphere was silent.

"Hehe."

Judiciary Chief Gulid chuckled, his fingertips sliding across the black divine seal on his chest, seemingly having known the result long ago.

The Earth Pontiff Lei Meng opened his mouth, his eyes complex: "You..., Lord Gulid, is it worth it?"

Clearly being the Judiciary Chief, yet acting as a diplomat to welcome Tang Zheng and the people of the Holy Kingdom, the deep meaning contained in this finally had an answer at this moment.

"As the Judiciary Chief, facing the death of innocent infants, yet unable to stop it, this is my dereliction of duty and sin."

"It's fine that those three "Dominion Authority Angels" were destroyed by that child; why must it be our human infants?"

Judiciary Chief Gulid raised his head, his aged and turbid gaze looking toward the starry sky:

"The war between the Theocracy and the elves has lasted for a long time; in terms of lifespan alone, apart from those dragons, there should be no race that can compare to the lifespan of elves."

Mentioning "dragons."

A look of wariness and deep fear flashed across the faces of the two pontiffs.

"I have contacted that Team Leader Tang several times, and I have also studied the other party's experiences in the Kingdom, the Empire, and the Holy Kingdom before."

Judiciary Chief Gulid continued to look at the distant starry sky, his vision becoming even more blurred, and his tone became calm and indifferent:

"Whether it is selling potions to commoners at a low price or participating in the Hills incident. This Team Leader Tang can be considered a good person, but he is not rigid, and he has a certain overall view."

"The failure of this meeting was destined; the other party could not accept using infants as fusion materials, and it's fine that those three "Dominion Authority Angels" were destroyed."

"The key is the "Fusion Potion." Seeing that child's strength is enough to deter the other party. I have also used the overall situation of humanity's plight as an influence; as long as the next strategy uses gentle means, it will be enough to reach cooperation."

After speaking.

Judiciary Chief Gulid looked at the night sky with some nostalgia, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the two pontiffs in front of him: "People are old, and words will always be a bit more. If you use infants of the elf race, that child's opinion must also be considered."

"Hehe, I suppose you six pontiffs have already considered various strategies; just take it as my idle talk."

Shaking his head.

"Cough, cough."

Judiciary Chief Gulid turned around again, looking at the ancient clock tower church, his robe dotted with black patterns blown by the night wind, seemingly wiping the ground:

"I am going to perform morning prayer."

"May the path ahead be guided by the gods—even though tonight is overcast."

The night sky at this moment was twinkling with stars, and there were no clouds at all.

Inside the guest house.

Tang Zheng opened his eyes, temporarily cutting off the vision sharing of the Banshee Sparrow, and his vision fell back on the simple map in front of him.

The Banshee Sparrow only possessed the ability of vision sharing, but could not hear what the three were talking about.

However.

Seeing the map in front of him, he had some faint guesses.

"Sure enough, I still don't like these people from the Theocracy." Tang Zheng leaned on the back of the sofa, whispering calmly.

The next day.

—Dawn.

Dong! Dong! Dong!

The humming sound of the holy bell rang, piercing through layers of air and echoing over the entire capital of the Theocracy.

Tang Zheng stood in front of the transparent glass, looking at the main road outside, where a large number of believers had gathered in a short time.

This group of people poured out from all directions and were heading toward the direction of the ancient church clock tower.

The situation before him clearly meant that something big had happened.

"Dead? To be precise, it should be suicide, right."

Tang Zheng hugged his chest with both hands, watching the scene outside the window indifferently; with the help of the Banshee Sparrow's vision sharing, he naturally knew what had happened:

"If you didn't know the process, if it were other adventurers, I'm afraid eight out of ten would be shocked or convinced."

"Heh, even "death" is being calculated."

This was also the reason why Tang Zheng didn't like this group of people in the Theocracy.

"There should be some movement on the Holy Kingdom's side, right." Tang Zheng just had this thought in his heart.

Boom!

The roaring sound of weapons colliding exploded in the courtyard below the guest house.

On the emerald, clean lawn.

Various holy statues were arranged in the spacious courtyard, along with fountains and gardens, as well as carefully arranged pebble paths.

At this moment.

Two sides were confronting each other.

Dozens of pontiffs and clergy lay on the ground, groaning painfully.

Clementine held a short awl in both hands, retreated to open the distance, and looked at the angry Remedios opposite, grinning.

"Get out! You low-status guy!" Remedios's face was cold:

"Let someone with a higher status in your Theocracy come to see me, or is it that your Theocracy doesn't even understand basic etiquette, and even wants to restrict our actions!"

"Sorry, oh."

Clementine shrugged: "Because something big happened on our side, you can't leave the guest house for the time being."

"This is an order from higher up; I'm just an executor. If the Holy Knight and the young lady continue to have unnecessary conflicts, then I won't be polite either~"

Although she said so.

Clementine showed an eager look on her face.

"Go to hell!"

Remedios had long wanted to teach this crazy woman in front of her a lesson, gripped the holy sword with both hands, and wanted to continue the attack.

"Wait a moment, Captain, this is the capital of the Slane Theocracy after all."

"Peach" Isadoro stepped forward at this time, whispered to stop Remedios, and then looked at the opposite side:

"Miss Clementine, I wonder if you can tell us what big event happened?"

"Oh, an old man with a relatively high status died."

"Please accept my condolences."

"Can we see that Judiciary Chief who contacted us as a diplomat?"

"Sorry, oh, the old man who died is him~" Clementine licked her pink lips and spoke innocently.

She felt this matter was quite interesting.

It's just that since she was in the Theocracy, there were many people around paying attention to this side, so she couldn't show a grinning look. "Peach" Isadoro was stunned; he clearly didn't expect such a thing to happen, but thinking of some regulations in the Theocracy, his face couldn't help but turn black.

"So."

Clementine played with the short awl in her hand and spoke slowly again:

"The death of a big shot with such a high status as the Judiciary Chief, and he has had direct contact with you for a long time during this period."

"Just in case, everyone can't leave the guest house now."

"Peach" Isadoro's face turned even blacker.

Yesterday.

Through the probing and contact of "Black" Pavel, and the information brought back that the Team Leader Tang might have had a falling out with the Theocracy.

Made "Peach" Isadoro happy for a while.

The enemy's negotiation failed.

It was naturally only good for their Holy Kingdom.

Coming here this time, in name, was to ask the Theocracy for an explanation; since Team Leader Tang had a falling out with the Theocracy, then the significance of asking for an explanation was not great, and leaving the Theocracy with Team Leader Tang was the most important thing.

And now.

It was impossible for them to leave.

They just had a falling out yesterday, and this kind of thing happened today.

If it weren't for Judiciary Chief Gulid's high status, "Peach" Isadoro would have suspected that the Theocracy was deliberately setting a trap.

In an instant!

The atmosphere in the field became somewhat subtle.

Clatter—

The sound of armor friction and heavy boots stepping on the ground rang out.

Hundreds of soldiers from the Theocracy rushed from all directions to surround the Holy Kingdom side, and each soldier stared at the people of the Holy Kingdom, revealing uncontrollable anger.

Although Judiciary Chief Gulid was in charge of the Theocracy's judiciary, his personal fame and prestige were high.

He had left a very good impression in the hearts of ordinary believers in the Theocracy with his personal image of being "kind" and "equal."

Now that Judiciary Chief Gulid had died suddenly,

How could the group of soldiers in the Theocracy have any good attitude toward the people of the Holy Kingdom?

"The death of that old guy has nothing to do with us!"

Remedios spoke coldly.

As soon as these words came out.

The hostility of the surrounding soldiers became even stronger.

Clementine's interesting arc of the corners of her mouth rose, and she had no intention of intervening at all; she instead hoped that this stupid woman Remedios would have a direct conflict with the Theocracy.

That would be too interesting!

If these ordinary soldiers died, they died.

"Peach" Isadoro and "Black" Pavel's expressions changed slightly, and they stood behind Remedios in unison, making defensive movements.

A group of soldiers nervously gripped the weapons in their hands.

These three people in front of them were powerhouses who had stepped into the "Heroic Realm"; if a real conflict occurred, let alone their small number of people, even a troop of thousands would be slaughtered clean.

"Really lively."

A faint, gentle chuckle came from inside the guest house.

A figure in a white priest's robe walked out of the door, looking at the confronting crowd: "Are you planning to trigger a war between the two countries?"

"We are also surprised by the Judiciary Chief's matter."

"Everyone from the Theocracy, please accept my condolences; if there is anything you need me to cooperate with, I will definitely do my best."

Tang Zheng walked to a position not far from Remedios, glanced at Clementine who was secretly inciting, and said gently: "Captain Remedios, I wonder if you are interested in having a cup of tea at my place?"

Facing the invitation.

"Okay." The angry Remedios's face looked much better, restored a bit of her arrogant appearance, and nodded.

—Living room of the room.

The three of Remedios sat on sofas on both sides.

Except for Remedios, whose eyes were somewhat erratic, looking at the environment of this spacious living room from time to time, "Peach" Isadoro and "Black" Pavel frowned, not knowing what they were thinking.

Clearly, what happened today made the two notice something abnormal.

Pure white tea cup porcelain was placed on the table.

"The black tea provided by the Theocracy is quite good; maybe I can ask for some when I leave the Theocracy."

Tang Zheng chuckled, picked up the teapot on the table and tilted it, the amber tea soup flowed out from the spout, emitting steaming heat.

"It is indeed considered top-grade black tea, but it is still a bit worse than the top-grade black tea of our Holy Kingdom."

Remedios raised her chin and spoke disparagingly:

"The taste is a bit astringent; if it could be matched with fruit slices from our Holy Kingdom's black tea, it would have a unique fruity aroma."

"If Team Leader Tang likes it, I can give you some next time you come to our Holy Kingdom."

"Is that so." Tang Zheng just smiled simply when he heard what Remedios said.

"Peach" Isadoro sighed imperceptibly; he didn't care about black tea or not at this moment.

The situation before him was really somewhat weird.

"Team Leader Tang, is that Judiciary Chief Gulid really dead?"

"Peach" Isadoro's eyes were solemn, and cold light flashed faintly; he suspected whether there was a trap in this.

After all, this matter was only heard from the mouths of people in the Holy Kingdom; whether it was true was doubtful, perhaps it was just to restrict them.

"It shouldn't be fake."

Tang Zheng put down the teapot in his hand, brought the teacup in front of him, and shook his head:

"What Miss Clementine said might contain false components, but the performance of that group of Theocracy soldiers doesn't look fake."

"Peach" Isadoro recalled the hostile eyes of that group of Holy Kingdom soldiers, and his heart sank.

"Things have become a bit troublesome, Team Leader Tang."

"Peach" Isadoro spoke seriously: "According to the current situation, I'm afraid we can't leave the Theocracy as soon as possible."

"Then fight our way out!" Remedios snorted coldly, hugging her chest with both hands:

"With the strength of our four powerhouses in the Heroic Realm, the Theocracy can't stop us."

"Peach" Isadoro was slightly stunned; he found that this was indeed a way.

Tang Zheng didn't speak, just picked up the black tea on the table and took a sip, his expression calm and frank.

The death of Judiciary Chief Gulid gave him a deeper understanding of the Theocracy!

"Heh, a bit too eager for success."

Whether it was assassinating Gazef in the future, or always hoping that the Kingdom would take on the heavy responsibility of humanity on that fertile land.

Or keeping the demi-humans in the Hills area, letting them conflict with the Holy Kingdom to increase the Holy Kingdom's crisis experiment, all explained the problem.

The Theocracy always wanted to exchange the smallest cost for the greatest results, or plan more through one thing.

To put it nicely, it was wanting to become a fat man in one breath.

"Humans in this world only have a history of 600 years in total; the foundation is indeed too poor." Tang Zheng sighed in his heart.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 349 =====