Chapter 1575: Hidden Darkness

"Stop, what are you doing!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, the two Holy Cross Army soldiers snorted coldly and clamored, "You three are lucky this time, get lost already!"

Daniel refused to back down: "If you have the guts, come and kill us!"

The two guards' expressions turned vicious; they gripped their spears tightly, about to take action, yet they did not move.

They saw the Priest walking down the steps and ultimately chose to loosen their grip.

They chose not to act.

"Don't get too cocky. Not killing you today is just you getting a second chance at life. If you keep being an eyesore here, we have a hundred ways to send you to Hell!"

Daniel was just about to speak, but was stopped by Liangduo.

He whispered in Daniel's ear: "Don't lower yourself to their level, remember what our mission is."

Only then did Daniel calm his temper.

But the three of them did not leave; they watched the Priest walking down step by step.

The Priest looked at the five people who had just been arguing and said indifferently: "What happened?"

Liangduo made the sign of the cross on his chest to indicate his status as a Catholic and said: "Respected Priest, we are followers of Catholicism and wish to enter the Holy See."

"But we were blocked by these two guards, and my badge was taken by them as well."

Hearing these words, the Priest frowned slightly, glanced at the two Holy Cross Army guards, and asked: "Is this true?"

The two Holy Cross Army soldiers said respectfully: "No, we were just following orders."

"As you know, Priest, ever since that incident, the Holy See does not allow believers to enter."

Hearing this, the little girl couldn't help but say: "That's clearly not true, we just saw people go in, they just won't let us in."

The Priest glanced at the little girl, and seeing her dirty clothes, a trace of imperceptible disgust flashed in his eyes.

"I am aware of this matter."

The Priest looked at the three of them and said: "I am truly sorry, but someone has been causing trouble at the Holy See lately, so the Holy See no longer allows any believers to enter."

"As for what you just said, the Lord teaches us to be honest," the Priest said calmly.

Liangduo's expression sank upon hearing this.

Daniel and the little girl's expressions were even worse.

This was clearly saying that they were lying.

It was framing them.

"I believe our Holy Cross Army would not lie; I can give you all my word on this point."

Hearing this, Liangduo's expression turned chillingly cold; he paused and said: "I understand."

"Let's go."

Daniel and the little girl snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Turning away, Liangduo sneered; he had fallen into complete despair regarding Catholicism.

If even the Priest is like this now, what can the believers expect?

The current Catholicism is rotten to the core!

The Priest watched the three of them walk far away, then looked coldly at the two Holy Cross Army soldiers and said indifferently: "Hand it over."

The two Holy Cross Army soldiers chuckled: "Priest, what are you talking about? We didn't take anything just now."

The Priest locked his eyes onto the two men, his gaze sinking; the two Holy Cross Army soldiers felt the Priest's ice-cold chill.

The Priest's rank was far higher than theirs.

Naturally, the two were afraid.

"The badge of those three, you dare say you don't have it?"

Hearing this, the two smiled sheepishly; seeing that they could no longer hide it, they had no choice but to say helplessly: "We have it, it's just a small badge."

As they spoke, they took the badge out from their pockets, feeling as if someone were cutting flesh from their hearts.

This badge was made of gold.

Seeing the badge flashing with a golden luster, greed flashed in the Priest's eyes.

He took it into his own hands without changing his expression, his originally indifferent face instantly becoming subtle.

He bit the badge with his teeth quite naturally; this feeling, it was gold indeed.

The Priest nodded with satisfaction and was about to put the badge away.

Suddenly, he saw a line of small characters engraved on the badge.

The Priest glanced at it, and his expression changed drastically.

"Member of the Upper House, Liangduo!"

The Priest was stunned, instantly panicking.

To actually rob an Austrian Member of the Upper House—if he were to retaliate later...

He was only a Priest; facing the wrath of an Austrian Councilor, he would definitely be left with no corpse.

Thinking of this, the Priest steadied his expression and threw the badge back to the Holy Cross Army guards.

Seeing the badge thrown back by the Priest, the two were dumbfounded.

They had never seen the Priest be so generous, willing to spit out something he had already gotten his hands on.

Especially gold like this.

This badge was made of gold, after all; it was worth a fortune.

The two took the badge and stuffed it back into their pockets: "Thank you, Priest."

The Priest sneered: "Don't be in such a hurry to thank me. I'll give you a piece of advice: if those three haven't gone far yet, you'd better return this thing immediately."

The two were stunned; what did this mean?

The Priest said again: "You have offended big shots, pray for your own good fortune."

The two were stunned and hurriedly asked: "Priest, those were just three refugees, what is there to be afraid of? Could they possibly be Councilors?"

The Priest glanced at the two and said earnestly: "They are indeed Councilors."

The two felt the Priest was joking.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

In their impression, Councilors were all those high and mighty people, all of them Nobles.

Those three were dressed in rags; how did they look like Councilors? They didn't look like Councilors at all.

Thinking of this, the two of them said: "If they are Councilors, then I am a General!"

The Priest sneered coldly and said: "If you don't believe me, look at the back of the badge."

Look then, let's look.

The two took out the badge without much care and looked at the back of the badge with disdain.

Their expressions changed instantly.

A line of small text was written on the back of the badge; seeing this line of small text, they instantly realized something was wrong, and the good mood the two had previously completely collapsed.

"They really are Councilors!"

The Priest watched the two's faces turn a liver-purple color, chuckled, and said indifferently: "Do you believe it now?"

With the facts laid out before them, the two had no choice but to believe it.

The two of them looked at the Priest, smiling more miserably than if they were crying: "Priest, will you save us two?"

The Priest shook his head.

The two were instantly desperate; how could those three damned refugees be Councilors!

"Those three people look just like refugees, how could they possibly be the real Councilor Liangduo."

The Priest glanced at them: "They indeed do not look like Councilors; right now they do indeed look like refugees."

"If what you did today reaches the Upper Council, we will be in a very bad spot."

"They are still refugees for now, you two figure it out yourselves."

Hearing this sentence, the two of them suddenly understood.