Chapter 486: The Old Priest and the Little Girl

"Ah, there's a pious priest here!" Elliot grinned in surprise as he turned his head and looked straight at the calm-eyed old priest.

The old priest was a Roland man, but his figure was still straight because he was 'shrunk' because of his old age, and he was wearing a washed white priest's robe, and he held a book with yellowed pages and a smooth metal cover of "The Apocalypse of the New Age" in his right hand, and in his left hand he held a little girl about six or seven years old.

Judging from the white divine robe worn by the old priest, his divine rank should not be high, because generally only low-level divine officers wear white divine robes. However, in the face of the guardians of the Holy Sepulchre who were eyeing him around, and witnessing a devout believer being forced into the fire pit and burned alive, the old priest's gaze was still calm, and his calm gaze was like a clear lake, glowing with wisdom!

The little girl, who was carried by the old priest, looked a little malnourished and slightly thin, and she wore a pale green dress that did not fit well, and the skirt was washed and a little whitish, and judging by the rudimentary style and rough sewing of the skirt, one could not help but suspect that the dress had been made of an adult's gown. The little girl's right hand was led by the old priest, and in her left hand she held a rudimentary, even ugly rag doll.

No matter from any point of view, this little girl's ordinary life must not be rich, and even achieving basic food and clothing may be a luxury. Although the little girl does not have a cute state such as 'water spirit', she gives people an extremely clean feeling! Even it is not the surface cleanness of the hands and feet without stains, the little girl gives people a clean feeling all over her body, looking at her is like seeing the most quintessential and innocent soul!

Generally speaking, young beings are not yet able to form accurate judgments about the world around them, or subjective judgments, but this does not mean that they do not have a sense of the environment, on the contrary, they have an extremely keen and accurate perception of the good and evil from the surroundings!

But surprisingly, although there were countless guardians of the Holy Sepulchre watching, the little girl did not show the slightest look of fear, she only looked around with a curious gaze. Even though the Roland young man jumped into the fire pit and screamed in pain from being burned by the blazing flames, the little girl still didn't show a look of fear, she just couldn't bear to close her eyes.

In fact, if you pay close attention to Elliott's expression, you can see that the first moment he saw the little girl, a trace of surprise and confusion flashed in his eyes.

In addition, if you look closely, you will find that the existence of this old priest and the little girl is quite abnormal, and even gives people a sense of disobedience - the surrounding Roland people are all tied with their hands, and only he and the little girl he is holding are still 'free'.

Elliot motioned for a grave keeper officer who was in charge of handling captives to come forward and whispered something to him. Later, the grave keeper officer could be seen respectfully reporting to Elliot, who listened intently, nodding slightly. It can be seen that Elliot's eyes are always looking at the old priest and the little girl he is leading.

Elliott's questioning of the grave keeper officer lasted only three or four minutes, after which he motioned for the officer to step aside. Elliot looked at the old priest with a strange gaze, and asked with a smile, "Old man, tell me if you are a believer in the false god Payit?"

Elliott refers to the old priest as the 'old man', a term that is not necessarily accurate. Although on the surface, it is true that the old priest is far older than Elliott, but if the old priest is really just a low-level priest, then his real age may not necessarily be greater than Elliott - Elliott's real age is actually over 125 years old!

Hearing this, the old priest let go of the hand holding the little girl, raised the "New Age Apocalypse" in his right hand, and placed it flat on his chest, and the old priest's left hand rested lightly on the covenant book, and whispered: "Payit is my strength, and my poetry has become my salvation." He is my God, and I will praise him, and He is the God of my father, and I will revere him. ”

"Vader—" With that, the old priest drew a 'Z' bolt of lightning on the letter of the covenant.

'Vida' is more common in the New Age Revelation, often used as an ode and the end of a poem, with the meaning of thunder and judgment. As for the passage that the old priest said just now, it is an excerpt from the "New Age Apocalypse", which expresses the most direct praise and reverence of the believers of the Inquisition to the Thunder Saint King Payit, and the old priest also used this passage to respond to the question that Elliot had just asked him.

All the Roland captives present were believers in the Inquisition, and the words recited by the old priest just now made them feel heartily excited, but then they could not help but worry for the old priest - the young man who had just jumped into the fire pit and was burned alive had already proved the cruelty of these heretics! And in the past few days, there have been thousands of believers burned to death in this fire pit alone!

Surprisingly, Elliot was not angry this time, and his face was still filled with that weird smile: "Ah, what a blessing, I have found a devout believer in your Inquisition!"

The 'you' in Elliott's words were naturally aimed at the Death Knights across the lake.

Immediately, Elliott's voice suddenly changed, and his face was filled with more and more obvious strangeness: "But how religious this believer is, we still need to prove it!"

As he spoke, Elliot suddenly bent down and picked up the little girl beside the old priest!

Could it be that this heretic wanted to do something bad to that little girl? Damn heretic, she's just a little girl who doesn't know anything!How could she be a follower of the Holy King?! Seeing Elliot suddenly pick up the little girl, all the Roland captives couldn't help but become surprisingly angry, and the awakened among them struggled violently, trying to break free from the ropes that bound their hands!

But the captives themselves did not seem to realize that their concern for the little girl was beyond the normal range! Perhaps out of respect for the old priest, perhaps out of pity for the little girl, or for some other reason, the captives suddenly became restless!

The restless actions of the captives were doomed to be futile, and even provoked vicious punches and kicks from the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, especially the few awakened among the captives, who were eventually forcibly kicked and fell to their knees in humiliation.

Elliott never looked squarely at the insignificant struggle of the captives, his eyes were always on the little girl, with a smile on his face, and it was not the uncomfortable look of the previous smirk, but a 'sincere' smile with a sense of intimacy!

There was a momentary hesitation on the old priest's face at Elliott's actions, but in the end he didn't try to stop him, perhaps he knew that even if he did, it wouldn't have any useful effect.

Elliott picked up the little girl and rested his left arm sideways, allowing the little girl to sit on his muscular arm as smoothly as if she were sitting in a leather chair.

"Tell me, little girl, what's your name?" asked Elliot with a 'kind' smile.

The surrounding guardians of the Holy Sepulchre, and even Elliot's adjutant, were extremely puzzled by Elliot's 'closeness', they knew that their leader definitely didn't particularly care for children or anything like that, not to mention, the children who were burned alive in this fire pit in the past few days were probably more than double digits!

Although puzzled, no one dared to ask, and everyone suppressed their curiosity in their hearts. Of course, the grave keeper officer, who was Elliot's lieutenant, was naturally qualified to ask, but he was not in a hurry, and he had more opportunities to get the truth.

The little girl didn't answer Elliott's question, she just looked at each other calmly, no different from the eyes of the others around her. Perhaps in the end, Elliott didn't show anything to keep her eye on, but just stared at Elliot for a few seconds before the little girl turned her gaze to the rag doll in her hand.

"Her name is Talia. The old priest on the side spoke up.

And this could not help but make the other Roland captives suddenly feel a sense of confusion - could it be that the old priest had the intention of compromising with these heretics? Although he did not want to have such doubts about an old priest who seemed so pious, many of the captives could not help but have such thoughts in their hearts.

"Talia, what a nice name!" Elliot nodded in approval, even revealing the kind of 'honesty' common to orcs. Of course, the people present would never really think that the leader of the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre in front of him was really 'honest', including the Guardians of the Holy Sepulchre!

However, Talia still did not show any reaction to this, she still stared at the simple rag doll in her hand, immersed in it, as if this unartistic rag doll was all and all the beauty of her world in the eyes of the little girl Talia!

"What's there to see about such an ugly toy?" Elliot grinned at Talia's appearance, and snatched the doll from the little girl's hand, and threw it into a fire pit not far away!

At the moment when the rag doll was taken away, Talia's bright and unusually calm eyes showed a rare fluctuation. But it was only for a moment, there was no anger, no reluctance, just like a pebble suddenly falling into the lake, causing a trace of waves, but as the stone sank to the bottom of the lake, the waves disappeared completely......

"What do you think of this doll in my hand?" noticing the fluctuation of Taria's eyes, the corners of Elliott's mouth were filled with a hint of curvature, and at the same time, the palm of his right hand had a red magical light flickering, and the core of the light was countless red crystal particles as bright as stars in the night sky!

A red crystal doll that looks like an old man!

If Leitch were here, he would have noticed that the shape of this Chijing doll was very similar to the vague image of the Troll King (now the Red Demon King) Mastag who had been resurrected from the Golden Coffin in the Sky Dome Fortress!

(End of chapter)