Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Obscure Past
The morning breeze was cold, and the horses pulling the carriage occasionally snorted, revealing a white mist.
Outside the bungalow at No. 46 Abby Cross Street, First Avenue, the old man Frankie had a solemn face, and he didn't mind not being let in.
"Do you want to find Old Bolton?"
In contrast, Arrin was more anxious, and seeing that Joyce didn't speak, he hurriedly helped him with an idea.
"It's useless to find anyone, then, Franci, please send me and Elena to church, and you can wait for us outside. Joyce could only bite the bullet.
Yarlin didn't expect that Joyce would be able to calm down after learning that he had been summoned by the Church of the Goddess of Life.
"I can't go to the Church of the Goddess of Life. ”
Franci, the coachman, rejected Joyce and shook his head like a rattle.
For reasons or not, French showed reluctance to take on Joyce.
"You guys go first, I'll go to the Church of the Goddess of Life, but I'll have to tell Elena first. Joyce nodded, the smile on her face slightly stiff.
Closing the door to the bungalow, Joyce did not let Arrin and French enter.
"Joyce, who's coming?"
Elena came out of the room on the second floor, dressed in a tweed coat, and she was ready to go to work.
"The Church of the Goddess of Life has summoned us, saying that we are asking about the Mage Tower. Joyce went upstairs and spoke bluntly to Elena.
Hearing Joyce's words, Elena's delicate body was obviously shocked, and she couldn't help but lose her face.
"We didn't do anything bad, we don't need to be afraid of anything. Joyce embraced Elena into her arms to comfort her, and reminded her.
Although Joyce and Elena are not thieves, in the face of the pressure of the Church of the Goddess of Life, once they show cowardice and panic, they will only make people see at a glance that they are hiding secrets.
"The Church of the Goddess of Life summoned must have bad intentions. ”
Elena felt Joyce's power and felt that something had changed in him.
"So what, in the cruel world, there are many people who die every day, some starve to death, some freeze to death, and even some are bullied and killed, we were in the orphanage when we were children, if it wasn't for old Rupert, we would have died a long time ago. The corners of Joyce's mouth turned up, and she said with a fierce look.
"I see. ”
Elena looked much more determined as she recalled the past.
"Trust me, I'll protect you no matter what. Joyce took Elena's hand, her voice soft but full of promise.
"If you don't leave, it's going to be too late. ”
Teresa walked out of the room on the first floor, not yet aware of Joyce's and Elena's troubles.
"Let's go to the Church of the Goddess of Life, and you can go to work by yourself. Joyce smiled apologetically.
Teresa was surprised at first, then frowned.
Leaving the bungalow, seeing that it was no longer Francis's carriage on the side of the street, Joyce took Elena and walked straight over.
"Why haven't you left yet?"
Facing Yarlin in the carriage, Joyce asked with a grin.
"The danger of fighting face to face has been overcome, I don't care about going to the Goddess of Life Church with you, besides, the church summoned you, I should be fine. Yarlin only felt that Joyce was very unrestrained at this time.
"There's no need to be so frank. ”
Joyce sat in a leather chair and motioned for Jarrin to inform the coachman to go to Moya.
"You have to be careful. ”
Arrin glanced at the gift box on Joyce's lap, fearing that he had done something drastic and caused the matter to get out of hand.
After two experiences with Joyce, Yarlin knew that beneath his gentle exterior was a fierce ferocity.
If it were time to put his life at risk, Arrin didn't even suspect that Joyce would shoot the people of the church.
"Going to the Goddess of Life Church today, can I rest again?" Joyce snorted.
The streets were not congested, and the horse-drawn carriage traveled quickly, and it took less than fifteen minutes to reach Fenglin Avenue in Moya District.
"Oh~~~"
The coachman shouted outside, causing the horses to neigh, and the carriage to tremble.
"What's going on?"
Because he came to the Church of the Goddess of Life, Yarlin was more sensitive, and after stabilizing his body, he shouted loudly outside the carriage.
"Captain!"
Opening the curtain of the carriage, Arrin saw Bazel, dressed in a fur trench coat, stopping the carriage.
"Keep walking. ”
Bazel got into the car and said to the driver in a deep voice.
"It's cold today, has the captain been waiting for a while?" asked Joyce in the dreary atmosphere of the carriage.
"I'd rather you didn't come, you won't live long just by being ruthless, and you don't take risks if you're not sure. Bazel said flatly.
Even Joyce herself didn't expect that the good karma she saved Angela would be rewarded so quickly.
Although Bazel is not the head of the military intelligence department, as the leader of the special forces team, he is undoubtedly one of the powerful figures in Rensu City, and with him as a guarantor, Joyce feels that this summons from the Church of the Goddess of Life can cope with the past.
Before the cold of Bazel's leather coat could dissipate, the carriage stopped at the end of Maple Grove Avenue.
"When it comes to church, there is no need to say what should not be said. ”
Bazel led the three Joyces into the Plaza of Life and walked towards the cylindrical Tower of Life.
"Good morning, Rashford Servant. ”
Outside the gate of the Tower of Life, Bazel, a tall man, greeted a majestic old man who was in the lead.
At the gesture of the majestic old man, four apprentices of the divine servants quickly opened the door of the church.
The church on the first floor of the Goddess of Life Church is still **solemn, and you can clearly feel the warmth when you enter it.
"Please, Deacon Stones Kane is waiting for you. The majestic old man led Bazel upward, uttering a name unfamiliar to Joyce.
As far as Joyce knows, the people of the Church of the Goddess of Life are also divided into classes, not to mention believers, but also apprentices, divine servants, deacons, and above that are bishops, cardinals, cardinals, and popes.
In a place like the city of Rensu, the deacon of the church is already very powerful, but the person mentioned by the majestic old man's divine servant is not Deacon Bennett.
When he reached the second floor of the Tower of Life, Joyce's eyes were greeted by a not too tall but very thick tree.
Bennett looked sick and stood aside, looking at Bazel with a look of hatred hidden in his eyes.
"Greetings, Deacon Stones Kane. ”
Bazel put one hand on his chest and saluted an old rickety man in a robe.
"Bazel, we haven't seen each other in three years. ”
The rickety old man smiled slightly, without too much sense of oppression.
Bazel didn't have many words, and it was a matter of saying hello after greeting.
Joyce was stunned at first, and then took Elena and Yarlin and bowed to the two deacons.
"Recently, the Restoration League has made a lot of trouble in Lunsu City, and the Death Secret Society is also about to move, so the Oran Provincial Temple sent me to Lunsu City to have a look. The rickety old man seemed to understand Bazel's character, and smiled and expressed his intentions.
"It's amazing!"
Joyce couldn't help but grin in surprise when he heard that the rickety old man was from the temple, and even Yarlin couldn't help but be dumbfounded.
Although the rickety old man is called a deacon, a deacon is not the same as a deacon, and a deacon from the temple is really scary.
"It's getting harder and harder for Lunsu City, twenty years ago, the weather didn't change much, and the impact of the Gray Mist Domain on this place is getting more and more serious. Bazel glanced at the old man.
"Approaching the Gray Mist Domain, not only Lunsu City, the Rosen Empire and the Goddess of Life Church have always supported each other, and they are both prosperous, I believe that the difficulties are only temporary, and the situation will improve slowly. The rickety old man's words made Joyce vigilant.
"This time I came over, I seem to have heard some discordant voices, judging from the incident of the Herb Street Mage Tower, is there any disagreement between the MI and the Church?" the rickety old man asked again when he saw Bazel's face slightly gloomy, and wiped his eyelids.
"Yes, it's not quite right, the people of your Goddess of Life Church use parasitic dryads to harm people, and they also plant foreign objects in people's hearts. Bazel was unfazed.
"How dare the captain say it!"
Joyce didn't expect Baazel to pick things up, and in front of the deacons sent by the Temple.
"Bazel, you're still the same, you seem to look a lot deeper, but you're still an outlaw who doesn't care about it in your bones. The rickety old man was neither surprised nor surprised, and quickly took the conversation.
"I just don't think it should be, you know old Rupert, he's from your Goddess of Life church. The more Bazel spoke, the more nervous Deacon Bennett became.
"There are quite a few people who have been to the mechanical jihad relics, but few are alive now, even if Rupert Sr. was only a corpse collector at the time. The rickety old man's statement made Bazel rarely show a shocked face.
"The captain doesn't know the old Rupert's past. ”
Joyce had considered it before, and Rupert Sr.'s past was key.
"As far as I know, there is also a person in your military intelligence department who has returned alive from the relic, but unfortunately he has not been able to embark on the path of secret cultivation. The rickety old man continued, causing Arlin's figure to shake slightly.
"Deacon Stones Kane is talking about Franche?"
Joyce reacted quickly, and a guess came to mind.
"Those who know and those who don't know, there are many people who have been to the relics of the mechanical holy war, some are because of orders, some people want to get a chance, and they have come out of the relics alive, and the number of people they have come into contact with is too many to count, is it because of unfounded suspicions that they want to kill all of them?"
"This kind of thing should have come to an end a long time ago, and I have also gone into the mechanical jihad relic, and I still shudder every time I think of my companion dying in that terrible tomb!" the rickety old man sighed with deep eyes.
"Let's go. ”
Captain Bazel and the three Joyces are about to leave the Tower of Life.
"As far as I know, the mechanic who died in the Flame Tender Ballroom on Steel Flower Street should be a member of the Dead Society, if the old Rupert's daughter is not a mechanical path, it is better to say, she is not a long-term solution in your military intelligence department, either leave Rensu City and find a place where no one recognizes her, or go to the mechanical church to try. The smile of the rickety old man actually had the meaning of reminding.