250. It's really all the world's fault
That cult? ”
Hearing Merlin mention this, Lynn's face suddenly became a little unpleasant.
"Last night, I led people to raid the cult's base camp overnight and arrested most of the cultists, but I still missed a few big fish."
Miss Nun said with some depression and some worry.
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Yesterday, after learning from Red that there was a cult operating in Cornwallis City, Lin did not hesitate to go to the church in the city.
Although she is no longer the deputy head of the Knights Templar in the past, and she no longer has the authority to mobilize the power of the local church, as the second generation with the deepest background in the church today, the branch of Cornwallis City still gives her quite face, and the bishop of the church personally received her, and after listening to Lynn's request, he also gave her the authority to dispatch the local secret guards.
Although the city of Cornwallis is no longer the capital of the past, the camel is bigger than the horse, and the church in the city was once one of the largest churches in the entire empire, second only to the headquarters of the Holy City of the Church.
Even now the church is transferring these forces to the new church in the new capital little by little, but in the end, there are still some troublesome things that cannot be transferred for a while, such as some high-risk seals sealed under the church, those dangerous things that may become time bombs at the slightest movement are really not suitable for transfer, and no one can bear the responsibility of causing a catastrophe after an accident causes the seal to get out of trouble and run away during the transfer process.
Therefore, in order to keep an eye on those dangerous things, even if the church strength in Cornwallis City is not as strong as it once was, it is definitely not weak, and the secret keeper team stationed in the cathedral in the city is all elite.
To be honest, it was a bit too wasteful for a lineup like Lynn's elite secret keeper squad personally led by the Holy Order to deal with a small cult.
But Lin didn't dare to be careless about this, not just because Lin was very responsible for her work, so she seemed a little cautious, but also because of the blood lessons she had experienced.
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At that time, Lynn was a newcomer to the Templar Order, and her job as a newcomer was mainly to help a senior knight and receive guidance from that senior in order to become a qualified Templar as soon as possible.
And at that time, the senior who was responsible for bringing Lin's budding new was a powerful and experienced female knight, who was a very gentle senior, and he was also very good to Lin, and he was the kind of rare good person who would not be prejudiced against her because of Miss Lin's identity.
For Lynn, that senior was her idol when she was young, her teacher, and her sister at the same time, and the two usually had such a relationship of teacher and friend.
However, just as Lynn was about to complete her knighthood apprenticeship and officially become a qualified Templar, an unexpected happened.
It was also Lynn's graduation and promotion exam, a fairly simple task that suited the new mote to pursue the fugitive cultists.
At that time, the Knights Templar had just succeeded in eliminating a medium-sized cult, but although most of the cult's top leaders were caught, there were quite a few peripheral personnel who took advantage of the chaos to escape, and most of those peripheral personnel were actually ordinary people who did not have extraordinary powers, so it was just appropriate to hand them over to the knight apprentices to practice.
Originally, this task was completed by Lin alone, but the seniors who had always regarded her as her sister still chose to accompany her uneasily, but Lin Lao was reluctant, feeling that it was too trivial to let the seniors who were high-ranking knights accompany him to complete such a novice task, just like cheating, so that those colleagues who had already looked at her as a noble lady were not pleasing to the eye and might not be able to laugh at her.
"Lin, remember, it is impossible to be too cautious for cultists, because the abyss represents the unknown, and you will never know what dangerous things those cultists will do in the next moment, this is what the predecessor who brought me at the beginning taught me, and now I pass it on to you."
This is what the senior said to her at the time, and until now Lin can't forget the serious look of the senior when he spoke, but she was still a half-old child at that time, and she couldn't understand where the sadness in the senior's eyes came from when he said this.
That day, she was just angry that her senior sister had always treated her as a child, and she felt that the efforts she had been making were not respected by her sister, so she lost her temper in the middle of the night and sneaked out alone to do the task while the seniors were not paying attention.
The process of the mission went smoothly, and she tracked down the mission target almost easily, after all, a man with a pregnant wife is really unable to move, and his wife with a big belly is too conspicuous.
For these two mission goals, Lin is actually a little difficult to do, because she has investigated the information of these two people, an ordinary couple who left the village because of famine and went to the city to work, but the life in the city is not good, the husband transports goods at the dock every day to earn some coolie money, and the wife can only rely on washing clothes to get a little living expenses.
Later, after an accident caused her husband to be smashed by a heavy object on the way to transport goods, and the family's main source of income was also cut off, the powerless wife finally embarked on the most despicable path for a woman - selling her body.
The reason why the two joined the cult was also introduced by one of his wife's guests, and the bargaining chips for pulling people were also very simple, they would have food to eat if they joined the cult, and such a basic condition was already an irresistible temptation for the humble couple.
For Lynn, who grew up in a church full of truth, goodness and beauty, what happened to this miserable couple was unimaginable, so her inevitable compassion overflowed, and in her opinion, the couple were good people, and the wife did not leave her husband because of his cripplement, and the husband never disliked his wife for doing that kind of work was dirty, and even for the wife who did not know whose child she was carrying now, he was careful all the way.
This spirit of supporting each other in the midst of suffering is also beautiful in Lynn's eyes.
Well, it's not them who are at fault, it's the world.
Therefore, tracking all the way, Lin had several opportunities to do it, but she never got to do it.
At least wait until the baby is born.
Lynn thought so.
So, after all the way, Lin even took the initiative to help the couple solve a lot of troubles, and finally, the day of labor came.
It's just that when the baby was born, Lin finally realized what stupid thing she had done.
Where is the child of a human being, he is simply a child of an evil god.
Sensing the evil magic emanating from the house, Lynn rushed into the makeshift maternity ward in the wilderness, but it was too late.
The couple, who were beautiful in Lynn's eyes, were kneeling reverently on the ground, holding up the black and distorted fetus in their hands, their eyes full of indescribable fanaticism.
Well, that's right, the couple has always known the identity of the child in their womb, which is the Lord of their faith, and Lyn, who has been tracking them all the way, has long been discovered and used by them.
And now that the sons of evil gods have come, there is no one to stop them, as the fleshly parents of the Lord, who speak of becoming the new Father and Mother.
In the face of this scene, Lin was devastated at that time, on the one hand, she was angry at being used, on the other hand, she regretted her weakness, she blamed herself for making a big mistake, and she was only a middle-level knight at that time, and she was weak and powerless in the face of the son of the evil god who was born as a saint.
Flustered, she didn't know what to do.
"So, Lynn, I warned you that you can't be too cautious about the unknown methods of the cultists."
A large gentle hand gently touched the panicked Rin's head, and a familiar voice sounded in her ears, the voice of the senior she regarded as her sister.
"Forget it, I'm not qualified to talk about you now, I had a chance to shoot along the way, but I still couldn't bear to ruin your fantasy like this, I originally thought that I would teach you a lesson after the birth of the child, who knew that such a tricky ghost thing was born, after all, I was also careless."
The senior smiled and rubbed Rin's head, and his smile was as bright and beautiful as ever.
But Lin couldn't laugh anymore, she had a moment of joy when she saw her senior appear, but then there was a deeper sense of self-blame and fear.
The predecessor was only a high-level knight, and in the face of the son of the evil god who started at the Holy Rank, it would be useless for her to come.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault......"
Desperate, Lin thought to herself.
"It's not your fault, Lynn, it's the world that's wrong."
It seems to have seen through her self-blame, and the senior smiled so gently.
Smiling and smiling, a divine fire ignited on her body, which was the same as the sun in the sky.
This is the secret magic of the church, the art of transmitting fire, from the allusion that the Lord of the Flame uses himself as a firewood to light the divine fire to illuminate the whole world.
It's just that the powerful Lord of the Flame has enough power to burn as firewood, while ordinary humans only have their own firewood.....
This is a desperate magic technique that can only be used in the face of a desperate situation, just like its name, the art of fire transmission, once used, then this bit of fire in itself can only be passed on to the next generation.
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Memories so far, every time I think of this, Lynn's heart will become extraordinarily strong, those arrogance and weakness will be dispelled by the flame of memory, she can be that gentle nun in the face of the world, only a cultist....
"Hehe, my equipment is still a little lacking, but unfortunately Cornwallis City can't find more supplies for a while."
Opening his private arsenal and looking at the weapons and equipment inside that were enough to plow the entire city in different tricks a dozen times in an instant, Lin still thought with a little lack of firepower.
There's no way, who let Lin suddenly remember that she had a steam bomb that her mother had thrown to her to save her life before her predecessors completely used to spread fire?
This is the signature equipment of the Dreadnought Pioneer Regiment who have been fighting on the front line, as long as one can send a Holy Order to Heaven to face the glory of the Lord, and the key thing is that this thing is safe and intelligent, and the moment of explosion can also teleport the detonator out of the explosion range to appreciate the beauty of this light of justice.
Well, the roaring steam mushroom cloud and the fire containing endless light and heat are really the most beautiful pictures Lin has ever seen in her life, especially the screams of the son of the evil god in the roar are extremely beautiful.
Anyway, after holding the hands of the seniors and witnessing this scene together that day, Lin pointed to the steam mushroom cloud on the spot and said to the seniors who were also dumbfounded.
"Senior, I now realize that knights have limits, I don't want to be an ordinary knight, I want to be a steam knight, this is the romance of knights."
Well, since then, Lynn has really given up her knight training and gone to study steam-powered armor and all kinds of steam-powered weapons.
And since then, she has also suffered from a phobia of insufficient firepower, and she often wonders what would have happened if she didn't have that steam bomb on her in the first place? In that way, will her respected and beloved senior sister really choose to burn herself to save her like in those old tragedies?
Every time she thought of such a wrap, Lin would be terrified, and then she would unconsciously expand her equipment library.
And for Lin's decision, the senior sister can only accept her fate in the end and say that the second generation can really do whatever she wants, how does Lin's mother, who is the commander of the Fearless Pioneer Regiment, educate her children, is this kind of steam bomb a toy that can be played with by children casually?
Your mother is so unreliable, does your father know?
The senior sister originally wanted to ask Lin this, but after thinking about Lin's father who was the head of the Heresy Inquisition, and then thinking about the style of the legendary Heresy Inquisition, she silently swallowed the words that came to her mouth.
Well, Lynn, it's really not you who is wrong, it's the world.
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"Alas, it's all my fault, I went too hurriedly last night, and I wasn't fully prepared, because I used to fight outside the city, so my hands were full of powerful equipment for a while, and it was not suitable for use in the city, so I could only rely on some individual equipment to fight, and I couldn't completely destroy the enemy after all, so I ran a few guys."
In the office, Lin said to Merlin with some self-reproach, because of the psychological shadow of that time, what she was most afraid of in her life was tracking the escaped cultists.
"Actually, this cult is not very strong, most of them are ordinary people, but there is an enemy who can draw is very tricky, you can use those paintings to run around, slippery and not slippery, not easy to catch."
Lin said with some unhappiness.
Merlin: "..........."
High-powered equipment? Fire scrubbing? It's just a cultist, what's that?
By the way, was it wrong for me to choose this product for Alice to be a teacher in the first place?