Chapter 130: Fighting in the Chamber
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The generous gifts that have been delivered to hand, but Andre doesn't know whether to accept them or not. In the end, he just waved his hand slightly, bowed and said, "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept such a valuable gift." β
Andrei actually wanted to find a good excuse to refuse, but he couldn't find it for a while. But in order to avoid the other party perceiving the hostile smell and distributing himself, the priest then added: "There is only so much that we can do in our little chapel, and I really don't know what it will be of use to you. β
What he said was true. In his opinion, the other party is willing to pay such a large price to win him over, it must not be as simple as letting him join Herbert's camp, but asking for something. And Andre, as a bronze-level priest, guarding a small sanctuary, really has nothing to give to this group.
However, the other party did not mean to take things back, and continued, "We don't have any other needs, we just want you and the Templar to join us. This crystal nucleus, as a cost for us to use the Templar. β
"How much does it cost to use the Templar?" AndrΓ© grasped the words very keenly and asked in surprise, "What are you going to do with this sanctuary?" β
The other party seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Andre's question, but still bowed down and said: "Bishop Herbert has a very important purpose, I can't disclose it for the time being, please help us complete this task." β
Andrei bowed his head and was silent. With a glance of his eyes, he suddenly found that the hands of several black-robed men following behind him were touching the swords behind them.
The priest raised his head: "This sanctuary can be used by you temporarily, but I can't accept this crystal nucleus." As a pastor, it is my honor to be able to help the Bishop in the cause of the Light. β
Hearing the pastor in front of him say this, the other party was not reluctant, and bowed slightly again: "Tomorrow morning, we will come over and officially take over the church." May the power of the Light and the grace of the Holy Spirit be with you and me. β
After saying this, the group left in a hurry.
After Pastor Andre watched the crowd go away, he finally raised his arm and gently wiped the sweat drops from his forehead, while also being satisfied with his reaction just now. This group of people dared to kill the clergy who were finally Bishop Harvey in Ontare, and naturally they dared to kill him, a little priest, here. The best way to protect yourself at this time is to pretend to obey them.
Andrei wondered, what the hell were these people going to do with the Sanctuary? In such a small place, it was not wise to stand on the back of a dilapidated Templar, and that was clearly not their purpose.
But for now, Andre feels that the most important thing to think about is how to take sides. Although the newly succeeded Archduke Baria had announced the pardon of Herbert and the others, Bishop Harvey's side must have spared them. If you interact with this group of people, you will be implicated sooner or later, so it is better to take the initiative to pass on their whereabouts information, and if something happens, you can clear up the relationship.
At the moment, Andrei can't come up with a suitable channel, so he can only take one step at a time.
Early the next morning, Herbert and his party arrived at the church as promised.
Andre originally planned to bow down, but he didn't expect the old paladin Herbert to step forward in three or two steps, gently support Andrei's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Holy Spirit bless." Pastor Andrew, we meet again. β
Hearing this, AndrΓ© seemed to understand a little, in fact, one of the reasons why those people persuaded him to join this camp yesterday was that Herbert concluded that he could recognize himself, and deliberately wooed him in order to prevent the information of his whereabouts from being disseminated.
At the moment, this old fellow who had been ousted from the bishop but was unwilling to give up the name of bishop seemed to be very enthusiastic about Andre, as if he had seen an old friend. However, in Andrei's eyes, such enthusiasm is somewhat false, otherwise there would not have been such a scene yesterday.
Herbert's stiff smile did not surprise Herbert, who still went out of his way to praise his work and say that he would certainly improve his status.
Immediately afterwards, the members of the adventure party who were originally wearing a variety of clothes took off their coats one after another, and then took out robes, staffs, armor and other things from the packages they carried, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into priests and paladins.
When the crowd had finished up, Herbert stood by the steps where the icon was placed, and said in a loud voice: "For the sake of convenience, we must now remember who we are here." We are members of the clergy who came here from Ontariel, and it was Bishop Harvey who ordered us to come here to find artifact fragments. β
"Yes."
The others replied in a tacit understanding. After making sure everything was in order, the doors of the Sanctuary were opened, the paladins were lined up, and the priests took to the streets to spread the lie throughout the town.
No one in the entire town except Andre has ever been to the capital of the principality, and naturally no one will know the true identities of these people. Priest Andre seemed to understand why these guys frequently went in and out of the Demon Forest, one of the purposes was to go inside to find artifact fragments, and the other was to collect crystal nuclei.
They promised to find each piece for fifteen thousand gold coins, five thousand gold coins more than the Ontario Sanctuary. And the source of these gold coins is, of course, those precious crystal nuclei.
In fact, there are still some things that Andrei does not know about these accidents. Those nuclei are not only used to buy fragments, but some are also used to carry out activities elsewhere.
The clergy in these towns in Herbert's camp were only a small fraction of the total, and most of them carried large amounts of gold and crystal nuclei to various churches to lobby for more power for the camp.
Even if not all clergy have a backbone, after all, there are many people who are attracted by the lucrative interests in front of them. And those who insist on refusing to compromise have only one way to deal with it, kill.
Although they had been expelled from Ontariel, Herbert's gang had apparently found a new way to confront the priesthood system led by Bishop Harvey. The two forces are silently accumulating strength, but they are completely unaware that the other party has also made a move.