There were no further incidents that night, but the turmoil caused by the mass arrival of players was just beginning.

Early the next morning, a monk came running to inform Bernie that he needed to go to the cathedral in Neuham for a "meeting".

……

"Last night, in all the cemeteries in the various areas of Neuham, there was the birth of the undead."

A rectangular meeting room with stained carved glass.

A "knight" dressed in glazed metal plate armor with a cold and stiff face reported in a serious tone: "Our witchers have thoroughly inspected these cemeteries, and have not found any guidance from the dark forces. But after digging up the grave, the phenomenon encountered is more serious than the undead corpse. ”

"Can they be resurrected?"

A priest with thinning hair in the conference room said as if to liven up the atmosphere.

As a result, the knight who reported nodded solemnly, "Yes, resurrected." ”

The priest's face was stunned, and the rest of the clergy around the long table were stunned, and a burst of discussion ensued.

However, after a white-robed emaciated old man at the head raised his hand and knocked on the table, the discussion here immediately fell silent.

The knight continued to speak.

"But it is not a resurrection in the ordinary sense, and we found through investigation that this kind of resurrected person has changed greatly in personality and behavior despite the memories of his life."

He then said some of the details of the change, such as the repetition of emotions, when he said this sentence he was happy, and when he said another sentence, he cried and mourned.

For example, if you don't walk normally, you will always be crooked, and sometimes you will turn in circles.

For example, whether it is speech or movement, the reaction seems slow and very slow.

So the discussion began again, but this time even the white-robed old man at the head did not stop him, because he was also suspicious of these details.

"People with head injuries do have some unusual behavior after they have recovered from the injury, but it is often not so severe."

Sitting next to Bernie was the same priest, but he looked several times older than Bernie.

With white sideburns, sparse hair on his head, and a kind face, he was the one who first enlivened the atmosphere.

"Plus this phenomenon is also present in all cemeteries...... I seriously suspect that the evil necromancers are working on their corpse resurrection again. ”

The old priest was now talking to Bernie in a low voice, looking familiar, but the two had not known each other before.

"Necromancer also exists?" Bernie asked casually.

Both of them belong to the newly promoted acting priests, so although they have never met, they are actually their own people in the same camp.

"In the past two years, there have been several cases of body theft, and the murderer has never been caught."

The old priest nodded, "I don't know if the people in the Inquisition have obtained new clues in the past two years." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the emaciated young man on Bernie's other side.

"No clues."

The other replied, "But the preliminary judgment is that the necromancer is hiding among us. ”

It was Bernie's old acquaintance Tracy, who was now dressed in a black robe similar to Bernie's.

However, the necklace hanging from the chest is not a ring symbolizing wisdom, but a small silver mallet.

That means he's currently the official chief judge—

After the recent Sealed Lands incident, Tracy has had a chance to improve, and this time the turmoil in Neham has been struck not only by priests and secular authorities, but also by many people in the local ecclesiastical court.

So he naturally advanced to this place and became one of the three local chief judges.

"I'm not surprised at all to hear that."

Another slightly chubby priest next to Tracy interjected, "Those evil necromancers are always fond of hiding among us, as if this will hide the stench of corpses on their bodies. ”

"It should be said that some of us who have a bad faith can easily be seduced by the evil knowledge and become necromancers."

Tracy corrected, then explained to Bernie.

"Many of the nobles here are not even literate, and only the monks and clergy are likely to read obscure books that record evil knowledge."

Bernie nodded slowly, and didn't ask much, looking like I wasn't very interested in any of this.

……

At this time, the people around him were basically the descendants who were promoted by Rhodes after the holy water smuggling case.

Three vicarious priests, including Bernie, and a presiding judge in the ecclesiastical court.

It may not seem like much, but in fact it represents half of the religious affairs of the city of Neham, which is already in the hands of the Rhodes family.

Half of the reason is that not all local church members were affected by the incident.

And though he was destined to leave, the person in charge of Neuham's religious affairs was still the vicar Victor, who sat at the head of the room.

At the same time, all of Neam's witchers were basically unaffected in the Holy Water case.

Therefore, at the moment, we can feel the faint hostility between some old forces and new forces.

Of course, on the surface, everyone came to discuss the current abnormal situation in the city at the call of Vice-Bishop Victor, so the overall topic orientation did not have a-for-tat connotation.

"I think these resurrected people should be burned at the stake."

After talking for a while, one of the demon hunter captains said: "Having memories of the dead does not mean that the resurrected person is the living person himself, only the power of the gods can resurrect the dead in the true sense, so this must be a devil's conspiracy." ”

The so-called power of God is naturally a supernatural skill mastered by the church, and in fact, some masters in the church do have the ability to resurrect the dead, so the resurrection is not big news.

"It's not impossible."

When the slightly fatter middle-aged priest not far from Bernie heard this, he immediately replied, "But first we should pass the news in, and then the bishop will decide what to do with them." ”

"If that's the case, why don't we report it directly to the archbishop of the royal capital?"

A court presiding officer dressed in the same costume as Tracy cross-examined.

"If you want to do that, no one will stop you." The slightly chubby acting priest smiled when he heard this.

The presiding judge shut, dumbfounded.

In fact, he just habitually said a few more words just now, and regretted it after he finished speaking.

Ignoring superiors and reporting information to higher levels is tantamount to a provocation.

And everyone knows that the current Vice-Bishop Victor, who is currently sitting in the first place, is destined not to stay in Neuhamdo, and without this leading charge, they will not dare to offend Bishop Rhodes again.

Obviously, even Bishop Victor himself knew this.

Therefore, he was always very silent at this meeting, allowing the clergy below to discuss the matter, and finally said a word in a hurry.

"Then report to Bishop Rhodes, and before that, put all the resurrected in prison, by the way—"

As he said this, he suddenly looked at the three surrogate priests present.

"Our witchers have been very busy lately, and the remaining threat of the Blood Moon hasn't been completely cleaned up. So keep an eye on the cemetery for new undead births, and leave it to your people. ”

This is not a difficult task, although the three churches themselves are short of manpower, but only the official clergy.

If you need to run errands, you can go to a few monasteries outside the city and hire a large number of monks and nuns as "temporary workers".

So the question was decided for the time being, and then another question was brought to the table.

"Regarding what happened yesterday on Oak Street, we also found no dark influence."

At someone's signal, the knight who had reported at the beginning spoke again.

"And the animals that gathered in the past also behaved abnormally, and through our observation, they were somewhat similar to those who were resurrected."

"Donkeys and mules are similar, but the reasons for their birth are not quite the same."

The slightly chubby middle-aged priest sitting not far from Bernie spoke again, still smiling on his face.

"You're probably going to ask Father Bernie some questions, right? So before that, maybe you can be a little more cautious in your words? ”

"We do need to ask Father Bernie about this."

The knight replied with an unchanging face, "The truth is that the animals that have gathered in the past mainly surround his house. ”

This is indeed an unavoidable point, so even though the Rhodes family wants to defend their own people, it cannot prevent this obvious problem.

In other words, they themselves were curious about it, so they all looked at the person concerned.

"I don't know anything about it, but if there's anything I need to work with, you can always go to Morse Church and look for me."

Bernie replied helplessly at this expression.

"The animals do look weird, and I didn't even dare go home last night and stayed in church for the night."

This answer surprised everyone.

Not because of the answer itself, but because of Bernie's gesture.

Judging from his appearance, background, speed of promotion, and the fact that he quickly adapted to work and performed well as soon as he became a priest, this is a young but capable genius.

This kind of person is often arrogant, which comes from the aristocratic education and class living environment that he received since childhood.

But at the moment, Bernie's self-deprecating appearance does not show any arrogance, so it forms a strong contrast.

To the surprise of those who thought Bernie would be even more prickly, he was even a little uncomfortable.

Of course, they don't think Bernie's self-deprecation is really scared, but they originally thought that the other party was a "man-eating beast", but suddenly found out that Bernie was actually a vegetarian......

In contrast, the latter is naturally more acceptable and comfortable.

So silently, the atmosphere in the conference room, which was still a little-for-tat, eased a lot.

The people then go on to talk about the current secular administrators of Neham, the lord of the Cumbores, the current turmoil and law and order, and so on.

Then the first gathering of the main members of the Church of Neuham since the smuggling of holy water ended peacefully.

"I'd suggest you move out of Oak Street, Father Bernie."

As he walked out of the cathedral, the fat priest who had been defending Bernie in the conference room said, "Although we can't get the treatment of a full-fledged priest for the time being, now that something like this has happened to you, there is always a reason to change the house." ”

"That's right, it's going to be a lot of trouble." Another old priest with thinning hair nodded beside him.

"I'm thinking about that too."

Bernie didn't reject their suggestion, "But there's been so much going on for the church lately that I can't talk about it." ”

"What's so hard to mention,"

Tracy, who was walking next to him, interjected, "If you are embarrassed to mention it, I will help you write an application and submit it." ”

"Who is in charge of this?"

“……”

“……”

They stood under the sculptures in the square in front of the cathedral and talked in whispers about such trivial things.

Some monks passed by, thinking that these "high-powered" priests were talking about something serious.

However, the "serious issues" were not satisfactorily resolved in the end.

Because after a while, a man dressed as a judge hurried over.

and reported a serious incident to Tracy, who was standing next to Bernie—

"Count Cambore, committed suicide during the interrogation!"

"Suicide!?"

Tracy was stunned, "Why is this happening?" ”

The sentence against the Count of Cambore was to leave the world and go to a monastery for the rest of his life, not to the death penalty or any other cruel penal code.

This could even be said to be a very lenient punishment, and it stands to reason that the old earl himself should not be so desperate as to die.

But then Tracy had a thought about it, and suddenly thought of the thing they had just talked about in the meeting—

Now that I think about it, it seems that the Earl of Cambore is not acting normally......

"I don't know why."

The judge who came to report said blankly, "He suddenly committed suicide without even explaining the arrangements for the family." ”

"Didn't say anything before committing suicide?"

"I did say something...... Well, said something weird. ”

The reporting judge lowered his voice when he said this, and deliberately looked at the three Bernies who were "eavesdropping" next to him.

"What?"

"He said he wasn't the Count of Cambore."

The debriefer replied in a strange tone: "And then he also said that he is not from this world......"

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