Cromwell followed the Divine Envoy and Alice out of the door, only to find that there were several other people waiting outside his room.

First of all, there were a few young guards, one of whom Cromwell recognized, one of the flaxen-haired lads seemed to be named Alexander—the guards were already heavily armed, their armor and blades around their waists glistening in the light, and Cromwell thought the equipment was somewhat familiar......

In addition, there were two paladins in their thirties, who were supposed to have come with Captain Alice, and from the confused eyes of these two paladins, Cromwell guessed that they were just as ignorant of the current situation as he was.

"Okay, everyone is here!" Lu Chen clapped his hands excitedly.

The people gathered by the oracle lord, including the female knight Alice, examined each other: an oracle, a cardinal, three paladins including the deputy head of the Order, and five young guards—a strange combination of men......

No one could guess what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

"Listen, everybody," the Divine Envoy commanded, apparently not expecting them to guess, "today's action is related to the overall situation of the Church, so you must obey my orders unconditionally!"

The two middle-aged paladins looked at each other hesitantly.

Theoretically, the oracle is a fictitious position with no real power, and it is not binding on any church personnel, not to mention that the direct leadership of the paladins of the Holy Knights is the crown of the Pope, and it seems that they should not obey the command of the oracle......

Fortunately, however, they were set a good example: since Lord Alice, who was the vice-head of the Order, was respectfully following the orders of the Divine Envoy, the two paladins had little intention of objecting.

At least the divine envoy can be regarded as a theocratic spokesman, and listening to his command is not a violation!

- The paladins soothed themselves for a while.

Lu Chen waved his hand and led the group all the way down the corridor.

The Divine Envoy was at the front of the line, Deputy Captain Alice was closely guarding his right, Cromwell was half a step behind, following behind the Divine Envoy to the left, followed by two paladins, and the young guards at the very end of the line.

This heavily armed and menacing group of people stands out as they walk through the solemn corridors of the church, which are covered with religious paintings. The passing priests and servants made way for them, whispering and saluting the strange procession.

Seeing Lu Chen humming a song with a relaxed face, Cromwell was a little impatient. He reached out and poked the Divine Envoy.

“...... Zun, Xiangguo listened—huh?" Lu Chen looked back at Cromwell.

"What are we going to do here?" Cromwell asked in a low voice.

"Didn't I say it, arrest people. The divine envoy replied with a slight dissatisfaction.

"Arrest someone, arrest whom?"

"Whoever should be caught, be caught. Lu Chen showed a sinister and cunning evil smile that did not match his identity as a divine envoy, "In my hometown, there is an ancient saying called "cut the grass and eradicate the roots"!"

Hometown: Eliot, who was born in the imperial capital, where is his hometown?

- Cromwell was still stunned, and the Divine Envoy had turned his head and moved on. The cardinal sighed and trotted along.

The group walked down the inner corridor of the church and finally stopped in front of a door in the left wing of the second floor.

"It's here!" Lu Chen gestured with his thumb and clapped his hands and smiled.

Silent.

Whether it was Cromwell, Alice, or the young guards and paladins, they were all at a loss, all of them were dumbfounded, and they all looked like they had seen ghosts in broad daylight.

The name engraved on the brass door plate in floral script is none other than "Benedict"!

"Elliot!" Cromwell suddenly realized what Elliot was going to do, and hurriedly grabbed Lu Chen's clothes, "You want to arrest Lord Benedict?"

"Isn't that normal? Lu Chen squinted at the cardinal, "Since His Majesty the Pope has no more singing, the next step is of course to get rid of these henchmen!"

Cromwell was dumbfounded.

Although he was indeed in favor of seizing power, he didn't expect Eliot, an eighteen-year-old puppet god, to be so desperate, and as soon as he brought down the Pope, he immediately began to busy cleaning up these loyal subordinates under the crown!

Cromwell couldn't help but look back at the weapons in the hands of the guards.

He suddenly realized what these swords, guns, and halberds were for.

"Eliminate the evil, cut the grass and eradicate the roots!" Lu Chen easily made a leek-cutting motion with his hand, "If you don't get rid of these Pope's henchmen, how can you carry out the work of dealing with the aftermath? Do you want to let go of these capitulation high-ranking people after you get rid of the Pope? Do you have to release the accomplices after you catch the culprit? This is not my style!"

Alice on the side glanced at Lu Chen with complicated eyes: the "style" of the divine envoy had already been taught by the female knight when he ambushed the Pope.

Cromwell looked at Lu Chen dryly: Although what the Divine Envoy said was right, bringing a group of heavily armed guard paladins to visit a cardinal still made him feel a little uncomfortable with the death of a rabbit and a fox and a kind of injury - God is pitiful, when Benedict came to house arrest Cromwell on behalf of the Pope yesterday, he only brought two paladins with him, and he didn't expect that within a day, the Divine Envoy came to the door with a larger group of people!

Retribution is coming so quickly...... Cromwell sighed in his heart.

"Check your weapons!" Lu Chen left Cromwell behind and commanded the warriors majestically, "I don't want any problems in the next action!"

The young guards listened to the order, drew their weapons on the ground, squinted to check their reliability, and as for the two paladins, although they hesitated, they did so with Alice's nod.

Cromwell was saddened to find that the weapons in the hands of the men were not only bladed combat instruments, but also seemed to have been freshly polished: the sharp blades that glowed with white light looked like they were going to kill people.

The cardinal had the illusion that he was not in front of a band of religious forces, but a band of bandits in the bloody forest.

"Eliot!" he hurriedly leaned into the ear of the Divine Envoy, "That's not good! After all, Lord Benedict is also a cardinal, so why make such a sabre-rattling if you just talk to him and put him under house arrest?"

"What saber rattling!" Lu Chen scoffed, "Put a hundred and twenty hearts, dear Cromwell, we are not here to fight, but to negotiate amicably with Lord Benedict......"

Before Lu Chen's words were finished, one of the guards next to him pulled out his hair and put it on his sword blade and blew it.

Cromwell felt a chill in his heart: "Friendly negotiations"? Who sharpened the knife so quickly before the negotiation?

Lu Chen glanced at the guard, patted Cromwell's shoulder awkwardly, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, don't worry, as long as Master Benedict agrees to my request, I won't hurt a cardinal." ”

"And what if he doesn't agree?"

"Then I'll ......" Lu Chen borrowed a dagger from a guard and stuck it in his belt, "...... Make a condition that he can't refuse. ”