Night.

The gates of the holy city rumbled open.

Knights in mighty armor sat on iron-clad horses, holding weapons, and walked out of the gate in unison.

The accompanying teams of magicians and sorcerers sat in carriages, protected by a team of knights.

In the decades of the moment, the Iron Cavalry of the Holy Church has once again assembled.

By the orders of the gods, they will travel to the Southern Empire to deal with whatever may happen there.

This scene shook the whole world.

Forces on all sides are asking what happened.

But the church didn't have time to explain to them, they could only say—

The gods demand that the Holy Army arrive in the Southern Empire as soon as possible!

The Pope took the cardinals and more than a hundred of the most elite members of the Holy See to take the lead.

They spent expensive resources and teleported directly to the Southern Empire, to the outside of that remote town.

The monarch of the Southern Empire immediately cordoned off the remote town at the behest of the gods.

Everything remained as it was, waiting for the Holy Church to come and investigate.

The merchants who had just left the town were reined in.

Including the child who escaped the catastrophe because he was herding sheep in the mountains, he is also in custody at the moment.

"Your Majesty, do you think there is a problem with what I did?"

The king asked.

He looked a little nervous.

As a monarch, he is indeed a shrewd and capable lord, and when he thinks about it, it is easy to guess something.

This is the first time in decades that the gods have asked about the world.

In addition, when the church established an intelligence agency, there was a rumor that said.

It is said that the gods ordered the establishment of intelligence agencies around the world in order to detect the signs of the destruction of the world.

Could it be that the source of destruction is here?

The thought of this made the king of the Southern Empire deeply uneasy.

The Pope gave the Southern Empire monarch a reassuring look and said, "You have done a good job, I think even if I personally preside over it, it is impossible to do better than you." ”

The Southern Monarch breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to speak, but was stopped by the Pope's raised hand.

The Pope seems to be listening to something.

It took a while for the Pope to look strange.

"King, please hand over the survivors to our guards." The Pope said.

"No problem." The Southern Monarch said happily.

The Pope nodded to the two cardinals behind him and ordered them to take them with their men.

"All of you must remember to be vigilant against the devil hiding among these people, to strip them of their weapons, to set up exorcism enchantments around them, and not to let anyone get too close to them, not to give them food, not to talk to them."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The two cardinals saluted.

They quickly went with two teams of knights.

The Pope then ordered the remaining people: "Everyone, enter the town and start searching for suspicious information, pay attention to the collection of bones, check them according to the town's roster, and do not miss anyone." ”

"Yes!"

The remaining cardinals and holy knights answered.

The search lasted two full days.

Church people are arriving.

At the request of the Church, all the forces sent all the experts in the search here.

In the face of the power of the entire Holy Church, as well as the cooperation of the Southern Empire and all forces, the entire town was searched like a foot to the ground.

In order to check the personnel and bones, the holy knights, hunters, and warriors conducted a detailed examination of every bone.

In order to determine the cause of death of every animal in the town, the priests even resorted to divine magic.

There is no escape from anything suspicious.

When Gu Qingshan arrived outside the town, a complete and accurate piece of information had already been delivered to him.

That's the power he's been doing all these years.

As well as the results.

He sat on the throne and carefully examined the intelligence.

"All poultry died by an evil sacrifice, except for one chicken."

"The chicken was found in a remote place, and when it was found, it had been eaten only to its bones, and there were signs of human gnawing on the bones."

"Through the investigation, when the whole town died, the chicken had just been roasted."

"As for the population, the population of the town had a problem when it came time to check with the corpses."

"Several people have disappeared for no apparent reason."

"None of the people who know them in other parts of the world have seen these missing people."

"The only thing that is certain is that these people should have been in a small town at the time of the incident."

"All the forces in the world have been completely mobilized and are making every effort to find the traces of these people."

After reading it, Gu Qingshan thought for a while.

In the room, the Pope, the monarchs of the Southern Empire, and the cardinals all breathed lightly, for fear of disturbing the thoughts of the gods.

"What about the merchants and the children?" Gu Qingshan asked.

"According to your orders, he was detained in a temporary camp, and we sent heavy troops to guard it, and if there is any change, we will go all out to kill him as soon as possible." Papal tract.

"Have they eaten anything?" Gu Qingshan continued to ask.

"Nope." Papal tract.

Gu Qingshan ordered: "Bring those survivors up, I'll take a look at them." ”

"Yes."

Soon.

Those few people were brought to Gu Qingshan.

Gu Qingshan glanced at it.

The country merchants didn't know his identity, and when they saw him surrounded by everyone, they knew that he must be a great man.

They fell prostrate on the ground, begging for mercy and the like.

The boy was a little ignorant, until he saw that the merchants began to beg for mercy, and he began to beg for mercy.

"None of them have a problem?" Gu Qingshan asked.

"Yes, I have investigated with the Southern Empire, and they are indeed all merchants in the local countryside, from birth to family composition, deeds over the years, records of goods sales, tax payments, etc." Papal tract.

"What about the kid?"

"No problem, it's really local."

Gu Qingshan looked at those people and suddenly asked strangely, "Why do they look very hungry?" ”

The Pope said in his heart that this is not exactly what you commanded, why is he asking now—wait, did the gods mean to do this?

The Pope replied with a solemn expression: "Because these men have survived the sacrifice, I fear that unforeseen problems will arise, so I have not given them food." ”

"It's been two days, how can this be bearable." Gu Qingshan sighed.

He said, "Go, give them some of our dinner." ”

"Yes."

The knight beside him walked out.

A few minutes later.

The knight came in with a large bowl of steaming noodles and distributed utensils to the men.

"Eat, and when you have eaten, I will send you back to your own home, and you are all lucky people who have escaped this disaster."

Gu Qingshan said in a tone full of pity.

When these people heard this, they immediately breathed a great sigh of relief.

They hadn't eaten for two days and two nights, and when they got the news of their release, they couldn't help but share the pot of noodles and eat them.

The boy looked and saw that all the merchants had gone to divide the noodles and eat them, and only he was still standing where he was.

At this time, the surrounding knight priests gradually looked at him.

The child hurriedly followed, and also shared a bowl of noodles and ate it.

It smells so good!

The person who makes this noodle must be a top cook.

The child took a bite of it, and this thought came to his mind.

After all, he was young, and he was really hungry for two days and two nights, and at this time, he couldn't help it anymore and devoured it.

Just as they were eating, a voice suddenly sounded:

"When the townspeople died, which of you ate that chicken?"

The merchants and the children turned their heads to look together, only to see that the person who asked the question was the knight standing beside Gu Qingshan.

Everyone around them looked at them and didn't say a word.

They knew they had to answer that question.

"I didn't eat it."

"Not me."

"We were already out of town by then."

"Didn't eat it."

"I'm in the mountains."

They replied one after another.

For some reason, they suddenly found that the atmosphere in the room was tense again.

A sense of murder emanated from the papal see.

But all the core personnel of the Holy Church hung their heads, and looking at them, they seemed to be in some kind of state of piety.

At this time, Gu Qingshan spoke.

"When the townspeople died, which of you ate that chicken?" He asked.

It's weird.

It had already been asked once, but now the big man had asked the same question himself.

But the merchants did not dare not answer.

"I didn't eat it."

"Not me."

"We were already out of town by then."

"Didn't eat it."

"I'm in the mountains."

They repeated.

Gu Qingshan nodded.

There was silence all around, and everyone remained silent.

At this time, the child's expression was suddenly confused, and he opened his mouth and said:

"I ate it."