CHAPTER XIV Uninvited Cardinals
Hongchuan, the Zhongzhou branch of the shield of justice.
Dressed in an orthodox knight's suit, Song Chengjie pushed open a large door and was greeted by a hall that looked like a medieval council, with three rows of rising seats on the left and right and in front of him. At this time, the seats were full of people wearing various crucidian uniforms, although there were only one seat every meter or so, but it seemed that there were at least two hundred people in this room.
Glancing around without a trace, Song Chengjie couldn't help but smash his mouth, it seems that not only the review team of the Shield of Justice, but even the people on the side of the church court were also alarmed? But Song Chengjie was not surprised, after all, his actions today were indeed a bit big.
Walking slowly to the center of the hall, facing the white-clothed deliberative group not far away, Song Chengjie's attention was instantly attracted by an exorcist wearing a different style of uniform in the center.
Of course, even if he had some doubts, Song Chengjie still humbly performed a knightly salute and reported his name: "The fourth chief knight of the Shield of Justice directly under the Cross Sect, see the title of the wind of speed!"
The sigh of the wind happened to be at the door at this time, and he was surprised to see that there were so many people in the hall. However, she didn't care about this, in fact, she was more like ignoring them, and complained to Su Lun beside her while pouting, and was about to walk in: "Don't these old men know that it's rude to disturb other people's meetings?"
Just now, when he was about to discuss how to deal with the problems in the Hongchuan jurisdiction in the future, someone suddenly ordered Song Chengjie to report to work. The four of them naturally knew that there would be any reporting work in the middle of the night, and it was completely for the end of these things that happened today.
was also worried about Song Chengjie's safety, although he did not ask others to accompany him, but Wind Sigh and Su Lun still followed. As for Jiang Chengjie, it was because he didn't belong to the Shield of Justice and was not suitable to appear here, so he was sent to run errands by the sigh of the wind.
However, as soon as one of the Wind Sigh's feet stepped into the hall, two long swords swung down from both sides and stopped in front of her.
The playful expression on his face vanished in an instant, replaced by the sigh of the wind and the frost nourished by the eternal life: "What do you mean?"
"Machine-sama, please stay away for the time being. The sword-wielding gatekeeper said tremblingly, although there was only a weak girl in front of him who was not much higher than his waist, but his hand holding the sword was still trembling. The heavy armor couldn't hide the sound of his chaotic breathing, and he wished he was a companion patrolling the door with a lamp outside the door.
The girl's originally lazy expression instantly became as sharp as a blade, like the cold air emitted by the ice stone. Although she didn't look at herself at all, the momentum through the armor made the guards feel a chill to the bone, if she took off the mask, she must have a terrible expression now, right?
"Interesting. While the knight was trying his best to divert his attention, the voice of the wind's sigh was flat but with a hint of anger quietly heard. Her little feet did not pause in the slightest, and walked forward slowly but unhindered, the sharp blade in front of her was completely ornamental under the pressure of her wind, "Do you want me to avoid it?"
As soon as the words fell, the entire space seemed to suddenly turn into a cyan world, and the cyan Indian pattern unfolded in an instant, imprinting everything in the hall and even the clothes of these people with the flowing green mang. The skirt and long hair fluttered like gravity, and the sigh of the wind stared straight at the person on the front seat opposite the door, and the technique under his feet was slightly turned, and the hard ground was effortlessly crushed out of two shallow pits.
The knight guarding the gate and Suren not far behind her hurriedly knelt on one knee together. Although the sigh of the wind is indeed like a child by Song Chengjie's side on weekdays, she is a machine spirit after all, and as the root of the shield of justice, her anger is not something that these people can bear.
Under the coercion and even threat of the sigh of the wind, the hall became silent in an instant.
At this moment, Song Chengjie suddenly turned to look at the sigh of the wind, and summoned the holy wind thorn with a wave of his arm: "Fall into the formless, you are too rude with the sigh of the wind!"
The wind sighed and was stunned for a moment, and then disappeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the green light in his eyes also dissipated.
Turning around and bowing apologetically, Song Chengjie said slowly: "On weekdays, her subordinates have not instilled too many etiquette in her, and I ask the cardinal for forgiveness!"
Halfway up his body, the exorcist who was sitting on the main seat at the moment slowly sat down, and the black gas brewing in his hands hidden under the table quietly dissipated. With a chuckle and a wave of his hand, he smiled, "What is this the first rider to say." The machine spirit is the core of our shield of justice, and it is true that I am too rigid, and I gave the two guards an order that 'no one is allowed to enter', and I hope that I will apologize to Song Shouqi in front of the sigh of the wind when I have time in the future. ”
Looking at the man with a kind smile on his face, Song Chengjie nodded yes, but he scoffed at it in his heart. I'm afraid you gave the order not to let the wind sigh in, and though I won't apologize for you, you don't need to, because the little girl is sitting at the table in front of you......
The sigh of the wind cannot be spiritualized, and naturally it cannot be attributed to something intangible. But even so, if she deliberately concealed herself, no one could perceive it except Song Chengjie, even if the sigh of the wind was now sitting in front of the cardinal and grimacing at him.
The cardinal, who is a man in another direct line of the Crusaders with a status similar to that of the Marshal in the Shield of Justice. The cardinal's strength is not strong, most of them are ordinary people, even the strength of the person in front of him Song Chengjie can see through it at a glance. And to be honest, Song Chengjie didn't know him, but his uniform indicated his position.
In fact, as long as there is no big problem with the brain, no one in the Cross Sect will be idle and have nothing to provoke the machine spirit. Cardinal's approach was clearly intended to provoke the sigh of the wind first, and then let her strike first. The sigh of the wind wouldn't kill these guys even in a fit of rage, but in doing so, it made a big mistake in front of everyone, leaving a handle.
Although he didn't know what the other party wanted, in order to protect the sigh of the wind, Song Chengjie had to remind the sigh of the wind first. But then again, Song Chengjie looked at the girl who was extremely monotonous even with a grimace, and felt that he didn't even see such a simple method of agitation, does the sigh of the wind really have an eternal life, it is like a child.
"But ......"
The laughter in the cardinal's voice dissipated, replaced by a tone of superior-to-subordinate. Song Chengjie was slightly stunned, and immediately understood that the next thing was the main drama of these guys.
"Until then, hopefully you're still riding the fourth one. The cardinal said softly, waving his hand for the guards to retreat.
As the heavy door slowly closed, a magic seal suddenly appeared, and the four walls of the hall suddenly flowed into Dao Dao techniques, which actually turned the walls into enchantments.
"Now I'm going to ask questions. Song Chengjie stood up and looked around, his eyes fixed on the other party, "Cardinal, what exactly do you want to do?"
Outside the door, Su Lun looked at the two guards who were sweating and panting anxiously after taking off their armor, and suddenly felt that he had chosen to work in the Defense Division in the first place: "You two, may I ask what happened today, why did the cardinal also come to Hongchuan? We haven't received any news!"
"We don't know. One of them recalled for a moment and said slowly, "Today, after Song Shouqi led people out, the cardinal and his party came. Although not recognized, it seems from the testimony that this cardinal is on the European side. We are also very curious, why the Cardinal Church came to Zhongzhou thousands of miles away, and did not go to the imperial capital but came to Hongchuan. ”
"And what did he say?"
"You made me catch my breath. "In fact, as he spoke, he wiped his sweat and took off his helmet, and in just a few seconds, a strong knight was frightened like this by the sigh of the wind, and I have to say that the majesty of the machine spirit is too terrifying," he said that he led the team to patrol around out of compassion for the people, and he saw such a thing today. ”
Su Lun lowered his head and thought about it, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart as he looked at the tightly closed door: "Cardinals are second only to cardinal archbishops, and they are extremely important in the church...... Although they are not the same organization, if the cardinal visits any of the churches, the Paladins of the Shield of Justice will receive them with the rank of marshal. ”
"So when he asked me to stop everyone, including the machine spirits, I couldn't help but say yes. The knight complained helplessly, he was just an ordinary knight in the Holy Knights, and it was okay to take on some low-level tasks at ordinary times, but this kind of thing was too heavy for him.
"I understand you. Su Lun said, stood on tiptoe and patted the other party's shoulder gently, looking at the knight's face in front of him, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Uncle...... Which department do you belong to?"
The paladin who was asked about his affiliation was a little puzzled and said his subordinate department and name, but the next moment he saw Su Lun's expression instantly become nervous, and the knight only felt a sharp pain in his shoulder, and when he came back to his senses, he had already fallen to the ground by the thin man in front of him.
"What are you going to do?" another paladin immediately stood in front of his companion, looking at Su Lun, who had jumped back a few steps and posed in an attack pose, and asked loudly, "Who are you and why did you attack him?"
"Hurry up and get out of the way!" Su Lun shouted, pulling out a handmade dagger from his waist, "I'm a ...... from the Defense Division"
In the depths of the church, on the bell tower, Jiang Chengjie gently pulled the bolt of the gun in his hand with a half-lit cigarette, raised his hand and took aim, then turned his head to look at the line of markings engraved on it, and muttered: "Exorcism gun M82A1 type...... It's the same thing as a gun, but is it really the same way to use it?"
On the other side, Su Lun faced another paladin, pointed to the person he had just fallen and said, "The convergence work after the paladin's sacrifice is also the final count of us...... That knight had died more than half a year ago, and it was the time when a new breed was discovered!"
No mistake, even if I misremember my looks, the information of the subordinate departments that I kept in my mind would not be wrong. But what the hell is going on? The erosion of monsters? No, I don't feel the breath of monsters on him at all. Director, you really made the right thing to keep me here.
"What are you kidding, when did I die?" the knight who had fallen to the ground stood up, but before he could finish speaking, the sound of something heavy falling to the ground resounded in the empty hallway.
The eyes of the three were drawn to the voice, but what caught their eyes was his arm, which had just been hit hard by Su Lun.
Seeing his arm broken off at the shoulder, the knight was stunned. He didn't feel any pain, and no blood was coming out of the wound.
Wounds?
The knight's gaze slowly moved downward, and he found that the wound on his shoulder had rotted and blackened, and the maggots shook their heads and tails, as if wondering why they were suddenly exposed to the air.
The next moment, a scream resounded through the night sky!