"Six Gray in Paladin Armor, we interrogated for three days, and there was not even a single result......!

"Still not sure?"

"How can I be sure? No one has ever seen him for what he really is, not even his lover. We can only check the past of these six people bit by bit. ”

......

"How do you write a report to the Cardinals? Tell the Pope that we have arrested six people, but we can't be sure if one of them is true?"

"Didn't you think about another question: he could not have taken off his own armor when he could have put on six people in exactly the same armor as him in such a short time? ”

“......”

"What then?"

......

"Declare martial law! Strictly interrogate all those who cannot prove their identity!"

"But we don't have that many people. ”

"Let Lu Sien V send someone!"

"Jean II has fled, and Lusen V is in pursuit. He wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to take down the entire Eloi Peninsula. ”

"Let him come back! Come back immediately! Find out the paladin Gray for me first, if you can't find it, give him a promise that he will change his mind at any time!"

......

"The whole town of Buck was searched, and nothing was found. The surrounding forests and villages have also been searched. Rusin V sent all his troops, and I have never seen such a large search party. But still nothing. ”

"If you can't find it here, then turn over the whole Eroi Peninsula!"

"I don't think that's going to work, maybe we should think about other ways, like threatening him. His men, including his lovers, are all in our hands. We have enough chips. ”

"We're paladins, is it appropriate to use this method in front of everyone?"

"Is there anything else you can do?" The Cardinals are in a hurry to arrest Gray immediately. They can't tolerate a completely out-of-control paladin being left out, and the situation is worse than before, we don't even know where he is! ”

“......”

......

"Did you show up?"

"No, I stood like a fool all day. ”

"He's a fanatic, and if he knew that his men were about to be executed by us, he would have appeared. ”

"Yes, you're right, the thing is, we have to make sure he knows first. If he doesn't know, there's no point in us doing more. Maybe he's no longer in the Eroi Peninsula. ”

"No, it can't be. He knew that his lover was still in our hands. According to the knight's oath, he could not have left the others and fled on his own. Unless he can't make his own decisions. ”

"Can't make your own decisions?"

"Kidnapped, unconscious, or simply dead, or thrown into hell entirely. ”

"It is impossible to die, and it is impossible to throw yourself into hell. If a paladin is killed or betrayed, the Cardinal will soon get the news and will not be able to continue urging us. But the other two scenarios are really likely. ”

......

"So what should we do now?"

"Wait, guard our captives, and wait. Waiting for him to show himself. ”

"What if he doesn't show up all the time?"

"Then we'll just have to wait until he shows up, or people forget about it...... I know it's bad, but it's just the way it is. ”

......

In the battle of Buck Town, the four paladins of the Holy See poured out to encircle and suppress the paladin Gray, and the news of the destruction of the Knights of the Silver Moon flew like snowflakes to every corner of the continent, causing an uproar in the world.

It can be said that this is the first time since the battle of the Paladin Gray Lion King that the Holy See has proved that its majesty is inviolable.

But, is that really the case?

The already sluggish prestige of the Holy See has indeed been boosted by this incident, but new problems are emerging.

The day after receiving the news, Irene, Duke of the Duchy of Beshir, sent a strongly worded letter to the Pope, demanding that the Holy See immediately hand over all the captives, including Shelley and the entire Knights of the Silver Moon.

Of course, the Cardinal didn't bother with her, and didn't even bother to reply to the letter. Without the Paladin Gray, the Duchy of Besil was nothing in the eyes of the Cardinals.

So, a few days later, an enraged Irene declared war on the Holy See. The entire Duchy of Beshir declared war on the Holy See. This kind of thing is unheard of in the history of mankind. They expelled all the clergy sent by the Holy See, founded their own churches, and declared that the Pope had gone against the will of the Holy Spirit and that the College of Cardinals was an illegal institution.

The declaration of war by the tiny Duchy of Besil against the Holy See, which symbolizes the sacred faith of the entire continent, still sounds like a joke. However, in fact this does not seem to be the case. At least not to the extent that the Cardinal initially imagined that it could be ignored.

Those who sympathized with Gray, Gray's supporters, merged with the forces that already existed against the Holy See. Although there are not many people in this segment, they do exist. They set out from all corners of the continent, traveled long distances, and gathered towards the only anti-papal human kingdom on the continent, the White City.

Among them was Dean, the former bishop of Isaac.

The Cardinal's name seems to have solved the problem and its prestige has been enhanced. In fact, it has fallen into an even more embarrassing situation than before. An institution has emerged on the continent that is trying to truly replace the Holy See, and their first problem, finding the missing paladin Gray, is still nothing.

Again, this is unprecedented in human history.

In October, the autumn wind has been bleak. When the vast majority of people on the continent thought that Paladin Gray was dead, in the Cazesis Mountains on the border between the Duchy of Bert and the Duchy of Beshir, the Paladin Gray, who had been in a coma for more than a month, finally gradually came to his senses.

......

Surrounded by hard stone walls, Gray still lay quietly, wearing damaged armor, lying on a pile of withered weeds in the cave, quietly looking at the pitch-black rocks above.

He was the only one who wasn't even a black cat.

He had a long, long dream. When he dreamed that he was apprenticed to the great lich Brutus, Brutus did not refuse, but took him in as an errand runner. So, he happily became a skeleton soldier, and later a knight of the dead, following Brutus everywhere every day to pick quarrels and stir up trouble, using his free time to study magic hard.

Later, his magic improved, and Brutus allowed him to build his own castle next to it. He began to collect skeletons, collect stones, build a castle that was only slightly smaller than Brutus, had his own laboratory, and had his own study, although the shelves inside were empty with only a few books. But now that he has his own castle and army of the undead, he can start experimenting with magic every day, and occasionally follow Brutus around to provoke trouble.

A lich's perfect life, isn't it?

But he always felt that he had forgotten something, that something important was missing, and that his heart was empty. He kept asking Brutus, but Brutus, who knew everything and was omnipotent, could not answer.

He had to look for it himself, and he kept looking, and he kept looking...... Until one day, Brutus lost a book called "A Knight's Guide to Becoming a Horseman" and picked it up. It is said that it was given to Brutus by other lichs, who found it unsightly, but Gray took the trouble to read it.

Then, the memory of his slumber came back, and he came to his senses, dressed in cold armor, and stared blankly at the hard stone wall in front of him, lying quietly, unconsciously beginning to recall his past, and that long, long dream.

If you ...... What would have happened if he hadn't hung himself in front of Brutus' bookshelf, and if he had continued to worship with shame, would Brutus have finally changed his mind?

Nobody knows.

There are always many forks in the road in life, full of different encounters, and they can only choose one in the end, step on it, and then grow into the only one in the world. Whether it's the small one, or the great one. This is no exception for a lich.

Time does not turn back, and no one can turn back. Or, they don't want to turn back.

The light from outside the cavern shone in crookedly, illuminating one part and darkening the other.

The black cat, who had lost a lot of weight, walked in from outside the cave with his head down.

"How long have I been unconscious?" asked Gray in a whisper.

"Hey, you're awake!" the black cat was so happy that he was about to cry: "When did you wake up!"

"Just ......"

"Hahahaha, scared me to death! I thought you'd never wake up again! Scared me to death!" the black cat pounced on Gray on all four legs, clutching Gray's breastplate and howling. The cat didn't have any tears, and if they did, they probably cried.

"What about Tenedas?"

"Outside. ”

"Where's Vivien?"

"Also outside. ”

"What about the others?"

"I don't know. ”

"How long have I been unconscious?"

"It's been more than a month. You know what? Vivien, she's not going to help me find food. Oh my God, I'm a house cat! A house cat! She actually treats me like a wild cat! It's too much!"

Gray slowly stood up with his support on the ground, holding the black cat in one hand and holding the rock wall in the other, walking out little by little.

Although he was awake, his magic power had not recovered, and the bones in his body seemed to fall apart at any moment, and they sounded as soon as he moved.

In the distance, he could already hear Vivien's shouts.

"Bastards! bastards! bastards——!"

It was a cry that bordered on screaming, but it didn't sound like some danger and more like venting.

"What's wrong with her?" asked Gray the black cat.

"God knows, I tell you, she doesn't think of me as a person at all. ”

"But you're not alone. ”

"I mean, she won't tell me anything, she doesn't even bother to say a word to me!' 'Inappropriate' is just a metaphor!

Finally, Gray made it to the entrance of the cave. What catches your eye is a forest. The dense foliage was above his head, and the sun shone dappled on the green grass beneath his feet, and from a distance, it looked like a pool of emerald lake.

The Cazecisis Mountains are located in the southern part of the continent and there is almost no autumn. Everything looks so good.

Standing outside the entrance of the cave and looking into the distance, Vivien was holding a stone and was about to throw it out, when she suddenly paused and turned her face to look at Gray: "You're finally awake?"

"Hmm. Gray nodded, "What's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, just venting. Vivien casually threw away the stone in her hand, let out a long breath, and said, "I can't go back to the abyss, a whole angelic jury is blocked at the entrance of the abyss, waiting for me to throw myself into the net." Hahahaha. Maybe they'll find it soon. ”

Smiling, Vivien rolled her eyes again and muttered in a low voice, "It's terrible, I feel like I'm going to be out of luck." It's all your fault!"

"Is it because you broke the agreement to save me?"

"Is it anything else? I'm a good law-abiding succubus!"

"Thank you. Gray whispered.

Vivien, who was still menacing, was stunned for a moment.

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