Chapter 620: The Church's Successive Deaths
Benjamin came quietly and walked silently. The people of the town don't understand what's going on. The only thing they could see was the dead body of the priest on the church pulpit.
From the frightened expression on the corpse's face, the inhabitants could imagine that he must have seen something extremely terrible before he died. But...... No one knows anymore. The rain stopped, and the water flowing into the church disappeared without a trace, leaving only the dry and sticky blood on the ground, as if the "trickling" that had sounded in their ears before was just an illusion.
And when the churchgoers rushed out in a panic and told the rest of the town about it, the others could only give this answer:
"Rain? You see the sun is so big, the ground is still dry, when is it raining?"
At that moment, the expression on the faces of the believers was not panic, but horror.
Even if they racked their brains, they probably wouldn't understand what was going on, but what they experienced this early morning would probably leave an indelible mark on their hearts.
Soon, what happened in the town church was reported to the royal capital in an urgent letter written by local officials. However, what they wouldn't have imagined was that similar things were still happening one after another in the kingdom of Hori.
Stretching from near the border to the heart of the kingdom, Benjamin drew a long, thin line with the death of the church priest. Before the church could react, he flew all the way, started all the way, and adopted various ritualistic killing methods, so that the churches he met along the way were stained with blood.
Of course, the opportunity to "beg for rain and kill people" in that town is not so easy to encounter. More often than not, the priest was alone, and Benjamin crucified them to the church statue, as if God's hands had penetrated their chests.
This kind of death can definitely attract the attention of the church to the greatest extent, and by the way, it will also shake the faith in the hearts of believers who have seen this scene.
And everything was as Benjamin expected, two days later, he washed eighteen churches in blood, and the entire kingdom of Hori fell into an atmosphere of slaughter.
"Have you heard? A lot of priests have died lately, and it's said that ...... It was someone in the church who offended God's wrath and caused God to punish him!"
"Really......? How could there be such a thing?"
"I don't know, but that kind of death, not an offense to the gods, what else can it be?"
The rumors spread quickly, and people panicked for a while. Benjamin even wondered if the nobles were also secretly plotting against the church.
And the church, of course, will not remain indifferent.
Groups of paladins gathered towards the center, and priests could be seen everywhere on the main road. The church issued a proclamation saying that this was an evil mage who was causing trouble in the country, so that the people should not panic, they would soon arrest the people.
Can...... The population remains very uneasy.
Especially the people who are on that "line". Church murders happen very regularly, as if the thief will leave clues before he makes a move, telling the world his next target. People can probably guess that according to the current line of the "evil mage", the church in the next place may suffer.
Because of this, the residents of the nearby towns did not dare to go to the church to worship and pray.
"According to the time of that guy's crime, he should be around here today, right?"
Inside and outside the church in a certain city, there are countless priests and paladins...... There may also be bishop-level figures and several teams of cleaners. Countless people guarded the church at night, waiting for a possible enemy.
"So...... Bishop, do you really think that the guy who has been making waves abroad has now come to our kingdom of Hori?" a paladin couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
The bishop who was hidden in the team snorted coldly and said, "Who else can there be besides him?"
"But with so many of us guarding here, will he come when he sees it?"
"Don't think of mages who are like madmen. "Our task is to keep this church and not let any of the mages come near it." If we can scare him away, we've done our job. ”
"Okay...... I thought we could get rid of that guy today. ”
The bishop smiled peacefully and said, "God has arranged this kind of thing, so we don't need to hurry." ”
A similar scene took place in churches in several nearby cities. In order to curb this serial death of priests, the Church has sent a considerable number of men, and even the main roads near these cities are full of guards, constantly looking to the sky for suspicious figures who have flown by.
However...... Benjamin is now far from this area.
"This is the domain of the Wood family. ”
Walking into the country town in the south of the kingdom and looking at the leisurely aristocratic villa in the distance, Benjamin nodded and said to himself in his heart.
Now that the church has been completely alarmed, and all kinds of people have been sent, if he attacks the church again, what difference will it be from asking for his own death? Anyway, the purpose is only to attract the attention of the church, and now, his goal has been achieved.
If you want to ambush him near the church, let them ambush slowly, Benjamin won't go.
He walked slowly towards the villa that belonged to the Wood family.
"It is said that after the 'death' of their daughter, the Woods seldom stayed in the royal capital, stayed in their own territory for a long time, and rarely interacted with outsiders. The system said slowly, "But...... Are you really just going to come and have a look?"
"Or else?"
The system said: "After the fall of the Silent Academy, they have not heard from their daughter, and they may think she is dead. Anyway, you can go and report to them!"
Benjamin shook his head and said, "Elizabeth didn't let me do that, so I'm not going to bother with it." ”
“...... Forget it, I didn't save you. ”
Ignoring the system's inexplicable words, Benjamin came to the vicinity of the villa and sensed inside, only to find that there were only some servants cleaning inside, and there was no sign of the Woods.
Benjamin frowned.
...... Where did it go?
"Hello, I'm here to visit Earl Wood, is anyone else there?"
Benjamin is now dressed as a businessman himself. So, after thinking for a moment, he walked to the gate of the villa and asked the guard who was still dozing at the door.
"I'm sorry, Lord and Madame just went out, can you come over and visit tomorrow?"
Benjamin asked again, "What about ...... Can you tell me where Earl Wood has gone?"
The guard hesitated for a moment, but under Benjamin's questioning, he still spoke, and said, "Actually, I don't know, but if nothing else, he and his wife should have gone to the cemetery to give flowers to the young lady." ”
Benjamin heard this and nodded.
"Thank you. ”
With that, he turned and left. The guard looked at his departing back, his eyes a little puzzled, but soon he didn't bother to pay attention, narrowed his eyes, and dozed him off.