On this day, the usually calm town of Rika once again saw an extremely lively scene. However, this time, it was not a celebration of a rare festival of the year, let alone a celebration of the joy of the harvest.

It's lively because there are so many people. The town of Rika, an ordinary town that has become accustomed to being frequented by adventurers, welcomed several groups of guests on this day. Freeloader.

The reason why these people are uninvited guests is because these people, in normal times, usually do not appear in the town, and their appearance today is really surprising.

In the morning, at dawn, a group of people dressed in splendid and neat clothes, different from the casual of adventurers, appeared in a carriage and after raising a large cloud of dust.

There were men and women, and they didn't behave like people from the township, and after getting out of the car, they asked around about Pastor Tenis.

Some of the townsfolk were curious, and when asked about their identities, they claimed to be from the Adventurers' Guild and had come to Rika Town to investigate whether Priest Tenis's crimes were true.

"Do you know? Pastor Tenis has committed a crime! You saw that group of people just now, they came from the town to investigate, tsk, usually they seem to be very kind, but they didn't expect to be a good person. ”

"Not necessarily, but if you are a pastor, how can you become a pastor if you have a bad heart?

"That's why I said, this matter may not be true, people don't say it, it's here to investigate, if there is really evidence, what else do you need to investigate, right?"

At the Mott Inn, several townspeople are having a lively discussion about the matter.

At the table next to them, there happened to be a group of adventurers, and when these people heard the townspeople's investigation, one of them couldn't help but sneer: "Conducting an investigation, it means that it is not true? Let me tell you, this priest of yours named Tenis is not a good thing, we have just come from the small town, and we are not familiar with your situation here, but in the small town, everyone is scolding Tenis, saying that he is the scum of the priests." ”

"Everybody is yelling at Pastor Turnis?" because this place is too far away from the small town and the geography is relatively remote, so the news about Pastor Turnis framing the adventurers' team has not yet been reported here, and when they heard the inside story, some people gathered to listen to these adventurers.

"Why? It's not because this Tenis instructed an adventurer named Lan Cassie behind the scenes to betray his teammates in the process of adventure, and now, that group of adventurers went to the adventurer's union and accused him, and the group of investigators just now came to investigate this matter, but, in my opinion, what else to investigate, there are dozens of witnesses, and this matter is definitely not fake. The more the adventurer spoke, the more angry he became. "Anyway, that priest named Tenis is definitely not a good thing, such a person can still be the priest of the temple, it really discredits the temple. ”

"Yes, yes!" echoed the other adventurers.

"What? Blue Cassie betrayed his teammates, and Pastor Turnis was the main messenger behind it?" because this incident was really a bit unexpected by everyone, so, for a moment, the entire Mote Hotel was in a state of exclamation.

No one noticed that a group of white-robed people passed by the door of the Mott Hotel at this time, and when they heard everyone's conversation, the leader was the one, frowning slightly.

"My lord, do you want to go in and stop them......

"Forget it, the impact has come out, let's think about how to solve the root cause. The leader said softly, and then, with a wave of his hand, the people behind him began to walk faster and faster.

Baron's Castle.

"Lord Baron, there are people outside who ask to see you, and they say ...... It is said that it is a messenger sent by the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture to see you. ”

The Baron had just eaten and was reading in his study, when he suddenly heard his servant come in and tell him, and he couldn't help but be surprised. "Messengers of the Church, invite them in...... No, no, I'll go out and greet it myself!"

The church is a special existence above the royal power, as a small baron, a lord with a small fief, the baron naturally does not dare to offend the church. Not to mention that he is a small baron, even if he is the king of a country, he must be in awe in front of the upper echelons of the church.

However, because the incident came so suddenly, without any warning beforehand, the baron walked outside in full dress, and at the same time he could not help but be curious.

Why, after all, did the church send an envoy to him? Although it was not appropriate to be presumptuous, the baron still knew very well how many catties and taels he had, and his fief seemed to be not small in name, but in fact the territory under his rule was only one Ricka town, and such a place could make the church worry about it, which really flattered and frightened him.

After all, he already had a temple in his town, and if anything happened, he could give orders to the temple and the priest of the temple would tell him.

What happened to cause the church to send messengers down in person?

When the baron came to the outside of the castle, the door was wide open, and he found a group of white-robed priests standing outside, led by a very serious-looking priest.

When the priest saw that the baron himself had come out, he immediately bowed slightly. He showed the baron his identification first.

Because the other party was a messenger sent by the church, the baron naturally did not dare to be careless, and after glancing at the proof, he hurriedly returned the salute: "It turned out to be Pastor Anitas, I don't know that you came here to ......"

This priest Anitas is a fifth-level priest sent by the church, along the way, he heard a lot of people talking about Tenis, he was already a little angry, seeing the baron mention, he immediately talked about the task of his trip, and then, without entering the castle, after explaining his intentions, he got up and rushed to the temple in the town.

This is the style of doing things in the Church of the Goddess of Agriculture, although the rights of the church are above many secular rights, but in terms of doing things, they still adhere to the concept of making people as impossible to find fault as possible, even if they go to the town to conduct a divine judgment, because the baron is the lord of this place, so they will come to inform first, which is considered to be polite enough.

After that, it's time to exercise the duties of the church. And when exercising the duties of the Church, no one can obstruct it, otherwise it will be regarded as an enemy of the Church.

Watching the priests leave, the Baron stayed where he was. The words of Pastor Anitas kept ringing in my ears.

After all, it was a baron, and as soon as he thought about it, it fell on Romón. Because Pastor Anitas had already roughly stated the content of the Tenis incident, knowing that Romon had joined the barons of the Hayvawi team, he naturally quickly sorted out the whole incident.

And the result of sorting out is that the head, which has not hurt for a long time, hurts again.

After a few turns, the baron's face became more and more gloomy.

Although Tenis's relationship with himself is average, a fourth-level priest has been made to this point by Romone, which can't help but make the baron vigilant.

"This Romon is really uncomfortable. After a long time, the Baron cursed in a low voice, and then turned back to the castle.

Then a carriage drove out of the castle. And at this time, the temple in Rika Town was already in chaos. The news about Pastor Ternis had long since been passed on, and it caused quite a stir in the temple.

Although the town of Rika is not very large, the scale of this temple is not very small, so in addition to Tenis, the presiding priest, there are several rotating trainee assistants sent from above, the trainee priest.

The other probationary priests, with the exception of Miss Elini, were now gathered together and whispered about Pastor Ternis.

And many people who came to pray, after hearing the rumors, also had some feelings, although it did not shake their faith, but the situation was getting more and more serious.

That's how Anitas and his party felt when they arrived.

"Who are you?" a probationary priest approached with some surprise when he saw such a group of strange priests coming to the temple. It was only rumored in the town that the investigators of the Adventurers' Guild had arrived in the town, and no one had mentioned anyone from the church, so the appearance of this group of priests made everyone suddenly surprised.

"I'm Annitas, a fifth-level priest, sent by the bishop to preside over the Divine Judgment here, who of you is Pastor Tenis?" asked Pastor Anitas, scanning the crowd.

"Pastor Tenness is in his room, do you mean that you are going to preside over the Divine Judgment and come to judge Pastor Tenis?" Hearing that the Divine Judgment was going to appear in the town, everyone thought that the situation might be really serious. It's worse than they think.

Anitas signaled to the left and right, and immediately two accompanying priests, led by the priest of the temple, "invited" Pastor Tenis out of a room.

"I'm Anitas, I'm sent here by the Bishop to judge you, and the judgment will take place in an hour, and in the meantime, you'll be under our watch, and well, I don't want to say anything more, I'll make it clear to the Judgment about what happened, and now, take him down and keep watch for the time being. ”

Anitas gave an order, and several more priests appeared, and then, escorting Tenis away.

Anitas turned to face the temple's priest-in-command. "You will also participate in the judgment of God, and now, please go and bathe and change your clothes, and in an hour God will come together to test your loyalty to her. As he spoke, without looking at the reaction of the crowd, he turned around and left under the leadership of the temple director who had already arrived.

An hour later, in front of the temple in the small town of Rika, the first Divine Judgment will be ushered in.

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