It was almost noon, and Russell rode slowly out of this dilapidated slum on his horse.

The guards on both sides of the entrance could still remember Russell's appearance, and they immediately took off their hats to pay respect, and Russell smiled calmly when he saw it.

There were noticeably more pedestrians on both sides of the road, bustling crowds everywhere, and horse-drawn carriages passing along the main road, and the city did not finally reveal the true appearance of a capital city until noon.

At this moment, Russell had the illusion of being in the imperial city of St. Caron, and the same crowds of people and the same shops on the side of the road gave Russell a familiar feeling.

Russell knew that this was just Dinah City, not a place he was once familiar with, but now in this situation, Russell couldn't help but sigh in his heart, when would he be able to go back?

Russell returned to the headquarters of the church with this melancholy, and the church was as quiet as ever.

No one would have made a loud noise in such a sacred place unless the people who came to the church to pray to the goddess or to talk about official business.

Russell left his horse in the church's stable, then carried his bag of booty on his back and wanted to return to Bishop Vane's office to report the situation.

Suddenly, a person came around the corner, startling Russell, and Russell fixed his eyes and saw that it was the Knight Chief Buna who disappeared some time ago.

"Russell, has the assessment been completed?"

Buna greeted Russell loudly and familiarly.

Russell crossed his arms and complained, "My knight Buna chief, didn't you say that you would follow me and supervise me at all times?

Buna heard Russell's complaint and replied with some embarrassment: "Actually, I followed you closely until you arrived at your destination, but I saw a familiar person there, so I followed him and left temporarily."

I know that with your combat power, you can deal with those weak magician apprentices, so I will leave you for now.

But I've also gained a lot, and I've finally gotten the address of their lair!"

Russell glanced at Buna's face and asked, "Could it be that the person you're tracking is the gang leader, Ed?"

Buna couldn't help but be a little stunned when he heard that Russell actually knew the name of the person he was tracking,

"How did you know Ed's name, could it be that Bishop Vane spoke to you about this before?"

Russell originally planned to tell Buna the truth, but after thinking about Bunner's previous dereliction of duty, Russell still felt that he needed to leave some room for Bunner's imagination.

"I'm sorry, I can't tell you the answer, I just know Ed's name anyway!"

Hearing Russell answer his question like this, Buna also suddenly realized that it was Russell who was angry with him.

Buna knew that he was wrong, so he could only smile at Russell and stop asking for details.

Russell also released the dissatisfaction in his heart at this time, so he suggested to Buna: "Let's go to Bishop Venne to report the situation first, and talk about other things later!"

Russell and Buna stopped talking nonsense and walked together to Bishop Vane's door.

Sure enough, as usual, Bishop Vane was still diligent in his office.

Seeing that Russell had returned, Bishop Vane smiled and asked, "Your Excellency Russell, it seems that you have passed my examination!"

Russell untied the bag behind him, took out a bloodstained magic book from it, handed it over and said, "According to your request, I have annihilated the magician apprentices who conducted evil experiments!"

Bishop Vane took the magic book and said in surprise: "Oh, so Lord Russell, do you already know about their crimes?

Russell smiled and did not deny the claim, since Bishop Vane took the initiative to praise his abilities, then there was no reason why he should not take it.

Bishop Vane carefully observed the details of the magic book, then flipped a few pages of the book and read the contents carefully.

It wasn't until everything had been checked that Bishop Vane carefully placed the book on the table and announced the results of the examination to Russell with a smile.

"Congratulations, Lord Russell! No, it should be Knight Russell, if there is no special situation after the personnel sent by the follow-up church verify the scene, then you are a member of the Knights of the Cathar in the Church of the Goddess of Cereal!"

Buna suddenly applauded behind Russell, and he congratulated him heartily: "Congratulations, Knight Russell, you have become a knight apologetic of the church, and you have also become my comrade-in-arms, from now on I will lead you well, we will be comrades-in-arms in the future, advancing and retreating together, sharing life and death!"

Russell was receiving congratulations from Bishop Buna and Venn when suddenly he noticed a detail,

"Wait a minute, did you just say you were going to lead me well, did you mean that you would be my commander in the future?"

Buna smiled kindly and explained, "Of course, the two of us have been acting together for such a long time, and I also appreciate your martial arts and wisdom very much, I should be your direct commander with all reason!"

Russell couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, he and Buna could be regarded as friends before, but now that he has joined the Guardian Knight, the two of them are subordinates and subordinates.

Although Buna is not the kind of person who uses his position to show off his power against his subordinates, Russell is still quite uncomfortable.

Russell clearly remembered that on the way to the royal capital, Buna once boasted to him about his strict training of his subordinates, as well as his various tricks to punish his subordinates for not completing their tasks!

Russell hesitated, but did not ask Bishop Vane to change his prefect.

After all, Buna is also his friend, and he also enthusiastically asks Bishop Vane to be his prefect, so if Russell rashly proposes the idea of replacing his subordinates, I am afraid that it will deeply hurt Bunner's enthusiastic heart.

Russell exhaled softly, sulking, and agreed to Bishop Vane's personnel arrangements.

At this time, Buna suddenly thought of something important, walked up to Bishop Vane and said, "Bishop Vane, I need to talk to you about a very important matter at once!"

"Oh, Knight Buna, did you find anything in the slums?"

Buna nodded and replied, "That's right, when I was invigilating Russell's exam, I saw a friend we are familiar with, it is the gang leader Ed!"

"Ed?" Bishop Vane pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered something and raised his eyebrows, "Is that Ed the one who interfered with our church's affairs several times?"

Buna replied, "I can guarantee that it was Ed who I saw, and I was very impressed with Ed, and coincidentally, the place where Ed went was where the magicians' apprentices lived.

Ed also took some experimental products from the magician's apprentice's house, and I finally noticed Eddard's traces, and of course I couldn't let him run away like that.

So I followed Ed's carriage all the way until they stopped to unload, and I finally learned the location of their lair, which was the dilapidated tower on the east side of the slum!"

When Bishop Vane heard this, he immediately rummaged through the papers on his desk, and in a few moments he found a detailed map of the slums.

Bishop Vane searched the map for a moment with his eyes wide open, and found the location that Buna had told before.

Bishop Vane poked his finger at the location of the tower on the map, sneered and said: "I see, what a cunning rat who actually hid in this, no wonder the church always can't find his shelter." ”

Seeing that Russell didn't seem to understand the meaning of Bishop Vain's words, Buna pointed to the area of the tower and explained: "This is a dangerous building, even the poor people in the slums will not live in it at will, after all, no one wants to die, this is full of buildings that are prone to collapse." ”

Bishop Vane heard Buna's explanation, and suddenly realized the error in his judgment, and immediately denied the previous statement,

"Ed shouldn't have built a shelter here, Buna, you're right, no one will sleep in a dangerous house in peace.

So I'm guessing that Eddard must have built a tunnel here to transport goods and change his position at will. ”

Russell asked puzzledly, "Since Ed is a wicked person who does all kinds of evil and often interferes with the actions of the church, why doesn't the church send knights to arrest him, or kill him directly?"

Bishop Vane replied in a low voice, "Russell, you don't know, the church is also constrained by other forces in the royal capital, and in the royal city, the royal family also has a lot of power.

And Ed is a subordinate of a marquis in the royal capital, and he is an agent who does all kinds of ulterior things for him.

Therefore, even if the church wants to move him, it must have enough reasons, or be able to give enough benefits to the nobles, so that they can get rid of Eddard. ”

"So are we going to let him get away with it all the time?"

"Of course not!" replied Bishop Vane with a serious expression, "That's why we need to find conclusive evidence of Eddard's crime, and I'll send someone to watch the tower, and if there's anything important, I'll act immediately." ”

Buna hurriedly stepped forward and took the initiative to ask for battle,

"Bishop Vane, if you need manpower, please send me over immediately, I have long wanted him to taste my awesomeness, this kind of scum is not a pity!"

Bishop Vynne agreed to Buna's request,

"I'll think about it, if there's nothing superfluous, then you can leave, I still have a lot of business to deal with!"

Russell suddenly remembered the letter he had found in the room of the magician's apprentices, and he had originally wanted to give it to the church so that they could investigate the inside story of the letter.

However, Russell decided that it would be better to keep the letter for himself, and it seemed to involve a deal between the Wizards' Guild and the nobles.

If he really delivered this letter to the church, if it was smooth sailing, it would be fine if the matter ended quickly, in case it attracted the attention of the royal family and the Wizards Association, Russell did not think that the church could completely block the infiltration of these two forces.

So Russell gave up his previous idea and left Bishop Vane's office with Buna directly.

After Buna came to the corridor, he said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to really become a member of the Cathar Knight, it's really a bit beyond my expectations, then let's go back to your room and pack our luggage, from now on, you will live with the Cathar Knight!"

And I'm going to take you to the Knights of the Cathar to register for you, the time is very short, let's hurry up and complete these formalities, maybe we can still make it to dinner!"

Russell returned to his room and packed his things, and then followed Buna to the other side of the temple.

Soon after, the two arrived at the headquarters of the Knights of the Cathar, which was still a building connected to the main body of the temple, most conspicuously the symbol of a winged sword at the very top of the building, which was the symbol of the Knights of the Cathar

"Come in!"

Buna's urging voice was heard, and Russell and Buhner walked into the headquarters of the Knights of the Cathar.