Chapter Twenty-Eight: You May as Well Make Your Words More Explicit (Ask for Follow-up)
Adolf was not happy, not only because he had not found any trace of the cultists these days, but also because of a priest who was close to the Holy Maiden.
This is not a jealousy between men in the traditional sense, but a major event involving the attainment of the level of faith.
Adolf considered himself a devout believer, and naturally did not have any unnecessary thoughts about the physical body to which he refuted as a goddess.
He didn't have much affection, but he definitely didn't dare to offend at will, so he couldn't help but think about the fact that Lilith often visited Joshua.
Even if it is a country church, it is a shame to be a believer in a goddess, whether Joshua has a crush on Lilith or not.
Believers who want to defile the gods they believe in are not believers at all, but fanatics.
From this point of view, Adolf doesn't like Joshua in any way.
Even if the Holy Maiden is ignorant of the world and has the throbbing of adolescence, isn't Joshua a little bit wrong as a passive party?
[It's already summer, but the beast is still fighting between males regardless of the season, Joshua is naturally not such an inferior beast, but if the wild dog attacks, he will also kick the other party's teeth like the savior of some wicked person. 】
Joshua didn't know what he had offended the Templar leader, but he also understood that the text of fate did not reveal all the truth.
But this did not prevent Joshua from knowing that the man in front of him was not happy.
"Father Joshua, the Templars have taken over Count George's old order, and the town is now under our protection, but we don't know much about the area outside of the town, and we need the priest to show me the way."
Adolf's words didn't convince Joshua, after all, anyone could do such a thing as leading the way, and from life experience, it was better to find some older people.
This person wanted to say something to me.
"Well, I want to go out and walk around now that I've just recovered, and it seems safe to be with Captain Adolf."
The other party obviously wanted to talk to him about something, and Joshua naturally wouldn't refuse.
According to the hints of the Destiny text, once the dark night falls, that is the most dangerous time.
Joshua didn't worry about any danger, because he was already in the strongest state at this time, and if he could detonate some crises in advance, he would avoid them from erupting together in the dark night.
Even at this point in time, there is no possibility of the birth of a light night.
The two of them walked through the town laughing and laughing, and the harmonious atmosphere made Juno vomit disgustingly.
No matter how many years have passed, mortals can always surpass God's imagination in their hypocritical politeness.
Finally, when the two of them stepped out of the town and into the deserted forest, Adolf regained his original look.
That impatient look.
"Father Joshua, although I don't want to make it too ugly, it's a cultist and a doppelganger of an evil god, is it a bit too much to deceive a holy woman?"
Deceit?
Joshua thought about anything Adolf might say, but he didn't expect it to begin.
"You might as well make it a little more clear."
"It's a hard mouth."
Adolf sighed, and then walked with Joshua deeper into the forest.
"First of all, the first question, does the doppelganger of the evil god really exist?"
Although Lilith had told Adolf everything before coming here, there were too many problems.
Just having the mark of a god of this level can stop a strong person at the grandmaster level and with dual cultivation of magic and martial arts?
Even a third-rate bard who wants to attract attention would not tell such a story.
"You think it's my lie?"
Joshua frowned slightly, knowing that the so-called evil god clone had lived in his sword in the first place.
"There's too much to be reasonable, isn't it?"
Adolf's hand was already on the hilt of his sword, and he seemed ready for battle at any moment.
"For example, the black-robed man who is said to have the strength of a grandmaster, seems to be extremely dangerous, but he himself has not had any head-to-head confrontation with the Holy Maiden, and every time it is you, the person who has only obtained the status of a god, who is fighting against the enemy, is this too strange."
Whether it's the initial encounter in the mines, or the subsequent confrontation in the underground altar.
Lilith was either trying to protect the child or being delayed by the corpse giant, and she didn't fight the black-robed man once.
Adolf would not suspect that Lilith was lying, but it did not seem to be a difficult thing to deceive the holy woman who spent most of her time in the Papal Palace by some means.
"So, Father Joshua, can you listen to my perspective as an outsider to review the current events?"
Adolf blocked his way back to Montenegro, and his malice began to be hidden.
[The clown begins his reasoning, what kind of humorous burlesque will he play next?]
Joshua can't wait, so let's get it up. 】
Although Joshua did not anticipate the direction of the situation, Joshua still wanted to hear what the regimental commander had to say.
"There is no need for the strength of the so-called black-robed man, as long as he doesn't fight directly with the Holy Maiden, no one cares about the specific strength."
"That dead Skaven, not to mention whether there is a corpse or not, the Blood Brotherhood, as an organization with only legends, will die after all."
"Although the evil god clone is exaggerated, for us as mortals, we can feel the strength of the other party, but the powerful existence is not equal to the evil god's clone."
……
Adolf's questions are endless, and the crux of them is the belief that Joshua himself approached Lilith with some kind of intention.
But in fact, it was Lilith who took the initiative to find Joshua.
"I understand what you're trying to refute, how to grasp the timing of your encounter with the Holy Maiden, how to forge the seal of the goddess, and what is the purpose of all this painstaking effort."
The question Adolf said was indeed a rhetorical question that Joshua wanted to raise, but since the other party raised it, he naturally had his own explanation.
"Although I don't want to admit it, the cultists are indeed constantly penetrating into the major forces, whether it is the church or the state, and no one guarantees that there will be no cultists, and it is not unimaginable that the upper echelons of the church will be infiltrated."
Adolf, as the head of the Templars, was shocked to say such a thing, but he was emboldened by the fact that there was no one around.
"If, on such a basis, the oracle is forged by some means, it will not be difficult to trick the Holy Maiden into coming out and meeting you."
"That's true, but that doesn't explain the problem with the sigil, especially since the sigil has been elevated from the initial recitation to the exorcism, and the goddess can't give a cultist such treatment."
Joshua was naturally unhappy when he was suspected, but if he thought about it from another perspective, he really couldn't blame Adolf for guessing so.
Black Mountain Town has been really calm these days, who would have thought that an evil god clone would break out a few days ago.
"This brings us to your inexplicable strength, did you really just recently elevate your sigil to exorcism?"
Of course, Adolf couldn't start from the perspective that the goddess was also deceived, but he had thought of many other methods.
"For example, Father Joshua himself has a seal of the rank of an aco-priest, but he neglected to fight and was controlled by the cultists, and disguised the level of the seal as recitation and the like."
Of course, the mark of the deity cannot be forged, but it is not difficult to disguise a high-level mark as a low-level one.
The real thing only needs to control the strength of the power and make a little cover on the imprint, which is not difficult for a cult group of the level of the Blood Sect.
Adolf even learned about the time when Joshua claimed to have obtained the seal, and it was obviously unreasonable to go from recitation to exorcism in such a short period of time.
"Whether it's a doppelganger of an evil god or a cultist, it's just to win people's acting skills, and the Holy Maiden, who has lived in the Pope's Palace for a long time, can't tell these things, and then you talk about it, then everything is easy to explain."
"I see, the core problem is that you can't believe that I can repel an evil god's clone, right?"
Joshua sighed, he finally understood where the awkwardness in his words came from.
"Yes, it's something that can't be explained anyway, but if you don't explain it, then everything is much easier."
Adolf admits Joshua's speculation, so he changes his perspective.
The information of the evil god clone was just a trap to mobilize Fei Lengcui's troops, which was also one of the reasons why Miss Jane did not move.
Now that Fei Lengcui does not have the cold-blooded duchess, once the troops are also transferred, they will be in crisis.
As for whether Joshua used a pawn that he threw once, or whether he approached the nail that the Holy Maiden tried to drive into the upper echelons of the church, Adolf didn't care so much.
Anyway, you'll get the answer right away.
"What? Don't draw your sword? ”
Adolf set up a posture, which was the knightly salute of the Templars, and even in the face of his enemies, Adolf gave Joshua enough respect.
"No, it should be said that it is not convincing."
Joshua unslashed the steel sword and plunged it directly into the dirt on the side, and Juno was quick to return to Joshua's body as soon as the steel sword left.
"What are you doing? With my strength, you can defeat him in just three or two clicks, right? ”
Juno looked at the steel sword that had been randomly inserted in the dirt, and was indignant, so that was her place for the rest of the while.
If it's more true, it's the goddess's palace, and it's treated like this, does this guy still have his own moon god in his eyes?
"I can't do that, using the Steel Slash will undoubtedly lower Adolf's evaluation of my strength."
Although Joshua could sense that the other party was targeting everywhere, he also understood that the reason for the other party's targeting was just that he couldn't be trusted.
This is also a normal thing, after all, who can trust a stranger in the first place.
"I will try my best to defeat the other party with my own strength, only then can I weaken some doubts in the other person's heart a little."
["Although the lion fights the rabbit with all his strength, but I am more noble than the lion, and he is more humble than the rabbit, and in this case I still use weapons? The devil has a tattoo on you, ridiculous luna. ”】
This guy is really high-sounding and comes with his mouth open.
Juno looked at Joshua's calm face, who would have thought that the person in front of him already had a cat and mouse plan in his heart.
But that's fine.
Without the city, he can't help himself rebuild the Luna Church, and Juno can rely on his ability to read Joshua's "heart" to grasp the other party's purpose.
In Juno's opinion, Joshua has the ambition to do great things, neither she is still weak nor the goddess of light who is high up in her eyes.
Becoming a god was Joshua's inevitable path.
But with the help of the goddess of light, the final result of that mark is just from God, and to help himself who is still weak, then Juno can help Joshua wash away the mark and make him truly a god.
This is one of the reasons why Juno wants to continue to act with Joshua, of course, even if Joshua's "heart" does not mention this kind of trivial matter, Juno can guess it.
Otherwise, as an ally, then her style is indeed too low.
Forget it, even a cat-and-mouse trick is better than nothing as a pastime.
"You guy, you're really not afraid of death, you must know that this time you are not facing an enemy who will release water for you."
Adolf frowned slightly, he naturally sensed Joshua's intentions.
Instead of the steel slashing sword that the demigods once used, they will use the exorcism mark and magic that are currently on display to defeat Adolf.
Adolf's arguments are based on Joshua's lack of strength, so as long as Joshua's strength is enough, then all arguments can be self-defeating.
"Well, don't regret it."
Adolf's fighting spirit was attached to the sword, and then he used his body to the limit, and it was only a blink of an eye that came to Joshua's face.
"Flames, curse me."
Joshua recited the incantation that had been compressed to the limit, and orange-red flames appeared in his hands and then spread all over his body, although he did not enter the state of the sixth sense, he also used the power of original sin to raise the five senses to the limit.
Adolf's knightly sword swings in the air, followed by the extremely fast movement - star climbing.
"What......"
Since Joshua didn't go all out, this time the star climb was not as untraceable as the last time, and in Adolf's eyes, he could feel that Joshua was coming behind him at great speed.
But he couldn't immediately turn back and resist.
Joshua's speed was too fast.
Did you catch it?
Joshua naturally felt Adolf's expression when he moved, but there was no way to do it, after raising the Dou Qi cultivation to the elite, the five senses would be greatly strengthened.
Coupled with the fact that Joshua did not operate the power of original sin to the limit and entered the sixth sense, it is normal to be captured, and capturing traces does not mean that he can react.
The flames converged on Joshua's fingertips, and the original fireball technique had completely become something else in his hands, and now he had a new taste for magic.
"Picking the moon."
The flames concentrated a little, and as Joshua pointed out, they exploded directly behind Adolf.