Chapter 763: Fighting Poison with Poison

Early the next morning, Duanmu Huai went to the town again, but this time, he was dressed completely differently than before.

"How's it going to look at me?"

Duanmu Huai stood in front of Matthew, proudly showing off the clothes he had made overnight for the Fervegi family, in short, this is an ordinary clerical garment, the robe plus the cross, it looks the same as the clerical robe.

But...............

"Uh......... I think......... You alright? ”

Matthew looked at Duanmuhuai, and had nothing to say for a while, this dress is like a clergyman when worn on a clergyman, but when worn on Duanmuhuai, and then wearing sunglasses, how do you look like the kind of gangster boss in the movie.

"BUT MASTER, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THAT?"

This is also the result of Duanmu Huai's discussion with the other three last night, it is not easy to dig three feet into the ground to find the core of this peculiarity in such a small town, but Duanmu Huai can do the opposite, exacerbating the changes in this town, just like when the washing machine rotates, the whirlpool will drain the water to the sides to expose the bottom below, and accelerating the transformation can also make the town have a similar reaction, so that the core is actively exposed.

This is naturally not an easy task, but ......... This kind of method is familiar with Duanmu Huai!

Just kidding, who is he, he's the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition, whose targets are heretics, aliens, and demons. Duanmu Huai has spent most of his time fighting aliens and demons for so long, and rarely encounters true heretics. But that doesn't mean he doesn't know how to clean up heresy and judge heresy.

And that's what Duanmu Huai wants to do in this town.

In the name of the Church, he will initiate an inquisition in this town.

That's right, witch hunting and heresy trials can be described as the magic weapons of the two major stable societies in the Middle Ages. In fact, contrary to what people think, witch hunting is mainly born among the people, and the Inquisition is basically not very concerned. This is also the reason why Duanmu Huai mocked that if the witch really had the ability to kill all those farmers earlier, because most of the witches burned were civil courts, except for Joan of Arc, which was involved in high-level politics.

Heresy is the profession of the Inquisition.

After all, heretics are more hateful than heretics.

Compared with the more "simple" witch hunting, in fact, the heresy trial is more terrifying and the impact is greater.

Witch hunting is first limited to women, and it must be proven, just like the farmers who accused Matthew before, saying that their children had a high fever after contact with Matthew. To put it simply, it's like a criminal case, no matter how unbelievable it is, you have to have a victim to be able to prove the existence of the witch.

In other words, witch hunting is more or less about some evidence, no matter how unreliable the evidence is, at least you have to have, rather than empty words to identify other people as witches.

However, heresy trials are completely different.

Because the Inquisition is about thoughts and words, it doesn't pay attention to physical evidence, as long as you speak, it's evidence.

What is heresy, heresy is the view that is contrary to the mainstream thought, then the question arises, how do you know that you are contrary to the mainstream thought?

In fact, believers are often the same as those fans, they will always have their own thoughts and opinions on the story of religion, whether it is a shepherd herding sheep, a miller, or a beggar on the side of the road, they have different opinions on the same story.

In fact, it's normal, in modern times, a movie, a book, a comic, everyone has a different understanding after reading it. It's just that now there is a network, so it can be transmitted, and in the past, the circulation was narrow, so it could only be circulated locally. Then the question arises——— how does a farmer in a remote village of Italy know what the mainstream idea of the Roman bishop is?

Of course, he is how he thinks and thinks it makes sense.

The so-called 1,000 Hamlets for a thousand people are, to put it mildly, all heretics.

Especially since the people of this town are very religious, then the question is even more interesting. Most people think that fanatics are puppets, but in fact, the more devout believers are, the more they have their own ideas. On the contrary, it is the general belief that is not so religious, so they will follow the mainstream ideology——— after all, it doesn't matter what they say, he doesn't care.

On the contrary, fanatical believers don't recognize this.,They're just like this chef and that chef in the anime.,As long as you don't understand the background setting a little bit and don't like their wishes.,They will accuse you of being a heretic.,It's a novice.,It's an idiot who doesn't understand anything and just follows the trend.。

After all, no one knows XX better than them, doesn't they?

Even the kitchen will quarrel with each other, and it will be even more fierce.

The same is true for religion.

If religion is compared to an animation, then most believers are passers-by fans, fanatics are die-hard fanatics——— and they are the kind of people who can do it offline and have the ability to act.

That's why heresy trials basically end in massacres, you can change a person's behavior, but it's hard to change a person's mind. Especially this kind of religious fanatic, his faith is equivalent to his life, and if you can change his mind, it is basically the same as killing him.

So there's no need to waste time, just burn it down. Simple, convenient, fast and pollution-free......... Well, it still seems to be a bit polluted.

For Duanmuhuai, he came to turn the town into a crematorium.

"So, I'll go."

"PLEASE BE CAREFUL, MASTER."

The previous two actions were all because of Fiore or Matthew, which triggered the witch trial, so this time Duanmu Huai certainly couldn't take her to act again. Only Medea and Alice Phil, who can be spiritualized, follow Duanmu Huai, while Matthew is responsible for supporting outside.

Walking into the town again, everything here looks completely different from before, people are still busy working, but in Duanmuhuai's eyes, it is like the NPCs in those towns in the sandbox game. They also walk around the town when the player enters the town, giving the player the feeling that the city is very prosperous, but where exactly do these NPCs go.........

It depends on whether the production team really does their best.

Duanmu Huai raised his eyebrows, then withdrew his gaze, followed the street all the way to the central square of the crossroads, and then walked into the door of the church.

"Hello, stranger."

Walking into the church, the pastor in front of him walked over, he was the pastor who led the team last night, but looking at him now, it seemed that he didn't know Duanmu Huai at all.

"What's the matter with you?"

"I'm a judge from the Inquisition."

Duanmu Huai said as he stepped forward and took out a letter of appointment from under his cloak——— of course this is a forgery, for magicians, it is no problem to forge a letter of appointment hundreds of years ago.

"The Inquisition received a report that a heresy was hiding here, and I was ordered to investigate the matter here."

This kind of thing was actually very common in the past, because communication was not developed at that time, and transportation was not developed, so it was necessary to go to the church to file a complaint. To put it simply, there will be no one who has nothing to do and risk the danger of bandits and bandits to run an unknown number of kilometers to the church to have fun, unlike now, where anyone can call and report false police, so generally such a report, the church will take it seriously.

"Heresy?"

Sure enough, when he heard this word, the pastor immediately panicked.

"My Lord, I assure you, here are all loyal believers, we ........."

"It's up to me, not you."

Duanmu Huai glared at the priest coldly.

"Passing on this matter, I will immediately start investigating and collecting evidence."

“…………… It's ................"

The priest could only remain silent, after all, he did not want to be seen as an accomplice in heresy.

Well, it seems that the rules of this place are indeed made this way.

Finding that the priest in front of him was obedient, Duanmu Huai was also relieved, according to Alice Phil and Medea, any kind of magician's ritual, every step has its inner meaning. Since the town imitates religion, they must be consistent with the imitation in every way.

If this is the case, then Duanmuhuai's letter of appointment will not be opposed and overturned, on the contrary, it will also help Duanmu Huai to "integrate" into this functioning ceremony.

Now it seems that they were right.

"Bell......... Clang......... Bell .................."

As the bell rang, the busy residents of the town also gathered, and they came to the church gate to form a circle, and looked at Duanmu Huai and the priest uneasily. And under the gaze of the residents, Duanmu Huai took a step forward, stared at the people in front of him, and then spoke.

"Lambs of the Lord! Listen, I'm Duanmuhuai, the Grand Inquisitor of the Inquisition, and I'm here for the only reason I'm here, and that's because the Church has received a complaint that there is a heresy in this town that blasphemes the glory of the Lord! ”

“………………!!”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, everyone below was in an uproar, and everyone was shocked and looked at each other uneasily. And Duanmu Huai stood in front, staring at them.

"The glory of the Lord is not to be blasphemed! Any heresy will be destroyed completely! If you are still very religious in your faith in the Lord, then tell us all you know! Remember, heretics are cunning and evil! They will wrap their inner evil with sweet lies, and they will hide their blasphemous thoughts with high-sounding language! Heresy is among you! I will immediately begin an investigation to find those who blaspheme the glory and majesty of the Lord! ”

“……………………”

Speaking of this, the people below were silent, while Duanmu Huai snorted coldly.

"Anyone who has a clue can come to the church and report it to me, it doesn't matter if it's even a few words, the sooner you can find heresy, the sooner you can make this town regain the gift and glory of the Lord!"

After saying this, Duanmu Huai turned around and walked into the church.

And everyone stared at Duanmu Huai's back, and after he left, they whispered and dispersed.

"What's next? MASTER? ”

Back in his room, Alice Phil's voice emerged from Duanmu Huai's ears, to which Duanmu Huai sneered.

"It's simple, just find out the heresy."

"But not necessarily?"

"It doesn't matter."

Duanmu Huai waved his hand.

"I say whoever is a heretic, then he is a heretic."

Saying this, Duanmu Huai showed a hideous smile.

"Believe me, the trial court is professional in this regard."