"Freya, are you guilty?"

The auditorium of the Temple of Radiance was always shining, and the six elders sat high in their seats, staring coldly at the holy woman who was bowing her head in the audience.

"The Temple has lost two excellent Templars because of your insistence, and you are still unrepentant and continue to allow the so-called "Brave" to continue to cause trouble. ”

Among them, a middle-aged woman wearing the leader's hat spoke, her face was dignified, her face was stern, her tone was sharp, and she was full of dissatisfaction with Freya.

Without waiting for the saint to explain.

Another elder sitting next to him, a woman wearing a half-mask, also chimed in:

"The monks of the temple have reported to us many times, Freya, you have repeatedly diverted funds from the temple and embezzled public funds, and even a few days ago, you dared to take the "Holy Healing Water" from the temple as well! ”

The masked elder's voice was exasperated, and in the end, especially when it came to the "Holy Healing Water", it was even sharper and harsher.

There is no other reason.

These elders must rely on the "water of holy healing" to maintain their vitality and eternal youth.

Yes, because the Temple of Radiance believes that He is the Goddess of Radiance, the top of the sect, the six elders, are all women.

Relying on the power of radiance, even if they are old, their skin can still be crystal clear and shiny, like maidens, and they have become a sacred symbol of beauty and dignity in front of outsiders.

And now the Elder Mask, who was extremely angry with Freya, wore half of the mask because the radiant divine power that maintained her face was declining, so when he was about to go to fetch the Holy Healing Water, he found that it was gone.

"I'm sorry Elder Linna, I'll communicate with the idol as soon as possible to fill up the holy pool."

Freya hurriedly apologized.

Holy water cannot be obtained by anyone else, and only as a "holy woman" communication idol can it have such a magical transformation ability.

Thinking of this, Freya hesitated, but chose to refute it out loud.

"However, Elder Linna, I did not embezzle public funds, all the expenses of the brave were paid from myself, I, I did not use the funds of the temple."

Hearing Freya's words, several elders frowned, and one of them slammed the table in annoyance.

"Spending from yourself? Oh, where does your money come from? Isn't it sent to you every month by our temple? What's the difference. ”

"Freya, your labor should have been gratuitous to the Temple, and we rewarded you out of love for you, and you greedily took it for yourself?"

"That's right, if it weren't for our propaganda to open up relations and provide venues for you to get through with the nobles, do you think that you alone can really make those believers pay obediently!"

It may be that you are more emotional.

The elder in the back accidentally said something sincere, and then she reacted and coughed a few times.

The momentum of the elders also weakened a little, and they were no longer so aggressive, and the elders in a slightly slower tone said to Freya:

"Holy Maiden, we don't really care about these gold coins, as long as the money is used in the right place, no matter how much money you need, the elders of the temple will support you, however, in the "brave" you have chosen, so far, we have fully seen that she has the potential to save the world, as you say. ”

"On the contrary, we have also collected a lot of information about this brave man, look at Freya, what he has done, destroying public goods, robbing other people's vehicles, breaking into noble mansions, manors, and even sneaking into the castles of those big families many times to steal property and loot the treasures in the treasure chest."

"Freya, is this what you call a brave man?"

The elders' words left Freya powerless to refute.

The saint bowed her head and clenched her skirt tightly, but soon she remembered the monster's attack on the village, and the commissions of the journey.

Freya still mustered up her courage, raised her head, looked at the elders, and said:

"It's true that the Brave Master has many shortcomings, and I will help him correct these in the future, but I also hope that the elders will not ignore the efforts of the Brave Lord, he has completed a total of 143 commissions along the way, including 19 high-risk commissions, which is almost equivalent to half a year's workload of other adventurers, but the Brave Lord only took less than half a month."

"Not only that, even if it is a rural village that has not been included in the Adventurers' Association, a down-and-out merchant, a wandering beggar, or even a commission from orphans, the Brave Master will do his best to complete it without discrimination, I think these are the virtues that a savior should have, but he is still immature, so I implore the elders to give him a little more time, his growth will definitely satisfy the temple."

Freya thought that this would make the elders have a better view of the brave.

Unexpectedly, it backfired, causing a lot of sighs and shaking heads.

"The brave man, the future savior, ended up focusing most of his energy on these inconsequential things? Rescue the villagers? Helping orphans? Alms beggars? It's just nonsense! What did He do for our temple? Will helping these people spread the doctrine of "radiance"? No! ”

"He should go to the nobles who are working with us! As a brave man, we can help them do things, so that we can expand the influence of our Radiant Temple among the nobles, so that the nobles can better fund us, so that we can have the money to build more temple churches and expand the number of our "Radiant" congregations! ”

Every word of the elders was particularly harsh to Freya.

It also made Freya feel particularly cold.

It turned out that the real dissatisfaction of the elders with the brave was never those seemingly evil deeds, but

The Brave have no use for the Temple.

They just want to use the brave as a tool.

It's just a tool that can make the "Temple of Radiance" rise and grow.

The prophesied future "catastrophe" was not taken seriously at all.

So.

"Freya, after the resolution of the Council of Elders, I now order you to go and bring the brave man back to the temple at once, we will strip him of his identity, and not allow him to do anything wrong outside again, and ruin the reputation of our Radiant Temple."

From the eyes of these elders, Freya saw hypocrisy and greed, very simply, although they have been belittling the brave, none of them deny the growth rate of the brave's strength.

Now they want to trick the brave back, in addition to depriving them of their identity, they may even want to harm the brave and seize the power that belongs to the brave.

on this

"I'm sorry, I can't."

Freya suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

She didn't bow her head anymore, but looked calmly ahead, looked around the six elders in a dignified manner, and said firmly: "With me here, none of you should want to touch him." ”

"If you make a move on him, I will resign as a saint."

Sure enough, as soon as she said these words, the atmosphere of the elders' meeting in the temple suddenly became tense, and several elders became furious.

"Freya, what do you mean, do you want to disobey!"

"Resign from the position of saint? You, how do you say it!! ”

"We raised you as an orphan at the beginning, and now that's how you repay us? You've disappointed me so much! ”

The elders were angry, but panic was really panic.

After all, as mentioned earlier, the Holy Maiden is the only person who can communicate with the "Divine Statue" and can create the water of holy healing, if Freya does not cooperate with them, once the Holy Water Pool dries up, their elders' bodies will age rapidly, and they may even lose their lives.

It is precisely because the saint is so important that they choose the orphan as the saint every time, and lock her up in a confinement cell, isolated from the world, and always become their caged bird.

In the past, Freya had indeed never disobeyed them, and she had always been obedient, as simple as a blank sheet of paper.

Unexpectedly, it was because they were greedy and curious about the power of the "brave" in the prophecy that they released Freya for a short time, and as a result, the result became what it is now.

Freya, who is now against them like this, is undoubtedly very strange.

Damn it!

That brave man is really not a good thing!

Forced by Freya's abdication, the six Radiant Elders had gloomy faces, but there was nothing they could do unless they could find a new saint with a better talent than Freya.

Under the stalemate, both sides can only take a step back.

"I will leave the Brave, declare that he no longer belongs to the Temple of Radiance, promise not to use the power of the Temple to help him in any way, and, if he continues to do evil, I will be the first to lead the Templars to capture him, in that case. Are the elders satisfied? ”

Freya's concern was that the elders would attack the brave directly.

Although the Brave Lord is also very powerful, these six Radiant Elders who have lived for more than a long time have unfathomable strength, at least they have to start from the seventh order, and even spied on the threshold of the eighth order.

This is undoubtedly force majeure for the current brave, and there is no room for fighting back in front of the elders.

Even if the elders don't make a move, it is a great threat to use the power of the temple to want the brave behind their backs.

That's why Freya took the initiative to take over the task of wanting the brave.

In this way, it not only blocked the mouths of the elders, but also controlled the "strength" of "wanted" in her hands.

Naturally, the six elders also knew Freya's calculations.

They were acceptable, but again, there was a condition.

Now that everyone has torn their faces, the elders are no longer pretending to be kind.

"Statue, at the beginning of every month, you have to sacrifice the Statue of Radiance, as long as you sign this blood contract, then after that, we can leave that brave man."

Freya: "."

After a brief silence, she nodded, knowing that she would lose a lot, though.

"Yes, I do."

[Your teammate Freya has left the team]

(End of chapter)