Their appeal is simple and just, that is, to demand that the temple hand over the murderers and hold them accountable.

At the critical moment when the confrontation between the two sides was escalating, Leonardo appeared majestically on the scene wearing a full set of paladin armor and single-handedly defused the tense situation.

At the same time, Bishop Melissa publicly stated that for this incident, the temple of Gaokan City will strictly investigate and give an explanation to the majority of believers.

The temple still upholds an open and fair attitude, and will not blame a good person, but it will not let go of any of the black sheep in the temple ranks.

Three days later, the Paladin announced the end of the investigation and made public the investigation report, the facts were clear, and the human and material evidence was complete.

The perpetrator, Odd Simon, is a brave knight who blatantly violates the canon by using lethal weapons to viciously attack and seriously injure Philip, a friend of the Temple, the Knight of Glory, in the temple.

Philip severed one of his arms during the counterattack, which was justified in self-defense and would not be prosecuted.

Melissa, the Bishop of Gokan City, reported the truth and hoped that the Southern Temple would severely punish the perpetrators and members of their personal guards.

A month later, after a series of behind-the-scenes games, the Southern Temple pronounced the following verdict:

Odd Simon stripped the Brave of His title and expelled him from the ranks of the Templar Knights, never to be used, and sentenced to ten years in prison.

The members of his personal guard were all declared temple warriors, never to be used, and their sentences ranged from one to five years.

One of them, the third-level awakened Maos, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison.

At the same time, an order was passed from within the Southern Temple, and Trist Simon, the third-level bishop of Gaokan City, was promoted to the fourth-level bishop because of his many years of service in the temple, and was transferred to the Divine Scripture Training Institute of the Southern Temple as a senior advisor.

The difference between the academy and the academy sounds like only one word, but they are thousands of miles apart, and according to information that Philip received from Leonardo, the former also has an alias within the temple, called the temple nursing home.

Although it is not ruled out that his henchmen will retaliate against Philip in the future, Philip did not figure out until a long time that this was an exam question given to him by Melissa, or that Philip's vote was more appropriate.

Otherwise, how could old Trist, who was already a defeated soldier, be taken seriously by her, just to let Philip understand that without the protection of the higher-ups, his temple path would be difficult to move an inch, and from then on, they would unite more closely around Melissa.

As for the transaction between Philip and Leonardo, she didn't care at all, and Leonardo would have guided Philip at her suggestion.

Fortunately, Philip's understanding and strength made her very satisfied.

At this point, Philip has temporarily found an organization inside the temple, with Melissa and Leonardo.

In this incident, because Leonardo was in danger and handled the scene effectively, he was verbally commended by the senior management of the Southern Temple.

Among them, the biggest gain is a small person who no one has ever paid attention to, Bass, a third-level temple apprentice knight.

After Odeh was expelled, he officially crossed that staircase and was promoted to the rank of Brave Knight of the Temple because of his years of accumulating merit.

Although he felt very embarrassed about his performance that day, and was a little sorry for Philip, Philip had a good impression of this simple man.

He remembered that Buzz was the only person who came to the rescue that day, and he was even injured because of it, and it took a week to recover.

And the name Philip O. Snape, that is, after the trip to the imperial capital, once again appeared in the sight of the bigwigs in the temple system and left a deep impression.

It's not because he's too troublesome, or because he's thrown into Melissa and Leonardo's camp, but the label on him from Gokan City is simply not too obvious and taken for granted.

It's because he not only turned defeat into victory in that thrilling battle, but also severely damaged the 29-year-old second-level temple brave knight, known as the Ice Storm, as a 15-year-old first-level awakened person.

And in the confessions of almost all the people involved, they focused on a very strange-sounding phenomenon, that is, Philip's amazing sword, and the spiritual power in their bodies was out of control at that time.

This attracted the attention of the temple's higher-ups, who ordered that all confessions be sealed and classified as confidential, and that all those involved in the case should not be disseminated.

If there is anyone other than the Simon family who is dissatisfied in this incident, it is the Wardsman Imperial Capital General Temple.

Because Melissa did not report to them according to the code, but directly reported to the Southern Temple.

However, Archbishop Bryan of the General Temple was already severely reprimanded by the Holy Domain for the last explosion of the imperial capital, and he was about to leave his job, so he had no intention of delving into such a trivial matter.

What's more, he already knew that Melissa would be promoted again next year at the latest, becoming a first-class archbishop at the same level as him, and maybe he would take his place.

Therefore, in the end, the Imperial Capital General Temple only pretended to send a note, solemnly questioning the Gaokan City Temple, and there was no follow-up.

Of course, it is not known whether Melissa saw this note.

Philip was now slumped in a spacious tea room in the Lion Castle, opposite Leonardo Paladin.

Since that day, he and the other party have been with each other as teachers and disciples, but both of them know that this is just a means of forming an alliance.

Lord Paladins need the Snape family to help him consolidate his power and influence in the city of Gokan, and Philip needs Lord Paladins as his guide and protector within the Templar system, which is a very reasonable equivalent of exchange.

At least in the short term, the cooperation between the two is still very pleasant.

Philip poured Leonardo a glass of red ice wine, a drink from the Twin Continents called "Ice" that was treasured by the elder Brad, and only two cases a year were in the huge castle cellar.

Its greatest characteristic, or perhaps preciousness, is not only the small yield, but also the taste and effect that do not match its color at all.

It's as red as fire, but it's cold in your mouth.

It smells almost the same as water, but all the flavors are sealed inside, and after your mouth gets used to the cold, the fragrance and glycol will explode on your taste buds, like a blizzard, making you instantly intoxicated.

If it weren't for entertaining Leonardo, Old Brad would be reluctant to take it out, so Philip actually took the light of the Paladin.

That night's farce was planned by Philip, not to mention 3,000 people, not even 300.

In fact, even Brad did not come forward, and the old man could not afford to lose that person, so he hid in the castle and drank.

Instead, Bruce, who resembles Brad, leads 200 internal guards, each riding three mounts, to create the effect.

They didn't dare to surround the temple, joking that it would really die, but surrounded the Simon family's villa in the parish of Gaokan City, smashing all the glass on the street.

The Vigilante of Gokan City was two blocks away, and the Knights of the Templar, under Leonardo's orders, guarded the temple and inadvertently made way to the diocese.

Only his son led about 100 Simon family guards to confront them along the street.

Even Old Trist couldn't even send a letter asking for help, and all the Templars and Templars who usually behaved loyal in front of him chose to pretend to be deaf and dumb, fully exposing the true face of the Simon family's paper tigers.

After recognizing the reality, old Trist finally surrendered and admitted defeat, and sent someone to invite Leonardo to mediate the matter.

The Paladin only brought two attendants, and it took only five minutes to get all the Lion guards to evacuate cleanly, and even kindly cleaned up the street.

To this end, Philip promised Bruce that he would steal a few bottles of ice for him.

And this matter also raised the assessment of the strength of the wild lion by half a level by all the magnates in Gaokan City, faintly surpassing the Shadow Hunter, and compared with the giant bear, the Marquis of Noore asked Brad to drink more and more frequently.

Leonardo touched the soft Bibi leather cushion in his hand, enjoying the feeling of the ice spirit exploding in his mouth, and exhaled a cold breath in comfort.

As a paladin, if he wants to enjoy, there are too many opportunities, but he is very self-disciplined, even to a terrifying level.

Because he was afraid, he was afraid that he would indulge in this enjoyment and lose the resilience to continue to climb upwards.

Today is an exception, first, he is really happy, and second, he is very curious about Philip's performance that day and wants to ask what happened.

"Tell me, what happened to the ability you used that day? Although we don't have the reality of being a master and apprentice, since you call me a teacher, I still have to do a little bit of responsibility.

In that duel in the imperial capital, it seems that you don't have this skill yet. ”

Philip nodded, kind of acknowledged.

"I still don't understand it myself, it all started with an unexpected epiphany, what you call a small awakening.

It's not a new ability, it's a mysterious state, and I can't guarantee that it will work every time.

And once you use it, it's hard to control the power inside comfortably, just like this time, after exhaustion, you even retreat from awakening.

At present, it can only be used as a life-saving skill, and it may be close in regular combat. ”

Naturally, he didn't tell the truth, especially the secret of the power of divine punishment must not be confessed so easily before learning the true attitude of the temple, and even in the future, he must try to hide it in front of the temple.

Leonardo was made to laugh and cry by Philip's discontentment, and Odd of the Simon family is also a true second-level temple brave knight, and his strength can rank in the top three among all brave knights.

Now that he had lost an arm by Philip, the musculoskeletal fragmentation was so shattered that even the best medical priests shook their heads, they couldn't understand why the wall that was known as a defensive artifact was so fragile.

So much so that by now Bath and Philip looked at him strangely, and he didn't even ask them to go out for a drink, let alone have a fight.

"Originally, I was worried, but now it seems that this is too much, and I believe that Melissa will expect more from you. ”

"Why do you say that?"