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Chapter 17 Church of the Holy Light
"The dissemination of evil god knowledge has been suppressed. The Light-Taking Man has collected ten statues, and the holders of the statues have been purified on the spot, my lord bishop."

The priest wearing a golden mask half-kneeled in front of the bishop's chair, and bowed his head respectfully: "But...the evil god messenger who spreads knowledge is still active, and we have no way of knowing his whereabouts..."

The beautiful girls with delicacies bent their waists, and the boy sitting on the bishop's chair opened his eyes.

"I can feel...that 'messenger' has a very high status. This is indeed not an existence that you can contact and compete with."

The boy's gaze was still extremely indifferent. At this moment, cold sweat oozed from the priest's forehead hidden under the golden mask.

"You don't need to worry about that businessman." The boy raised his arm and gently stroked the cheek of the nearest girl. He said, "You just need to continue to destroy the seeds of knowledge he spread."

"Follow your will, my lord."

The pastor nodded, and when he was about to step back, the boy's immature but cold voice came over again.

"Pastor, why didn't you report your dereliction of duty?"

The pastor's slender figure froze in place. He raised his head and saw the girl's beautiful cheeks twisting and deforming under the bishop's palm.

Even under the severe pain, the girl's gaze was always respectful and fanatical, like a delicate puppet.

hiss-

The skin of her face was torn abruptly, dripping with blood.

But even so, her gaze was still so respectful, the girl with cracked cheeks gently held the bishop's palm, and was about to wipe the blood off the boy's hand with her sleeve.

But the boy waved his hand, and the maid with the golden mask immediately dragged the disfigured girl out.

The priest standing below clearly understood her fate. Once a flaw appeared in the exquisite doll, her value would naturally be completely denied.

She will be sent into the 'container'...from now on...forever and ever sing praises to the Holy Light...

The pastor immediately fell to his knees on the ground, knowing that the bishop was angry.

"My lord bishop... please forgive my dereliction of duty..."

The priest put his head on the ground: "I went to investigate the source of the statue without authorization, and thus imprisoned a statue holder..."

"But... different from other believers of the evil god, he has undergone a special mutation, crossing the ordinary class and becoming the arm of the evil god..." The pastor's voice trembled: "We are trying to remedy... my lord bishop..."

"Remedy? How to remedy it?" The little boy asked indifferently.

"That evil god's unit has an almost crazy obsession with his family... He has two daughters, and he will definitely look for his daughters..."

The priest lying on the ground continued: "As long as we find them, we can find that evil god unit..."

Guji Guji...

A greasy voice suddenly rang in the pastor's ears, and the man's face under the mask instantly turned pale.

A golden tentacle was slowly climbing along his spine, and finally wrapped around the priest's neck. He raised his head with difficulty, and the little boy had already come in front of him.

"Why are you so afraid? My priest?" The bishop squatted down, stroking the priest's hair with bloody palms, and the boy said, "You are my brother..."

The golden tentacles then meandered upwards and burrowed into the boy's cuff.

"The truth is protecting you, pastor..." The boy stood up: "Go, go and fulfill your duty."

"I... I would like to follow your teachings." The pastor was still kneeling on the ground, his clothes were drenched with cold sweat.

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Roy hummed a strange little tune as he strolled through the slums on the westernmost side of the capital of steam.

When he learned that Anna had a younger sister through Eli's memory, Roy simply decided to recruit Lisa to his side.

The last obsession of the werewolf Eli is to protect his family, and the wish of the little maid Anna is to reunite with her family. Roy thinks it is necessary to fulfill the wish of the two believers.

Satisfying the prayers of the believers, Roy, as the system holder, will gain the power of faith, further enhancing his authority over the Lord of Storms.

There is no reason to pass up this benefit.

So today he specially entrusted little fat man Gary to ask for a day off from the academy, planning to do this matter.

Although he didn't attend class at all, and it didn't make any sense to ask for leave, but as a student, absenteeism without reason would eventually affect his graduation grade.

However, the original owner asked for leave due to illness and went to eat, drink and have fun a lot, so no one was surprised.

After exchanging a few words with the little fat man as usual, Roy took another steam-guided car to the slums, but unfortunately the car went west, and the tidy road became more rough and messy.

In the end, Roy simply got out of the car, asked the driver to wait in place, and walked towards the depths of the slums alone.

There are no magnificent buildings and brightly dressed gentlemen and ladies in the city center here.

Roy carefully looked at the surrounding environment.

The intricate and narrow alleyways are mixed with various peculiar smells, and there are cold sights hidden in the shadows, as if looking for a target to attack.

Pale and emaciated people dragged their weak bodies, miners, porters, starchers... most of them did not have their own jobs.

Just like Eli and his wife in the past, people work day and night in coolie positions provided by companies or other forces, trying their best to fight for the small chance of survival.

Perhaps this is the truth about the capital of steam, and the grandeur of the city center is nothing more than a dream.

Suddenly, melodious bells echoed in the street, and Roy saw the crowd start to commotion, and their numb eyes shone with a gleam.

Roy's gaze was locked on a bell tower, which was the only tall tower in this area, and that was where the bell came from.

It is the Holy Light Church.

Roy's eyes gradually became serious. For him who had reached a contract with Scarlet Moon, the church had completely become his enemy.

It's a pity that in the entire city, almost most of the people are believers of the Holy Light Church.

Whether it is to develop storm believers or spread the knowledge of the red moon is an extremely dangerous thing, the church's light takers will hunt and kill all heretics.

While Roy's thoughts were turning, under the echo of the bell, almost most of the people in the slums poured out of their homes and approached the clock tower.

"What happened..." The young man looked at the scene in front of him, frowned slightly, and he grabbed the shoulder of a man beside him.

"Hey! Let me go! You... What's the matter with you, my lord?"

The man's attitude was a bit rough at first, but after seeing Roy's exquisite dress, the man's attitude suddenly slowed down a lot.

"It's just asking a few small questions." Roy looked at the other party's anxious expression, took out a silver coin from his pocket, and put it on his fingertips.

Looking at the other party's straight eyes, Roy smiled and said, "As long as the answer satisfies me, it will be yours."

"Ask." The man agreed.

"What do the church bells mean?" Roy asked.

"Usually after the bell rings, the adults of the church will give us free bread and water." The man wiped the corner of his mouth with his dirty sleeve: "For us, that is the best food!"

"Just like that?" Roy frowned.

"Of course, the nobleman, this is already a rare gift for us poor people!" The man responded without thinking, he raised his eyebrows, showing a somewhat greedy look: "But..."

Roy took out another silver coin and bounced both of them towards each other.

"Thank you! Respected noble lord." The man stuffed the silver coins into his arms in a hurry, looked around, and lowered his voice mysteriously:
"Sometimes, the adults in the church will also give us some instructions...um...for example..."

The man scratched his head: "Let's find and report people or specific items, last time it was strange businessmen and black statues..."

(End of this chapter)