dark night.
The gates of the Holy City rumbled open.
Knights wearing mighty armors sat on armored horses, holding weapons, and stepped out of the gate uniformly.
The accompanying team of magicians and magicians sat on carriages and were protected in the middle by a team of knights.
Decades later, the cavalry of the Holy Church once again gathered.
Under the orders of the gods, they will go to the Southern Empire to deal with everything that may happen there.
This scene shocked the whole world.
All forces are trying to find out what happened.
But the church didn’t have time to explain to them, they could only say——
The gods require the Holy Army to arrive in the Southern Empire as soon as possible!
The Pope took the first step with the cardinals and more than a hundred of the most elite members of the Holy See.
They spent expensive resources to teleport directly to the Southern Empire and arrived outside that remote town.
The monarch of the Southern Empire immediately blocked the remote town as requested by the gods.
Everything remains as it is, waiting for people from the Holy Church to come and investigate.
Those merchants who had just left the town were controlled.
Including the child who escaped because he was herding sheep on the mountain, he is also in detention at the moment.
"Your Majesty the Pope, do you think there is anything wrong with what I am doing?"
the king asked.
He looked a little nervous.
As a monarch, he is indeed a shrewd and capable hero. He can easily guess something after thinking about it in his mind.
——This is the first time in decades that the gods have intervened in the affairs of the world.
In addition, when the church established an intelligence agency, there was such a statement.
It is said that the gods ordered the establishment of intelligence agencies around the world in order to detect signs of world destruction.
Is the source of destruction here?
The king of the Southern Empire felt deeply uneasy at the thought of this incident.
The Pope gave the monarch of the Southern Empire a comforting look and said: "You did a good job. I think even if I presided over it myself, I couldn't do better than you."
The southern monarch breathed a sigh of relief.
He was about to speak, but was stopped by the Pope raising his hand.
The Pope seemed to be listening to something.
After a while, the Pope showed a strange expression.
"Your Majesty, please transfer those survivors to the custody of our people," the pope said.
"No problem." The southern monarch said happily.
The Pope nodded to the last two cardinals and ordered them to take their men to receive these people.
"All of you must remember that you must be wary of the devils hiding among these people, deprive them of their weapons, and set up an exorcism barrier around them. No one is allowed to get too close to them, and no one is allowed to give them food or drink. No one is allowed to follow them. They talk.”
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The two cardinals saluted.
They went quickly with two groups of knights.
The Pope then ordered to the remaining people: "Everyone, enter the town and start searching for suspicious information. Pay attention to collecting the bones and check them against the town's roster. Don't miss anyone."
"yes!"
The remaining red archbishops and holy knights responded.
The search lasted two full days.
People from the church arrived one after another.
At the request of the church, all forces sent all their search experts here.
In the face of the power of the entire Holy Church, as well as the cooperation of the Southern Empire and various forces, the entire town was searched like three feet to the ground.
In order to check the personnel and bones, the holy knights, hunters, and warriors conducted detailed research on every bone.
In order to determine the cause of death of every animal in the town, the priests even used magic.
There is no escape from anything suspicious.
When Gu Qingshan arrived outside the town, a complete and accurate information had been delivered to him.
This is the strength he has gained over the years——
and results.
He sat on the throne and carefully checked the information.
"All the fowl died in evil sacrifices, except one chicken."
"The chicken was found in a remote place. It had been eaten until only the bones were left, and there were traces of human gnawing on the bones."
"Through investigation, it was found that this chicken had just been roasted when everyone in the town was dead."
"As for the population, there's a problem with the population of the town when it's checked against the bodies."
"Several people disappeared without any reason."
"No one who knew them from other areas had seen these missing people."
"The only thing that is certain is that these people should have been in a small town at the time of the incident."
"All forces in the world have been fully mobilized and are working hard to find traces of these people."
Gu Qingshan read it and thought for a while.
In the room, the Pope, the monarchs of the Southern Empire, and the cardinals all breathed lightly for fear of disturbing the gods' thoughts.
"Where are the merchants and their children?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"According to your instructions, he was detained in a temporary camp. We sent heavy troops to guard him. If there is any abnormal movement, we will kill him with all our strength as soon as possible." The pope said.
"Have they eaten anything?" Gu Qingshan continued to ask.
"No," said the pope.
Gu Qingshan then ordered: "Bring those survivors up and let me take a look at them."
"yes."
soon.
Those people were brought to Gu Qingshan.
Gu Qingshan glanced at it.
Those rural merchants didn't know his identity. Seeing him surrounded by everyone, they knew he must be a big shot.
They were lying on the ground, begging for mercy.
The child was a little confused until he saw the merchants begging for mercy, and then he also started begging for mercy.
"Is there no problem with their identities?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"Yes, we have jointly investigated with the Southern Empire. They are indeed local merchants in the countryside. From their birth to their family structure, their whereabouts over the years, records of goods sales, taxes, etc., there are no problems." The Pope said.
"Where's the kid?"
"No problem, he is indeed a local."
Gu Qingshan looked at those people and suddenly asked strangely: "Why do they look so hungry?"
The Pope secretly thought, isn't this exactly what you ordered, why are you asking now - wait, did the gods intend this?
The pope looked solemn and replied: "Because these people were able to survive the sacrifice, I was worried about unpredictable problems, so I never gave them anything to eat."
"It's been two days, how can I bear this?" Gu Qingshan sighed.
He said to him: "Go and share some of our dinner with them."
"yes."
The knight beside him stepped out.
A few minutes later.
The knight came in with a large basin of steaming noodles and distributed the cutlery to these people.
"Eat. After eating, I will send someone to take you back to your home. You are all lucky people and have escaped this disaster."
Gu Qingshan said in a compassionate tone.
When these people heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
They had not eaten for two days and two nights. When they received the news of their release, they felt relieved and couldn't help but share the bowl of noodles.
The child took a look and found that all the merchants had gone to share the noodles and eat them, but he was the only one who stood there stupidly.
At this time, the surrounding knight priests gradually looked towards him.
The child quickly followed and shared a bowl of noodles to eat.
So delicious!
The person who makes this noodle must be a top cook.
The child ate it in one bite, and this thought came to his mind.
After all, I was young, and I was really hungry for two days and two nights. At this time, I couldn't bear it anymore and started to eat hungrily.
Just as they were eating vigorously, a voice suddenly sounded:
"When everyone in the town died, which of you ate the chicken?"
The merchants and children turned around to look, and saw that the person asking the question was the knight standing next to Gu Qingshan.
Everyone around looked at them without saying a word.
They knew they had to answer this question.
"I did not eat."
"not me."
"We had left town by then."
"Didn't eat."
"I'm on the mountain."
They all replied.
For some reason, they suddenly found that the atmosphere in the room became tense again.
A chilling feeling emanated from the members of the Holy See.
But all the core members of the Holy Church lowered their heads, and looking at them, they seemed to be in some kind of pious state.
At this time, Gu Qingshan spoke.
"When everyone in the town died, which of you ate the chicken?" he asked.
This is very strange.
Someone had already asked it before, but now the big man asked the same question again himself.
But the merchants did not dare not answer.
"I did not eat."
"not me."
"We had left town by then."
"Didn't eat."
"I'm on the mountain."
They repeated it.
Gu Qingshan nodded.
There was silence all around, and everyone remained silent.
At this time, the child suddenly looked confused and opened his mouth and said:
"I ate it."
