It turned out that the dragon knight escorting the special envoy was attacked by the church's wanted criminal [Sculptor] Raphael.
Although he defeated Raphael, Raphael also killed the dragon knight's mount flying dragon.
As a result, the dragon knight was backlashed by the contract and fell into a coma.
The special envoy could only announce the end of the assessment and prepare to take the candidates and the unconscious dragon knight with him three days later.
Return to the Holy Court.
But because the dragon knight was unconscious, the silver-winged dragon died.
The envoy could only return to the Holy Court by carriage.
Therefore, the special envoy asked the Royal City Church to send manpower and notify the churches along the way to prepare for the escort.
Churches in various places are responsible for escort tasks within their jurisdictions, and there must be no mistakes.
However, the envoy specially wrote a handwritten letter, instructing Loki to hand it over to Bishop Ryan of Reims Cathedral.
Bishop Pelos of the Royal City Church felt that the special envoy was worried that Bishop Ryan was a newcomer.
I was afraid that he would not be able to do a good job in escorting him, so I wrote a letter to warn him.
After all, he had just been commended by the Holy Court. If he made a joke, he would be embarrassed by the Holy Court.
Therefore, Perros felt that this was a good opportunity to knock the bishop of Reims Cathedral.
Then he ordered Loki to find an opportunity to hit Bishop Ryan.
This was the arrogant and domineering side of Loki.
Rocky also revealed that Bishop Pelos felt that he had a good chance of becoming a cardinal candidate.
Therefore, it is necessary to recruit some manpower in advance to avoid difficulty in starting work in the future.
Unfortunately, when Loki left the capital, the envoy had not announced the names of the candidates who had passed the selection.
However, if Pelos can become the agent of the Great Temple, there must be a great chance.
Unless the Holy Court arranges for people to be parachuted in, generally speaking, regional cardinals are selected from local nationals.
Leo, who knew the whole story, was not polite to Loki.
He directly ordered him to hand over the letter, and then threw him to a very angry Kebi.
"Come, Kerby, as the steward of our cathedral in Reims,
Please greet our distinguished Mr. Rocky tonight.
By the way, we must let him feel the enthusiasm of our Reims Cathedral.
Well, we must not let our distinguished guests leave before sunset tomorrow.
Otherwise it will appear that we did not greet you well, do you understand? "
Leo deliberately emphasized the words "distinguished guest", "greeting", "enthusiasm" and other words.
Kebi immediately understood what Leo meant.
Students from the Punishment Department were immediately called.
He picked up the nervous Loki and walked towards the guest room.
Tonight, he will definitely let this distinguished guest from the royal city feel the enthusiasm of Reims Cathedral!
Even if he, Kebi Kate, doesn’t come home tonight!
Ignoring Loki's begging look,
Leo took the letter and returned to Nok's room in the backyard.
In the room, Sophia was feeding the unconscious Milady with broth sent from the kitchen.
"You're back. Dinner is here. Eat it while it's hot. Then you can feed Nok."
Sophia quickly reminded her that after all, she and Nok were different between men and women. Unless it was absolutely necessary,
When it comes to feeding Nok, it's better to let Leo do it.
"Well, you eat first and don't worry about me. Nok and I will discuss something first."
Leo responded to Sophia's words tactfully, and then took out the letter from Loki.
"This is a letter from the special envoy. Should I read it, or should I open it and let you read it yourself?"
Leo said to Nok.
Nok pulled an ugly smile on his pale face and said to Leo: "Look.
Just tell me after reading it, how many more secrets can we have? "
"Tch, you have so many little secrets, I don't even bother to expose them."
Leo curled his lips, not believing Nok's lies at all.
He carefully opened the envelope with a dagger, and after confirming that the letter paper had not been poisoned,
Then I opened the letter and looked at the contents.
The more Leo looked, the uglier his face became.
Nok and Sophia saw Leo's expression and asked worriedly:
"What happened? What did the letter say?"
Leo pinched his eyebrows with his left thumb and index finger, and said helplessly.
"Trouble is coming. The special envoy announced that he will set off from the royal capital in three days.
But in fact, he secretly set out from the royal capital the next day.
Accompanying him were the candidates for Cardinal this time and the unconscious Dragon Knight.
Then came the five guards. The purpose is not to alert others.
He tells you in the letter that you should prepare to go together and return to the Holy Court to report on your duties.
And let you bring about two guards, the higher the strength, the better.
Because they suspected that someone would still attack them along the way.
So they want to deceive others. leave early.
But the problem is that you are very weak now, and besides you, the strongest people in our cathedral are Sophia and me.
It is impossible for both of us to leave with you, otherwise there will be no one in charge of the family.
I'm just afraid that someone will take advantage of it and occupy the magpie's nest.
When the time comes, some chess pieces will be buried and we will be ignored. When we come back, I am afraid that the surname of Reims Cathedral will be changed.
Moreover, according to the letter, the special envoy and his party are already on their way.
They only set out one night later than the messenger. We will arrive in Reims tomorrow.
At that time, we will stop briefly to replenish supplies and then continue on our way.
You must go with them tomorrow.
But your weakness will not be relieved until tomorrow night.
This is how to do.
Moreover, Milady is unconscious and can’t see you when she wakes up. There will definitely be trouble. If something happens again,
That's trouble.
Sophia can't control her!
Therefore, I had to stay and watch her.
In that case, I can only film Sophia following you.
But you will still be weak tomorrow and it will be inconvenient for her to take care of you. She will be the only one to protect you.
I’m not worried either! "
Leo's words angered Sophia.
"What do you mean! Why do you look down on me! How can I be worse than you?
Wouldn’t it be promoted to the gold level? Not even a scumbag in bed! How arrogant! "
Ahem!
Nok almost choked!
This kind of talk of tigers and wolves is something that an outsider like him can hear!
Leo's face turned dark, but he was in a bad mood thinking that Sophia's sister had just died today.
He doesn't like to be stubborn.
"I'm sorry, dear, that's not what I meant. Let's talk it over carefully and don't let Nok read the joke."
"It's just a joke. Anyway, you two are so good that you can wear a pair of pants and don't care about my feelings at all."
"I'm not, I swear! I'm not sexually interested in Leo! I'm a normal man,
Although my career restricts me from getting married, I still like beautiful women! "
Nok quickly clarified himself and said he would not take the blame.
Leo's face turned green with anger at Nok's showmanship.
"Okay, you two, stop making trouble. Hurry up and discuss business! What to do tomorrow.
Moreover, when Nok leaves, he also needs to notify the lords to avoid misunderstandings.
Cause unpleasantness. "
Seeing Leo changing the topic at a loss for words, Nok and Sophia couldn't tease him any more.
Nok thought for a while and said: "How about this, you and Sophia stay, and Leo stays at the church in the open.
Responsible for teaching students. Sophia, stay in the dark, keep an eye on Milady, and keep an eye on her practice.
At the same time, we are trying to find ways to develop the Intelligence Department. The cathedral’s tax revenue has been collected.
You are in charge for now. In addition to daily needs and maintenance, the remaining funds,
You can all use it to develop members of the intelligence department.
Try to set up the intelligence department before I come back from the Holy Court.
Starting with the city of Reims, then the entire Champagne region.
I want you to control at least half of the champagne collar in your hands within half a year. "
"no!"
Leo objected on the spot before Nok could finish what he said.
"You can't live without someone by your side, Sophia and I, you must bring one with you."
Nok shook his head and said: "There is no need to talk about it anymore. I am just weak, not disabled.
Besides, my weakness will be gone by tomorrow night. On the contrary, this is a kind of protection for me.
I can use the excuse that I suffered severe internal injuries during today’s battle against the Demon Fallen and I was unable to move.
But he had to go to the Holy Court to report his duties, so he could only go on the road despite being ill.
Tomorrow morning, go find the old man from the Adventurer's Guild and ask him to issue an emergency escort mission for us.
Find two people around the peak of Silver level to be my bodyguards.
I estimate that even if the special envoy arrives in Reims City in the morning, he will not be able to leave until the afternoon.
In terms of time, it’s totally in time.
Since it is an urgent secret mission, the adventurer who takes the mission must not be a spy.
Even if they were spies, they didn't have time to deliver the news, and we set off as soon as possible.
At night, I regained my strength, but still pretended to be sick. Someone really attacked me.
Do you think a comatose dragon knight is more valuable, or a weak bishop?
Even if someone wants to deal with me, as long as it's not a saint-level attack, do you think anyone can guard against my sneak attack?
No one would have thought that I would use my resistance ability after being seriously injured, right?
It's no safer than taking you with me.
Moreover, if I hire adventurers, there are real life-threatening dangers on the road, so I can abandon them and escape on my own.
If you follow me, how can I safely escape by myself?
After all, the opponent's target is the special envoy and the noble Dragon Knight.
However, why do I feel a little gloating!
Our Milady just slapped his mount twice, and he shouted to kill him.
Now that someone else has killed his dragon, he pretends to be dead.
Isn't it just the backlash of the contract? It's so serious that he can't even bear it at the Saint level? "
Nok's words made Leo subconsciously retort:
"You can't say that. There are many kinds of contracts. Some people don't care much about contract beasts.
The contract signed is a domineering master-slave contract. The death of the contracted beast will not affect the master, even if it does.
Not serious either.
Like us knights, most of us will treat our mounts as partners. If there is a contract, most of them will sign an equal contract.
If the contracted beast dies, we ourselves will also suffer the backlash.
What is more powerful than the contract of equality is the contract of life and death, although it does not really mean living and dying together.
But if the contracted beast dies, the backlash to its owner will be very serious.
Normally no one would sign such a contract, unless you are contracting with a giant dragon that can take the form of a human!
Could it be that the dragon knight signed a life-and-death contract with his mount? "
Nok smiled and said: "It's not impossible. It is said that the silver-winged flying dragons are all descendants of the holy dragon.
If this were the rules set by the Holy Dragon, it would not be surprising. "
Nok's statement was recognized by Leo.
Just like that, Leo forgot to talk about Nok's escort when he was interrupted by Nok.
Sophia wanted to speak to remind her, but Nok stopped her with her eyes.
By the time Leo came to his senses, it was already the next morning.
As a last resort, he had no choice but to go to the Adventure Union to seek help from the union leader and issue an emergency escort mission.
Ask the union leader to arrange for the person to take over the task to report to the cathedral before noon.
After doing this, Leo will go to the lord's mansion to visit the lord Angela Di.
He told Nok that he needed to go to the Holy Court to report his work even though he was sick.
Angeladi was worried and said on the spot that he would arrange for the knights to protect him.
But he was rejected by Leo.
As a joke, the envoy asked people to notify churches in various places to arrange escorts, and deliberately left the royal capital two days early.
Isn't it just to create smoke bombs and travel lightly so that people don't pay attention to them?
If Angeladi is asked to arrange an escort, wouldn't it mean telling others that the special envoy has arrived.
However, this question comes to mind.
Leo asked Angeladi to lend him a fifty-man team from the Knights the day after tomorrow.
Leo planned to take people around the north gate to create the illusion of welcoming the special envoy.
After notifying Angeladi, Leo returned to the church.
Early in the morning, Nok asked Sophia to buy a carriage and prepare food and supplies for the road.
As an adventurer, these preparations are essential.
He also asked Sophia to find Kerby.
Then he told Kebi that he was "not healed" but was going to the Holy Court.
Let him manage the external affairs well when he is not at home,
If there is any undecided matter, Leo will make the decision.
After listening to Nok's instructions, Kebi hurriedly found the five major students.
Let them take turns treating Nok.
Nok let them use their magic, but it had no effect.
This is a sequelae of the spell, how can it be cured.
If it can be cured, it won’t be called sequelae!
This is the simplified spellcasting cost of [Tapestry of Destiny].
In fact, Nock himself also went into a misunderstanding.
With his current strength, his mental power has already reached the learning conditions of "Divine Redemption".
You can definitely learn the complete version of "Holy Redemption", as long as you have enough mental strength,
There will be no sequelae at all.
Otherwise, how could this kind of magical skill be regarded as a magical skill by the church!
It can only be said that Nok is used to using the streamlined version and forgets that he can already use the full version.
The top five students saw that their healing techniques had no effect on Nok's injuries.
He was hit hard on the spot.
Fortunately, Nok comforted them, it was not that magic was useless.
But they are still immature, and they have not yet reached the learning conditions for many magical arts.
Moreover, practice makes perfect. Someone once practiced the most basic healing techniques to an effect comparable to high-level magical techniques.
As long as you practice hard, healing spells can also be used as holy healing spells.
Nok briefly comforted the students and let them leave.
Kerby expressed that he wanted to stay and chat with Nok, and talked about some of the problems he had after becoming the general manager.
It wasn't until Leo came back that Kebi said goodbye and left.
"How did things go?"
Nok asked.
Leo replied: "It's done, and the lord has given instructions. She asked you to take care and be careful on the road."
Nok replied without interest: "Oh, I know."
Leo suddenly said something: "By the way, I discovered something when I came back."
"What's the matter?" Nok asked. Things that attract Leo's attention are usually not trivial matters.
"The whole church knows about your unrecovered injury, even the believers during prayer time.
Some believers also said they wanted to visit you, but were declined by the students on duty.
Did you think of anything? "
Leo winked at Nok.
Nok sneered: "The news spread so quickly? Although I never said to keep it secret.
But my dear bishop has not recovered from his injuries. Normal people should think of concealing it rather than publicizing it.
It seems that we have a lot of chess pieces from other people in our house. "
"Do you have any suspicion?"
"Yes, there is, but I really don't hope I guessed it right. After all, people use it quite easily."
"You doubt Kerby Kate? He's been chatting with you, hasn't he?"
"Maybe it's a cover-up?"
After a brief conversation between Nok and Leo, the suspect was fixed on Kebi.
"Can I be mistaken? After all, he is the most popular person now. Apart from us, he has the final say in the church now."
"Just because he has the final say, and I'm going to report to the Holy Court. Isn't this a great opportunity for him?"
"You mean, he deliberately spread the news so that someone could assassinate you on the road?"
Nok nodded: "It's not impossible."
Leo thought about it and realized that it was indeed possible.
"Then, should I keep an eye on him from now on?"
"No, no need. It's just a supernumerary, and I have plenty of ways to deal with him."
Sure enough, in less than half a day, the news that Nok was seriously injured and had not recovered was widely spread in Reims City.
Even Sophia, who had returned from buying a carriage and food, heard the rumors.
Just when the three of them were thinking about how to respond,
But I received news that someone was visiting.
Leo went to see him, and it turned out that the escort was indeed sent by the special envoy.
I left after saying that I would meet at the south gate at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Knock understood the envoy's caution and had no complaints about it.
By noon, two silver-level adventurers took over the mission and came to report.
It's a pity that none of them are masters at the peak of Silver.
They are two newbies who are in the early Silver stage and two new Silver-level adventurers.
It is said that this is their first silver-level mission.
This made Nok feel a little numb.
That old guy is unreliable, but you can get what you want.
I just plan to deal with Nock as a collaborator.
Also, the Adventurer's Guild is on the rise now.
It is normal for a dignified branch president to look down on a small local bishop.
After all, it is quite an elder-level existence at the headquarters of the Adventurer's Guild.
As for the bishops, there are not one hundred thousand in the Holy Church, but eighty or ninety thousand.
What to compare with others?
Nok was a little angry, but he would not refuse the two guards.
So, he asked Leo to bring him in front of the two of them,
Start telling the content of the mission and make the final mission entrustment to the two of them.
The main task of the two people is to protect Nok and escort Nok to the Holy Court.
Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask on the road, and don't bother about things you shouldn't care about.
Everything is based on Nok's wishes, and the two of them are not allowed to act privately.
After learning that he was guarding the injured Father Ryan, he went to the Holy Court to report his duties.
The two adventurers were extremely excited.
They are not from the same team, but adventurers from two different teams.
But because they are newly promoted silver-level adventurers in their respective teams,
The team was afraid that they would not feel comfortable suddenly participating in a silver-level mission, so they asked them to find a silver-level mission to practice their skills on their own.
Who would have thought that the two of them would foolishly take over Nok's escort mission.
No way, the pay is high!
Three opportunities for free treatment by the Bishop of Reims Cathedral!
Plus a reward of 1,000 gold coins!
This kind of reward is nothing less than welfare!
You know, ordinary silver-level tasks range from a few gold coins to dozens of gold coins.
The rewards for silver-level missions such as crusade can exceed a hundred.
Although there are rumors that there is no cap, if you can find a few hundred gold coins, it is a huge profit.
Not to mention the reward of thousands of gold coins and free treatment opportunities.
That is a bishop, a being who can use high-level magic.
Even some senior bishops can even use super-level magic.
How could they not be excited.
What's more, you can go to the Holy Court to see the world!
You know, not everyone can enter the Holy Court!
By following their employer, they will be eligible to enter the Holy Court!
The holy city of Rome is the dream of many believers!
The two accepted the commission on the spot.
The two are Silver Ranger Finette and Silver Swordsman Rhodes.
Finette was thirty-three years old and Rod was twenty-nine.
The two of them are considered geniuses among civilians.
Especially Rhodes, a 29-year-old silver-level player who is even better than Leo back then.
Knock was also unambiguous and told the two of them to meet at the church at 1:30 p.m.
They can go back and pack their luggage and equipment first.
If you don’t have any of these needs, you can just stay. After lunch at the church,
Just drive the carriage provided by the church and set off.
Finette and Rhodes discussed it and finally decided to go back to their own adventure group to inform them.
Then we will meet at Guo Ali Church at 1:30.
Leo reminded them that the carriage provided by the church had already prepared food and supplies needed for the field.
They just need to prepare their equipment and wound medicine.
All travel expenses and other expenses are covered by Nok.
The two said they understood, and then happily went back to their respective stations to report the news.
At half past one in the afternoon, Finette and Rod came to report on time.
Looking at the two men who were fully armed, Nok expressed satisfaction.
Although his strength is a bit lacking, his attitude is very serious.
If the person is nice, it’s not impossible to mention them on the way.
After all, as an adventurer, Nok is considered a senior.
He is a man who started hunting demons at the age of thirteen!
The three of them, escorted by Leo, arrived at the south gate.
It's ten minutes before two o'clock.
Five minutes later, an elongated simple carriage, escorted by five horsemen, slowly arrived at the city gate.
Leo recognized one of the guards, the one who came to report the news.
Leo went directly to say hello.
The special envoy opened the window, glanced at Leo, and after confirming Leo's identity,
Ask Leo to come forward and talk.
"I remember that you are Bishop Ryan's guardian knight?"
"Yes, my Excellency, Leo Gareth, has met the special envoy."
"I heard that Bishop Ryan was injured and the injury is still serious. Will it be serious if he goes on the road now?
If it is serious, you can recuperate first and then go to the Holy Court alone later.
I will make the reasons known to His Majesty the Pope.
I heard that you fought against the Fallen Demons and prevented the Fallen Demons from planning to sacrifice the city of Lance.
Also saved the lord.
With such merit, His Majesty the Pope will not blame Bishop Ryan for being late.
There might even be dragon knights sent to greet them. "
When Leo heard this, he thought that wouldn't work.
Everything is ready. If we don’t go now, wouldn’t it be all wasted?
Not to mention, Nok's injuries were fake.
In another three or four hours, before six o'clock, Nok will recover.
They couldn't be so unlucky that they were intercepted and killed within three or four hours as soon as they hit the road, right?
Thinking of this, Leo hurriedly said: "No need, Bishop Ryan has already received treatment.
Although I can't move yet, it doesn't affect my journey.
Moreover, he himself felt very honored and even a little impatient to be able to meet His Majesty the Pope.
I wish I could spread my wings and fly to the Holy Court.
If you let him go back, I'm afraid he will scold me to death. "
"Okay, then let's set off. Since you guys arrived first, go ahead and we'll follow."
The special envoy gave no further advice and directly ordered the departure.
Leo said in embarrassment: "Well, envoy, since our church is being re-opened, we are short of manpower.
Therefore, our bishop invited adventurers from the Adventure Guild to escort him to the Holy Court this time.
I was ordered to stay and look after the church.
Therefore, I cannot accompany you on this journey.
I also hope that the special envoy will take more care of our bishop on the way.
Both adventurers have silver-level strength, and one of them is also a ranger. In terms of pathfinding and vigilance,
You can trust him with confidence. "
When the special envoy heard this, his face suddenly turned ugly.
"People from the Adventurer's Guild? Are they credible? You have to know that this time we are operating in secret.
If the news leaks out, can you afford it? What a nonsense! "
Leo didn't expect that the envoy would be so hostile to the Adventurer's Guild.
"Don't worry, special envoy, we are on a temporary mission.
They only know that they are escorting our bishop to the Holy Court to report his duties, and they have no idea of your identity.
If that doesn't work, you can just pretend to be people who go to the Holy Court to report on their duties.
The adventurers have rich experience in field combat. I don’t know the strength of these guard brothers.
But my experience in the wild is definitely not as rich as those two adventurers.
Besides, isn’t our church already cooperating with the Adventurers Guild?
They won't trick us at a time like this.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it destroy their current reputation? "
The special envoy could no longer listen.
"Okay, okay, do whatever you like. Let's go quickly. Anyway, something happened.
I only ask you about Reims Cathedral! "
"Let's go! Let's go!"
Watching the envoy's carriage start, escorted by guards, it headed out of the city.
Leo came to Nok's carriage and said to the two adventurers sitting in the driver's seat.
“Finette, Rod, follow that carriage.
They were colleagues of Bishop Lane, and they also went to the Holy Court.
But remember, when you encounter danger, you can join forces to fight against the enemy.
But if the enemy is too strong and is no match for you, just protect Bishop Ryan and escape.
Don't worry about the person in the carriage, you understand! "
Leo didn't say this loudly.
But both Finette and Rhodes heard it clearly.
The two nodded to show their understanding.
Then he drove a carriage and chased the envoy and his party.
Leo looked at the carriage going away, then turned around and walked towards the church...
