Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest.

Chapter 84: Lodifu Mansion

Captain Anthony began to doubt Lord Rodif.

This was the result of Luo Xiu's intentional guidance.

——When he mentioned that the information about the exploration of the base of the "Ancient Hermitage" might have been leaked, any rational person would think that there was a "traitor".

Then, once the suspicion of teammates has been ruled out, one will naturally move upstream or downstream to make deeper speculations.

——For example, the “intelligence provider”, Lord Rodif.

But what the truth is is not important in Luo Xiu's eyes.

All he had to do was to plant a seed called "doubt".

……

"Luo Xiu..." Captain Anthony's gaze suddenly turned to him, "I remember that at the beginning, you seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with 'Lord of Lodifu'."

"Can you tell me what the reason is?"

"...Of course, Captain."

Luo Xiu sighed and said, "That's about my teacher, the retired former Holy Judge 'Ivan Jimel'."

Therefore, Luo Xiu exaggeratedly shared with his teammates how the "Lord of Rodif" tricked Ivan into helping him "clean up the filth" and how he humiliated him in public.

……

As Luo Xiu spoke, Anthony and Connor's expressions gradually turned ugly.

Pamier's face could not be seen clearly under the visor, but from her heavy breathing, it was not difficult to hear that this cold female knight was also experiencing some ups and downs in her mood.

"That fat baldy guy... he is openly challenging the authority of the Holy See." Anthony's tone became unusually cold.

When Anthony changed the title of "Lord of Rodif" to "Fat Baldy", Luo Xiu knew that his teammates had officially stood on the same front with him.

Anthony turned his gaze towards Luo Xiu, his expression becoming kind again, and he said comfortingly:

"Luo Xiu... I can understand your anger."

"'Ivan Zimmer', um, I've heard of this name before. He must be an excellent priest, to be able to teach such an excellent student like you."

"Even though he is no longer the Holy Judge, this does not mean that the majesty of the Holy Court can be trampled upon at will."

"Don't worry, including this 'information leak' incident, as well as the experience of your teacher, the High Priest 'Ivan', we will go to the mansion early tomorrow morning to hold Rodif accountable."

"..."

Anthony had already said this much, and Luo Xiu had nothing more to add.

After discussing some minor details, the meeting of the "Holy Judge" team was disbanded again.

Before dawn, the "Holy Inquisitors" must grab the last bit of sleep.

……

Luo Xiu returned to his room.

He just lay on the hardwood bed, thinking about his previous experiences.

If, apart from the guidance given to his teammates, he analyzed the truth based solely on the intelligence he knew, he would almost be able to come up with the answer.

Ordinary people who disguise themselves as "holy servants" are actually criminals.

This is a crucial point.

The "criminal" should be identified as the underground prison in the mansion.

This can be understood as a direct instruction from the "Lord of Rodif".

But he couldn't confess this directly to Anthony and the others, because the identity of ordinary people couldn't be judged through outward spiritual fluctuations like that of extraordinary people.

Well, if we determine that the "Lord of Rodif" did intentionally mislead and lure them to the "disguised" stronghold.

...What is his purpose then? What benefit can he get from it?
Luo Xiu was mainly thinking about this question. If we analyze it from the many TV dramas and movies he had watched in his previous life, one of the possible motives of "Lord of Lodi" was to disguise "death row prisoners" as "monastics" and deliberately give performance to the "Holy Court"'s judges in order to expand his own network of contacts.

This is indeed a common tactic among the aristocracy.

If I say you are a bandit, then you are a bandit, and you will be punished.jpg
Then, the nobles could use these "headcount performance" to exchange for praise and rewards from higher levels.

But if that were all, then they shouldn't have left those two genuine "holy servants" of the Lost First Destiny in front of the entrance to the "Ancient Hermitage" base... that would only give them the handle to "collaborate with the enemy."

Therefore, in Luo Xiu's opinion, if we only analyze the motives of "Lodifu" from the perspective of political interests, it seems that we will only get countless paradoxes.

He had already vaguely sensed that the 'Lord of Rodif' did not seem to be simply pursuing some kind of political or financial gain.

If, if those two "holy servants" who [lost] a level of destiny, and the entire "holy judge" team including himself, were all "consumables" in Rodif's eyes.

——This is more like some kind of evil sacrifice.

When he thought of this, Luo Xiu felt an inexplicable fear.

If the truth is indeed this, then if the previous "test" of the pagan stronghold had gone a little deeper, it might have really led to great terror.

……

"Fog night." Luo Xiu called softly.

From the beams of the church room, an inconspicuous dark mist suddenly trembled.

The Mist Raven flew out from the shadows and hovered over Luo Xiu's shoulder.

Luo Xiu gathered his spirituality and connected himself with the raven's vision.

He gave the raven "Fog Night" a new command, letting it fly out of the dome of the church and fly to the main street of Red Maple City farther away.

Luo Xiu's vision overlapped with the "Fog Night". He lay flat on the bed, sensing the vision while flying, just like playing VR in his previous life.

He decided to "see" the truth himself.

……

The foggy night finally landed on the windowsill of an ochre-red building.

——The "City Lord's Mansion" of Red Maple City, where Rodif lives.

A hazy mist began to spread around Wu Ye, and his figure was completely hidden in the mist.

It concealed all its aura and flew into the city lord's mansion, looking for the specific location of "Lord Rodif".

Da da da--

There were footsteps coming from a room on the top floor.

The foggy night turned into black mist and seeped in through the crack in the door, then hid in the corners of the curtains, peeking at everything in the room.

This is a room with quite luxurious decoration.

The room is filled with furniture carved from various precious woods, and a wide variety of exquisite jade and gold utensils are placed on the antique shelves against the wall.

Behind a large golden nanmu desk in the center hangs an oil painting titled "Nobleman on War Horse" framed with exaggerated jewelry inlay craftsmanship.

The armored noble in the picture does not wear a heavy knight's visor, but reveals his face completely - a round face, wavy curly hair, and two tufts of upturned mustaches, which is a very fashionable style among the aristocracy.

When Luo Xiu moved sideways along with the perspective of "Fog Night", he saw the source of the footsteps that were heard before.

...It was a piece of fat wrapped in aristocratic velvet suit.

All his hair was gone, but his beard still retained the two upturned tufts in the portrait.

The panel detection showed that it was "Lord of Rodif". He had a sad face and looked at the letter he was holding in his hand from time to time.

——A secret letter from the “Ancient Hermitage”.

A sneak attack to update one chapter =w=, after waking up, I will update another chapter this afternoon, and then I will clean up and put it on the shelves tomorrow.

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