Paladin

In the summer of 1576 in the Vedic calendar, Byron III, the first... countless popes of the Church of Illuminati, was assassinated inside the Holy City. The senior pastor tried his best to rescue him, but he died of poison three days later. He became the 271st and 39th pope in history to be assassinated.

The last order he gave before his death was to seal off the holy city of Corunna and prohibit anyone from entering or leaving... until the assassin and the organization behind him were brought to justice.

This order harmed the interests of countless people and families, but it was still tenaciously implemented. It was supported by two premeditated forces: the royal family of the Casa Empire and one of the two factions of the Holy See. Authoritarians.

After the death of the pope, the fisherman's ring, which symbolized his authority, was destroyed in public. Before the birth of the new pope, the ban on entry was still in effect; the cardinals were urgently recruited, and they were banned from entering the holy church in Corunna half a month later. There is a general assembly in the midst of which they cannot take another step until a new Pope is elected.

This means that before that, it is almost impossible for the church to make any major decisions; at the same time, the Duchess Spencer, as the most powerful figure in the Casa Empire, was ordered to go to the northern province of Nestor to quell the chaos; With the jurisdiction and deterrence of the two super powerful military forces at that time, the Casa Empire ushered in a period of freedom, chaos, and no scruples.

Countless people wished for this gray opportunity. Anyone could be behind all of this. The assassin who assassinated the Pope could come from any organization or force... No one can be sure until the Holy See law enforcement team comes to a conclusion.

Evan didn't have much interest in any of this.

Maybe 1 years ago, he would still seek interests in this whirlpool situation, fight for enough freedom and power for his comrades in arms, for the Knights Templar, or grab considerable rewards as a peripheral force among various forces... …Back then he had a lot of experience and a lot of enthusiasm for running an elite team.

But now... he wasn't young after all.

As the Saint of Dawn, he has enough confidence to decline invitations from any direction.He lived in the Knights Templar, and only showed up once when he came here, taking away the holy emblem that symbolized the status of a saint. After that, except for the Paladins, it was very difficult for anyone to see him.

He didn't know that the cardinals who were electing the Pope were now nervously discussing how to deal with the Holy Dawn.

After arriving in the holy city of Corunna, the place where Evan stayed most often was the library behind the Cathedral of Dawn Prayer, where an astonishing number of ancient books were hidden. Information about comrades-in-arms.

When Hugo found it, he saw Evan sitting by the window on the second floor and reading alone.

The sunlight came in from the translucent window sills and projected on Evan's face. He sat gracefully reclining on the chair and looked down at the book, his fingers moving slowly on the pages.

He is an elf known for his beauty, he looks particularly fair and noble in the pale golden light, his handsome face is beyond perfect, and the blond hair that is simply tied is flowing with light; he lowers his eyes slightly to read, his eyelashes are illuminated by the sun With all the fine details, his emerald green eyes were half covered, his usual sharp and deep eyes were blocked, so his whole person seemed to soften a little.

Seeing this scene, even Hugo, who had seen him often, couldn't help but suffocate, feeling in a trance that this elf seemed to be emitting brilliance all over.

Evan heard footsteps, and after reading the last paragraph in his hand, he turned around and asked, "Colin, what's the matter?"

Hugo was slightly taken aback, and then said: "Evan, something happened to the Knights Templar's garrison. Our head priest was attacked by an assassin, and now...we are trying our best to save him."

In this month alone, this is already the sixth assassination case; the head priest can almost be called the core figure of the Knights Templar. After the death of the previous grand master, they have not had a new grand order for more than a hundred years The head pastor has led, and the head pastor has therefore become one of the most important leaders.

Evan frowned, closed the book in his hand and put it away, while already putting on his coat, he said, "Let me take a look, Colin. Where is the assassin who attacked him, have you caught it?"

Hugo nodded, and quickly followed behind Evan. They quickly walked down the corridor, and when they walked out of the library, they saw many believers in red and white robes surrounded by open space.

They stood in one place, all holding documents, looking towards the meeting hall: the cardinals are still electing the pope inside, until a new pope is born, there will be white smoke rising from the hall, now there is no movement.

These believers gathered day and night to wait for the results. They had waited for too long. The recent cases one after another made them restless, and many people tried to seek help from the Dawn Saint.

When someone saw Evan coming out of the library, they immediately rushed up calling Evan's name, surrounded Evan and shouted: "Your Excellency, Dawn Saint! Please stand up and speak for us Speak!"

"Your Excellency Paladin! We need a new pope. We can't wait any longer. This election has been going on for two months now, and we don't know when it will end!"

"Yes, please put some pressure on the cardinals, evil has already begun to be born in Corunna! We can only rely on your reputation and strength!"

They didn't move much, they just surrounded the two of them, and Hugo could only make them back away in vain, struggling to move among the crowd.

Evan had no intention of participating in the pope's election. He had no interest in political matters at all, so he just whispered: "Sorry, please step aside." He didn't use much strength, but he could always find a way out from the crowd, Quickly take Hugo through these believers.

There are almost hundreds of people gathered here, most of them are believers who have received Evan's holy name and regard him as their patron saint, so they naturally have longing and awe for Evan, and they have been coming here in an endless stream these two days. Come to him for help.

Evan and Hugo went all the way and came to another church in Corunna. Most of the people who were injured and needed urgent treatment would gather here. The holy city gathered the top healing power on this road—— none of them.If even these priests couldn't save the wounded, then he was obviously no different from the dead.

As soon as Evan stepped into it, he stopped suddenly, and he heard someone's exclamation.

An incomparably bright ray of light lit up on the second floor, the power of divine magic spread out, and the enchantment of dawn rose immediately in the temple.

Immediately afterwards, a phantom-like human figure jumped down from the second floor and ran out extremely quickly; his speed was unbelievably fast, and even Evan was not sure that he could catch up, but he reacted extremely quickly and immediately He drew his dagger and threw it at the man.

With Evan's eyesight and hand strength, there is no room for those who are eager to escape.

The short dagger happened to sink into his shoulder, but he didn't even make a sound. After fitting and knocking out of the barrier, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and at the same time disappeared like a phantom among the unknown crowd.

Hugo, who was following Evan, was unable to help. After realizing that they could not hunt down this person, he hurriedly walked in and asked, "What's going on? Was it an assassin just now?"

A priest from inside followed, and said in panic, "Your Excellency Hugo, that assassin killed His Excellency the Head Priest just now, and we have no time to rescue him!"

Hugo took a deep breath, his heart sank suddenly, and he looked at Evan.

Evan pondered for a moment, and with his sharp eyesight and rich experience, he quickly noticed something from the figure of the assassin, and then said: "It seems that they are deliberately planning to kill the head priest. Take me to see what happened before. The captured assassin."

But they were too late, and the first assassin who stabbed the head priest had already died in the heavily guarded dungeon.

During the time when the cardinals entered the election ceremony and Corunna was leaderless, several assassins had been arrested in the dungeon.Although they failed to find clues about the assassination of the head priest, they at least knew from other assassins that a famous assassin organization was organizing an operation—it was called Bluebell Flower.

These assassins tried their best to commit suicide overnight. The poison they used was exactly the same as that used to assassinate the former Pope, but diluted several times; Evan smelled a breath of magic power from the remaining medicine, and thought: Who can possess the potion enough to poison the pope?You must know that the Holy See explicitly forbids anyone to study these crooked ways; I am afraid that only those mages, they have developed the alchemy industry to the extreme... and that assassin, his speed is definitely beyond the limit of ordinary people, it should be because of the magic on his body. .

These assassination cases are too involved, and Evan originally didn't intend to get involved. He pondered for a long time, collected some of the blood of the deceased, and then told Hugo: "Colin, temporarily block the news that the head pastor was killed in a surprise attack. Let’s just say that I rescued him in time with my divine power.”

Hugo realized that Evan wanted to lure out the assassin, and nodded calmly: "I'll arrange it now."

That night, Evan closed the window while resting in the room, and after whistled, the transparent demon Louis staggered out of his figure.

During this period of time, it lived extremely nourishingly, enjoying the food prepared by Evan with the little phoenix, dangling around doing nothing every day, but its face seemed to be scorched black and black by the fire of the phoenix... and it was a little hard.

Evan called the demon to come out, and said, "Louis, help contact Hewitt, I have something to ask him."

The demon spirit held his breath for a long while, the silver light flickered faintly, and after a while, Hewitt's voice sounded, and he asked as soon as he came, "Evan, when are you leaving Corunna?"

"Leave soon, I probably already know that they finally returned to the Starfall Land." Evan said, "But I want to ask you one thing, are there a large number of people among your mages who cooperate with the Assassin Organization? Is there a mage behind the recent turmoil in Corunna?"