Quadruple split.

Chapter 2591 Three Steps
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Sanctuary, City of Light, in front of the Holy Church United Cathedral

"Then I'll leave the rest to you guys."

The Pope of the Sun Cult, Saint Anastas Silver Spin, looked at the three people in front of him with a serious expression and said in a deep voice, "Please make sure to find out the truth about the burning of Dunbuya City during this trip, and be careful not to give others the opportunity to criticize you. Later today, the joint investigation team will set out from the City of Light and head north, and stay in Gospel Mountain City, waiting for your news."

Standing next to the Pope of the Sun were Pope Ambrose of the Dawn, Pope Tychus of the Justice, Pope Alexstar of the Plenty, and Pope Rivergaz of the Wealth. Opposite these five His Majesties were three people in total, one man and two women.

The man in the front looked to be in his forties, about 180 cm tall, with a handsome face and a calm temperament. He was wearing an unusually thick armor covered with gold-plated inscriptions. He looked like a very safe and reliable paladin.

Standing on both sides of him were a woman wearing a black priest robe with the holy emblem of the Lord of Justice, with dazzling white skin, beautiful long golden hair draped over her shoulders, and eyes that seemed to contain starlight, and an elf girl wearing a pure white nun's uniform, who looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, holding a cross in her hand that was almost taller than herself.

These three people are exactly in charge of the "etiquette" part of the Holy Alliance's two-pronged approach of "etiquette before force". Because their strength is really a bit over the top when compared to "force", it is estimated that all parties involved will feel that the Holy Alliance has no magnanimity, and even make everyone feel strongly wary of these religious collectives that are working hard to ensure their reputation.

The three are——

The Grand Knight Commander of the Order of Plenty, one of the strongest fighters in the Holy Alliance, and Green Tirell of the Order of Dawn are known as the 'Positive Energy Duo'. He once narrowly defeated the legendary Grand Lord Darien Diesel in a sparring match. He is recognized by the Holy Alliance as Madoran Locke, the strongest genius in the past twenty centuries except for Luke Tifilo.

The [Living Saint] of the Justice Cult, who was a rare corpse priest in the Grand Inquisition but whose memory was not wiped after leaving, has seldom appeared in people's sight for decades. She has unfathomable strength. Although she is at the epic level, she is a special priest Louise Orlan with a little "divinity".

Two hundred years ago, she was transferred from the Battle Sisters' Convent to the Dawn Inquisition because of her extreme behavior. Later, she was 'exiled' from the Inquisition to the [Ascetic Monastery], but she still did not change her ways. However, because of her seniority, she became the second-in-command of the Ascetic Monastery after Tom, the Blessed One. She is known for her bad temper. It is said that she has been cultivating herself in recent years, but the authenticity of this is questionable. Clara Champs-Elysées is an ascetic nun.

The reason why these three were finally chosen as the envoys of the investigation team and went to the Northern Blood Barbarians as "members of the investigation team" to ask for an explanation was very simple, that is, the deterrent power of this combination is very, very, very strong!

By now, the entire continent knew that the Holy Alliance's important city in the north had been burned down, and all the clergy, including the two Holy Sons, were missing, with no one knowing whether they were alive or dead. It was reasonable for the Alliance to give a strong "answer", but the "degree" of this answer was not easy to grasp.

First of all, asking for an explanation is inevitable, and the person asking for it must be strong enough. Otherwise, the prestige of the Holy Union in the world will definitely suffer a severe blow, and it will even directly affect the loyalty and interest of countless shallow believers and potential believers.

In this world where even if strength is not completely respected, it is still a world where the strong prey on the weak, no one will respect cowards and wimps. As a super-large-scale force with a transcendent status in the Northeast Continent and believers and influence all over the world, if the extremely serious and bad incident not long ago is not handled properly, the Holy Church Union will be torn off the altar and end up with a reputation of not being able to protect even its own gods, and after being slapped on the left cheek, it will turn the right cheek to a bunch of barbarians.

This is absolutely unacceptable. Not only the Justice, Abundance and Dawn sects that have suffered huge theoretical losses, but also other sects will never sit idly by and watch such a situation that will result in losses for everyone.

However, it would also be somewhat unreasonable to act too aggressively and to forcibly punish forces such as Broken Head Cliff by relying on powerful dominant combat power without confirming that the two Holy Sons were killed by the Blood Barbarians.

Just as the Evil Eye King said to his right-hand man, the Black Lizard Hunter leader Yerma, if the Holy Alliance directly sends out Legendary strongmen without any explanation and disregards the tacit understanding of thousands of years of "bullying" by all forces, then it would be fine if the two saints were really dead, but if it is finally proved that they are still alive, or even just dead and no body can be found, the world reputation of the Holy Alliance will drop to freezing point, and it will be inevitable that it will fall apart within a hundred years.

After all, no one is a fool. If we really condone the use of super-standard force to destroy the opponent under the pretext of "our Holy Son has disappeared in your territory", and it is finally confirmed to be a farce and no one favored by God has died, then the entire continent will be on the verge of a catastrophic large-scale melee.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that if the above-mentioned events do happen, then before the world falls into chaos, all major forces will definitely make an example of them to warn others, and although the Holy Church Alliance is large in scale, it is far from being qualified to be the enemy of the entire continent.

After all, whether it was the Sun Dynasty that once dominated the northwest or the Cang Yue Empire, the predecessor of the Violet Empire in the southeast continent, their hard power was countless times stronger than the Holy Church Alliance whose believers were scattered all over the world. Even they never dared to openly violate the unspoken rule that legendary strongmen could not be easily used.

Deterrence is deterrence. If someone really abuses deterrence as a conventional weapon, then it will almost be inevitable that they will be killed by everyone working together. Even if they are lucky enough to cause major turmoil or chaos around the world, there is a 99% probability that they will be destroyed in the first round.

All in all, although the Holy Alliance is a behemoth that the Northern Blood Barbarians cannot compare to, how to deal with this matter and what kind of configuration to use to open up the situation is actually quite a headache for the former.

The final decision of the highest leadership of the Holy Church Union, that is, the popes, is made by Madolan, Louise and Clara.

As the vanguard of the investigation team, they will set out today to the most suspicious place, Broken Head Cliff, to "understand the situation."

Considering that the three most important missing persons are Hei Fan, the supreme leader of the city of Dunbuya, Philip Tolan, the Son of Plenty, and Avery Davidson, the Son of Justice, it is only natural that an important figure from each of the sects to which the three belong would appear.

As for deterrence—

Whether it is Louise Orlan, the extremely rare "Living Saint" who once worked in the "Grand Inquisition", the darkest organization of the Holy Union, or Clara, the most violent and eccentric female lunatic among the ascetics of the Dawn Sect, who obeys no one except Xia Lian, they are all well-known. In fact, even if some people don't know them, the "Wanderer Hostel" that has been commissioned by an unknown religious union will spread the news to ensure that everyone knows that the Holy Union has ill intentions.

As for Madolan Locke...

It doesn’t matter who he is or what his personality is. What matters is that he is a legend.

That's enough, really enough.

If everyone racks their brains to find something intimidating and lethal when deciding on epic characters, then it's just the opposite when choosing legendary characters. On the premise of absolute strength, the more gentle the character is and the less likely it is to cause trouble, the better.

It was also because of this that when Pope Dawn mentioned Xia Lian at first, he was opposed by everyone, while the good man Madolan from the Cult of Abundance was unanimously recognized by everyone.

"Your Majesties, please rest assured."

Madolan nodded slightly, revealing a peaceful smile that made people feel warm and refreshed. "I know what to do. No matter what happens, no matter what we learn, the three of us will not act impulsively."

Anastasia nodded with satisfaction and said softly, "Thank you very much, Knight Madolan, Priest Louise, and Sister Clara."

"oh oh."

Louise blinked her beautiful blue eyes and asked the Sun Pope abruptly, "By the way, do you know Kevin?"

"what?"

Anastasia was stunned for a moment, then repeated in confusion: "Kevin? What Kevin?"

"I'm looking for Kevin."

Louise looked at the powerful silver elf in front of her very seriously and said seriously: "Kevin is a very good-looking person. I like him very much."

Anastasia: "...Huh?"

"A Paladin of the Dawn."

Tychus shrugged and said to the Sun Pope, "He met Louise and me once before. He is the guy's benefactor." Anastas: "...So why are you asking me instead of Ambro? He is from the Dawn Sect."

"You are the one who is talking. That woman cannot understand with normal thinking mode."

Tychus sighed, then turned to Louise and said, "It's rare for you to go on a long journey, so you should be steady and remember to listen to Knight Madolan."

Louise: "What about Kevin—"

"I'll find out for you!"

Tychus curled his lips and turned to the calm Ambro and said, "I'll go to your cathedral later and look through the roster of your knights from that year, okay?"

Pope Taichus had asked Kevin about this more than once, and even gave him the contact information of Tifilo. So Pope Taichus nodded and said, "Okay."

Only then did Louise calm down with a smile on her face.

"Clara."

Ambro looked at his own ascetic and said, "You too, must follow Knight Madolan's instructions when you get there and are not allowed to act on your own."

"Yes~"

The sweet-looking, little-girl-like half-blood tree elf nodded obediently and replied docilely, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Clara is the best."

Although they look like a grandfather and grandson visually, they are about the same age as Clara. Pope of Dawn: "...It would be best."

Pope of Abundance smiled at Madolan and said calmly, "Thank you for your hard work. You just came back from the north half a month ago."

"It's ok."

Madolan shook her head and replied softly, "I was also worried about Philip's condition, so it would be easier to feel at ease if I could go there in person."

"cough."

The Pope of Wealth cleared his throat and said with a subtle expression, "Well, Brother Madolan, we should follow the rules, but if there is a chance, it would be better to... um, confirm some situations that everyone is concerned about in more detail, right?"

"That's what you said."

Madolan smiled and nodded, then saluted the five popes in front of him as a knight: "Well, it's almost time, we will set off first."

Anastas breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, "Go ahead."

"You two, please don't resist my power."

Then, the Knight Commander of Abundance simply gave some instructions to the two people beside him, and then simply activated the [Aura of Piety] that most Paladins could master.

The basic effect of this aura is very simple. It provides a certain degree of damage immunity to friendly forces within a certain range based on the strength of the Paladin himself. When the Knights complete synchronization, the cluster [Pious Aura] can even achieve nearly 30% damage immunity. Coupled with the very low consumption, it can be regarded as one of the most cost-effective basic skills of the Paladin class.

However, the above content has no reference value for people like Madolan Locke.

The unfolding of the halo only made it easier for him to forcibly anchor himself in the small space around Louise and Clara.

Then--

The paladin turned and took a step north.

This was a relatively rare divine art in the Cult of Abundance, [Steps to Fertile Soil]. Previously, when Philip was serving as a first aid worker in the internal "examination" in the city of Dunbuya, he had used this divine art to frequently cross distances of dozens of meters and rescue garrison soldiers who were about to be seriously injured to outside the scene.

And perhaps because she was taller than Philip, Madolan's steps were inevitably a little bigger.

Thus, the three of them appeared in the center of the parade ground of Gospel Mountain City in the northern border of the Holy Land.

"Good day, Knight Gast, the survey team will depart from the City of Light this afternoon and is expected to arrive at Gospel Mountain City before noon the day after tomorrow."

Madolan smiled at the dazed old knight in front of him and added, "Also, we may come back to our place later today, and then we can have a simple meal together."

After saying that, he nodded to the other party and took the second step.

……

Time flies, time flies
A second later, three figures that did not fit in with the surroundings appeared in front of the Evil Eye King's Court in the center of the Cliff of Broken Head.

"I'm sorry to bother you so much."

The leading knight smiled gently at the two guards in front of him and said in a brisk tone: "The Holy Church United sends greetings to Broken Head Cliff."

After a polite greeting, Madolan Locke took the third step forward.

It is an ordinary step without [fertile soil].

Therefore, in addition to the fact that the altitude of the Broken Head Cliff was reduced by one meter,

Business as usual.

Chapter 2582: End