Path of Light.

Chapter 159 160. Thorndike's Trial 2
Thorndike turned to look at Roy and High Priest Reed and said:

"The Holy Grail of Wisdom was stolen by Peleus from the Temple of Liberty. Me, Theodore, and Claire Latin—the three of us jointly entrusted Jefferson, the dark moon elf, to do this. He entrusted the work to his subordinates. It is a pity that Jefferson died before the Holy Grail of Wisdom reached his hands."

He paused for a moment, looked at the elf patrols who were sitting on the sidelines, and said with a kind of show off in his eyes:
"We found out that the Holy Grail of Wisdom is in the hands of Peleus, so we looked for him everywhere. It turns out that my guess is very accurate!"

The presiding judge hesitated for a moment, but still asked:
"Tell me why you want to take the Holy Grail of Wisdom?"

This time Thorndike became even more hesitant, and Jean bowed his head in thought for a moment before saying in the deepest voice:

"When the holy light can't shine on the elf continent, the Holy Grail of wisdom with a trace of divinity becomes particularly important in the eyes of those priests. In order to weaken the strength of the Statue of Liberty, I want to take the Holy Grail and make the Temple of Liberty Internal chaos, preferably rotten and disintegrated from the inside."

His voice was getting higher and higher, and when he finally raised his head and opened his eyes, there was a radiance in his eyes.

Like a speaker, he spread his hands, raised his head proudly, and said to the elves listening to the trial:

"So... I'm doing pretty well, aren't I?"

While the hearing elves around were in an uproar, the face of the priest of the Moon God Temple who came to the trial became extremely ugly.

The presiding judge flew in front of him, wanting to gag his mouth, and scolded at the same time:

"Thorndike, you need to answer my question and not get involved."

Thorndike fell silent for a moment, and promised:

"Yes, presiding judge."

The hearing elves are about to explode...

Unexpectedly, Thorndike, the former priest of the Moon God Temple, would tell so many secrets related to the Moon God Temple.

At this time, the presiding judge also felt that if he didn't change the subject, maybe this trial would turn into a farce.

So he acted decisively, and asked Thorndike further:

"Silver Moon Elf Thorndike, do you admit that you killed the half-breed Elf Windsor on the night of July No. 11?"

Thorndike also seemed to have some kind of fear in his heart. When he calmed down, he became very honest:

"I admit that I killed Windsor."

Obviously, the presiding judge was very satisfied with this answer. He nodded, commanded the tree vines, and pushed him in front of Thorndike. His wrinkled face was almost pressed against Thorndike's. explain:

"Thorndike, please tell me how you killed Windsor."

Thorndike's eyes fell again into a memory, and his throat even swallowed:
"Windsor is the younger sister of Peleus. After Peleus died, we learned that an elf secretly hired the Thieves Guild to investigate the cause of Peleus' death. In fact, we also know that the guards have been pursuing this matter, and Windsor At that time, I also found out that on the day Peleus died, I had appeared at the scene of Peleus' death, and she was going to report the incident to the guards, so I found her place of work—Castleton Library .”

His originally stooped body stood up straight again.

"It was already late at that time, and there were no elves reading books in the library. I asked her to go to the third floor of the library. I was still a priest of the Moon God Temple at the time, and I had the right to go to the third floor of the library to look up materials."

"When she came to the third floor, I used moonlight hypnotism on her, and then controlled her to go to the terrace of the outer corridor, and let her jump from the terrace on the third floor."

When he said the last sentence, he raised his hands like a conductor at a concert.

"..."

A copper water glass drew an arc and hit Thorndike's forehead precisely, causing a hole in his forehead.

A strange scene appeared. Thorndike's wound turned out to be pale, and the skin was turned outward, but no blood was seen flowing out.

"Smash him to death, smash this demon to death, he is a demon crawling out of hell..."

"Put her in prison and let him spend his life digging in the ground..."

There was an angry roar in the hearing seats all around.

The elves also disregarded elegance and demeanor, cursed Thorndike and cursed him to go to hell.

Roy knew that Thorndike was completely finished this time.

He also saw the three priests of the Temple of the Moon God sitting in the hearing seat, leaving the seat with dark faces at the same time...

This time, the Temple of the Moon God was very embarrassed by Thorndike.

It is estimated that the half-blood elves who are hearing in the trial this time will definitely tell their friends what happened here today, and the reputation of the Moon God Temple will definitely be greatly reduced in the eyes of these elves.

The librarian who threw the copper cup was a colleague and best friend of Windsor. She stood in the hearing booth and pointed at Thorndike's nose and cursed.

In the end, he was forced to leave by the elf guards of the Trial House...

There was chaos in the courtroom.

Subsequent witnesses said little about Thorndike's misdeeds.

In fact, there were no witnesses to attend these things that Priest Thorndike did.

If he didn't say it himself, no one would know.

I just don't know how the guards did it.

Priest Thorndike probably angered the arbitrators, so they set the upper limit for this sentencing, and Thorndike will be imprisoned in Parram Island Prison for 200 years.

That's right, Priest Theodore's sentence is 50 years, while Thorndike, who was deprived of his priesthood, needs to be imprisoned for 200 years.

In fact, there are some reasons:
Priest Theodore killed Peleus, and the priests of the temple tracked down the stolen Holy Grail of Wisdom, and accidentally killed the thief on the way.

But when Thorndike killed Peleus, the nature changed instantly. It became a premeditated theft and homicide case. The mastermind murdered Peleus after the theft was successful...

And after this trial, the mastermind of the theft of the Holy Grail of Wisdom suddenly became three people: Priest Theodore, Thorndike, and Master Claire Latin who was already lying in the grave.

Although Master Claire Latin is lying in the grave and can't get up, the artistic aura on him may be much dimmer this time, at least it will leave the darkest touch in his glorious life.

Although Priest Theodore's identity as a murderer has been washed clean, he is still disgraced in this matter.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations...

Priest Reed left the courtroom without a word.

He didn't even ask Priest Theodore if his sentence would be commuted.

Roy followed High Priest Reed out of the courtroom, looked up at the blue sky and white clouds outside, and the statue of the elf female warrior on Heroes Square pointed to the endless sea in the distance with one hand.

……

About 800 meters away from the statue of Heroes Square, No. [-] Edward Street in the lower city is a very inconspicuous drink shop. This shop deals in some simple iced drinks, among which fruit smoothies are the most famous.

In summer, people line up to buy ice in this shop almost from morning till night.

Leaning on a seat in the corner, Abbott and Magician Benjamin had a good conversation...

"Look, these charts were exchanged by me and other captains. Many of the islands marked on the charts are unique. Because of the different routes, other captains don't know those islands at all. Now these charts are placed on the In front of you, you can even gather all the charts together to form the most complete chart of the endless sea."

Magician Benjamin placed a stack of parchment charts in front of Abbott, and said to him enthusiastically.

Abbott's eyes widened, as if a table of delicacies was in front of him. He salivated through those delicate charts, and said to Benjamin:
"Wales, are these all charts of the endless sea? How did you get so many charts with navigation routes? It's a pity that I only have half a treasure map in my hand..."

"You can use half a treasure map to compare these charts first, and pick out the ones that are similar."

Magician Benjamin suggested to Abbott.

"Well, that's the only way to go now."

When Abbott spoke, he didn't take his eyes off the charts.

Benjamin smiled, but didn't say anything, just took a sip of lemon fruit tea leisurely.

……

For Benjamin, he just wanted to return to Roland Continent...

So he needs a big ship that can travel across the ocean.

But with his ability, it is impossible to buy such a big ship in the elf world.

He ventured to the city of Castletown and explored the port for a long time before he set his sights on the west side of the port pier, stranded on the beach of the Black Pearl...

After many inquiries, Benjamin finally found out that the owners of this ship were three trainee priests from the Temple of Liberty.

And they have now transformed this ship into a residence for beach vacations...

For a sailor, Benjamin felt they were being reckless.

He had been to that ship before, except that the main mast had a big hidden danger, this ship was even better than the original Kumquat, the main keel was not damaged at all, and many old parts of the hull were repaired. refurbished.

When he first arrived on the Black Pearl, he smelled the resinous smell of the wood and the pungent paint smell, and he was even a little ecstatic when he saw the newly replaced wooden doors and windows.

Magician Benjamin wants to return to Roland Continent, and this ship is just right for him...

Of course he knew that just having such a large ship was not enough.

It still takes a lot of experienced crew to make this big ship across the endless sea, so he also plans to rescue the crew of the island prison of Pallam.

Of course, the first step is to get the ship.

Seeing Abbott who was obsessively staring at the chart in front of him, Magician Benjamin narrowed his eyes like a fox.

After successfully approaching Abbott, Benjamin discovered that Abbott was very obsessed with sailing and searching for treasure.

So he did what he liked, and soon became friends with Abt.

Benjamin learned from Abbott that currently there are two mountains that prevent the big ship from launching into the sea.

One is a trainee priest named Jasper, and the other is a trainee priest named Roy.

If they disagreed with the launch of the Black Pearl, it was impossible for Abbott to push the big ship into the sea.

　Add a new cat to the Silver League (12/100)

　　
　
(End of this chapter)