Don't call me evil god

Chapter 676 Personal Investigation
You can't blame Pete for being worried about the Glorious God Cult.

Prince Fradin's words about "clerical dereliction of duty" triggered some not-so-good memories for Pete.

If you think about it carefully, they have been cheated by the Glowing God Cult several times.

Green Harbor and Ceylon Territory, if you count strictly, being misjudged as a heretic and being expelled, and the Stonefort dwarf Braum's call for help not being responded to, which should be counted twice.

The Cult of the Light always finds new ways to deal with problems.

Pete never doubted the justice of the Church of the Glowing God. If even they had problems, the Kingdom of Reyak would probably be doomed.

The reason for this phenomenon is easy to understand.

The Glowing God Cult is an extremely large organization. With such a large scale, it is normal for there to be a few guys who are just slacking off or have their own little ideas.

Everyone has his or her own life, his or her own family and friends, and his or her own ideas.

There will inevitably be some bad apples among them.

The larger the organization, the more levels it has to go through when executing anything.
Once a problem occurs in any link in the middle, it will be quite troublesome to troubleshoot.

To be on the safe side, Pete did not intend to rely entirely on the results of the investigation by the Church of the Light.

What you hear may be false, but what you see with your eyes... as long as [the secrets of all things] are revealed, it must be true.

"My suggestion is that we should go to Marquis Madison's estate and the Liuxing Mercenary Group's base to see the situation."

Pete offered.

"What do you think?"

Everyone thought about it.

"Makes sense!"

"Right on my mind!"

"No comment!"

Prince Fradin clapped his hands excitedly: "That's right! This is why I came to you!"

"Since those guys hiding behind the scenes resorted to silencing people, it means that the clues you found are definitely correct and very useful!"

"Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have done it so...conspicuously!"

Others felt the same way.

If they really wanted to destroy the evidence, there were many more obscure ways to do it, and the timing could be made to look more like a coincidence and more reasonable, instead of like this time, where Pete and his team had just discovered the problem and the clues were destroyed right after.

The person behind the scenes was extremely impatient, as if his tail had been stepped on.

"If you investigate something like this, the results may not be the same if you look at it from different perspectives."

"Maybe we can find some clues that the Glorious God Cult has overlooked?"

So, after a brief discussion.

Miranda, Gail, Brandon, Dolan and Lancelot, a total of five people, are responsible for the investigation of the Liuxing Mercenary Group.

Petrena and Prince Fradin immediately went to the manor of Marquis Madison.

No one wants to give up the opportunity to investigate in person.

……

Marquis Madison's estate is not located in the city of Starosh.

This manor is about half a day's carriage ride from the royal capital.

Because of this distance, the fire in the manor was not discovered immediately. In fact, the fire burned for the entire night and it reduced the entire manor to ruins.

Near the manor is an endless expanse of farmland, and there is also a small village surrounding the manor.

The carriage was found by Prince Fradin. On the way, he introduced it to Pete and the others:

"Marquis Madison once hired many farmers, using the LG Chamber of Commerce as a guarantor." "He provided the farmers with the land, seeds, fertilizers, farm tools, livestock, etc. they needed for farming, and he would also help them call in clergy from the Harvest Church to cast harvest spells."

"In return, he will take 7% of the produce from the fields."

"So the farmlands you see now are basically cultivated by the farmers hired by Marquis Madison."

Prince Fradin sneered as he spoke:

"Marquis Madison made a lot of money this way, but he has rarely returned to his own estate in recent years. He usually lives in Monger's estate."

"It may be that he looked down upon the farmers he employed, and after he got rich, he tried his best to distance himself from them and get rid of all ties with them."

Pete raised an eyebrow.

He would not comment on the character of the Marquis Madison.

There is one very important point in the information provided by Prince Fradin.

The Marquis who died in the "fire" rarely stayed in this manor.

The other party returned to his manor abnormally, and happened to run into the cultists and was burned to death?
How can there be so many perfect things!

A cold rain fell a few days ago, which lowered the temperature of the entire shelter plain. Judging from the weather, heavy snow should be coming soon.

From a distance, Pete could smell the burnt smell in the air.

Close to the manor ruins.

The people of the Glowing God Cult have already drawn a cordon around the perimeter, and one can clearly see a number of Glowing God priests in robes inside.

They held small statues symbolizing gods in their hands, chanted prayers, and used the magic of [Purification of Evil] to cleanse the manor.

Before the pollution is cleared, this place is not suitable for ordinary people to approach, otherwise they will easily be affected by the void pollution.

Outside the cordon, the villagers were watching the situation inside the Marquis's manor with great concern.

Many people were kneeling on the ground praying, muttering something.

Pete noticed that many of these villagers had bandaged areas on their bodies, and some had burns or scalds that were exposed and visible.

When a fire broke out in the Marquis's manor, they tried to put out the fire immediately. These injuries should have been caused by that time.

When Fladin arrived with Pete and Reina and got off the carriage, some villagers noticed the three of them, especially Fladin's expensive clothes. They rushed forward and asked:
"Sir! Are you here to take care of the Marquis's funeral? What should we do now?"

"Something happened to the Marquis. Does the 20-year employment agreement he signed with us still count? Can we still farm on these lands next year?"

"And, and more!"

"Lord Marquis hasn't even given us last year's share, let alone this year's. Where should we go to get the money?"

"My family only has enough crops to grow next year. If I don't get paid, how will I survive the winter?"

"..."

There was a lot of noise and chatter for a while.

Dozens of villagers, everyone was shouting what they wanted to say.

They knew no social etiquette and didn't even know Prince Fradin.

Judging from his elegant attire, Fradin was probably an important figure in the capital, and might be able to help them solve the difficulties they were facing.

So they swarmed over and surrounded the three of them tightly.

Prince Fradin was overwhelmed by what he heard. He quickly raised his hands and pressed them down, while shouting loudly:

"Everyone! Everyone!"

"Wait a minute, don't be in a hurry, speak one by one!"

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