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"My lord! Please do justice for us!"

"My lord! That man is the devil who kidnapped our child!"

"My lord!"

Many villagers seemed to have found a pillar of support and immediately gathered around.

Looking at the figure sitting upright on horseback, Xu Ming's expression was extremely cold.

Seeing Marshal Giles appear here by sheer coincidence, Xu Ming knew perfectly well that it was all a conspiracy by Marshal Giles.

He was completely outmaneuvered.

As expected of Joan of Arc's good comrade-in-arms, the great French hero who defeated the British time and time again, Xu Ming admired his own strategic acumen.

Before his true colors were revealed, Gilles de Rais was a great hero in the hearts of the French people, a beacon of righteousness.

Xu Ming was nothing more than a despicable outsider, the son of a demon with black hair and black eyes.

Marshal Gilles handled the villagers with ease while leading his soldiers toward Xu Ming.

"I'm sorry, stranger. I have to arrest you and hand you over to the church for trial."

Marshal Gilles, seated on his warhorse, announced loudly.

The villagers watching nearby immediately cheered, as if they had won a great victory.

Xu Ming calmly and composedly sized up the renowned French hero opposite him.

With slightly wavy black hair, a fair complexion, and handsome features, Marshal Gilles possessed a striking appearance.

In addition, he naturally exuded the aura of a superior and the refined aristocratic demeanor.

Xu Ming found it hard to associate him with that cultist who looked like a frog with protruding eyes.

However, despite his excellent concealment, Xu Ming still sensed an unusual aura emanating from him, like a venomous snake that had concealed itself with an innocent appearance.

Twisted, deadly.

Chapter 513 Even Jesus couldn't keep you here!

Xu Ming suddenly laughed.

"Who gave you permission to condemn me?"

Is he a judge?

Is it a church?

Or perhaps it's you?

Giles frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure on his face, and his hand unconsciously tightened around the riding whip.

He was a nobleman of high blood, a great hero who saved France, yet a stranger, barely better than a slave, dared to question him.

Fortunately, he was well-mannered, or rather, shrewd. Faced with Xu Ming's questioning, his expression became very cold, but he still maintained basic composure.

“Almost all the villagers here identify you as the murderer who abducted the children. Now I’m going to send you to the church so that the clergy can judge your guilt.”

Xu Ming scoffed at his answer.

Not to mention that even if someone sent by a nobleman like Giles isn't a criminal, he'll still treat them as one.

The medieval church itself was notorious and a synonym for decadence.

It goes without saying that they interfere in national politics, amass wealth through illicit means, and abuse their power for personal gain.

The Church has committed some of the most notorious atrocities: selling indulgences to amass wealth; the Crusades, ostensibly for spreading doctrine but in reality for religious aggression; the "witch hunts" in which countless innocent women were tortured and killed as witches to establish the Church's authority, resulting in rivers of blood; and the rampant killing of cats, which indirectly led to the Black Death pandemic... The list of atrocities is endless.

Once you're sent to a church as a prisoner, don't expect to come back alive.

On the surface, Giles's approach appears fair and benevolent, but in reality, he merely uses the church as a tool to kill while maintaining his image as a benevolent and just person.

“In that case, I accuse you of being the criminal who kidnapped the child.”

Giles dismissed Xu Ming's accusations with disdain. Was an outsider really serious about accusing him, a powerful nobleman?

However, Xu Ming's next words left everyone, including Giles, speechless.

In the name of God!

Giles's face twisted in horror, and he abruptly drew his longsword from his waist, pointing it directly at Xu Ming.

Arrogance! Blasphemy!

"Soldiers! Seize this infidel! Anyone who resists will be executed on the spot!"

"Kill him!"

Burn this heretic!

The villagers were equally shocked by Xu Ming's words, but Giles's shouts immediately brought them back to reality.

Xu Ming's blasphemous words ignited their anger and...fear.

The villagers and soldiers joined forces and charged at Xu Ming.

Their fanatical expressions were chilling.

Seeing the villagers, completely fooled and now charging at Xu Ming, Giles's eyes flashed with a hint of pleasure and mockery.

Xu Mingyi gripped the cross on his chest and let out a low shout.

"Armor of Holy Word!"

Golden light instantly formed armor that enveloped his entire body.

Whether it was a pitchfork, a sword, or a spear, each strike to him produced a metallic clanging sound, yet Xu Ming, protected by the armor of light, remained unharmed.

These ignorant people had never seen such a battle before, and they were immediately terrified and at a loss for what to do.

"Hmph! I am a person blessed by the gods, how could you mortals possibly harm me?"

Xu Ming said with a cold smile.

In order to achieve his goals of deceiving and intimidating, he had to suppress his embarrassment and say some things that even he himself found incredibly cringeworthy.

Giles, who was not far away, frowned and quietly reached his hand inside his armor.

The villagers stopped what they were doing, but Giles's soldiers did not stop. They continued to thrust their weapons into the golden armor one after another.

Xu Ming sensed something was wrong; the soldiers' movements seemed too stiff, almost like robots.

However, he was too lazy to investigate further and focused on dealing with the main culprit.

Xu Ming was originally thinking about how to lure Giles out of the castle and expose his true colors in public.

Unexpectedly, this guy deliberately set a trap to frame him and jumped out ahead of time.

'Then I won't stand on ceremony!'

Xu Ming thought to himself, then ripped the cross off his chest and pointed it at Giles.

God says: You have sinned!

Even if Jesus came, he couldn't keep you!

As Xu Ming rambled on, the cross suddenly shone with golden light, as if it had truly verified Xu Ming's accusations.

The ignorant masses immediately began to whisper among themselves.

The way they looked at Giles was a little strange.

Xu Ming didn't care about anything else and immediately unleashed his killing move.

Holy Flame Arbitration!

Golden clouds appeared, horns and hymns echoed in the sky, the gates of heaven slowly opened, and a seraphim with four wings slowly drew the sword of judgment from its waist and slashed down fiercely at Giles.

In an instant, the golden light seemed to steal everything away.

"An angel! It's a seraph!"

"God help! This is a miracle! A miracle!"

Some elderly villagers with deep faith were immediately moved to tears, repeatedly making the sign of the cross on their chests.

Those villagers who had previously laid a hand on Xu Ming were filled with fear. Some, unable to withstand the pressure, knelt down in front of Xu Ming, vying to kiss his shoes and the ground in front of his feet, hoping to beg for his forgiveness in this way.

In their belief, attacking a messenger of the gods is a capital offense that will send one to hell after death.

They were as arrogant as they were before, and now they are as humble as they are now.

However, Xu Ming's mind was not on these rabble at all.

His gaze remained fixed on Giles from beginning to end, never wavering.

Giles was now in the most dangerous situation.

He was completely locked in place by the Heavenly Punishment Sword, and no matter what method he used, he could not break free. He could only watch helplessly as the Heavenly Punishment Sword fell straight down from above his head.

The saintess is still waiting for him to resurrect her!

How could he die in a place like this?!

With his life hanging in the balance, Giles finally laid his cards on the table.

He quickly pulled a magic book from his pocket, then used a dagger to slash his palm, letting the blood flow onto the pages of the book.

After absorbing Giles's blood, the grimoire immediately emitted an ominous blood-red light.

Seeing this, even the most foolish villagers knew that something was wrong with their lord, whom they revered as a great hero.

"This is sorcery! He's a follower of the devil!"

One of the villagers called out, and everyone turned to look at Giles.

With so many eyewitnesses, and under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Ming finally felt relieved.

The steps of exposing Giles' true colors and ruining his reputation have been taken; now it's time to send him to meet God!

Just as the sword of divine punishment fell, Giles raised the human-skin magic book high.

The magic book suddenly emitted a bright red light, forming a protective shield that protected Giles within it.

The next second, the Sword of Heavenly Punishment fell on Giles's head.

Chapter 514 Who's in favor and who's opposed?