A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

Bai Lan's own strength was even lower than Thomas expected, only at the mid-level core level, not even at the high level.

Coupled with the natural disadvantage of women's weak arm strength, their combat power is not particularly strong.

But with this magic sword, her combat power can definitely reach the elite level.

After all, it is not difficult for her to defeat an ordinary warrior head-on in three seconds with this lightning sword.

Any warrior would covet such a magical weapon.

Even if he didn't need it, if he sold it, the starting price would be at least 50,000 florins (which was the lowest price Thomas could imagine)! Not to mention that there was simply no market for it - the scarcity of magical items these days was beyond imagination.

This thing would be a very decent gift even if given to the Pope or the Emperor.

It would be fine to exchange it for a small piece of fiefdom.

Chapter 29 Fishing in Troubled Waters 1

In the team, everyone else followed Bai Lan, and only Janos fell behind.

In other words, at this time, there were only Thomas and Janos at the gate of the city.

Thomas knew in his heart that this was a matter of taking sides.

Everyone had seen what had happened. Even if Bai Lan and Thomas hadn't completely fallen out yet, they were not far off.

In this situation, everyone knows that only one of the two people will be left.

Perhaps other people would reluctantly tolerate a deputy who goes against them, but Bai Lan would never do that.

She is so arrogant, and she has the capital to do so.

At this time, if you don’t want to be affected, you must take your place in time.

Only Janos... he couldn't choose sides because he was the one who sent someone to find Thomas.

No matter what Janos's motive was, if he went to Bai Lan's side, he would offend Thomas greatly.

This was not a friction between official duties, but a deliberate frame-up.

"I'm sorry, Master Thomas... I didn't know this would happen... It's my fault."

He looked ashamed and bowed his head to apologize to Thomas.

But Thomas remained calm, thinking about the magic sword in his mind.

Well, he admitted that he was also a mortal. As the saying goes, people die for money and birds die for food. For this magic sword, it was indeed worth taking a risk.

In addition, he also didn't want the mastermind behind the scenes to succeed.

After all, Thomas didn't want to be shot from behind while walking on the road.

It seems that I have to get involved in this matter.

"It's okay," Thomas said. "The judge was just a little angry. I'll go back and admit my mistake, and everything will be fine."

His downplay made Janos even more panicked.

"Um... Janos, if you want to help, why not follow them quickly? Before they get too far, tell me what the Inquisitor did today."

What is this for? Janos was stunned.

"After all, I have my own investigations to do," Thomas said. "I can't always help the Inquisitor."

"Master Thomas, this is... not a good thing." Janos advised gently.

"What's wrong with that? Isn't it a very ordinary thing? Don't make excuses!" Thomas said.

Today we need to have a general understanding of Bai Lan's route of action.

Yanos had no choice but to sigh and follow the departing team.

He knew that once Thomas left, he would probably not be able to stay in his position.

But there was nothing that could be done, after all, it had already happened. In fact, if Thomas hadn't arrived today, everyone would have seen that Bai Lan's actions would probably provoke a rebellion among the pagans.

If an uprising really broke out, it would be hard to say what would happen to others, but Janos knew that he had almost no chance of escape.

There are too many pagans.

While Janos was riding his horse to catch up, Bai Lan had already slowed down on the other side.

After all, there are still many tasks to do, and we can't let the horse get tired out.

One of his men caught up from behind. "Sir, I have something to report."

"Speak." Bai Lan replied coldly.

"Just now...just now, I noticed Vice Captain Thomas's expression. There was something wrong with his expression."

"Oh? Something's not right. What's wrong?"

At the last moment of their separation, Thomas was unable to control his expression.

This detail of his expression was noticed by more than one person.

"I'm afraid he might harm you..."

Bai Lan slapped back, landing on the other person's face.

"Do you think I didn't see it?" she said coldly.

The unlucky guy who flattered the horse's leg covered his face and stepped back, not daring to say a word.

At dusk, Thomas finally received a message from Janos.

Bai Lan has strengthened his defenses and found a personal bodyguard from somewhere (probably sent by the family to seek help). In addition, he has no plans to return to the base at night, but wants to stay in the city of Kiev.

In the city of Kiev, due to what happened before, the security force has been greatly strengthened.

The Inquisitor will definitely stay in the area controlled by the Church.

It was extremely difficult to harm an Inquisitor in this area. Not only was it difficult to pull it off, but even if you did, you couldn't escape.

The church has a knightly order, and the knightly order really doesn’t just eat for free.

Any low-level apprentice knight who comes out has a base of mid-level combat power.

As for the high-ranking combat power of the Knights... Thomas really didn't know. But he was certain that the elite class was nothing to the Knights.

Even if they are not packed, there are at least a lot of them. Hundreds or thousands are not enough, but dozens or hundreds are definitely enough.

It can be seen that Janos was trying every means to make Thomas give up the idea, but he didn't know that Thomas had no intention of dealing with Bai Lan at all.

There's no need for Thomas to deal with it at all.

Thomas just wanted to clean up the mess.

"Interesting..." Thomas muttered after sending the messenger away.

Bai Lan was obviously on guard, but she didn't know what the mysterious mastermind was going to do.

Should we wait for ten or even dozens of days until Bai Lan becomes relaxed before taking action?

How could that be possible? They weren't targeting Bai Lan herself; they were trying to stir up conflict between Christians and pagans.

If we act today, everyone will think it's a pagan revenge. But if we act a few dozen days later, that perception will be much less pronounced. By then, even if Bai Lan is killed, the news will be suppressed by the higher-ups.

Then it would be a waste of effort.

But in this situation... even Thomas admitted that it was really difficult to take action.

If the mysterious black hand can easily deal with Bai Lan in this situation, then its strength is really strong.

There are only a handful of forces within the city of Kiev that have the power and motivation to do something like this. In fact, Thomas could only think of one force.

Xingyue Sect!

Should we send out more than ten elite soldiers, catch the enemy off guard, resolve the battle within ten seconds, and escape?

Thomas found it increasingly amusing.

What was this all about? To overthrow the Grand Duke? To prepare for a war of conquest?

The current strength of the Star-Moon Cult is far from reaching the territory of Kievan Rus.

In fact, in this parallel dimension, they haven't even been able to capture Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire is still very powerful, at least it can still maintain the dignity of an empire.

This was all thanks to the Crusaders. At this point, the Crusaders still occupied Jerusalem, and several Knight Orders were still fighting a bitter battle against the Crescent and Crescent Churches there, acting as a buffer for the Byzantine Empire. With a common enemy, relations between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church were in a honeymoon period.

Look at the time, it's almost time.

Thomas gave a few instructions to his team members, asking them to rest, and then he rode his horse towards the city of Kiev.

A complete gallop, not caring about the mount's stamina.

If you want to fish in troubled waters, you must arrive on time.

Chapter 30 Fishing in Troubled Waters 2

At dusk, a horse-drawn carriage was parked on the street in Kiev.

It was a very ordinary horse-drawn carriage, with neither the horse nor the carriage having any special features.

However, the curtain above the car window was lifted a little at this time.

A pair of greedy eyes were looking at the street outside the car window.

This is the junction of the Noble District and the Church District. Although the street is deserted, bright lights can be seen from the windows of the buildings nearby.

If any unexpected situation happens here, a cry for help will be heard by people in the building.

In a few minutes, patrolling guards will arrive.

At the end of the field of vision, several figures can be seen walking slowly towards us.

It was none other than Inquisitor Bai Lan's troops. At that moment, she was walking at the front of the group, closely followed by an ordinary-looking middle-aged man with a small shield hanging from his arm.

After the middle-aged man, there were several team members.

Greedy eyes stared at Bai Lan.

"How about it? This thing is pretty good, right?" Another voice sounded in the carriage.

"Not bad, not bad, really good." His gaze was fixed on her slender thighs and towering breasts. Bai Lan was wearing leather armor, but the armor actually accentuated her figure.

"And she's no ordinary woman, she's a Christian inquisitor," the voice continued. "She's no ordinary woman like the frivolous women you might find on the streets."

"Oh..." A meaningful sigh.

"Everything is ready for you. Next... you can proceed in the way you like." The voice was full of temptation. "Just do whatever you want."

"This bitch... hehe... hehe..."

The side door of the carriage opened, and a tall man emerged from the car. Without a word or a backward glance, he trotted off into the distance.

His figure quickly disappeared at the end of the road.

In the shadows on the other side, a figure was waiting for him. It was a slightly hunched figure, and even without moving, it showed a hint of old age.

"How is it?" asked the old man.

"It's done," the tall man replied quietly. "Colin's already there. He's most likely going to do it."

"Highly likely?"

"This is already the limit," the man replied. "This place... after all... even he might not dare to take action."

This place is not suitable for assassination or kidnapping at all.

The target side has a large number of people and there are people in the surrounding buildings.

Any movement can attract the patrol.

"Ha...haha...haha..." the old man laughed. "You know nothing about true power."

"Sir, I'm a little..." the man said in panic.

"Don't worry, don't worry, everything is going according to plan. We need a sacrifice, and blood is an indispensable part of the sacrifice," the old man said. "Besides, everything is going with the flow, without much risk."

He looked at the other man's confused expression and sighed. "Well, there are some things I need to tell you."

"Thank you, sir."

"Colin's nickname is 'Rotting Nightmare.' He's a psychopathic killer on the wanted lists of at least six countries, likely a high-ranking elite, perhaps even a semi-protector of the nation. He got that nickname because of some unknown illness that left his face covered in blisters and boils, making him incredibly ugly and disliked by women. Hence his penchant for torturing and killing women," the old man said. "Is this the information you gathered?"