In the great hall of the church, a group of mercenaries was waiting. Their leader was a middle-aged man. He had a lean build, short hair, and no facial hair. He wore silver chain armour and had a purple cloak on his back. His eyes were bright and full of expression. He was the leader of the Holy Feather Mercenary Group, Da Xiwen.
Lucio had fallen into the hands of the mercenaries behind Da Xiwen and was clearly being controlled. As they were in the church's territory, the spearmen had not suffered much for the time being.
"Deacon Mattir," Da Xiwen said to the deacon opposite him. "Thank you for your cooperation this time. Please forgive me for any disturbances. I'll treat you to a drink at the Vanilla Bar later."
Mattir smiled. "It was nothing. Leader Da Xiwen and the church are old friends, so there's no need to be so polite."
Da Xiwen nodded. He glanced at Lucio and frowned slightly. Previously, he had received a report from a member that the Queen Bee Crystal of the Iron Pomegranate Bees had been stolen. His first reaction was anger, but when he heard that the audacious person was Lucio, who was usually ridiculed as trash, he was shocked.
The Holy Feather Mercenary Group was the most elite group in Gudan Town. Now that their mission item had been stolen and they had swaggered to the Mercenary Union to hand in the mission, it was equivalent to publicly slapping Sacredfeather in the face.
When Lucio handed in the mission, many mercenaries had been present, so this matter had quickly spread.
Even though Lucio had saved two members before stealing the Queen Bee Crystal, they had to regain their face no matter what. They had to use this opportunity to teach Lucio a lesson and intimidate the other competitors. Thus, when Da Xiwen heard that Lucio and his companions had gone to the Church of Light in town, he had immediately chased after them.
Da Xiwen and the church deacon Mattir had some friendly relations. Furthermore, he had accepted the mission of escorting members of the church, so he could be considered familiar with Pastor Mana. This time, he had personally come. With the reputation of the most elite mercenary group, Pastor Mana would definitely give him some face.
What puzzled Da Xiwen was that when Lucio saw them, he was only slightly surprised. He did not resist and allowed them to capture him. He had a cold smile on his face the entire time. Compared to his usual dispirited appearance, it was as if he had become a completely different person.
At this moment, an angry voice came from the inner gate. "Who is it! How dare you cause trouble in this sacred land of faith! "
A bloated figure appeared in front of everyone. It was the person in charge of the Gudan Town Church of Light, Reverend Mana.
"Lord Priest." Da Xiwen bowed slightly. "Please forgive my rudeness …"
Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Mana's cold voice. "Da Xiwen, how dare you! How dare you blaspheme the highest faith of light! "
Da Xiwen didn't expect to be accused by Pastor Mana as soon as he arrived. He immediately took out a small black bag and said, "We mercenaries are all rough people. Please forgive us for our rudeness. This is a little compensation for the damage to the facilities. Please accept it."
In fact, not a single piece of wood in the church hall was damaged. It was a compliment to Fatty's usual temperament. The so-called "compensation" was just some benefits. This could be considered as giving Fatty enough face. Even if he was putting on an act, there should be a limit.
Unexpectedly, Fatty didn't even look at the small bag. His face darkened. "What do you mean by this? You want to openly bribe a Radiant Priest who has dedicated his life to the faith of light? I'll give you ten minutes to withdraw the bribe and let Lucio go. Otherwise, the Holy Feather Mercenary Group's actions will be seen as an attack on the church! "
Da Xiwen didn't expect Fatty's attitude to be so unyielding. His brows furrowed even more. "Lord, Lucio and his accomplice robbed my mercenary group. They even impersonated a mercenary group and caused my group to suffer huge losses. I want to take him and his accomplice away to seek justice …"
"What a joke!" Fatty sneered disdainfully. "A clergyman would rob your mercenary group?"
When these words came out, not only were the Holy Feather Mercenary Group and Deacon Martier stunned, even Lucio himself was stunned. Clergyman?
The spearman's reaction speed wasn't bad. He cleverly continued to remain silent. Although he didn't see his master, from Mana's unyielding attitude, his master's plan should have succeeded. Sacredfeather's strength was nothing more than an ant to his master's level. Let Fatty take action.
"Lord Mana, as everyone knows, Lucio is an ordinary mercenary. When did he become a clergyman?" Da Xiwen glanced at the astonished Deacon Martier. "Deacon Martier, do you know about this?"
Martier wasn't a fool. From the abnormal attitude of his superior, Fatty, he could see some clues. He rolled his eyes. "When it comes to personnel, they are usually appointed by the Lord Priest. There's no need to go through a small deacon like me."
Fatty nodded his head, satisfied with Martier's reaction. "Lucio has always been influenced by the light and has secretly joined the church. He's in charge of investigation and security. Now, he's fortunate enough to become a squire of a Radiant Knight! Although his position is low, as a believer of the light with all his heart and a follower of a noble knight, it's impossible for him to rob someone! I believe Leader Da Xiwen knows what kind of crime it is to falsely accuse a clergyman. Taking a step back, even if this clergyman has committed any mistakes or crimes, it can only be judged by the church. Otherwise, even the laws of the kingdom can't be applied to him, let alone mere mercenaries like you! "
These words caused a commotion among the mercenaries. Many of them revealed angry expressions. The Wind Leopard beside Fatty had a ferocious temperament. Upon seeing this, it immediately roared and its fur stood on end. It was only waiting for an order before it pounced forward. It didn't even have the appearance of a meek kitten in front of Chen Rui.
"Da Xiwen, I only have one question. Before you decided to point your swords at the church, were you prepared to bear all the consequences?" Fatty's strength was barely at the soldier level. He was actually very fearful of the mercenaries, but his tone was still incomparably unyielding.
"Everyone, calm down!" Da Xiwen's body emitted a frightening aura, suppressing the tense situation. The Wind Leopard immediately felt the pressure from its opponent and displayed a strong sense of vigilance and hostility.
Da Xiwen looked deeply at Lucio and said, "Since Lucio is a member of the church, today's matter must have been a misunderstanding. I will hold those members responsible for the false report. I hope Lord Priest can forgive us for the disturbance."
Attacking the church was a rather vile crime. If a conflict really broke out, even if they could capture Lucio and his accomplice today, they would still be pursued by the Knights of Light. At that time, not only the mercenaries, but even their families would face the danger of being burned at the stake.
The Holy Feather Mercenary Group's strength was simply an insignificant ant in front of a colossus like the Church of Light. They could be easily killed.
To put it bluntly, Lucio was just making a mountain out of a molehill. In the face of a threat to their lives, what about killing the chicken to warn the monkey? What about face? All of these were empty words.
Under Da Xiwen's signal, Lucio was released. The spearman's expression was still very calm. He had a calm expression that said, "I don't care if you're a beauty; I don't care if you're a monster … I'm just silently striving for a high score." or something along those lines.
Da Xiwen was slightly surprised. He didn't know what had happened to this' inferior spearman 'who had been dispirited for a year, but he was certain that this was definitely not the Lucio of the past.
The Holy Feather Mercenaries resentfully left the church. Lucio hurriedly thanked Mana, while Fatty patted the spearman's shoulder encouragingly. This should be enough to satisfy his partner, but he didn't know how Richard's spiritual force had recovered.
Fatty didn't know that while he was confronting the Holy Feather Mercenary Group, an incredible change was happening to Chen Rui's body in the prayer hall.
What appeared in front of Chen Rui was his old enemy, Shura, who had been troubling him for a long time. However, the current Shura had become a strange existence – [External Incarnation].
Since evolving into Polaris Emperor, this was the first time Chen Rui had used the [External Incarnation] skill. As this was an existence that was separated from the Super System, the Super System's prompt was "unknown".
After casting it, the characteristics of [External Incarnation] suddenly appeared in Chen Rui's mind. This kind of incarnation was equivalent to a clone of the main body. It could become an independent conscious living body, but it was completely under the control of the main body. It could be recalled at will. If it encountered an accident and died, it could be reborn by spending the corresponding time and faith power.
The strength and attributes of the incarnation were exactly the same as Chen Rui's main body. They were both S + level, and his spiritual power was S + +. However, unlike all the skills of the Super System that Shura had previously, the incarnation had Shura's independent power: [Supernova Explosion], [Paying someone back in their own coin], [Devour Power], [Mirage Illusion Power], [Undead Power] and so on. In addition, there was also the most special power for Chen Rui – Wheel of Hera.
At present, the phantasm transformed by the Wheel of Hera was appearing around the statue of the God of Light. Below it was a disc covered with quaint patterns. There were various pillars of different heights on the disc. The entire space was filled with a strange force field.
The Asura General leaped forward and turned into a streak of bloody light that enveloped the Light Deity statue.
When the bloody light began to penetrate into the God of Light statue, it suddenly encountered a strong repulsive force. The bloody light was shaken into circles of ripples. At this moment, runes appeared on the pillars of the Wheel of Hera, and the disc below began to rotate. Every time it rotated, the bloody light would penetrate a little more.
Gradually, the repulsive force emitted by the statue was assimilated by the bloody light, and the originally blurred facial features of the God of Light began to have a layer of phantasm. The phantasm twisted and gradually turned into the appearance of Shura, which was the appearance of Chen Rui!
Next, Chen Rui felt a pure power transmitted from the Wheel of Hera into Shura's body. This is … the power of faith!
This power of faith was different from the faith that Chen Rui felt in the Super System. It seemed that it could not be absorbed directly. However, at this time, something more wonderful happened. The bloody light transformed by Shura began to flicker, and the power of faith of the God of Light began to be decomposed and merged bit by bit. It began to be transmitted into Chen Rui's body, and the production speed of the faith crystals in the status bar of the Super System suddenly doubled.
Shura was equivalent to a converter, storing the faith of the God of Light, then removing the waste and keeping the essence, transforming it little by little into the power of faith that Chen Rui could absorb and input it into the Super System.
Compared with the speed and quantity of Shura's absorption of the God of Light's faith, the absorption speed after this transformation was relatively slow, but it was enough to make Chen Rui ecstatic.
Shura can really steal and transform the power of faith!
Then, the mission of one million faith crystals has become possible from impossible!
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