This was a very young holy knight. He still looked like a child, and there was still some hair growing at the corner of his mouth. He had a pair of deep blue eyes, which could probably charm many girls outside. It was said that the noble ladies of the Free city-state especially liked this type. However, the future supreme magus Your Honor did not seem to have any intention of showing mercy to the fairer sex. He moved a stool and placed it in front of the captive, then took out a dagger from his bag.
The latter's eyes were calm after seeing the dagger, and there was not a single trace of fear on his face. When the cloth in his mouth was taken out, he just let out a cold snort, puffed up his chest, and looked into Rhode's eyes without fear. "The gods will punish you degenerates." After saying this, he closed his mouth and did not speak again. However, his gaze towards Rhode was full of provocation.
Rob was unmoved. He took out another apple from his bag, sat on the chair, and used the dagger to peel the skin at a leisurely pace.
The young holy knight's expression became somewhat blank. He did not know what the other party was trying to do.
Tonight, he was woken up by the sound of snoring on the bed next to him. After that, he could not sleep anymore. He opened the door to the corridor, wanting to take a walk outside and breathe in some fresh air. However, he saw a suspicious figure there. Before he could open his mouth, he was hit by something on the back of his head. When he opened his eyes again, he was already here.
Careless. The young holy knight was a little annoyed. He only noticed the guy not far away, but he did not expect that his companion had already quietly sneaked up behind him. The strength of the sneak attacker was indeed not bad, but it was not to the extent that he did not have the slightest ability to resist. The main reason was that he was too careless.
Ever since the tower was built, no one had been able to pass through the seven levels of traps below. Therefore, when he saw the guy in the corridor, he did not feel alarmed at first. He was more at the stage of being confused, not expecting someone to sneak up on him immediately.
However, at this moment, the man and woman standing in front of him did not seem to have the suspicious figure he saw in the corridor.
"Bopp, are you curious about who the two of us are?" The future supreme magus Your Honor said while nibbling on an apple. He had just seen the other party's name on the identity card.
The holy knight named Pope remained silent, but his eyes had already betrayed his thoughts. Right now, he was indeed secretly guessing the identities of these two people.
"Stop guessing. We've just arrived here, but we're not prisoners under Grimm's care." Rob's words made Lolo's heart jump to her throat. She thought that he was going to reveal everything about the two of them, but then she heard him say, "We are actually Archbishop Morteris's men."
Hearing that, Pop let out a cold laugh. However, he finally opened his mouth and said, "Do you guys take me for a fool?"
Rob's expression did not change. He took a bite of the apple and said leisurely, "Half a month ago, Warden Crowell discovered that the safe route to enter the tower seemed to have been compromised. So, he wrote a letter to Archbishop Morteris and asked him to send someone to investigate. The two of us are the messengers sent by Archbishop Morteris this time. We are here to investigate the leak and to evaluate the necessity of resetting the defenses of the traps."
"So you sneaked in like thieves, attacked me, and tied me up? Save it … No one will believe such nonsense. "
"We did sneak in, but the reason why we did so was to facilitate the investigation. Since the safe route was compromised, it means that there's a traitor among you. That's why Warden Crowell wrote a letter to Archbishop Morteris to ask for help. In other words, in this tower, besides Warden Crowell, we can't trust anyone else." The future supreme magus Your Honor spread out his hands. "We need you to assist in the investigation, but before you can prove yourself, we can only tie you up. By the way, the people who attacked you were not us, but an organization called Nightingale. Their leader is called Sax, and there's a guy called Ghost with him tonight. We were also chasing after them."
As a prison guard under Grimm's rule, Pope naturally knew about the Nightingale organization. After hearing Rob's words, he recalled the dark shadow he saw in the corridor. It indeed looked like Nightingale's leader, Sax. He carried a longbow on his back, and the person who attacked him from behind was most likely that guy called Ghost.
However, even with this, Pope still found it hard to believe Rob's words. He shook his head and said, "Even if the person who attacked me was Nightingale, there's still no way to prove your identity. How would I know that you're not with them?"
"Hmm, I can understand your doubts." Rob stood up. Pope thought that Rob had given up on communicating with him, but unexpectedly, Rob walked to a row of bookshelves. The future supreme magus Your Honor asked the young Paladin, "What books do you usually read?"
The latter was a little puzzled, but after hesitating for a moment, he still told the truth. "I just finished reading 'The Biography of the Twelve Saints' two days ago."
This book had always been very popular among the young clergymen, especially the Paladins, because 'The Biography of the Twelve Saints' told the story of the twelve most famous Paladins in the history of the Church. Because it was written a hundred years ago, it was not difficult to read, just like a novel.
Rob found the book from the bookshelf and brought it to Pope. "Just tell me the page number."
"What do you mean?"
"You pick the page number, and I can tell you what's on this page." The future supreme magus Your Honor said calmly.
"Are you serious?" Pope was skeptical. Even the most devout believer wouldn't be able to do such a thing if he knew the gist of the content just by flipping a page.
However, at the next moment, when he casually gave a number in doubt, the other party really told him a short story about a certain saint. Then, Rob opened the 'The Biography of the Twelve Saints', flipped to the page that Pope had mentioned, and placed it in front of him. The latter was completely shocked, because he realized that the story that someone had told was really exactly the same as the content on this page.
The young Paladin gasped. However, the story of 'The Biography of the Twelve Saints' had spread far and wide after all. To be cautious, he requested to change it to the unpopular 'Shadow Scripture', but the result was the same.
This time, Pope was really shocked. In his heart, he was already 70% convinced of Lin Li's identity, because he didn't think that outsiders or ordinary believers would be able to recite a relatively obscure book to this extent. It was obvious that Lin Li had invested a lot of effort into these books.
Hence, the young Paladin couldn't help but start to waver. Perhaps these two people in front of him were really Archbishop Morteris's men?
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