As the main faith of the humans in this world, the One God religion was also very powerful.
There were a large number of theocratic territories in each country, and there were hundreds and thousands of religious knights under their command.
This did not include the devout feudal lords who were willing to contribute their soldiers to the church.
There was a punitive expedition against the southern pagans. Under the call of the pope, there were hundreds of thousands of troops. Such a powerful force, even if they were all mortals, was not something that a few wizards could provoke.
The monastery that Hina and Mo Qiong destroyed was only the most basic theocratic territory. Any random theocratic kingdom was hundreds of times bigger than it.
Anyway, the destruction of a church in the northern countries was a big deal.
Even the king did not dare to destroy a church. Now, it was destroyed by a witch who was about to be burned to death with the help of the devil.
The priest who was severely injured but not dead sent people to pass the news to the surrounding lords and theocratic kingdoms, which caused a huge uproar.
"The devil king is poor? The most powerful monarch in hell? "
"Summon a meteorite to hit?"
"Hmph, how stupid must he be to let a witch destroy a church? To cover up his own incompetence, he made up such a ridiculous story."
The nearby bishops, as well as some of the less devout lords, scoffed at the news of the incident.
They did not believe that it was the truth. Whether it was the summon of a meteorite or the devil king, it was too ridiculous.
Instead of believing that there was a devil king, it was better to believe that the priest tore down the precious building materials of the church and sold them, causing the church to collapse, and then blame it on the witch.
However, it was later learned that all the clergy were seriously injured and one of their arms was cut off. This made the bishop realize that there might really be an enemy here, but that useless priest had exaggerated the enemy's strength.
In any case, the enemies of the church must not be let go.
Especially the witch who destroyed the church and killed the priest, who was guilty of the most heinous crimes, she would be publicly executed.
For a time, adjudicators were sent from all over the country to capture the lone witch.
The smallest number was dozens, and the largest number was hundreds. Some were sent by theocratic kingdoms, and some were sent by devout feudal lords who wanted to please the church.
It could be said that they took it seriously. However, what they valued was not the strength of the witch, but the vile nature of the witch's crimes!
They came from all over the place, searching for the witch wherever there were rumors of sightings.
To their surprise, unlike the witches in the past, the witch named Hina did not hide at all. Instead, she rode her horse straight through the Reid Kingdom.
Sometimes she would even pass through the main roads or villages, and she was not at all afraid of being hunted.
Because Hina was always in a hurry, the news spread slower than her. Often, people only knew about the church's destruction after she passed by a place.
At noon on this day, a small knight in the Reid Kingdom who only owned one manor and one thousand acres of land suddenly heard his subordinate report that he saw a white-robed woman with a sword passing by near the manor.
"Lord Luther, that woman's attire is too strange. I have never seen such a smooth and shiny sword before. Moreover, the gown she is wearing is too exquisite." The retainer reported.
When the knight named Luther heard this, he thought that a noble lady was passing through his territory. Thus, he brought six squires and prepared a carriage to welcome her.
He was puzzled. Why would a noble lady ride a horse alone without any attendants? Could it be that he was down and out? Or was he being hunted down by his enemies?
Luther, who had all kinds of thoughts, chased after her to take a look. His face changed and even flashed with greed.
Hina's characteristics were very easy to recognize. She was wearing an exquisite gown made of neither fur nor linen. It was very soft and smooth.
A dazzling white longsword was hanging on her waist, shining under the sun.
In addition, she was riding a white horse, not at all ladylike.
"Catch her! This is an evil witch! " Luther, who originally only wanted to see if there was a noble lady in dire straits that he could pick up, directly pulled out his sword and shouted.
Luther had not received the news of the meteorite bombardment of the monastery, nor did he know that he had recently caught a witch who was said to serve the Devil King.
At this moment, he suddenly pulled out his sword because he simply wanted to rob her.
In this world, women basically did not ride horses. There were rules for riding horses. One had to be saddled sideways. If one rode a horse like a man, it was very immoral and indecent.
If such a woman had no power or influence, she could be directly burned to death as a witch. The reason was that she was riding a horse, so she must be a witch.
In the Middle Ages of the Earth, such cases also happened in the West. One of the most famous cases was the trial of Joan of Arc. The Church of England could not find a reason to burn Joan of Arc. In the end, in addition to saying that she was a fake oracle, they also found a lot of crimes to make up for it. Among them, 'wearing a knight's armor, riding a war horse, and committing adultery in a military camp', even if it was verified that she was a virgin at that time.
Anyway, Joan of Arc was illiterate, so they just wrote a bunch of crimes for her to put her fingerprint on.
In this world, it was even darker. There was no need for a confession. A unilateral trial was enough. It was not so much a trial as an announcement.
Hina's appearance was simply as outstanding as a firefly in the night sky.
There was no family coat of arms on the gown, no attendant following her, and she was riding a war horse. Even if they caught her, what could they do?
Luther stared at the sword and almost drooled. "Is that a sword made of silver? Even silver is not so smooth and shiny. Could it be that the maid of a big noble family ran away? "
He had never seen a galvanized alloy. The surface of the sword was so smooth that it could be used as a mirror. It was like a legendary weapon.
Since she was not a noble lady, they would take the sword and gown as trophies on the grounds that this woman was a witch.
"Haha, where did you steal the sword? Do you know how to use it?" A squire rushed over on his horse, but his body was very relaxed.
In his opinion, this woman could not even ride a horse well, how could she use a sword?
"Clang!" The squire disdainfully blocked Hina's sword, and then reached out to grab her.
He wanted to use the force of the two horses crossing each other to pull the woman down from the horse and capture her alive.
He had a good idea, but unexpectedly, when he just blocked Hina's sword, he suddenly trembled, and his mind went blank.
It was as if he was penetrated by an impact of energy, and he lost all feeling in his body.
"Hiss …" The war horse neighed and directly fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth. It frantically kicked and struggled to get up. The squire was pressed under its body and was dying.
"Ah?" Luther was shocked when he saw the squire was cut down.
From his point of view, Hina, who was wearing a white gown, with a casual sword, directly cut down the squire together with his horse.
What kind of power was this? It was completely unreasonable.
He did not know that this was the most reasonable help that Mo Qiong gave to Hina …
"What … what's going on?" Luther, who was about to rush over, hurriedly stopped the horse and asked in surprise.
Hina held the electrode sword high, and indifferently rushed forward: "This is the magic sword that my master gave me."
"What? Are you really a witch? "Luther was confused.
Hina was also stunned. What, you don't know that I'm a witch?
Luther's scalp was numb. He just fancied the sword, so he wanted to rob her and frame her as a witch.
Unexpectedly, she was really a witch, and the sword also contained some kind of strange energy.
"Humph, go to hell! Witches! "Seeing Hina approaching on her horse, Luther held his sword nervously and roared to meet her.
He did not retreat. Capturing a real witch was also attractive to him. Maybe he could get a lot of rewards from the church.
Although the magic sword was strange, he thought that he had the protection of God, so the magic sword could not hurt him!
Luther waved the sword hard, trying to cut Hina to death.
His swordsmanship was undoubtedly much better than Hina's, but it was useless. He did not have time to learn Hina's complicated swordsmanship, but he could still learn how to mindlessly hit other people's swords.
Why was the electrode sword not called the electric sword? Because of the ingenious design, a part of the sword edge would be magnetized in the process of charging, and had considerable magnetic force.
The enemy's sword would be attracted by the magnetic force, plus Hina focused on blocking and deliberately blocking. Basically, it was difficult for anyone to attack her through the magic sword.
Luther felt a strange attraction, which led his sword and changed the trajectory of his sword.
With a clang, electric arc sparks burst out on the crisscrossing sword edge, and Luther fell to the ground together with his horse.
His brain seemed to be hit by a heavy hammer, and his heart trembled in disorder. Although he did not faint immediately, he felt more uncomfortable. The tingling numbness spread all over his body, and he stopped breathing and could not move.
The other retainers looked at the scene in horror. What kind of magic sword was this?
They fell when they hit it, and fainted when they wiped it.
A white-robed witch, with only a sword, cut down a knight who was much stronger than her.
Was she a witch or a magic swordsman?
Then, all the retainers' eyes gathered on the magic sword that fell to the ground.
The sword fell to the ground, and Hina did not hold it. It was hit out of her hand by Luther's powerful blow before he fell.
"Magic sword!" All the retainers no longer cared about Luther and his companions. They greedily got off their horses and rushed to the sword on the ground.
Hina's face changed, and she jumped off her horse like crazy.
This sword was given by Mo Qiong, and it meant a lot to her. She even held it in her sleep. How could she let it fall into the hands of others?
A retainer waved the sword from behind, and blood dyed Hina's robe red. Hina did not retreat at all, and took the initiative to hold the sword in her hand again.
"Hand over the magic sword!" The retainers shouted and surrounded her.
Hina held the magic sword tightly, and stared at the five people surrounding her vigilantly. She sneered, "This was given to me by my lord, the Great Demon King Qiong. When did it become a magic sword?"
"Nonsense, this is clearly a magic sword given by God, and it was picked up by an evil witch like you. There is no such thing as a Great Demon King!" A retainer shouted.
Hina had experienced the cruel darkness and despair, and her mind was the most tenacious.
She took out a strip of cloth, and tightly wrapped it around her hand to tie it to the sword. The other hand held it tightly to ensure that the magic sword would not fall out of her hand.
"If you want to take away my lord's sword, you have to kill me first!" She held the sword with both hands, and her robe was stained with blood.
The breeze blew her hair that was tied up high, and she looked quite like a heroic female swordsman.
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