When Teabing saw Langdon shaking his head, his heart skipped a beat. He knew that the note in the cryptex had been destroyed. For a moment, Teabing's heart was dead. He had studied the Holy Grail all his life, and his greatest wish was to uncover this thousand-year-old secret. He wanted to break the thousand-year-old rule of the Holy See, and even betrayed the secret of the Priory of Cultivators to the Sorcerer's Guild.
That's right, he had betrayed the elders of the Priory of Cultivators. He did not expect that in the end, all his hopes would be destroyed in the hands of the Sorcerer's Guild. This made him disheartened, and he suddenly felt that there was no meaning in living. He regretted agreeing to William to kill the guy behind him, but it was useless to say anything now.
Teabing shouted hysterically, "Kill him, William! The elders of the Priory of Cultivators were assassinated by him! Don't worry about me, William, kill him!"
Teabing's sudden loss of control puzzled William, but he no longer had an angle to shoot. The white-haired assassin had been hiding behind Teabing's head, so he could not kill him with one shot.
As he was hesitating, William suddenly saw a dozen people sneaking into the manor on the monitor. William saw that they were all police officers. The plainclothes police of France would wear a red badge on their arms when they were on the move.
The police were here, and William knew that he did not have much time to kill the white-haired assassin. He gritted his teeth and wondered if he should really ignore Teabing's words and shoot? William rejected the idea in less than a second. The police were here, and he would have to take responsibility if he accidentally shot.
He wondered why Teabing was so sure that the white-haired assassin was the murderer. He even remembered what Langdon said, that Teabing must know the names of some of the members and elders of the Priory of Cultivators. He then thought of the arrangements made by the Grand Elder of the Priory of Cultivators, Jacques Saunière before his death.
William wondered if Jacques Saunière suspected that there was a traitor in the Priory of Cultivators when he died, and a very high-level one at that. Otherwise, four elders would not have died consecutively.
But what if it was not a traitor in the Priory of Cultivators, but someone who knew the Priory of Cultivators very well? As soon as this thought popped up, Teabing became the prime suspect.
Although William could not figure out why Teabing would do this, once the seed was planted, he could not stop suspecting Teabing.
The cautious William took a few steps forward with his gun in hand. He walked to the walkie-talkie and secretly used his mental power to press the button to communicate with the first floor.
"Let go of Teabing, and I'll let you go," William said loudly on purpose to let the police downstairs know that someone was being held hostage upstairs.
At that moment, Remy, the valet, rushed in with a gun. He had heard William's shouts from upstairs in the kitchen and knew that something had happened. He hurriedly came up with his gun and just happened to miss the police.
Seeing that Teabing was being held hostage, Rémy pointed his gun at the white-haired man. "Release Sir."
Seeing that William had another helper, the white-haired man became even more nervous. He shouted, "Put down the gun, or I will perish together with this old man. I will do what I say."
Seeing another wound on Teabing's neck, William and Remy did not dare to move again. For a moment, both sides were frozen.
Teabing was indeed a veteran. After a few minutes, he had calmed down. After calming down, he did not want to die. Anyway, as long as he was alive, there were other ways to find the Holy Grail.
Teabing gave Remy a very subtle look. William, who had been scanning with his mental power, immediately sensed that Remy, who was more than a metre away from him, nodded gently. "Let go of Sir. I will be your hostage."
In his perception, Remi walked half a meter closer to William, and the gun he had been pointing at the white-haired man suddenly turned to William's head.
Remy's actions made William's hair stand on end. He didn't even think about it before rolling behind the table and hiding behind it.
Remy reacted quickly. Seeing William hide behind the table, he immediately grabbed Sophie and pointed his gun at her while he hid behind her.
Remy smiled at William and said, "Throw your gun out, Mr. Devonshire. I have two hostages here. Otherwise, I will kill Professor Langdon first."
William hid behind the table and scanned Remy with his mental power. He wondered why Remy did not shoot him when he came in. Instead, he kept trying to hold them hostage. William pretended to be worried about Sophie's safety and shouted, "Don't shoot. I will put my gun down. Be careful not to misfire." Then, he threw his gun out.
He was not really worried about Sophie and Langdon. He still had a gun in his storage space. He hid under the table and quietly took out another gun. Because the storage space was very safe, William was used to loading his gun so that he could shoot as soon as he took it out.
Putting the gun in his belt, William raised his hand and slowly walked out.
"Stand with Langdon," Remy ordered.
William pretended to be careful to avoid Remy's gun and walked one meter away from the panicking Langdon. He did not go to Langdon's side. He was afraid that Langdon would be accidentally shot. As long as he did not shoot at sight, he was 100% sure that he could avoid it.
William was not as fast as a bullet, but he could be faster than Remy. "Why, Remy?" William asked.
Remy ignored William and said to the white-haired man, "Let go of Sir Teabing first. Go and tie them up."
Although the white-haired man was confused by Remy's actions, he did not let go of Teabing. He was afraid that Remy and William were acting and tricking him into letting go of Teabing. "How do I know if you are acting with that guy? If you want me to let go of this old man, put down your gun first."
Remy smiled and said to the white-haired man, "Silas, you can let go of Sir Teabing. We are on the same side."
Silas looked at Remy in surprise and then at Teabing. He said uncertainly, "Teacher?"
Remy nodded. "Yes, Silas. I am the teacher who called you. Sir Teabing asked me to tell you about the four Priory Elders. Now let go of Sir Teabing and tie them up."
Remy then told Silas the names of the four Priory Elders, as well as some details of his conversation with Silas.
These words finally convinced Silas. After letting go of Teabing, Silas was finally relieved. As soon as he relaxed, he felt as if his arms had been cut by a thousand knives. The pain made him break out in cold sweat. He looked at William with red eyes and walked over to Remy to pick up the gun that William had placed on the ground. He endured the pain and wanted to kill William.
"Wait, Silas. You can't kill him. William is still useful," Teabing said hurriedly.
Silas looked at Teabing in confusion. Teabing said, "Now that the keystone has been destroyed and the four Priory Elders are dead, all the clues are gone. We can only try on the Devonshire family.
Devonshire's ancestor was one of the five Paladins who discovered the Holy Grail. Although the Devonshire family has not participated in any Priory activities for the past few hundred years after the massacre 600 years ago, they might be able to find some clues in their family.
"Silas, you heard it just now. William is very filial to his mother. Let's bring the three of them to Oxford, England to look for William's mother. I heard that after William bought the Devonshire Family's castle, his mother has been taking care of it. Do you understand, Silas?"
William nodded and put down the gun. He looked at the ground in front of him angrily. He did not dare to provoke Silas now. This guy was really ruthless. Although he would not kill him now, there was a 100% chance that he would make William suffer after being provoked.
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