Paladin Hart (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Damn Holy Light."

After getting out of the carriage, Gu Xi looked up at Westminster Abbey and muttered to himself.

It wasn't that he disliked the Holy Light, but necromancers and the Holy Light were naturally opposed to one another.

After all, one wielded Negative Energy and the other positive energy. If they could stand together without clashing, that was already a good thing.

Peaceful communication was simply impossible.

Not to mention that the church in Victoria City also served as a Graveyard.

Gu Xi hesitated for a moment, then turned to leave.

The instant Gu Xi turned around, he discovered that a man clad in gilded heavy plate armor had somehow appeared behind him.

As soon as he turned, they ended up face-to-face.

The man had long golden hair and a handsome little mustache, making him look more like a nobleman.

But the dense Holy Light aura around him could not fool anyone. The moment Gu Xi saw him, he judged that this man was at least a level 5 Paladin.

"What is a necromancer doing here?"

Faced with the man's rude question, Gu Xi had no intention of getting along peacefully with him either.

"What, does a Paladin have to meddle in everything? Is this your house?"

The man froze, then pointed at Westminster Abbey behind him. "It actually is my house."

"Fine, then. Is there any rule saying necromancers can't come here?"

Gu Xi glanced around and noticed several white-robed priests passing nearby.

"Not exactly. But many Heroic Spirits are sleeping within and around the church, so necromancers are not welcome here."

"Fine, I won't go inside. Can't I just take a look from outside?"

The man paused. Why did those words sound so familiar?

"That won't do either. Leave now, before I have to make you."

"Wait, don't be so hasty. I really didn't come to cause trouble. You know I'm a necromancer. Recently, I met an undead who discovered that his corpse had been moved, and he couldn't find his own grave.

"You should understand what I mean. I came here this time to investigate, to see if I can find out where his grave is."

Gu Xi quickly made up an excuse.

The man stared at Gu Xi for quite some time before withdrawing his imposing aura. "We'll talk outside the square. Don't stand in the square."

Gu Xi looked helplessly at Westminster Abbey. He knew there was no way he could enter it now.

So he could only follow the man away from the great square in front of Westminster Abbey.

Fortunately, the man did not develop any hostility toward Gu Xi because of his identity.

In his view, whether one was a Paladin or a necromancer, they had merely chosen different professional paths due to their innate traits. There was no real opposition or distinction between them.

As long as Gu Xi had no intention of attacking Westminster Abbey, and as long as he did not try to steal the souls or corpses of the Heroic Spirits stored within it, there was no need for him to conflict with Gu Xi.

Thus, when he saw that Gu Xi was willing to leave the great square in front of Westminster Abbey with him, he even developed a somewhat favorable impression of Gu Xi.

"You can call me Duke Hart. I am a level 5 Paladin of Westminster Abbey."

"Hello, Duke Hart. I'm..." Gu Xi hesitated. In the end, he did not call himself Sandro or anything like that. Instead, he borrowed the name from the Land Purchase Order and said that his name was Joseph, a level 2 necromancer.

Hearing Gu Xi's introduction, Hart looked him over from head to toe.

"You're so skinny that people would believe you if you said you were a level 5 necromancer."

Gu Xi really wanted to say that he had gotten skinny from hunger, but in the end, he did not say it. Instead, he asked a question he had long wanted to ask.

"Isn't it said that Paladins and necromancers start fighting the moment they meet? Why are you treating me like this?"

"Who told you that? Why would Paladins fight necromancers? If we fight anyone, it's Death Knights." Hart rolled his eyes at Gu Xi. "You're a rookie professional from out of town, aren't you?

"You haven't reported to the Necromancer Guild yet?"

"There's something that good?"

"Of course. You don't actually know, do you? Necromancers are also one of the most important parts of Victoria City. Without necromancers, no one would deal with the corpses that drop dead in the streets every night, and no one would handle the water ghosts in the Isis River and the sewers.

"How would those upper-class people live in Victoria City then?

"Rely solely on us Paladins? Don't even think about it. The Holy Light can deal with ghosts, but it costs too much.

"That's why Victoria needs necromancers."

After saying that, Hart proudly lifted his chin. "Don't look at me with such admiration. I was only the ideological model student for three consecutive years at church school."

As he spoke, Hart deliberately flicked his hair. His teeth were so white they practically gleamed.

"Fine, then matters like helping a soul find its body should also be handled by the Necromancer Guild?"

"That's right. But in all these years, there really hasn't been anyone like you, specifically searching for a corpse. The necromancers' method of handling it is quite simple: just package it up and turn it into part of the Undead Army."

As they spoke, they had already left the great square in front of Westminster Abbey.

Only after he could no longer feel the influence of the Holy Light did Hart change the subject.

"By the way, who were you looking for again? Did he mention his name, or anything like his birth and death dates?"

"No. You know undead might not remember much. The only thing he remembered was that the Small Church where he was buried also held Knight Baus's corpse. That was the only clue he left behind."

"Knight Baus? Then you really came to the right place. If you'd been a few months later, you really wouldn't have found it."

"What happened?"

Gu Xi asked curiously.

"Westminster Abbey has too many Heroic Spirits it can enshrine. They're planning to move Knight Baus's corpse to another church."

Gu Xi grew curious as well. "Did something happen?"

"Nothing much. They recently arranged for a Duke's corpse to enter Westminster Abbey. There are too many corpses of the same rank, and the saints in the abbey are having trouble suppressing them, so Knight Baus's corpse has to be moved out.

"When that happens, if you want to find Knight Baus's corpse, you'll have to search other churches. And the records from when the corpse was moved won't go with it. That means your clue ends here."

"Then my luck really is good. Could you check where all the corpses behind that church were reburied?"

"Sure, I'll help you with that. But you have to stay here. You can't go anywhere near Westminster Abbey."

Hart wore an expression that plainly said he didn't trust Necromancers like them.

Seeing Hart like this, Gu Xi could only agree.

"Fine, I'll wait here. About how long will it take?"

"Not long. Knight Baus being moved to Westminster Abbey was a major event. There'll be a dedicated record book for it, and the information you want should be in there. I just need to look it up."

Hart spoke casually, but he repeatedly reminded Gu Xi, "You have to stay here. Don't go near Westminster Abbey again."