Westminster Abbey Incident (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

In front of Westminster Abbey, Hart had also returned to his own squad.

Among this squad made entirely of paladins, an elderly paladin whose hair had already turned white patted Hart on the shoulder and said, "What, playing the good guy again?"

"Captain, I tested him. That clueless rookie didn't even know about the Necromancer Guild. He's not a cultist drawn here by the Abomination."

"Fine. As long as he doesn't get close to Westminster Abbey. Keep an eye on him. Once the troop rotation is over in a few days, we won't need to be this tense anymore."

"Mm, I know. I'll arrange for that little guy to leave first."

As Hart spoke, he summoned a young man dressed as a priest in front of his captain.

"This is my token. I can't leave right now, so go to the library archives and find the '1742 Knight of the Round Table Holy Relic Relocation Records.'"

"Oh, okay!" The young priest took the token and quickly ran into Westminster Abbey.

Meanwhile, Gu Xi, who was in an alley near the grand square, had also noticed something unusual.

Knowing he would have to wait for quite a while, Gu Xi simply found a place to sit down and planned to have something to drink.

But for some reason, just after ordering a cup of Wheat Juice, Gu Xi was targeted.

Two men passing by him suddenly sped up and slammed into him from the front and back, knocking him against the tavern wall.

Just as Gu Xi was about to ask what was going on, the two men swiftly grabbed his arms. One of them reached out to cover Gu Xi's nose.

They moved incredibly fast, and their bodies blocked the view of everyone else, so no one noticed what was happening here.

But while they were fast, Gu Xi reacted even faster. As the two men held his arms, a pair of foot-long Bone Spikes shot from his fingertips.

Since the two were standing so close, the Bone Spikes immediately pierced into their necks.

This was practically Gu Xi's instinctive reaction.

He did not care what kind of environment he was in. If someone attacked him, he would definitely strike back with lethal force.

You successfully used Bone Spike. Bone Spike proficiency +1.

You successfully used Bone Spike. Bone Spike proficiency +1.

Kill Cultist (Level 1). Gained 10 Points of experience.

Kill Cultist (Level 1). Gained 11 Points of experience.

"Cultists?"

Looking at the messages that popped up, Gu Xi could not help but cry out.

He never expected that with just that shout, everyone nearby who had been passing by, eating, and drinking would leap to their feet.

Some drew their weapons and shouted, "What cultists? Where are the cultists?"

Others silently drew their weapons and charged toward Westminster Abbey.

Seeing them move, Gu Xi understood as well.

Something had happened at Westminster Abbey today.

This must have been the matter Hart mentioned about Knight Baus being reinterred.

It seemed the cultists intended to seize something inside Westminster Abbey. Gu Xi was just puzzled as to why these cultists had taken the initiative to attack him.

In truth, there were many things Gu Xi had not figured out, simply because he knew too little.

Westminster Abbey was indeed carrying out a reinterment, but not for the reason Hart had mentioned—that there were too many corpses of the same rank.

There was another reason. As one of Britain's more famous churches, Westminster Abbey was actually the burial place of many notable figures from Britain.

At the same time, it housed the holy bones and relics of certain powerful individuals.

These things had not been buried here to prevent necromancers from stealing the bodies of these powerful figures and turning them into formidable undead.

Rather, the power left behind by these mighty individuals was being used to suppress certain Abominations or uncontrollable cursed objects.

Something unusual had happened at Westminster Abbey over the past few days because one of the cursed objects they had been suppressing had somehow suddenly risen by one level, and its attributes had changed as well.

The original suppression method for this cursed object had become less effective. Westminster Abbey had no choice but to temporarily replace several relics and holy bones that had once belonged to paladins or even stronger knight-class experts with relics and holy bones from spellcasters or other powerful individuals.

This was done to adapt to the changes in the cursed object.

However, Westminster Abbey's defense force had received news that this cursed object was precisely what a certain cult force hidden within Victoria City wanted to obtain.

They intended to take advantage of Westminster Abbey's troop rotation to attack the abbey and seize the cursed object, which was practically a divine artifact to them.

They had been lying in wait outside Westminster Abbey this entire time, searching for the right opportunity.

The defense force of Westminster Abbey knew about this as well, but they had no way to determine who was a cultist. So they could only station personnel near the grand square to keep watch on the passing visitors.

Otherwise, how could Gu Xi have been spotted by a paladin right away?

As for why Gu Xi had been attacked by the cultists, it was entirely an accident.

Gu Xi had been noticed by many people because Hart had sent him to the edge of the square, and among the cultists who ambushed him, one of them recognized Gu Xi.

Because Gu Xi was the live sacrifice who had been imprisoned in the cultists' underground cell.

A distinctive cultist mark had actually been left on Gu Xi's body.

And now Gu Xi had openly appeared here.

Naturally, the cultists could not stand for it. They wanted to secretly take Gu Xi away, at the very least to ask how he had escaped.

In the end, the two cultists had overestimated their own strength.

The moment they grabbed Gu Xi's arm, he killed them on the spot.

The system notification also startled the cultists lurking nearby. They thought their ambush had been discovered, so they immediately leaped out.

Thus, the previously quiet and peaceful alley instantly descended into chaos.

Seeing this, Gu Xi immediately flung the two corpses outward.

Several cultists charging at Gu Xi were knocked back by the corpses. At the same time, Gu Xi pointed at one of the bodies.

"Bone Shield!"

You successfully used Lesser Bone Shield. Lesser Bone Shield proficiency +1.

As Gu Xi cast the spell, one of the corpses exploded on the spot, and a gray-white bone shield appeared beside him.

Gu Xi then spread his hands, producing the Bone Shatter Wooden Stick and the Ghastly Head. With his back against the wall, he stared intently at everyone before him.

Gu Xi was not sure who among these people was good and who was bad.

He had only one thought now: stay alive and avoid getting involved in what was happening before him.