Questioning

When Wood stormed towards the Old Castle, he noticed Sakre, who was guarding the entrance, seemed to be staring at him with ill intentions. The old Butler was whispering something to Sakre with his head bowed.

Several of Sakre's cronies appeared to be leading the way, but Wood felt as if these men had surrounded him in a pincer formation.

Allen had been waiting for a long time. Upon seeing Wood, he immediately adjusted his facial expression.

Wood saw Allen and a surge of anger rose within him.

The local Diocese only had a few useless individuals. In such a short time, two had been injured and two had died. Wood felt like he could eat Allen alive.

Before Wood could even approach to question him, Allen kicked over a small round table, startling Wood.

Walking up to Wood, Allen unleashed a torrent of scolding: "Damn it, you still have the nerve to come find me? Do you know how dangerous tonight was? Do you know what happened tonight? Do you know who ran to Outpost County?"

Allen asked three "Do you know?" questions in a row, and Wood was completely bewildered. He subconsciously replied, "No, I don't."

Allen pretended to suppress his anger, patted Wood on the shoulder, and said, "Good, it's good you don't know."

After speaking, Allen sat back down on a stone stool and patted the adjacent one, saying, "Come here. Ignorance is bliss. I'll explain it to you."

Wood felt something was off. It was clearly his two subordinates who had died, yet it felt like Allen had suffered a greater loss. Still, he cautiously sat down on the stone stool. However, seeing Sakre's malicious look in the distance made him feel a bit uneasy.

Wood kept glancing at Sakre, thinking, I don't have any issues with this guy, so why does he look like I killed his own father today?

Earlier, he had dispatched four Guardian Knights to secretly monitor and protect Dina, fearing that Allen would cause trouble again with the newly appointed Candidate Saintess.

Not long after, a security officer from the General Affairs Hall rushed to the Diocese, stating that Lord Allen had notified him about a battle at the Market and asked the Diocese to go to the scene to "clean up."

Wood, completely confused, rushed to the Market with the remaining Guardian Knights. He was instantly furious. So, this was just a cleanup operation! He had thought the security officer's accent was just non-standard.

The two severely injured Guardian Knights were both noble scions from the Duke Lotel Kingdom. They had trained in martial arts at the Holy See since childhood and had followed Wood for some years after coming of age. They hadn't even stumbled in all those years, yet this was the first time they were involved with Allen, and they had suffered over a dozen broken ribs, barely clinging to life on the ground. The scoundrels in Outpost County were truly audacious. The two Knights were completely naked, not even their undergarments remained.

This infuriated Wood. He grabbed a passerby on the spot and demanded to know who had stripped his Knights. The passerby turned out to be a believer. With a pious expression, he replied, "Your believer greets you. I swear in the name of the Holy Father, the Knights on the ground were not wearing any clothes when they came out."

A group of bystanders passing by also corroborated this, earnestly claiming that the Knights had indeed come out without any clothes. Wood was so angry he almost vomited blood.

The remaining two Guardian Knights, who had already died, were not spared either. They were also completely naked. These two came from commoner families but had been adopted by the Holy See since childhood. For over thirty years, they had eliminated countless visible and hidden enemies for the Holy See. They were in a semi-retired state in Outpost County. Among the dozens of Guardian Knights in the local Diocese, these two were second to none in combat experience and martial arts. Yet, in the small Outpost County, while carrying out a simple surveillance mission, they had inexplicably returned to the embrace of the Overgod and Holy Father. Truly, they came naked and left naked, not taking a single cloud with them.

Having lost four Guardian Knights at once, Wood didn't even have time to inquire about what had happened before he galloped to the Old Castle, ready to confront Allen.

To his surprise, the main culprit, Allen, was furious instead.

Wood was truly afraid of this ancestor. The Cardinal Archbishop of the Southwest Diocese was about to visit Outpost County. Allen was causing trouble every other day. If anything went wrong, not only would his position as Bishop be jeopardized, but he would also be close to being burned at the stake.

Allen put on an act of disappointment, pointing at Wood's forehead, shaking his head, and sighing, "You're already quite old, why are you so unreliable?"

Seeing Wood's bewildered expression, Allen's face was filled with lingering fear: "It was close, so close to total disaster. Candidate Saintess, Cardinal Archbishop visiting, Outpost County... it was almost ruined by your subordinates, you fools."

Wood frowned, feeling Allen was becoming increasingly outrageous. This was too exaggerated. However, since it involved the newly appointed Candidate Saintess Dina, he felt a sense of awe mixed with confusion.

"Dina is a Barbarian, you know that, right?"

Wood nodded.

"Dina wrote a letter to her hometown."

Wood shot up from his seat. If what Allen said was true, this matter could be significant. Although the Holy See was promoting Dina as a Candidate Saintess, if the Barbarians managed to snatch her away without anyone noticing, it would be a severe blow to the Holy See. If they couldn't even protect their own Candidate Saintess, how could they spread the Holy Father's will? They might as well go home and lose their handkerchiefs.

"Don't get agitated yet," Allen said, placing a hand on Wood's shoulder. "Dina wrote in her letter that she's doing very well. The Holy See not only provides food and lodging but also treats her exceptionally well, especially the Overgod Holy Father. Who is he? He's a god that even the God of War would worship! So, Dina advised her fellow villagers on the plains, saying, 'Let's not worship the God of War anymore. Since we're playing with faith, let's directly believe in the house.' Dina specifically stated in the letter that it's okay if her fellow villagers don't believe; they can come to the Diocese in Outpost County to experience it. If it doesn't work out, the Holy See will reimburse your travel expenses. Belief is optional; it's like a free trip if you don't believe."

"This is allowed?" Wood was completely dumbfounded. He felt Allen was spouting nonsense, but he had no proof, so he asked, "What does this have to do with my deceased subordinates?"

"You've finally asked the right question. Don't underestimate Dina, even though she seems silly every day. She's quite famous in the plains. A Descendant of Titan Bloodline! Her fellow villagers are bound to believe her. Just now, two Barbarians arrived. They traveled thousands of miles across the Great Wilderness on foot! And what happened? Your stupid subordinates, without asking anything, immediately tried to kill them. The Barbarians didn't steal their flowerpots, yet they drew their swords without a word. Is that reasonable? Tell me, is that reasonable?"

Wood could imagine the scene. If two Barbarians suddenly appeared before him, he would also draw his weapon without hesitation.

Allen shook his head and sighed, "Do you know who they were? One was the son of a Chieftain, named Little Beer or something like Little Zack. The other was recognized as the number one warrior on the plains, I forget his name, something like Big Wheel."

Sakre walked over, coughed awkwardly, and whispered, "Little Zack, Big Babylon."

Seeing Allen's nonsensical explanation, Sakre was genuinely impressed. Wood might not know, but he did. He was there at the time. Yet, in Allen's account, everything had changed.

He almost felt sorry for those two Guardian Knights; their deaths were too unjust.