The Trail Went Cold

"Bishop Vayak is dead?" The turn of events had caught Lin Yun and the others off guard. No, actually, Lin Yun had expected this.

From the beginning, he'd suspected that the so-called noble wasn't simply lusting after the young lady's beauty and planning to do unspeakable things to her.

According to Lin Yun's guess, the noble was either a follower of Slaanesh or a follower of Tzeentch. In any case, there was no way this was just a coincidence.

And clearly, when they saw that something seemed amiss with Lin Yun's group—or perhaps because they'd never intended to let the bishop live in the first place—they'd simply killed him.

"Where's the body? Take us there." Theodore furrowed his brow, then turned to Lin Yun. Lin Yun nodded slightly. "If possible, I think we should also find Lady of the Graveyard Roses."

Perhaps because he hadn't taken to Lin Yun's smooth talk, and because he was an Amethyst Wizard, once he'd had enough, he took the Crimson Dragon back to his wizard's tower. The dragon had just returned from a hunt.

After reuniting with Tachi Bro, who had finally recovered, Lin Yun and the others went to deal with the man called Bishop Vayak.

The main reason, of course, was that Lin Yun insisted the bishop—or the noble who had hired him—was probably a Cultist.

Theodore wanted to keep Nurn, which had only just begun to settle down, from falling into chaos again, so he had to go himself. Besides, Vayak was a bishop of the Hendrick Church, and someone of Theodore's standing was needed to handle the matter properly.

Otherwise, there would have been no point.

It was rather like the FBI accusing the CIA of defecting to the enemy.

But now, this had happened.

Things in Nurn were already