Leaving Patel Province

The Saint Realm ancestor of the Patel Family took a look and decided not to pursue the matter further. If it had been an ordinary level-six mage without any background, he certainly could have killed him for that remark alone.

He also believed the Church of Light could not do much to him, but if he killed the grandson of those lunatics in the Knight Order, his family would likely face retaliation. He did not currently possess the strength to overpower the Church of Light, so he chose to ignore it.

The Blood-Eyed Mane Lion carried the injured Matthews toward the village where Asolun and the others were staying, while the members of the Church of Light began contacting the Church. They reported that Matthews had killed a level-nine priest and an angel of the Church of Light.

The Pope of Light, Leviathan, was leisurely drinking tea when one of the Church's high priests walked in.

"What is the matter?"

The high priest bowed respectfully in a gesture of praise to the light before saying, "Pope, something has happened in the eastern province controlled by the Patel Family!"

"Weren't people already sent there? What happened?"

The Saint Realm expert of the Patel Family was only at the initial stage of the Saint Realm. Ordinarily, a Pope would not concern himself with matters of this level. However, he had learned where his grandson had gone during a casual chat with the Knight Order commander, Vasily, so he had kept the matter in mind. Now that his subordinate reported trouble there, he assumed it was the Patel Family being disrespectful.

"A level-nine priest and a level-nine angel we sent there have been killed."

As the priest spoke, he handed over a sealed intelligence report. The Pope asked dismissively, "Did the Patel ancestor make a move? A mere initial-stage Saint Realm dares to provoke the Holy See? Just kill him."

Pope Leviathan opened the report, only to see that a level-nine warrior named Matthews had killed the father of the Church's level-nine priest and seized an artifact from the Jettanson Family.

"Scoundrel! Send people to wipe out this Jettanson Family!"

Pope Leviathan was somewhat angry. Ford Jettanson had known his family possessed an artifact yet chose not to report it, instead hiding it rather than offering it to the Church. Furthermore, because of him, the Church had lost a level-nine angel for nothing, so the Jettanson Family should not be allowed to exist.

Pope Leviathan thought for a moment and said to the priest, "Go call Otto and Paya from the Saint Knight Order."

Otto and Paya were relatively powerful level-nine warriors of the Saint Knight Order. With the two of them leading a team of angels, they should be able to capture that level-nine warrior named Matthews alive.

Everyone wanted an artifact, so Pope Leviathan did not want to give up on it. If Saint Realm experts from other churches stepped in, they might demand a share. He still believed that Matthews and that Blood-Eyed Mane Lion had only managed to kill the Church's people because they were injured, so the two of them shouldn't be that strong!

"Greetings, Pope!"

Pope Leviathan looked at the man and woman who had entered and ordered them, "In the eastern Patel Province, a level-nine warrior killed one of our priests. I need you two to take six level-nine angels and bring him back to me!"

"Understood!"

The Pope continued, "Remember, I want him alive. If that is impossible, at the very least, bring back his Space Ring and weapon."

After Pope Leviathan finished arranging the matter, the two Saint Knight Order warriors, Otto and Paya, took their men and set off for Patel City. Afterward, the Church of Light issued a wanted warrant for Matthews.

Although the region ruled by the Church of Light was still far from the territory of the Divine Beast Empire, news spread quite quickly. That day, Mia was attending a class at the magic academy; at eighteen, she was already a level-six mage.

Walking down the corridor, she heard someone say, "Have you heard? A level-nine warrior named Matthews recently killed a level-nine priest and a level-nine angel of the Church of Light."

Hearing a name identical to her brother's, Mia stopped the two young women and asked, "Who is this Matthews you are talking about?"

"It's that art master, Matthews! I heard the paintings of his collected by the Imperial Capital Art Gallery have gone up by so many gold coins."

Another girl, seeing her friend speaking so vividly, hurriedly added, "That's right! The count who originally bought Master Matthews' first painting has been showing it off everywhere lately!"

Watching the two girls walk away, Mia knew the strength of the Church of Light. She could not help but feel worried, wondering if her brother would be in danger for killing their people on Church of Light territory.

At this moment, Winter, that little classmate, came up and asked the gloomy-looking Mia, "My dear, what's wrong?"

Mia recounted the news she had just learned and asked anxiously, "Will my brother be in danger?"

When Winter heard that his brother-in-law had killed someone from the Church of Light, he looked at the worried Mia, took her hand, and comforted her, "Don't worry, Boss will be fine. I will have my family's people look into it."

While Winter was comforting the worried Mia, Matthews was being carried back to the village by the similarly injured Blood-Eyed Mane Lion.

The moment Asolun saw Matthews, a concerned voice rang out in Matthews' mind.

"Boss, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I can still hold on."

After comforting Asolun, Matthews immediately said to Fiona, who was standing nearby, "Go quickly and find a carriage to take us away."

Hearing this, Asolun asked worriedly, "Boss, both you and Pal are injured. Will there be a problem if we travel in this condition?"

Matthews told Fiona to hurry while explaining to Asolun, "I killed people from the Church of Light, and I don't know how soon they will come looking for us."

"Besides, this is the Patel Family's territory, and I am worried they will dispatch people to hunt us down. Leaving here is the most correct choice!"

A short while later, Fiona returned with two carriages. She took Matthews and the others and left!

Three days after they departed, personnel from the Church of Light found the village where they had stayed and dragged away the villagers who had originally taken Matthews in!

In a small valley on the edge of the Magic Beast Mountain Range, Matthews was slowly practicing the 12-Style Taiji Fist he had learned in his university martial arts class in his previous world.

"Young Master, this dance of yours is truly graceful!"

It had been fifteen days since he had killed the Jettansons. In these days, he had fully recovered from his injuries. Now, practicing some martial arts to loosen his joints, he was actually told by this dim-witted servant that it was a dance.

Matthews was too lazy to explain anything more to her. Then, he saw Fiona slowly repeating the movements Matthews had just performed on the spot.

"Oh? You actually learn quite quickly!"

When Matthews had first learned Taiji, he knew it was a method of borrowing force to strike. But here in the Coiling Dragon world, he also had an affinity for the water element. This Taiji was extremely compatible with the Profound Truth of Roundness and Softness!