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The great doors behind them rumbled open. Everyone present shuddered and whipped their heads around to look.
A thick chill poured in through the doorway, and they discovered that a massive contingent of Exorcists had already sealed off the outside.
Under their watching eyes,
masked figures in black robes entered one after another, each escorting a pale, disheveled member of the clergy.
The instant Tyrael saw them, his pupils contracted.
Every one of the prisoners was a subordinate from his own church.
How could this...
There was no doubt about it.
This had been a ploy to lure him away. While he was trapped here, his entire church had been rounded up in one fell swoop.
"On your knees!"
The clergy from Abraham Church were forced heavily to their knees by the black-robed figures. Their faces were deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The leader of the black-robed figures immediately dropped to one knee and addressed Lin En:
"Reporting to you, Lord Divine Chosen!"
"Everyone on the list has been apprehended, and they have all confessed. Including Bishop Tyrael's deputy, every one of them participated in the Vessel incident over a decade ago. They also testified that the mastermind behind that incident was Tyrael!"
An uproar swept through the room. Many of the noble young ladies covered their mouths with trembling hands, disbelief written across their faces.
"It was him! He was the one!"
The kneeling deputy pointed at the pinned-down Tyrael, his face deathly pale.
"Over a decade ago, he ordered us to lure and abduct the orphans displaced by the Great Demon incident! He was also the one who had us build that underground shelter! He was acting on orders from that Great Demon in the Spirit Realm, creating Vessels in the real world for it to