Chapter 803: Chapter 499: The Shock of Bishop Felix_2

“In one sentence, being favored by the World Tree and being an Elf Sage had already brought him the greatest benefits; he didn’t pay much attention to other matters.”

Rather than that, it made sense to maintain a good relationship with the Church of the Gods, as there might be more space for cooperation in the future.”

Unlike Lis’s previous life, in the Gaia World, there indeed were deities, and their camps and divine domains meant that the choices of the gods would not undergo significant shifts.”

That is to say, except for some special cases like the Elf Royal Court, the Church of the Gods, which shared common goals with Lis, was still quite reliable.”

“Bishop Felix, if it’s convenient, why not join me on a trip to the City Guard Army?”

After a brief exchange, Lis said to Felix.”

Felix was the bishop of the Acot City Region; although he was not comparable to Bishop of Karni that Lis had met before, he was still a big figure in the Bolin Kingdom.”

“Alright.”

Felix was slightly startled but then understood the reason behind Lis’s visit to the City Guard Army.”

With a sigh in his heart, Felix instructed Maierken to keep watch over the place and handle some end-of-event tasks; then he and Lis headed to the headquarters of the City Guard Army in Acot City.”

“Sage Lord, do you think there’s a problem with the City Guard Army or that it might even be related to that person we just discussed?”

On the way, Felix asked Lis.”

“Of course, I have that suspicion.”

Lis had no intention of hiding it.”

“Now that they still haven’t made a move, don’t you find it a bit strange?”

Faced with Lis’s rhetorical question, Felix could only nod.”

Indeed, something was amiss, but Felix found it hard to accept that the City Guard Army might indeed be involved with the Abyss Demons.”

If that were true, it would undoubtedly mean that the Abyss Demons and their accomplices had been developing silently right under the nose of the Earth Church for a long time without Felix noticing.”

This was a dereliction of duty by the Church!”

Thinking this, Felix felt somewhat relieved; if it were true, the earlier they discovered it, the less harm it would bring to Acot City.”

Felix had grown up in this beautiful city from a young age and naturally did not want to see it ruined by the Abyss Demons.”

With the Elf Royal Court as a warning, no one would underestimate the disaster and terror brought by the Abyss Demons.”

“Lord Lis, how can we determine if there’s a problem with those from the City Guard Army?”

Cendelle asked by his side, her curiosity evident.”

“What do you think should be done?”

Lis didn’t answer but instead threw the question back.”

“… Use ‘Detect Evil’?”

Cendelle pondered for a moment, her voice hesitant.”

This spell was frequently used by the priests and paladins of the True God Church”, and if the target of the spell belonged to an evil kingdom, a blood-red glow would appear on them.”

The more intense the blood-red glow, the higher the degree of evil in the spell target.”

Upon hearing Cendelle’s words, Felix showed no emotion.”

Lis shook his head, smiling as he said:

“Unfortunately, that method is not appropriate.”

“Do you know why the Human Kingdom’s nobles have such a complex attitude towards the paladins?”

“Not quite sure.”

Although Cendelle had been diligently learning about the Human Kingdom in preparation for the future, what Lis mentioned was indeed beyond her knowledge.”

Without any pretense, Lis continued:

“The detection of evil on beings, if used on Human nobility, I estimate that eight or nine out of ten would show the blood-red representing evil.”

“Some paladins, or rather most paladins, are stubborn; they adhere to their doctrines to fight those evil nobles.”

“That’s why the nobles fear the paladins but at the same time they need the protection of the paladins.”

As Lis walked through the streets of Acot City, he looked at Cendelle.”

“What do you think, if the nobles are like that, what would be the situation with the City Guard Army?”

“I understand.”

Cendelle nodded, none of these matters would change her perception of humans, only deepen her understanding of the Human Kingdom.”

“I hadn’t realized that a Sage like yourself knew so much about these matters.”

Felix smiled wryly as he spoke.

The matter mentioned by Lis was, in fact, a silent pact between the Church of the Gods and the ruling class of the Human Kingdom.

Moreover, for the Church of the Gods, absolute justice and goodness were not beneficial as they could lead the Church to an extreme and ultimately self-destruction.

Thus, the Church of the Gods often turned a blind eye, to gain the support of the Human Kingdom.

Of course, this was more pertinent to entities such as the Dawn Church and the Earth Church, whereas a Divine Church like the Wealth Goddess Church and the Love Church wouldn’t care about these matters.

As for Lis, Felix knew only that he had suddenly appeared in the Elf Kingdom and became an Elf Sage; the details of his past experiences in the Feis Kingdom and his Duke status were unknown to him.

Lis smiled at Felix, it was because of this reason that he wanted to involve someone from the Earth Church.

As long as they found something wrong with anyone from the City Guard Army, no matter what action he took, there would be someone from the Earth Church backing him up, for free.

After all, for them, combating the Abyss Demons and eradicating the Evil God Church were equally important tasks.

Soon, Lis and his companions arrived at the headquarters of the City Guard Army in Acot City.

This place was located on a relatively high mountain on the east side of Acot City, the fort built of bluish-black rock was extremely solid, even capable of withstanding short-time attacks from Gold Level strongmen after being carved with Protection Magic Array.

And now, in front of Lis and his companions, the fortress’s gate was tightly shut, with vague figures moving on the wall, maintaining a vigilance as if they were being invaded by an external enemy.

“Who are you?”

A head peeked from the top of the wall, timidly asking Lis and the others.

Lis shook his head slightly, and a bright white light suddenly appeared, enveloping Lis and the people around him.

A moment later, the figures of Lis and his companions vanished from the spot.

“Huh?”

The soldier on the castle wall rubbed his eyes, uncertainly looking down several times, still unable to spot anyone.

Could it be that I saw wrong?

He muttered quietly, but the squad leader next to him had already dragged him away.

“Are you asking for death? Just pretend they don’t exist, why talk so much?”

The squad leader smacked his head fiercely, speaking nervously.

Something’s not right!

I’d better slip away early!

The squad leader, always confident in his intuition, made a decision and stealthily slipped away with his distant cousin.

…

On the other side, Lis disregarded those irrelevant ordinary people and directly went to the place where he sensed the strongest presence of Demon Power, which was also the core area of the fortress.

Feeling the solid ground beneath his feet again, Felix looked at Lis with mixed emotions.

Group short-range Space Transmission!

It had been activated so quickly that even he, a Gold Level Priest, hadn’t had time to react.

What did this imply?

It implied that with Lis’s proficiency in Space Magic, killing him would be easy, even with many guards around.

Was this the strength of the first Human to become an Elf Sage in countless years?

Even the Gold Level prodigies from the Church Holy City had never made Felix feel so powerless.

Indeed, the pressure Lis exerted was beginning to approach that of the Legendary Strongmen.

Not noticing the perturbed Felix, Lis looked around the room.

This was an extremely luxurious room, with soft bear skin sofas, expensive wines, and rich food, more resembling a place of pleasure for indulgent nobles rather than the interior of a military camp.

“Who are you?”

A burly man with an open chest got up from the sofa, cautiously looking at the people who had suddenly appeared.

A young man, an Elf… and Bishop Felix?

Recognizing only Felix, Hozia’s heart sank. As one of the highest authorities in Acot City, Felix wasn’t even standing in the center.

Who was this young man?

Lis, sizing up the rather formidable middle-aged man before him, confirmed his thoughts,

“What is your relationship with Benfica?”