Chapter 624

"Is Desa dead?" Viola stood up with surprise in his eyes.

Ren nodded.

This is a note sent by the consul Gnaeus.

His complexion was very ugly. De Sade was deliberately left alive by himself. On the surface, he wanted to pry the main messenger of the attack out of his mouth and force the Nether elders to confess. In fact, only I know that De Sade has some inside information about Master Ogulevi's depravity.

I originally thought that in two days, I would secretly visit De Sade before his trial, and maybe I could get some key information from his mouth.

But unexpectedly, this guy died.

The prison of the Justice Church is the most formidable prison in the empire. It may not be one of them. De Sade is such an important figure. Lusper wanted to use his life to stand up for the church, so he sent the sword of order to guard it all the time, but the result was still problem occurs.

Seeing that Ryan was unhappy, Viola comforted him and said, "If you die, you should die. Anyway, the arbitrator would not dare to involve the Duke of Redstone."

Ren sighed and didn't explain much.

He sat back on the bed, and suddenly asked, "Who do you think did it?"

"It must be the Duke of Redstone..." Viola replied subconsciously, and then realized that this contradicted his last sentence.

Since everyone knows that the mastermind behind the attack on Rennes is the Duke of Redstone, and the Church of Justice has also controlled the impact of the matter within a certain range, and has no intention of pursuing it further. Wouldn't it be superfluous to kill again?

Desa had to die in the prison of the Justice Church, which was tantamount to a slap in the face of the Justice Church.

Doing so may anger the Justice Church.

Grand Arbiter Lusper is not a member of the Supreme Council, but his strength, status and power are actually better than most holy soul wizards, second only to the big three empires.

The Justice Church controls the imperial judicial system, maintains justice and order, and upholds political neutrality, but it does not mean that they are all temperless and good people.

Killing and silencing will definitely offend the Justice Church.

With the wisdom of the Duke of Redstone, it is absolutely impossible to make such a stupid move.

"Didn't the Duke of Redstone do it?"

Viola was confused, and asked in confusion: "But besides him, who else has the motive to kill? The prison of the Justice Church is guarded by the sword of order, who can kill silently under the eyes of so many legendary holy swordsmen. Dead Sade, at least a saint-level transcendent, the most suspected holy soul wizard..."

"If the Duke of Redstone really wanted to attack, why did he wait until today?" Ren also asked a question.

"Too……"

Viola was even more confused.

De Sade has been imprisoned for two days. Two days is more than enough time for the Justice Church to ask something from him. Even if some confessions are to be left for later use, it is too late for the Duke of Redstone to silence him now.

The Duke of Redstone must have known the moment De Sade was arrested.

It didn't make sense. He thought about it for two days before deciding to do it.

"Could it be that someone planted a frame and intentionally made the Duke of Redstone and the Church of Justice feud?" Viola made a guess, and suddenly looked at Ren with some doubts in his eyes.

If anyone has the motivation to do this, Rennes is definitely the first.

Although Ryan has been by his side these two days, don't forget that he also has a clone, Raistlin, who is elusive and has unfathomable strength. Maybe he can sneak into the prison of the Justice Church and kill Thade, and no one will Suspicion is on Ren's head.

Ren couldn't laugh or cry, "I didn't do it, Raistlin has already returned to Modu."

Buoyangsi was missing, and in order to prevent this enemy from retaliating in his own territory, he asked Raistlin to go back to guard Glamorgan.

"I'm just making a random guess." Viola covered her mouth and chuckled, "If it wasn't you, who would it be?"

Ren was also deep in thought.

There are too many doubts about this matter, and the fog is so thick that even I can't see the truth clearly.

What is certain is that De Sade was not silenced because of the possibility of dragging the Duke of Redstone into the water. The cause of his death must be related to the fall of Master Ogulev.

In other words, the person who killed De Sade must also know the inside story of Master Ogulevi's fall.

The Duke of Redstone is still the number one suspect, but it is very likely that he did not do it, because the timing is not right, if he wants to do it, he will not wait until today. Since De Sade can be killed today, it can be done two days ago. It is almost unlikely that the prison is too heavily guarded, and there is no chance to do it until today.

Considering this line of thought, there are two possibilities.

First, the reason why the murderer acted today was because he had just learned that Desa had been caught and interrogated.

Second, the other party will know on the same day, but it will take time to make arrangements.

For example, the person who is really capable of attacking is not in Northriel, but is far away, and it took two days to arrive; it may also be that the person who is capable of attacking is not that strong and has not yet reached the holy rank, so it is necessary to be careful The plan, waiting for the opportunity, finally succeeded in killing De Sade.

The two possibilities are 50-50.

If it is the first case, the murderer must be the kind of person who doesn't care much about the current affairs of the empire, otherwise it will not be known until two days later that Dessa's arrest is such a sensation.

If it is the second case, then the murderer is not in Northriel, so it is more likely that the attack took two days.

Ren quickly sorted out his thoughts, got up and said, "I'm going to the Justice Church."

"Yeah." Viola helped him straighten his light armor and cloak, as gentle as his wife, "Go, I'll wait for you to come back and rest together."

"Okay." Ren bowed his head and kissed her lightly on the lips, opened the portal and walked in.

The portal landed in the sky above the eastern city of Northriel. Ren walked out of it, hovered in the air, and looked down at a majestic and majestic building on the ground.

This is the headquarters of the Justice Church - the Justice Tribunal.

Tirael, the god of justice and order, has the priesthood of "justice", "order", "law", "guardian", and "arbitration". His followers control the judicial system of the empire. This court of justice is both the law of the empire It is also a symbol of Tyrell's prestige in the mortal world.

In front of the court of justice, stands a huge sculpture.

Its whole body is made of gold, and the whole is a balance. The supporting shaft in the middle of the balance is a sword, with the tip of the sword facing down, inserted in the center of a thick code, and the code is placed on a pedestal several meters high. , The opened page is densely filled with the teachings of the Justice Church, as well as the most important laws of the empire.

This is the holy emblem of the God of Justice scales!

A vast and majestic divine power emanated from the holy emblem, and people couldn't help but worship it.

Ren scanned it with the all-seeing eye and found that the court of justice was the same as the temple of truth of the goddess of magic. Many places were shrouded in divine power, and the all-seeing eye could not see through it.

Under the arch of the Rick Guards, a carriage drove along the street from the direction of the Dutch Palace.

The flag bearer in front of the team held up a square battle flag, embroidered with a double-headed eagle representing the consul of the empire. Wherever they passed, pedestrians on the street at night gave way.

Gnaeus is sitting in the car.

Ren waited for a while, and the team arrived at the court of justice before he released his stealth and landed.

The Rick Imperial Guard noticed someone falling from the sky, and immediately put on guard. Seeing that it was Ren, he relaxed his vigilance and let him approach the consul's team.

Gnaeus got out of the car and nodded slightly at him, and said with a serious expression: "Ren, you just arrived, let's go in together."

The two bypassed the sacred emblem of the law code and balance, and stepped onto the steps.

An "arbitrator" of the Justice Church is already waiting at the door, "Your Excellency the Consul, Speaker Ren, please follow me."

"Ciselle, what's going on?" Gnaeus asked aloud.

Ren also recognized this powerful holy swordsman.

The Church of Justice has a strict internal hierarchy, and only the lowest-level holy sword servants are trained to become official holy swordsmen before they can enter the rank sequence of the church. The newly promoted holy swordsmen have to go through years of training, memorize the laws of the empire, practice the teachings, reach the middle level of strength, and pass a series of assessments before they can be promoted to "executors".

Executioners have law enforcement powers in the empire, serving as judges and executioners, eliminating crimes, maintaining justice and order, and generally serving as the leader of a certain church.

The holy swordsman Ren saw in Longshande at the beginning of his journey was an executioner.

One of the two major armed forces of the Justice Church, the Silver Hand Swordsmen, each member is strictly selected from among the executioners.

The executioner is further promoted to be the "judge".

Judges are almost all legendary holy swordsmen, responsible for the operation of the temple of justice in a city, as well as the law and order within the jurisdiction.

The strongest armed force of the Justice Church, the Sword of Order, is selected from the judges.

One level higher than the judge is the "arbitrator".

Arbiters have stepped into the top ranks of the Justice Church. They are usually legendary high-ranking commanders who serve as commanders of the Silver Hand or the Sword of Order, or are responsible for managing the Justice Church of a certain human country, spreading the teachings of Tyrael, and maintaining local legal order.

There are more than 20 arbitrators in the Justice Church, four of them have been promoted to the holy rank and have the title of sword master.

These four Juggernauts are revered as Arbiters.

The leader, Lusper, alone enjoys the name of the great arbitrator and serves as the pope, replacing Tyrael in charge of his extraordinary power in the mortal world.

Sissel is one of the three arbitrators of the Justice Church, and his title is "Sword of Silver Radiance".

For many years, Sissel has been serving as the representative of the Justice Church in the cabinet. His official status is at the same level as the cabinet minister. In fact, he is the minister of justice. The Earth Church also has a corresponding representative in the cabinet, with an archbishop as the minister of agriculture and medical care.

So Gnaeus was very familiar with Cicero.

Cicero shook his head. He was wearing a silver armor without a helmet, and the expression on his vicissitudes and serious face was ugly. After a few seconds of silence, he replied: "We are still investigating, and there is no result yet."

Gnaeus didn't ask any more questions.

Wren said nothing, and it was clear why Cicero was so angry.

De Sade's death was a big blow to the Justice Church. The prisoner who was used to stand up is gone, the plan has been disrupted, and he still died in a heavily guarded prison, which can be described as a loss of face.

The three of them entered the majestic court of justice, passed through the palace guarded by rows of holy swordsmen, and finally arrived at a heavily guarded white building, which looked like a fortress in appearance, all built of some kind of rare rock, Depicting the rune circle, it is as solid as gold.

This is the prison of the Justice Church.

Entering the interior of the fortress, a group of holy swordsmen from the sword of order stood in front of the gate of an underground passage.

"Open the door," Sissel ordered.

"Yes, Lord Arbitrator." Several legendary holy swordsmen reached out and pressed on the door, injecting the unique spiritual sword light of holy swordsmen, and activating the control runes to forcefully push the door open.

Cicero led the two up the passage steps.

All the way down slantingly for tens of meters, he came to an underground prison, and four separate cells appeared in front of him.

Each cell is separated from each other and cannot see the outside, but people outside can see the inside at a glance. The walls of the cell are cast with magic alloy, which is indestructible. A runic circle that casts spells and interferes with meditation effects.

Three of the four cells were empty, and only one had its door open.

Several holy swordsmen stood guard outside the door.

Ren followed Cicero in and saw Grand Arbiter Lusper. There was a corpse lying at his feet. He was wearing a robe without any enchantments. His body was highly shrunken, his limbs were dry, his skin was rotten, and his face was completely recognized. Can't figure out who it is, as if it has been dead for hundreds of years.

He was taken aback.

De Sade's real age is nearly a thousand years old, close to the lifespan limit of the legendary transcendent, but his appearance in life looks very young, less than thirty years old.

How could it be like this after dying for less than half an hour?

"Your Majesty." Gnaeus saluted.

Lusper turned his head and said lightly: "The Consul is here, and Speaker Rennes, you all come and have a look."

Gnaeus has been observing since entering the cell.

He looked at the corpse and frowned, "Your Majesty, are you sure this is De Sade's corpse?"

"It's him." Lusper nodded, "I've confirmed it." He paused, and said in detail: "I asked the holy swordsmen on duty, and they didn't notice any abnormalities when the incident happened. , De Sade has always been in their sight and never left."

"Then in a trance, they suddenly saw De Sade fell to the ground and died without making any sound, and the rune circle in the prison was not triggered."

"De Sade became like this in less than ten breaths after his death."

Gnaeus looked dignified.

Such a bizarre death process is definitely not something a transcendent below the holy rank can do, and it is even difficult for a holy soul wizard to complete.

De Sade is not an ordinary person without resistance. He is an eighteenth-level arcanist. Even though he was deprived of all magic equipment and put in a cell with limited spellcasting ability, his protection and resistance are still there. , is not so easy to kill.

What's even weirder is De Sade's death, as if his life was exhausted naturally, showing his true age after death.

What kind of spell can have this effect?

At this time, Lusper keenly noticed the change in Ren's face, and seemed to have discovered something. He looked at Ren and asked, "What did Chairman Ren find?"