Chapter 548 Unresolved Historical Issues

"Clang...clang..."

The melodious bells echoed in the sky, and the entire holy city was shrouded in the brilliance of the setting sun. In the distance, you could see scattered flower petals and flying horse knights flying in the air. Of course, the most eye-catching thing is the huge metal ship that appears and disappears on top of the clouds.

"Hey………"

A hunched figure was leaning on the chair, he raised his head, stared at everything in front of him with confused eyes, but he just let out a long sigh. It contains infinite frustration and sorrow. Compared with the lively and festive scenes all around, this place seems to be shrouded in shadows, a dark place completely abandoned by the gods.

Just like himself.

Brand closed his eyes. The knight commander who once enjoyed a high reputation in the temple has become a completely different person at this moment. His blond hair had turned yellow, like weeds about to wither in autumn, and his well-groomed hairstyle had become disheveled, looking like a bird's nest. Although the clothes he was wearing were quite luxurious, it could be seen from the stains on them that the clothes had not been washed for a long time.

For Brand, his current life is like hell.

Since the nightmare last winter, Brand's life has been completely changed. His beloved daughter died tragically, and his holy sword and power were taken back by the goddess. Not only that, after that, Brand was put under house arrest by the temple. After all, he used force against an angel at the New Year's Ceremony under the watchful eyes of everyone, and even intended to hurt a holy spirit knight. In any case, the temple must give a result.

Although Brand can be considered to have a reason, this matter is of great importance after all, and more importantly, the temple depends on Fang Zheng's attitude—— but this uncle patted his ass and ran away directly, making the temple want to There is no chance of taking Brand as a vote to show his loyalty.

In the end, under the order of the Pope, the Temple had no choice but to act impartially. They deprived Brand of the title of Knight Commander and took back all the preferential treatment given to him. However, the temple did not do too much. Apart from letting Brand move out of the inner area of ​​the holy city, no one took the opportunity to do anything.

But even so, Brand was hit hard. Although the Temple did not convict Brand of a crime of "collusion with heresy", but since then the major cults have used this incident as an excuse, which has also led to Brand's reputation in the Holy City getting worse and worse. Difference. Although he has many friends, on the issue of belief, everyone's position is still very firm.

Besides, Brand's actions at that time were not completely without problems. He overwhelmed people as soon as he came, and even tried to hit the opponent hard. Everyone saw these things, and the temple couldn't help it even if it wanted to Wash, if it dares to say that Paladin Brand is just a little grumpy, but his heart is still good... Well, I am afraid that the goddess will directly appear and demolish its lair.

The temple does not know if the goddess will do this, but it is a certain fact that the goddess has taken back the blade of justice and power bestowed on Brand, and it also shows the attitude of the goddess. Goddess fights!

And in this case, Brand is also a tree-falling macaque, and almost all of his attendants and servants are devout believers. After hearing the news that Brand has been labeled a heretic by the temple, I was so scared that I ran away immediately. In just a few days, the work was gone. And Brand was disheartened, he packed some of his own things casually, left his original home just like that, and found a place to live in the outer city at random.

After that, Brand spent almost every day on alcohol. These days, he has been so dizzy that Brand doesn't know how long it has been...but he doesn't care.

"Aha………"

Brand reached out his hand, wanting to pick up the wine bottle on the table and pour himself another glass, but perhaps because he drank too much, his hand trembled slightly, and the wine bottle began to shake, and the wine flowed from it It poured out and scattered on the table. Brand clenched the wine bottle tightly, trying to pour the wine into the glass, but after failing to connect several times, he roared angrily, and then threw the wine bottle towards the wall next to him.

But the unlucky wine bottle was not smashed to pieces. On the contrary, a hand that emerged from the dark shadows silently grabbed the wine bottle and gently placed it on the table. At the same time, a charming laugh emerged from the darkness.

"Look, how sad, the former Blade of Justice has now become a bad old man who can't even hold a wine bottle..."

"How many times have I said, get the hell out of my house!"

Brand stared at the figure viciously, stretched out his hand and grabbed at his side, trying to draw out his weapon. But after he made a quick catch, he realized that his weapon had long since disappeared.

"Hoo hoo..."

Seeing Brand's actions, the figure chuckled again.

"You were not like this in bed before, my lord father..."

"Don't call me that!"

Hearing this, Brand's complexion changed drastically. He stood up, staggered back, and leaned against the wall with a livid face, as if he saw some terrible monster.

"I'm also really surprised. I didn't expect that the famous Blade of Justice would have such interest and thoughts on his daughter. Is this the reason for your depravity? It seems that the goddess really has a bright eye. If a guy like you is allowed to stay in the temple, something might happen at some point, and what will the temple look like then?"

"Stop, shut up...that's not the case! That's you..."

"Really? Father..."

The slender figure walked up to Brand, stretched out his hand, and caressed his face as if stroking a lover.

"Isn't this really what you want? If it's really not, why didn't you stop at that time? My father was very rough at that time, and he was always inside... My stomach is bulging. I still remember how my father yelled at that time? Do you want me to repeat it again?"

"………To shut up………"

"...Oh, my dear daughter, I love you so much, I finally got you, you are mine, I love you, let me take you to experience the joy of heaven..."

"………To shut up!!"

Brand roared angrily, and this time a turbulent air wave erupted from his body, causing the black shadow to retreat involuntarily. But the black shadow was not annoyed by this, on the contrary, she laughed out loud again.

"Sure enough, you are a former knight commander. Even if you are deprived of your holy power, your strength is still outstanding..."

"Stop teasing me, I've decided."

This time, Brand let out a long sigh.

"I join, can't I join? Damn it, I never thought that I would fall into hell one day... So, if I join hell, can you really guarantee to bring Connie's soul back? "

"certainly."

Sombra chuckled.

"The power of my lord is beyond the imagination of a paladin like you who can only roll around on the main plane. It is your honor to be able to see you, paladin. Don't think that you have worked hard for the goddess and feel that you It's amazing, the battle in hell is far beyond your imagination, but before that, I need you to do one more thing... to prove your determination and will."

"………What's up?"

"It's very simple."

As he spoke, Soi Ying stretched out his hand and put a dagger on the table. It was a dirty-looking dagger, the sheath on it was messily entangled with threads, and even the handle looked like it had been corroded by some kind of flesh and blood, as if it had melted into one with the metal.

"As you may know, tonight the temple will hold a banquet to celebrate their great victory in the Northland, and the legendary savior will also appear. What I need you to do is to get into the banquet and find Take this opportunity to pull out this dagger in front of him... Don't worry, it bears the mark of our Lord, and the detection spell of the temple will not detect its existence."

"........."

Looking at the dagger in front of him, Brand said nothing, while the shadow pushed the dagger towards him.

"Why, why are you still hesitating? Don't forget, who made you fall into this situation today, don't worry, our target is only him... We can make a contract, you should know, we devils are Very much in keeping with the agreement.”

"……………I understand."

Hearing this, Brand reached out and took the dagger.

"Leave this matter to me."