Chapter 354 Killing Everyone
"Gentlemen, these are the photos of the scene. Please check them."
In the meeting hall of the Burning Sun Church, there was a long table. Lynch and Miss Valente sat side by side at one end, while Harlan, the district bishop of the Burning Sun Church, sat at the other end with a group of bishops. The two sides faced each other from a distance, with clear boundaries, and the air seemed to be full of pressure.
Miss Valente came today to ask for punishment for the attack on her library. Either you give an account or an explanation. Although the matter is not big, it is of a bad nature. The authority of the nobles is also not to be offended. If you can't even give an explanation, then let's see who has more power.
This world is not a monotheistic religion. Sometimes even the nobles can judge. There are many churches here that check and balance each other, but theocracy still has to compromise with the imperial power in secular matters.
But Lynch is still worried.
Among the four major churches in the Rand Kingdom, the Church of the Night is the most people-friendly and has the most believers. The Church of Suffering is full of saints. They are not fake saints, but real saints. If something happens, they will really fight with their lives. The Fortune Church is favored by the emerging industry, commerce and finance, but it always maintains neutrality between all parties in the mortal world, and the Sun Church...
They are a group of lunatics who defend their own justice, not much different from the holy warriors that Lynch saw in his previous life, who said, "Holy Light, this evil is worth fighting." They have offended many people. If it weren't for the Lord God, they would have been taught a lesson by all parties. So Miss Valente came to ask for punishment without worrying about the impact.
Lynch can only say that their courage and persistence are admirable, but their behavior and thinking are a pile of shit. He didn't want Miss Valente to suffer, and he also had something to talk to the bishop of Harlan District, so he took the initiative to follow.
Because Miss Valente sent a formal note to the Burning Sun Church yesterday, not only in the name of the Earl's family, but also in the identity of the Soul Forsaken of the Church of Suffering. This forced the district bishop of the church, Harlan, to formally receive the two visitors.
As Lynch expected, the atmosphere was tense from the beginning.
District Bishop Harlan was calm, but the bishops denied it, saying that it never happened and refused to admit it.
The two smiled at each other. It was normal for them not to admit it. Since they were soul-separating people and they were all religious people, they would solve the problem with the religious method. We would talk about the gods directly.
Miss Valente opened her briefcase and took out a thick stack of black-and-white photos to distribute.
They were all photos of the scene of the incident.
"The situation at the crime scene shows the problem." At this time, Lynch appeared and flipped through the photos one by one in front of everyone. "Please look, the walls and roofs are not blackened, which means that the scene was not burned by open flames, which means that this incident was not caused by power such as fire. Do you agree?" "Look at these damaged furniture again, pay attention to these pictures, did you notice that these furniture were not destroyed from the outside to the inside, nor from the inside to the outside, they were burned into charcoal evenly by high temperature inside and outside, and it was completed instantly, so fast that their own weight could not even crush them, and they had already turned into ashes. This not only excludes the power of fire, but also the power of light and the power of heat, because the effects of these powers are either from the outside to the inside, or from the inside to the outside, and it is impossible for the inside and outside to be burned to the same degree." Lynch pointed out the doubts one by one, and the faces of the bishops present became more and more ugly. Several people exchanged glances quickly from time to time, and their expressions were a little weird. "Heh, actually everyone has guessed, but they just don't want us to know." Lynch narrowed his eyes and showed a standard villain smile, "But I'm sorry, Miss Valente also consulted professionals. The Craftsman Lord Qihunzhe who is proficient in the power of fire and burning, and the Sky and Thunder Lord Simon who is proficient in the power of lightning and light. They also came to the same conclusion as you. There is actually only one power that can cause the results in the photo." Miss Valente on the side continued lightly: "The main power of the scorching sun, the Lord of the scorching sun, Sur." Lynch said slowly: "So, everyone Do you want to forcefully deny that this is the effect of the scorching sun? "
Miss Valente took over the conversation: "What you are doing is equivalent to the clergy publicly preaching content that violates the doctrine, and forcibly blurring the main divine power controlled by the Lord of the Scorching Sun. I don't need to remind you what blurring the divine power means to the gods. Once it expands, even the faith of the Lord of the Scorching Sun will become impure. What if the main divine power is cut and split..."
The two of them spoke one by one, tacitly, and the meeting hall fell into silence. Several bishops pursed their lips tightly, staring at the photo with gloomy eyes, but no one spoke to refute.
Because what they said was the truth, going straight to the core.
Blurring the divine power is a taboo for any church.
The reason why the main god can become the main god is because they have a main divine power, which is exclusive to the main god and will never be shared with any gods. Once the divine power is blurred, the main divine power may be divided and part of it will be taken away by other gods. At that time, the gods who lost the divine power will perish on the spot and will never have a chance to revive.
Therefore, the divine authority cannot be blurred at all, otherwise it is blasphemy. You can talk nonsense about other things, but once it involves divine authority, especially the main divine authority, you can't shirk it.
Finally, Lin Qi looked around at the silent bishops: "So, gentlemen, do you deny it? Are you going to blur the divine authority, or are there other people who have mastered the power of the Sun besides the Church of the Burning Sun?"
The silence continued, but this time it didn't last long. The Bishop of Harlem, who didn't have a hair, finally spoke: "Indeed."
"Huh?" This answer was beyond their understanding.
Harlan waved his hand, and several bishops quietly withdrew, leaving only three people sitting across from each other in the conference room: "Servants of suffering, patrons of the red moon, you should understand that it is impossible for the church to secretly attack noble houses. Even we cannot do such stupid things, otherwise it will break the tacit understanding between the sacred and the secular. "
Lynch lit his pipe and allowed himself to think more intently.
"Actually, this is a situation that exists in every church, and we are also in a dilemma."
"A traitor?" asked Miss Valente.
"Yes, after betraying the church, the gods will no longer protect him and support him in the future, and it is impossible to take back the power he already has." Haran sighed and explained, "There are also apostates in the Church of the Burning Sun, and they have realized sovereignty. The betrayal of capable believers is the greatest shame of the church, so we have always kept the secret strictly. If you hadn't told me this time... I wouldn't have revealed it."
Lynch immediately asked: "So you already know who did it?"
"Yes, there is only one person who has understood the power of the blazing sun and can do such a thing, Raymond Kane, power level 5." Harlan explained, "Strictly speaking, he is not apostate, he is just His behavior was too radical and he was expelled from the church.”
Lynch and Miss Valente looked at each other again, both feeling helpless. If what the other party said was not an excuse, then the responsibility would be much smaller. At least the Church of the Burning Sun cannot be entirely blamed. It seems that the blame for blowing up the house will fall on Raymond. body.
"Do you know where he is now?" Lynch asked, "Also, do you know what his purpose is for doing this?"
"Before he left the church, he once mentioned to several friends that he needed to stop a huge plan. No matter how many people died as a result, he would not give up."
Huge plan? Lin Qi felt the hairs on his back stand up. He immediately thought of the League of Shadows and asked calmly: "What's the plan? How to stop it?"
"I don't know the plan, but he has never changed the method of stopping it." Harlan said with a wry smile, "As long as everyone who is related to the plan is killed, the plan will not be realized."
Hiss, Lin Qi's face turned gloomy instantly.
He realized that the method of blowing up those photos that day was so violent that if he had gone in earlier, he would have been killed. Perhaps that was the other party's purpose. It was not the room that he wanted to blow up, but Lynch himself.
So why didn't he continue? Is it because the first part has been completed and there is no point in trying to kill me anymore? But there is a second step in the plan. The first key figure in the second step is Howard, who should be dead. So who is the second key figure, and who is going to die?
Lynch immediately realized that there was a person who should have died like Howard in the past two days, but was saved by him before he could die.
Princess Sofia.
"Let's go to the Governor's Mansion early." Lynch stood up suddenly and said solemnly, "If Her Highness Sophia is the second target, then the murderer controlled by the Shadow Alliance may not give up so easily and will continue to target her. She took action, and that Raymond is probably also eyeing the second target. We must tell Baron Bolvar about this as soon as possible and go to the Duke's Palace."