Chapter 284 Snowfall
Chapter 284 Snowfall
"Come with me."
The older monk's lack of use of honorifics caused Knight Valos to frown.
After the older monk finished speaking, he walked toward the Holy Burning Cathedral in the center of the city.
It seems he doesn't care about the feelings of the people behind him.
Despite his dissatisfaction, Knight Valos had no choice but to follow.
He wasn't there to talk to the old man in front of him.
The two walked toward the Holy Burning Cathedral and eventually arrived at the eastern gate.
There are very few people here, and among them, there are hardly any respectable people.
The vast majority of people were dressed in the same tattered clothes as the pilgrims in the outer city.
Even the most respectable among them were not much better than the Knight of Valos.
After scanning the busy servants and monks walking or standing around, Knight Valos quickly stopped with the older monks.
"Lord Aifa, this knight wishes to see the archbishop."
Knight Valos turned his head and looked at the woman in front of the older monk.
His eyes widened slightly.
He had never seen such a beautiful woman!
The woman called Aifa was extremely tall, even half a head taller than the knight Valos.
She was wearing a long robe of some unknown material, which looked like wool but had a more lustrous sheen than melanin.
The robe was embroidered with silver threads, but apart from the emblem of the God of Light that was raised high on the chest by the curves of the body, the surrounding area was filled with various shapes resembling vines and green leaves.
Knight Valos's gaze swept over the woman's figure and skin.
The woman is indeed very beautiful.
But her long ears and green hair attracted his attention even more!
That ear was not a human ear.
Human ears are not that long!
They've all grown to the point where the tips are drooping slightly!
And that tender green hair...
green.
Pointed ears.
Knight Valos had only ever seen these two characteristics on goblins!
"Okay, I understand."
The woman, known as Aifa, nodded gently, her voice as soft as a spring breeze.
Knight Valos felt as if he could smell the breath of spring.
He wrinkled his nose.
It has absolutely no smell?
"Next, Lady Aifa will guide you."
The elderly monk, having received a reply, turned to tell Knight Valos the next steps and then left.
Knight Valos watched the elderly monk leave, momentarily stunned.
"Knight, what brings you to the Archbishop?"
As Aifa spoke again, Valos Knight's attention was drawn back.
"Yes."
He cleared his throat and straightened his posture.
"I bring news of the saintess. The one from the Herdbeth family."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Aifa's brows begin to furrow.
But the moment her brow furrowed, it instantly smoothed out.
It was as if Knight Valos had misread it.
But he has always been confident in the life seed within him.
Could it be that this Lord Aifa, whose race is unknown... dislikes the one from the Hedbeth family?
"Come with me."
Aifa turned and headed towards the interior of the Holy Burning Cathedral.
"You are indeed qualified to see the archbishop."
Knight Valos followed her into the Holy Burning Cathedral, which from the outside looked as large as a small mountain.
There were so many floors inside that he couldn't count them all at a glance.
The murals painted on the ceiling are bright and vivid.
Knight Valos looked up and found it to be incredibly profound.
It looked like he was being sucked up.
At this moment, many pilgrims are praying beside the pulpit inside the cathedral.
Their chanting echoed in the empty cathedral, their rough, off-key voices seemingly imbued with a touch of holiness.
After passing the preaching platform, Knight Valos followed Afa westward through the back door.
These are all confessional rooms.
They continued walking deeper into the area for a while until a small door leading out to the west appeared, at which point Aifa stopped.
A confessional that looked much larger than the others, but was arranged much the same, appeared before the Knight of Valos.
Alpha opened the door to the confessional.
"Go in."
"Thanks."
Knight Valos, suppressing his excitement, smiled and thanked him.
Aifa remained expressionless and did not respond.
He no longer cared about these things and quickly slipped into the confessional.
Knight Valos found that this confessional room looked no different from any other confessional room he knew.
The confessional was still divided into two rooms by wooden partitions.
In the center of the wooden partition wall, there is a window-like opening, which is currently covered by a hanging tapestry.
Only the stained glass windows embedded in the southern stone walls show that this place is different.
Knight Valos sat in the chair on his side, and a voice came from the other side through the tapestry and asked him.
"Child, I am the bishop here; you may call me Angiebode. I will be the ear of the God of Light. What do you wish to speak to Him?"
bishop?
Knight Valos spoke.
"Lord Angelo, I wish to see the Archbishop."
The sounds from behind the tapestry were neither hurried nor slow.
"Child, the archbishop is very busy. You can tell me what happened first."
Hearing this, Knight Valos wasn't so surprised.
There have indeed been quite a few things happening lately.
He spoke with a serious expression.
"I am enfeoffed by the Talis family, located in the western part of the Kingdom of Snow. Recently, my territory has been invaded and harassed by goblins. During that disturbance, I encountered the missing saintess..."
"A saintess?"
Knight Valos heard a low murmur of surprise from behind the tapestry.
He added.
"It's that Hedbeth from the family; she's still wearing the saint's robes."
The voices behind the tapestry fell silent.
After a few breaths, the sound rang out again.
"You did a great job, child."
ga-
"I will deliver this message to the archbishop for you."
Hearing footsteps and the sound of a door opening behind the tapestry, Knight Valos clenched his fist slightly.
Become!
Next, we'll have to face the archbishop.
What should he say?
Listening to the departing footsteps outside the confessional, Knight Valos couldn't help but begin to ponder what to do next.
He thought about it for a long time.
But even as he came to a rough idea, and even as the sunlight streaming through the stained-glass window turned yellowish-red, he did not hear footsteps approaching again.
Only those who came out of the confessionals on the east side left eastward.
Gradually, he noticed that his surroundings had become extremely quiet.
Even the humming prayers that once echoed through the church hall and along the brickwork had disappeared.
Suddenly, a deep, resonant sound came from outside the door.
"Is he inside?"
A very light and hoarse voice replied quickly.
"Um."
Something is wrong!
Knight Valos instinctively became alert and got up from his chair.
The voice that asked the question sounded like it could only come from an extremely strong person!
But he didn't hear the two approaching footsteps?
ci——
The sound of metal scraping against metal had barely come from outside the door when Knight Valos sprang into action!
He crashed straight into the lattice window on the south stone wall!
Hajibod, who was outside the door, realized his intention and quickly warned him.
"hurry up!"
"I know."
Bang—crash—
The stained glass windows were smashed, and the lead strips holding the glass together were no match for the knight's strength.
Just as Knight Valos passed through the window, he heard a whooshing sound coming from behind!
There was no pain.
There was no shouting.
Valos's neck was pierced by a longsword.
There's nothing he can do right now.
Looking at the setting sun, he felt only cold.
Something brushed against his face, bringing a strange warmth.
It's snow.
Snowing.
"Lelos, your combat ability is still as good as ever."
"I've always been prepared."
"Archbishop, what about the saintess...?"
"She's no longer a saint. She's a heretic."
"Yes……"
"Isn't the Windwalker Saint very fond of the Hedbeth family's saintess? Tell him to go and kill those goblins and reclaim the territory..."
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