The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 348: Battle in front of the Temple

Outside the gate of the House of the Decree, Dixia and the Gilded Brigade she had recruited were attacking the guards protecting the House of the Decree. Faced with this offensive, even though these guards had formed an airtight array to block the gate of the House of the Decree, this barrier was still being torn apart.

Looking at Dixia who was killing people with one punch each, the guards were a little panicked at this time. Because Xumi, under the rule of the Order of the Church, has always advocated knowledge, and the top leaders of the Order of the Church have always felt that force is crude, so except for the special profession of the Disciplinary Officer, the Order of the Church has almost no violent organs.

And these guards are nothing but mercenaries hired by the Order of the Holy Trinity from several mercenary groups. Now this situation requires these guys who are called guards but are actually mercenaries to swear to defend the Order of the Holy Trinity to the death. They are not as fearless as the Liyue Thousand Rock Army.

"Boss, have you contacted the Great Sage? If this continues, the brothers will not be able to bear it."

After a guard had blocked the attack of a Gilded Brigade with difficulty, he asked the leader of their mercenary group in an anxious tone, because according to his observation, if the situation dragged on, it would soon be their turn to face that woman, and if he was not mistaken, that woman was Dixia, also known as the Blazing Mane Lion.

Thinking of the rumors he had heard in the desert before, the guard swallowed deeply. As the person in their mercenary group responsible for collecting various intelligence, he knew very well the horror of the Blazing Mane Lion and the strength of that woman. Even if their entire mercenary group was tied together, they might not be able to deal with her.

"What's going on, Great Sage? His Void Terminal didn't receive the message I sent, and even his deputy, Lord Uday, couldn't be contacted."

The man who was called the boss by the guard was also very anxious at this time. He kept calling the Great Sage using the void terminal on his ear which could only be used to contact others and had no other function. If he did not contact the Great Sage in time and take measures after something like this happened, the consequences would be disastrous.

Seeing the enemy getting closer and closer to them, the guard on the side seemed to have felt the heat from the fist of the Fiery Maned Lion. In order to save his own life, the guard suggested.

"Boss, the enemy is too strong. We can't stop them with just our numbers. How about we retreat and let other mercenary groups take over? Otherwise, all of us will die here."

"If it doesn't work out, we can just run away. We've already received the hiring fee, so it won't be a loss if we run away now."

The leader of the mercenary group was somewhat tempted by the suggestion of his subordinates, but considering that if he left now, he would no longer be employed by the Court of Justice, and would no longer have such easy commissions as guarding the gate and getting Morana, the leader of the mercenary group, who did not want to continue to live on the edge of a knife with his brothers, gritted his teeth.

"We will retreat first. If the people in front of us are knocked down, it won't be too late for us to retreat."

As he spoke, the leader of the mercenary group continued to wait for the reply from the Great Sage in the Void Terminal while slowly retreating with his men. He still had a glimmer of hope that the Great Sage would reply to his message. However, what he didn't know was that the Great Sage had been controlled by the scattered soldiers, and he couldn't receive any messages from the Void Terminal at all.

A few minutes passed like this, and seeing that the guards in front were almost knocked down, the leader of the mercenary group gritted his teeth and spoke directly under the gazes of his younger brothers waiting for orders.

"Since the great sage is ignoring us, we can't care less. Let's all run away and gather at the agreed location. Be careful!"

After hearing the order from their boss, the younger brothers around them all started to flee, and the leader of the mercenary group threw away the weapons in their hands and ran out.

Although the reward from the Order of the Church was high, they still needed to have a life to spend it. He and his brothers came here to earn Mora, not to die. What's the use of having more lives than Mora? These mercenaries don't have the awareness of the Disciplinary Officers to protect the Order of the Church with their lives, not to mention that all the Disciplinary Officers have been on missions recently. Now the Order of the Church can't even find a Disciplinary Officer, so why should they die in vain?

As for what would happen if the people from the Order Institute held them accountable, the leader of the mercenary group had already thought of a way out. If such a thing really happened, he would just take his brothers and flee to the desert to serve as the Blazing Lion's subordinates. Then, with the support of the Blazing Lion, they would be able to thrive in the desert, so he didn't worry about these things at all.

"Running away already? I thought these guys were going to stick to it."

"El Haisen, what are you thinking about? You just stand there without saying anything when you come out."

After knocking down the last guard who was still able to stand, Dixia glanced at Elhaisen who was dragged out by the guards and felt a little puzzled. Everything was going so smoothly for her, so why did Elhaisen still look so thoughtful?

"When I was in the office of the Great Sage, I saw a few Fatui. I was worried that something unexpected might happen with the sudden appearance of the Fatui."

In response to Dixia's question, Elhaisen did not hide anything and directly told her what he was worried about. Hearing what Elhaisen said, Dixia said nonchalantly.

"They are just a few Fatui. Wait, I will go to the Great Sage's office and take them out. Elhaisen, go and rescue the traveler."

Compared to Elhaisen who was worrying here, Dixia was more focused on action. So after learning about what Elhaisen was worried about, Dixia walked directly and quickly towards the Order Institute. As for rescuing Ying who was imprisoned in the prison, Dixia directly handed this task over to Elhaisen.

But before Dixia entered the Church Order Institute, a green figure suddenly rushed towards where Elhaisen was from the corner of her eye. This made Dixia's heart tighten and she shouted hurriedly.

"Elhaisen, be careful, there's... Eh? Tinari? Why are you here? Shouldn't you be watching over the Great Sage to make sure he doesn't run away? Have you been discovered?"

In response to Dixia's question, Tinari shook his head, and without waiting for Dixia to continue asking, Tinari spoke seriously to Elhaisen.

"Something may have happened to the Great Sage. Those Faintheads who went to the Great Sage's office seemed to have done something to him."

As soon as these words came out, Elhaisen's eyes shrank slightly. The thing he was most worried about happened. He originally thought that the Fatui, who had a cooperative relationship with the House of the Decree, would not take action against the Great Sage. Facts have proved that the Fatui, a group of crazy people, did not care about these at all. For their plans, they even ignored the Great Sage of the House of the Decree. No, he had to go and see what was going on.

"Come on, let's rescue the traveler and then go to the Great Sage's office to see what happened."

(End of this chapter)