Samsara Paradise: Dream Weaver of Connections.

When the bishop saw that his attack missed, a ferocious look flashed across his face.

Countless black and purple spells surged out from the staff in his hand, like black poisonous snakes, pouncing towards Lin Yi and the other two.

Capell Jean pulled the spear out of the ground, and the spear body danced, forming a series of spear shadows, like an impenetrable barrier, colliding with the black spells.

Every impact was accompanied by a burst of black smoke and a pungent smell.

Daphne concentrated all her energy and kept changing the seals with her hands.

Following a clear phoenix cry, the rune shield expanded at an extremely fast speed, completely covering the three people.

At this moment, the phoenix statue in the basement finally responded.

The crimson area spread out, suppressing all the members in the basement who were in a state of contamination, and the bishop was naturally not spared.

Affected by this force, the movements of the bishop's hands began to become distorted.

The next second, Lin Yi's sword energy swept over, and the bishop's arm holding the staff fell to the ground.

The bishop's face was full of resentment and unwillingness. He covered his broken arm with his only remaining hand and glared at Lin Yi viciously.

Lin Yi took this opportunity, stepped forward, and pointed the sword directly at the bishop's throat.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the bishop used up his last bit of strength and a circle of black magic shield surged around his body, barely blocking the tip of Lin Yi's sword.

But in front of the +11-strengthened black and white rose, the shield summoned by the bishop was not much different from paper.

The black and white rose was so powerful that it pierced the bishop's heart in one go.

The bishop, whose heart was pierced, spat out a mouthful of blood, but he endured the pain and recited the spell with difficulty.

A dangerous aura came from the ground under Lin Yi's feet. Lin Yi reacted extremely quickly, quickly drawing out his sword and retreating quickly.

Almost at the same moment, the blood that the bishop had just spilled on the ground suddenly exploded.

Seeing Lin Yi retreating, the bishop knew that it was not advisable to stay here for long.

The bishop began to retreat towards the stairs from which he came. As long as he left this place, the bishop had plenty of ways to conceal his whereabouts in the territory.

But Daphne had noticed this long ago. While maintaining the rune shield, she separated several rune chains from the shield to bind the bishop who wanted to escape.

At the moment of life and death, the bishop forcibly mobilized the remaining magic power in his body and condensed a black barrier behind him.

The sword energy swung out by Lin Yi collided with the black barrier, and the shock wave spread out in all directions with the collision point as the center.

The already shaky basement could no longer hold up under the impact, and large and small pieces of rubble fell like raindrops.

With a loud bang, the bishop was hit by the sword energy and flew backwards like a kite with a broken string. He hit the wall heavily and then collapsed to the ground, apparently without a sound.

[You have successfully killed Hansa Pine, the bishop of the Lord of Pollution, and obtained 2.1% of the Source of the World, and a total of 48.9% of the Source of the World. ]

[Because local characters are participating in this battle, the rewards for this battle are reduced by 20%. ]

[The hunter has obtained a treasure chest (legendary level). ]

Compared with the fourth-order polluted body encountered before, the strength of this bishop is obviously much inferior, which can be seen from the proportion of the source of the world obtained.

However, dropping a legendary treasure chest is an unexpected gain.

"Ahem, it looks like this place needs to be renovated again." Daphne raised her hand and waved it in the air a few times, trying to disperse the smoke and dust.

On the other side, Erica came in front of everyone carrying Hunt, whose legs were broken.

"Let's leave here first. Erica, quickly send someone to transfer the people here to other places." Kepelgene put away his spear and looked at the traitor, his eyes becoming increasingly cold and gloomy.

This time, thanks to everyone's good luck, we arrived here early.

If this bishop releases these severely polluted people, the entire territory will probably be in great crisis.

Erica nodded, threw Hunt aside, and quickly arranged for someone to come and deal with it.

Not long after, a group of soldiers in uniform rushed over and took away Butler Theresa's brother and other relevant personnel.

As for Hunter, Keppel Jean grabbed his hair and motioned for everyone to go to the interrogation room.

The interrogation room is located in the basement of the Capel Jean Intelligence Organization. The surrounding walls are made of thick black stone, giving people a cold and depressing feeling.

The interior was simply furnished with only a table and a few chairs. A dim chandelier swayed overhead, emitting a faint light that stretched everyone's shadows long and distorted.

Keppeljian threw Hunter onto a chair and locked his hands and feet with chains. The chains collided with each other, making a "clattering" sound, which was particularly abrupt and harsh in the silent interrogation room.

Hunt lowered his head, his face shrouded in shadow, his expression could not be seen clearly, but his slightly shaking shoulders still revealed his inner fear.

"Tell me, why did you betray the territory and collude with the Church of the Lord of Pollution?" Keppel Jean asked first, his voice was very low and cold, as if it came from the Nine Nether Hell.

Hunter's body trembled, but he remained silent.

Butler Theresa waved her hand, signaling Keppel Jean to step back, and then said, "I just heard from the bishop that your family is in their hands?"

When Hunter heard what Butler Theresa said, he nodded excitedly, but still did not say a word, as if he was restrained by something.

"It's okay. I'll take a look." Daphne noticed the other party's abnormality and recited a eulogy. Soon the power of the phoenix swept across the body of the priest.

"There's a restriction planted in his head. Once he says something, his head will explode under the effect of the restriction," said Daphne.

Hunter listened to Daphne's words and nodded.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to say it, but that he really can’t say it.

The questions that Capel Jean just asked were all related to the sect of the Lord of Pollution.

The restriction on him is that as long as there are no believers of the Lord of Pollution around, but anyone talks about matters related to the sect of the Lord of Pollution, the restriction in his body will take effect immediately.

"Can this restriction be lifted?" asked Keppel Jean.

"I'll try..." Daphne responded with difficulty.

"No need to try, I'll do it." Lin Yi said when he saw Daphne was in such a dilemma.

Hearing Lin Yi's words, Keppel Jean made way for Lin Yi.

Lin Yi then walked up to Hunt and put his right hand on his head.

As his perception was activated, Lin Yi captured the existence of the ban in Hunt's mind.

The restriction was a rune with an extremely strange shape, firmly entwined at a critical node in Hunt's brain, like a bomb ready to explode at any moment.

Lin Yi separated a trace of the power of the abyss and began to wrap up the restriction from the outside.

As time passed, the restriction was gradually surrounded by the power of the abyss.

After confirming that nothing was missing, Lin Yi controlled the power of the abyss and swallowed up the restriction in one gulp.

There was a dull bang, and the ban was successfully lifted.

Hunter, who was locked in the chair, shook violently, his eyes filled with relief at surviving the disaster.

"Can you speak now?" asked Capel Jean.

"Yes," replied Hunter.

"Okay, let me ask you a question first. In the entire territory, besides you, is there anyone else who has betrayed us?" Kepeljeen knew clearly that if the Lord of Pollution began to use this kind of restriction to control the members of the territory, then there would definitely be more than one person who betrayed us.

"Yes. But sir, please save my wife and daughter. I am guilty of a heinous crime, but they are really innocent." Hunt pleaded in a crying voice.

"Where are they?"

"I'm not sure either. It should be not far outside the Wall of Living Beings. Every time I want to see my wife and daughter, they will put a hood on me and let me ride in a carriage. About an hour later, they will take me to a wooden house, where I will be reunited with my wife and daughter." After hearing Erica's words, Hunt expressed his speculations and thoughts.

[The hunter has triggered the side quest. ]

[Side Quest: Save Morrison Hunter's Family] Difficulty Level: Lv.31
Task period: 5 days

Mission Reward: 50000 Paradise Coins, White Bird Heart (Legendary Ornament)
Mission penalty: None.

……

Seeing this task, Lin Yi took it up without hesitation. Anyway, it would not have any impact if the task was not completed.

"Listen carefully, if you cooperate honestly this time, we will definitely send someone to rescue your wife and daughter. But if I find out what you are doing, you should know what the consequences will be." Keppel Jean's voice came coldly into Hunter's ears.

After hearing this, Hunter couldn't help but shudder.

As a middle-level staff member of the territory, he knew Kepeljeen's methods very well.

As the leader of an intelligence organization, Keppel Jean is known for his ruthless and merciless style of doing things.

It can be said that among the four people present, she is the one who should not be provoked the most.

"Don't worry, I will tell you everything I know." Hunt knew that the situation was pressing and he had no choice but to cooperate honestly.

"Well, back to the question just now, do you know how many people in the territory have betrayed you?"

"Yes, and there are quite a lot of them. As far as I know, people from the Bell family, the Balk family, and even the Lingyin family that is in charge of military supplies have joined the Church of the Lord of Pollution." Hunter told him everything he knew.

Perhaps because of the restriction that had been planted in his head before, the other party felt that he had something to rely on, so when Hunt was brought to the territory of the Lord of Pollution’s sect, he was not subject to too many restrictions.

It was also because of this that Hunt noticed many shocking inside stories.

After hearing Hunter's answer, the faces of Butler, Theresa and others became even gloomier.

The Bell family, the Balk family, and the Suzune family all play an important role in the territory, and each is in charge of important affairs in different fields.

Now that traitors have appeared in these families, this is undoubtedly like a time bomb, bringing huge hidden dangers to the territory.

"Who are they specifically? What are they responsible for?" Keppel Jean continued to ask.

Hunter did not dare to hide anything and said quickly, "Carl, the second son of the Bell family, is responsible for collecting intelligence on important figures in the territory, especially the whereabouts and daily habits of powerful magicians. Logan, the chief steward of the Balk family, has been using his position to secretly transport supplies to the Church of the Lord of Pollution for a long time, including raw materials for making weapons. As for the Lingyin family, Modi, the younger brother of the mistress of the house, is in charge of the key to the arsenal. The church can successfully obtain some special weapons thanks to his assistance."

Keppel Jean was so angry that he clenched his fists and slammed them on the table, shouting, "These damn termites!"

"I will arrange personnel to launch an arrest operation against these three families. At the same time, we will closely monitor the actions of other families to prevent other accomplices."

"Are there enough people?"

"It would be great if you are willing to help. This time, all the important figures of the three families have betrayed me. I don't believe their heads are unaware of it. I'm afraid that they joined the Church of the Lord of Pollution at the instigation of their heads." Kepeljeen discovered that the people Hunt mentioned just now were all the second-in-command in the family. It would be impossible for the top leader to not know about the problems of people of this level.

It is very likely that these people are representatives put forward by the family to bet on both sides.

In such a complicated situation, no one would be stupid enough to put all their chips on one place.

They must want to leave a way out for the family. Once there is any disturbance in the territory and the situation becomes unfavorable, these representatives will immediately turn against the Church of the Lord of Pollution and become one of its members, trying to seek another possible survival opportunity for the family.

Keppel Jean looked at Hunt and said, "For the time being, you cooperate with us. If you behave well, we will do our best to rescue your family. But if you dare to make any small moves, you should know the consequences."

Hunter nodded quickly: "I understand, I will definitely cooperate with you. I just hope you can rescue my wife and daughter as soon as possible."

In view of the urgency of the situation, the few people simply assigned the tasks.

Erica was entrusted with the important task of leading a team to the Balk family.

The historical heritage of the Balke family is quite special. Generations of the family have actively participated in the military and have deep roots and influence in the military.

If other people were selected to go there rashly, it would likely cause unnecessary misunderstandings among the military forces, leading to further deterioration of the situation.

Therefore, Erica is undoubtedly the best candidate to go to the Balk family.

As for the Bell family, Capell Jean decided to take charge personally.

As for the rest of the Lingyin family, they were left to Lin Yi and Butler Theresa to deal with.

After the tasks were assigned, everyone took action immediately.

Erica quickly assembled a team of elite soldiers, carefully selected from the army, who were loyal to her and extremely capable.

The Balk family has complex and intertwined relationships in the military system. This mission to the Balk family is of vital importance and cannot tolerate any negligence or mistakes.

If we are not careful, it is very likely to trigger a series of chain reactions within the army and cause an uproar.

Not long after, the team led by Erica arrived at the gate of the Balk family's mansion.

The gate of the mansion was closed and the surroundings were abnormally quiet.

Erica signaled the soldiers to stay alert, and she walked forward and knocked hard on the door.

Not long after, the door slowly opened and a man who looked like a butler stuck his head out. When he saw Erica, a look of panic flashed across his face, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Lady Erica, what brings you here?" Butler Logan asked, trying his best to remain calm.

Erica didn't say anything and signaled her soldiers to take action.

"What are you doing! What on earth are you trying to do!" Logan's face was full of fear. He knew in his heart that the master's plans might have been exposed.

The soldiers quickly rushed into the house and took Logan under control.

Logan struggled desperately, but like a trapped beast, he could not break free from the soldiers' grip.

Erica looked at Logan coldly: "Logan, stop pretending. Your master secretly colluded with the church and intended to subvert the territory. The crimes he committed are too numerous to list. Today is the time to settle accounts."

Logan's face turned pale as paper, his legs went limp, and he almost collapsed to the ground.

He knew in his heart that everything was irreversible.

However, he still had a glimmer of hope and tried to argue: "Lady Erica, did you misunderstand? The head of the family has always been loyal, how could he do such a treasonous thing..."

On the other side, Lin Yi and Butler Theresa also successfully arrived at the territory of the Lingyin family.

The Lingyin family seemed to have sensed that something was wrong, and the soldiers were holding weapons, ready for battle.

Lin Yi looked at the scene in front of him and whispered to Butler Theresa: "Follow me for a while and be careful."

As the two led the team to the front door, they heard a voice: "Butterler Theresa, what do you want to do in our family?"

Everyone looked up and saw Modi, the younger brother of the matriarch of the Lingyin family, standing on the city wall and watching them.

Theresa looked up and looked directly at Modi: "Do I need to list all the crimes of your family one by one? Maybe it's not too late to turn back now."

Modi laughed disdainfully: "Turn back? What a joke. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that staying here will lead to death.

As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the soldiers on the city wall immediately drew their bows and arrows, and the arrows were all aimed at Lin Yi and Butler Theresa.

"Fire arrows!"

Following Modi's order, dense arrows shot towards Lin Yi and Butler Theresa like locusts.

Several guards stood in front of the two men with shields in hand, blocking the incoming arrows.

"Guards, listen up! Eliminate the traitors!"

Butler Theresa took a deep breath. Originally, she did not want to break up with the Lingyin family completely, but now it seems that the other party obviously has plans to betray the territory.

With Butler Theresa's order, the Guards began to move out.

The Royal Guards are the most elite force in the territory. They are well-trained and extremely powerful.

Under the attack of the Guards, Modi's soldiers were defeated one after another.

However, Modi did not panic, but just watched the guards who were about to advance to the bottom of the castle. (End of this chapter)