Devil's Bible

Chapter 126 Half a Year Later

“An unfamiliar ceiling.” Brent opened his eyes, his hand unconsciously reaching for his chest.

There was a scar there, about the thickness of a finger, like a hole.

Even though almost half a year has passed, he is still immersed in that battle.

"I remember now, I'm here to pick someone up today." Brent sat up in bed, remembering his mission.

Six months ago, because they failed to truly investigate the individuals behind the fabricated agreement and some key members, Fass, Booker, and others escaped.

So Brent's promotion ultimately failed.

However, since taking office, that Grand Knight Nair has vigorously promoted the church's welfare mechanisms.

So a month ago, he, who originally had to wait in line, got another chance and successfully killed a small demon wandering in the wild, becoming a formal paladin.

Today is also his first day officially taking office and arriving at his new post, and on his very first day, he has new additional tasks.

There is a pastor near Baiwei Town who has completed his transfer application and is coming from that village. He needs to meet him along the way.

Brent dressed and washed up, then ate some simple dry rations. After checking the area around the house and confirming that no dangerous creatures were approaching, he began to patrol along both sides of the road.

He now belongs to the sixth squad of Baiwei Town.

As Nemus relaxed the assessment criteria for trainee paladins, the scope of paladins' work also expanded.

For example, Nems increased field patrols.

In the past, people who committed crimes in Baiwei Town would habitually run to the wilderness.

Because of the complex terrain and numerous dangerous creatures in the wild, it is generally difficult to search for them.

Naims believes that, in any case, the trade routes between Baiwei Town and the surrounding villages and towns still need to be kept safe.

Therefore, a number of outposts were set up around the trade route to protect its safety while also guarding against wanted criminals who might escape into the wilderness.

This policy has been well received by most business people.

In the past, safety on trade routes in the wilderness depended entirely on the quality of the guards hired by the merchants and their luck.

Although the situation remains the same, as long as you can get to the vicinity of the outpost, you will at least have one more option to survive.

Those wanted criminals also have various needs; they cannot obtain commercially produced goods from humans in the wild.

Therefore, they often come to the side of the trade route to commit robbery or similar acts.

With the arrival of the knights stationed along the trade routes, this situation improved dramatically.

Although there were occasional injuries, it did achieve the desired effect.

For example, another elder of the Floating World Society who had previously fled to the wilderness was thus exposed, his location was discovered, and he was killed by Mr. Poole.

In addition, there were some wanted criminals with minor offenses who couldn't bear the harsh conditions in the wild and chose to surrender.

Brent knew very well that he needed to be careful in the wild; dangerous creatures were a minor issue, but the wanted criminals were the real problem.

Their primary task is to investigate any unusual activity in their surroundings during patrols; fighting with people is not their main function.

They act as an early warning system; once they lose contact, it means something is amiss, and what follows is a comprehensive, tight-loop investigation.

The clattering of hooves alerted Brent.

He moved slightly closer to the cover, widening his gaze to look at the approaching figures. First to appear was a white horse, followed by the person on its back.

For just a moment, Brent thought he saw the fairy princess.

Her golden hair flowed, making everything seem to be in slow motion.

However, Brent immediately came to his senses, because the woman had slowly stopped her horse and was looking in his direction with her icy blue eyes.

"Is it the garrison paladin who came to pick me up?"

"Hello, I'm Isabella, the new priest of Tailtail Town." Her bright smile was enough to make countless people stunned.

Even though Brent was currently focused entirely on his spiritual practice, he still felt Isabella's charm.

Brent marveled at Isabella's charm, but still followed the rules, blushing slightly as he said, "Hello, I am the paladin stationed on Trade Route Six. Please show me your credentials."

After completing the handover and confirming Isabella's identity, Brent led Isabella along the trade route towards Baiwei Town.

"How is Grand Knight Nair doing in Tailtown?" Isabella asked, leading her white horse along the way.

To this day, she still cannot be completely certain about what happened in the backfin village, there is absolutely no problem.

She vaguely sensed that something was wrong. Nemus was definitely not a simple person. After she was controlled and fainted after fighting the old priest, something special must have happened.

Nemes' victory over the old priest was not as simple as the report suggested.

The simplest point is Jacques.

Jacques was probably under control just like her, so why did she survive while Jacques disappeared?
However, there was no evidence to support this suspicion, and the events reported by Nemes were self-consistent.

Isabella really had no excuse to reinvestigate the matter.

Especially since I heard that Nemes did a good job in Tailtail Town. Although there were some minor flaws, Tailtail Town has become increasingly prosperous during this period.

Most clergy and ordinary people have high praise for Nems.

Based solely on the praise he received, Nemes was almost hailed as a saint.

It was precisely because she was worried about Nemus that Isabella chose to apply for a transfer to Tailtail Town after she had fully recovered and was vaguely gaining further abilities.

"The Grand Knight usually handles official business in the church, and occasionally he will take action to quell riots in the city."

"It's just that there are some mundane matters, so things aren't exactly peaceful," Brent said ambiguously.

Although Brent had reservations about Nemus from the beginning, he is now indebted to Nemus, otherwise he wouldn't have become a formal paladin so quickly.

In this situation, Brent couldn't say too many bad things about Naims in front of others.

The mundane matters he referred to were, of course, the troubles the Dartmenley family had been causing over the past six months.

First, a trainee paladin filed a formal complaint against Nemus for forming a clique within the church to seek personal gain, and then the issue of whale product smuggling came to light.

However, Nemes was prepared for this. Although Dartmanley broke some unspoken rules and brought up some well-known things, he did not really grasp some of the sore spots.

Over the past few months, the two sides have clashed openly and covertly many times, but none of them have escalated the situation.

Therefore, these things are not easy to discuss openly.

After hearing some of Brent's words, Isabella nodded thoughtfully.

(End of this chapter)