Hell has invaded, but my Hextech is invincible!

Chapter 87 True Detective (1/5)

Hextech bypassed Morremod Village and cleared out the werewolf monsters that were entrenched there in just over ten minutes.

He did this to keep a trump card up his sleeve, and also to casually stack steel along the way, while also guarding against any unforeseen events that might occur on the Adriatic family's side.

Unexpectedly, something really went wrong!

But to his utter surprise, the biggest slip-up actually came from the United Front.

Despite the seemingly flawless intelligence gathering, Andrei was unable to suppress the internal power struggles within his family, and the dispute over a spot at the seminary nearly sparked a family feud.

He inexplicably became the center of attention.

After settling into the temporary accommodations arranged by the Adriatic family, Hex finally changed out of his tattered robes.

"Hextech, you're amazing!" Newt followed along, chattering on and on.

"None of the crusader captains I've ever met are as formidable as you."

"If you're so capable, why bother going to Oxford Theological Seminary?"

"Go directly to Rome to participate in the paladin selection examination, and you're guaranteed to become a paladin!"

Hextech glanced at him: "What are you doing following me?"

Newt showed no embarrassment at being looked down upon: "Don't be so formal!"

"I'm going to Oxford Theological Seminary in three days!"

"From now on, we'll be classmates."

Hex was speechless. He never expected that Newt, the elementary seminary student he had casually rescued on the road, would also be a student Newscar had recommended to Oxford Theological Seminary, and they would actually become classmates in the future.

This seemingly unremarkable, talkative boy is actually a member of a church noble family.

There are several levels of nobility in this world, the highest level being the nobles who have been members of the church for generations.

Originally, there weren't that many church nobles.

However, clergy members are not allowed to marry or have sexual relations with the opposite sex, so clergy members from poor backgrounds have no offspring.

Clergy born into the church have family support, which allows them to use their power to place their family descendants into the church system.

Therefore, a number of church nobles emerged and firmly controlled the core power of the church, and this was the case in every country.

Each generation selects "outstanding" descendants to study at seminaries, based on their influence within the church.

Next come the ordinary royal nobles and military nobles.

Newt was a descendant of the Intaire family, a prominent church noble family in Birmingham, and simply went to Newscal to study nearby. Children of such top church families didn't need to go to such great lengths to compete for study opportunities like ordinary military nobles such as Adrià.

The family's senior management had already reserved places for them, and they could enroll when they reached the appropriate age.

However, Newt had none of the arrogance or bad habits of aristocratic children. Moreover, having been rescued by Hex, he held him in the highest esteem.

An hour earlier, on the outskirts of Moremod village, Newt witnessed Hextech venturing alone into the monster-infested village.

Dozens of werewolves rushed out and surrounded him, scaring him so much he almost fainted on the spot.

Hex easily knocked the demons to the ground with just a few punches and kicks. He even chased down the monsters that tried to escape and twisted off their heads, piling up the werewolf heads as trophies.

At that moment, Newt felt not only fear but also a sense of awe at the sight of a powerful figure.

He offered to help find a truck and load all the werewolf heads onto it to transport them to the cemetery.

Newt was about to say something when there was a knock on the door.

He was very perceptive and immediately got up and ran to open the door.

Upon seeing Andre outside the door, Newt smiled sensibly and said, "You and your father must have something to discuss, so I won't disturb you."

After saying that, he ran out in a flash.

Andrei entered the room, closed the door behind him, walked to the window and glanced around to observe the surroundings, then walked up to Hex and suddenly knelt down on both knees.

Hextech was taken aback; before he could even speak, the other party offered such a generous gift.

He reached out and pulled the person up: "What are you doing?"

"I'm still your son in name only, I can't accept that."

Andrei's voice was low, and his eyes were red-rimmed: "No, I want to thank you!"

"Thank you for avenging Karl!"

"Thank you for bringing the murderer who killed him to their grave!"

Andrei was not actually aware of Hex's true identity. He only knew that a high-ranking official in the United Front wanted to use his deceased son's place to enter Oxford Theological Seminary as an illegitimate child.

He had been a member of the United Front for over twenty years and thought this matter would be no problem, but he seriously underestimated the factional resistance within his family, and just now he almost ended up in a situation that could not be salvaged.

Andrei straightened up, bowed deeply, and said with deep remorse, "I'm sorry!"

"It's my fault for not handling things well; you are free to punish me as you see fit."

"Forget it." Hextech was too lazy to argue with a middle-aged man who had lost his only son.

"Let bygones be bygones."

"Just don't let the Adriatic family bother me again for the next three days."

"I don't want to get involved in your family's internal disputes, and I can't be bothered to deal with them."

"I'll only be here for three days!"

"Please take care of everything in three days, and I'll head to London."

"I will never come back."

"Understood." Andrei bowed again. "I will never allow anyone to disturb you. I will handle all subsequent identity concealment and intelligence gathering properly, and the same mistake will never happen again."

After saying that, Andrei placed the train ticket for three days later, the admission certificate, and a stack of pounds on the table. This was the family subsidy for Hex's living expenses.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Also, these are Karls's belongings."

"I think you might need these."

"This represents the identity of the Adelia family and his past."

"Knowing more about it may help you adapt to life in London."

He placed a metal box on the table, somewhat hesitant.

Hextech nodded: "Leave it."

Anred bowed again, gently closed the door, and left.

Hex was leaning against the bed, just about to rest for a moment, when there was another knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Hex opened the door somewhat impatiently.

Two middle-aged men were standing outside the door.

One of them had a slovenly beard and messy hair, and his whole demeanor was sharp yet gloomy.

The other man was bald, had a large belly, and wore a deliberately ingratiating smile.

Hex frowned: "Who are you looking for?"

"Hello, are you Mr. Hex Edria?" the gloomy man asked.

"I am," Hex said.

"But I don't know you."

"That Kars Adrià, is he your elder brother?"

Hextech raised an eyebrow: "Who exactly are you?"

The unkempt middle-aged man with a slovenly beard spoke in a deep voice: "Your brother holds some very important evidence that involves a major case of missing children and women that has lasted for several years."

"After his death, this crucial lead was completely cut off."

"We'd like to ask if you inherited his belongings, and if we could examine them?"

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