This time, I won't be the devil.

Qis sidelined the security captain, and now that something has happened, he wants to put the blame on him. He really doesn't treat Leonard as a human being.

"Look, he's here."

Just as Qi Si finished speaking, a heavy and regular sound of footsteps was heard, and security captain Leonard arrived at the door of the courtroom.

"Ting Qi, I've heard about it."

Leonard was wearing heavy armor and looked to be in his 40s. Like Frey, he had black hair and deep facial features. He must be a mixed-race person with both Eastern and Western blood.

Unlike other Vatican personnel who pay attention to their image, the security captain seems to be an unkempt man. His armor is covered with scars, his face is unshaven, and his expression is a little listless.

Frey launched an [Identification] on him and was shocked by the result.

[Name: Leonard Hamlet]

[Race: Human]

【Level: 42】

[Soul Strength: 4.2]

[Occupation: Paladin]

[Attribute panel: Strength 46.5, Endurance 52.9, Agility 40.2, Magic 28.4]

According to Frey's understanding of the Holy See, people at the level of security captain are generally only level 30 at most, but Leonard's level is 42, which is higher than the Dark Knight Van Dam.

This security captain might be the strongest fighter in the entire maze city.

With this kind of strength in the Vatican, he should at least be a priest or a branch master of the Knights Templar. In this way, the rumor that Leonard was demoted for making mistakes is probably true.

After seeing Leonard, Qi Si immediately scolded him:

"Xiao Lei, what have you done? Several of your knights actually colluded with the factory and helped it beat people up. This is simply tarnishing the image of the Holy Light Knights and betraying the public's trust in the Holy See!"

What a thief crying "stop thief"!

In the face of accusations, Leonard just accepted it woodenly.

"I'm sorry, I apologize, Mr. Qi, I apologize..."

"You should reflect on your actions. Those knights who assaulted others and are still on probation must be expelled. Do it as soon as possible. This is your responsibility."

After assigning the offensive task of firing an employee, Qi Si's expression eased a lot.

"As for you, since you weren't directly involved in this matter, just write a letter of repentance and remember to keep an eye on your men next time."

"Thank you for your understanding..."

Seeing a powerful man like Reynard, who was in his 40s, bowing and scraping to Qis, who was only in his 20s, Frey realized that within the Holy See, official position and background seemed to be more important than strength.

"Well, now that Captain Lei has apologized, Your Highness, let's leave the matter of the workers alone. Right now, catching the Phantom Thief is more important."

After getting Didoris's consent, the four of them walked into the courtroom.

As soon as they entered the courtroom, several of Qis's followers enthusiastically took them to the reception room.

The reception room is very spacious, and the high-power magic crystal chandelier on the ceiling is emitting bright light.

The room is covered with red velvet carpet and there are white jade pillars at the four corners. In the center of the wall facing the door, there are two portraits, one of the old Pope and the other of the new Pope.

On the side wall, there is a portrait of Director Qis. Next to the portrait is a transparent crystal wall cabinet filled with medals.

Are you also Xunzong?

Seeing Frey's curious look, Qi Si's attendant hurriedly explained:

"These are the various medals of honor our Qi Hall has received, especially the top one, the 'Hero of Humanity' medal, awarded to those who contributed to the Great Crusade."

The "Great Crusade" mentioned by the followers was a large-scale battle that took place 40 years ago.

Around 960 AD, neither the Hero nor the Demon King appeared. As the power of the Church grew, humans gradually gained the upper hand in the holy war with the demons.

In order to further expand the victory and seize the magic stone veins in the demon territory, under the organization of the Church, humans once launched a large expedition deep into the demon territory.

This unprecedented expedition lasted nearly 10 years, and the Holy See deployed a total of 86 elite companies.

As for the result of the expedition, humans can only say that it was a bitter victory. Although they defeated the main force of the demons at one point, they also suffered heavy losses themselves and failed to seize the magic stone veins.

After the expedition ended, in order to recuperate, the Church did not launch another large-scale attack on the demons until the appearance of the hero in 996.

Listening to the followers' constant flattery, Qi Si waved his hand modestly:

"It's all just vanity. I only joined the war at the end of the Great Crusade. The fact that I was able to make any contribution was all thanks to the grace of His Holiness the Pope."

"Qi Ting, you are too modest. Now in the entire Theocracy, you are the only human hero badge left."

"What does this mean? There should be more than one medal of this kind, right?" Frey asked.

"A total of 50 medals were issued, but the remaining 49 were stolen by that hateful thief Robin Hood." The follower replied.

Seeing the attendant chatting with the lowly Frey, Qi Si said with some dissatisfaction:

"You all should step aside first. I need to discuss serious matters with Her Royal Highness the Princess and Captain Reynard."

After the entourage left, Qi Si saw Frey still in the reception room and glanced at him.

"The following conversation involves confidential information. It's best for everyone outside to leave. Once we've reached a conclusion, just follow our instructions."

Only then did Frey realize that there were only three chairs at the conference table in the reception room.

Guess who doesn't have a chair?

After understanding what Qis meant, Frey sat down on one of the chairs.

"It's worthy of being a chair in the courtroom. It's so comfortable to sit on."

Frey has always been a low-key person. If Qis communicates with him well, he will accept to leave temporarily.

But Qi Si was not even willing to explain things clearly, but instead used these little tricks to let Frey understand the rules himself.

What Frey hated most was this kind of obedience test.

You are not my leader and you don't pay me, so why should I guess your intentions and obey you?

What's more, even from the perspective of interests, in order to better complete the commission, Frey also needs to obtain first-hand information.

Seeing Frey being so ignorant of the rules, Qisi frowned, and Didoris beside him added:

"He's my assistant. If he leaves, should I leave too?"

"Your Highness, I don't mean that. Someone, please bring in another chair."

After this little episode, the four of them sat down and began to discuss how to capture the phantom thief Robin Hood.

"Well, first of all, regarding Robin Hood's notice letter, can we see the original?" At Didoris's request, Qisi took out an envelope.

[To Dorobo Chiss, at 10:12 PM on October 9th, I will come to the Judgment Hall of Labyrinth City to take back what belongs to me. From the 86th Company, Phantom Thief Robin Hood.]

It was the first time that Frey saw the original copy of Robin Hood's warning letter. Unlike the records in the story and newspaper, there was an additional signature on the original letter - [86th Company].

"86th Company, does this refer to the 86th Company during the Great Crusade?"

The moment Frey mentioned the 86th Company, Qisi's eyes looked as if he had done something wrong and was discovered. He dodged for a moment, then raised his voice and refuted:

"What's the 86th Company? Isn't there only 85 companies in the Great Expedition?"

Frey asked Tidoris again, but she also said that the Great Crusade only had 85 companies, but this was only information obtained from the Theocracy.

Realizing something was amiss, Frey quickly laughed out loud: "I haven't read much, so I might have remembered it wrongly."

After hearing what Frey said, Qi Si first looked at this uneducated barbarian with disdain, and then said:

"My guess is that Robin Hood wrote about the 86th Company in order to discredit the Great Crusade. It was for this very purpose that he committed the Great Gold Heist."

“How come you see?”

Qis didn't seem to want to answer Frey's question, so Leonard on the side explained it for him.

Thirty years ago, in the year 30 of the Aiden calendar, after the end of the 970-year Great Crusade, in order to reward the heroes of the expedition, the Holy See prepared a batch of gold, which was kept by the Hayek Consortium.

But just when rewards were about to be given, all the gold kept in the consortium was stolen. This catastrophe became the famous Gold Robbery.

After losing the gold, the Holy See was unable to immediately reward meritorious soldiers, so it introduced various medals and gave policy preferential treatment to the medal winners.

The most valuable of these were 50 [Humanity Hero Medals]. Those who received these medals were basically promoted to high-ranking positions in the Holy See, and Qis was one of them.

After the great robbery, Robin Hood did not stop there. In the past 30 years, he found 49 winners of the Human Hero Medal, sent warning letters, and then stole their medals.

The last time Robin Hood committed a crime was three years ago. Everyone thought he had stopped, but unexpectedly he was still eyeing the last medal in Qis's hand.

As Leonard was recounting these things, Frey felt that Qisi seemed a little impatient. After Leonard finished speaking, he quickly said:

"After years of investigation by our Holy See, this Robin Hood is most likely a spy sent by the demons!"

Hearing this, Frey on the side was stunned.

Please stop talking nonsense. When did such a general appear in the demon clan? How come I, the demon king, don’t know about it?

If Phantom Thief Robin Hood was really a spy of the demon clan, then Frey would have sent him to steal the hero's holy sword.

Seeing Frey's puzzled expression, Leonard explained:

"There's another important reason why Mr. Qi said this, and that's because Robin Hood's modus operandi isn't something an ordinary human could do."

Afterwards, Leonard took out a pile of files recording Robin Hood's crimes.

In addition to sending warning letters, Robin Hood's crime process is also very unique.

Unlike ordinary thieves, Robin Hood prefers to break in head-on rather than sneak in, and then steal items in full view of everyone.

During the stealing process, Robin Hood would also use a variety of small props to assist, and each time he used a different one. It was more like a performance than stealing, making it difficult to understand.

But the Holy See is not a freeloader. After being robbed so many times, they summed up the two special skills that the phantom thief Robin Hood himself possessed.

First of all, Robin Hood has some means of eliminating his own traces. He always commits crimes at night, and as long as it is dark, Robin Hood will disappear immediately. This is why the Vatican can never catch him.

In addition, Robin Hood also has the ability to take things from afar. Even if you lock things in a safe and have someone guard them at all times, they will still be stolen.

After reviewing and analyzing the crime process, the Vatican discovered that there is a prerequisite for using this telekinetic skill, that is, the object to be stolen or the container containing the object must appear within Robin Hood's field of vision.

Ordinary thieves can learn a C-level skill called [Theft], but the effect of this skill is only to increase one's own sensitivity and lock onto the items they want to steal. The act of theft itself still needs to be achieved through physical means such as touching with hands, hooking with ropes, etc.

Even if all existing human documents were searched, there would be no record of Robin Hood's ability to completely ignore spatial barriers and steal items through the air.

Therefore, the Vatican speculated that Robin Hood's true identity was actually a demon.

In Frey's view, the Vatican's speculation was at least half correct.