At dusk, Isabelle arrived as promised with her people to Liens.

As for how she accurately located Liens, it was naturally by means of the 'Alchemy Compass' for positioning.

Liens briefly assessed the few people Isabelle brought with her: one female and three males, all radiating a very strong light element aura.

However, these four were not all bishops like Isabelle; there was only one bishop, while the other three were Holy Knights.

Holy Knights are knights trained by the Heavenly Light Church, serving as the Church's regular military unit responsible for handling various external affairs.

Although priests are not without combat ability—for example, Monica's strength is very high at the first level—most priests rarely participate in combat, lack practical experience, and find it difficult to unleash their full combat potential.

Therefore, most priests or bishops of Heavenly Light serve in a supportive capacity; Bishop Roxana and Isabelle are typical examples.

Generally, Holy Knights are light-attribute knights, and they can even use the Church's unique divine arts. Multiple Holy Knights working together perform exceptionally well in both group and single combat.

The three Holy Knights before them had all reached the level of Great Knight, possessing extraordinary combat power.

From their habitual stances, Liens could tell that these three had cooperated many times and might even be a team themselves.

"How is the situation?"

As soon as Isabelle saw Liens, she eagerly asked.

The others also looked at Liens with serious expressions, awaiting his answer, while simultaneously remaining vigilant of their surroundings.

One shouldn't blame them for being so tense; the main reason was that matters involving evil gods were never trivial, especially when it concerned the Manifestation of an evil god's true existence.

Had it not been for the extreme urgency of the situation and the peculiar state of the Hartwin Kingdom, perhaps more than just their small group would have come.

"It's fine... The situation over there hasn't changed much. Liens likely hasn't discovered my existence yet."

Liens calmly replied.

He then pointed to the three villagers tied on the ground and asked, "Is there still a chance to save them?"

Upon hearing this, the others turned to carefully observe the three villagers. Then, a middle-aged man stepped forward and answered Liens's question.

"They can be saved, but their condition is very troublesome. It will take a long time to clear the deep-seated evil god corruption within them, and it's highly likely to alert the evil god behind it."

The middle-aged man had a steady appearance, gentle eyes, and wore a simple priest's robe, naturally exuding an aura where the vicissitudes of time and wisdom were integrated.

He was the only bishop among the four. Although Isabelle led them here, it was easily discernible from their formation that this bishop was the leader of the team.

"Is that so..."

Liens murmured, then quietly said 'sorry' to the three villagers on the ground.

The others did not know why Liens would suddenly apologize to these three infected individuals, but it was someone else's private matter; if they didn't speak of it, these strangers found it inappropriate to interject and ask.

"My name is Liens. How should I address you all?"

After saying his final goodbyes to the three villagers, Liens turned his attention to understanding the people Isabelle had brought.

"Alec Roland, currently the Bishop of the Eaton Royal Capital Diocese in the Hartwin Kingdom. It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Excellency."

Alec, the steady-looking middle-aged man, formally introduced himself.

Beside him, the other three Holy Knights looked at him with some surprise, seemingly not expecting him to be so formal. However, they also realized Liens's extraordinary nature because of this.

After all, to hold the position of Bishop in a country's royal capital diocese indicated that Alec was essentially the spokesperson for the Heavenly Light Church in the Hartwin Kingdom.

Given such a status, a person treated with such solemnity by him must also be extremely extraordinary. They immediately thought of a 'Saint'.

Thus, the three did not dare to be negligent and quickly spoke after Alec.

"Ian"

"Lionel"

"Phoenix Cronin"

"The three of us are an elite team from the Inquisition specializing in handling cult affairs. After receiving the information you transmitted, the higher-ups arranged for us to come and deal with this matter."

The three stated their names in turn, and then the female Holy Knight introduced their background.

The Inquisition is a department that has existed in the Church since ancient times. It used to be called the Heresy Inquisition, mainly targeting the unorthodox beliefs of other religions, but now its main business is dealing with various infection incidents caused by cults.

In the Church's view, cult followers are merely infected individuals, not heretical sects capable of competing for faith.

Currently, the common consensus on the continent is that three gods rule the world. The other two true gods have not established unified religions, so the most prevalent object of faith in this world is 'Heavenly Light'.

For example, when speaking of the Church, most people immediately think of the Heavenly Light Church, and most people also use 'the Church' as a direct abbreviation for the Heavenly Light Church.

"Your Excellency, because Isabelle could only convey limited information, could you please explain the current situation to us in detail, and how you need us to cooperate with you?"

After the brief introductions were completed, Alec again stepped forward and asked Liens.

"Does the Church have a way to interrupt a 'Manifestation'?"

Liens did not directly answer Alec's question but instead counter-questioned.

"Manifestation?"

Upon hearing this, the others present showed confused expressions, while only Alec was deep in thought, as if he had realized something. After a moment, he replied:

"I apologize, Your Excellency... The Church does indeed have a method to interrupt a 'Manifestation', but our current conditions do not meet the most basic requirements."

Alec shook his head, dashing Liens's hopes.

"Is that so? Then there's no other way."

Liens sighed, then began to explain in detail to Alec and the others the current situation of Glen Village and Antonio's state, as far as he knew.

"You've already fought that evil god?"

After hearing the information Liens described, Phoenix couldn't help but ask.

Although Liens had previously said that the evil god probably hadn't discovered his existence, implying he hadn't directly engaged with the evil god.

However, the information Liens provided was too detailed, so she was very curious how Liens obtained this information.

Phoenix was the only female Holy Knight present.

She, like her companions, wore silver-white full-body armor, had a well-proportioned figure, short blonde hair, and a somewhat 'wife-like' appearance, looking to be in her twenties, but her Life aura indicated she was already in her early thirties.

"Strictly speaking, no, I just have special means of information gathering... I can guarantee the accuracy of this information."

Liens shook his head in response, giving his assurance.

Upon hearing this, the others did not continue to inquire about the details.

If someone doesn't want to speak, it means personal privacy is involved, and asking more would be overstepping. Everyone present understood this point.

After understanding the detailed information, Alec and the others began to discuss with Liens how to proceed.

Of course, it was mainly Alec asking Liens what he needed them to do. He was well aware that the main force this time was not them, but the gentle-tempered young man before them.

One must not underestimate the intelligence-gathering capabilities of this world's largest religious organization.

It was precisely because they knew of Liens's existence that the Church only sent these few people in an emergency, rather than making full preparations before coming to encircle and suppress the evil god.

Because these few were already sufficient.

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