I Am Stuck In A Beta Test For 1000 Years

Chapter 269. A Lucky Hit

Char was right. The church had sent someone important this time. They were at the same level of the Holy See and Laurentia, and they came together.

Although the natives were free, things seemed to be balanced by an invisible hand in the dark. With the chaos caused by Char and the resurrection of the ancient muscle man Mungo, who no one could compete with, the power of balance began to stir.

Laurentia and the Holy See were let in.

In terms of reason, they did not come out of nowhere. Everything had a cause and effect. The two of them had set off on their own not long ago, and the root of it was naturally the 'mysterious Paladin' that Char had created.

Laurentia had planned to secretly come to the grasslands to catch this Paladin and see who he was.

As for the Holy See

He was here to verify something.

It was because he was secretly tinkering with the Secret Paladin Squad.

Ever since he bought a flashy but empty body from Elfheim at the request of the Holy Spirit, it disintegrated halfway through the sacrifice, he found that things were getting worse.

The Paladins seemed to be getting harder to control.

They were openly and secretly at odds with him. They obeyed some orders on the surface but disobeyed in secret. Their words were also eccentric, as if they didn't care about his Holy See at all.

He wanted to explain, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was wrong. He was the Holy See, the head of the church, why should he explain to these "swords of the church"?

Besides, he had served Fredrick for so many years, and he had never seen Fredrick explain anything to his men. It was only natural that he didn't explain anything to his men.

With such anger and restlessness, the Holy See felt that he should not have anything to do with these people anymore, and he could not rely on them. So he came up with the idea of another force that belonged directly to the Holy See himself, and that was the Holy Knights left by Fredrick.

Holy Knights were the most top-notch tools. Although their individual combat power could not be compared to the Sunfire guards of the Sunfire Royal Court, they excelled in their functionality.

They were proficient in concealment, tracking, intelligence gathering, anti-reconnaissance, poison, and a series of other skills required to carry out secret missions. It was not easy to train them. Most importantly, they were absolutely loyal to the Holy See. They were simply a group of men of sacrifice with a layer of sugarcoat using his holiness!

However, it was also where the problem lies.

The previous Holy Knights were absolutely loyal to Fredrick. After he died, this group of people followed his plan that he left behind. The elite few went to Arendelle for a secret mission, and the rest committed suicide by poisoning.

Therefore, he thought of training a group of his own.

He was Fredrick's assistant for so long and there was no doubt in his ability.. He was familiar with the entire process of training Holy Knights.

However, he lacked some courage and insight that was destined to be irreparable, so he did not dare to leave this matter to the church's insiders.

He thought of "outsourcing"!

They had outsourced their training to a professional organization, an organization like the Dark Brotherhood!

The Holy Knights who carried out secret missions and were loyal to the Holy See were born from the dirty and sinful Dark Brotherhood.

It would be a great humiliation if word got out.

Therefore, this could not be done in Mephisto. The Holy See gave the person in charge of the Brotherhood a sum of money and forced them to come to the Red Earth Grassland to build a base to train Holy Knights.

Things went smoothly at first. He arranged for a trusted aide to be in charge of the life and training of these Holy Knights, and the two often kept in touch to update the progress. However, as Char began to stir up trouble, Laurentia was misled by him and began to suspect and investigate the Holy See.

By chance, this secret communication was forced to be cut off.

At this moment, the Holy See still didn't know who was behind this. He thought that Laurentia had really found out about his matter. Every time Laurentia cast a strange look at him, he couldn't help but avoid it, and his conscience ate him up inside.

This time, it was for the church's plan, the Holy Spirit's order, and so on, or so he claimed. The main purpose was actually to confirm whether his "secret training base" was okay.

However, the two of them did not expect that they would arrive in such an untimely manner.

At the bottom of the sinkhole, the original three groups of people had mixed into two groups, facing each other from a distance.

On one side was Mungo and the Red Mist soldiers behind him. Muru was standing on Mungo's left, slightly behind.

On the other side was the full strength of the church.

The Holy See and Laurentia stood side by side, and behind them was an orderly team of Paladins and Priests.

The atmosphere was so oppressive that it was terrifying. Mungo and Laurentia stared at each other eagerly, excited and even regretted not meeting each other earlier.

The atmosphere started to get awkward.

The Holy See was very dissatisfied with the fact that Mungo did not even look at him, but that was it.

"We need an explanation, Mr. Mungo. After that, you can return to your grasslands and continue to be king," Laurentia said with a hint of reverence in his voice.

"Haha…" Mungo squeezed out a contemptuous greeting from his throat.

"I understand what you mean. It's like barging into someone else's tent, lifting the curtain, and saying 'you can leave, but this place is mine, and your wife stays'. Is that what you mean?"

"I'm not as rude as you, Sir. I'm just solving the problem."

"You've solved my ass!"

Mungo spat on the ground.

"Don't beat around the bush. This is the Red Earth Grassland, the river bank of rituals, not a place for your church to shit and pee! If you want to solve the problem, get back to Mephisto. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. I didn't rely on this little bit of strength to conquer all the tribes of the grassland in ten years. You can put away your tricks." Mungo said with a grin.

Laurentia shut his mouth resentfully.

He was never good at communicating at all. He was better at stabbing the man with a thrust.

It was clearly a failed negotiation, but this sounded great to the Holy See. He took half a step forward secretly and showed a gentle expression, as if his whole person was bathed in a soft filter.

"The God of War of the grasslands…"

"You're the Holy See?" Mungo interrupted him.

Although he was displeased, the Holy See still nodded very gently.

Mungo was intrigued by his expression.

"You're the boss of the people in the church?"

Despite him being a Barbarian, despite his civilization having yet to be developed, he was good with his words.

The Holy See waved his hand in amusement.

"I'm just lucky to be the person closest to my master."

Mungo said impatiently, "Don't make so many empty promises. Let me ask you, aren't you the best fighter in the church? Let's have a fight, the loser can get lost, and the winner can stay here!"

Huh?

The Holy See was horrified.