Who hid My Corpse!

Bedan, that is the name of the town.

On the Luo Wei Continent, this word carries a beautiful meaning and symbolism, a pity no one cares about it, just as no one cares that the sudden famine had taken away more than half of the town's population.

What was once a bustling town had thus fallen into silence and desolation, but today, it had once again come to life.

It's just that, this revival was not quite in the way one might imagine.

The residents of Bedan, with nowhere to go and nothing to eat, simply sat in groups along the streets, their numb and blank eyes watching the surge of Church Knights appearing in the town, the Rhein badges on their elegant armor indicating their identities, but not their intentions.

At first, the townspeople thought they were here to bring relief, a sign that the Rhein God they worshiped hadn't forsaken them, offering a glimmer of light in the darkness they felt they were living in.

But soon, that glimmer of light was extinguished.

Because they discovered that the knights were not carrying food, but weapons.

Clearly, the knights had not come to bring relief, but for what exactly, they did not know. Hunger had sapped their strength to even survive, let alone to think.

So they could only sit there as if nothing had happened, doing nothing, thinking of nothing.

But doing nothing didn't mean that trouble wouldn't come knocking. The knights would come one by one, not bothering to consult with them, rudely pulling out their hands, observing and discussing before just as rudely letting go, without a single explanation in the process. Some people tried to ask for food, but they were all ignored by the knights.

"Knight Master, will this really be effective?" A knight following Kelsay asked while watching his colleagues screen the famine victims, "The one who stole the fingers, he isn't still in this town, is he?"

"No, he's definitely here," Kelsay said. "All the roads leading out of town have been sealed by us. The person who killed here last night couldn't have escaped."

As he spoke, Kelsay stopped in his tracks because he saw several bodies starting to rot (townspeople who had starved to death) in front of him. He frowned deeply, then took out a red handkerchief from his pocket and covered his nose with it, cursing as he did.

"These damn people, if they have to die, can they not die in some corner? They have to die on the main street, have they no sense of public decency?"

He instinctively wanted to turn around but thought of something, turned to his subordinates and said, "Go, check those bodies and see if what we're looking for is on them."

The knights looked at each other, perplexed: "Huh?"

"Idiots?" Seeing that his subordinates did not understand, Kelsay could not help but curse, "Check if that guy might be hiding amongst these bodies, pretending to be dead."

The knights then came to their senses and promptly stepped forward to inspect, although their expressions were generally reluctant, but they had no choice under orders.

"Those cultists, they love to burrow wherever it is dark and foul," Kelsay said with full scorn, "like sewer rats that can only survive in the gutters, but this time, no matter where they hide, they can't remain hidden."

The knights knew that Kelsay's words were not an exaggeration.

After informing Bishop Corey with the Holy Fire last night, Lord Bishop immediately dispatched two Knight Orders to rush to the town, completely surrounding it so that nothing could get in or out.

Still, some knights were doubtful: "Lord Knight Master, the town is only this big, is it really necessary to deploy two Knight Orders? Isn't this a bit... overkill?"

Kelsay glanced at the Knight who had posed the question and said, "Do you think we're just trying to catch that guy?"

The Knight thought for a moment, then asked, "And the cultists? Do you think there's more than one person from the Wildfire Sect?"

"Heh, that's one reason, but it's not the main one," Kelsay pointed at the ground below. "This isn't a town controlled by those cultists. They received the news later than us, so their reaction would definitely be slower. Even if they did send someone, there wouldn't be many."

"So we are here because..."

"Don't forget, which Church's sphere of influence borders this place, I'm talking about the Orthodox."

The Knight understood in an instant, "You mean, the Lyra?"

"Good that you understand," Kelsay said indifferently, "Those mechanical monsters are much more troublesome than the cult."

At that moment, the two Knights who had finished examining the bodies stood up and reported to Kelsay, "Knight Master, we've completed the inspection. They are all dead, and their fingers are normal."

"Understood," Kelsay waved his hand, showing some impatience, "Find a place to burn the bodies. It's bad luck to leave them here."

Then, he prepared to move on to the next site, but before he could take two steps, he caught sight of a Knight hurrying over from the corner of his eye.

"Knight Master, Lord Bishop has replied," the Knight was running, but he was carefully protecting something in his hand.

It wasn't until he approached that it was revealed to be a burning candle he was protecting.

Kelsay raised an eyebrow, seemingly guessing what it was, and so he extended his finger into the flame.

The flame didn't burn him, but turned into a small piece of paper the moment it made contact with his finger.

Kelsay glanced at it and immediately took out a black notebook to translate.

He quickly finished translating.

"As expected, Lord Bishop has already discovered the Rule sealed within those two fingers, as well as devised a way to counter this Rule."

Hearing Kelsay say this, the Knights exchanged glances and collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Even as Church Knights, they still had a certain dread for the legendary existence, because although they didn't know all the Rules sealed within the Corpse Blocks, they were aware of the few known disasters they had caused.

But the main source of fear was the unknown.

Fortunately, the great Bishop Corey was aware of the Rule of the two fingers and already had a counter strategy, so it was no longer unknown.

"First, if it's the middle finger of the left hand, the Rule it contains is 'Termination,' which can be released by snapping the fingers with other fingers. That means you absolutely must not hear his snapping while using a Spell or Divine Arts, so Bishop Corey's counter strategy is..." Kelsay's words were cut off halfway, and he slowly turned around to look at the newcomer behind him, "My old friend, what are you doing here instead of staying in the Church?"

Behind Kelsay, Ulu was smiling awkwardly.

But that left middle finger was slowly creeping forward, silently staring at Kelsay.