Master the Abyss, starting from an apprentice priest

In the outer courtyard of the city lord's mansion.

When Anthony led Luo Xiu and other "holy judges" into the courtyard, they were greeted by a biting cold wind.

The servants and guards of the mansion could not even see their shadows.

But the courtyard was cleaned very cleanly, without piled leaves, and the shrubs and lawns were trimmed quite flat.

...

After crossing the courtyard, Anthony walked straight to the door on the first floor of the mansion and knocked hard.

No one responded.

"——Rodif Walden."

Anthony then opened his voice and shouted loudly into the mansion:

"——Open the door immediately! Otherwise, I will exercise the compulsory holy judgment power granted to me by the "Holy Court."

When Anthony shouted this for the third time, heavy footsteps of "——deng, deng, deng" came from the mansion.

The door opened, revealing the fat face of "Lord of the City".

"...Even the Holy Judge of the "Holy Court" has no right to trespass into private houses." Lord of the City of Rodif muttered dissatisfiedly.

"...Come in." Rodif moved aside to make way for the "holy judges".

...

Inside the mansion, in the main guest room for the reception.

The two kerosene lamps on the wall emitted a dim light, allowing everyone in the room to see each other clearly.

"Shouldn't you be carrying out the task of 'judging heretics'?"

Lordif City Lord was the first to question: "Didn't you solve the group of pagans in the 'Ancient Hermitage'?"

"...I should ask you this, Rodif."

Anthony's eyes sank slightly, he looked at Rodif and said word by word:

"Rodif Walden, answer me."

"--Do you know clearly that the information you provided about the 'stronghold' is a trap set by the enemy in advance?"

When Anthony asked the question, with him as the origin, the invisible spiritual wall quickly spread to the surroundings.

Everyone present felt the heavy pressure at the same time, as if a thousand pounds fell on their shoulders.

Rodif remained silent. He reached his right hand into his arms and took out a crimson crystal pendant.

——Crack.

Rodif exerted force with his fingertips and crushed the red crystal on the pendant.

Invisible spiritual vibrations instantly dispersed from the crystal fragments.

Anthony only felt that his perception seemed to be a little disordered at a certain moment.

Just like the distorted picture seen through the flame, the spirituality of "Rodif" suddenly became unpredictable.

"——I don't know." Rodif replied calmly.

"...Don't play tricks, Rodif." Anthony said coldly, "Even if you have the support of the Supreme, it doesn't mean that you can challenge our bottom line at will."

"...Puff."

Rodif suddenly laughed out loud, "I didn't offend you, the Holy Judge of the Holy Court."

Rodif suddenly changed his tone and expressed strong aggression: "It's you who are offending me! It's you who are offending the loyal officials under the rule of the Supreme!"

"It's you! You destroy my courtyard at will and break into my mansion at will! It's you, you need to give me a reasonable explanation!"

Rodif's tone in the second half of his sentence was obviously angry.

...

Luo Xiu has been observing the changes in the attitudes of both sides as a bystander.

The reconnaissance done by the "Fog Night" yesterday allowed Luo Xiu to see a little bit of Rodif's real purpose.

Now Rodif is just trying to delay time.

By delaying until the "Spirit Descender" recovers, and then joining forces with the "Ancient Hermitage" to surround and kill their Holy Judge, Rodif's original plan can be put back on track.

Therefore, Rodif at this time played the role of a "rogue" on the spot.

Including crushing the red spiritual crystal and forcibly disturbing the spiritual aura around him, all just to prevent Anthony from convicting him for a while.

If he cannot convict, he cannot really conduct a "holy judgment" on the "Lord of Rodif".

Even under Rodif's current "innocent" identity, he can still bring up his identity as a loyal servant of the [Supreme] and blame Anthony.

From Rodif's perspective, it was indeed Anthony who started the trouble first.

Although Anthony questioned Rodif's "collaboration with the enemy", he did not have the corresponding evidence.

And because of the interference of the red crystal, Anthony could no longer recognize the spiritual surge in "Rodif" at this time.

This also made it impossible for Anthony to judge whether what Rodif said was the "truth" or a "lie".

...

Anthony would definitely not be able to play political correctness with this old man.

Luo Xiu had come to the conclusion that Anthony would lose.

Anthony could not really attack "Rodif", an ordinary person, at this moment, the situation had fallen into a delicate confrontation.

Luo Xiu glanced at Anthony from the corner of his eye, and he seemed to be choked by Rodif's counterattack.

"I didn't mean to offend you." Anthony explained, "I just..."

"- Your behavior, your attitude, your words."

Rodif interrupted Anthony's words, and he began to increase his output: "All your performance can only make your explanation look pale and powerless!"

Anthony: "..."

He suddenly fell into a state of not knowing how to refute.

Luo Xiu silently looked at Anthony who was frustrated in front of him, and a complaint suddenly came out of his heart.

——You are not scolded enough, big brother...

Anthony, in such an occasion, seems too straightforward.

Luo Xiu inexplicably began to miss Zaun in his previous life.

…

"Lord Rodif, I think it is meaningless for us to get involved in such a low-level dispute."

Luo Xiu then replaced Anthony and said to Lord Rodif:

"If you hadn't crushed that spiritual crystal, perhaps you would have proved your innocence long ago."

"...But now, we can only exercise the power granted by the 'Holy Court'."

"We will conduct a thorough search of your mansion, and hope you can cooperate."

"Search power" is the power that high-ranking members of the [Supreme] Law Office, [Glorious] Holy Court and [Wisdom] Sage Tower have over their respective subordinates.

Rodif struggled for a while, then nodded and said:

"...Okay."

"According to the rules jointly set by your 'Holy Court' and the 'Attorney General', you have, and only have half an hour."

"Please, I only ask one thing. Don't damage my furniture and collection."

...

Rodif agreed to the search.

Luo Xiu stood up calmly, and walked upstairs to the mansion under the eyes of Anthony and others.

Although Anthony didn't understand why Luo Xiu suddenly mentioned "search", he was a little dizzy after being counterattacked by Rodif's words, so he also stood up and followed Luo Xiu upstairs.

Connor and Pamier also stood up and walked out of the room, leaving Rodif alone curled up on the leather sofa.

Seeing that the "holy judges" had all left, Rodif slowly picked up the teacup on the coffee table and took a sip.

"...Heh." Rodif smiled contemptuously.

"Except for the letter from yesterday, there is no evidence here..."

"I burned the letter last night, and they can't find anything."

Lodifu felt that he was very stable.

...

Luo Xiu went straight to the top floor and walked straight to the room that "Fog Night" had spied on before.

He opened the door and walked in. The Houpu book was still placed on the Jinsinan table.

Luo Xiu walked over and opened the interlayer of the book.

The "secret letter" with charred edges was sandwiched between the pages of the book, and the handwriting on it was still clearly visible.

Luo Xiu's mouth corners slightly raised, trying to suppress a smile.

"How dare this old eunuch let me search..."