Chapter 67: Shocking News

  The diary turned to the next page, but the following pages were stained with blood, apparently during the battle, Gofrette kept this diary close at hand.

  On this blood-stained paper, Du Wei continued the words left by the deceased Knight Geoffre.

  February 13th, a bright day. We've been searching in the woods for a month now. I feel like we're getting close to him. Our four teams met at the first designated meeting point, but no one had any findings. The Judge said that this mission is to bring back Hussein's body, otherwise, we won't take a step out of the frozen forest. These past few days, I've had a premonition, I feel like we're very close to him. Maybe in two more days, I'll be able to find him! Everyone is exhausted, but we believe that in this weather and environment, Hussein is alone, and his situation must be even more difficult than ours. Our people can take turns resting, someone keeps watch at night, someone finds food. But Hussein, he's alone, and according to the Judge's information, Hussein was heavily injured. He won't get away!

  February 19th, cloudy day.

  The further north we go, the colder it gets. We are still circling in the forest. However, two days ago, my team found some footprints in the snowy area. Those were human tracks. The tracks showed that there was only one person, and I'm sure it was Hussein. No one else would come to a place like this alone in such weather. Yesterday we found his footprints again. According to various signs, he is escaping towards the north of Lake Dairen.

  I have already sent messages to the other three teams, but in the vast forest, they did not respond to my message. I am a bit worried, it has been several days, and I have had no contact with the other three teams, will they encounter any accidents...

  It shouldn't be! The leaders of the other two teams are both eighth-level knights, and what's more, the third team is personally led by the Lord Chief Justice. Even if Hussein is the strongest knight on the continent, he has been seriously injured now, and in this environment, he is absolutely no match for the Lord Chief Justice, who is one of the top mages of the temple.

  However, my heart is still in conflict... Is my faith not devout enough? My heart should not waver, even if he was once the pride of our Holy Knights!

  "No, I must kill this traitor! Otherwise his name will be forever nailed to the pillar of shame in the temple! Sir Lucas and Sir Kayle, both of you have paid the price of your lives to wound this traitor. If we let him escape again, the Holy Knights' Order will never be able to hold its head up high!"

  "!!!!!!" After reading this sentence, Du Wei and Dada Nil suddenly stopped breathing at the same time!

  Dadanier's hands were shaking, his eyes wide with surprise as he stared at the diary in Duwei's hand. After a long time, he seemed to have squeezed out a sentence from his throat: "This... this says..."

  Du Wei was more calm than him, but his tone was also somewhat unstable: "That sentence 'at the cost of life', could it be..."

  Two people simultaneously saw an unbearable heaviness in each other's eyes!

  This is too terrible!

  If it were just a genius of the mainland's First Knight betraying the Temple, it could only be said to be an unfortunate matter...

  Then this sentence is simply a disaster!

  The three strongest knight commanders among the holy knights who guard the temple!

  Hussein has rebelled!

  And the other two Knights Commander, from a literal point of view, seem to have... died?

  It seems that there was a fight between the traitor Hussein and two other knights, both of whom were killed in battle, while Hussein was seriously injured.

  But Du Wei thought for a moment... and probably the fact is indeed so!

  Otherwise, with Hussein being one of the top strongmen on the continent! One of the three knights of the Holy Knights' Temple! If they wanted to hunt him down, why didn't they send the other two knights instead? Although an eighth-level knight is also a rare high-ranking expert, sending an eighth-level knight over is far less reassuring than sending a high-ranking expert who can match Hussein's strength.

  So that's how it is! It seems that the other two Grand Knights have already passed away! That's why the temple sent a secondary knight, isn't it?!

  "This... this is a disaster!" Dandanil couldn't help but point with trembling fingers, his voice also trembling!

  "The three Knights Commander, one defected, two died in battle! The cornerstone of the Temple's dignity has been shaken! Good heavens, this is an absolute disaster! This matter will probably trigger a great storm!" Dathanil exclaimed, suddenly urging loudly: "Quickly! Look back quickly!"

  Du Wei's mind was making another calculation:

  With his own strength, he killed two other top-notch ninth-level knights of the same level as himself, and he's still alive! This Hussein, is he really a ninth-level knight? I'm afraid he's already at the level of a Holy Knight!

  Turning to the next page, it still had bloodstains on it. At this time, looking at those words on the paper with bloodstains, they seemed to have a more tragic flavor!

  Twenty-eighth day of the twentieth month.

  It's been ten days again! We've lost contact with the other three teams! This is a dangerous signal. The Chief Judge's magical stone can't get any response from him either. My heart is getting more and more uneasy! Could it be that even the powerful Chief Judge has fallen victim to the traitor's evil clutches? Omnipotent Goddess of Light, please bless your devout follower!

  Today, I finally found what Hussein left behind. It was a blood-stained bandage, his wound is still very serious, this discovery made everyone very excited. Moreover, based on the bloodstains on the bandage, we can confirm that we are already very close to him! Even if it costs our lives, we will definitely complete the Pope's command!"

  March 1st!

  God! Have you really abandoned your people?! Why?! Why do you bestow so much favor and affection on that detestable traitor!!! Why!!! Why did even the Lord Judge fall victim to that traitor's poison after the two Knight Commanders?!

  "Today we finally found the team that judged the adults! But what I saw were ten corpses! Ten whole corpses! The corpse of the judge was buried by my own hands! That terrible, poisonous traitor! He actually cut off the head of the judge! I will definitely kill him! I will definitely kill him!!"

  Du Wei stuck out his tongue!

  Good grief! Even the Chief Justice of the Temple is dead!

  This Hussein is really ruthless! The matter has gotten bigger and bigger! The trial chief in the system of the Temple of Light, is a person belonging to the first core power group! Such a big figure in the temple also died, this Hussein...

  Dadanier was still in a daze when Du Wei quickly continued digging in the snow.

  "What are you looking for?" Dathanil stared at Duwei's movements in surprise.

  "That papal mandate!" Du Wei's hands moved swiftly as he replied, "Didn't you see what was written in the diary? Goffret had a papal mandate! This mandate must have been kept by the leader, and others might not even know of its existence. Goffret is dead, perhaps when others buried him, they also buried the mandate along with him." Du Wei didn't even bother to use his knife anymore, instead using his palm to swiftly dig into the snow: "Perhaps that mandate holds the answer we're looking for! What exactly did Hussein do that was so treasonous, that the temple would go to such great lengths to kill their own personally trained genius?!"

  Dadanier's reaction was a bit slow. Probably, after reading this diary so far, his brain had been impacted by one big thing after another and was about to short circuit.

  Now Dada Nile's heart is filled with one huge shock after another! The Temple of God may have suffered a devastating blow after this disaster!

  Three of the senior knights are dead, and one has betrayed! The Grand Judge of the Temple's Tribunal has fallen! Such an event would definitely cause an earthquake across the entire Roland continent!

  Du Weizhen was different from Dada Nile, although he was shocked in his heart, but more excited. He had no good feelings towards any religion, especially this kind of religious organization that interferes with the state's power with divine authority. So now he is more excited and curious to hear big news. As for whether the temple will have an earthquake after this disaster... he doesn't care at all.

  However, Douwe's efforts were in vain as he dug for a while but did not find any more artifacts of the Knights Templar. The papal mandate was nowhere to be found.

  "Maybe there's some clue on the other corpses?" Du Wei couldn't help but shift his attention to the two Holy Knights' corpses beside him.

  Just as Du Wei was about to take action, suddenly, the corpse of a knight lying in a snow pit next to him flipped over and rolled out of the snow pit!

  Then, under the corpse, a wide palm stretched out from below with force! Breaking through the ice and snow above, this palm pressed against the edge of the snow pit! The rustling sound of falling ice and snow, a person slowly sat up from below!

  Duvie and Dandanil were both shocked! Dandanil instinctively drew his dagger and stepped forward, blocking Duvie's path, shouting: "What thing!"

  The hand that was propped up on the edge of the snow pit, although it had already turned a ghastly white from the cold, was still unmistakably human. As the figure sat up in the snow pit, its upper body emerged into view, and Du Wei saw a face covered in snowflakes. The face looked very young, with smooth skin that could even be described as handsome and captivating.

  It was just those eyes, but in the pupils, a faint, mysterious light seemed to emanate!

  Instinctively, Du Wei immediately felt a chill! This was a kind of danger that his keen sense of perception had detected.

  He sat down, took a deep breath, his eyes only slightly shifting between Du Wei and Dada Nie, then looked up at the sky and muttered to himself: "The day has passed so quickly."

  Then he looked at Du Wei with a mocking smile on his face: "You, young man, I heard what you said. You just said you were looking for something. Is this the thing you're looking for?"

  As he spoke, his hand shook and a sheepskin paper fell down! Although Du Wei didn't see himself clearly in the hurry, but the signature and seal below, Du Wei saw them!

  Apostolic Mandate!!

  Looking at this guy sitting in the snow pit... He was actually hiding under a corpse of a Holy Knight just now! This person sat in the snow pit, pale-faced and looked somewhat weak, but those eyes still emitted a faint chill! And his attire...

  Du Wei suddenly caught sight of his arm... where there was a scar! It seemed as if something like a knife had scraped off a piece of skin from his arm.

  Isn't that place where the Holy Knights left their own "third medal" baptismal mark?!

  Du Wei immediately guessed the identity of this person!

  "You... you're... Hussein? The one who's being hunted?"

  The man with eyes as calm as a cold pool nodded, his voice extremely tranquil, as if he didn't care at all that Du Wei had seen through his identity: "You're very clever. Yes, I am indeed Hussein. The injuries on my body are severe, and I'm afraid I won't be able to run far. Two eighth-level warriors have already locked onto my trail, and I can only find a place to hide for now. They will search every nook and cranny nearby, but the one place they won't check again is the grave of their companion. Unfortunately, you almost ruined everything."

  As he spoke, his mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a hint of cold smile.

  Dadanier has already raised his weapon and is pointing it at this guy!

  Hussein! This guy is Hussein! The strongest knight on the continent!

  He looked extremely weak, with thick bandages wrapped around his upper body, his face was deathly pale, and although his tone of voice was calm, it couldn't hide the weakness in it.

  Looking at Dardanel's knife, Hussein smiled: "Oh, you thought I was injured, so you think a knife can deal with me? Sorry, you happened to discover my whereabouts, so you all have to die."

  His voice was already hoarse to the extreme, but there was a tone of life and death in his words, a kind of self-confidence and certainty that was all in his grasp! As for the knife edge in Dathan's hand, he seemed too lazy to even look at it!

  Big push! Unseal and vote!