Lord of Glory Chapter 41: Tougher Than You

Chapter 41: Tougher Than You

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The next morning, Paladin stood in front of Enos' statue. Receiving the prayers of the commoners who ca. When he was smiling and holding the hand of a young girl to explain God's rcy, the church door was suddenly kicked open.

A middle-aged man in ornate clothes stood there with a wretched appearance and a beard bearded into eight. Two rcenaries in leather armor stood behind him, long swords at their waists. He grinned and shouted “, "Paladin! You priest! You've blasphed against Enos' rcy! You should be thrown into the abyss and tortured to death by those demons!"

Paladin's face was devoid of anger in the face of verbal abuse. Instead, he turned to the stunned civilians with a gentle face and said, "Please leave, I have sothing to say to this believer." Civilians who didn't want to get caught in trouble imdiately heaved a relieved sigh and ran away without a trace.

This was obviously what the fat rchant wanted to see. After allowing the civilians to leave, the door was closed. Then, the guards stood beside him. With a grim smile on his face, he said, "Paladin, you disregarded the doctrine and purposefully killed the shopkeeper, Prad. Then you’re taking over the ironworks under his na! You are greedy for profit and have been deeply poisoned by the devil!"

He abruptly lowered his voice and continued, "Automatically, as long as you admit your mistake, transfer the deed of the ironworks to for safekeeping, and sincerely kneel down to lick the soles of my shoes, I will not report it to the bishop of the diocese."

"Humph." Paladin grunted disdainfully. He looked at the rchant and said, "Smart people don't spew nonsense, you want this iron slter?"

"That’s right! You do have so brain. I just want the iron slter. When sothing happens in Nurba, you can ask to help you out. Trust , you'll think this is a good deal, given that I, a wealthy local businessman, will support and assist the priest." Surprised, the rich rchant nodded and stated his intention directly and openly. The normally kind and even shy priest’s behavior had changed drastically.

Surprisingly, he ignored the wealthy rchant and turned to the two rcenaries behind him, asking, "You are Kaleqi's n, what are his orders?" The two rcenaries looked at each other, but fell silent. Paladin imdiately nodded in understanding, still ignoring the rich rchant who was a little angry at being ignored. He then muttered, "Kaleqi should be the one in charge of the slters. Are you trying to test ?"

"Hey! I'm talking to you, a priest who lacks even the most basic manners!" The rich rchant beca enraged and stepped forward, pointing at Paladin's nose and cursing him. But Paladin gave him a sidelong glance, waved his hand expressionlessly, and knocked him to the ground with a slap. His right foot imdiately followed with a hard kick to the fat stomach.

"AHHH!"

The rich rchant let out a heartbreaking scream. The two rcenaries jumped in shock and were about to draw their swords. However, they were forced to stop when they saw Paladin’s darkened eyes. They felt as if they were being watched by a python coiling in the dry leaves. Staring at them, making the atmosphere feel suffocating and oppressing. As soon as they moved a little bit, the huge python would wrap itself around them and crush all of their bones.

"How dare you hit ? Paladin, so you don't want to be a priest anymore! I know the bishop of the diocese, you…."

Paladin didn’t let the angry rich rchant finish speaking. He grabbed his fat neck, lifting up the rich rchant who weighed more than two hundred pounds, and slamd him against the wall.

"You're a foolish and greedy lowlife with nothing but gold coins. Tell , did you co here to get the ironworks for yourself or are you collaborating with those foolish colleagues who couldn’t even move?”

The rich rchant, who was already scared but still had so courage, turned his head to look at the rcenaries who stood frozen in place. He was about to scold them when Paladin’s grip grew stronger and it squeezed his neck even more. His face instantly beca red.

"You haven't answered my question yet."

The rich rchant, whose neck was being squeezed more and more, realized that Paladin's eyes no longer had the devotion and gentleness that a servant of God should have. Instead, those eyes were unbridled, crazy, and full of madness.

At this point, the rich rchant was really terrified. There was a voice inside his head, telling him that if he didn't say anything, this monster clad in the priest's robe would really kill him!

"I'll say it, I'll say it! It's their words, Nari's, Chira's, and Dorren's. I'm just snooping! Don't kill !" The rich rchant, fully panicked, told Paladin who his accomplices were.

Paladin only nodded in understanding. These were the rchants who took up the majority of Nurba's iron ore output. To put it another way, these few people represent all of Nurba's iron slters.

Paladin had guessed so. He then removed his hand. The rich rchant imdiately fell to the ground and started coughing. His neck was red like a rose. The rich rchant, who was relieved because he thought his opponent was actually scared to kill soone, was taken aback when he saw Paladin smiling and searching for the dagger he was wearing on his body. The rich rchant could guarantee that he only carried the dagger. He had no real intention of killing anyone. It was purely a gorgeous decoration the rchant had already worn for years, but had never been pulled out.

Just when the rich rchant was worried that Paladin was really thinking of killing him, Paladin laughed, raised the dagger, and stabbed his own left arm.

"Ahhhhhhh! Ahhhhhhh! That hurts!"

Paladin pulled out the dagger. Imdiately, bright red blood flowed from the arm. His eyes were becoming increasingly crazier.

"You crazy man." The rich rchant and the two rcenaries looked at the scene in a daze. However, the obese rich rchant was the first to react and showed a look of fear.

Paladin raised his head, cold sweat began to form on his forehead. With a conspiratorial smile, he said, "Early in the morning, you disturbed a sacred church, drove away the believers, and tried to murder a priest of the Holy See! Hahahahaha, you foolish fellow, you ssed with the wrong person!"

At that mont, the door that had been closed tightly was suddenly kicked open from outside. Kaleqi, together with a group of guards, walked in in a pretentious manner. Ignoring the curious people behind him, he yelled at the top of his lungs, "I heard that so people openly provoked the holy church! Huh? What's going on here?!"

Halfway through his line, Kaleqi saw the two rcenaries carefully pointing at Paladin who had a painful expression on his face and the rich rchant who was lying on the ground with a pale face. When he saw the blood rushing out of Paladin's arm, his originally rational head instantly went blank.

When Paladin saw the main character of the show approaching him, he scread and collapsed to the ground. He covered his bleeding arm and started wailing. Kaleqii, who heard the scream, imdiately ca back to his senses. He quickly ran over and didn’t forget to look at the rich rchant. But, he then saw that the other party's eyes were blank, as if his feelings were dead.