Chapter 650: The Cardinal Can’t Keep His Mouth Shut

"It can’t be." He muttered under his breath, eyes narrowing as he took a closer look.

"Gabriel Reyes. What is he doing here?"

Although Matthew’s voice wasn’t loud, Gabriel heard it perfectly.

His footsteps stopped for the first time.

Those Veylor members around him who had originally prepared to continue rushing forward also obviously froze for an instant.

Gabriel slowly turned his head.

"Looks like you know me."

Matthew’s expression had already completely sunk.

Of course he knew.

Or more accurately speaking he had never actually seen Gabriel before. But this name had appeared far too many times inside the Holy Church for it to be ignored.

He was one of the Church’s most hated heretics! With bounties placed on his head.

"So it really is you." Matthew’s voice became colder and colder. "The matter in the last transaction was also done by you."

"Which matter are you talking about?" Gabriel asked back.

Matthew’s eyes sank. "You killed several priests of the Holy Church, took away eleven elf experimental subjects that originally belonged to the Church, and also destroyed the underground transaction grounds Veylor’s Chain had operated in Stellar City for many years."

Experimental subjects?

The instant this term appeared above the valley, Edgar, who had originally been cutting apart the chains on the children’s feet, paused.

Erin’s eyes became cold to the extreme in an instant.

"Experimental subjects?" Gabriel frowned. "What do you mean by that?"

Matthew seemed to also realize he had said too much and decided to keep quiet.

"Looks like those children were never meant to be slaves from the beginning," Gabriel said.

The expression on Matthew’s face gradually returned to calm.

"There are some things you shouldn’t know."

"Is that so?" Gabriel smiled. "Then I’ll slowly ask you later."

Matthew’s eyes turned cold.

"You think you’ll still have the chance to ask?"

The next moment, he raised his right hand.

"Kill him."

Boom!

Golden holy light almost simultaneously erupted from the bodies of the eight Holy Church knights.

Not a single person retreated. Four of them stepped forward at the same time. Four silver white heavy shields rapidly unfolded, golden patterns connecting with one another, forming a complete defensive formation in the blink of an eye. The remaining four stood behind them, while holy light began rapidly gathering on the surfaces of their longswords.

Gabriel glanced at them, a hint of seriousness finally appearing on his face.

These people were much stronger than those Veylor’s Chain members just now.

’Good.’

At least they would not die too boringly.

Buzz!

Four longswords slashed down at the same time.

Four golden sword lights crossed from different directions, almost completely sealing every position Gabriel could move toward in front of him.

Shing!

Gabriel’s Crimson Judgement directly moved horizontally in front of him.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Four attacks almost simultaneously landed on the sword body, sending terrifying force along Gabriel arms.

[Bull Rush!]

Boom!

The air was directly struck with an explosive sound as Gabriel’s entire body crashed toward the Holy Church shield formation at the front like a cannonball.

The expressions of the four knights paled at the same time.

"Hold!"

Boom!

Body and shield formation collided head on.

And of course, even with their combined strength, they couldn’t hold the monster Gabriel back.

Bang! Puchi!

The shield bent inward almost instantly, and the four knights behind it were directly crushed backward together.

"Holy Light Binding!"

A low shout suddenly came from behind.

Several golden chains appeared out of thin air, instantly wrapping around Gabriel’s arms and legs.

The remaining knights exerted force at the same time, making the golden chains suddenly tightened, forcing Gabriel’s movements to finally...at least that was what they thought.

A trace of coldness flashed through Matthew’s eyes.

"Don’t kill him. I want him alive. Someone inside the Church is interested in his blood..."

Halfway through speaking, Matthew suddenly stopped. But it was already enough.

Gabriel’s eyes, which had originally been observing the chains, slowly lifted.

Blood? Blood again.

It seemed he had already heard this word too many times.

The life origin of the elf children, Sophie’s bloodline. Now even his own blood had been targeted by the Holy Church.

"Capture me alive?" Gabriel suddenly asked. "Why the sudden change of plan? I thought you guys wanted me dead."

A Holy Church knight coldly sneered, "You’d better stop resisting. Holy Light Chains are specially used to suppress magic power and physical strength. The more you struggle, the stronger the binding will..."

Crack.

The voice stopped as an extremely faint breaking sound rang out. The knight’s pupils suddenly shrank as Gabriel’s right arm slowly lifted outward, and the golden chain wrapped around it began violently shaking.

Crack crack crack...

Crack after crack appeared.

"How is that possible?"

Bang!

The first chain exploded apart, followed by the second, third, and fourth. All the Holy Light Chains completely shattered in less than a few seconds, turning into golden light points that filled the air.

Not giving them time to process everything, Gabriel had already disappeared from his original position.

Bang!

The abdomen of the knight at the very front instantly suffered a heavy strike, and immediately after, the sword handle of Crimson Judgement smashed into his chin.

Crack!

The man’s entire body flipped backward through the air.

At the same time, another three longswords stabbed toward Gabriel from the side. Gabriel avoided the first two before his left hand directly grabbed the blade of the third.

The knight’s pupils shrank.

"Let go!"

"Hmph, make me."

Gabriel suddenly pulled the sword forward, causing the knight to lose balance before a knee smashed heavily into his chest armor.

Bang!

The silver white armor caved inward, and blood sprayed from the man’s mouth. Gabriel took the longsword from him along the momentum and casually threw it toward the side.

Whoosh!

The longsword spun across a distance of more than ten meters.

Puchi!

The chest of a Veylor’s Chain member who was preparing to cast magic from behind was directly pierced through, his entire body nailed onto a wooden cargo wagon.

The valley had already completely fallen into chaos. The Veylor’s Chain members wanted to provide support, while the Holy Church knights were surrounding and attacking Gabriel. On the other side, Edgar and Erin had already taken advantage of everyone’s attention being attracted to rush into the location where the children were.

"Don’t be afraid."

Edgar cut apart the final chain with one sword.

"We came to take you home."

A slightly older girl obviously recognized him, and her eyes instantly became red.

"Elder Edgar..."

"Mm."

Edgar reached out and rubbed her hair.

"It’s okay no-"

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a black crossbow bolt suddenly shot from the side.