A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1112

Chapter 1112: Chapter 761: Midnight Attack_2 Chapter 1112: Chapter 761: Midnight Attack_2 “`
“…Huh?”

I have to say, Mash was truly stunned.

“No, I didn't…”

“Silence! Witch!”

“Your deceit has no effect on us!”

“The Lord will destroy your evil soul!”

But before Mash could finish her defense, the townspeople interrupted her, their righteous indignation fixated on Mash as they held up their crosses high, and facing their madness, Mash couldn't help but step back, looking anxiously at Duanmu Huai.

“MASTER?”

“Heh, this is really interesting.”

Duanmu Huai had stepped forward too, now scrutinizing the crowd in front of him.

“You claim that Mash is a bewitching witch who casts curses. Then how dare you confront her here? Are you not afraid she will curse and kill you all?”

“We do not fear curses!”

Proudly stood the Priest in the face of Duanmu Huai's mockery.

“We have the protection of the Lord, and our faith in Him is unwavering and clear. A mere witch's curse cannot affect those who are guarded by the Lord and faithful to Him!”

“Oh?”

Hearing this, Duanmu Huai looked at them with a smirk that was not quite a smile.

“Then, according to you, how was that child cursed? If you call Mash a witch and that child was cursed by a witch, that means he was not a devout believer, right?”

“Ah?”

At this, the child's father suddenly turned pale, and upon hearing those words, the other people also turned to stare at the man.

Under everyone's gaze, the man's face drastically changed, and he shook his head frantically.

“No, no, no, no! Priest, my child is a devout believer! He worships the Lord faithfully every day! His prayers and obedience to the Lord have never faltered!”

“But he was deceived by the witch!”

Duanmu Huai waved his hand fiercely, now seeming more priest-like than the Priest.

“Isn't this what you said? The child was deceived by the witch and received her curse, doesn't that mean the Lord's favor did not descend upon him? When you condemn the witch for the curse that befell your child, are you not also slandering the glory of the Lord, complaining that He did not protect your child?!”

“No, it's not like that…”

The man was utterly dumbfounded by Duanmu Huai's roar, and Mash was equally confused beside him, not quite grasping whose side Duanmu Huai was on.

“Is that so, Todd?!”

The Priest stared at the man angrily, who was trembling under his fierce gaze.

“No, it's not like that, Priest, all of us are devout believers!”

“Anyone can say that, but are you truly a devout believer? If you and your family were truly devout, then why did the Lord not protect your family from the witch's curse? Have you come here to destroy the witch, or to blaspheme against the glory of the Lord, mock His majesty, and criticize His strength as being even weaker than a witch's?”

Duanmu Huai strode forward, pointing at the man, who stumbled backward with each of Duanmu Huai's thunderous rebukes, and the expressions of those around them started to change.

Nevertheless, Duanmu Huai did not stop but continued to speak.

“You are an accomplice of the witch–no, this was all your idea!”

“What? I, I don't know what you're talking about!”

As the man trembled, facing Duanmu Huai's rebuke, his legs shook uncontrollably.

“You wanted to destroy the faith here, so you deliberately brought the witch and allowed your child to be cursed deliberately in order to show others how powerless the Lord is, right?! Didn't you just say that? You said your child is a devout believer, never failing to worship. Then why was your child cursed? Doesn't that imply that the Lord is weak, unable to resist the curse of an evil witch?”

“No, no, no, no, that's not it…”

The man was sweating profusely now, his hands clenching the pitchfork trembling nonstop. At this moment, the others were staring at him with anger and hatred that was unmistakable.

“Todd! Are you really a heretic?”

“No, Priest, I truly am not…”

“Really not?”

Duanmu Huai snorted coldly, cutting the farmer's defense short, and then turned to the Priest.

“Priest, was it this farmer who first came to you, claiming his child was ill, cursed by a witch?”

“Yes.”

The Priest didn't even glance at Mash; he stared at Todd intently.

“He came to me, said his child was cursed by a witch, on the brink of death. I checked, and indeed, his child had a high fever, and he was delirious, claiming it was the witch's curse…”

“He was willfully playing a role, disrespecting the sovereign of the Lord.”

Duanmu Huai roared, and with a wave of his right hand. What a joke, who was he, but the Judge? When it came to sentencing and scapegoating, he was the most proficient of all. Even if you hadn't done anything, the Judge could make you confess to it under questioning!

“Heretic! How dare you defile the glory of the Lord so brazenly, what should your punishment be?!”

“Yikes!”

At Duanmu Huai's bellow, the man collapsed on the ground in fear, while Duanmu Huai turned to look at the Priest.

“Now it seems, the evidence is conclusive, Priest. Just look at him, you can tell, this heretic has been utterly exposed! So, as the spokesman of the Lord, what should you do?”

“Ah, yes, exactly!”

Faced with Duanmu Huai's questioning, the Priest hastily nodded without a moment's thought. Then he looked at the man furiously, clenching his jaw.

“Todd, I had no idea you, a heretic, have been hiding under our noses for so many years! But now, your scheming has been uncovered! Your heretical actions will be punished! Bring him!”

“Wait, no, I'm not… I'm not a heretic, Priest…!!”

Upon the Priest's command, the people immediately grabbed the unfortunate farmer, swiftly bound him, and then took him away.

After a while, the area was completely empty, except for Duanmu Huai and Mash still standing there.

“Uh… MASTER? What exactly is…”

“It seems their faith really is quite devout.”

Watching the crowd depart, Duanmu Huai chuckled, then gestured to Mash.

“We're done here; let's get out of here.”

“……Huh?”

Chapter end

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