Chapter 194: One hundred and forty-five: Conversation (1)
"Lord Gaiate, you’ve been gone quite a long time this trip."
Noticing the Demon Hunter entering the hall, Colin couldn’t help but comment—indeed, without realizing it, Lord Gaiate’s children had already been living in the Church for over two years.
What an incompetent father indeed.
"Sorry, I went to the North of the continent, how’s your mentor doing?" Gaiate asked while unbuckling his weapon belt, handing it, along with his firearm, and the sword he removed from his back to the Church guards.
"The mentor is all right, although his body becomes weaker day by day, but he is still a former Grand Inquisitor with a Transcendent foundation, after all." Colin raised his eyebrows before noticing the new scars on Gaiate’s chest as he unbuttoned his shirt. "New wounds?"
"Yes, I was accidentally caught up in the Pitzport incident while following up on some clues. I nearly died there."
Colin’s eyelids twitched at the casual way Gaiate discussed the event—the Pitzport incident, where a fatal different kind corrupted the entire West End slums. On the day of the Winter’s Veil in Pitzport, the entire city was embroiled in chaos. Reportedly, the Church of the War God, the Church of the Winter Goddess, and the Church of Justice all had Judges who perished in battle; one of them, the Grand Inquisitor of the Church of the Winter Goddess in Pitzport, died fighting. The Bishop and the group of Assistant Priests from the Church of Justice ignited their Soul Fires to counteract the spread of Chaos throughout the city. They rang the bell atop the Great Cathedral for seven days and nights, protecting all those who refused to become pawns of Chaos, until the battle was over.
The entire city’s Temple network and Adventurers’ Guild were nearly crippled. The Tech Hunter Guild’s branch in Pitzport was completely wiped out. Had it not been for the nearby stationed troops risking being labeled as rebels to join the battle, thereby altering the outcome, the entire city would have succumbed to corruption.
Even wounded, Lord Gaiate’s return in one piece was truly admirable.
"How are my children?" Gaiate asked after the inspection.