The collapse of the Academic Affairs Building was not completed in an instant. After a loud noise, the entire building began to crack and split into clearly visible, angular pieces like a vertical rectangular cake cut into many pieces. At this moment, it was sliding in many directions.

At this time, extremely thick black chains appeared on the ground around the Academic Affairs Building. They rose up and bound and lifted up the various parts of the collapsed building.

So, although the building had collapsed, it was presented in a very strange way and had not completely collapsed.

The sudden appearance of the chains should have been the formation that originally protected the building.

However, the operation of this formation, or the design of the formation itself, had specific problems. It was primarily designed to defend against external invasion, not internal.

Therefore, the chains that lifted and held the various parts of the building were not simply keeping them still. The force of the chains was gradually tightening and deepening at a visible speed, and it would not be long before the chains themselves crushed the building parts they were wrapping.

However, this method allowed the personnel in the Academic Affairs Building to have a chance to evacuate.

Karun ran to the bottom of the Academic Affairs Building and found that the foundation of the building had already sunk. The first-floor lobby, which originally required climbing high steps to enter, had now become an open basement. From here, personnel were constantly running out and climbing up from the pit. Karun squatted next to them and began to pull people up.

During this process, people occasionally fell from the parts of the building wrapped in chains above, and there were occasional sounds of something like a "cement bag" hitting the ground, very similar to swatting mosquitoes in the summer.

While pulling people up from below, Karun also occasionally looked up at the chains and tried to calculate how long they could hold on.

Even though there were constantly priests from the Order of the Gods coming to help from the outside, and there were fluctuations of magical energy inside the building as people were trying to save themselves, there were still a large number of ordinary workers in the building, and even those who were servants of the gods, falling from such a high position would not make much difference from an ordinary person.

At this moment, Karun noticed several priests wearing blue robes not far behind him. The symbols of the formations were printed on their robes.

The leader of the group held a black stone in his hand, and the others behind him began to chant, gathering spiritual power around his body.

Then, the leader raised the black stone in his hand and slowly moved it downwards.

"Buzz!"

The two huge black chains above Karun's head began to lift the part of the building they were holding and slowly move it downwards.

Soon, Karun saw several groups of people wearing blue robes not far away, each led by someone holding a black stone, and the other chains were also mobilized, slowly lowering the parts of the building they were holding.

Were they priests responsible for maintaining the formations within the Order of the Gods?

The Order of the Gods had many departments, and each department had many positions and responsibilities. Even someone within the Order of the Gods would have little knowledge of departments outside their own.

Gradually, the split building was placed on the ground piece by piece, occupying a large area of land around it and even hitting nearby buildings, but it was clear that no one cared about this at the moment.

After all the parts of the building were placed on the ground, the trapped people began to escape from the windows and other locations.Karun stood up and took a few steps back. His attention subconsciously fell on the building in the southwest direction because there were "shops" and "equipment departments" in that part of the building. But Karun only glanced at it and then looked away because he saw the figures of three judges of the Order Doctrine in that building section.

Obviously, this place had been heavily secured to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble. Karun began to help treat the wounded and, together with a young man he did not know, pushed stretchers to transport the seriously injured to the outer open space, waiting for the rescue personnel from the church hospital to arrive.

After about an hour of busy work, the workload increased instead of decreasing because a large number of injured people who could not get out on their own were rescued from the building. However, the rescue force of the church hospital had arrived, and a large number of Order Doctrine priests who had rushed here from other places in York City also arrived. It was difficult not to alarm them when such a serious incident occurred in the church building.

Some people saw that Karun and his unknown partner were covered in dust and took the initiative to take over the stretcher task. Karun did not refuse and walked towards the outskirts, shaking his numb hands, and found a spacious place to sit down.

"Hey."

Karun turned his head and found that the young man who had helped him carry the stretcher had followed him over and handed him an open thermos cup.

During "work," Karun had noticed that this guy had been carrying a thermos cup around his waist, but he looked young and was dressed in casual clothes like Karun instead of wearing a priest's robe.

Oh, damn it. Karun thought of his custom-made priest's robe. Would he still be able to receive his priest's robe order after such an incident?

It should...be possible. After all, he purchased it with points, and the church would definitely value his point reputation.

Taking the thermos cup and putting it to his mouth, Karun smelled a sweet scent and took a sip. It was soda, and it was cold. At this moment, there was really nothing more comfortable than drinking a big gulp of cold soda. Karun took two big sips in a row and handed the cup back to the person.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome." The young man drank all the remaining soda in the thermos cup, belched, turned his head to look at Karun, and asked, "Friend, do you have a cigarette?"

Karun nodded and took out an unopened box of cigarettes and a lighter from his pocket and handed them to him. The other party opened the cigarette box, took out one, and handed another one to Karun. Then, he took the initiative to help Karun light the cigarette.

Karun was too lazy to explain why he carried cigarettes but did not smoke them. He bit the cigarette and let him light it for him. Then, he lit the cigarette himself and placed the lighter and cigarette box in between them.

"I'm here to collect my allowance." The young man said, "If it weren't for the traffic jam on the way, I might have been carried out too. I almost lost my life for 100 points. Tsk."

Hearing the words "100-point allowance," Karun knew that he was a priest.

"My name is Richard, what about you, friend?"

"Karun."

"Should I call you sir?" Richard smiled and asked.

"I also received a 100-point allowance."

"Hahaha." Richard laughed, "That's good, that's good."

When priests met priests, there was no barrier in identity.

"You see, over there, the bishops have also arrived." Richard pointed to the distance and said.

Karun also saw several bishops wearing red robes appearing here, and their faces did not look good.

"Do you think this is an attack by the Palmyra Doctrine?" Richard asked Karun.

"Hmm?""Newspaper, don't you read it?" Richard asked in confusion.

Karun understood that this was not an ordinary servant of the gods, because the allowance for an ordinary servant of the gods for a month was not enough to subscribe to the "Order Weekly".

Moreover, the other party actually asked another servant of the gods, "Don't you read the newspaper?" Obviously, he himself did not know how much purchasing power 100 points of coupons had, which meant that he was a bit ignorant.

If the other party did not lie completely, Karun guessed that it was probably a second-generation servant of the gods who came to receive his first allowance in life.

There are many second generations in the Order of the Gods, because many times they are spread and influenced in the form of families or clans, just like seeing a cockroach in the house often means that there are definitely many cockroaches that have not been found. It is rare for a single individual to believe in the religion in the family, basically all are influenced by elders and relatives.

Strictly speaking, even if Dis's personal factors are excluded, Karun himself is also a second generation, after all, the Inmoleis family is a family of judges.

"Do you think it was done by the followers of the Pamireis religion?" Karun asked.

"Possible." Richard pointed to the divided administrative building. "There must be a central operating system in the building, such as the equipment and warehouse departments, which will definitely use the construction of spatial arrays. Did you see the scene when the building collapsed at the beginning?"

Karun nodded.

"So, did you notice that the cracks that appeared at the beginning of the collapse were actually all around that part guarded by several judges?" Richard pointed to the building part guarded by several judges. "Therefore, it should be a problem with the operation of the spatial array in that place, which caused the building to be disintegrated from here."

"Did the followers of the Pamireis religion participate in the construction and design of the administrative building?" Karun asked.

"Of course not. It must be our own people who did it. It is impossible to hand it over to outsiders."

"So, why did you say this was an attack by the Pamireis religion?"

A smile appeared on Richard's face. "You can't do it openly to outsiders, but you can subcontract it."

"This..."

"Do you know what subcontracting means?" Richard asked.

"I know."

Karun was just surprised that even the church's own engineering projects could be so grounded.

"There are many such things. Subcontracting to others, firstly, the followers of the Pamireis religion are good at spatial things, and they will do better and cheaper, and secondly, they may not even need to give them coupons. They also need to bring their own materials to help you complete the project, but they just need to find some compensation from elsewhere.

Of course, I think it is most likely that the followers of the Pamireis religion launched the attack, but it is not ruled out... cough cough, we are self-directed and self-acted."

"It's impossible to be self-directed and self-acted." Karun said.

"Huh? Why? Isn't this a good reason?"

"We don't need to find reasons or excuses, the more legitimate reasons and the more suitable excuses, the less we need."

Richard pursed his lips and said, "The way you speak is very similar to my father."

"What is your father's position?"

"Huh? Is it so direct to ask? Shouldn't you pretend not to hear it, and then deliberately get closer to me?"

"Hehe."

"My father is a judge. Look over there, my father is there."

It turned out that Richard's father was now protecting the building part of the equipment management and the store floor in the group of judges."Not only my father, but my mother is also a judge, but she is in Sangpu now, not in York City. My aunt is also a judge, and my uncle is just a trial judge."

This is... the family of judges?

If the Yimerleis family of judges was the "local squire" before, then this Richard family is a powerful one in the church circle.

"So, you're just a divine servant?" Karun asked.

"Hahaha, I've just been a divine servant certificate, but I'm too lazy to verify and change it. Don't be fooled by my young age. In fact, I am a divine shepherd. You should call me sir!"

Karun felt that all of his previous chat was paving the way for this sentence.

Karun threw the unsmoked cigarette in his hand to the ground and stepped on it with his shoe sole, ignoring him.

Seeing Karun's cold reaction, Richard didn't get angry, but instead leaned towards Karun and whispered, "Friend, oh no, Karun, what is your lord's position?"

"Why are you asking me this?"

"Just want to make friends with you."

"Then I'm flattered."

"Tsk, still keeping secrets from me." Richard exhaled a smoke ring, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, took out another cigarette from the middle of the cigarette case, and asked Karun at the same time, "Why do you bring cigarettes and lighters if you don't smoke?"

"For people like you."

"Puff, hehehehe, hahahaha."

Richard laughed loudly.

Karun didn't know what he was laughing at.

Ahead, Karun saw a team of Order Whips stationed here, maintaining order and vigilance. Even though the police station building was just ahead, no police officers were seen nearby. Secular power cannot interfere with or enter here.

However, Karun did not see the figure of his own team. He knew that the party tonight must have been cancelled. With such a big incident in the academic building, his own team could not fail to act.

At this moment, Karun sensed a figure behind him. He turned his head to look back and saw a woman wearing a dark red divine robe with a cold face standing behind him.

The pattern on the woman's divine robe showed her identity - a judge.

Karun immediately stood up and saluted the woman, "Madam."

"Auntie?"

Richard stood up and shouted, throwing the just lit cigarette on the ground.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, I'm fine, auntie, where is father?"

"I know." The woman's gaze fell on Karun, "Your identity."

"Karun Silva, a divine servant subordinate to the Pavaro Tribunal." Karun also had the identity of a member of the Order Whip team, but he chose to report his identity as a divine servant, because this identity is equivalent to being kind and harmless.

"Hehe, auntie, he is my new friend." Richard said, leaning forward to look at Karun, and then looking at his aunt, "He got some dust on him when we carried the stretcher together, but he still looks good, right, auntie? He looks as handsome as uncle when he was young."

"You can tell your mother that your father was as handsome as when he was young."

"You can't say that. My father is not good-looking. Otherwise, my mother wouldn't want to stay in Sangpu City and not want to transfer back. She just thinks my father is too ugly."

"I will tell your father about your praise for him."

"I'm not afraid. Auntie loves me the most."

"If there is nothing else, don't run around, it's dangerous. There are a lot of things happening recently, and it's more dangerous outside."

"I just came to get my allowance and buy some jewelry for you, auntie. Isn't your birthday coming soon?"The woman looked into the distance and said, "You should go back early, I still have things to do."

After speaking, the woman's figure turned into black mist and flew towards the direction of Richard's father.

"Did you drive here?" Richard asked Karun.

"Yeah."

"That's great, the area must be blocked, I can't get a taxi."

Karun pointed to the distance and said, "You can run farther and get a taxi."

"I mean, you were so respectful to my aunt just now, but why are you so casual with me?"

"Because we are both servants of God."

"I told you, I am a shepherd of God."

"I only recognize the certificate."

"Oh, really." Richard came up and directly hugged Karun's shoulder, "Take me home, I'm so tired, I don't want to walk."

Karun looked at him with some confusion and asked, "We just carried the stretcher together."

"I don't know why, but I feel close to you. Oh, rest assured, I have a girlfriend, so it's not that kind of closeness."

"Where is your house?"

"White Deer Street, not far from here, I'll treat you to coffee at my place."

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Karun didn't agree but walked to his car. Richard followed him, and after Karun sat in the driver's seat, he naturally sat in the passenger seat.

Richard smiled and said, "Of course, if you want to invite me to your place for coffee, I'm willing."

Karun shook his head helplessly. Normally, people should be actively trying to get close to such a young master, but this one inexplicably stuck to him.

With no choice, Karun drove to White Deer Street. Richard pointed to the direction of his house, which was a standalone villa. The car could directly enter the exclusive underground garage.

"When a friend comes, it's natural to have them sit at home, right?" Richard helped Karun turn off the engine.

Karun hesitated for a moment, got out of the car, and followed Richard up the garage stairs to the large living room upstairs. The living room was decorated in a vintage style, and the furnishings were very tasteful.

"What would you like to drink?"

"Iced water."

"Alright, wait a moment." Richard went into the kitchen. In such a large villa, there seemed to be no maids, but several sculptures in the house gave Karun a special feeling. They should be defensive arrays. If he had entered alone without Richard's guidance, he might have encountered an attack from the array.

Karun walked to the center of the living room and saw a large family portrait frame above the fireplace.

The photo was old, and Richard wasn't in it. Instead, an old man sat in the middle, with a man and two women standing behind him, presumably his children. The man, who looked very much like Richard, should be Richard's father. The woman on the far right was the young version of the female judge.

But the woman on the far left...

Karun leaned in and observed carefully, feeling that she looked familiar.

As he looked, an image suddenly appeared in Karun's mind. It was from when he encountered Ranedar trying to seize his body, and he entered a "dream." In the dream, a man and a woman lay beside him, and it was their protection that prevented Ranedar from successfully taking over his body.

The woman on the far left of the photo looked...exactly the same as the woman in his "dream."

"I don't know why, but I feel close to you."

Karun's ears echoed with Richard's words from earlier. At that time, he thought that this young master might have some mental problems.

Now Karun realized that the other party didn't have a mental problem. His sense of closeness indeed had a real source, but he didn't know where it came from.

Because,

He was actually his cousin.

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There will be more tonight.