The strong man and the thin woman were husband and wife. They had been married for nine years, and they had a pair of eight-year-old twins.
Because of their family conditions, not to mention the man's short temper, he was an alcoholic. Naturally, the family's life was not the best.
At first, the strong man started with cursing and insults. Then, when the children grew up, their days became more and more difficult. The man's temper became worse. Many times, he would get home drunk and beat his wife.
At first, his wife would suffer in silence, but later, the man became more and more fierce. Sometimes, after drinking too much, he even beat the children, too.
The two children, who were less than ten years old, often had wounds all over their bodies. They were very pitiful.
His wife couldn't bear to see the children suffer, so she took the children and escaped. However, she didn't have any money, so they were unable to survive on the outside.
Just as she was about to succumb to despair, someone introduced her to Twin River Church, saying that there were often free meals distributed there. As a result, the woman brought the children to the Twin River Church. Although she was able to barely survive with the free meals, her life was as torturous as ever.
It was then that a Priest from the church found the woman and treated her gently. He offered them food and drinks and made sure that they lived a better life than they ever had before.
During this process, the Priest often talked about the doctrine of the "Great Ling Sect". The woman was already a disciple of the Great Spirit Sect, but after hearing the Priest's words, they soon became devout believers of the sect.
Of course, Twin River Church was not going to support the woman and her children for free. Soon, they made a request, saying that the Bishop of the church had high expectations for her two children and hoped to baptize them so they could officially enter the Holy Church.
Since a big shot had shown interest in them, the woman was naturally very happy. She quickly agreed and let them take her son and daughter away. After that, the woman had fewer and fewer chances to see her children. She also slowly came to realize that her children were in low spirits and had injuries. There was something wrong with them.
In the end, her children's faces became paler and paler. Apparently, they were bleeding often. It was so bad that sometimes, when she went to see them, some parts of their bodies would be missing. They had become disabled.
Any normal person would definitely find something unusual at that point.
However, the woman had become a devout believer in the Great Ling Sect. After being indoctrinated by the Bishop's preaching about "immortals", "heaven", and so on, she firmly believed him and completely handed over her children to him.
It was then that the strong man finally found the church after searching for many days. He wanted to bring them home, especially the two children.
That was because he had heard from the workers at the dock that many children had disappeared for no reason in recent years nearby Twin River Church. There had been no news of them. Some people had once seen children enter the church and reported it to the local government.
However, the investigation resulted in nothing. Despite that, the number of missing children kept increasing.
When the man heard about that, as well as the fact that his wife and children were spotted in Twin River Church, he naturally became vigilant. Thus, he came looking for them. After waiting for several days, he finally found his wife, and so he went forward to ask for an explanation.
He explained the situation to his wife, asked about how his children were doing, and even mentioned the rumors surrounding the church. However, by then, his wife couldn't listen to a thing, and she refused to speak.
Therefore, the strong man began hitting her.
That was what they saw at the gate of the church earlier.
After clearing up the matter, their gazes were a little complicated.
The strong man was not a good person. He regularly drank and beat his family, but he cared about his children. The thin woman escaped for the sake of her children, but the result was the opposite. She gave her children to the church for experiments, and she still firmly believed in them. It was pitiful and sad.
For a moment, there was dead silence in the room.
At that moment, Fade suddenly looked up and said, "Someone is coming!"
"Mr. Fade?" Gailo and Nicklon looked at Fade in unison.
Fade narrowed his eyes and scanned the aura. "Judging from his aura, his strength is around the sixth level of Fetus Refine Realm. He's about the same as Gerando back then. He's probably a Great Bishop, too."
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