Your parents are in danger

Natasha was practicing in the yard, while Matthew was sitting on a chair, holding a book in his hand and reading.

He was currently reading a story book that was very popular in Spring city.

He was very curious as to why Natasha, a silly girl, firmly believed that magic exited after reading such books, that she even went looking for a mage to become her teacher.

"The Celestial Mother is merciful and helps the common people!'

"Worship the Celestial Mother so as to escape from the sea of suffering and become rich and powerful in your next life…"

A loud voice suddenly broke the silence of the street.

The voice was followed by chanting of slogans, the sound of ringing bells, and the loud footsteps of a group of people.

"Receive the blessings of the celestial mother!"

"Receive the blessings of the celestial mother!"

After hearing the sound, a lot of people opened their doors, joined the crowd, and started praying devoutly.

The ringing of the bell and the sound of people was gradually becoming louder and clearer.

Matthew glanced at Natasha with a subtle look in his eyes.

He was pretty sure that this fiasco was aimed at this student of his.

The crowd was so noisy that Natasha had to reluctantly stop practicing, with a look of displeasure on her face.

"Natasha, what is going on?"

"This must be the people of the Celestial Mother Cult, a very popular religious organization."

Natasha said with a look of disgust..

"Cult?"

"Yes, the Celestial Mother Cult has been designated as terrorist organization with the intent of rebellion by the imperial family."

"They have tried to crackdown on this cult to get rid of them many times, but the upper management of the cult is very cunning and slippery, they always manage to get the news beforehand and escape "

"The worst part is that this cult has also penetrated into the other nearby kingdom."

"Although it always ends up in failure, the cult has tried to stage a rebellion several times."

"The last rebellion was ten years ago, it has been relatively low key ever since then…"

"My father told me that the Celestial Mother Cult is a long-standing Cult that dates back to 300 years ago, and it has staged no less than ten rebellious since it's founding."

"The Celestial Mother Cult also has a lot of followers."

"Even thought it is strictly forbidden by the kingdom, the cult always has waves of believers."

"Especially in places ravaged by famines and disasters."

"This is probably because the people from the Celestial Mother Cult like to rob rich people of their money and then give it to poor people to gain their trust."

"They even ransacked government offices and opened warehouses to give people food many times."

"However, I have never heard of any people from the Cult publicly patrolling and spreading their teachings in recent years."

Natasha said with some confusion.

Matthew was surprised.

'Then why are they openly parading in city?'

'I am afraid that this city has been secretly controlled by this cult.'

'The people in charge of this city are probably either believers or members of the cult.'

"This city is probably under the control of this Celestial Mother Cult."

Matthew said to Natasha with a smile.

Natasha was startled, and suddenly thought of something.

"Then our family's shop in this city is already controlled by the Celestial Mother Cult?"

"Teacher, they seem to be coming this way."

It was obvious from the sound that they were headed in their direction.

"This is unreasonable!"

"Not only did they steal our shop but they actually want to come here to disturb my practice and cause trouble?"

"I'm going to send them away!"

The more she spoke the more annoyed Natasha became.

"There's no rush, let them come and entertain us for a bit."

Matthew said with a smile.

Matthew who had been locked up in the village for most of his current life was interested in such excitement.

"Okay…"

Natasha responded with some reluctance.

The footsteps stopped at the door, the sound of bells rang rhythmically, and a voice came.

"The Celestial Mother is merciful and helps the common people."

"Good people, are you willing to do your part for the common people?"

The voice was loud and very powerful.

Matthew raised his eyebrows.

'The person who spoke is not an ordinary person.'

'Could he belong the power system of knights that Natasha spoke if?'

'Sure enough, it is too weak!'

For him and Natasha, the speaker's strength was weak, but for ordinary people, he was powerful.

Natasha frowned.

"A knight with knight energy?"

"Why does the Celestial Mother Cult in this small city have such strongman? Is this city the base of the Celestial Mother Cult?"

"Teacher, let's go and see what these people want to do."

Outside the yard.

There was a few dozen people in the group, all wearing coarse linen clothes, with solemn expressions on their faces.

The leader was an old man in linen clothes, and Matthew could tell at a glance that he was the man who had just spoken.

"May the Celestial Mother bless you!"

The old man in sackcloth clasped his hands on his chest, lowered his head and bowed in prayer.

"What are you guys doing here?"

Natasha asked with suppressed anger.

"The Celestial Mother is merciful and helps the common people."

"I see that you are healthy, beautiful, and are from a rich family. Are you willing to donate money to help the common people?"

"The Celestial Mother is merciful and will bless you with peace and joy!"

Natasha speechless.

'If it is just this, can't you come during the day?'

Matthew's eye twitched involuntarily, he looked at the old man in coarse linen and said:

"There is nothing wrong with you coming to ask for money under the pretext of helping the common people."

"But can't you take the act more seriously?"

He said as he raised his finger, and pointed to the old man's hand.

"Look at you, although you are dressed in shabby clothes as if you are one of the common people, and pretend to relieve their suffering by asking me for money."

"Wouldn't your act be more believable if you take off the big gold ring on your finger? It's okay to hide it! "

The old man maintained a neutral face, but he lowered his head slightly and glanced at his hand.

Both his thumb and index finger were wearing a gold ring inlaid with gems.

Matthew raised his eyes, looked at the middle-aged man beside the old man, and sighed.

"And you, not only wearing a valuable ring, but you are clearly wearing expensive silk clothes under that layer of coarse linen.

"You guys are so unprofessional!"

Natasha nodded as she heard this, these guys are too not trying hard to hide their fraud.

Moreover, the man wearing the ring looked familiar.

After a long while, she remembered something and was surprised.

"Are you Spring city's city lord?"

'The city lord is actually a member of the Celestial Mother Cult?'

The Celestial Mother Cult members were silent and fell into deep thought.

In the past, when they asked for money from rich families, they would quickly give them money without thinking that there was anything wrong with them.

Why was it different today?

"Your Excellency, you have great eyesight!"

The old man was not embarrassed for being exposed, he readied himself to use his strength to suppress them.

"It's not that I have good eyesight, it's just that you guys are really bad."

Matthew sighed, stretched out his hand, and put it on the shoulders of the old man, effectively locking up all of his strength.

"With you guys like this, no wonder the rebellion always fails."

The old man was horrified at this moment.

'So strong!'

Cold sweat almost broke out on his forehead.

"My name is Nathan, an elder of the Celestial Mother Cult, may I please know you identity?"

The old man was stiff all over, and he asked in a trembling voice.

The city lord and others were shocked at this moment.

When they say how the old man was acting, they knew that they had kicked an iron plate and this man was strong.

They sent each other signals by winking, and they took action together.

Their target was not Matthew, it was Natasha.

As long as they caught Natasha, their goal would be achieved.

Looking at these cult members who were attacking, Natasha frowned slightly.

She raised her hand to stirred up some of her mana, and pressed it down slightly.

The group of people was instantly suppressed.

The city lord and the others felt as if a mountain was pressing on them.

With a pop, they all fell to the ground and could not get up.

"Don't overestimate yourselves!"

Natasha snorted coldly.

The old man Nathan and others were very frightened.

'What kind of knight is this?'

'Since when can knights send their knight energy out of their body?'

'Can the volume of knight force even be so big?'

'Was that even knight force?!'

"Let's calm down and talk, we don't mean any harm."

The old man said as he was sweating buckets.

At this moment, the city lord shouted:

"I am the city lord of Spring city. Killing me is tantamount to treason. You should think twice!"

"Huh?"

Natasha glared, and the pressure of mana suddenly increased.

The city lord felt as if he was about to be crushed into a meat pie, and he was horrified.

He hurriedly said:

"Stop, stop, Ms. Natasha, your parents are currently in danger, and only we can save them."

"If you kill me, you have to consider the consequences!"

"What did you say?!"

Natasha instantly became angry.

A powerful aura emanated from her, and the pressure scared the old man Nathan and the rest of the cult members into nearly peeing themselves.

"I'm telling the truth, but it has nothing to do with our cult!"

The city lord was so frightened that he no longer had the intent of threatening Natasha

"Then say it clearly!"

"What the heck is going on?"