Chapter 132

"We have a knife pointing at the Holy See. When do you plan to point it to the east bank? Your majesty. " Asked count Worley.

"The sooner the better."

Answered the king.

He has received a letter from Godfather Charles, and the Warwick pirates and the Royal Navy are ready. Astrologers have calculated that the last northward current on the northern East Coast of the abyss Strait will be shrouded in fog for several days in succession. Witches and dragonflies have a special way to discern directions in the fog, and it will be a great cover.

The attack is about to begin.

Before the raid, the more shocking the actions in Legrand, the better. He must try his best to attract the attention of the holy see for them.

As for how to do it, we need to think about it further.

For the time being, the king turned to talk with count worry about other things. The swordsmen are the best hunters to trace the history. They have been hiding in the shadow quietly. According to the clues, they are searching for the truth behind the sudden rise of the holy court in the legendary era in the fog of time.

"We infer that there is a fault age between the first two centuries after the end of the legend age." Count worry took an old parchment from the bookshelf and spread it out on the table. "The gods were hidden at the end of the first millennium, and the gorgeous era of the gods was forgotten in less than 300 years. This kind of forgetting is too deliberate - you see."

Count worry pointed to some of the landmarks on the map.

"The coast of the hopeless inland sea, according to our conjecture, should be the most prosperous area of the gods' civilization, but in these two centuries, the city states of the hopeless inland sea attacked each other. And in the recovery of the relevant campaign, we found that in the war in this area, burning the city by fire is a very common means, most of the city states that have suffered from the fire have independent temples. On the surface, fighting each other on such a large scale is to fight for water resources and trade routes. "

"But your majesty, according to our research, these three hundred years have been a rare rainy period along the coast of the hopeless inland sea. Each city-state has sufficient water, and the shipbuilding technology of the same period is not enough to support the close commercial network. If it is really a trade dispute, it should be concentrated on the east side of the hopeless inland sea. "

"A war deliberately provoked."

Said the king in a low voice.

"We have this suspicion, but the relevant information is too little to prove." Count worry sighed. "The historical materials of this period are either burned or should be in the hands of the Holy See."

"Didn't Legrand keep it?"

"Very few." Count worry shook his head heavily. "The first century, when the age of legend had just ended, was not in a good condition. He was unable to cross the abyss and look East. At the same time, the northern witches lost too much in the "hundred year migration". Most likely to keep the relevant history.... "

"Barbarians."

The king looked at the map, the battle outside the city of banks passed in front of him, across the battlefield of amputated debris, black Armored Warriors and they were facing each other.

The sea barbarians who once unified all the countries in the hopeless inland sea for a short time called their empire "Nujin Empire". The rulers of the Empire used to live in the big white tents found in the four seasons. They are different from other nationalities. They are used to wandering and migrating. They have no civilization carrier like city-state to burn!

"The reign of Nujin empire was a flash in the pan, lasting less than ten years. Compared with their terrible military strength, it was incredible that their empire ended so quickly. However, less than a hundred years after the end of the barbarian Empire, the Holy See appeared in the hopeless inland sea - if they were to avoid the edge of the Holy See, that can explain why the powerful empire disappeared so quickly. " As he said this, count worry looked at the king. "Besides, the trace of barbarians has always been puzzling."

"Barbarian invasion on the sea." The king easily followed count worry's train of thought.

"Yes, your majesty. The barbarians are known as the shadows on the grassland. They often disperse and live together all over the world for a long time. But every long period of time, they will suddenly gather from all over the world, with a large number of people, such as sand sea, to launch simultaneous invasions on both sides of the abyss. But the tide of the general invasion will soon recede, before we have been unable to understand their law of action. But if we link them to the lost age of the gods and the sudden rise of the Holy See, I think we can make amazing discoveries. "

Count worry spoke quickly, his eyes sharp, with a faint thrill.

The fog of history is being pushed away layer by layer in front of them, and many seemingly unrelated lines are slowly crisscrossing together.

"Of course, these are preliminary conjectures, and further work is needed to confirm them." Count worry said frankly, "but, sire, there is one thing that I think can be used as evidence."

"Tell me about it."

"The heavy cavalry of gurendy. Their heavy armour technology is very different from the current era. " Count worry stood up and took a few steps. He opened the curtain of a display case in his study. The black armor of the Grundy cavalry was majestically displayed behind the glass.At the beginning, the king used the swamp to lure and kill a small group of heavy cavalry of the gurendy. Later, general sheen sent people to pick up the heavy armor from the swamp, one of which was asked by the Royal Academy of history in the name of research.

"This is not the heavy armour technology that the hopeless inland sea should have. They have even surpassed the current level."

Count Worley, the old professor, was like a general on the battlefield at this moment.

"They hide clues to the age of the gods."

The best hunter caught what he wanted in the fog.

The king clapped softly.

"I think I know what to do." The king said, "thank you for your efforts, sir."

He stood up just in time to see the housekeeper scurrying across the courtyard towards him.

The housekeeper brought a piece of bad or good news to the king.

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"The burning of statues?"

The king unfolded the letter.

This letter came back from abroad. Now the intelligence organization in the king's hands is not only the "local people's response committee" - the king's black wing, but also another intelligence network that cannot be exposed.

This is a network organized by undercover agents, through which the king tracks the situation at home and abroad.

The king's spies disguised themselves as friars, poets, sailors and so on, entered the Lords' residence on the other side of the abyss, and then reported the information to the king.

At present, the person in charge of this cobweb is the chief of the house beside the king.

Other people, no matter who, too often meet the king, will always arouse the vigilance of the sensitive nobility. But the head of internal affairs is not included in this list. He himself needs to be responsible for the implementation of discipline and the supervision of the normal operation of the inner court. The housekeeper was able to have direct contact with the king most of the time without restraint.

The housekeeper stooped slightly, waiting for the king's order.

He knew that the king trusted him by giving him this spy network. Because of this, he always carefully guaranteed that the information would be transmitted to the king on the spot, and the king himself would judge whether it was good or bad.

Today's news is neither good nor bad.

There was a new movement in the holy court. It issued an order to Xiaer in the hopeless inland sea and the small countries on the Bank of the abyss, asking them to maintain their loyalty to the Lord and completely burn all the remaining old gods. By the time the news reached the king's hand, the old statues of gods were already burning in the flames at the city-state docks along the hopeless inland sea.

"Unity of belief."

Said the king.

He realized what he had to do - whether it was to cover the Warwick pirates sailing North in the abyss channel, or to stop the Vatican's step-by-step plan to build the kingdom of God.

He thought for a moment, and asked the chief of the interior to search for the traces of the heavy cavalry of the gurendys in the following time, and then began to write the writ.

After receiving the writ, the housekeeper took a look, and his face turned frightened.

He didn't say much, and with the writ he withdrew.

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The notice was soon posted all over the notice board of METZL castle, and a thunderous news spread quickly: bishop Anil invited all the students who stayed in METZL to witness the burning of the Pope's lies outside St. will's Cathedral at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

“…… Here, we will follow the practices of ancient times and handed down by the apostles, expose the most terrible and blasphemous lies, and burn the decrees of the Pope and the evil books of scholasticism. All those who are devout in God, please rise up and accomplish this brave act of safeguarding the dignity of the priest. " [1]

"the man who takes the crown by air should be judged by the eternal fire."

As soon as the notice was posted, there were many conflicts in the city of METZL in less than one day. The timid man fell to his knees with a shudder when he saw the announcement. Hesitant people dare not comment on it. Radical people clap their hands and scholars argue with each other. Some people tried to tear up the notices, but soon they were all thrown into prison by the armed rose cavalry.

Because of this, the owner of the tavern had to make great efforts to hire a man with a long gun to stand at the table, so as to prevent violent conflicts between two people who hold extremely different opinions.

Obviously, not all believers can accept such words as if they should be burned.

Before 10 o'clock the next day, the opposition party, organized by a priest, formed a large number of guards who were also wearing armor, carrying weapons and flags. They elected their representatives, determined to expose father Anil's heresy in front of St. Wes Cathedral, and protested to the king.

In such a tense atmosphere, as if armed conflict and violence could happen at any time, the next day would soon come.

The crowd began to gather, and the opposition Civil Guard, led by a priest in black and holding a cross, crossed the long street.

Ten o'clock is coming.

The author has something to say: [1] it is quoted from the contents of Luther's Circular on December 10, 1520. Moreover, the burning of papal edicts in the Middle Ages was not done by nobody.