Chapter 306：

Regarding the remains of Maltz Kent and his son, Paul originally had no objection to Henry's disposal. They were buried according to civilian standards, but in fact they were buried in a random pit.

But he is determined to win the original Kent family's territory Emden and a number of subsidiary territories. After all, Maltz was a high-ranking nobleman. If he was buried casually, what would happen if his remaining clansmen and those vassals who were still loyal to him became dissatisfied and rioted?

So Paul discussed with Henry, and he was still buried according to Maltz's previous title-earl specifications.

It wasn't until they were discussing this matter together that they realized that they hadn't confirmed with their own eyes whether Maltz Kent was really dead. So the two hurriedly ran to the chapel in the cemetery again, opened the coffin to see if it was Maltz lying inside.

The coffin was opened, and the situation inside shocked Paul and Henry. It was summer, and the corpse did not rot, but turned into a mummy as if it had been sucked dry. Maltz Kent could be vaguely seen on Baba's face.

Although it seems unusual, judging by Paul's common sense, this appearance is obviously dead. Just to be on the safe side, Henry boldly stretched out his hand and touched Maltz's nostrils, but he didn't breathe at all.

Looking at Maltz Kent in a mummy state, Paul felt a sense of deja vu, and a certain picture appeared in his mind: Maltz suddenly burst into a rage, and yelled at them, "Voss-Rhoda-" .

"Okay, you can bury him, let's get out of here quickly."

Henry covered his nose in disgust, and pulled Paul away from the church.

…

The two went to the cathedral in the city later, with the purpose of visiting Bishop Leonard. The poor old man suffered a stroke from unknown stimuli while being detained by Maltz Kent. When the army of Arda occupied Center, he was sent back to the cathedral, but he was paralyzed all over the body, could not even speak clearly, and often fainted suddenly.

His student, Anderson Yard of the North Shore Monastery in Huxin Town, hurried over after getting the news, and has been serving Leonard by his side for the past few days.

Anderson had planned to leave for the holy capital of the Holy See in the near future to attend an exchange meeting of the Conscientious Council, and announced a series of "scary discoveries" in public, but the mentor's illness delayed the plan.

Leonard was lying on the bed, seeing Paul and Henry coming, struggling to sit up, Paul quickly asked Andrew to hold him down.

Paul showed sympathy: "Old dean, just lie down like this."

Although Leonard is rigid and dogmatic, he has never caused any trouble for him as a religious leader. During his tenure as the abbot, he also helped the education of Huxin Town.

Seeing the old man become what he is now, Paul felt a little uncomfortable.

He learned from the people in the church that Leonard was arrested because he asked Maltz to confirm whether he was suspected of witchcraft, just like the time he looked for Paul in Lake Town. Unfortunately, Maltz did not As patient as Paul, the power in the hands of a duke is not comparable to that of an earl.

Leonard still struggled to raise his arm and pointed to his mouth, making an "uh...uh..." sound, signaling that it was inconvenient for him to speak.

"The Lord of Light will cast Maltz Kent's sinful soul into hell."

His student Ander Town cursed at the side.

Paul exchanged pleasantries with him for a while, and then left with Henry.

The church forces in the Northwest Gulf were severely hit after Maltz Kent won the dukedom, the regional bishop was imprisoned, a large number of cadres were arrested and sentenced, and the only military force, the Inquisition, was raided, disarmed and temporarily banned.

However, the Holy See Headquarters is obviously a little bit reluctant about what happened to the Northwest Gulf Church. On the one hand, the Northwest Gulf is too remote and out of reach.

Paul heard from Anderson that it seemed that the scale and depth of the witch hunt in the Jiaowan church had exceeded the Holy See's expectations, and it seemed that he was riding a tiger.

…

Back at the Duke's Mansion, Henry asked cautiously, "Paul, the list I gave you... how did you handle it?"

Paul patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, they are all in prison now."

Henry said a little nervously: "Uh... just close it once, don't let them have anything wrong."

"Don't worry, don't worry, there will be no shortage of meals three times a day, and you will be fat when you come out."

Before entering Center, Henry gave Paul a list of members of the Ferdinand family. In Henry's eyes, they were all suspected of cooperating with Maltz Kent, or that there was some kind of threat to his succession to the duke. .

Before the other lords in the coalition army arrived, Arda's army hunted them down according to this list, and put all the above people into prison.

Of course, their lives will not be in danger, and the "amnesty" will be given after Henry successfully becomes the Duke of Northwest to show the benevolence of the new Duke.

"But let's make an agreement..." Paul reminded Henry: "I will share half of the Ferdinand family's treasury I owe a lot of debts for fighting this battle."

Henry wanted to cry without tears: "Now your soldiers are guarding the vault gate, tell me this..."

"Actually, I want to ask for more!"

"Don't be like this, if there are more words, I will really not be able to be a duke, and I will have no face to face my clansmen."

"Well, I'll send someone to check the amount of coins in the vault, penny by penny."

"vampire!"

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On September 3, 1991 in the Holy Calendar, Myron Garnard, Earl of Bairding, arrived in Center.

On September 4, other lords in the coalition forces—Price Parker, Molly Malcolm, Winifred Heller and others arrived in Center.

Along with them came a vote of lords who had originally supported Maltz Kent, and they came as losers.

Paul, Merlon and Henry went out to meet the lords. Arda's army served as a guard of honor. The neat formation, vigorous steps, and bright bayonets once again left a deep impression on the people, and made the troops behind the lords with chaotic flags and uniforms even more dismayed. Pale.

When they arrived at the Duke's Mansion, the roar of cannons came from the direction of the city gate, and everyone was shocked.

Paul told everyone not to panic: "Don't worry, this is just [Salute], celebrating the end of the brutal war."

【Salute】Sixty shots were fired one after another, and the lords smelled a hint of warning from the awe-inspiring "welcome ceremony", and each pretended to laugh and greeted Paul and the others.

Only Derrick Heller, Earl Heller's son, looked at the Arda army with envy, how much he wanted to command such an army.