Blasphemy
Chapter 19: Extinct
After asking for a moment longer, seeing that there was nothing to know anymore, the few nobles were planning to stop here. A new question came to Roger's mind, he asked, “These secrets should be the core secrets of the Holy Church. How do you know?”
Ian smiled bitterly and said, “Because the matter is already this way, I will not hide it from you guys. I am the 24th Cardinal of the Holy Church. To track down the existence of the Angel of Purgatory statue, I voluntarily unleashed the power of my Divine Light twenty-five years ago, became an ordinary witch and lived here. Aish, unexpectedly after I worked so hard for over 20 years, the Snow Fox even made it first. I had other arrangements and was almost successful, but I met you guys instead. God's will oh God's will.”
Roger smiled and said, “You don't have to think about the statue anymore, man. Ofirock, however, was a knight of the church. Eventually, the statue will fall into the hands of the church. It's just that your hard work for more than 20 years has gone to waste. We thought we were just arresting an ordinary mayor, not expecting to turn out to be a cardinal. Really bad, bad. Hahaha!”
In fact some of those noble bastards knew that they had made a huge trouble that they should not have made at the moment. As a cardinal, Ian has an important identity. Even though he had been undercover for over 20 years, the church should have had a record. This time they did so blatantly that they could not hide it even if they wanted to. They can't possibly kill all the residents of Le Mans City, right? They were worried but knew that they had tied up a grudge of this magnitude with Ian so there was no way out anymore.
Roger smiled but his heart was depressed. Although the experience of living hundreds of years of necromancer is not left to the fat at all, the fat has learned to think from all directions; good direction, bad direction, opposite direction, impossible direction, the one who dared not think of others, the direction that made the most sense and the one that made the most sense.
The advantages and disadvantages of this method are obvious. The advantage is to look at things comprehensively. The drawbacks are also many, there are no correct conclusions and think too much so it is easy to forget the important points. But, these lawless fat men can often find strange solutions to it.
Everyone knows there is no point feeling dizzy at this time. After gesturing to the mercenaries behind, the nobles came out of the torture chamber. Although they could be called evil, they were not bloodthirsty people who liked to kill. If you can borrow someone else's hand to do it is certainly good. The iron door closed behind, moans still sounded from the gap of the door and entered into their ears.
“Sial, arresting people in this poor place could also be arresting a cardinal.” Kate looks so grim.
Franco also sighed. “This problem seems to be unfinished now, it cannot be covered, so we have to think of another way. Ian's family must be slaughtered. That way if investigated, there will be no evidence.”
Roger thought for a moment and said, “Don't panic first. This problem is not necessarily unresolved. First, we are the ones who took the Purgatory Angel statue back. This is a great service. Even if it is not worth our mistakes, there is at least still room to turn around. Ofirok still thinks we're important. We should be given credit, he won't claim it just thanks to himself. With his background, he doesn't need to compete with us for this little credit.”
The fat man paused for a moment then said, “In addition to this credit, we should have someone from the Holy Church willing to stand up for us. The city of Lille happens to have a cardinal, apparently named Burke? It seems we have to do it from this guy. It doesn't matter if he likes money or women, don't get the other way around. Even if he really doesn't like it, we can make him like something else. Fulfill preferences. Listen, this Pope is no longer healthy. No cardinal wants to suddenly have a rival, right. Franco is good at this.”
Everyone stared at the fat man as if he was a monster. Roger blushed and felt scared. He pulled out a book “Continental History: Chronicle of the Holy Church” from his pocket, then chuckled.
“I happen to be reading this book lately, so I studied it and applied it.”
Everyone feels bad. Lance wants to insinuate Roger but then confine his intentions when he thinks that the book Roger is reading should be a biography of the traitor, and he himself is no better.
Lance thought for a moment then said, “Son and daughter Ian can't just be left alone. Kill it is definitely a must, but how to do it impeccably is a problem. I kidnapped Vera alone, no one knows but a few of our confidants. A rather difficult blind to deal with."
Kate said coldly. “It's easy. We'll just say that we caught the Snow Fox spy. We dress Ian's body to look like a living person, then take him to the capital with Guta. Hire dozens of soldiers to escort them, then we take dozens of people and disguise ourselves as thieves to kill them halfway so no one knows. Then throw Ian and Guta down the cliff as if they were robbed. Anyway, leave no evidence. For that girl named Vera, she was quite pretty. We play for two more days, then let some people who know this to enjoy it, so they get involved as well. We can give them money to shut their mouths.”
Everyone was amazed at Kate who quietly washed away. Since the plan had been decided, the few bastards felt calmer. While speaking, they had entered the cell where Vera and Guta were being held.
Guta's tall body was hung on the wall with iron chains. He's fainted at the moment. His entire body was strong and muscular, but also slightly fatty. Although there were bloodstains on his body, the striking scars were not much. It made people admire the way the Dragon and Beautiful Woman mercenaries torture.
Vera was tied to a four-legged bench like a dog. This bench was half the size of an ordinary bench, seemingly designed specifically for torture. Vera's hands were tied with iron chains hanging from the ceiling, the upper part of her body was pulled high, both legs were mounted on the foot of the bench with iron circles, the, the waist is tied on a bench with hemp rope so that the curves of his body are clearly visible.
It's Lance's style.
Several mercenaries in the room were cleaning the place and treating the wounds on Guta's body. After all, only strong people could withstand severe punishment. They occasionally glanced at Vera's naked body lustfully.
Roger and the others were very satisfied with the professionalism of the mercenaries. It could be seen that they did not act arbitrarily at Vera as long as everyone left.
Franco orders the mercenaries to wake Guta up.
A basin of cold water was watered, and Guta woke up instantly. As soon as he saw the situation there clearly, he trembled and immediately begged for mercy. It seems that the torment of the mercenaries was very impregnable.
Some of the bastards ignored Guta's pleas for mercy. Vera shouted, they were laughing out loud.
Lance had tasted the girl first. Right now he was watching the show while torturing Guta.
The big-bodied Guta could only beg for mercy at this moment. He forced Lance to see his sister. A few moments later, passion rose.
Lance glanced at him and chuckled. “You are completely inhumane, should be ashamed of yourself! But you it's really similar to a donkey.”
Guta nodded and agreed, but his eyes looked with focus.
Whether since when, Vera stopped crying, just holding in silence and doing what the men told her to do.
Roger is done. As he looked at Vera's eyes, he felt a chill slowly creeping into his heart. This look is so familiar.
Suddenly, Kate let out a scream, the power in her soul rose, she staggered back a few steps. His vitals were bitten. Fortunately, there was protection from the inner strength so that the wound was not severe.
Vera's mouth was full of blood, two of her teeth were dislodged.
Currently says “angel”, “Law Space”, “reincarnation”, “api purification” and so on flashed in Roger's heart. He also did not know where the sudden awareness was coming from. She stopped Kate and said in a low voice. “Don't let him die now.”
Roger took out a blade of wind to cut the chains of Guta, then said coldly. “Are you not aroused? I'll give you a chance to live now. Subject ***** that, then I will not kill you.” His words were so low that they were not heard by Vera.
Blind gnashing his teeth. He walks behind Vera and hesitates for a moment, then the will of life overpowers his conscience.
Vera was closing her eyes to wait for death to come. When Guta's hand touched it, he thought it was royalty again. But when he heard a different voice, he looked back and found his older brother, he immediately screamed and cried.
Roger's voice sounded very cold as he said, “After this I will see how you came out of purgatory, and how to return to us for revenge! Forget your intentions!”
Roger felt as if a boulder was lifted from his chest, but in a short moment, an old voice flashed through his mind. Don't be so cruel next time …. The chubby man's eyebrows clutched again.
Crimes have been committed, the consequences of which cannot be ignored.
Within days, more than ten unknown soldiers were recruited to escort Ian and Guta to Lille City under Franco's leadership.
The team got up early to leave and just took a break at the inn at night. By the third day, they had already walked over 100 miles. As they were about to leave the mountains, Kate led fifty wandering warriors to intercept the road. The next thing went well. Wandering soldiers were unable to fight Kate, Franco suddenly attacked from behind. After ten minutes, the entire army was wiped out.
All the business after that took more than ten days. During this time, Roger and Lance were also not unemployed in their territory. The two spent seven days walking through all the villages in the region.
The mountains in this land were steep, the climate was not good, and it was close to the Demon Forest so various monsters often appeared. Plus the land is located on the border which basically includes an abandoned zone. Fortunately, for over 20 years, the Duchy of Bavaria never came here to collect taxes, so the people of this region could still live despite the difficulties. Under the harsh environment, the customs here are simple and strong, the intelligence of the community is also not open. They enact strong ‘ system is above’, ‘mata reciprocated eyes, teeth reciprocated gear’ and so on. At that time the residents of Le Mans City even had thoughts to fight the Duchy's knights.
After the patrol, Roger became increasingly dizzy. Citizen taxes cannot be levied now, not because citizens refuse to pay, but because there is nothing to collect. Roger announced that residents would be exempt from taxes this year. But this journey was not entirely in vain, at least the more than fifty strong mountain men trailing behind him were the result of the harvest. These people have been hunters in the mountains since childhood. They were agile and skilled with swords and bows. They were excellent candidates for mercenaries.
Roger encouraged them and gave their families a lot of benefits, which was actually nothing more than to fill the cribs and food. But it was visible and could make these simple mountain people loyal to Roger.
The production of concentrated iron ore was slowly on the right track, this made Roger relieved. It's just that the exit from Cyrusburg was too bad so not many products could be shipped out. Fixing the road was no trivial matter, it took half or a year to solve it. Right now they could only pick up the fine ore and move it slowly. Ores mined from Cyrusburg are increasing in number. Fortunately, there were many places in this abandoned castle, and no one would steal these iron ores.
A disciple of Jin had arrived from Farburg and was in charge of iron ore mining. With the dwarf's innate sensitivity to ores, he earned a fortune by simply guiding the miners for two days. In addition to some extremely rare iron cores, he had also dug out a good quality fire gem. Motivated by his achievements, the dwarf is so enthusiastic that he spends almost every day in the mine in addition to sleeping. Quoting his words, this mine was a treasure God gave to dwarves. Touching the ore every day had already given this dwarf happiness.
Renovating the castle is also a big deal. Other than the huge cost, it was not easy to find a handyman in a barren land like this. Roger was patrolling the castle in a state of chaos. He will be happier when he sees the coolies getting stronger and more excited at work.
The porters looked at the fat man with peerless respect and gratitude. Wherever Roger went, everyone worked hard. There's even a coolie who kissed Roger's boots. This is more useful than any flattery. The fat man was overjoyed, as if he were in the clouds. He said inwardly, Damn, this is too much. If only a group of beautiful women were like this, haha! Will I enjoy this kind of love? But it could be seen that if they did it sincerely, maybe I did seem wise and martial. Didn't expect these coolies to see it, hahahaha! As a result of just one day not seeing porters, Roger felt lacking something.
Ed, who is recovering from an injury at Lille, sent a letter saying that his injuries are recovering slowly, so he has no manpower to play with women now. Faith was busy moving the War Hammer Boutique to Lille.
Lille, the capital of the Duchy of Bavaria, has a population of one million and is the second largest city in the League. Because the transportation routes made it easy, the surrounding products were abundant, plus the historical and powerful army of the Duchy of Bavaria, the city was very prosperous. Look around, the rich are everywhere. This is great for War Hammers which are known for their wonderful products.
Ofirok provided a spectacular four-story building on the most prosperous Fifth Street in Lille City, and awarded 100,000 gold coins for the expenditure of the War Hammer, which was the fulfillment of an earlier promise.
On the third day after Kate and Franco returned from settling affairs, envoys from the Duchy of Bavaria arrived. Surprisingly, the Holy Church also sent a bishop.
In the winter of 685 of the sacred calendar, some noble bastards were finally officially crowned. Kate was crowned a second-level knight and was to be transferred to the army of the Duchy of Bavaria, supposedly to the Lionheart Knight Group, becoming the captain of the lieutenant colonel's cavalry. Roger and the others were crowned third level knights and officially entered the ranks of the nobility. Roger was appointed successor to Cyrusburg, Franco became Chancellor, and Lance became Treasurer. While the mercenary group Dragon and Beautiful Woman became the fifth independent armed force of the third knight of the Bavarian Duchy. Roger also became the chief captain of the independent armed forces, the other as a deputy. Judging from this letter of appointment alone, the Duchy understood very well some of these scoundrels, which was a rare thing in the official world. It seems that Ofirok has a lot of power behind it.
The third knight of the Duchy of Bavaria was actually a reserve force. Its main force was the armed forces of regular knights. The other three independent armed forces were mercenary groups with great achievements, all of them numbering around a thousand people. Each time a battle, the task of the third knight was to clear the end or cannon fodder soldiers. Of course, this should not be published. This time, the independent armed forces gave Roger a quota of 500 men, which was a rare honor for the Dragon and Beautiful Woman mercenaries who currently numbered only 100. Each soldier would be given 30 gold coins by the Duchy as a cost of equipment, as well as an annual military salary of 10 gold coins, enough to equip a knight. Since Roger and the others have the War Hammer boutique, the mercenaries Dragon and Beautiful Woman are well equipped to pursue the elite armed forces of the first knights of the Duchy; the Lionheart group of knights.
The bishop who came was really shocking to some nobles. They found out only later that Cardinal Burke had sent him to canonize them. The reason is that some of these bastards have made tremendous contributions to spreading the glory of God. Some scoundrels know that such excuses are nonsense, except spreading the glory of death. It seemed to be a great award for presenting the Angel of Purgatory statue.
The bishop is Gene Hart, forty-five years old. He looked good and had a holy aura. Listen, he's one of Cardinal Burke's confidants. In his early years, Gene Hart was a famous holy knight, who wielded a false sword, the Day of Resurrection. Hundreds of knights on the mainland claim that their own hands are the true Doomsday. Later, he flees in battle to hunt down Necromancer Rodriguez. From then on, he decisively abandoned martial arts and followed literature, beginning to devote himself to spreading the glory of God.
When he saw the dilapidated sight of Cyrusburg, the bishop was not pleased but he did not show any expression. He just sat in the hall of the noble house and chatted with Roger and the others. Roger and the others were ingenious, they had already seen the dislike of the bishop. The fat man immediately approached, as his messenger went to the toilet, he gave her a beautiful golden box.
When looking at the box, Gene Hart–who knows the value is not cheap– immediately smiled. He took a deep breath as he opened it. Inside the box was a tulip made of pure gold, the petals were thin and almost transparent, and a small amount of fire element was sealed inside so that it became a beautiful red color. On top of the tulip is a small group of viscous water elements, water vapor is still left behind so there are a few drops of dew rolling on the petals.
It took a while for Gene Hart to wake up. As a bishop, despite loving money, he had to pretend to be holy so it was not pleasing to ask for money. He rarely saw any quality items like this. The bishop immediately closed the box and hugged it carefully. In his eyes, these few rascals instantly became the most devout people.
A moment later, the envoy returned with a satisfied face, chatting nicely with Franco following behind him. It seems like he has a lot of benefits too. So far, guests and hosts seem happy.
After the halls of the manor house were well laid out, Gene Hart began to honor some of the nobles. Kate gets a sacred badge that symbolizes the holy knight. Roger and the others received a cross that symbolized the most devout people. The bishop who was originally going to give the bronze medal, directly jumped from the silver and gold of level two to the holy silver badge. The badge the bishop gives is always a set of various levels, depending on the situation. Looking at these young and capable people, after returning to Lille, he took them to Burke's place to do some work. With their awards, the silver badge was a trivial affair.
Then proceed with the holy shower of blessings. This holy water was unusual, when poured into everyone's head, they felt refreshed. Only Roger was different. Every time the holy water flushed against him, he felt like he was burning. The pain made him grit his teeth and his tears flowed. He could not scream, only endure it. In his heart, Roger had cursed the discoverer of this holy water to his ancestors.
When he saw Roger baptized, the bishop was so happy that his eyes glazed over and felt emotional. He has a lot of knowledge and is good at seeing people. He had seen many people two-faced during his missionary years, but few people were so godly. Being emotional, he added more to the holy water to Roger.
