The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 85: The Barbed Way

It took a while before the old man showed a reaction, he slowly lifted his blanket, moved it to the bedside and looked towards the Archbishop.

Then he opened his mouth and asked:

"If you were locked up in this cursed place, do you think you would be able to eat?"

His voice was not easy to understand, like his throat was blocked by something, he said,

"Half a year, I've been stuck here for six months, with no news...

Tell me how my son and daughter are?"

On a closer look at the cell, Mayne noticed, it seemed like one wall was pierced with a nail.

Do parents use this method to calculate dates?

He moved to the chair facing the King and then asked back:

"Why ask about things that will only make you unhappy?"

“…”

The King was silent for a long time, but finally spoke,

“It doesn't matter to me, after all, you'll still kill me, right?”

Mayne answered with just one word,

“Ya.”

“Then as a dying person, what does pleasure mean to me, before I die, I just want to know their situation!”

The longer Wimbledon spoke, the more his voice resembled a growl.

In the end, what else should I expect?

Mayne thought, after all, as a king, he had learned to have a strong spirit and attitude.

When the King had been kidnapped and replaced by a righteous man, on the road to Hermes, he repeatedly tried to break free.

Later when he was imprisoned, he was not marred by madness, instead, he always tried to negotiate his freedom.

Even during all the abuse, he never let go of the screams, which were very rare in this prison.

If it wasn't impossible to change her plans, Mayne really didn't want to waste people whose only bad point was to be on the wrong side of their conspiracy.

Maybe because I've come in person, I should tell him about the status quo, the Archbishop thought, otherwise,

I could only voice an order, and the next moment one of the Judges could come and end his life.

So Mayne finally slowly said,

“Your eldest son, Gerald is dead. He was beheaded by your second son, Timothy, on charges of treason.

Your third daughter Garcia has declared the independence of the southern border region,

bestowing herself as the Queen of Clearwater, so a war between her and Timothy was inevitable.

As for your fourth son and your fifth daughter, we don't get much information about them. Well. they're still alive.

“What are you talking about, rebellion?

Independence?

What are you doing?" ask the angry king.

"We let them fight who will be the next king" Mayne said happily,

"we spread your children throughout the kingdom, and declare whoever rules over their territory the best will be the next king."

Hearing this, Wimbledon closed her eyes in pain, trying to close the world. After a long time, he finally whispered,

“Why are you doing all this?

You took advantage of the day of prayer, took me to the compartment to pray in isolation, there you took off my clothes.

Then you used the ability of a witch to replace me with someone else.

So with this replacement, you can clearly take over the country slowly, let the Church rule every city.

So why do you need to give orders for the Battle of the Throne?!

I, I can't.. Keke”, I,

as he grew more and more angry, he began to cough severely, trembling all over his body.

“We cannot issue orders that will lead to the slaughter of your children one after another!”

Mayne continues his verbal attack to finish off the former King.

“Maybe you won't fight us, but your children mostly won't act the way you want them to.

They will grow, develop, and have their own thoughts. As you can see from your third daughter, Garcia.

He had already started his project to take over the Port of Clearwater five years ago, so even without the Battle of the Throne, he had not,

at the point when you're going to die naturally, do you think he'll just stand by the side and see how Gerald will ascend the throne?

you should have noted that the power of the witch is not permanent. ”

“Damn it, what will the Church get from the fight between my children?

The church will also sink into a sea of fire, many of their believers will be killed during the war, and the kingdom will become a total mess.”.

speaking up until here, Wimbledon suddenly got a distracted look, distrusting his upcoming thoughts

“Do you want—” another severe cough interrupts the king's speech once again.

When he was finally able to speak again, his voice became as thin as fine, as if the cough had exhausted all his remaining energy, he said,

"You ... want to destroy the royal family!"

“To be exact, but it will be more accurate to talk about the power of the kingdom.”

Mayen could not help but praise the king in his heart for his sharp judgment.

Even after living for six months in a completely dark dungeon, by not losing his consciousness he could already be considered strong-willed,

but he even managed to keep his intelligence. The only other person who can do this can be counted on one hand,

“Monarchy will always be a hindrance to the development of the Church, no matter how weak it is, it will always rise again like weeds.

So only by completely eradicating it can the Church 'absolutely' control the Kingdom.”

“…”

suddenly Wimbledon seemed much older, only the outside looked old, but now it seemed like her spirit had gone and her eyes had dimmed.

“The Kingdom of Graycastle is the kingdom with the largest territory on the mainland, it also has the largest number of soldiers, so in the case of a full frontal war, my church can only be harmed.

We've been planning all this for a long time. During the civil war, your kingdom will lose a lot of soldiers and mercenaries,

after waiting for only two to three years, our God's Punishment Army will be able to easily take over the entire territory of your Kingdom.

But you don't need to be sad, your kingdom isn't the only one we conquered. The other three kingdoms all faced the same situation.

Soon the land will no longer have four kingdoms. Instead of

"Wolf Kingdom", please",

"The Eternal Winter Kingdom",

"Kingdom of Dawn" and "Kingdom of Graycastle",

there will be only one regime, the "Church", which rules all countries."

Wimbledon became completely desolate, the man who had won the throne from his brother with the power of weapons was now like the man who had lost his life,

even for Mayne it was hard to get naked, but in her mind, she did not have any in the slightest thought of regret.

The Church has also invested heavily in this plan – a large number of outstanding believers have willingly been used as pawns, despite the danger to themselves.

For example, the man who once played Wimbledon III was a loyal member of the jury.

He was a very believer and very loyal to the Church, and would initially receive a transformation ceremony, becoming a member of the God Punishment Army.

However, in order to complete the mission, she changed her appearance by a witch to yours.

So when he died in the castle he did not receive any honor.

Before the mission, he could have carved his name on the monument of the Church at Hermes, but now the Church can only bury his name forever.

When Mayne came to the conclusion that Wimbledon would not speak any further, he took a small porcelain bottle out of his pocket and gave it to drink.

When Wimbledon had calmed down and drank the potion, she said her last words, saying,

“Curse...”

"Yes?"

mayne asked, waiting for the King to continue.

“I curse you.. I will wait for you in the depths of hell.”.

Wimbledon's voice grew dim with each word, in the end, Mayne even had to concentrate if she wanted to understand what was being said.

“Sadly there is no hell in this world. Even if there is, it's not where I belong.

All we do is to continue humanity. Only by uniting the four Kingdoms,

will we be able to gain enough strength to face the real enemy, otherwise.”.

The Archbishop stopped his speech when he saw Wimbledon's hand had lost all its strength and fell to the ground,

his head turned to one side, and his chest stopped to move. This is the end of a king, but this is our beginning, he thought.

Mayne took the bottle and put it back in her pocket.

Then he opened the door and stepped into the quiet corridor, which gave off a feeling like there was never a cry.

He simply explained to the Jury members how to deal with the aftermath, and then he left the castle without looking back even once.