Chapter 254
Chapter 254
Chapter 251
“I wonder what it is that you are meeting the Duke, Bishop Leonard?”
The Earl of Kent asked with a smile on his face, only the smile on his face gave the Bishop a nasty chill.
“I am here about some religious matters on the Northwest Bay that need to be discussed with His Grace the Duke.”
“Oh, that’s fine! His Excellency the Duke has left all matters to me for health reasons, after all, I am his heir, so you can just say anything to me.”
Leonard was a little hesitant, “This …… I still have to see the Duke Lord before I can do so.”
Earl Kent’s face went cold, “The Duke Lord is not feeling well, it is not convenient to receive guests.”
Leonard still insisted, “Then I will visit the Duke ……”
“His Excellency the Archbishop!”
A dangerous gaze emerged from Maltz Kent’s eyes.
“I’m afraid you’ve come here for another purpose? Have you heard some rumor?”
The so-called “Duke’s secret letter” that had escaped from Henry’s hands had been rumored in the Northwest Bay, causing his head to explode.
The letter accused him of controlling Duke Ferdinand through witchcraft.
Well, it was true, because of this, he would never let Duke Ferdinand meet some people he shouldn’t, including this Bishop Leonard in front of him.
Leonard looked at Maltz Kent and said, ”Those who are clear are clear, and those who are turbid are turbid. Lord Earl, what are you afraid of?”
That’s right, Leonard’s visit to the Duke’s House was to investigate Maltz Kent’s suspicion of witchcraft, just as he had done that time he visited Paul Gleiman in Alda before. In fact, with his current status he didn’t need to personally care about this aspect, but the other party was the future Duke of the Northwest, so he had to be cautious.
“Hmph, this is simply an insult to my honor.”
Maltz Kent oohed and aahed as he stood up.
“My Kent family has always been loyal to Duke Ferdinand, and the entire Northwest Bay has seen it. Now you have come to slander my honor because of some slanderous words fabricated out of thin air by some Ferdinand family traitors.”
“I beg your pardon, Lord Earl, whether it is a slander or not, I will know as soon as I see it.”
“You!”
Maltz Kent immediately had the urge to put the person in front of him in the brig, but the other party’s status as an archbishop calmed him down.
He stiffened his face, and while staring at Archbishop Leonard with a deadly glare, he shouted, “Someone, send the guest away!”
Immediately rushed in two heavily armed guards, urning their voices, they said to Lun to Leonard, “His Excellency the Bishop, please come this way.”
Leonard sighed, slowly stood up and said, “Your Excellency the Count, I will continue to request to visit the Duke, if I never get your permission, I can only report to the top.”
The Earl’s heart disdained: Hmph, this kind of threat still works against those small lords below, using it to threaten me, the Duke’s heir, is also too ridiculous.
He had long heard that the newly promoted bishop was a simple man, not very understanding of the world, and now it seems to be true.
“Regardless of what you do next, I will appeal to the Archbishop of the Kingdom and even the Holy See, as the protagonist of the region you are accusing a future duke for no reason, seriously infringing on his honor.”
Maltz Kent righteously uttered the above words.
“In addition, Leonard protagonist, haven’t you heard of the Greiman family’s [Fire Crossbow] and [Thunder Hammer], that’s definitely sorcery, my army has just suffered a great loss in front of such sorcery, there are thousands of people who can testify to that.”
Leonard shook his head and said, “Lord Duke, the so-called [Fire Crossbow] and [Thunder Hammer] are just two advanced weapons, and they are officially called [Musket] and [Fire Cannon], I checked them with a magic detecting stone when I was the Abbot of North Shore Abbey in the Lake Heart Town, and there is no trace of magic, and Earl Gleiman was open and honest, and immediately agreed after I made the request for inspection up.” Maltz Kent’s eyes twinkled as he eagerly asked, “You inspected the [Fire Crossbow] and the “Thunder Hammer? Then ……””
Leonard immediately said, “I only know that there are no traces of magic on them, and I know nothing about the internal structure and manufacturing method, so please don’t think too much about it, Lord Earl.”
Earl Kent snorted coldly, “I think it’s because Paul Greiman and you are from the same country, so you’re deliberately harboring him.”
“I swear to the Lord of Light ……”
“There is no need to say more, please return!”
Earl Kent turned away.
Leonard shook his head and followed the guards out.
Earl Kent went to his study and summoned Jaaius, Emerson, and a few other minders.
“We can’t wait any longer, we must act quickly.”
……
Two days later, a big event happened in Centurion City, Duke Ferdinand died after a long illness.
His Excellency the Duke had been suffering from illness since last year, and now that he had finally been called by the Lord’s grace, perhaps it was a good thing for him – many people thought so in their hearts.
As the Duke’s heir, Maltz Kent gave him a solemn funeral.
In front of those who came to attend the funeral, the Count said with great sorrow, “A generous and benevolent model of nobility has thrown himself into the arms of the Lord, so let us inherit his will and put an end to the chaos in the Northwest Gulf as soon as possible, and return a stable and peaceful homeland to the people who live here.”
As the Duke’s coffin was lowered into the ground, many noticed that it was not Leonard, Bishop of the Northwest, who was in charge of reciting the eulogy, but a clergyman with an unfamiliar face.
As soon as Duke Ferdinand was gone, Maltz Kent logically became the new Duke of the Northwest, and as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he at once gave notice to the whole of the Northwest Bay of his determination to destroy the band of rebels headed by Price Parker.
But the first person he cleaned up was someone else.
The very next day after Maltz Kent succeeded to the throne, a large group of heavily armed soldiers surrounded the cathedral in the city of Sentry.
The people in the church were horrified, the common worshippers hid in corners and shivered, and a few priests stood out stiffly.
“What are you doing here? This is the sanctuary of the Lord of Light, there shall be no wantonness.”
The leading knight pushed aside the priests blocking in front of him and shouted, “Someone has reported that certain high-ranking clergy in the Northwest Diocese are guilty of fornicating with rebels and interfering in secular government, we are here to search for incriminating evidence. Get on me!”
The soldiers behind him rushed into the church with a clatter, quickly occupying various parts of the church and rummaging through the boxes to search.
These soldiers didn’t know how to read, and whenever they thought any thing was more suspicious, they immediately took it away.
No one dared to stand in their way under the threat of shining swords and spears.
Leonard protagonist who heard the commotion and came out was so angry that he was trembling, “Maltz Kent, you …… you have big guts!”
Then his room was also searched, and seeing that a hardcover copy of the Canon, which he loved and cherished immensely on weekdays – and which had been specially printed and given to him by Paul Greiman – was wantonly rummaged through by the soldiers with incomparable rudeness, the old bishop fainted with a roll of his white eyes and passed out, and the surrounding priests The priests around him were in disarray.
At the same time, the churchmen in the Inquisition compound on the outskirts of the city were also disarmed, and several church knights who dared to resist were killed on the spot.
The church arms in the Northwest Bay were not large in scale, and were simply unable to fight against the power of a duke. The army that surrounded them was also claiming that there were people in the church who had committed treason, and that there was a possibility that the arms under the control of the Inquisition had been instructed to do something inside and outside, so they had to be disarmed before the investigation could be clarified.
(End of chapter)