478.Chapter 469 – Sigrid Is No Longer at the Eighth Order

Chapter 469 – Sigrid is no longer at the eighth rank
Franklin Hall, the imperial nobles and ministers kept quiet, focusing their attention on the area in the center of the hall belonging to the three factions of the Church of the Resurrection.

Although the final pronouncement at this moment might influence the personal opinions of the vote holders to a certain extent, there were also many nobles or ministers who did not intend to cast their votes based on their own opinions.

The nobles of the Northern Snowy Plains Province would all understand that later on, after the casting of votes began, Mr. Rocky McCarthy would take out his square scarf, fold it again and put it back into his breast pocket, and whichever direction the pattern of the school emblem of the Royal College of Magic of Protoss on his square scarf pointed to at that time would represent who he would vote for, and they would follow suit by casting their votes for the same bishop.

The bottom, top, and right represented the south, north, and east, respectively, and also referred to the regions that the Bishop of Hegemony, the Bishop of Silence, and the Bishop of Mourning would be divided into during these months.

Beside the monarch’s chair in the hall, the atmosphere turned to the silence of the waiting time as Isis sat down again.

Sigrid, the Hegemonic Catholic, stood in the bishop’s seat with a determined look in her eyes.

Her immediate soldier, Gloria, stepped onto the stage with a firm step, dressed in a stately gown, ready to begin her proclamation.

A direct soldier is also considered an archpriest, except that it is a higher position than the usual archpriests.

Gloria swept her eyes across the room, ready to share the changes that the Hegemony branch had made in the last few months in the southern part of the Protoss Empire.

“Ms. Gloria, one more moment please.”

The Grand Cleric in the seating area behind Ascension called a halt to it all.

Everyone wondered what the Silent Branch side wanted.

Gloria was about to open her mouth when something unexpected happened at that crucial moment, and Sigrid also looked with a slight frown on her brow to the right of the center of the hall where the Silent Branch was seated.

Grand Cleric Sander, who came from behind the Silent Bishop, suddenly stood up, and his movements were swift and decisive.

Sigrid had an impression of this archcleric.

Earlier, after she and the Holy Son had reported and demolished the Silent Knights’ Grand Cleric Caius in the Imperial Capital Helm, it was this Northern Specialized Direct Soldier named Sander who had come to take over the logistics of the Imperial Capital Helm, and processed the two of them passes to the northern blockade area.

With the deaths of Ascension’s Grand Clerics almost all gone, the Direct Soldier could be said to be the last of Ascension’s inner circle.

“Lord Isis, on behalf of the Silent Branch, I have an important matter to report.”

Sander’s voice cut off the speech that was about to proceed normally, and he looked towards Isis on the monarch’s side of the hall with an urgent and resolute expression on his face.

“……”

The gazes of the entire hall instantly turned towards Xander, and Gloria’s expression carried anger in it.

She knew that nowadays the Hegemonic Catholic Sigrid was being accused by the imperial military, and the military officer in charge of apprehending the Hegemonic Catholic was waiting outside of Franklin Hall, today’s bishop’s vote might still be able to continue to maneuver if she won, whereas if Sigrid lost, she would surely be arrested by the Protoss Empire, and the winning bishop would not only probably not help her, but he would even drop a stone on her, seizing this opportunity to press the Hegemonic Catholicism completely to death.

The Silent Bishop and the Hegemonic Catholic Church had always been mortal enemies, and the Silent Branch would not let go of this precious opportunity, and even with their unscrupulous and no-holds-barred style, they would do any dirty trick today.

The nobles, councilors and other important figures of the empire present began to whisper, sensing the air of becoming tense.

Originally the Silence branch of the Grand Cleric of this behavior can be said to be quite rude, but those present understand – its own preaching in fact the role of the role is not necessarily that great, but the other branches to expose and cause a blow, may be directly and substantially affect the wait will be nobles and ministers to vote for the opinion.

Isis looked up slightly, her eyes flat but unfathomable, as if she could see into everyone’s heart.

She gently nodded her head, giving Xander tacit approval to speak.

This simple action immediately caused the entire hall to fall into silence, and the attention of the empire’s dignitaries was all focused on Sander, the direct soldier of the Silent Branch, waiting for him to announce the so-called “important matters”. “Sigrid-sama …… you don’t really think that by winning the vote today, you can use your power to cover up your crimes and finally get away with it, do you?”

Xander took a deep breath and stared at Sigrid, the Hegemonic Catholic at the left side of the center of the hall.

“I am far more honorable than you.”

Sigrid said coldly as she motionlessly wrapped her arms around her.

Conversing with anyone from the Silent Branch made her cringe.

“Oh, after brutalizing so many residents in the north, you still have the nerve to continue maintaining your persona?”

Facing Sigrid’s short answer, Xander pointed at Sigrid and questioned sternly without giving an inch.

At this moment, not only the Hegemony branch, but the entire atmosphere of the hall was enveloped by this sudden smell of gunpowder.

Sigrid raised her eyes and glanced at Sander, the direct soldier of Silent Bishop Ascension.

Although Asksan just kind of had a shallow smile at the corners of his mouth and a look of unconcern, he was clearly happy to see his subordinate angrily rebuke Sigrid.

However, Sigrid was not fooled by this provocation and lowered herself to start an argumentative dispute with a direct soldier about this issue.

She maintained her aloof stance, the look in her eyes like she was telling the Silent Branch that she didn’t bother to reason with them, that they didn’t deserve to hear it.

“……”

Grand Sage Isis silently propped her chin up.

She had said earlier that the three bishops could preach in any form they wished, and this argument certainly counted as one at the moment.

It looked like a bit of a stalemate right now.

Sigrid chose to go cold turkey on the unfavorable topic raised by Xander.

If there were no surprises, after this brief interlude, it would be back to the normal preaching process of the Hegemony branch.

However, Xander’s immediate subordinate retained a subdued look on his face.

Just like what he had just said the scandal was nothing more than a meet and greet, the real Sigrid’s hidden secret was still behind.

Sander once again bowed to Imperial Grand Sage Isis, and then looked at Sigrid:
“Lord Sigrid, as far as we know, you have already suffered from unrecoverable injuries and your realm has permanently fallen to the eighth rank, while you have been hiding your true condition for more than a month while you have been evading your crime and hiding from the Protoss Empire, this behavior is a deception to the Protoss Empire, you are simply not qualified to continue to stand here because you have long since lost the capital to become a strong ally of the Protoss Empire’s powerful ally’s capital.”

The air in the council hall froze the moment Archprelate Sandel’s accusation fell.

The entire hall fell into an instantaneous silence, followed by a cacophony that quickly heated up.

If the Silent Branch’s intelligence was true, and the Hegemony Catholic had lost the strongest force that she had prided herself on, then in essence, she was not the ally that the Protoss Empire needed in its current time and situation!

(End of chapter)