"Downton, calm down. If you offend the Inquisition, you will never achieve anything in your life."

Homer quickly stopped it. The entire Western Continent was dominated by theocracy, and the concept of divine right of kings was deeply rooted. Even the Lombard League, which had developed commerce and had budding capitalist tendencies, was no exception.

The only special case is the Britannian Empire. Queen Madeleine was crowned and led the imperial regiment to defeat the evil god and rule over the entire Western Continent, letting the brilliance of the sun never set shine through the ages.

Madeleine is hailed as the first queen of mankind. She is recognized as one of the top three among the most talented emperors from ancient times to the present. However, it is not because of her glorious achievements, but because she was the first human being to challenge

God's right.

During the several years of Madeleine's reign, she refused to be crowned and awarded by the Pope, allowing the imperial power of Britannia to completely overwhelm the divine power. That period of more than 100 years was also the bleakest time in the history of the Holy See.

The believers even thought that the goddess of flame had abandoned them.

If Queen Madeleine hadn't died unexpectedly, perhaps now, the Holy City of Flames would only have a symbolic meaning, and the Goddess of Flames would have become a symbol.

No king likes to have the power of God over his head. It is not that the kings of all subsequent countries have not tried to learn from Madeleine's governing methods and suppress the Holy See of Light, but unfortunately they all failed.

In order to prevent that gloomy time from coming back again, the first thing that the popes of all generations did when they were crowned was to strengthen their control and influence over the countries, increase the number of believers, and let the will of the divine right of kings take root.

There is a natural conflict between divine power and monarchy. In the past, the priest of Falfor could easily enter the palace and talk to the old king, not to mention the Inquisition. This is the most mysterious of the three major institutions of the Holy See, with high authority and powerful strength.

The behavior of the Knights of the Apocalypse, in addition to not taking Downton's status as Hand of the King seriously, was more of a show of force to let him know that divine rights are inviolable.

"I see!"

Listening to Homer's explanation, Downton suddenly realized. "You mean as long as I listen to them, it doesn't matter even if I have an army of the undead?"

"As long as you can control the undead, these are not problems. In fact, you are a Templar yourself, and your relationship with the Holy See is already close. If you are more sensible, you will get unexpected benefits."

Homer originally planned to let Downton realize it on his own, but as a result, the boy wanted to fight, so he had no choice but to speak. Otherwise, it would be difficult to repair the relationship if there was a stalemate.

"Being humble? Sorry, I can't do it!" Downton shook his head, "If I have to kneel down to survive, then I would rather die!"

"Cool, I just like your tone!"

The Cheap God shouted happily. He had indeed seen the right person. This is the mentality of a strong man. Otherwise, even if he becomes a marshal or even a legend, he would still be a humble ant soul!

The faces of the knights of the Apocalypse became serious, and they gathered around holding flails and warhammers.

The human guards were afraid. After all, the name of the Inquisition was too loud. They did not kneel down to greet him, which was considered a good thing. However, the barbarians knew they were outmatched, but they still rushed towards Downton fearlessly.

"If you want to hurt the master, step over our corpses first!"

The loyalty of barbarians is never compromised and will be defended by death.

"The divine power of the Goddess of Flame cannot be offended!"

The knights of the Apocalypse roared in unison. Their right feet stepped on the ground in unison.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

A golden halo appeared at their feet, then spread upwards, penetrated their bodies, and finally stopped a foot above their heads, condensing into a sharp sword, then scattered as light spots towards their bodies, and disappeared into the air.

This is the Seal of Truth, a powerful magical technique that only the Knights of the Apocalypse have the opportunity to understand. It can not only comprehensively improve their attack power and defense, but also radiate endless truth to the enemy's soul, leaving them in pain.

Downton possesses the Twin Trees of Souls, has a strong will, and is completely insensible to the radiation of truth. The same cannot be said for the other guards. His heart felt like it was pierced by a sharp sword, his body trembled in pain, and his face was distorted.

"court death!"

Downton threw a right fist.

The Apocalypse Knight suffered a loss just now. He didn't dare to resist forcefully and prepared to dodge, but he found that the opponent's punch was as fast as lightning. Before he could react, he had already hit him in front of him.

boom!

The knight was knocked away again, and a companion tried to help him, but the impact was too great, and he fell over with him.

Downton's two soul fruits were operating at full strength, radiating the fury of the Lonely Mountain. At the same time, he rushed into the group of knights with one arrow, preparing to teach them a lesson. But at this moment, a violent soul impact swept over like a tsunami.

.

boom!

The guards were all thrown away without wailing, because they were all stunned.

Downton's body just shook, then he gritted his teeth and punched away the knight in front of him.

"Huh?"

There was a cry of surprise in the council hall, obviously surprised by the tenacity of Downton's soul. You must know that his magical attack cannot be blocked by ordinary scepter steps. Even if he does not faint, he will fall into a brief trance.

state.

"Downton, you offended the presiding judge and you still refused to apologize. Do you want to die?"

Priest Doppler jumped out and roared at Downton.

"Who do you think you are? You dare to bark in my palace?"

Downton abandoned the knight in front of him and rushed towards Priest Doppler. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of a middle-aged man wearing a gold and red robe walking out, followed by Priest Falfo, who looked humble.

Doppler quickly chanted a spell, waved his right hand, held the condensed elemental scepter, and pointed it at Downton to shoot out his power.

A black shadow beast crawled out from under his feet, and three tentacles shot towards Downton like lightning, radiating soul shock at the same time.

Doppler came up with all his firepower. He stared at Downton with anger in his eyes. He had no choice because this boy had disrupted all his plans.

This officiant has great ambitions and is not satisfied with being a bishop in a third-rate country. He has already planned his life.

Falfo is too old, which is his disadvantage, and Andrea does not aspire to be the bishop, so Doppler devotes himself to meditation, and only waits to step into the scepter. Then he starts taking action and obtains the bishop's position.

, and then use this as a springboard to enter a second-tier country or even a diocese in one of the nine empires, so that he will be one step closer to the position of regional archbishop.

Unfortunately, it backfired. The Scepter Order was achieved, but Frankfort was gone and the war could not be stopped. This was fatal to Doppler's evaluation, and most importantly, Downton was in charge, so he had a close relationship with him.

Andrea will inevitably become archbishop, and she will never be promoted again.

In the Holy See, the higher you go, the harder it is to get promoted. There are many priests with Doppler's talent. In addition to being promoted, he also has to slowly pass the qualifications, but they are all blocked by the female officiant.

He only has two choices left now. One is to wait until the Priestess is promoted and leaves Frankfurt. As for him to succeed the Archbishop, the other is to transfer and go to other third-rate countries to see if there are any opportunities.

But that was also a horizontal transfer, and no need to ask, the various factions were still fighting against each other. It was strange that he was able to fight against those local snakes who had been in business for many years as a lonely man who landed in the air.

In the final analysis, Downton was just the king's hand in a third-rate country. A special investigator led a team to investigate, but because Doppler interfered, the Holy See sent a marshal-level presiding judge.

"You won't die this time?"

A sinister smile emerged from the corner of Doppler's mouth. He deliberately angered Downton in order to leave a bad influence on him in the mind of the presiding judge.

This is the Grand Marshal, so what if Downton has a super-level demon servant? Defeat him in minutes!

"stop!"

The presiding judge, Lampard, frowned. With his strength, he could naturally see that Downton was very powerful. If Doppler killed someone, he might anger the opponent and cause unnecessary casualties, so he said something.

Too late!

Downton waved his left hand, and natural praise spread, covering the Apocalypse Knights, and the effect of the Mark of Truth on their bodies immediately disappeared.

"What? It's actually a tribute to nature?"

"Are you kidding? According to the information, what he owns is not a tribute to death?"

"Goddess above, he understood two praises? I must have read it wrong!"

The Knights of the Apocalypse are not idiots. As soon as Downton took action, they recognized the praise of nature. It was precisely because they knew how powerful this praise was that they exclaimed and looked at him with expressions of disbelief on their faces.

Lampard also looked amazed.

The presiding judge got more information and naturally knew that Downton had understood the two praises, but he didn't believe it and thought it was a lie. After all, this kid was just a wild paladin. Before the age of sixteen, he had only gone to the Holy See to pray a few times.

countable.

"Why should an atheist receive such favor?"

In just a moment, the presiding judge's sense of Downton dropped. He felt that it was unfair. He was just a natural-born goddess darling like Saint Lily. Who was this boy?

Just when everyone was distracted due to surprise, Downton activated his shield and resisted the attacks of Doppler and his super beast. He successfully got close and blasted away the shadow beast with one punch.

Punched him in the face.

boom!

Doppler's nose was collapsed due to the blow, and blood flowed out. His whole body spun like a top. Downton turned around and swung his leg, and his right leg was whipped into his face like a steel whip.

boom!

Doppler instinctively opened the shield, but Downton destroyed the shield and flew out in a spin, falling dozens of meters like a rag until he hit the door opposite the council hall.

On the wall, it stopped.

Looking at Doppler, he fainted directly, his body twisted irregularly, and needless to say, all the bones in his body were broken in at least ten places.

"I told you to stop, didn't you hear me?"

Lampard was furious at Downton's disobedience. He didn't see him making any move, he just glared casually, and a sharp sword appeared above Downton's head and struck straight down.

"careful!"

Not only Homer, but also the Cheap God warned him that this was the marshal's full blow. If it hit, Downton would be seriously injured even if he didn't die.

Whoosh!

Downton shattered into black mist and condensed more than ten meters away. Unfortunately, the Judgment Sword also disappeared and came again.
To be continued...