Eight hundred and eighty-fifth chapter presiding judge
"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.
boom!
The sharp sword hit Downton, and the scattered shock waves directly compressed the ground tens of meters around Downton. The floor cracked and spread, and gravel splashed everywhere.
This is a marshal-level magic that locks the soul directly, even if the enemy teleports, it will be useless.
"died?"
Looking at the turbulent smoke and dust, Falfo looked happy. He didn't think Downton could take the Generalissimo's blow!
"Is it too harsh?"
Lampard frowned. If Downton was just an ordinary Hand of the King, he would kill him. But this guy has two praises. Once the Vatican knows about it, he will definitely focus on training him. If he does this, he will be attacked by other factions. However,
The next moment, his face became embarrassed, because even though there was smoke and dust, he still felt that Downton's soul was not moving.
If Downton can't be killed in one blow with all his strength, what's the point of his reputation as a generalissimo? If it were spread, wouldn't it be ridiculous?
"Haha, Generalissimo, that's all!"
Downton walked out of the smoke and dust, stared at Lampard fiercely, and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. All the clothes on his body were torn, his chest was still collapsed, and there were many bruises and fractures.
hiss!
This time, even the Apocalypse Knights were shocked. They could see that the Inquisitor's blow just now was full force. Downton was not seriously injured and could still speak. This only shows that he is very powerful.
"Twenty-year-old Scepter. Just by blocking this blow, he is enough to make him famous in the Holy See!"
The Apocalypse Knights' eyes changed when they looked at Downton, but they were not afraid, not only because they were not afraid of death, but also because the judge next to them was the Grand Marshal!
"Downton, watch your attitude!"
Falfo scolded.
"What's wrong with my attitude? Others are coming to kill me. I still have to swallow my anger? Is this what the Pope teaches you?"
Downton was already in a state of rage. If he hadn't still had some sense and knew he couldn't beat this guy, he would have taken action long ago.
"Downton, you have an army of the undead, summon demons as servants, and even command a group of dark rangers. I have enough reasons to suspect that you have fallen. The Inquisition is responsible for tracking down the clergy. If you have any dissatisfaction, please contact me.
Go to the court to defend yourself!"
Lampard originally planned to deal with Downton locally, but after seeing this performance, he immediately changed his decision.
The joy on Falfo's face flashed away, because only serious crimes would go to trial. No matter what the outcome was, Downton's future was over.
"Take me away? You can try!" Downton said tit for tat, "Fiona, Edith, come out!"
A white light flashed, and the twin angels appeared beside Downton, one on the left and one on the right. At this time, he must show his trump card, otherwise he would not be able to control the situation.
"Angel?"
"Damn it, is this guy the darling of the Goddess of Flame? Why does he have an angel?"
"Hush, be careful!"
When the Knights of the Apocalypse saw Downton's angel servants with their own eyes, their eyes turned red with jealousy, and they all wanted to rush up and snatch them away immediately.
You must be aware of the unwritten rules in the Holy See. Those who have sacred attributes and are of high rank and rare demon servants will have a greater chance of promotion.
Demonic servants like angels, who represent the goddess of flame, mean that Downton can directly obtain the position of archbishop after accepting the loyalty test.
"You want to disobey me?"
Lampard was disobedient, and his face exploded with anger. With Downton's strength and the magic servant, he planned to let him go if he begged for mercy, but this time he was determined to deal with him, otherwise he would be the presiding judge.
Where is the authority? Who will respect it in the future?
"snort!"
Downton snorted coldly, but he was quickly calculating in his heart. With his current strength, it might not be easy to deal with a generalissimo. Moreover, even if he were to be killed, he would be enmity with the Holy See. Without his own foothold,
land.
"Damn it, didn't you say that understanding two salutes would make the Holy See take notice of me?"
Downton complained.
"That's up to you to be sensible. If you don't give others face, is it possible for a person to have a cold butt?"
Homer is also helpless. What kind of person is the presiding judge? He just gives you a slap on the wrist as a routine. Who knew you were so tough and arrogant than others?
"I don't believe that the Holy See is monolithic and there are no factions. At worst, the Duke will switch to someone else. Anyway, I am definitely offended by this guy in front of me."
Downton's stubborn temper also rose.
"What is this for? If you have anything to say, please tell me!"
After receiving the news, Andrea hurried over, glared at Downton, and apologized to Lampard, "Your Excellency, the presiding judge, he has not received formal knight education. Please forgive me for any offense."
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"Humph, this is the person you recommended? He has such a bad temper!"
Lampard snorted.
"Sorry, Downton, you still haven't apologized!"
Andrea smiled and pulled Downton, "President, is this something you, a little person, can offend? Don't think that with praise, you can be unscrupulous. Without a backstage, these big shots can be punished, let alone cold treatment."
You can die suddenly at any time!
"Teacher, your groveling look opened my eyes!"
Downton's tone was slightly sarcastic. He was both moved and angry at the defense of the female officiant, "You are also the heir of the Gis family after all!"
Andrea's face turned red instantly, and her fingers trembled with anger. Of course, she was more ashamed. She already hated this kind of hypocrisy in the power field, otherwise she would not have left the family and gone to Frankfurt.
He doesn't do anything serious anymore.
When I heard the chief judge arriving, I originally wanted to help Downton, but I didn't expect to hear these words, so the female officiant's eyes turned red and she felt aggrieved.
"Teacher, I understand your painstaking efforts, but I can't do it if you ask me to grovel!" Downton hugged the officiant and patted his shoulder, "I have never bent down for life before, and I won't do it in the future.
"
"But……"
Listening to Downton's words, the female officiant's beautiful eyes sparkled. This kind of man was right in her heart.
"There is no but, I'm afraid that once I bend my spine once, I will never be able to straighten my spine again!" Downton smiled, then pushed the female officiant behind him and faced Lampard, "Hey, I even have twin angels, you
Calling me a heretic? Doesn’t it imply that the goddess is blind? Of course, in your minds, how could the goddess be blind, so the only ones who are blind are you?"
"Be bold!"
"Arrogant!"
"act recklessly!"
The Knights of the Apocalypse rebuked Downton, but this matter cannot be refuted. In the hearts of these fanatical believers, the goddess of flame will never make mistakes. So giving Downton the angel does not prove that he has no problem? Then the problem is naturally his own!
(To be continued...)
ps: I’ve been very busy these days, and I’ll definitely add more updates when the busyness is over! Also, thank you to Yishan Book Friends for the huge reward!