While the people of Meding City were still celebrating the death of Galas and speculating on the identity of the "Revenge Demon", no one knew that the attacker had secretly returned to Meding City and found him as soon as possible.
Joseph who was at the forefront of the storm.
"Little liar."
When he saw Roy taking out two things and handing them over in a hurry after Joseph asked, the dwarf ax spirit couldn't help but grumbled.
Only the dwarf axeling knows what Roy did during the period when he disappeared from the sight of the mercenaries.
First of all, Roy took the county bishop to find a cave. He used coercion, inducement, coaxing, and deception to suck out the marrow. Not only did he completely extort the wealth accumulated by the county bishop over the years, he also made him reveal everything about the Holy See.
A lot of information and secrets. In the end, he was forced to sign a document of an occult monk and a deed of identity as a Vatican monk on the condition that he promised the county bishop not to kill him.
After getting these things, the little bastard fulfilled his promise not to kill the county bishop by leaving the cave before a level five monster came back. He also covered his ears when he heard the county bishop's screams.
It fully demonstrates the knight's qualities of honesty, justice and compassion.
Afterwards, the little bastard rushed back to Meding City.
Because the city gate was blocked, Roy adopted another way to enter the city - joining the rabble!
The officer in charge of recruiting Rangers enthusiastically completed all the procedures for him and handed him over to a squad leader along with another group of Rangers.
Originally, after joining the ragtag army, he couldn't run around at will. But who could control him after entering the city? The moment the team leader greeted people on the street, Roy had already blended into the crowd without anyone noticing.
, walked through the streets and alleys, and slipped into the church.
To be honest, even though he has been watching from the side, the dwarf axe-spirit is naive by nature and has no idea what the little fox is planning. Until now, when Roy took out the mystical monk certificate he got from the county bishop and handed it to Joseph.
Only then did he vaguely understand.
After taking a look at the deed and the parchment, Joseph immediately believed Roy's identity.
However, when he opened his eyes and saw the seal and signature of the county bishop on it, he couldn't help but look up and said in surprise: "Are you the secret monk of the county bishop?"
Roy rolled his eyes. He knew that with this identity, he couldn't talk too much and had to leave some room. Then he said seriously: "You can say that."
"You can say that?" Joseph looked at Roy with confusion, wondering, does this mysterious secret monk have another identity?
Roy met Joseph's gaze without saying a word, raised his hand and released a halo on him.
As this holy light fell on his body, Joseph felt his spirit suddenly lifted, his body felt warm, and he felt indescribably comfortable.
"Recover!" In shock, he stood up suddenly, opened the door of the listening room and walked out, knelt down and said: "It turns out that the magician is here. Joseph is ignorant and has offended you."
At this moment, any doubts Joseph had had disappeared completely.
You must know that magicians are only found in the Holy See. Because their numbers are rare and precious, their status has always been extremely respected. Even if others want to impersonate, they cannot do so.
Coupled with this secret monk's former lone wolf mercenary nameplate and the documents and deeds signed by the county bishop, the identity of the secret monk in front of him is unmistakable.
As for the relationship between him and the county bishop, Joseph thought that the magician must have become a secret monk for some reason, and the county bishop contacted him. Therefore, he used "so to speak"
to describe the relationship between him and the county bishop.
In fact, not to mention a small county bishop, even the bishop of the Western District would not be able to let a magician do the work of an esoteric monk.
Thinking of this, Joseph was shocked and secretly cursed the county bishop for hiding it so deeply.
At first, the old guy looked very concerned and personally asked him about finding the lone wolf. Who knew, he had already known the identity of the lone wolf. The reason why he asked him about it must be because he wanted to get something out of his own mouth.
Come out and see how much you know!
It can be seen from this that there must be some extremely important secret between the secret monk and the county bishop. Otherwise, why would they be so cautious.
"He who doesn't know is not guilty." Roy's voice was as dignified as he could be, and he said calmly: "Get up."
"Thank you, sir." Joseph wiped the sweat from his forehead, stood up carefully, and asked respectfully: "I wonder if there is anything I can do for you, sir?"
"I have already heard about the county bishop being kidnapped." Roy said coldly: "Do you know who the person who did this is?"
"Who?" Joseph was so nervous that his voice changed.
Roy said every word: "Bishop of the West District!"
Bishop Joseph of the West District suddenly looked extremely strange.
If it weren't for the opponent's magician, the identity of the lone wolf and the secret cultivator was absolutely unquestionable, I'm afraid he would have regarded the masked man in front of him as a lunatic with mental problems.
Not to mention him, even the dwarf ax spirit who was watching was dumbfounded. He didn't know why Roy suddenly targeted the bishop of the West District.
"You don't believe it, do you?" The little liar lowered his voice and said, "Let me tell you the truth!"
In the room, the light is dim.
Apart from the deep voice of the masked man, Joseph could only hear his own heartbeat.
A shocking conspiracy was unfolding one by one in front of him!
"You know, the Pope's body is weakening. In the future, I am afraid that I, Pope Solan, will be together with the Popes of the other two empires..." Roy's voice was steady and slow.
Roy was deeply immersed in the liar business back then.
Among the various strange masters William found for him, there were not ten but eight grandmasters in the liar industry. Therefore, Roy understood better than anyone else that any deception must be based on a solid and undoubted foundation.
on the foundation.
The Pope's physical condition and the fierce confrontation between the three major popes in the Holy See in the foreseeable future are the foundation laid by Roy for this "shattering conspiracy".
Hearing Roy talk about this, Joseph nodded repeatedly. Needless to say, Roy didn't need to explain these things. Who in the Holy See didn't understand them?
Once the Pope dies, only the Popes from the three major empires are qualified to take over the papal position. And His Highness the Pope of the Solan Empire is in the most disadvantaged position among the three popes due to the national conditions of the Solan Empire. The competition for the Pope
The possibility of the throne is almost zero.
Therefore, in this war between the Saint Solan Empire, the Solan Holy See has been hesitating whether to intervene.
If you intervene, Vatican and the Holy See, which have always been dissatisfied with the Solan royal family, will definitely be criticized. But if you don't intervene, the Pope can only wait for St. Solan to be annexed by the Philip Empire, and his parish will become Filipina.
Diocese of the Holy Pontiff.
I'm afraid no one wants to see such a thing.
Not to mention that the annexation of the Saint Solan Empire would not be of any benefit to the Pope and Donald, it would also be of no benefit to everyone in the entire Solan Holy See.
After all, although everyone has their own system in the Holy See, they are all Solan people.
No matter what, the Solan Empire is also the back garden of the Solan Holy See and no one else is allowed to get involved. Not even other people who are members of the Holy See!
Everyone has been speculating that the Pope and Donald will definitely wait for the right opportunity to prevent the Saint Solan Empire from falling into the hands of the Philip Empire and prevent Pope Philip from taking the opportunity to reach out and overthrow the Solan royal family.
.Completely bury this family that is always at odds with the Holy See.
However, this timing does not seem to be a good choice now. Especially after Princess Aleshia enters the Holy Maiden Church, it becomes even more difficult.
Seeing that Joseph recognized this, Roy began to make up random things.
"In order to compete for the throne of the Pope, Philip and the Pope of the Pompeii Empire spared no effort to add sand to our Holy See of Saint Solan." Roy said: "After our secret investigation, we found that the Bishop of the West District is from the Pompeii Empire.
!”
Hiss, Joseph took a breath and his eyes went straight.
Roy waited for him to digest the news before he said seriously: "You didn't expect it, did you?"
"This...this..." Joseph shook his head, and before he could speak, Roy said: "Not only did you not think of it, but the county bishop and I didn't think of it either."
"The Bishop of the Western District has been acting in reverse these years, and the Lulian Western District Holy See has become completely rotten." Roy said: "...he is not the only one who does this kind of thing. There are many people in the Saint Solan Empire Holy See.
People from the Pompeii Empire or the Holy See of the Philip Empire. Of course, we also have people there."
Joseph broke into a cold sweat. For him, such a thing was really unheard of.
Although he had known that the struggle between the three major popes had reached a life-and-death situation, this was the first time he had heard of such a thing with swords hidden around him.
But according to the tradition of internal struggles within the Holy See, this is nothing surprising. The struggle for power has always been bloody. There have been several purges within the Holy See in history, but which one resulted in fewer deaths?
Seeing that Joseph didn't refute, Roy knew that he had passed this test. Even if the identity of the Bishop of the Western District was just his own statement, as long as Joseph had no actual evidence to object, he would feel at ease when everything involved his interests.
Accept this statement.
After seeing Joseph's saddle mission in the mission hall, Roy had the idea of finding an ally within the Holy See.
Just like the pack of wolves he hunted when he was eight years old. To him at that time, that pack of wolves was very powerful. However, in the spring of that year, he discovered that the most cunning wolf in the pack
Old. And below, several male wolf cubs with sharp claws and teeth grew up.
Just like the current Holy See.
That year, he postponed the time to kill the wolf, and finally achieved a much greater harvest than he had done at that time. But now, he is more patient and in a more advantageous position - because he himself can become one of the wolves of the Holy See.
Members. Participate in a more direct way.
So, he specifically inquired about all the news about Joseph and prepared to look for opportunities to contact him, but he did not expect that he would stumble upon such a good opportunity.
Thinking in his mind, Roy kept talking.
"...Because the Bishop of the Western District holds a high position, the County Bishop knew that direct accusations would not bring him down. Even if he could be brought down, his associates hidden in the Holy See would immediately launch revenge. Therefore, the County Bishop decided to compete for the position of Bishop of the Western District.
Throne, take his place first."
Joseph opened his eyes wide. He had never heard of this.
Roy observed Joseph's face and knew it was time to reveal some serious information. He said intentionally or unintentionally: "Not long ago, the county bishop discovered Archbishop Lullian's hobby and planned to let me make a saddle. Donation
To the Archbishop."
As soon as the word saddle came out of his mouth, Joseph's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed.
"I know you also issued a saddle mission, but it was the county bishop's wish that I didn't do it for you at the time. After all..." Roy looked regretfully and put all the blame on the county bishop.
"My..." Joseph hurriedly tried to explain and muttered a few words, but was speechless. His face turned red for a while.
Originally, he thought that the preference of Archbishop Lulian that he finally found out was a secret. However, he did not expect that the county bishop and this lone wolf had already planned to do that. No wonder the lone wolf did not accept his mission. Maybe.
, when he chatted privately with the county bishop...
Joseph complained in his heart. He was really an unlucky man.
"But who would have thought, I haven't started making work here yet, and the things over there have been exposed somehow. The Bishop of the West District sent a magician and Galas here, not only preparing to take away all the valuable property here
, and also poisoned the county bishop."
"You mean," Joseph became nervous, "that the envoy and Galas are here to kill the county bishop?"
"Them? They're just here to be buried with you." Roy said calmly. He glanced at Joseph and said, "Have you ever seen someone who comes to kill kill himself too?"
Joseph was startled, then smiled awkwardly.
"Although I didn't see the entire murder, the Western District Bishop's Office had done everything possible and still left a loophole." Roy began to make up a story again: "First of all, do you think it's normal for Galas to kill a few civilians himself?"
Joseph shook his head.
He also couldn't understand why, with his status as Galas, he had to kill several civilians himself. He could just let the people of the Inquisition make up the charges and arrest them.
"Then do you think it's normal for Galas to be discovered and flee to the church without telling anyone about the murder?" Roy asked,
Joseph thought about it carefully and shook his head again. His eyes gradually narrowed and he asked: "Sir, are you saying...he did this on purpose?"
"Smart! You can see the key to the problem at a glance!" Roy praised him so much that Joseph's spirits lifted and he felt happy.
Roy said: "If my guess is correct, Galas's painstaking efforts are the instructions of the Bishop of the West District to create trouble in Medin City and arouse the anger of the people. So as to fish in troubled waters!"
Joseph nodded quickly this time.
You know, Roy's guess is based on the guess he just put forward. Since he is proud of his own inference, how can he deny Roy's guess?
Not only could he not deny it, Joseph, who was encouraged, also used his brain and said: "In this way, the real reason why the convoy was attacked was covered up. Everyone only saw what happened in Medina City and thought that someone was doing it for those people.
The civilians wanted to take revenge, but they didn’t expect that the real murderer had other motives!”
"It is a very pleasant thing to talk to you, priest." Roy praised.
Joseph looked happy and said humbly: "Your Excellency, you have given me the award."
Roy said: "Obviously, when the convoy left Meding City, the people sent by the Bishop of the West District took action. The special envoy and Galas were just the burial he prepared for the county bishop. I'm afraid Galas and the special envoy
I will never understand until my death that the task the Bishop of the Western District asked them to perform was digging a hole for themselves."
Joseph nodded, convinced. However, he then asked in confusion: "But, I heard that the murderer did not directly kill the county bishop at that time, but kidnapped him."
"This is where they are clever." Roy asked: "If they had killed the county bishop first, I am afraid that if someone with an intention to check it out, the secret would be exposed. So, that person targeted Galas and kidnapped him.
Let’s go to the County Bishop. On the surface, we didn’t kill him, but I’m sure that the County Bishop must…”
Roy said: At the end of the sentence, Roy's voice was so sad and angry that he could no longer speak.
Joseph didn't have a good impression of the county bishop. But at this time, he also lowered his head with a sad look on his face.
The two of them pretended to be sad for a long time, and Roy said: "If you were the murderer, would you let those mercenaries leave?"
Joseph shook his head decisively.
"That's right. It's precisely because the murderer wanted to see what happened, that he didn't kill anyone and silence him." Roy sighed, "The whole plan has been implemented almost perfectly. Now there is only one last step..."
"The last step?" Joseph asked in confusion: "Do they have anyone else to deal with?"
"Everything that needs to be dealt with has been dealt with, but in the end they need," Roy looked at Joseph and said slowly, "Find a scapegoat!"
Upon hearing this, Joseph felt the hairs on his body stand on end, and the color on his face completely faded.
Who is this scapegoat? Needless to say?
"It's really killing three birds with one stone." Roy said leisurely: "Killing the county bishop also freed up the positions of the county bishop and the priest of Meiding City, and quietly arranged for his own people. The entire Western District Holy See,
The world is completely his. From now on, I’m afraid no one will cause trouble for him anymore!”
Joseph was trembling all over.
Not to mention that he believed Roy's words at the moment, even if he had doubts, the fact that he would obviously become the scapegoat for this tragedy was enough to make him feel resentful towards the Bishop of the Western District. His future was already in a mess, and why?
The Bishop of the Western District is thinking too much!
"Sir..." Joseph begged with a sad face: "Since you know the truth, can you..."
"What can I do?" Roy glanced at Joseph: "Do you think my guess can be counted?"
"If you can count, you can count!" Joseph gritted his teeth and said, "This is simply a conspiracy, sir. The matter couldn't be more clear. The man behind the scenes is the Bishop of the West District!"
Roy remained silent. The dwarf ax spirit was dumbfounded and speechless.
As soon as the little fox made up all the nonsense, Joseph jumped in on his own, and now he wished he could accuse the Bishop of the Western District and kill him.
He...this little bastard's mind is really beyond the reach of ordinary people!
"It doesn't matter what you say. The only one who really has the final say is the archbishop!" Roy was silent for a while, then shook his head and said, "However, it is obvious that he will not listen to us."
"What should we do?" Joseph was almost desperate. He knelt down and said, "Sir, you can't just ignore death and let those villains who blasphemed the Holy Father succeed."
"Since I came to you, I just don't want him to succeed!" Roy gritted his teeth and said, "I will never forgive the guy who killed the county bishop!"
"The one who killed the county bishop was a level five monster." The dwarf ax spirit rolled his eyes.
"Sir, then..." After hearing that there was a little hope, Joseph asked hopefully.
"Can I trust you?" Roy looked into Joseph's eyes.
"Yes, of course I can!" Joseph swore without hesitation: "In the name of the Holy Father..."
"That's enough!" Roy waved his hand and looked at Joseph coldly: "I don't need anyone to swear. Since we want to cooperate, you should show greater sincerity."
"Sincerity?" Joseph was already desperate. He turned around half a circle, and suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. He pushed the door open and walked out. After a while, he quickly came back.
"This is?" Roy looked at the parchment that Joseph handed him in confusion.
"Devil's contract!" Joseph said with a livid face, gritted his teeth, cut his finger with a knife, and dripped blood on the contract.
"This is the cult's contract of allegiance to the devil. If I betray you, as long as you send this thing to the Inquisition..."
The room became quiet, Roy stared at Joseph and put away the contract.
"Then, from today on, my partner is you. You will replace the county bishop and work with me to eliminate these scum of the Holy Religion!"
"I..." The blood on Joseph's face surged, and he was so excited that he could not speak coherently: "Sir... I will do my best!"
"Don't worry," Roy said, "I already have an idea. Since we are in the same boat, I will definitely help you get through this. Not only will you pass, we will also fight for the position of county bishop!"
"County Bishop?" Joseph felt that he was almost knocked unconscious by the happiness that fell from the sky. His mind went blank. He asked cautiously: "Are you planning to..."
"First of all, we need to get the support of the Archbishop." Roy said: "After all, seriously speaking, this matter has little to do with you. You can take the blame, or others can take the blame. If we can vote with the Archbishop
What you like, let him remember your affection..."
"Saddle!" Joseph's eyes lit up immediately!
How could I forget that this person in front of me is a lone wolf who knows a new type of magic pattern? If he carefully makes a "Knight's Base" and gives it to Archbishop Lulian, don't say that this matter has little to do with him, even if
It really matters, but it’s nothing to the Archbishop!
"The saddle is just the first step." Roy said: "The various indicators of the Medin City Church seem to be a little behind now. If I help you rush up, you can communicate more with the adults. I can't buy some outside."
What you got. Do you think the Bishop of the Western District can still touch you casually?"
Joseph put his hands together, knelt down sincerely, and prostrated himself on the ground.
Roy's cold voice came to his ears.
"Of course, we can't let go of those scum. We must eradicate those who cross our path, including those from Philip and the Holy See of Pompeii!"
Joseph's body trembled, then he gritted his teeth and stabilized.
"This is a bloody road, we have to fight all the way! Do you understand?" Roy said sharply.