285 A slap in the face
"Is the news true?" The white-haired old woman's eyes were bright, putting great pressure on her subordinates.
"Very sure!" The middle-aged man in white robe below nodded repeatedly: "Since four days ago, a group of people holding royal tokens have been secretly active... They privately interrogated many people, as if looking for a girl! And it is said that the girl had appeared in Bailita Town..."
"Belita Town in the east? A girl from the east?" the white-haired old woman murmured, and a cold light seemed to ejaculate between her drooping eyelids. "Did that guy Steve discovered something?"
As the elder of the referee and one of the three highest-ranking people in the Holy See, Ms. Megan, the "God Punisher", actually knows many secrets.
For example, Osborne was not a real prophet.
For example, the "prophetic heresy" that the Holy See is trying to find may be the real prophet.
But to the outside world, the Holy See has always been tight-lipped. After all, it is impossible to claim that Osborne is a prophet while looking for the real prophet everywhere. It is not only a contradictory issue, but more importantly, the Pope is worried that once someone knows that the real prophet is still in the people, someone will be ahead of the Holy See!
And now, the Pope's most worried thing seems to have happened... Steve is actually looking for someone quietly.
Elder Meghan personally visited Jumo City and had two secret tasks. One of them was of course to take action against Maritime Minister Steve, while the other was to find the prophet and bring it back to the Cathedral of Light! The Pope used a special method a few days ago to learn that the real prophet was probably a "girl from the east"... At this critical moment, Maritime Minister Steve sent a group of secret subordinates to inquire about the mysterious girl from Bailita Town. Elder Meghan couldn't help but think wrong!
The town of Belita is originally located in the eastern front of the Kingdom of Carl, not far from the Gasili Sea.
"Snap to check, has the cabinet already known the secret?" The old white-haired woman waved her hand and sent her subordinates away, and immediately wrote this sentence quickly on a metal plate full of runes.
While waiting for a reply, Elder Megan was restless and paced back and forth in the room with her snow-white sickle.
When looking for a true prophet, if the Holy See doesn't want any force to know, it must be the Carl royal family! But Steve is one of the nine important officials of the Carl royal family!
A moment later, the news came back.
"The cabinet is not aware of it." There is only such a short sentence on the metal plate.
However, as if she had made up some decision for the white-haired old woman, she grinned, wiped the sickle, and suddenly disappeared into the room.
If the cabinet is not aware of it, and it is just Maritime Secretary Steve who suspects that he is investigating and collecting evidence, then that is just right!
No one knows that Elder Meghan's other secret mission on this trip was Steve himself. For Pope Arnold, who had little lifespan, the cabinet has become the biggest stumbling block in his plan. Unfortunately, the other eight old ministers of the previous dynasty were not fuel-efficient. They were always surrounded by many guards! In contrast, they were on their own mission to Jumo City and were the youngest maritime minister, and they were undoubtedly the easiest prey to succeed.
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Castle Lord's Castle.
In the quiet courtyard where the royal mission stayed, Steve's chest was undulating? Still feeling sulky.
The last question of "Jane Tozel" just now made him so angry that his chest was tight? It completely lost a trace of inexplicable affection for this mysterious girl contestant!
Steve married into the Hesel family, changed his surname to Hesel and inherited the family business of the old maritime minister? He even left his wife angry? This incident was originally a hot topic in the upper circle of the kingdom. Later, as Steve gradually settled in the position of Maritime Minister? He made many achievements, the voice of criticism gradually became smaller in recent years!
As one of the nine important officials, no one has dared to mention this in front of him for several years... Except for Flinda, she is still unwilling to go back to Wang Ting with him? It seems that everything is on the right track.
"Forget it, why bother with that ignorant guy? There are more important things in front of you. If you find your daughter, maybe Flinda can reconcile with me..." Steve looked at the night sky? Try to take a deep breath? Calm yourself.
The night sky is full of stars, and the moon tonight is running to its most round state, and it looks so perfect.
However, in Steve's eyes, the night sky suddenly rotated, and all the stars and the moon were moving in an arc. He seemed to hear the roar of the guards in his ears? The earth rolled close to his eyes, and Steve seemed to feel his neck cold? His brain was also a little slow, until he saw his tilted headless corpse? He finally understood what happened... He was beheaded?
But then, his consciousness became blurred.
"Who!" When a group of royal soldiers roared into the courtyard? Surround the invaders? When the Jumo City patrol in the distance also came to hear the news? The torches illuminated the courtyard, and people could see clearly that the perpetrator was a white-haired old woman!
At this moment, she looked helpless, holding Steve's head in her left hand, holding a long-handled snow-white sickle in her right hand, gently swinging away the blood on it, and sighed to the sky: "Had family, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is indeed a profound foundation. Let's come out."
People looked at each other, and because they recognized the identity of the invaders, even the guards who swore allegiance did not dare to take action for a while.
Who would have thought that the assassin who entered the lord's castle at night would be the elder of the referee of the Holy See of Light?
The next moment, Marchesno and Flinda appeared together. When he saw the head in Megan's hand, Flinda's body shook suddenly, and a hint of disbelief appeared on his face.
"You killed him?" The great wizard murmured to himself, as if a hundred emotions were circling in his chest, and he choked his throat for a moment, and his whole body seemed to turn into a sculpture.
"Elder Megan, what do you mean?" The city lord Marchesno's reaction was even more irritable. "You actually killed a cabinet minister on the territory of our Halde family? You'd better have a good reason! Otherwise, you don't want to leave today!"
The old woman in white robe squinted her eyes and didn't say anything.
The silent confrontation between the three sub-legends made the air in the courtyard seem to have become solid.
At this time, Steve's headless corpse had a strange change - black smoke rose, and his body seemed to suddenly become corrosive, burning holes in the luxurious clothes, revealing the black skin with abscesses inside. The black blood gushed out of the broken neck also burned all the flowers and plants they touched, and a strong sour smell filled the courtyard.
The onlookers changed their qualities and retreated with their noses covering their backs.
"I don't think I need to say anything more, right?" The white-haired old woman shrugged at this time and sighed, "As you see, he has long defected to the Abyss Church, and eradicating heresy has always been the duty of the Inquisition."
Marchesno stared at the corpse on the ground with a look of surprise.
But Flinda, who knew Steve better, shook her head in a daze: "Impossible... This is absolutely impossible..."
However, they could not deny what they saw in front of them.
The dark aura that surged from the corpse was real.
Unless everyone present is killed tonight, this is an ironclad fact! A person with dark power is killed, and no one can blame someone who takes action. Just like on the first day of the Jumo City Competition, Elder Meghan beheaded a contestant in public. Although this move ruined Jumo City's face, the competition continued as usual later?
In the end, no one stopped the old woman from the white robe from leaving.
But with her, the news of the death of Maritime Minister Steve. With the help of the power of the magic sandbox, this important news almost immediately reached Carl King's Ting. After several changes, it was finally placed in front of the Dragon Head Prime Minister!
"Steve was beheaded...the God-Punisher...the Holy See..."
After a glance at a few lines of text, I learned about the dragon's appearance in all situations, and slowly stood up. In the eyes of the ferocious dragon bone crown, the fire swayed violently.
A strong wind gradually emerged beside him, and he rushed open the door heavily, making a loud bang, and Long Xiang's body was wrapped in a gust of wind to leave.
Cathedral of Light.
Although it was already late at night, the magnificent building still had countless lamps on it. The most devout believers were still whispering in the chapel, and the missionary pastors recited scriptures while sang their blessings.
But suddenly a gust of wind came, rolled up all the people and sent them five hundred meters away from the church.
Countless lights suddenly went out, and the Cathedral of Light fell into darkness.
The wind was filled with sand, crackling the colorful crystal windows, and the powerful wind pressure pressed all the priests to the ground and could not move.
A huge tornado column was formed in front of the main entrance of the cathedral. A huge black shadow could be seen looming in it, and his magma-like eyes stared coldly at a window of the church's highest steeple tower.
The window suddenly opened.
Pope Arnold's old hunched figure appeared there... his wrinkled face and godless eyes were like an old man stepping into a coffin, but he was the only priest present who could stand under the pressure of the wind.
"Dragon Prince visited late at night, was it because of the maritime minister?" the pope sighed softly.
"You have the courage to pretend not to know!" The roar of the tornado turned into words, but only the Pope could hear it. "Because of the Great Sage's prophecy, I have been tolerant of the little movements of the Holy See during this period, just because the overall situation is the most important... But if the Pope thought he could kill a cabinet minister at will without taking responsibility, it would be outrageous."
"I don't know what you are talking about?" Pope Arnold narrowed his eyes. "It is indeed a pity that Steve defected to the Abyss Church, but it has nothing to do with the Holy See..."
However, before he finished speaking, a violent airflow suddenly stretched out from the tornado pillar and crashed straight into the window where the pope was!
The window was wide open, and the Pope had no time to react, so he was slapped loudly by a palm stretching out from the wind!
Bang!
The slap was strong and powerful. The shriveled skin on Pope Arnold's face was swollen halfway. The gorgeous triple crown on his head was flying there. He could still stand calmly and speak in the wind, but at this moment, his eyes were filled with Venus and could not find North, and his hands and feet were half kneeling on the ground, with buzzing in his ears.
"I'm not here to argue with you." Long Xiang's cold voice came from the wind, "This is a warning. Steve is the first and last cabinet minister who dares to move. He honestly fulfills the duties of the Holy See and helps the Kingdom of Carl through this catastrophe. Otherwise, the next time will be no more than a slap."
As soon as he finished speaking, the tornado pillar suddenly disappeared.
At this moment, all the extinguished lights of the Cathedral of Light were lit again, and the windows washed away by the wind closed again. In the blink of an eye, the believers were sent back to their original place by the strong wind, and all the messy things were returned to their place, as if everything just now was an illusion.
However, in the highest room in the church, an old man could not calm down for a long time.
Pope Arnold got up tremblingly, held up the triple crown with his trembling hands, moved to the soft chair and sat down slowly, his eyes changing.
When was the last time Long Xiang took action? It's been so long that people almost forgot the terribleness of previous Long Xiangs.
This slap made Pope Arnold put away all his contempt for the current Dragon. Although he was cursed by the demon, his body was getting old, he was at least a powerful sub-legacy! The Cathedral of Light is his home court, with the blessing of many rune formations, but here he had no power to fight back.
Chapter completed!