Chapter 567 Post-war Aftermath (Second Update Asking for a Monthly Pass)
As the illusory colors faded, the new Pope Anastasia, the King of Angels Mecantron, and the Knights Templar leader Melmos disappeared in Rentatt.
When the light of the teleportation array gradually dimmed, Hathaway's usual indifferent voice was stained with a little complex emotions, and she said in a low voice:
"Elemental decomposition".
Papa, the super-large teleportation array, which had been severely damaged under the eternal sun, completely disintegrated into many elements, either deposited or dissipated, and never regained its original appearance.
The fulcrum of this Southern Church to rule the area across the Storm Strait has finally disappeared, marking the official farewell of the Southern Church forces to the Four Countries of the Strait and the Northern Coastal Corridor.
"It's a pity, if it weren't for the grace of the gods...... Oliver regretted not expanding the results.
Atlanta's expertise in illusions and curses was of little use under the pure violent "Eternal Sun", so he looked quite embarrassed, but he looked contented, closed his eyes again, and laughed: "Oliver, greed is a psychological loophole that can be exploited. None of our seventeen legendary magicians lost a single one, and they gained control of the Storm Strait, won the defection of six epic knights, and greatly increased their strength, what else are you dissatisfied with?"
He said this was well-founded, because the "Master of Shapeshifting" Erica is back, the "Lord of Qi" Herculi is back, the "Revenant Lord" Vicente is back, the "Hammer of the Void" Bedrenka has arrived on behalf of the sincerity of the Kingdom of Brianna, and the "Nightwalker" in the distance has also moved closer.
In this way, the legendary power that the council can mobilize has reached twenty-three, truly surpassing the nineteen legendary dark councils, and there are more legendary peak powerhouses, and the organization and cohesion are far superior - even when there are only eighteen legends, the other forces regard the Magic Council as an organization that surpasses the dark council, because the dark council is a super loose alliance, and the vampires and werewolves can't wait to beat each other's brains out, and the immemorial dragons are extremely arrogant and look down on any race other than the vampires.
Similarly, the Northern Church itself only has fifteen legends, of which only the Pope is the peak of legends, with power close to the god-like level in a short period of time, which is weaker than the Magic Council, but the Shahran Empire and other northern kingdoms and principalities also have twelve epic knights, and the entire force adds up to twenty-seven legends.
As a result, the Magic Council and the areas under its control became a real second force.
Before Oliver could answer, he saw the "creator" David returning surrounded by the golem army, he was a thin and slightly sluggish "young man" who only showed fanaticism when he saw the golems and other things he had made.
David smiled slightly and said: "Let Stone run away."
Then, he added: "I was shocked by the fall of the Pope, and before he could come to his senses, he fled decisively, and the Knights of the Holy Grail were controlled by me."
"The Knights of the Holy Grail are handed over to Natasha, this is a prior promise, she will let Richard transform them into the Royal Apologetic Knights, if those knights can't be transformed, they will ......" Douglas didn't have much mercy to the enemy, and his eyes turned to the other side, "Oliver, you and David go after Stone. Although he may have escaped far away now, you can't catch up, but your main purpose is to put pressure on him and prevent him from destroying along the way."
"Yes." Oliver was regretting not killing a member of the Cardinal Order himself, and was so interested in this that he pulled David and chased after him.
The sky over Rentat suddenly became quiet, as if the previous battle of the divine descent technique and the eternal blazing sun was just an illusion.
Seeing this, Douglas sighed with slight joy and broke the silence: "This operation was originally expected to bring down one or two legends, but we didn't expect Salde to give us a surprise, if he hadn't consumed Benedict II's first divine descent technique, 'Silver Moon' and 'Abyss' would probably be waiting for us to consume."
"Even if the possibility of success on the side of the Dark Council is very low due to the rush of time, the church has lost the three saints Anthony, Augusta, and Sald, as well as Beaver, the Holy Spirit pastor, plus Anastasia has become the new pope, it is unclear whether the remaining three Holy Spirit pastors will return to the Holy City, and the Southern Church can be described as a heavy loss."
"I announce that the 'Mushroom Cloud' project has been successfully completed!"
Hearing Douglas' final announcement, the post-war silence was completely erased and it became relaxed and pleasant, which meant that the magicians no longer had to worry about being assassinated by the Night's Watch at any time, and they no longer had to worry about the enemy next to the headquarters.
Seeing that the atmosphere was lively, Douglas laughed and said: "Hathaway, you asked the magicians of the Holm Branch to match Richard to gather the clergy in the kingdom and incorporate them into the new church, so that there will be no collapse and chaos. In the future, we will be able to carry out joint research projects on divinity with organizations such as the State Church of Holm."
Hathaway nodded and instructed the magicians of the Holm Branch through ancient communication techniques - at this time, the electromagnetic environment was still quite chaotic.
Then, Douglas looked at Vicente, Holt, Erica, Atlante, Helen, and Hercule: "Fernando and I have always tolerated the existence of organizations such as the Pale Hand, the Elemental Will, the Silvermoon Song Alliance, the Wizard's House, and Palmeira's Hut within the Council, hoping that one day, you will be able to contribute to the Council.
"The only requirement is that the presidents and vice presidents of each branch will be uniformly appointed by the Supreme Council."
Douglas, who had a high prestige, made a request with the power of great victory, but indirectly acknowledged the influence of several major organizations on their respective spheres of influence, so legendary magicians such as Vicente had no objection to the convergence of some powers, and they themselves were members of the Supreme Council.
"From now on, Atlante and I will take turns guarding the Principality of Calais." Erica took the lead in expressing her position, and the rest of the legendary magicians also promised to divide different "parishes" to maintain like the church, and prepare to build a strait defense fortress.
At this time, "Night Walker" Winston received a message from the nobles below, understood their unanimous choice, and said with a smile on his face: "Holm is the safest place, I already have a premonition of my ease."
At this point, the tradition that magicians could not enter Nexer Palace in the past would definitely be broken, so that Hathaway and David would also take care of the outer defense of Nexer Palace when they took care of the Elemental Will and the Royal Magic Tower of Holm.
After a short meeting and exchange, the legendary powerhouses left separately, and Hathaway and Winston descended into the hall of the House of Lords, because there were still some things that had not yet been resolved.
Natasha took back the "Sword of Truth", looked at Winston and said, "Your Excellency Winston, where is Your Excellency Ketonia?"
"He refused to cooperate with the council and fled Rentat." Winston told the truth.
Duke Ketonia's face suddenly turned pale, but there was a hint of happiness that his ancestors had not died at least, and his situation would be much better.
Natasha pursed her lips slightly, turned her head to look at the noble councilors and said, "Now, I request a trial for a murder case against the murder of the former Crown Prince Patrick."
Most of the nobles looked at her in astonishment, not understanding what was going on, while Duke James and the others were a little worried, has it finally come to this point? Coctonia hasn't been removed yet!
Natasha took the flesh and blood and different test reports: "This is the flesh and blood on my uncle Patrick, and according to the magic of the cells, it was found that he was at least two years older than he really was. The test results came from the Pale Hand and the Elemental Will respectively, and they were objective and fair, so I have reason to believe that Crown Prince Patrick died of murder, a murder that accelerated by time!"
Hearing her words, the murderer was self-evident, and Duke Ketonia shook his head in panic: "I don't know, I don't know anything, really."
Natasha didn't look at him, but looked at Duke Rex: "At that time, in Nexer Palace, only three people witnessed everything, one was Sald, one was Ktonia, and one was Duke Rex you, so I proposed to the House that Duke Rex cooperate with the investigation of the magicians and clergy."
Rex had a bitter smile on his face, shook his head and said, "No need, I admit that it was Ketonia who was ordered by His Majesty the King to do it, and I acted as a bystander and perjury."
"What? Is it my grandfather?" Natasha was a little emotionally difficult to accept.
The other nobles had almost the same expression.
Duke Rex smiled more ugly than he cried: "His Majesty the King has always wanted to return to the embrace of the Church of Truth, and he has been ...... with His Highness the Prince for a long time."
He didn't continue, but sighed and said: "As a nobleman, I have been very tormented to watch my lord be murdered but not to stop it, but to give false testimony. I have made a big mistake and will clear my name, Your Majesty, I hope you can lead Holm on the path of strength."
As soon as the words fell, before the two legends could stop it, Duke Rex's eyes lost color and he fell softly on his seat.
Natasha sighed slightly: "Duke Rex's crime is not too serious, he also committed suicide to deserve his guilt, so the punishment for the Frenburg family is as follows, the duke title is reduced to count, and the territory and property beyond this range are recovered, everyone, do you have any objections?"
Although Her Majesty returned the judicial power to the House of Commons, Rex was already dead, and the punishment was not serious compared to the crime, so both enlightened and conservative parties expressed their agreement and let the proposal pass smoothly.
Then Natasha looked at Duke Ketonia and said: "The epic knight Ketonia murdered the crown prince, the human and physical evidence are all there, what do you want to say?"
Duke Ketonia swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said with difficulty: "He did this, I really don't know, no one in the family knows."
The other nobles suddenly became nervous, fearing that the queen would be too aggressive and cause Ktonia to run amok, which would be very dangerous for her and the members of the Holm royal family, even implicating her friends and subjects.
Natasha smiled slightly sadly: "According to the Code, Ketonia was sentenced to hanging, deprived of all titles of the Ketonia family, recovered fiefdoms and property, and sentenced to ten years in prison for direct members, what do you think?"
She did not propose exile, because it would simply allow them to make peace with Ketonia and re-establish themselves in the Northland.
This was the most fair treatment, and the nobles had no objections, the only problem was that the death row inmate Ketonia had not yet been brought to justice.
Natasha once again drew the "Sword of Truth" and issued a charge command:
"Ketonia will be executed by my own hands!"
This is the goal she gave herself, and it is also uncompromising for her strong strength.
Originally, she could have been harsher on the Ketonia family, but she understood that she was not alone, she had a father, a lover, an elder, a family, and could not act willfully, and she did not think that implicating others was the spirit of chivalry.
At this time, Richard walked in and said to Natasha: "Your Majesty, the cardinals and bishops have been sent to various cities in the kingdom to gather other clergy. I have several religious bills here that I want to pass by the parliament, after all, the new denomination will be closely integrated with the nobility."
"You will rub the document for the nobles to see." Natasha nodded.
After receiving the document, the nobles quickly flipped through it and found that they and others enjoyed many religious rights, so they voted without hesitation, and the new speaker of the House elected by the nobles, Duke Sorenfjen, read out:
「…… Her Majesty the Queen, her descendants and successors, all future kings of this kingdom, shall be proclaimed, recognized, and called the sole supreme leader of the Church of Holm on earth, and shall receive and enjoy all the rights and glory of this throne, including supreme jurisdiction over the clergy!"
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The hustle and soul dissipated, Natasha's face showed rare exhaustion and sentimentality, her uncle was actually killed by her grandfather's order, which was really cruel and unacceptable.
Walking out of the House of Lords, seeing the handsome man in a black double-breasted long dress standing outside, seeing his moonlit smile, Natasha blinked her eyes and walked quickly to him, regardless of the surprised eyes of the nobles behind her, hugged him gently, and relieved many negative emotions with the help of that warmth, and then, she joked in a low voice:
"From today onwards, anyone who slanders the Queen as a heretic and questions the legality of her marriage will be considered treason."
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Across the Storm Strait, Stewart, where some low-level clergy gathered, the strong smell of sulfur wafted out.
A blurry black shadow looked in the direction of Holm and shook his head: "This monster ......"
The "King of Angels" can use his own identity to cover up, and he can also use his reputation to develop, by the way, remind the guys of the Magic Council.
Tomorrow at the third watch will end the month successfully, everyone has a monthly pass, don't forget to vote, it's the last day~
(End of this chapter)