Episode 134 Identity Revealed (2)
Leave it alone?
Did I tell you to leave such heretics alone?
Is it true that the saint is sane! How can you tell us not to punish heretics with the doctrine of being a saint!
“Holy saint, how can you say such a thing?”
As befits a leader of a country, there was no sign of excitement towards the pope.
He just looked at Ray as if he didn’t understand.
he said, facing the pope.
“If you punish them now, it will only instill vigilance in Proxia. The pope needs to wait in order to completely eradicate the germ of heresy.”
At Ray’s words, the Pope thought for a moment.
Then he shook his head.
“That’s not to say. How can those gathered under the benevolent Lord Gaia pretend not to know even if they see heretics? I will defeat them one by one with fairness and fairness. Gaia-sama will be more pleased with that side.”
Ray’s face darkened slightly.
If the plan was followed, it would be enough to wipe out the sprouts of Proxia, but that bastard’s faith started to get in the way.
He also forgot, but this was a holy kingdom.
It is a place where there are many people who will choose faith by leaving simple and efficient methods behind.
There was no way the head of such a place would agree so easily.
Even as Ray, there was nothing he could do if the Pope refused.
In special circumstances, such as wartime, the Pope’s power grows enormously.
As such a pope firmly affirmed, there was no last resort left.
A person with such fanatical religious beliefs would not change his mind even if a sword was inserted into his throat.
‘Whoa… It’s embarrassing.’
Ray let out a small sigh and nodded.
“All right. Do as His Holiness wills. However, beware of neighboring countries. We do not know exactly what the force called Proxia is, but it is certain that it is not a single force.”
The pope replied with a firm expression.
“I will.”
The first thing Ray brought up about the neighboring countries to the pope was to convey the meaning of not trusting them too much.
It is quite doubtful that an unknown force invaded the Holy Land, but the closest ones did not send reinforcements.
I came to the Pope because I felt a bit lacking in handling this task with my own strength, but he said he would defeat each one.
If this happened, I couldn’t do it at all than not talking at all.
If the Pope starts touching the spies planted in the Holy Kingdom, Proxia, who noticed the movement of the Holy Kingdom, will start to fall out of the front line.
Then, Ray, who sent seven receivers to the neighboring countries, would have done nothing.
Things will go back to when Proxia just came in a month ago.
However, there was no other choice now.
Even the pope expressed his refusal to his opinion in a situation where he did not even know who the leader was.
‘I’d rather not speak.’
No matter how much, I believed that since he was the leader of the country, he would make a slightly different choice than his faith.
I did not think that people would only pursue faith in a situation where the people were dying and the troops were gradually decreasing.
However, their faith far exceeded Ray’s thoughts.
Even in a situation where the life and death of the country is at stake, it is for the sake of faith.
Ray bowed to the pope again and left the audience room.
I asked for an audience to get more than my budget, but I came out without even getting my money’s worth.
* * *
The seven receiving committees were moving to other countries.
Its speed was like the wind.
The enemy asked as if passing by.
“I did the investigation as ordered by the Holy Son… I never thought even the priest Gehel would be involved…
”
Jeok-young laughed at Heol-young’s answer.
“Funny. For the first time in history, when there are two saints, this is the era of the culling of the Holy Kingdom.”
They didn’t say anything for a while.
The seven trustees are also part of the holy kingdom.
There was no way his faith was small.
However, seeing Seongguk gradually fall into ruin, I was angry, but I thought that something was breaking.
The fear that the place they have been and the place they can stay will disappear.
It made their hearts heavy.
I tried to move on command, but the thought didn’t completely disappear.
On the way, I saw corpses left carelessly and people crying while holding them.
In the dusty ruins, a landscape that could not be described in words was revealed.
There are only bloodstains on the streets that used to be full of happiness.
What sins did they have to suffer like that?
In order to reduce even one sorrow, the only answer was to get rid of Proxia as soon as possible.
Hongyeong accelerated while holding the sleeping Soyoung in her arms.
* * *
Ray returned straight to his mansion.
“I really don’t understand. The country is going to ruin, what are you thinking?”
Doing something inefficient when you don’t know what it might be?
It may have been the best attitude for a believer who serves a god, but it was the worst choice for a leader.
In the end, it will be the people who suffer from the pope’s choices.
Ray shook his head and began to think.
‘Proxia suffered a loss in Gehel. start to fall? Or will it drive all the way to Selonia again?’
With so little information, I couldn’t make any predictions.
Maybe this kind of troop loss is nothing to Proxia.
The number of sword masters they possessed so far is known to be six.
If it was a tolerable small to medium-sized kingdom, it was enough to destroy it.
If troops similar to this were still left among them, it could act as an unexpected variable.
For example, if you give up advancing to the Holy Kingdom and aim for another kingdom.
If that happens, other kingdoms will have no choice but to submit to Proxia.
Unless it was a powerful country like the Lessian Empire, there would be no kingdom that could stand against them as a single force.
If you gradually get rid of the kingdoms one by one, only their power will grow.
I don’t know how big it will grow, but in the worst case, I didn’t know that I wouldn’t even be able to stop it.
Now was the perfect time to erase the buds, but I couldn’t move alone unless the pope objected.
Even if you are a saint, you cannot move the entire kingdom with only military force and contribution to war.
Ray, who was distracted by sitting and standing up and squatting frantically, finally shook his head once to shake his thoughts.
“Whoa… I can’t help it. If you ask the necromancer, something will come out one by one.”
He thought that no matter how much Necromancer was a black magician who was ostracized from the continent, he would be impressed by his sincere concern for the people and confess the truth.
If not, there was also enough willingness to force them to admire it.
Ray first moved to Eclay’s mansion.
Because there were a few things to take care of there.
* * *
Upon reaching the heavily guarded dungeon, the gatekeepers recognized him and gasped.
“Huh! I see you, Holy Son!”
“Meet the saint! You are awake!”
“Ahaha. Did I sleep too much?”
“no.”
Everyone already knew how much he suffered and ran for the sake of the kingdom.
No one could say anything to him that he had only slept for a month.
Ray said to the guards.
“I want to meet the necromancer for a moment, is that possible?”
“Ecclei-sama has ordered us to open the door immediately if the Holy Son comes.”
“Miss Eclay?”
“yes. The Holy Son wants to interrogate you.”
The guard spoke and opened the large gate.
“He is downstairs. Please forgive me for not being able to guide you as that area is beyond my jurisdiction.”
“are you okay. Then, have a good time at work.”
Ray greeted me with a leather bag in his hand and strode into the prison.
Then, from the entrance of the prison, the faces of the miserable people were peeped out.
This is a place where only the heinous among the criminals are selected and put in.
Starting with the fallen nobles, if you look carefully, there will be even heretics.
They looked at Ray, who was cleanly dressed in sincerity, and stretched out his hand.
“I’m sorry! Originally, I wasn’t meant to be in a place like this!”
“Get me out! Get me out of here!”
Ray looked at them indifferently.
Coming all the way here means that I have committed a crime.
To be honest, there was not a single one of those who were imprisoned here who felt unfair, as would be the case with other prisons.
This is because you cannot come to this prison if you are not sure of your guilt in the first place.
Putting a dagger in someone’s chest and killing someone again.
The screams of those who destroyed everything others had worked hard to build were beyond his consideration.
The noise subsided only after passing through the first floor and descending to the third basement floor.
The lowest floor of Selonia Prison.
Only silence, as if no one was there, lingered on the floor.
A presence was felt in the most remote corner of the lowest floor.
Ray walked there and spoke to the old man who was lying there.
“long time no see?”
The old man responded to the voice.
“Cluck. I wondered when he would come…”
He raised the old body from his back and looked at Ray.
Eyes filled with venom collided with Ray’s pupils.
“Yes… Has the Seongguk situation gotten much worse?”
“that’s right. It’s so damn shit because it’s Proxia or something.”
“Heh heh. That is good news to hear.”
“So I came to ask you some questions.”
At those words that came naturally, the necromancer just laughed.
“Do you think this old lady will be obedient?”
“no. I don’t think so.”
Ray said with a sinister smile.
“Please don’t speak softly. Do I have a lot of time right now? Hehehe.”
He spoke and opened the leather bag.
Then, quite a few medical tools were revealed.
From unknown liquids to blades that make your hamstrings tingle just by looking at them.
Ray rummaged through his bag and pulled out a book.
It was a medical book.
He even went to Eclay’s lab and brought books and tools.
To be honest, at this point, it would be more correct to say that he came for a medical experiment rather than saying he came to interrogate the necromancer.
His eyes contemplating what to use first were those of the devil.
The old man, who had never opened his mouth to any kind of torture, felt that something was wrong as he watched it.
