Chapter 158 Karin prepares to go to Frost Moon Royal City

If we use the terminology from the game "Deep Moon", then unfortunately, the challenge level of the sewer Scourge stronghold is obviously beyond the capabilities of this team of guards plus the Torchlight Church paladins and priests.

There are multiple top-level professionals, a large number of densely packed skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, as well as high-level professionals and elite-level Scourge cultists.

It is very likely that at the very beginning, when the cultists of the God of Struggle launched a full-scale invasion and tried to overthrow the Frost Moon Kingdom in the civil war, they decided to cooperate with the Scourge Cult.

It is even possible that the Scourge Cult had already taken root in the royal city even earlier, when the old king was still in power.

As a result, the cult annihilation team sent by the king had no way to deal with it. Fortunately, there were top-level professionals in the team, and they managed to escape back with many people and report the situation to the king.

The king and the bishop stationed in Frost Moon City fell silent as they looked at the knights, believers, and paladins who had escaped back from the palace, their bodies filthy, covered with curses of death, and filled with bloody wounds.

The king and the bishop were both relatively down-to-earth. At least the king of the Frost Moon Kingdom was somewhat different from some kings who stayed in the palace and ignored worldly affairs. He did not despise these injured and dirty guards and received them in the palace.

Nor did they think that they fled back out of weakness.

Soon, the king, who understood the situation, sent people to treat those who had escaped, and then discussed how to deal with the matter with the bishop.

After expressing the intention to increase the donation to the Torch Church, the bishop of the Torch Church agreed to seek help from the headquarters.

The bishop of the Torch Church did not want to be so materialistic, but he was well aware that the finances of the Torch Church headquarters were already very tight, so he would try his best to provide any support he could.

The intelligence that the Torch Church has been sending out from time to time in recent years has been shocking. He doubts whether the Torch Church, which has begun to split, can ever be reunited.

But he is a beginner who is loyal to the Saint, and he hopes that the flame of the Torch Church can always illuminate the darkness of this world.

But now his ideals and the knowledge he learned in the church in the past don't seem to be working well, but he can't find a way to improve it, nor can he think of a way to save the Torch Church.

Maybe the world doesn't need the Torch Church that much anymore.

Rand learned these things in the court of nobles.

Sheran, who was sitting next to Rand, whispered to Rand what had happened recently.

Now the nobles have gradually learned that there are a large number of undead and Scourge cultists living under the royal city. I guess everyone has been having trouble sleeping these past few days.

At least in today's noble court, Rand saw that many nobles had dark circles under their eyes.

Rand actually also had dark circles under his eyes, but it was not because of the Scourge Cult in the sewer system of the royal city. After all, he only found out about it now.

Because all the balls were cancelled and no one was holding any banquets in the past few days, he stayed in the mansion all day, either soaking in the bathtub or exercising in bed.

Or working on a dish or a new cocktail in the kitchen.

But unfortunately, the only successful one was Tequila Sunrise. At least Rand, Ellie and Olenna liked its sweet and sour taste.

Rand didn't have any other entertainment activities. In fact, he could have developed some gambling projects, but he didn't do so because of his natural aversion to this kind of entertainment.

Rand believed that gambling-related entertainment would corrupt the human soul, so he did not do so.

But he did try something, such as making some board games that he had played in his previous life.

This is very complicated. All he remembers is a card board game full of "kill" and "flash" that he is working hard on drawing.

If we really make it in the future, let’s just call it “Deep Moon Killing”.

Rand continued to listen attentively to Shelan's explanation of the current situation. Although the Earl of the Stag was being tried on the stage, neither Shelan nor Rand was very worried.

It was learned that the bishop of the Torch Church had sent members to the Torch Church to seek help.

In fact, if the power of the royal city is gathered together, these cultists can be completely wiped out, but obviously, the king is well aware of the cost and difficulty, and feels that it is better to delay for a while and wait for the professionals of the Torch Church to arrive.

This means we have to bear some risks of the Scourge Cult continuing to cause trouble during this period.

Rand was quite in agreement with this. The people of the Torch Church were good at dealing with this kind of cultists, although Rand planned to let the Church of the Goddess of Abundance take over this responsibility in the future if the Torch Church collapsed.

He had already thought of a name, the Church of Abundance, which was in charge of the harvest. Anyway, he was an agricultural student and was good at farming. The Church of Abundance did not sound like a cult, so he had a chance.

In the future, it will be unlikely to gain the support of these nobles and royal families directly through missionary work. They have already witnessed the strength of the Torch Church and will certainly not allow the emergence of new churches to dictate to them or even bully them.

However, using force is certainly possible.

On the stage, as the evidence was gradually presented, witnesses continued to make statements.

Count Feihu should have given up his excuses.

In fact, the evidence is not completely one-sided in favor of the Earl of Stag, but the current aristocratic court does not only look at the evidence.

The opinion of the jury also accounts for a very important proportion, just like the Western courts in Rand's previous life.

Although the evidence showed that Earl of Stag had only a partial advantage, in the jury's opinion, Earl of Stag's advantage was overwhelming.

This is also why Rand and Shelan are not worried at all. The black and brown marquis who is sitting closer to the front has already started picking his fingers out of boredom.

The Dark Brown Marquis was a rare nobleman without dark circles under his eyes. Perhaps the fact that the sewers were filled with the dead was not a very exciting thing in his eventful life. At least he seemed to sleep well.

Finally the trial was over, with Earl of the Stag winning, and Earl of the Flying Fox being asked to compensate for the losses of those nobles who had lost in the Southern Kingdom.

But as everyone expected, Earl Feihu was not sentenced to a more severe punishment, such as being deprived of part of his territory.

The crime was not treason, but secretly bribing the country's noble knights.

This charge is really funny. Rand is not very satisfied with it anyway. I wonder what other nobles think.

This must be what the king meant.

Rand has never been a king, so he doesn't know if the domestic political balance can only be maintained in this way?

Anyway, he believed that this would definitely damage the king's prestige.

In a country like the Frost Moon Kingdom, the king's prestige is very important.

In fact, such a country is really like a joint-stock company. Small and medium-sized nobles are small shareholders, or even retail investors. The great nobles are major shareholders, and the king is the chairman.

But most kings cannot have absolute control, and everything needs to be discussed.

As for whether the domestic nobles, these major and small shareholders, will obey, it all depends on the king’s prestige.

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Although the king did a good job in handling the cult incident in the royal city, his domestic political skills were too inexperienced.

The forced acceptance of the surrender faction before must have consumed a lot of resources, and now it’s happening again.

I wonder when the new king will realize the problem.

There will definitely be some discussion about the punishment for Count Flying Fox, but it has nothing to do with Rand anymore. He has to pack up and return to his lair.

The Torch Church support that came to clean up the cultists must have strong combat effectiveness, and there must be top-level professionals among them.

Although Rand is now difficult to be discovered under normal circumstances, it is still better to avoid direct contact if possible. If he is really discovered, Rand's development plan will have to be started all over again.

In serious cases, all efforts may be wasted.

He had completed his mission in the royal city perfectly. He had served as a witness, escorted witnesses, and met many nobles. At least he had shown his face.

Now he just needs to go back, and everything that happens here has nothing to do with him.

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On the other side, Karin, with blonde hair and red eyes, wearing a gorgeous version of a nun's costume, was sitting in the carriage.

Holding a letter in his hand.

The bishop stationed in Frost Moon Royal City sent her a letter, saying that the King of Frost Moon Kingdom was willing to maintain the original amount of donations instead of reducing it, which was undoubtedly good news.

But the price is that the Scourge Cultists will need to help deal with the kingdom's sewers.

According to the description in the envelope, there are a number of top-level Scourge cultists entrenched in the royal city.

If the church inquisitors were dispatched, the problem could undoubtedly be solved, but the cost would be too high.

Whether it is travel expenses, or the injuries, pensions, armor repair costs, horse fodder, and the expenses for rest in the royal city.

In the past, these had never entered her consideration. The Torch Church accepted donations from all countries and had the right to collect tithes.

But now, there are too many money-related problems that bother her, but all she had learned in the past was fighting and praying, and at most she had some knowledge about managing the church, but she had no idea how to make money.

But this time, she had a solution.

It was just a matter of killing cultists anyway, and that was exactly what she was best at.

Karin slowly smoothed out her clothes, sat in the carriage, looked up, and stared at the setting sun with her fiery red eyes.

The Torch Church had weakened, both in terms of specific military strength and influence, but she had not.

As the saint of the Torch Church, she has too many powerless, helpless, and even desperate problems to deal with.

But as the King of Brilliant Red, although she is not impressed by this title, it is indeed a recognition of her strength.

It was just to crush a few cultists to death, and she happened to be in a bad mood recently.

It just so happened that she was planning to come to the Northern Union in person to discuss cooperation with these northern countries.

Then it might not be a bad idea to choose Frost Moon Kingdom as the first stop.

It's a good opportunity to show your strength and friendship at the same time, and save a lot of expenses.

(End of this chapter)