A few days passed in a flash, and the news that Grand Duke Rickman led nearly half of the kingdom's elite troops to suppress the miners' riot, but ended up in a disastrous defeat, was known to everyone in the royal capital.

Then a piece of news came out from the church - the miners' riot was related to that group of notorious wizards. It was these devil's believers who secretly bewitched the miners to offer their souls to the devil, which led to such a terrible disaster!

Panic is spreading rapidly...

What was even more beyond everyone's expectations was that King Bazel did not seem to be in a hurry to organize forces to quell the disaster that was about to sweep the entire kingdom. The upper-class nobles also did not seem to take any action and chose to remain silent.

Under such circumstances, the church became the spiritual support of the poor. The only thing they could do was to go to the church and pray to the great Lord to protect them...

North sent away the last batch of poor people who came to atone their sins and pray, and turned his head in a trance to look at the holy and solemn statue of the goddess in the hall. However, as soon as he closed his eyes, the horrifying scene of fire rain and artillery fire still appeared in his mind.

North fell into deep confusion. Why were the evil forces so powerful? Why did the great Lord fail to give him any response when they fought against these evils?

“This is the punishment from the Lord!”

A familiar voice suddenly rang in his ears.

North opened his eyes, and a figure in a golden and red robe appeared beside him. It was none other than Anthrouk, the pillar of the kingdom and the cardinal of the church...

"Lord Anruk!" North bowed respectfully, and then asked in confusion. "You just said that this disaster was God's will?"

"No, it should be said that the ignorance of the nobles and royal family of this kingdom caused this disaster!" Anluk said slowly. "They are no longer satisfied with ruling this land under the glory of God, and for this reason they have colluded with the followers of the evil god in an attempt to shake the God's pasture on earth..."

At this point, Anluik's eyes became very sharp. He had naturally seen all the actions that the King had taken against the church in recent years, both overt and covert. He was even more aware of Basel's little thoughts.

This kingdom, whether it is the dull poor, the cunning nobles, or the incompetent royal family, needs a thorough purification! After the catastrophe, the glory of the Lord will once again cover the entire land! "But, Cardinal... why would the great Lord punish the most devout believers?" North said in confusion.

In this disastrous defeat, not only was the army of over ten thousand people completely annihilated, but most of the Lord's believers in an entire priest corps of over sixty people also died on the battlefield, and only a few followed him and escaped.

North was extremely confused and in pain. He had been staying in the temple for the past few days, repenting for his shameful act of abandoning his companions and fleeing alone out of fear.

"This is a baptism, Bishop North!" Anluk's voice came over. "The souls of the pious will return to the Kingdom of God in advance, enjoying endless joy and feasts, while the sinners will be punished to hell, burning forever in the eternal fire of purgatory..."

North finally realized that life and death are not important, they are just two different states - God will decide the birth and death of all things!

Just then, a pastor walked in from the door.

"Lord Anluk, Viscount William sent a message saying that he needs to find you for something very important, and it's related to those wizards!"

"Then let him in!" Anluk said, and North also put away his emotions and stood aside.

About two minutes later, Cody, led by several pastors, walked into the magnificent church. The solemn setting made his already uneasy mood condense to the extreme. After seeing Anluik and others, he lowered his head slightly and saluted stiffly.

"The Viscount has accidentally contracted the plague recently and is now bedridden, unable to come and listen to the Lord's teachings..." Cody said with a slight tremor.

"In that case, what message did he ask you to bring?" Anluk said slowly.

"Reporting to the lord, the spies we sent out have discovered a group of people with strange movements these days. They entered the residence of the Second Prince Hattar. We suspect that they are all wizards." Cody replied in a low voice.

"Is that all?" Anluk continued to ask.

Cody hesitated for a long time before gritting his teeth and said, "We have also... we have also discovered that His Highness Hattar seems to be plotting to seize the throne, and many nobles of the kingdom are involved. I'm afraid he will take action soon!"

"How did you know this secret?" Anluk's face showed some emotion and his tone became heavier.

Cody said with difficulty under Anluk's gaze. "One of the barons involved in the conspiracy is a good friend of Lord William. He was unwilling to betray the kingdom, so he revealed the news to Lord William."

"What I need is the truth..." Anluk suddenly turned cold.

"In the presence of the Lord, liars will go to hell!"

As soon as the words fell, a blinding white light suddenly emerged from the holy and solemn statue of the goddess, engulfing everyone present.

North and several pastors who had strong faith were not affected, but Cody, as if possessed, fell to the ground, tears streaming down his face, and spoke in repentance.

"It's William! Sir William has been secretly helping those wizards transport ore and goods. The glass and paper pages that have appeared in the market in recent months are all made by those devil's followers..."

After hearing this, Nord and the others were both shocked and angry. They had bought a lot of these novel glass products, some of which were even used to decorate the entire church. But now Cody told them that these were all creations of wizards?

This is simply blasphemy against God!

What made several people feel chilled was that William, the wizard's lackey, was hiding under their noses and had become a nobleman of the kingdom in broad daylight.

North couldn't even imagine it. This was no longer just a simple dereliction of duty!

Anluk was not surprised by this, and just nodded. "Go on, tell me everything you know!"

Cody was like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, crying out his sins, and telling the whole story of how William had colluded with wizards over the past decade and continued to expand his power through maritime trade...

(End of this chapter)