Chapter 68 The Truth About York
Standing not far from the two men, the Duke of Anjou was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and touched his chin.
After carefully thinking about some of the findings from her previous investigation, she felt that the old voodoo sorcerer's guess made sense.
However--
"Devil Andy... this old guy is really good at talking nonsense."
The Duchess murmured to herself.
Demons are born in hell, but the authority of the empire does not come from within.
The reason why an empire is an empire is that it has countless glorious histories and glories, and is unanimously recognized by many forces.
How did this recognition come about?
The main source is to suppress hell, guard against the infiltration of dark forces, and use iron-blooded means to continuously eliminate all extremely unstable factors in the country...
Navy, Army, Air Force, and even Space Force.
The Empire is clearly already a world hegemon, so why does it still maintain a large-scale army and station troops in various places?
The reason is naturally not to maintain hegemony, but to maintain the basic order of most of the world.
Hell is invisible, and the creatures of hell appear in all sorts of strange locations.
Deep sea, underground, in the clouds, and even outside the atmosphere...
This is why the Duke of Anjou led the Dragon Riders to station on an uninhabited Pacific island.
In other words, the Empire's understanding of Hell is extremely profound.
The reason why the old voodoo guy is talking nonsense involves the current queen.
The empress, who came from a grassroots background, rose from the military, and the military's main way of making merit was to eliminate the invasion and infiltration of the forces of hell.
Simply put, the Queen's understanding of the life in Hell is absolutely world-class! Even her rise to power is related to the forces of Hell.
During the reign of the Empress's "father-in-law", the old emperor, there was serious chaos within the empire.
The reason was a devilish grand duke walking the earth, secretly instigating various forces and even bewitching the royal family, creating one unjust case after another, causing public resentment and greatly weakening the authority of the empire.
Eventually, Her Majesty, who came from a military background, restored order, "cleared the court", "had a fake marriage", and "put on the yellow robe".
With a series of combined punches, he successfully usurped the throne with great prestige, and then slaughtered the Ramones royal family to the point where only a single sap was left, which stabilized the situation.
It also completely cut off the life support of the devil's grand duke and put an end to the chaos.
The Devil's Grand Duke and the Demon's Grand Duke are not the same thing.
The former is much more difficult to deal with than the latter, and is much better at disguise.
How old was the empress back then? Less than twenty, like a little girl! Now she is over thirty.
So, even though Andy was found to be an abnormal guy, his methods and abilities were completely inconsistent with his upbringing.
But if Andy is really a demon duke, and appears in the Queen's field of vision, could he possibly deceive her?
What a joke! However, even though Andy couldn't possibly be the devil, this devil duke...
The other two people in the room had no idea that someone was eavesdropping not far away.
Once the judgment that Andy was the Demon Archduke came out, the conversation between the two sides came to a standstill and remained silent for a long time.
Father Matthew, whose face turned pale and his heart was filled with fear, fearing that his soul would be toyed with by the devil after death, suddenly realized something.
"If Andy is really the Demon Duke, then his plan to reach the heart of the York royal family may not be to threaten the royal family, but to use something inside the royal family... to awaken his true self?"
"I guess so." The old sorcerer in the mirror replied.
"But since we have already guessed this possibility, then this matter..."
The paleness on the priest's face faded as he murmured, and he became a little excited. "Then we can report this matter to the empire!"
"The Demon Duke is about to appear, but we have discovered the clues. If this is true, how great a contribution would it be?"
"Yes, with such a great contribution, perhaps you can even be received by Her Majesty the Queen."
Seeing this usually calm student become so excited, the old sorcerer smiled.
"Compared to this honor, what is the benefit you planned for the York family to cede?"
“We can have them all!”
Matthew said immediately, not thinking that everything he had done before was meaningless.
But unknowingly, his attention has shifted to the matter of the Demon Duke.
"Back then, the Empire was powerful enough to crush a Devil Duke. Why did it cause such a large-scale chaos later?"
"It was precisely because the Ramones royal family was completely unaware of the existence of the Devil Duke in the early stages that they were bewitched step by step, allowing the Devil Duke to increase his strength and control power step by step, and eventually fell into madness."
"Although this demon is a little weak at the moment, if we allow him to awaken and continue to recover his strength, the empire will inevitably face large-scale chaos again."
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
"And now, we have a chance to stop it..."
The priest began to pace back and forth in the bedroom, thinking constantly in his mind.
"Josiah York!"
He suddenly thought of someone.
"When I first met Andy at the hotel and mentioned this name, Andy showed unusual interest in him."
"The matter of the Demon Duke must be related to the last King of York!"
"It's not only about him, but also about the entire York family!"
As the old man in the mirror gazed at him with a smile, Father Matthew in the bedroom paced quickly with a clear expression, as if he had understood everything.
"I didn't give a gift because I didn't think a mere steward of the royal family could control the appointment of bishops in the local evangelical church."
"In the end, I failed. I thought it was because the local church was rotten to the core and was in cahoots with the York royal family."
“Now that I think about it, it’s true.”
“But why did I fail?”
"It's not that I didn't give you a gift, but I won't be controlled by the royal family!"
The more he spoke, the more excited his tone became.
"The Royal Family of York knows about the Demon Duke and continues to conceal all traces of his existence!"
"But in order to achieve this, the royal family must ensure that the Gospel Church, which is good at dealing with the forces of hell, does not detect any suspicion."
“This is simply impossible!”
"So they turned to using interests, conspiracies, and even tough tactics to collude with local church leaders, to bind them, or even to sideline them!"
"Why was Norman able to defeat me and become the bishop?"
"It's not because he gave gifts, but because he is mediocre, incompetent, without prestige, and confused. He is a very suitable target for manipulation."
"As it turns out, he was indeed sidelined later..."
Speaking of the injustices that had happened in the past, the priest couldn't help but curse through gritted teeth.
"Everyone in the York family deserves to die!"
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