Zach and the other knights could have left the battlefield the moment the city gates were closed. But because of greed, they did not "stop while they were ahead". Therefore, when the people around them began to plunder unscrupulously, these fellows who were hoping to get lucky joined in. Who knew that when the warhorses were exhausted, they would soon be captured in the subsequent operation to suppress the bandits.
Now that he was a prisoner, Zach was no longer as powerful as he was in the past. He did not have much regret now, and his mind was full of thoughts on how to raise the ransom. Zach had the identity of a "knight". Even though the nobleman who granted him the title had died on the battlefield, his identity was real. In this era, when a knight was captured, he could be redeemed by ransom. Therefore, after the rotten egg hit his face, the knight, who boasted of his abilities, did not forget to stare coldly at the civilians around him, as if he wanted to remember these people who had insulted him.
Zach was tall and towering, and his stare did indeed scare many people. But before he could stare more than a few times, Knight Efta, who was riding on a warhorse beside him, whipped his head.
"Smack!"
Amidst the loud sound, a bloody mark appeared on Zach's face. The knight beside him pointed at Zach and scolded, "What are you looking at! Are you asking for a beating? "
Zach did not dare to raise his head from the burning pain. He knew that there was no point in throwing a tantrum now, so he could only swallow his anger. He cursed the knight in his heart and swore to teach him a lesson after he was ransomed. But just as he was thinking about how to take revenge, he felt an inexplicable fear in his heart.
Because he remembered the seemingly harmless Roddy on the battlefield, but in the end, he killed two elders of two teams by himself.
His godly archery skills were beyond his imagination. When he thought about how such a terrifying person could endure all kinds of humiliation in order to hide his identity … Zach's body trembled uncontrollably.
Who is he? An elite of the "Rose Cross"?
Zach still did not know who Roddy was, but just as the prisoner team went deeper into the city, they heard the conversation of the civilians around them.
"Did you watch today's' Age of Cullen '? Big news! "
"I can't read. I can't understand it. Hurry up and tell me …"
Paper newspapers had basically become common after more than ten paper mills had been built in Eiffta. However, after the fourth issue of Cullen's Era, they started to pay for it. There were fewer people on the streets with newspapers. The farmers in the village were not willing to spend money to buy newspapers, but for the people living in Sanctum City, the price of newspapers was still cheap. In order to get fresh news from all over the kingdom, they did not mind spending a few copper coins. After all, spreading the latest news to the illiterate around them would give them a sense of superiority and satisfaction.
"Most of this issue is about the 'Holy Sanctum'! The higher-ups have described the course of the battle over the past few days. They even calculated the casualties of all the villages … "
"The newspapers are saying that this is all a conspiracy by the 'Viper Cross'! Their ambush has destroyed the lives of all the villages and towns within the Holy Sanctum's perimeter, and the one who led them, Count Milnor, is even more shameless … "
Roddy's newspaper targeted the 'Viper Cross' and 'Count Milnor'. It did not mention anything about the royal family, so the people's hatred was immediately focused on these two forces. Coupled with the bloody numbers and the description of the scene, it was likely that the people in the kingdom would feel disgusted with them.
"These damned heretics!"
"If it wasn't for the powerful Holy Sanctum Guard who killed the two leaders of the enemy, the entire city would have been destroyed!"
Hearing someone say this, Zach turned his head slightly. He knew that the 'powerful Holy Sanctum Guard' was' Raphael '… So, he was a spy of the' Rose Cross'?
But the person who was narrating the newspaper mocked, "What Holy Sanctum Guard! You guys have guessed wrong … Do you know that? The two leaders of the 'Viper Cross' were Cardinal Claude and Elder Dean. Both of them were extremely powerful! They could destroy an entire Holy Sanctum Guard with a wave of their hands! As for the archer who killed them, you guys will never guess who it is! "
"Who?"
"Did the newspaper say who he is?"
The suspense immediately attracted the attention of the people around them. Even Zach and the captured knights around him turned their heads. The entire group even slowed down their pace.
"It's the Prime Minister of Eiffta's cabinet, Lord Roddy!"
"Ah?!"
"How is that possible!?"
The crowd instantly went into an uproar, but after that, they all fell into silence. The name 'Roddy' had actually entered their ears a long time ago. It was just that this place was far from Eiffta, and the rumors about him were not adapted into stories by the bards. So, for a moment, no one connected it to this' Prime Minister 'who had powerful archery skills. But this time, 'Cullen's Era' directly admitted that it was Roddy who killed Dean and Claude. After carefully thinking about the old rumors, people silently agreed to this fact …
"Didn't Lord Roddy lead a team to kill over a hundred orcs?"
"Yes, didn't they say that he went to the Tasman Kingdom and killed Emperor Augustine?" "Yes, didn't they say that he went to the Tasman Kingdom and killed Emperor Augustine?
He even killed the powerful Undead Monarch. What can Dean and Claude do? "
As Zach was pushed forward by the crowd, he could not hear the conversation clearly. But at that moment, he was like all the knights around him. Their mouths were wide open in horror. Beside him, a fellow who had mocked Roddy before stuttered, "He, he, he really is the Prime Minister of Eiffta? I don't think so no matter how I look at him … "
Zach shut his mouth. He really did not want to say anything now. It was precisely because no one had seen through the loophole that he felt this Prime Minister was terrifying!
Suddenly, he felt uneasy. He turned his head to look at the surrounding knights with the Eiffta symbol on their armor. He swallowed and could not help but think of a question: Would Roddy be a very vengeful person? Would he list all of them as people who needed "special treatment"?
No, probably not. The "Holy Temple" was the main place where the "Rose Cross" preached their doctrine. Zach knew that this sect was very particular about "benevolence" and "the God of Light will forgive all sins". As a knight, how could he be severely punished by them?
This was the deep-rooted mentality of the hierarchy. If a commoner broke the law, they would be punished according to the laws set by the lord. If a knight or a noble broke the law, there would be another set of standards to deal with them. Because they were the "privileged class" and "ruling class", in most battles in the Kingdom of Karen, knights and even squires of knights would be captured alive if they could. This was because they could be exchanged for a large sum of money, and no one would reject it.
With this thought in mind, these 300 people who were captured came to the square of the Holy Temple. At that moment, the powerful Grand Knight Wellington was standing on a temporary wooden platform. Because he participated in the battle to suppress the bandits, his armor was stained with blood. His murderous aura made the knights of the "Holy Army" at the scene quiet out of fear. Most of them lowered their heads, but most of them were curious about why they were here. They did not understand why they had to build a wooden platform here.
Wellington stood there like a statue without saying a word. The whole scene was very depressing. Even the surrounding commoners only dared to whisper. Not long after, Cardinal Rubens came from the inner city with a group of people. He was wearing a red robe and holding a holy decree. He read out the decision of the Pope and the Cardinals. The main idea was as follows:
As the combat force was mainly made up of Eiffta soldiers, the "Rose Cross" expressed their gratitude and voluntarily gave up the right to dispose of all the prisoners of war. The current leader of the Eiffta army, Wellington, will judge all the crimes of the prisoners of war.
As soon as the words came out, the whole crowd started discussing. This was the "Holy Temple" city! Why did it suddenly have to be decided by Efta's people?
But everyone could see that this was a strong political signal. With this precedent, it meant that in the future, the "Holy Temple" would gradually follow Eiffta's lead. Who knew if in a few years, it would be Eiffta's law that was enforced here?
Wellington had the style of a soldier. He was very direct and decisive. He took over the holy decree, turned around and said loudly, "Robbing, raping, killing civilians, burning down villages. According to Eiffta's law, kill!"
As soon as the word "kill" was said, the square that was buzzing with discussion instantly became so quiet that even a pin drop could be heard. The Eiffta knights who were fully armed stepped forward and pulled the confused "Holy Army" knights onto the wooden platform. They raised their swords, and heads rolled …
"You, you can't do this!"
Looking at the three to five meters of blood spurting out of the neck, the bandits immediately panicked. They wailed and wanted to run, but how could they run with their hands tied? After being knocked down by the weapons of the guards beside them, they were dragged onto the platform one by one and continued to kill until the sky turned dark.
Zach's body trembled. He could not understand why Eiffta would do this, but Wellington could not be bothered to think about what these people were thinking. A row of 30 people chopped off the heads of these 300 people.
This was truly a river of blood. The stench of blood on the wooden stage caused the onlookers' faces to turn deathly pale. Many people vomited on the spot. However, as these people were all killed, cheers gradually spread out. In the end, the heads were piled up into a mountain, and the cheers were all over the place.
"Well done!"
"Long live Eiffta! These damned bastards! "
"Good kill!"
These 300 heads were not only a demonstration to the "Viper Cross" and Count Milnor, but to Rubens who had a deeper understanding of the situation, it was more like the prelude to a huge revolution.
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