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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 just pouring out beans from a bamboo tube, crying out his sins while telling the whole story of how William had colluded with wizards and continued to expand his power through maritime trade over the past decade...
Chapter 278: People like this should be damned in hell forever!
"The devil's lackey..." "We should report it to the kingdom now, arrest William, and remove his title!"
As Cody continued to talk, several bishops and priests in the church became furious, and voices of condemnation rose one after another.
Especially North, his face was as gloomy as water, and there was a cold aura around him. If Cardinal Anruk had not spoken yet, he would have already rushed into William's mansion.
The great defeat outside the earldom and the countless soldiers and colleagues who died tragically in front of him made North's inner anger continue to surge.
As a wizard's lackey, William, who continuously delivers supplies to the wizarding land, has done so many bad things that are beyond description. Even sending him to hell would not be enough to vent his hatred!
"Since William is working for those wizards, why did he tell me those two pieces of news?" Anluk continued to ask.
The church was not completely unaware of the unusual behavior of the second prince Hattar, or rather, most of the nobles in the kingdom had noticed it. After all, Hattar's performance in the hall was too poor.
The only thing they didn't expect was that the other party had the courage to seize the throne by force. There was no other explanation except that they were bewitched by the devil.
"It's Master Hellram, Lord William's successor, who is dead..." Cody said hesitantly.
As he spoke in a confessional manner, the power of the divine arts was slowly fading, and Cody had regained some consciousness. However, facing the most powerful man in the entire kingdom, the cardinal of the church, he did not dare to tell any lies. After all, he would be easily seen through by the other party.
Not to mention that he had already revealed too much information, including what should and shouldn't be revealed. At this moment, the only way to survive was to continue talking...
"Also... there may be trouble in the wizard land. Recently, the fog in the Sea of Mist has shown signs of gradually dissipating, so Sir William feels that the end of those wizards is approaching..."
"Sea of Mist?" North and his companions paused involuntarily and immediately turned to look at Anluk. It was the first time they heard of the so-called wizard holy land. The evil demon's base was actually on the other side of the Sea of Mist!
Anruk was not moved at all. The Bible had already given a prophecy about the changes in the Sea of Fog two months ago.
"Are the miners' riots related to these evil god believers from the land of wizards?" North shouted harshly.
"Lord William doesn't know much about this matter. The newly appointed wizard does not trust us. However, Lord William has found out that Sir Anthony seems to have appeared on the battlefield." Cody swallowed and spoke in a low voice.
"Anthony..." Anluk whispered softly. He was not unfamiliar with the name. He even knew that the magic school founded by this great wizard was operating in the royal capital.
He did not rush to take action against this group of people, firstly because of the overt and covert obstruction of the royal family, and secondly because he wanted to take this opportunity to root out the parasites within the kingdom.
However, they didn't expect that the other party would get involved with the wizard land and cause a massacre of tens of thousands of people.
"How many wizards have arrived in the kingdom from that evil land, and who is their leader?" asked Anluk.
"I don't know, but the number shouldn't be too many. The leader is a wizard named Lin En, who looks very young and is the current controller of Yieta." Cody paused and continued. "I heard that he came to Yieta from the Sekas Empire two years ago."
Anruk inexplicably remembered the information passed on by North and others, which mentioned a strange hellfire. With a thought, he took out a golden book from his waist, flipped it spontaneously, and stopped at a certain page, showing it in front of Cody.
[Name: Carl (real name not confirmed)
Extremely Dangerous (Great Wizard)
Crimes: Killing the Imperial Bishop, annihilating three thousand Black Armored Guards, and destroying half of the harbor town!
Note: Proficient in elemental and shaping magic, able to control a powerful and difficult to extinguish flame.
Reward: Secas gold coins... 50,000! 】
"Except for the mismatch in name, this should be the wizard who rules Yieta." Cody said with certainty, recalling the intelligence he had gathered at Yieta Harbor.
Anluik pondered for a while, and then suddenly put his hand on Cody's head.
The magic of exploring memory instantly flooded into Cody's mind. Compared with Cody's words, he trusted what he saw with his own eyes more.
About two or three minutes later, after exploring Cody's memory, Anluik confirmed this 100%.
No wonder the army led by Grand Duke Rickman was defeated so quickly, it turned out that their opponents were two great wizards!
From Cody's memory, Anluik discovered a lot of important information.
In the past, when they were sailing, they would use a special compass to locate the wizarding land so as not to get lost at sea.
However, this very important instrument has been taken back by the new controller of Yieta.
Obviously Cody did not lie. After Helram's death, there was indeed some rift between William and those wizards. Now the transportation affairs have nothing to do with William at all.
Those wizards are using a magical alchemical device that can fly in the sky to transport large amounts of ore from the kingdom. Their purpose should be to produce weapons to deal with the war.
As for the purpose of inciting the miners to revolt, Anluik could also guess that it was nothing more than creating unrest within the kingdom, attracting their attention, and thus delaying the pace of the Holy See's destruction of this sinful place.
Thinking of this, Anluik looked at Cody with cold eyes and spoke.
"The Lord is forgiving and merciful. Go tell William that he needs more sincerity to redeem his sins. This is your only chance!"
Since these wizards can come and go freely between the two places, they must have mastered the method of locating the wizards' places.
As early as two months ago, the church was preparing for a war to destroy the wizard land. The reason why it had not taken action yet was simply because the ship that went to the sea to search for the wizard land had not returned yet.
If he could get the compass to locate the wizard's land, or even seize that strange alchemical instrument that could fly in the sky, it would undoubtedly be a huge achievement!
Seeing that the Cardinal actually wanted to forgive William, North and others were extremely indignant. In their opinion, William was just a double-dealer who was sitting on the fence and could not even repent and atone for his sins. He only changed his position hypocritically and pretended to be repentant suddenly when he saw that those wizards were about to be destroyed.
Such people should be damned in hell forever...
Chapter 279: Is this the foolproof assurance you promised me?
"Are we just going to let this criminal go, Lord Anruk?"
After Cody left, North couldn't help but ask, William was also responsible for the tragedy of tens of thousands of deaths outside Earl Joyce's territory!
"We have more important things to do now, Bishop North. As for the crimes committed by William, it will not be too late to settle the accounts after executing those wizards..." Anluk replied casually.
The other priests in the church were discussing the information they had just heard.
The amount of information revealed in Cody's words was too great. No one had expected that this miners' riot would involve the wizard land - the base camp of those evil god believers.
If they could successfully capture this group of people, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement, but it also meant that the situation was completely out of their control.
Especially after hearing that the opponents might be the two great wizards, many people suggested reporting it immediately and requesting assistance from the Empire and the Church.
However, Anluik shook his head, because it was too late.
He saw from Cody's memory that the second prince Hattar was preparing to implement his plan to seize the throne in the next two days, and he had even won over a large number of nobles in the royal capital.
If the other party succeeds, the empire will probably face a civil war!
This is undoubtedly what the group of wizards want to see most. In that way, the attention of the Holy See will be diverted from the Sea of Misty Sea, and it will be forced to focus on quelling the rebellion.
However, facing the two great wizards, Anluk did not dare to say that he was completely sure of defeating them.
Now we have no choice but to use the holy vessels of faith stored in the church!
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On the other side, Cody walked out of the church and took a carriage straight back to William's castle. Under the leadership of Murt, he went to the underground of the castle, feeling very nervous.
Originally, the task William assigned to him was just to reveal a little information about wizards, gain initial mutual trust, and then see the reaction of the cardinal to decide whether to reveal more information.
Now, he has established a certain degree of "trust" with the Cardinal, but he has also leaked a lot of information that should not have been leaked.
Especially the information that Sir William has been helping wizards transport supplies for decades...
Cody could already imagine what kind of punishment he would receive.
Although he was forced to say this under the power of divine magic, Sir William would not care about it given his personality. The mission can only be completed or failed...
Cody shuddered at the thought.
In fact, he did not really support Lord William's hostility towards wizards.
After inviting Lord to the manor for negotiations, they reached a new cooperation agreement. The wizards were even willing to make concessions and compromise, changing the profit split to 50-50.
But in the eyes of Lord William, this became a symbol of the wizards' weakness and inability to fight against the church. Instead, he chose to stand more firmly on the side of Crown Prince Harold and the church!
It’s a pity that the disastrous defeat in the conquest of the southern part of the kingdom showed that those wizards might not be as weak as Lord William imagined.
"Murter, where are Griphook and the others? I haven't seen them in the manor recently." Cody suddenly thought of this on the way to the basement of the castle, and asked curiously.
Murt's eyes flickered as he smiled and answered, "They were all sent by the Lord to various parts of the kingdom to win over the nobles for His Highness Harold... We have been very busy recently, otherwise it might not be your turn to meet with Lord Anruk."
"I'd like to swap our jobs!" Cody said with a wry smile. The cardinal could only be described as terrifying. In front of him, it seemed as if everything about him was transparent...
Cody did not have any doubts about Murt's explanation. You know, after the death of Rickman and others, William became the number one supporter of the current Crown Prince Harold. He had a lot of messes to deal with and had to monitor those dangerous wizards. It seems that their work is no easier than his.
The two quickly passed through the heavy defenses, reached the interior of the bunker, and met William sitting on the Iron Throne.
Cody knelt down without hesitation, not daring to hide anything, and told everything that happened in the church.
As expected, William's face turned very ugly, and the anger and fear in his eyes almost burst out.
"Is this what you promised me is foolproof?" William's tone was extremely cold, like a knife blade. His overweight body trembled. He stood up from his seat like a towering mountain, his eyes like lightning.
Cody lowered his head against the floor, his body trembling and he didn't dare to answer. Soon he heard a dull sound in his ears, which was the sound of a glass being crushed.
Just when Cody thought his life was about to be lost, William suddenly suppressed his anger and said coldly.
"Take the man away first."
Several servants immediately stepped forward and dragged Cody out, and soon Murt was the only one left in the room.
At this moment, William... no, it should be said that William's stand-in, Dolar, changed his previous ferocious appearance and knelt on the ground, and Murt beside him was no exception.
Lord's figure soon walked out from behind the curtain, but it was obvious that the two men were not worshipping him, but the figure that appeared out of thin air in the secret room.
"Lord Lin En..." Dolar dragged his fat body, looking anxious to explain, but Lin En spoke first, praising him.