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He was speechless for a moment. Are all popes of the church the same? !
Chapter 269 The closest place
Zhang Mu now has many doubts in his heart.
From the few words that Porter once revealed, we can learn that the church was the driving force behind the encirclement of the Ice and Snow Empire.
The Pope, who masters the art of truth, is the undisputed ruler of the church and has complete control.
Then the problem is coming.
According to Fleming himself, he was responsible for the destruction of the Ice and Snow Empire, and the mastermind behind the destruction of the Ice and Snow Empire was the church.
In other words, Fleming and the Ice and Snow Empire belong to the same camp, and they are hostile to the church?
The conclusions deduced from the clues made Zhang Mu scratch his head.
There is a conflict in logic. Not to mention why the church as an organization would betray its leader, how dare they do that?
Truth Word, can I kill them with just one finger? !
However, the reality is that the church has survived safely to this day, while Pope Fleming has shrunk to a corner of the continent, dressed in servant clothes.
Zhang Mu's thoughts came to a standstill, and he couldn't understand what the reason was that caused Fleming to flee from the center of the continent in a panic.
Suddenly, he remembered that there were gods on the Sol continent.
God's will?
Scratching his chin, Zhang Mu asked, "Did you do anything... disrespectful to the gods?"
He didn't answer, but continued, "Humans thrive on the continent, and monsters and beasts are humanity's most deadly enemies.
Kill us and devour us.
Later, humans acquired the power to resist, professionals.
It has evolved for an unknown period of time, but today it is strong enough to completely overwhelm monsters and beasts.
The most indispensable thing is the treasure and magic in the maze.
And these are all... granted by God as a result of human prayers."
After listening to this, Zhang Mu felt a sense of déjà vu and muttered, "It sounds like..."
Fleming's expressionless face forced a strange smile: "It's like humans use wood to fence off a piece of land and put some lambs in the pen.
The lambs cry out in hunger, and humans throw away the fodder. "
"So..." Zhang Mu turned his head and looked at him, his tone a little subtle, as if asking, but also as if he was certain, "You want to escape from the sheepfold."
“It’s to flee with all the sheep.
But obviously, I failed and killed him.”
This is Fleming's guess, Zhang Mu thinks so.
Although it sounds realistic and logical, there is ultimately no hard evidence.
The key point is, what if it is true?
Zhang Mu couldn't change anything.
So he stood up and said, "If you don't plan to keep me, I'll leave first?"
Fleming woke up from his gray memories: "Aren't you looking for someone?"
"Yes, are you willing to help?"
"I think it's me you're looking for."
"?"
After being in a daze for a few seconds, Zhang Mu took out an ancient ring from his pocket: "His owner..."
"Mihe." Fleming said the name first, "I was the one who asked the little guy to go to the Quiet Forest."
The person I was looking for was found, but I was more confused.
Zhang Mu kicked the ring back into his pocket: "You are the guardian of the royal family, can I understand it this way?"
"can."
"You led Mih to form a resistance army that was hostile to the royal family, right?"
"Ah."
"Are you bored and want to find some fun ways to kill time?" He felt that this group of people were a little abnormal.
"Just..." Fleming hesitated, "Try, try to find a new way."
Zhang Mu was not interested in understanding whether his ideals were great, and directly stated his purpose: "I want to know whether the two powerful dukes of Lake support Andre.
I did a lot of research but couldn't find anything, and then Mih said, maybe you can help."
Fleming did not hide anything and revealed everything that the two grand dukes had discussed before, and at the end he also revealed some of his own speculations.
After listening, Zhang Mu stood up and walked out: "Thank you."
"Need not."
All the way back to the hotel, through the wall into the house, Zhang Mu untied the shadow spell to reveal his figure: "Things are getting serious."
The three people who were talking about something, before they recovered from his sudden appearance, heard the words that represented the bad news, and immediately stood up together: "What happened?!"
He took out the ring and returned it to Mih, explaining: "The king and the two grand dukes want to sacrifice all the citizens of the capital and the city lord who has evil intentions."
The news was so shocking that the three of them stood there in a daze.
Finally, it was Soran who came to his senses first: "Three heirs are vying for the throne. Whose position as the city lord is considered to have evil intentions?"
"It doesn't matter who you follow." Zhang Mu recalled Fleming's story, "From the time the king fell into a coma until now, anyone who showed signs of separatism or surrendering to the enemy must be killed."
"What does that have to do with us?" Domit asked blankly.
He and his men, led by the Marshal, repelled the Lagu Legion and were Lake's heroes. How could they be classified as rebels?
What is the Marshal so anxious about?
Zhang Mu kept silent and frowned in thought.
Fleming told him that the two grand dukes attached great importance to Avril's future and almost regarded her as the hope for the Ice and Snow Empire to regain the throne of the First Empire after its restoration.
But the prerequisite for all this is that Avril shows enough ability to shoulder the responsibility.
Otherwise, it is possible that after the king wakes up, he will also include Avril as a sacrifice, depriving her of the ice and snow heritage in her blood and leaving it to his outstanding offspring in the future.
The two did not tell Fleming about this matter in person.
He made this inference based on his knowledge that the royal family had this secret method, and that the king might not necessarily implement it.
It’s just that Zhang Mu doesn’t want to gamble.
Upon learning of this, he wondered why Fleming didn't stop it, but then he realized, why should he stop it?
Fleming wanted to protect the Ice and Snow King's descendants from being harmed by foreign enemies, but he didn't care if the descendants killed each other.
If anyone really wanted to interfere, they should have done so when the king decided to offer the sacrifice.
You can't rely on others, you can only rely on yourself.
Zhang Mu raised his head and glanced at the three people: "The plan needs to be changed. We have to find a way to get all the city lords away from the capital."
"Why not just reveal the truth?" Mih said.
"No." Soran immediately denied it. "The situation in the capital is tense. If we persuade them to leave the city at this time, no matter how good the reason is, they will think it is a trap and that we are deceiving them.
Lure them out of the city, then ambush and kill them."
"Then what should we do?" Domit said solemnly, "The church ban will be lifted soon, and the shackles of the two saint-level archdukes will be removed.
If the city lord doesn't flee now, he won't be able to escape then."
"We must make a proper plan first. If we contact other city lords rashly, it will only alert the royal family and make them vigilant, which will add obstacles to us."
"Stop." Zhang Mu interrupted the three people, "Mihe, does using the Image Crystal in the city count as using force?"
"Not really." Mih replied, seeming to understand what he wanted to do, "You want to follow the Grand Duke and use the photo crystal to record the evidence?"
"Correct."
"You were able to sneak into the palace successfully, which means even a Saint cannot see through your disguise magic, so your idea works.
It’s just that… when the image crystal is activated, it will emit magical fluctuations, and the perception ability of the saint level…”
"Don't worry, I have a solution."
After saying that, he glanced at the window.
The sky was already bright, and through the glass, one could see the pointed roof appearing and disappearing in the thick fog.
I've already broken up with him, there's no need to waste time attending another meeting.
Thinking of this, Zhang Mu no longer hesitated: "Sauron, you will represent me to attend the performance review meeting tomorrow.
Domit, Mih, go to the First Army's base outside the city and take Dam and the others into the city disguised as civilians."
"As ordered!"
After arranging the three people, Zhang Mu activated the shadow technique, left the hotel, and headed straight for the palace.
It was already daybreak, and the gates to the inner palace were open.
I got in smoothly and found a place to stop. When I got there, Fleming appeared as expected.
Zhang Mu asked him where the two grand dukes were.
He thought that the other party would either tell him directly or would not want to disclose it.
The result was surprising, and Fleming said he didn't know where the two were.
I was just about to ask, "How can you, as a former pope, not find any trace of two saint-level professionals?"
But in the end I didn't ask.
Because Zhang Mu remembered that apart from the magic of truth, the Pope was just an ordinary person.