Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

In a panic, the Gabela Guards rushed into the church quickly.

The people inside had no time to react. With screams of fear, loud scolding, and all kinds of noise, the soldiers blocked all the entrances and exits and searched every room in the church one by one.

Archbishop Whiteman, who presided over the Gabela Church, soon appeared. He held his head high and posed, but he was not angry. Instead, he questioned the soldiers with a disdainful tone, who gave them the courage to offend this sacred place.

Because of his usual power, the guards did not disrespect him, but when Anbolov, who commanded the guards, appeared, he immediately ordered the soldiers to handcuff the archbishop with chains.

The soldiers did not dare to disobey the orders of their superiors and moved forward with chains.

"You are crazy!" When the cold shackles were put on his hands, Whiteman finally lost his dignity and struggled unbelievably.

He is the archbishop in charge of a country's diocese. The emperor rules the material world, while he rules the spiritual world. Who dares to disrespect him in the empire?

But what happened now was not a nightmare for Whiteman. The pampered archbishop could not resist the strong guards and could only shout "You are crazy" over and over again.

Anbolov walked in front of him and explained the purpose of his visit in a stern tone.

"We received a report that the Gabela Church was in collusion with the remnants of Felix, so we came to search for evidence under the order of the emperor!"

"Slander! Complete slander!"

Although this defense was very powerful, Whiteman was actually a little guilty. Because the Gabela Church was really in collusion with the remnants of Felix.

Before Antonio became emperor, the church disliked the prince who was rumored to be born by a witch, and supported Prince Felix to take the throne openly and secretly.

In that great change that determined the succession of the supreme power of the empire, Antonio acted too quickly, and the church had not reacted before the overall situation was decided, so it could only swallow the bitter fruit silently.

As for the connection with the judgment forces in various places, of course there was, and it was not impossible to overthrow the new emperor while his foundation was not stable.

However, with the new emperor's severe suppression of the rebellion, all the rebel forces were eliminated one by one, and the Gabela Church gradually accepted the reality, planning to abandon everything in the past and turn to have a good relationship with the new emperor Antonio.

Always stand with the winner, this is the only rule that churches in various places have always followed.

Unfortunately, they seem to be half a beat slower.

From the archbishop to the servants, all the people in the church were shackled and detained in the hall. In this sacred place for praying to God, the representatives of God who were usually dressed in bright clothes became lowly prisoners. The former arrogance disappeared, leaving only trembling bodies and fear of uncertain fate.

"It will be fine!" The archbishop whispered quietly to several confidants in the crowd, comforting them: "All important letters have been burned to ashes, no one can find them..."

"Ahem!" Anbolov, who came over, just cleared his throat, but it was like a bolt from the blue to them. They trembled with fear and quickly stopped talking.

"I'm sorry, Archbishop Whiteman, we found evidence that the church under your leadership colluded with the rebels!" Anbolov showed a piece of letter paper calmly.

"How is this possible!" Whiteman almost jumped up, and he immediately cast his eyes on the paper in the other's hand.

He first widened his eyes in surprise, and then every muscle in his body was forced to jump by uncontrollable anger.

"You... This is slander! This is a shameful slander!"

The Archbishop's voice was full of grievances. Unlike the guilty conscience last time, this time it was completely true.

He had never seen the so-called evidence in Anbolov's hand. The content written on it was not his own, and from the handwriting, it was neither him nor anyone he knew.

In other words, the purpose of this group of imperial guards from the beginning was to accuse the church of colluding with rebellion, and the reason why they came here to pretend to search was just a formality.

He was really scared now. If the emperor just thought they were suspicious, he could still present evidence, reason, and find a chance to get away.

But the other party came up with the idea of ​​killing him, so it was useless to say anything.

"The Father will punish you!"

"I will ask the Supreme Church to do justice!"

"We are innocent!"

The detained people saw the reaction of the Archbishop and instantly understood that the inevitable dark future was rushing towards them, and they all made their final struggles in their own ways.

Anbolov just sneered and waved his hand, "Take them all away!"

The raid of the Gabela Church by the Imperial Guards had a great impact. Some devout believers who were pro-church gathered and marched in the streets, demanding the release of those servants who served the gods.

The attitude of the imperial government towards them was-all suppressed.

No mistakes in one post, one content, one book, one forum!

All powerful departments seemed to have been prepared long ago. The soldiers who carried out the mission were strictly selected. Everyone put the orders of their superiors above their beliefs. When the marching believers questioned them in the name of God, they were greeted with ruthless sticks and chains.

A few years ago, the church's rule over people's spirits was so solid, but since the religious war in Horn Bay, cracks have appeared in this solid spiritual wall.

The various "heresies" of the Protestant Alliance and those that came from them reminded people that the Church of Light was not the same as the Lord of Light himself.

These heretical thoughts spread more and more widely under the influence of some intentional or unintentional promoters, from couples' night talks in bed to whispers in taverns, and from whispers in taverns to open preaching in the square.

In the past, the church often asked secular power holders to cooperate with them and severely suppress these heretical thoughts, but now secular power is increasingly passive in this regard.

The crime of rebellion and treason of the Gabela Church was quickly determined, and the imperial government took this opportunity to try the case within the case of the church.

Many dirty things that were not visible to the public and obviously violated the code of conduct for clergy were exposed, as well as the extravagant and corrupt private lives of many church leaders, which greatly undermined the prestige of the church.

While trying and convicting Whiteman and others, Antonio Griffin, the Emperor of Gabela, quickly issued an edict, the content of which was to appoint a new Archbishop of Gabela.

Like a huge stone thrown into a calm lake, ripples appeared in an instant. The emperor's edict shocked the entire continent.

You should know that the appointment of archbishops of local churches has always been the authority of the Holy See. Naturally, the Holy See was very angry about the behavior of Emperor Gabela. When the Holy See's envoy traveled thousands of miles to the capital of Gabela to ask for punishment, he did not even see the emperor himself.

Only an ordinary etiquette officer received the envoy and solemnly told the envoy that from now on, everything in Gabela will be decided by the Gabela people themselves, both materially and spiritually.

The envoy was forbidden to contact the local church personnel and could only return to the Holy City in disgrace, bringing back only a humiliating notice.

The Holy See was very angry, but it could not spare the energy to deal with Gabela at the moment because it was deeply trapped in the quagmire of Horn Bay.

The top leaders realized that if the chaos in Horn Bay could not be ended as soon as possible, there might be more and more cases like Gabela.