Tome of Blood

Chapter 348 -4- The Vortex of the Royal Capital

As the main area where the Gorefiend Cult was active, cases of sacrifices by evil priests were not uncommon in the New Moon Kingdom. There would always be one or two cases in every place every year.

Even the Church of the Holy Royal Court has long been used to this.

no way.

The world is so big, and although the church's control is relatively strong, it is far from being able to cover every corner. There will always be people who choose to embrace the darkness for one reason or another, and the cultists will never be exhausted.

This is also the consensus from the nobility to the church.

Of course, if there is no end to the arrest, there must be severe punishment.

At least the church will never allow the core area controlled by the church to become a place where cultists are rampant, and every time a cultist emerges, they will inevitably be severely attacked by the church.

The recent case of the Blood Demon Cult in Lutecia, the capital of the kingdom, happened in a poor area in the outer city.

Strictly speaking, this is not a very serious blood demon incident, but ordinary people were bewitched by the blood demon sect and wanted to gain extraordinary power through blood sacrifices.

The clerk of the Castel store was one of the bewitched members. In order to gain strength, he voluntarily believed in the blood demon prince and participated in the blood sacrifice.

It should be said that the blood sacrifice was still very successful. At least the cultists who participated in the blood sacrifice really gained power and gained extraordinary power from the evil god.

Of course, as a "quasi-evil god", Charlotte only needs to listen to Sebastian's description to know that the so-called gaining extraordinary power is probably only given the power of blood by some blood descendants of the Shedete clan. , Transformed into a descendant or even said to be just a blood servant.

This sacrifice was quickly exposed.

Although the location chosen by the Gorefiend Cultists was a relatively chaotic slum area, it was still the capital of the New Moon, where the number and quality of Demon Hunter Knights were the highest.

The church didn't even send out the trial court, just the Demon Hunter Knight squad stationed in the corresponding street in the outer city solved the blood demon case.

Its intensity and difficulty are comparable to the "proclaiming emperor" in the Tianchao mountain village in the previous life, and then being "destroyed" overnight by the police at the police station.

And the reason why this incident alarmed the king, and the reason why the city was full of storms, was that the timing was too subtle.

The central meeting this time was aimed at the third prince Philip, and the reason why the third prince Philip became the target of attack by almost the entire noble council was that apart from his blatant violation of the rules, another important reason was that he had contacts with the Gorefiend Sect.

Not to mention how many of the New Moon aristocratic families dare to guarantee that their own family has absolutely no contact with the Blood Demon Cult. No matter how you say it, suppressing the Blood Demon Cult is definitely the political correctness of the New Moon Kingdom.

Even Louis V, who hated the religious authority's interference with the royal power, was absolutely unambiguous in the fight against the Gorefiend Sect, and his methods were quite severe.

Bringing it into the matter of the third prince, that is, as long as the central meeting finally decides that the third prince has indeed had contacts with the Blood Demon Sect, then he is absolutely finished.

Of course, the political life of the Third Prince Philip was over the moment the Boulder-Castre War ended.

But at the end of the day, he is still of royal blood after all.

The third prince himself is finished, and he is judged to have an affair with the Blood Demon Cult are two different things.

The latter could easily be considered to be related to the Gorefiend Cult, and this was absolutely unacceptable to the king, because it was almost shaking the foundation of the royal family's rule.

Charlotte could even imagine that the matter of the third prince definitely made Louis V angry.

Without him, this is no longer just handing out knives to the nobles, it is simply handing out knives to both the nobles and the church.

Strengthening the centralization of power and weakening the power of the nobles and the church is the pursuit of His Majesty the King, and such things are not secret among the nobles.

And the matter of the third prince is simply to demolish him.

Charlotte didn't even need to investigate. This central meeting might turn into a meeting where the nobles and the church united to put pressure on Louis V.

This is one thing that is easy to understand. Now His Majesty the King does not like the church, and the conflict between the royal power and the religious power continues, and the king is actually on the upper hand.

Under such circumstances, this central meeting is definitely a good opportunity for the nobles and the church to suppress the royal power, and it will undoubtedly become the center of the conflict.

And at this juncture, it would be very annoying to King Louis V if the Gorefiend Sect did something like this again, it would be as disgusting as eating a fly.

In a fit of rage, the king wants to thoroughly investigate the entire capital, which is nothing more than normal.

With this in mind, Charlotte recalled what happened when she first entered the city.

Her heart moved, she looked at Sebastian, and asked:

"So... did you arrange for Lutetia's city guard to welcome us instead of you?"

"Yes, master, I want to cooperate with the inspection of the store, and I can't get away for the time being, so I asked them to pick you up, but...it seems that they didn't do it."

Sebas said.

Charlotte smiled slightly and said:

"Heh, it's not just that I didn't do it..."

"Huh? Master, did something else happen?"

Sebas's heart moved slightly.

Charlotte nodded slightly, and briefly described what happened when her team entered the city. After hearing this, Sebastian frowned quickly:

"Didn't recognize your identity? This is impossible! I have already reported the information to the officials of the royal capital. It is impossible for the city gate guards to fail to recognize your badge!"

Then, he couldn't help but ask again:

"Master, are you sure the city guards really didn't recognize you when you entered the city, and they didn't make things difficult on purpose?"

Charlotte recalled the details at that time and shook her head:

"They probably didn't recognize it."

"In that case, I'm afraid the guards of the city gate have been temporarily replaced, and it is very likely that they came here deliberately to target us."

Sebas frowned and said.

After finishing speaking, he was a little puzzled:

"Weird...does this do any good? Other than embarrassing us..."

Charlotte clicked her tongue and said:

"That's why they let us in in the end. If we hadn't recognized our identities at the beginning, we don't know how things will develop. The conspiracy is a series of links, which may affect the later central meeting. Woolen cloth."

After hearing her words, Sebas's heart moved:

"Master, what do you mean by that, did someone help in the end?"

Charlotte nodded slightly:

"probably."

Saying that, she looked at Sebastian again:

"Sebas, how much do you know about Duke Gaston's family?"

"Duke Gaston? I only know that Duke Gaston's family is one of the nine Duke families in the Kingdom, and they are also well-known neutral nobles..."

Sebas said.

After finishing speaking, his heart moved:

"Master, is the Duke Gaston's family helping?"

Charlotte nodded slightly, as a tacit consent.

She was pretty sure the change in attitude before and after the guards as they entered the city was because of the Gaston family's convoy.

Although the carriage of the Gaston family was moving quickly, she still noticed that the young nobleman threw a bounty bag to the guard at the moment she passed the guard.

The guard later recognized the identity of the Castel family, relying on what was in the bag.

Although Charlotte didn't know what was inside, but after a little thought, he could figure out that it should have reminded the city gate guards of the identity of the Castel family.

In other words, without the Gaston family's secret action, I am afraid that entering the city would not be so simple.

However, Charlotte didn't pay too much attention.

As the main attendee of the central meeting, she couldn't really be refused entry to the capital.

Some disturbances are farce at best.

Of course, farce should not be underestimated. Sometimes conflicts are accumulated in farce.

A single quarrel may turn into a pair of enemies, let alone a noble who always values ​​honor very much.

Anyway, there was one thing Charlotte was sure of.

That is, even if she had no thoughts, as a matter of fact, from the moment she entered the gate of the royal capital, she had essentially stepped into the vortex of power disputes in the New Moon Kingdom.

"Master, do we need to change our next plan?"

Sebas asked.

"Change? Why change? It is still going according to the original plan. We came to the meeting this time to show our loyalty, expand business channels, and expand contacts. By the way, we will add more soil to the grave of the third prince. No one will offend me, I will not offend. As long as it’s not too much, don’t worry about anything else.”

Charlotte shook her head and said.

Sebastian's heart moved slightly:

"You mean... to remain neutral in the Central Meeting?"

Charlotte smiled:

"More precisely, on the basis of trampling the third prince to death, it is to maintain neutrality among the nobles, the royal family and the church. I don't plan to take a dip in the muddy waters of the new moon, at least not right now."

"Master, with all due respect...it's not easy to do, the moment we intend to trample the third prince to death, I'm afraid we are doomed to be marked by the king, not to mention you have a church background on the surface... "

"Well, how do you know if you don't try?"

Charlotte said with a smile.

After finishing speaking, she looked at the sky again and said:

"Okay, it's almost time, let's arrange it, I'm going to rest early tonight."

"There are still four days before the meeting, and the news that we have arrived in the capital has probably already spread, and we must be busy tomorrow..."

...

Charlotte miscalculated this time.

On the second day of staying in the capital, there were no guests visiting the manor.

Everyone... seems to have forgotten about the Castel family.

I'm sorry, it's been a long time since the update, and the plot is a little forgotten. There is something wrong with the rhythm of these pictures. I will adjust the status as soon as possible.

Today is a bit shorter, and the code word speed has dropped a bit...