Chapter 309

Regarding the remains of Maltz Kent and his son, Paul originally had no objection to Henry's disposal. They were buried according to civilian standards, which was actually just digging a random hole and burying them.

But he was determined to win Emden, the original territory of the Kent family, and a number of affiliated territories. After all, Maltz was a high-ranking nobleman. If he was buried casually, what would happen if his remaining tribesmen and those vassals who were still loyal to him became dissatisfied and made trouble?

So Paul discussed with Henry and still buried him according to Maltz's previous title of earl.

It wasn't until they discussed the matter together that they remembered that they had not confirmed with their own eyes whether Maltz Kent was really dead. So the two of them hurriedly ran to the chapel in the cemetery and opened the coffin to see if it was Maltz lying inside.

The coffin was opened, and the situation inside shocked Paul and Henry. It was summer now, and the body did not rot. Instead, it seemed like it had been drained of all moisture and turned into a mummy. However, from the wrinkled face The look of Maltz Kent can be vaguely seen on his face.

Although it looks very unusual, judging from Paul's common sense, this look is obviously dead. To be on the safe side, Henry boldly reached out and poked Maltz's nostrils, but there was no breath at all.

Looking at the mummified Maltz Kent, Paul felt a sense of déjà vu, and a certain image appeared in his mind: Maltz suddenly burst into flames and yelled at them, "Vos - Loda - ".

"Okay, you can bury him, let's get out of here quickly."

Henry covered his nose in disgust and pulled Paul out of the church.

…

The two later went to the cathedral in the city to visit Bishop Leonard. The poor old man was brutally detained by Maltz Kent, and he suffered a stroke from an unknown source of stimulation. When the Arda army captured Cente, he was returned to the cathedral, but he was completely paralyzed, could not even speak clearly, and often fainted suddenly.

His student, Anderson Yard of the North Shore Abbey in Lake Town, hurried over after getting the news and has been serving Leonard by his side these past few days.

Anderson was scheduled to leave for the holy capital of the Holy See in the near future to attend an exchange meeting of the Council of Magisterium and announce a series of "scary discoveries" in public, but his mentor's illness delayed the plan.

Leonard was lying on the bed. When he saw Paul and Henry arriving, he struggled to sit up. Paul quickly asked Andrew to hold him down.

Paul showed sympathy: "Old Dean, just lie down like this."

Although Leonard was old-fashioned and dogmatic, he never caused any trouble for him as a religious leader. When he was the abbot of the monastery, he also provided help for the education of Lake Center Town.

Seeing the old man become like this, Paul felt a little uncomfortable.

He learned from the people in the church that Leonard was arrested because he was looking for Maltz to confirm whether he was suspected of witchcraft, just like the time he looked for Paul in Lake Town. Unfortunately, Maltz didn't As patient as Paul was, the power in the hands of a duke was not comparable to that of an earl.

Leonard still struggled to raise his arm and pointed at his mouth, making a sound of "Uh... uh..." to indicate that he was inconvenient to speak.

"The Lord of Light will send Malz Kent's sinful soul to hell."

His student Ande Zhen cursed from the side.

Paul chatted with him for a while and then left with Henry.

The church power in the Northwest Gulf suffered a brutal blow after Malz Kent obtained the title of Duke. The regional bishop was placed under house arrest, a large number of cadres were arrested and sentenced, and the only military force, the Inquisition, was raided, disarmed and temporarily banned.

The Holy See Headquarters is obviously a bit unable to deal with the situation of the Northwest Bay Church. On the one hand, the Northwest Bay is too remote and out of reach. On the other hand, they are too overwhelmed by the vigorous witch-hunting movement in the Corner Bay and have no time to pay attention to it.

Paul heard from Anderson that it seemed that the scale and involvement of the Horned Bay Church's witch-hunting campaign had exceeded the Holy See's expectations, and it was now a bit difficult to get off the ground.

…

Back at the Duke's Palace, Henry asked cautiously: "Paul, how did you handle the list I gave you...?"

Paul patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, they are all in jail now."

Henry said a little nervously: "Uh... just close it for a while, but don't let anything happen to them."

"Don't worry, you will have three meals a day, and you will be healthy and fat when you come out."

Before entering the Center, Henry gave Paul a list of all members of the Ferdinand family. In Henry's eyes, they were all suspected of collaborating with Maltz Kent, or they were some kind of threat to his succession to the dukedom. .

Before other lords in the coalition arrived, the Arda army conducted a large-scale search based on this list and put everyone on it into prison.

Of course, their lives will not be in danger. They will wait until Henry successfully becomes the Duke of the Northwest before issuing an "amnesty" to show the kindness of the new Duke.

"But we have an agreement..." Paul reminded Henry: "I will share half of the Ferdinand family's treasury, and I owe a lot of debt for fighting this war."

Henry was about to cry but had no tears: "Your soldiers are guarding the vault door now. Tell me this..."

“Actually, I’d like to order more!”

There is no mistake in every song, one post, one content, one 6 one, one book, one book, take a look!

"Don't do that. If there are more, I won't be able to be a duke anymore. I won't be able to see my people."

"Okay, I'll send people to check the amount of money in the vault one by one."

"Vampire!"

...

On September 3, 1991, the Holy Calendar, Earl of Bayerding, Myron Garnard, arrived in Cent.

On September 4, other lords in the coalition, including Price Parker, Molly Malken, Winifred Heller, etc., arrived in Cent.

With them came a group of lords who had originally supported Maltz Kent. They came as losers.

Paul, Myron and Henry went out of the city to greet the lords. The Alda army served as a guard of honor. The neat formation, vigorous steps and bright bayonets once again impressed people and made the army behind the lords with messy flags and uniforms pale in comparison.

When they arrived at the Duke's Mansion, the roar of cannons came from the direction of the city gate, and everyone was shocked.

Paul told everyone not to panic: "Don't worry, this is just a [salute] to celebrate the end of the cruel war."

The [salute] went off sixty times in a row. The lords smelled a hint of warning from the grim "welcome ceremony" and pretended to smile and greeted Paul and others.

Only Derrick Heller, the son of Earl Heller, looked at the Arda army with envy. How he wanted to command such an army.