A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 610

Chapter 610: Chapter 451 Submission of Document_1 Chapter 610: Chapter 451 Submission of Document_1 Creme was not stupid. If she couldn't understand what to do after Duanmu Huai had made it so clear, she would indeed be a fool. After that, Creme gathered the remnants of the Fourth Legion and publicly executed the general Nero who had sent the Fourth Legion to their deaths. At the same time, she declared that the Fourth Legion would march to the Imperial City under the slogan of loyalty to the king, to rescue Emperor Hera from the control of Prime Minister Stith and the Congress!

Thus, two fierce indictments were issued by the Tribunal and the Fourth Legion, spreading throughout the entire continent.

The Tribunal's indictment directly targeted Archbishop Oz of the Church of AL, claiming that he had been tempted by the Demon Clan and had had the audacity to declare war on the Tribunal. His crime was unforgivable. Currently, Archbishop Oz was further encouraging the Herman Empire to oppose the Tribunal, a grave mistake. If they believed that relying on the Herman Empire's Strength would make the Tribunal submit, then the Tribunal wouldn't hesitate to show these heretical villains what the wrath of the Tribunal was like!

The indictment issued by the Fourth Legion under Creme's leadership directly targeted the Congress led by Chancellor Stith. They claimed that Chancellor Stith used the young Emperor's age as an excuse to seize control of the country, cause chaos, and imprison the Emperor. This was an unforgivable crime. In cahoots with Archbishop Oz and sacrificing the soldiers of the Fourth Legion for their own private interests, was even more unforgivable. Therefore, for the Kingdom of Herman and for Emperor Hera, they would march to Imperial City Langubadun alongside the Tribunal and cleanse the court, executing the treacherous ministers and protecting the Emperor's power!

The two indictments had different focuses. The Tribunal's indictment targeted Archbishop Oz, and the Fourth Legion's indictment targeted the Congress led by Chancellor Stith, which was part of Duanmu Huai's plan.

Oftentimes, people prefer to purge institutions and attack groups. For instance, regional attacks, or the mass execution of an entire organization, are commonly enjoyed. However, in reality the significance of attacking an institution or group isn't much. If you despise someone from a certain place, there is no extinction order, and it is impossible to eradicate everyone from that place.

It is the same for dealing with the Church of AL. These organizations exist because they are irreplaceable. If one were to be eliminated, another would simply rise to take its place.

Likewise, if everyone says that corrupt officials need to be exterminated, you couldn't possibly mean that all officials should be beheaded. Then who would govern the country?

Therefore, in such situations, focusing on the individual and concentrating the focus can be very effective.

It does Duanmu Huai no good to be at odds with the whole Church of AL now, but if he insists on sticking to Archbishop Oz, he will not get more support from the Church of AL, especially since the Church has yet to elect the next Pope. After all, there are others who want to become the Pope, and for Archbishop Oz's opponents, this could be a good thing.

The same applies to the Fourth Legion's indictment. It may feel good to overthrow an entire country and eradicate the entire nobility class, but this will only lead to a mass backlash. But if you focus on the Congress led by Chancellor Stith, it's a different story. Even if Chancellor Stith monopolizes power by manipulating the influence of the Empress Dowager Permira, it doesn't mean the other high-ranking officials are content with him.

At this time, his enemies might also use this opportunity to contain Stith.

Hence, having a specific target is often extremely important. It is satisfying to speak of getting rid of everyone. Unless the situation is severe enough to require an extinction order, Duanmu Huai, being a judge himself, would not casually engage in mass slaughter – especially in the world of humans.

After all, the judge is not the Grey Knight.

Of course, if it were an alien planet, that would be another matter.

Another reason for Duanmu Huai's actions is that the Tribunal has begun to recruit followers everywhere.

In such a situation, it is not beneficial to openly oppose the Church of AL since the Church of AL is considered the universal religion of this world. If the Tribunal was to directly confront the Church of AL, it would definitely cause unrest and dissatisfaction among the people.

But if the tribunal only took action against one bishop of the Church of AL, things would be different.

This would be a personal dispute, and would not escalate into a conflict between the two religious sects.

No matter how formidable Archbishop Oz was, his influence would only extend to his base. Beyond his base, who knows him?

The issuance of these two indictments immediately caused a tremendous stir across the entire continent.

For the Herman Congress, it was a heavy bombshell.

In the dim military conference room, the atmosphere was extremely tense. The four people sitting at the table were ghostly pale.

“Absolutely, it's absolutely outrageous, nonsense!!”

Chancellor Stith slammed the table in anger and roared out loud. On a normal day, he was an impassive man of sensible appearance. However, now these two indictments had pushed him to the brink of rage!

“They claim we are imprisoning the Emperor and seizing control of government, it's absolutely ridiculous! The Emperor is still young, everyone knows that the Empress Dowager is temporarily assisting him in his rule. Do these damned traitors actually think that with this kind of petty lie, they can distort right from wrong, black from white?!”

Hearing Chancellor Stith's roar, the Commander-in-Chief Chakk of Herman Army and Economy Minister Barton, who were present, rolled their eyes silently. If it really was nonsense, why are you jumping up and down here? Everyone present knows it is the fact. Pretending in public is one thing, but here among us, you are still pretending, isn't that going too far?

“Commander-in-Chief!”

After venting his anger, Chancellor Stith glared fiercely at Commander-in-Chief Chakk of Herman Army, causing the latter to stare blankly. Although he was the Commander-in-Chief of the Herman Army, Chakk was not a qualified soldier. Similar to Nero, he had climbed to this position relying on his family background and status. His frail physique, unlike that of a typical Herman, was evident for all to see.

“Yes.”

“How do you intend to handle the rebellion of the Fourth Legion!”

“This…………”

Facing Chancellor Stith's inquiry, Chakk was breaking out in a cold sweat.

“Currently we don't have a very good solution. According to the information gathered by the scouts, the Fourth Legion still has 20,000 men…………”

“Don't tell me you don't have any ideas at all?!!”

Chancellor Stith once again angrily slammed the table. His frustrations were not without reason. After all, no one had ever imagined that a rebel army would attack them under the guise of “clearing the emperor's side.” Not to mention they were fully aware that what the rebels were saying was indeed true. In such a situation, Stith feared even more that the other legions would follow suit after the Fourth Legion and rebel!

Especially the First Legion guarding the surroundings of the Royal City…

“Put this issue aside for now, Your Excellency,”
Just as the Commander-in-Chief was being interrogated by Stith and broke out into a cold sweat, the nearby rotund Economy Minister Barton, patted his belly, which was as round as a fat pig, and a sly glance flashed between the slits of his nearly obscured eyes as he stared at Stith.

“Regarding the matter of the Tribunal… it's the first I heard about it. How did Herman and the Tribunal end up in such a state? Have you indeed reached an agreement with Archbishop Oz of the Church of AL? Now, the Tribunal's troops are in league with the rebels. In this situation, how should we respond?”

“Uh…….”

Upon hearing the economy minister's inquiry, Stith, who had just been roaring, suddenly fell silent as if a duck's throat had been choked.

Part of the reason he had become so furious was to hide this fact. After all, his secret agreement with Archbishop Oz was not to be known by others.

But soon, Stith came up with a solution.

“This precisely illustrates the problem. Archbishop Oz suspects that the Tribunal is colluding with the Demon Clan, and the fact that they dare to invade Herman on this pretext is enough to prove these people's audacity. It's very likely they are accomplices of the Demon Clan! I suggest we should immediately dispatch the Second Legion to join the Fifth Legion and wipe out the villains of the Tribunal and those rebels!”

“The Second Legion is currently guarding the western defense line. Do we really need to mobilize them?”

Upon hearing this, the Commander-in-Chief hesitated a bit. After all, the Demon Defense Line was the priority, and if it was breached due to lack of troops… he did not want to repeat the situation in Seth in Herman's case.

“This is an order!”

“…Yes.”

Since the Chancellor had issued the order, and the queen mother, acting as the chairperson, did not object, the Commander-in-Chief had no choice but to nod his head.

It must be said… he now had a very bad premonition.

While chaos ensued within Herman Royal City, Duanmu Huai was looking at the information in his hand from Seth and Lisas.

At the same time as the announcement was sent out, the Tribunal had also started recruiting believers in these two countries. The Tribunal did not need a magnificent church like the Church of AL. They just needed to set up a holy statue, and anyone could worship it – after all, once you've prayed and received strength, your soul is bound with the Tribunal's.

Of course, the work of spreading the faith was left to Lorena and the proselytizing priests, as they were experts in this field.

At present, the progress on both sides was good.

This was normal, as both Lisas and Seth were countries that Duanmu Huai had once saved. The citizens of those countries were naturally grateful to Duanmu Huai and the Tribunal. Especially in the Kingdom of Seth, Duanmu Huai had used Sky City to relocate millions of people. As long as these people had a little conscience, Duanmu Huai could immediately gain many more followers.

According to reports from both sides, the ratio of believers absorbed in Seth and Lisas was about 6:4, with Seth's citizens being more enthusiastic about their faith in the Tribunal. On the Lisas side, Princess Leia worked hard to promote it nationwide. She even tried to drive the Church of AL out of Lisas, but Duanmu Huai stopped her.

Unwanted religions would eventually die out on their own, without them having to lift a finger.

This was also very normal, as when these two countries faced a calamity, the Church of AL did not lend a hand. Without having to choose, it would be alright, but with a choice… wouldn't they naturally choose the more effective one?

According to the information, there was currently a lot of discussion within the Church of AL about this, but unfortunately, a new Pope had not been elected, and they could only sit on their hands…

Good, carry on like this.

Duanmu Huai nodded, then walked out of the door. However, just at this time, a voice sounded next to Duanmu Huai.

“Hello, Lord Duanmu.”

“Oh?”

Duanmu Huai followed the sound, and looked down- only to see the petite figure of Kierdi standing there.

“What is it?”

“As it is, we've captured a group of slave traders and brought them here along with the slaves. How should we deal with them?”

“Slave traders?”

Upon hearing this, Duanmu Huai frowned.

“Take me to see.”

He then spoke.

Chapter end

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