Chapter 441
“this… … . Fucking asshole… … .”
Upon hearing the story of Olivia Ranze, Bertus gritted his teeth.
The fact that Reinhardt was the Demon King was not known to the public because it could lead to a religious problem.
It was dangerous to leave Olivia alone in a situation where Olivia Ranze might be the devil’s helper.
So putting Olivia under surveillance was the best decision.
However, after learning the truth, Olivia Ranze started to lie.
“You don’t even hide your intention to be on the side of the Demon King.”
Above all, the sound of Olivia talking about the Inquisition or discussions made it very clear that she was willing to waste time.
It was clear that he had made up his mind to protect the demon lord rather than staying ambiguous.
Olivia Ranze decided to become an enemy of the Empire, if not to humanity.
“Are you killing me?”
At Scotra Kelton’s report, Bertus gritted his teeth.
“It can be killed, but it’s in the middle of the temple. It would be impossible to kill without fuss, and it would be a piece of shit.”
The main building is one of the focal points of the temple.
There, when a fight breaks out between Olivia Ranze and the Chanafell knights who want to kill her, the unspecified majority have no choice but to be aware of the situation.
Olivia Ranze is, at this point, more difficult to kill than the Demon King.
The Knights Templar and the Five Great Cults would be held accountable for why the empire had killed Tuan’s champion, incurring fierce resentment among the majority of the Five Great Cults.
It is too long to say that she had no choice but to kill her because she actually sided with the demon king.
People will accept the simple truth: ‘The Empire killed Tuan’s champion’.
Olivia Ranze knows how important her life is politically and religiously.
Killing me will cause conflict between the Empire and the main church before the death of the demon king.
And the demon king has not one holy relic, but two.
So, before this is a matter of empire, it is also a matter of religion. That’s why you can’t just talk about the demon lord’s disposition.
The Odae Main Church has an excessively sufficient justification to step into this case.
If left alone, Olivia will escape the Temple on her own and head for the Templars.
And, Olivia Ranze will lead a large group of Holy Knights and knock on the door of the Temple. Let’s discuss the treatment of the Demon King.
Killing or saving the demon lord is something we have to decide.
Knowing that it would be boring to kill the Demon King carelessly, Olivia Ranze will threaten the Empire.
Real big accidents happen to honest idiots, Bertus had once told Reinhardt with his own mouth.
That was what I said when evaluating Olivia Ranze.
A crazy bastard who wants to scream loudly in front of humans not to kill the demon king.
Olivia Ranze.
Words like the five main religions are just excuses.
This fool is not on the side of the church, but only on the side of the demon king. don’t even try to hide it
The logic will be clear.
Not one relic, but two.
If the two main gods among the five gods chose the demon king, wouldn’t it be the demon king? Let’s not hate each other and let’s all find a way to live together, not even hypocrisy, but only with the intention of saving the demon king, creating bullshit.
“really… … . I’ll turn around… … .”
You can kill or not kill.
The situation gets out of control when the Five Great Main Churches intervene in a matter that the Empire was trying to handle quietly, knowing only the Empire.
Above all, apart from the purpose of the Five Major Churches, Olivia Ranze is trying to keep the demon king from dying.
Then, since it would have to cause great confusion to the public, they would even try to spread rumors that Reinhardt, known as the hero, was the Demon King.
Bertus felt like watching a dragon struggle to throw the empire into chaos.
“Ileion Bolton… … . Call me.”
“… … Would that be okay?”
“What can I do? Rather than killing Olivia Ranze and seeing the Empire split in two, it would be better to increase the number of demon kings even a little bit. no? It would be thousands of times better to send the demon king alive and go to war with the demons. If a war with the demons breaks out, the empire will become stronger if it becomes stronger, and it will not collapse.”
I’m getting tired.
For several days, Bertus felt as if the limits of his mental power were being tested.
* * *
Ileion Boelton led the entourage into the Temple due to Olivia Ranze’s problem.
Olivia Ranze is about to burst into the world information that must be strictly confidential, information that will inevitably cause great confusion in the world if it is known.
There is a demon king who has been chosen by a holy object.
Humans.
What do you think about it?
Olivia, who was about to call the Commander of the Knights Templar to talk, stood up when Ileion Bolton arrived.
“What is it, Olivia?”
“Let’s leave at once.”
Now that someone had come to take her out, Olivia had no intention of being confined any longer.
“Miss Olivia! It’s not possible!”
The knight of Chanapell, who had been watching over Olivia until now, blocked Olivia’s way.
“We have to talk here. You cannot leave.”
Seeing the Chanafell knights with the attitude of never giving way, the attendants, including the commander of the Knights Templar, sensed that the situation was going strangely.
The Templars knew something was going on at the Temple, but they had no idea of the details.
“Who are you, are you telling me this or that?”
Olivia smiled viciously as she approached the knight.
“The jurisdiction over my personal affairs is not with the Empire, but with the Knights Templar and the Five Great Main Church. Temple? Don’t hit me like that. The Empire has no authority to order me wherever I go or come.”
“… … .”
“Anything blocking my path will be considered a challenge to the Knights Templar, and will be considered an anti-religious act against the will of the five main denominations and church members across the continent.”
Olivia says calmly.
“Move. Where are you arrogantly standing in front of the way to the champion?”
He was not alone, but even the commander of the Knights Templar was with him.
Olivia’s personal strength, not her own symbolism and political standing.
So, Shanafell had no choice but to open the way.
All the knights of Chanafell could not help but stare at Olivia Ranze carrying a bomb that would shake the entire continent.
* * *
Olivia Ranze explained everything to Ileion Boelton, the commander of the Knights Templar.
Originally, he only had Alsbringer, but he even conveyed the fact that Reinhardt shared Tiamata with Olivia.
Reinhardt, who received the choice of two sacred objects.
And that Reinhardt is the Demon King.
Therefore, we must convene the papal level of the five main denominations and hold an emergency meeting. There must be a catechism or an inquisition or something about this.
Ileion Bolton was understandably shocked.
That alone was enough of a message.
I left the work to be handled by the Church to Ileion Bolton.
The fact that the demon king was the owner of the sacred object would have given a great shock to the entire main religion.
Priests and Paladins will also disagree on this issue.
So, Olivia started taking action before the decision was made by her superiors.
It was very easy for Olivia.
In the main building of the Knights Templar, a temporary sermon was held with priests and believers.
It was a sermon given by Tuan’s champion, so many people had no choice but to attend.
Olivia didn’t say much.
“The gods are always right. Yes?”
Countless people gathered at Olivia’s low words nodded.
“The gods arrange and plan everything. Is that right?”
“Therefore, the choices of the gods cannot be wrong, they cannot be denied, and the favors they bestow on us are in themselves proof that they are right and that they love us.”
“So, it is clear that beings who have been blessed by the gods are worthy of love and their existence should be affirmed. Just as we are the chosen ones, loved by the gods.”
“The most powerful grace and proof of all such graces.”
“Holy relic.”
Olivia summoned Tiamata in her right hand and held it high.
-Oh oh oh… … .
Some of the people who looked at the gentle holy light flowing from Tiamata admired it, others were moved, and there were overflowing people who were moved by the grace of having an audience with the sacred object.
“As someone who has been chosen by these sacred objects, I dare to say that I represent the will of God to some extent.”
“Everyone, the demon king who caused a stir is now imprisoned in the temple.”
-Oh oh!
At those words, the hall was stirred very loudly. Now that everyone fears the name of the demon king, the word that the demon king has been captured was enough to give everyone a sense of surprise, admiration, and relief.
“You may have heard of it, Reinhardt, the new hero.”
Olivia smiles.
“They said that the hero chosen by Ars, the god of war, is actually a demon king who has infiltrated the human world.”
It was natural for the admiration in the hall to turn to astonishment. Seeing everyone babble, Olivia carries on with her words.
“I don’t know the details yet. But the important thing is that even if he is the Demon King disguised as a hero, it does not change the fact that he was chosen by Alsbringer.”
People who listened to the sermon were caught in a sudden storm of astonishing information.
But it is clearly imprinted in my brain.
The Demon King had infiltrated the world.
under the name Reinhardt.
And he was chosen by Als.
“Of course, it is possible that the demon king was chosen by Alsbringer through some evil scheme.”
evil trick.
People who were confused by the all-powerful word regained their senses to some extent.
It’s also something that Olivia, who wants to save Reinhart, shouldn’t say.
However, this word is rather important.
“As for whether or not the Demon King was truly chosen by Als, the Knights Templar and the Order of the Five Great Masters have an obligation to prove it.”
“Right now, the Demon King’s recruits are in the Empire.”
“But this is our problem.”
“We, not the empire, have the duty and right to discuss and conclude that the demon king was chosen by the gods and decide how to treat the demon king.”
“It is us, not the empire, who have to decide whether the demon king was chosen for the sacred object, or whether he stole the sacred object that should belong to someone else in the middle with dirty tricks.”
“From now on, I’m going to go to the temple to receive the Demon King’s recruits.”
“I have no doubt that proving the demon king’s infidelity or truth is a sacred duty I have received from God.”
“In the name of the Five Great Lords.”
“In the name of Tuan, the god of innocence.”
“I, in the name of God, will judge whether he is virtuous or not.”
A political trick to get the demon king’s recruits guided.
Olivia Ranze started having major accidents.
An unspecified majority takes the seeds of chaos.
These will now sprout everywhere and cause great confusion.
* * *
Olivia did not blindly claim that the demon king would be the right one because he was chosen as a sacred object.
Such extreme claims are bound to evoke a moderate backlash.
It is true that the demon king was chosen as a sacred object. That’s why the discussion that judges right and wrong about him must be preceded, and we must be the leader of the discussion.
Olivia’s words to make it our problem, since it’s our problem, couldn’t help but be taken as a matter of course.
Church members felt confused, but Olivia put action first.
Olivia Ranze, who had left the Temple, returned about five hours later.
she wasn’t alone
She was accompanied by about 200 Paladins, the most elite of the Templar Knights.
Paladins also had a bad atmosphere.
The paladins were shocked that the demon king had been chosen as a holy object, but they were angry that the empire had secretly tried to solve this problem.
All the paladins agreed with Olivia Ranze’s opinion that we should judge the demon lord’s recruits.
In front of the guards and Chanafell blocking the entrance to the temple, Olivia stepped forward to the party.
“I am performing a sacred duty. open the way.”
“The temple is the land of the Empire, not a place where the Templars can come and go as they please.”
“Because the gods created this continent, all lands received the blessings of the gods. Since the owners of all lands belong to the lords of the five great lords, what land are we, who execute the orders of those gods, unable to go?”
As if there had never been a decision to forsake the gods, Olivia continued to talk like a liquidator.
“You are interfering with the very important religious issues of the Knights Templar and the Five Major Churches. Get out of the way, we will discuss the Demon King’s disposition.”
“I keep telling you, but you can’t come in.”
“I will take it as meaning that it is okay to use force.”
-Sureung!
Olivia menacingly pulled out Tiamata, which she had intentionally put in the scabbard.
The Paladins also carefully pulled out their swords with nervous expressions when Olivia drew them.
The Paladins were also very nervous about Olivia’s actions.
Tuan’s champion, Olivia Ranze, is crossing the line.
If you collide with Temple’s troops here, the incident will grow out of control. Regardless of whether Olivia’s actions were right or wrong, there was an official clash between the Five Great Gods and the Empire.
There is even a possibility that the sword fighting at the entrance of this temple will be remembered as the starting point of a religious war.
That’s why not only the guards of the Temple, but even the paladins who followed Olivia were stunned by Olivia Ranze’s honest madness.
Because no one thought she would do this.
“You are the champion. More than this… … .”
That’s why, one of the paladins who followed Olivia gulped down and tried to dissuade her.
“Are you doubting my intentions now?”
To go against my will is to go against Tuan’s will.
Even if she was a member of the Templars, she didn’t think her neck would fly off against my will, Olivia said with just her eyes.
Olivia Ranze was demonstrating what logic could be used when the champion of the gods did something crazy and dragged the situation to the end.
Like giving five.
like relics.
Church confusion and religious wars.
give the dog away
I’m just pretending to be.
This could lead to a religious war that could split the empire into quarters, and the confrontation between the religious and the imperial army could trigger a great war and massacre that would shake the entire continent.
Olivia doesn’t know that.
like the world
like mankind.
Whether it perishes or not is no matter to Olivia.
Olivia Ranze is trying to save Reinhardt.
So, I’ll get rid of anything that gets in my way.
Even if it is God himself.
“Get out of the way, if you don’t want to go to war.”
At Olivia’s bloody words, the guards as well as the paladins who followed Olivia had to hold their breath.
Honest madness.
The worst that it could show was just being staged.
