Chapter 853 Punishment
With starry flowers, emerald green plants, clear flowing water, and azure and pure sky, this place is like an undeveloped world.
If it weren't for the fact that there were no stars here, but an inexplicable light appeared out of thin air, I really thought this was the real world.
In the sky, a huge platform had no power to hang in the air. There was nothing on the platform, and only five figures stood there.
These are five figures that are completely composed of spirits, which have the same effect as the energy clone of the Level 5 Templar.
These five are the most noble people in the great world of God, the shepherds of the gods and the agents of the gods in the world, and they are the archbishops of the five temples.
This space is a space fragment shared by the five major temples. Because the identities of the five archbishops are too special, they cannot enter each other's temple, so this space fragment is found.
A space fragment is used to meet five archbishops. This kind of work can only be taken out by the five temples that rule the great world of the gods.
This public space fragment can be directly teleported from the five major temples, greatly facilitating the meeting of the archbishops.
The five archbishops' spiritual clones stood barefoot on the platform. There were no other items here, but they did not damage their own noble demeanor, but instead increased their temperament that was transcendent to the world.
"Article Julian, let's solve the problem quickly on the Supreme Council. I have heard in the temple that the nobles have been making trouble recently!" Archbishop Ambrose of the Temple of Knowledge said in a deep voice.
Archbishop Julian of the Temple of Justice smiled. He did not immediately respond to Archbishop Ambrose's words, but looked at the other three Archbishops, especially Archbishop Adele of the Temple of Wealth.
Archbishop Adele is the only woman among the five archbishops, and her temple of wealth is most closely related to Speaker Abe.
The reason is of course determined by the nature of the Temple of Wealth. The Temple of Wealth has branches of the Temple of Wealth on important planets in the Great World, operating the flow of god-generated gold coins and commercial operations.
It can be said that the Temple of Wealth is the closest relationship among the five temples to the giant secular world, and naturally it also often deals with the Speaker of the Supreme Council. The special friendship between Speaker Aibe has given a cooperative relationship between Speaker Aibe and the Temple of Wealth.
"Article Julian, you don't need to look at me. Speaker Abe and even the entire top aristocratic circle need to be rectified!" Archbishop Adele said to Archbishop Julian with a smile.
When she reached the status of Archbishop Adele, she was very satisfied with Speaker Abe's tactfulness, but this satisfaction was not enough to affect her judgment.
Since the last battle between the plague god Gladstone, she has had opinions on the current aristocratic circle, especially the top aristocrats.
Originally, the top nobles were the spears of the temple. Once needed, the fifth-level Templars of the top nobles could charge for the temple and defeat the enemy.
Even if the enemy is powerful, you can judge the enemy's strength through the efforts of the top nobles and decide whether you need God's help.
However, in the divine battle with the god of plague Gladstone, the level five strong men sent by the five temples are all the main bodies, but all the top nobles, level five Templars, came with energy clones.
During the battle, the cowardice and timidity shown by these energy clones of level five Templars made Archbishop Adele very dissatisfied.
Even in that time, Speaker Aibei used his power to fight without allowing the alliance centered on him.
Not only Archbishop Adele saw these, but the rest of the archbishops also knew them.
So this time, the top nobles were in chaos, and the temple did not intervene too early, but watched the changes.
The investigation of the temple is also slow. The priests in charge of the investigation in the temple are also intentionally or unintentionally affected by the top aristocratic forces in various parties, which makes the investigation go left and right, increasing the chaos in the top aristocratic circle.
"Since Archbishop Adele said this, let's talk about what should be done?" Archbishop Julian asked with a smile.
"I propose to deprive Abbe of the Speaker!" Archbishop Guy of the Temple of War said in a deep voice.
Archbishop Guy is even more dissatisfied with the incompetence of the top nobles than Archbishop Adele. The war battle with the god of plague Gladstone is the responsibility of the Temple of War. If it weren't for the better luck, Annabelle's Templar successfully performed the god submission and the god of war ended in person. It is very likely that this god battle will become a stain on the temple of war.
It can be said that during the entire divine battle, all the top nobles, level 5 Templars, contributed very little.
In Archbishop Guy's view, this is the responsibility of Speaker Abe, the Supreme Council.
It is not easy for the temple to interfere in the secular world, and the position of the Speaker of the Supreme Council is also chosen by the Supreme Council and then reported to the temple. It is not easy for the temple to forcibly abolish the Speaker for no reason.
Now with this opportunity, Archbishop Guy did not directly express his opinion.
"Depriving Abbe of the position of Speaker is the most basic punishment. He can even ignore the rules of the nobles and use his power to attack the great nobles. I propose to cut his title to the earl and take back part of his territory!" Archbishop Ambrose of the Temple of Knowledge rarely agreed with Archbishop Guy's proposal and added.
"It's better to compensate Duke Arthur for the reclaimed territory. He is the only one who supports the poor child in the family, and he is still treated so unfairly!" Archbishop Barney of the Temple of the Earth said lightly.
The reclaimed territory will generally become a convertible territory. After years of operation, the territories of top nobles are the most mature territory. Even if they are left there and not inquire, the territory can bring a steady stream of wealth.
As long as this kind of territory appears in the exchange of merits, it will definitely make the nobles crazy. No matter how many merits there are, there will be aristocrats fighting for them. Of course, 100% these territory will fall into the hands of other top nobles.
Because apart from the top aristocrats, there is no other merit that aristocrats can make to redeem.
Archbishop Barney's proposal made the other four archbishops' eyes lit up. As for Duke Arthur's poor child, no archbishop believed it.
The Archbishop here understands very well what kind of person Duke Arthur is, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a madman.
But from all the intelligence, we can see a key point. Duke Arthur never took the initiative to provoke anyone, he just fought back after being attacked.
Of course, Duke Arthur's counterattack was a bit strong, and the counterattack was a bit violent.
The five archbishops present had no disgust towards Duke Arthur, but had a natural affectionate intention.
This benefited the red wine, which was known as the "No. 1 fine wine in the world of God", and Duke Arthur gave it to the temple without stinginess, which made the temple very fond of him.
The most important thing is that the five archbishops here all like the red wine produced by Gamixing. After hearing that Speaker Aibe led people to set up a war-level alchemy array that affected the environment on Gamixing, he was extremely dissatisfied.
You should know that this will affect the production of red wine in the next year, and the already in short supply of red wine will become even scarce.
It is not a big mistake for the Archbishops to be affected by red wine. When their strength and status reach the Archbishop's level, material desires and spiritual enjoyment cannot affect them. Especially after their strength reaches the peak of the fifth-level sacrificial power, few items can affect their emotions.
Although their belief in God prevents them from having emotional deficiencies like the Level 5 Templars, they also desire emotional stimulation.
So far, only the red wine brewed by Duke Arthur can reach this level.
No one knew that the seemingly inconspicuous red wine really affected the archbishops of the temple's impression of Duke Arthur.
"Okay, just a little territory, that's not easy for a child!" Archbishop Julian nodded in agreement.
"Agree, if Duke Arthur becomes a Level 5 Templar, he will become a top noble directly. This circle lacks fresh vitality and a young man with enthusiasm like Duke Arthur!" Archbishop Ambrose also agreed.
Archbishop Adele and Archbishop Guy nodded, they had no other choice.
"Abe will deal with it like this. How should those twenty-two top nobles be punished?" Archbishop Julian continued to ask.
"This is not necessary to discuss. According to the rules of the nobles, just ask them to pay compensation to Duke Arthur!" Archbishop Adele said first.
She didn't want to discuss this little thing, and she just needed to arrange such things and let them handle them by her subordinate priests.
Anyway, so many top nobles cannot be given up. The chief evil Speaker Aibei is punished heavily, and the rest are fine.
After all, the top aristocratic circle cannot be chaotic for too long. The chaos that lasts for too long will give enemies hidden in the dark an opportunity to take advantage of.
The biggest enemy of the God-Original World has never been the Zerg, but the ancient gods who have existed since ancient times. Almost all of these ancient gods are sleeping, but the believers of the ancient gods have never been cut off.
In the history of the God-Original World, ancient gods constantly want to regain control of the world, and the huge world of the God-Original World also gives ancient gods many opportunities.
The five archbishops all knew about this point that their greatest responsibility was to clean up the evil gods.
"The last thing is the question of the new speaker. What do you think?" Archbishop Julian, who presided over the meeting, raised the last question.
"Let us hold the Supreme Parliament in advance, so we should not participate in such matters!" Archbishop Ambrose shook his head and said.
"I'll leave first if it's okay!" Archbishop Adele was the most direct. After she said that, she flew up and disappeared into the void.
"Article Julian, see you next time!" Archbishop Guy then took off and said goodbye.
Archbishop Ambrose of the Temple of Knowledge waved to Archbishop Julian and disappeared.
Archbishop Barney and Archbishop Julian smiled at each other, and disappeared into the space, and the tranquility was restored to the fragments of the space.
In the office, Speaker Aibei's energy clone was sitting behind the desk, his face gloomy.
In the battle two months ago, the Litton family suffered the least losses, which was the result of Speaker Aibe's special care.
At that time, because Lord Emos asked Speaker Abe, Speaker Abe proposed that Lord Emos be responsible for the resources and manpower that should have been distributed by the Litton family.
The decision proved to be correct, which left the Leighton family with little substantial losses.
The other twenty-two top nobles suffered heavy losses, especially the Mather family, and a level 5 Templar was killed.
But Speaker Abbe had no intention of being happy at all. He had been recalling the words of the two bishops of the Temple of Earth and the Temple of Justice, as well as the evidence provided by Duke Arthur.
These losses are even more serious than the family, so serious that it will cost the Litton family far more than the losses of the other twenty-two top nobles.
"Master, there is a priest from the Temple of Justice outside asking to see you!" The butler walked in and bowed to report.
Speaker Aibei was shocked. The changes in the top aristocratic circle in two months made him feel very bad.
From the beginning, his power could still compete with Lord Gould's power. When many top nobles defected to the other side, they did not surrender. He also felt that their attitude changed and no longer regarded him as a leader.
"Master..." The butler couldn't help but remind him when he saw Speaker Aibei was stunned.
"Please come in!" Speaker Aibei came to his senses and waved his hand.
A fourth-level priest walked into the conference room under the guidance of the butler.
"Earl Aibe, I have brought the temple's punishment decision!" The priest didn't even introduce himself and stood in the middle of the office and said in a deep voice.
Speaker Aibei suddenly stood up and looked at the priest in disbelief.
The butler next to him looked horrified because he also heard the title.
‘Earl’, this title should not appear behind Aibei’s name at all, because even if Aibei is not called Speaker, Aibei should be called Lord.
But Speaker Aibei understood that this priest would not have such a low-level mistake. There was only one possibility, that is, the temple made the final punishment, which was also the worst result he guessed.
"For the crime of betraying the great world of God and abused power to attack the great nobles, the Earl Abel was relieved of the position of Speaker of Earl Abel, and was deposed to the title of Earl Divine, and deprived of Dun Star territory!" The priest ignored Speaker Abel, the current expression of Earl Abel, and announced in a deep voice.
Earl Aibe's eyes became dim every time he heard a verdict, and he knew that the darkest period of the Leighton family was coming.
Many of the contents in this judgment were not presented in detail, but they represent more meanings.
Not to mention the position of Speaker, Earl Aibe was mentally prepared, but the delisting of the title was equivalent to kicking the Lidon family out of the top aristocratic circle.
Since then, many of the quotas of the top aristocracy have nothing to do with the Litton family, such as the quota on the Zhanxing side, the right to allocate resources, and the monthly resource exchange power of the top aristocracy, etc., will directly affect the development of the Litton family.
Chapter completed!