Although great nobles like Negan often become victims of compromise in the battles between the royal family and the church, with the current situation, it is impossible for Rawls to break away from the Negan family.
Unlike other nobles, he lacks the protection of extraordinary power. What he lacks has always been political resources. Although these can be obtained through the church, the political resources of the church are also obtained through noble believers. Once he chooses the church, then
It is equivalent to betraying the entire aristocratic class.
Rawls is not from a long-established aristocratic family, and he has been named Viscount Derrian for less than half a year. If he chooses to betray at this time, wouldn't it be equivalent to being stripped of his noble title? And it will definitely become a struggle between the church and the nobles.
between victims.
Because the church will not abandon the entire aristocracy because of Rawls.
As Bishop Garvey, who is responsible for political communication in the Backlund Diocese of the Church of Storms, naturally he would not think that the young man in front of him who almost pulled the Negan family back from the cliff and saved the Conservative Party from declining in the election did not understand their thoughts.
The other party is trying to evade and does not want to conflict with his own class.
Bishop Garvey was aware of this possibility long before he came.
But they have no choice. The Church of Storms is the church that has the greatest influence on the military among the three major churches. Even the slightest movement will immediately attract the military and the nobility's backlash. They are far from the Church of Night and the Church of Steam.
The power of the military can be gradually eroded through retired soldiers and weapon research and development, because before this, they influenced the army by influencing the nobles and soldiers.
This gave them the greatest influence on the military, but now they have completely become a disadvantage.
In local areas, especially at sea, they can also send priests and "punishers" to fight on ships, which is what King George III promised them. But those soldiers and believers will not obey their orders, they will still only obey themselves.
Commander's order.
But in any case, this is progress after all. But it is different in Backlund. Most of the senior generals of the navy are from noble families, and their descendants occupy various departments of the navy. Facing the storm
The presence of the church will subconsciously repel them.
Therefore, this makes the Cardinal in charge of the Backlund Diocese, His Excellency "Deep Blue Priest" Raydar Valentine, very unhappy. Although he faces the biggest problem, there has been no progress for a long time, and the "Abyss of Storm" and the Cardinals' College will definitely be in trouble.
His work needs to be criticized.
However, what makes this demigod most unhappy is not the lack of progress at work, but the behavior of the conservative aristocrats, mainly the Negan family.
Although according to Luen's legal provisions, the church cannot help the two parties campaign, it is impossible to say that it has no impact at all. As long as it does not go too far, no one will comment on it. When the Conservative Party was at a disadvantage in the election, the Church of Storms
It still took some effort, otherwise Rawls wouldn't be so familiar with Bishop Garvey.
However, as long as Redal and Philip talked about joining the military, they would be pushed back, but talking about the election could go on normally.
If it weren't for the Negan family and the Conservative aristocracy being the basis of the Church of Storms, Reydar might have turned against him directly. But he couldn't, he had to help the Conservative Party succeed in the election.
After Rawls refused to take up the topic raised by Bishop Garvey, the two important figures of the Church of Storms in Backlund Diocese had no choice but to leave.
As the master, he sent it to the door as usual. Seeing Leidar not hiding his anger at all, directly riding the strong wind and flying into the clouds, he shook his head.
The best thing for the Church of Storms now is not to act, to pull itself out of this whirlpool, to act as if it is giving up and join the military, and to push the Church of Night and the Church of Steam to the forefront. Otherwise, the Church of Night and the Church of Steam
He can safely continue to expand his influence on the military under the influence created by the Church of Storms.
Once the Church of Storms temporarily gives up, the nobles will quickly turn their attention to the other two major churches. In this way, although the Church of Storms has made no progress, it has a strong foundation in the military's original base.
There will not be much loss, and the progress of the other two major churches will not be great.
Allowing the three major churches to station themselves in the military was originally a delicious bait thrown by George III that can be seen and smelled, but cannot be eaten.
The nobles will not give up their power, and the three major churches will not give up this opportunity. If the two meet and fight, it will naturally benefit both George III and the Augustus family. The royal family, which itself controls half of the military, can also take advantage of it.
Take this opportunity and do what you want to do.
Even if there are people in the nobility and the church who see that this is a bait, they cannot give in even half a step. This is a multi-party game. No one will give up before the end. Because they can't take the bait, and they can't let their opponents
Eat.
This is the advantage of those in high positions!
Rawls looked in the direction of Thordrak Palace with a smile on his lips.
…
Backlund steam train station.
With the arrival of a steam train, a large number of people poured out of the doors of each carriage, and Leonard Mitchell and Daly Simone also entered the platform with the crowd.
Yesterday afternoon, just as they were about to leave Raphael Cemetery, they met Luo Yao, who was patrolling the cemetery. At the invitation of the other party, they returned to the Blackthorn Security Company. Because the issues involved were too serious, they did not report to the "Nighthawks"
The team revealed that they took this opportunity to try to recreate the original attack again.
Although No. 36 Zotland Street has been rebuilt, some things after the attack still remain. For example, the words "0-08" written by the quill on the walls and bricks, such as the telegram, which is a record of hatred.
, is also the sustenance of nostalgia.
They did gain something by deducing and reconstructing the scene at that time.
Although Dunn Smith was confirmed dead by the "body collector" Fletcher and the "janitor" Archbishop who came from the church, the cause of death was not determined. It was only suspected that his spirit might have been severely damaged because his body
There was no damage. However, Klein Moretti's lungs were attacked by a virus, causing him to cough up blood, which in turn caused him to suffocate. According to the archbishop, it should have been caused by a Sequence 5 "Witch".
Because both of them were "nighthawks," and considering the thoughts of their family and colleagues like Leonard, the cause of death could only be determined to this point.
Although I don’t know how Klein was resurrected, if you look at it this way, Dunn obviously has the conditions for resurrection.
Moreover, they discovered a big doubt this time, that is, the extraordinary characteristics of Dunn and Klein were missing. They originally thought that they were taken away by the "witch", but there is a problem, that is, why did the other party
Don't kill the unconscious Leonard directly.
A Sequence 5 "Witch" can kill Leonard who is only Sequence 8 in an instant. If this opportunity is given up because the "Punisher" is about to arrive, then Klein's extraordinary characteristics will not be there.
Time separated.
So Lundner, with the help of the old man, made a conjecture that the extraordinary characteristics of Klein and Dunn at that time were not released at all, which meant that the two people were not completely dead at that time.
This is not impossible. According to the old man, the "divineer" has the ability to resurrect from the dead in the high-sequence stage. And the path that Azik Eggers is on, the "undead" of Sequence 4, can be resurrected every sixty years.
You will die once.
Of course, Leonard did not disclose these, but this way he had greater expectations that captain Dunn might not be dead yet, and at the same time, his doubts about Klein were reduced a lot, so he was thinking about it along the way.
How to persuade Ms. Dai Li?
The two people were moving forward among the crowds of people, and the sound of a whistle made them and others startled. They subconsciously looked at the platform next to them. The steam train was about to pull out. This was before departure.
reminder.
Dai Li retracted her gaze and was about to move on, but out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that Leonard had stopped where he was, still looking at the steam train.
She followed the other person's line of sight and saw a young boy, about fifteen or sixteen years old, sitting by the window. He was wearing clothes that were obviously specially designed, and he was sitting in a luxurious first-class seat, which was even
Seeing that everything around him was empty, the only two people sitting there looked a bit like bodyguards. They had the same red eyes as the boy.
Bloodlines?
Dai Li's green eyes narrowed and she frowned. The steam train had begun to move. The carriage marked the departure station as Backlund and the destination as Luna, the capital of North Yorkshire. There were indeed many members of the vampire clan there.
An active place. Leonard's voice rang in her ears.
"That boy is the one I told you about, one of Sherlock Moriarty's friends, Ian Wright."
Although there was noisy noise nearby, the train had started to speed slowly, and Yin En was already twenty or thirty meters away from Leonard and Dai Li, but they were surprised to find that the two vampires who were like bodyguards
The members suddenly turned their heads to look at the two of them.
They heard it!
One of them even walked directly to the window and whispered something into Yin En's ear. However, when Yin En turned around, the two of them could no longer be seen.
Leonard and Daley looked at each other, passed through the crowd, got on the subway, and returned directly to No. 7 Pinster Street.
"Those two vampires are at least Sequence 6. Normal 'vampires' don't have such powerful five senses."
During this period, the Vampire Clan was extremely active, which allowed local "Nighthawks" like Dai Li in Backlund to have a deep understanding of the Vampire Clan's path. In addition, the Church of the Night itself was on good terms with the Vampire Clan.
"Yin En Wright should be just the 'arbiter' of Sequence 9. If he can get such protection, it proves that his ancestor should be a blood count, maybe even a blood marquis."
In the living room, Leonard and Daley sat separately and exchanged their thoughts, but most of the time it was the former who was talking and repeating the old man's words.
"The lifespan of a vampire earl, if extended by sleeping, can even exceed 1,500 years. But for a marquis, it is even more terrifying. Two thousand years may be just the starting point. And Yin En has been living in a group of children some time ago.
No. 45, Minsk Street, it is very likely that we just recognized our relatives recently.”
Leonard was also troubled by his bad luck, as he could have happened like this. But then he thought about it, Yin En's recognition might be related to Sherlock, no, Klein. As long as he investigates by himself,
You definitely can't escape.
So, Klein, you'd better stand with us, otherwise let's see how I teach you a lesson... Leonard shook his fist. Having been promoted to Sequence 6 "Requiem Master", he naturally believes that he has the ability.
Teach Klein a lesson.
"Show me all the information you have collected about Sherlock Moriarty..."
Dai Li, who was wrapped in a black robe and repainted blue eye shadow and blush, was silent for a while before speaking. She really couldn't trust Leonard's brain and judgment now.
After receiving the information and knowing that Sherlock was equal to Klein, she quickly discovered the problem.
"He had contact with Lanerwus... The time was October, and he came from Tingen. It seems that he has not given up...
Dai Li twitched the corner of her mouth. Before she was sure of Klein's identity, she was not even willing to say his name.
Then she discovered that next to "Lanervus was covered with Tarot cards when he died" was marked the thieves "Black Emperor" and "Aurora Society is looking for believers who believe in 'The Fool'". She recalled it briefly.
I discovered the connection between the two incidents and understood Leonard's thoughts.
"Do you think he is the Black Emperor?"
"It is possible that they are members of the same organization. A new mysterious organization appeared last year. I have investigated it. This organization may be based on belief in an existence called 'The Fool'."
"Believe in 'The Fool'?" Daly frowned, "Where have I heard of it? Yes, it's the 'Punisher'. They said there was a crazy adventurer named Gehrman Sparrow on the sea.
He believed in 'The Fool' and even nearly destroyed Bayam before, so he was wanted."
"Gehrman Sparrow?" Leonard was quite unfamiliar with this name.
"Yes, I remember that the 'Punisher' said that he once tried to hunt down 'Vice Admiral Disease' Tracy, but failed, and then boarded the ship of the 'Star Admiral'. He hunted and killed him not long after."
The Death's Second Officer, 'Slaughterer' Gilcias, even hunted down 'Blood Admiral' Senior in the battle that almost destroyed Bayam."
Then, Dai Li raised her head, with a coquettish light dancing in her eyes:
"It is said that Gehrman Sparrow has the ability to change the appearance of others."
Leonard had not changed much after hearing these, but the old voice sounded in his ears:
"Haha, the Sequence 6 potion of 'Soothsayer' is called 'Faceless Man', and it can change one's own appearance."
What?
Leonard almost jumped up. He was not an idiot, so he naturally knew that the old man meant that this person might be Crane Moretti.