Riding and Slashing

Chapter 306 The True Three Prophets
"Sister Clancy...she's dead. But her death was an accident, not our fault."

Circe answered happily.

"How did you die?"

Li Ang asked thoroughly, obviously wanting her to clarify the matter.

"That's when we were entrusted by King Ulric to go to Fierdsway..."

Circe was also very patient, perhaps because she still wanted to win cooperation with Li Ang, she told Li Ang the whole story.

A year ago, the Lion Kingdom was troubled both at home and abroad.

During that time, the kingdom experienced chaos after chaos.

There is hardly a peaceful place in the entire Sarleon Land...

Baron Kedron conspired to commit treason and stole Lion Lake City, Changhe Town was occupied by Grand Long, Ravencrow Kingdom invaded Beibu Gulf, Jatu people were migrating southward, Governor Levius of Bacchus Empire was attacking White Hart Castle...

It was a time when the Kingdom of Sarleon was in turmoil.

At that time, the Kingdom of Fieldsway also stationed troops in the High Cliff Fortress, and it was possible to tear up the covenant at any time.

At that time, Ulrik was unable to go out because of his illness. Brennus took the place of the king on the expedition to Lion Lake City and took away almost all the troops directly under the king. An attack that Zwei may launch at any time.

Therefore, at that time, Ulrik provided a lot of money and food to Bacchus' rebel Sheila Yuzas, causing the Bacchus Empire to fall into civil strife.

At the same time, Ulrik made a deal with the Three Seers in order to remove the threat from Filzway.

For the three prophets, making deals with the king has long been the norm—whether it is the previous generation of Sarleon or the current Ulrik, they all once regarded the three prophets as a butcher knife in their hands.

The massacres of Trubrun and Selenmeth were all done by the three prophets, and they were all for the purpose of eliminating rebellion.

It is a clean and labor-saving way for the king to use the Legion of Prophets to kill those rebellious rebels or disobedient vassals - the three prophets will deceive many people in those places into followers of heresy, and no one will sympathize Those people are gone.

There is no evidence, no evidence, then let the three prophets create the evidence of 'heresy', whether it is the lion king or the noble officials of Bacchus, they will use the same method - the nobles of Bacchus will say that the disobedient civilians are 'Serpent Cultists' in order to acquire slaves.

And for the three prophets, they can also get what they want from this cooperation-such as the offerings of believers, the skin of girls, and the growing strength.

Moreover, it will not lead to the conquest of the kingdom's army, and the Lion Knights will cover up the facts for them.

At that time, the three prophets were defeated in Changhe Town and captured back to Sarleon City. They used dragon tears and medicine to relieve Ulrik's illness and saved his life.

It’s just that they were still supervised by King Ulrik in the swamp, as if they were in prison—the three prophets took the town of Changhe with the prophet army. , the three prophets tried to take the opportunity to control the eastern part of the kingdom.

At that time, the content of the deal between King Ulrik and the three prophets was to release them, lift the blockade of the swamp, and allow them to bring out all the heresies in the swamp—let the three prophets take them to the territory of Fieldsville to pull them up. A legion caused chaos in Fieldsville.

For this deal, King Ulrik was willing to use a castle as the price - Howling Castle.

The three prophets agreed.

They also succeeded in pulling out an army of prophets near Mistcage City, causing great chaos in Fieldsville.

Later, Leon and Duke Brennus repelled the Ravens and killed the Jatus in Fort Eagle Claw, but the Knights of the Lions and the Royal City Guard suffered heavy losses, and Brennus was also deprived of his position as Marshal.

And the Three Prophets, after leaving Fieldsway, entered the Howling Castle.

This is what Ulrik promised, allowing them to enter the Howl Castle, and promised not to seal the Howl Castle to other lords. Just let them control the city.

To get a base, this is of course the best reward for the three prophets, so they kept their promises and worked hard-they held off Fieldsway's army for at least two months, until the problem of the Sarleon Kingdom They were all released before they returned to the Lion Realm.

But after the Three Prophets entered the Howling Castle, they found that the castle was empty. Apart from the Temple of the Goddess of Order, there were still many people, and the other residents had disappeared...

Perhaps Ulrik's original plan was to give the Three Prophets an empty city...

"We hardly got anything useful in Howling Castle, people, money, food, or livestock—nothing, all of them were moved."

When Circe mentioned this matter, she smiled helplessly: "Only those orphans in the temple are left alone... In order to supplement the lost manpower in Filtzway, we can only send those orphans to the goddess Ereda. embrace."

"You killed the people in the temple?"

Li Ang felt that the so-called 'putting into the embrace of the dark goddess' might be cruel.

"No, Your Excellency Li Ang, you may have misunderstood us - we will not kill people at will."

Circe shook her head with a serious face: "Even if it is a sacrifice, we will only let believers who voluntarily sacrifice everything, because those who do not believe in the goddess Ereda are not eligible to participate in the sacrifice. Those who say that we use young children to sacrifice Yes, probably from hearsay, mistaking us for the same as other heretic supplicants—those idiots don’t understand anything, they thought the Goddess of Darkness would be happy about it? The Goddess is not an abyssal demon..."

Li Ang frowned, but he kind of believed what Circe said—if they really sacrificed the flesh and blood of innocent children, it would be really difficult to get followers like Morgan, and most people still have a little bit of humanity after all.

"Then...the people in Trubrun should be killed by you. Where did the young children in the village go?"

After thinking about it, Li Ang asked about the uninhabited village.

"Girls were adopted by us, boys were sent to other cities, and the Red Brotherhood likes to adopt boys...Your Excellency Leon, the former lord of Trubrun had an enmity with the king, so he was accused of heresy and treason, we did help the king Cleared his territory. But we will first let those people follow us and give them a chance to choose. If they are still unwilling, they can only be eliminated by us... But the children in the village are different. We know what choice is, and we don’t know what faith is, so we won’t insist on harming them.”

Circe seemed to be deliberately trying to let Leon get to know them again, and explained patiently: "Actually, Your Excellency Leon, what do you think would be the fate of those young children if we hadn't taken them away?"

Li Ang did indeed take a new look at the Three Prophets.

Following the king's order to create charges, and then massacre rebels... Their behavior is essentially the same as that of the Lion Knights.

Probably the only difference is that the methods of the Three Prophets are rather weird, especially those methods of changing skins.

If they didn't take those children away, then the children in the village would also be regarded as heretics, or die of hunger, hardship and the mouth of wild animals, and most of them would not have survived.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, we are not murderers, everything has a purpose. Most of the girls we adopt will become our followers...Of course, every girl loves beauty, so we will also reshape the bodies of our followers—those Those who blaspheme the goddess don't need such a beautiful face."

Circe spoke frankly.

"Are only women able to change faces? What about men?"

Li Ang suddenly remembered the fake Igor.

"We have never changed the faces of men, because there is no need for that - most men have no pursuit of appearance, rich and powerful, accompanied by beautiful women, this is what you men desire."

Circe shook his head: "Besides, the ones that have been changed are still not as good as the real ones, and they have to be kept active with drugs every day. Men don't have that patience, and they don't have the habit of putting on makeup every day."

So, the fake Igor has nothing to do with the Three Prophets?

This is also possible, after all, Circe also said that the heresy in Fox Town and Alan Rick's death had nothing to do with them-they really didn't need to do things in Fox Town, so they shouldn't be lying.

Probably from the standpoint of the three prophets, those who do not believe in the Goddess of Darkness are heretics, so Li Ang can understand her way of thinking.

It is indeed a very purposeful behavior.

Use the pursuit of beauty to attract women to the dark goddess, use the pursuit of power and wealth and beauty to attract men to follow them, and of course they will not show mercy to the heresy in their eyes.

This is the typical logic of religious forces in this era, and it is basically the same as the Knights of the Dawn—the three prophets were originally priests of the Goddess of Justice, and they are of the same line as the Knights of the Dawn...

He suddenly felt that the rebuilding of the Knights of the New Dawn might need to speed up the process.

Snake Cult, Dawn Knights, Three Prophets...

They worship their own gods, but they are all exclusive religious warlords, and they cannot tolerate other beliefs.

Sir Roland has a long way to go... The Lady Justice will probably be hard to come back for a while.

"Let's go back to the temple of Long Howling Castle... What did you do to that temple? The followers of the goddess of order probably won't take the initiative to join you, right?"

Li Ang changed the subject back.

"On the contrary, Your Excellency Li Ang..."

Circe smiled meaningfully: "Almost everyone in that temple voluntarily threw themselves into the arms of the Dark Goddess, and it was just for a few pieces of bread—perhaps, except for that Sister Clancy and her daughter Anna , no one is a true follower of the Goddess of Order..."

"What do you mean? Most of them should be orphans adopted by the temple, and they would take the initiative to join you?"

Li Ang was indeed a little surprised.

"It was Brennus who removed the residents of Howling Castle. Of course, he was on the king's order. However, he left no food for the temple—when we entered the temple, there was only The two women, Sister Clancy and Anna, and the hungry and crying children all over the place. Those children are real orphans, the kind without aristocratic background..."

There was obvious sarcasm on Circe's face: "The other clergymen had already left. Only Sister Clancy and her daughter stayed there, trying to find a way to find something to eat for the orphans. But the two women, In an empty city, there is no way to feed those children. After seeing us, she handed over those children to us... To be honest, although she has different beliefs from us, I still feel her Mercy, I also remembered her name."

"……and then?"

Li Ang sighed, this tragedy was indeed different from what he had imagined.

"Sister Clancy and her daughter, Anna, did not oppose us after they knew our identities. On the contrary, she and Anna made a vow to dedicate everything to the goddess Ereda, as long as Hope we can give those orphans a way to live."

Circe said softly, as if she really had respect for the mother and daughter: "Then, both mother and daughter committed suicide together... They said that people who betray their faith should not live."

"They haven't betrayed their beliefs..."

Li Ang shook his head and said, he felt sad for the Clancy family.

"Yeah, they didn't turn their backs. But they thought we were cruel abyssal demons just like you before—in fact, we originally planned to let them live well. We were not that kind of inhuman things. We used to It’s also a nun... It’s just that we have betrayed our original beliefs.”

Circe shook her head: "So, we use Anna's body to become Ulrik's princess, and she will become the regent queen mother in the future-this will make the surname Clancy re-emerge, which is actually our respect for Clancy. Sister Xi's way of showing respect. However, we really didn't expect that there would be other people in the Clancy family..."

"But you also know that I can't give Aurs to you..."

The conversation finally got back to the point, but Li Ang directly blocked Circe's intentions.

"We won't kill him, we just need him to follow his daughter... I promise, he will become the real head of the country, gain great power, and enjoy all the good things in the world——Since you are his friend, then It's also of huge benefit to you."

Circe probably realized that it was impossible for Leon to betray his friend, so he began to make various promises in his words.

"But the question is... after losing a lover, is the power and status gained by using the witch's lies really good?"

Li Ang shook his head and stood up: "Besides, Circe, if I handed Als to you now, would you still tell me so many truths?"

Circe's face changed: "Your Excellency Leon, we don't want to be your enemy, but don't force us to deal with you!"

"As for Aurs, he has to decide for himself—I'm not qualified to decide the fate of my friend, and neither are you."

Li Ang smiled: "Let's properly resolve the issues between Amy and Godric first, and then I will bring Als to you. After all, Anna wants to give him a letter of guarantee so that he can obtain legal status. By the way, Let him meet his son..."

"That's fine, but if you break your word, I promise you'll regret it!"

Circe agreed and stood up too.

But then she turned around, a little confused: "Aurs' son...you mean, the brother of Anna you mentioned earlier? He is in Sarleon City?"

"Yeah...I didn't expect that, maybe you can try to kill your followers, so that you can silence—Anna's brother is among your followers."

A smile appeared on Li Ang's face: "Or, after Mrs. Anna gives birth to a child, you naturally don't need to care about him."

There was a hint of killing intent in Circe's eyes again.

But this time, several people in the tavern looked at her at the same time—maybe the assassin would gain some special talent or feeling after working in the profession for a long time, and the Scorpio assassin was quite sensitive to this kind of murderous aura.

But Li Ang acted as if he hadn't seen it: "Sercy, lies can only be covered up with more lies, and this matter has nothing to do with me——Anna's brother is among your followers, I can't control him, what do you think?" Method."

"Who is he?"

Circe asked, frowning.

"The leader of your Royal City Guards—he has already set off for Fox Town in the morning, in order to supervise Godric... Moreover, Mrs. Anna personally sent this supervisor."

Li Ang didn't tell the truth.

Inna, the adjutant of the royal guards, is the son of Aurs, but Leon intends to hide him—since the three prophets have never changed faces for men, then this Inna is the original product, just like the original Morgan is a pure follower By.

Well, maybe try to get Inner back.

(End of this chapter)