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Chapter 30 Judgment of the Council

The west area of ​​Blackstone City, where the Blackstone Cathedral is located.

More than a year ago, when the Black Death was just beginning to spread, it was the most lively moment in the church. A large number of fearful and restless civilians gathered around the periphery, praying that the church would grant them peace.

Inside the church, aristocrats and celebrities of all sizes from Black Rock City gathered, and under the guidance of Father Flo, they made devout offerings to the Lord.

It's a pity, the priest Berger sighed, the Lord's gaze didn't seem to be here, the disease is still spreading.

After that, civilians began to hide in their homes and never went out except for necessary work.

The nobles are also busy with their government affairs and rarely worship.

Only those delirious patients suffering from the Black Death and tortured by pain would drag their heavy bodies and lie outside the church, begging the Lord to give him relief and lead him to heaven.

Whether his soul was redeemed, Priest Berger didn't know. The only thing he could do was to bury these patients neatly in the cemetery outside the city and engrave their names on them after they died.

At least in this way, there are proofs of their existence in the mortal world.

And since Father Flo, the manager here, disappeared unexpectedly a month ago, the atmosphere in the church has become even worse, often without seeing a single visitor for a whole week.

Fortunately, this dead silence was broken today, and one carriage after another appeared outside the church, revitalizing the place.

As a temporary manager, the priest Berger warmly received everyone.

Take the last three visitors to the meeting hall inside the church.

After Ronan took Cassana in, he looked around.

In the center of the conference hall, there is a long oval table more than five meters long and three meters wide, and eight luxurious seats are set up.

People were already sitting on the four seats, and two of them nodded and greeted Ronan friendly after seeing him.

Ronan nodded in response, and led Cassana to sit on the two adjacent seats. Vicky glanced at him and reluctantly sat on the other side.

The remaining one belonged to the sponsor of the meeting, the priest Berger, of course.

"Now that all the members of the meeting have arrived, I declare that this meeting of the nobles of Black Rock City will begin. I will witness the whole process on behalf of the church to ensure the sanctity of this meeting."

Priest Berger began to introduce in a grand tone:

"There are five representatives in this meeting, namely:

"Rudolph Wooda, the deputy commander of the Black Rock City City Defense Army, Alman Pinedo, the deputy commander of the Castle Army, and Aldrich, the Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs. These three people represent Black Rock City with a total of one vote. More than half of the votes will be counted."

"The in-laws of the Pecks family, Lord Ironstone, Baron Hayman——Vicky Hayman, a total of one vote."

"The in-laws of the Pecks family, the lord of the Beech Lord, the Baron of Ashford--Lyle Ashford, a total of one vote."

"The sole heir of the Pecks family, lord of Black Rock City, Viscount Pecks—Kasanna Pecks, with a total of two votes, with my consent, this vote is given by her fiancé, Baron Cold Wind, Ronan Orange Proxy."

"The representative of the Church in Black Rock City, Priest Begel, has a total of one vote. Of course, in order to ensure fairness, I will choose to abstain from voting on all the following issues on behalf of the church."

After Berger introduced everyone present, the formal discussion began.

"The first topic of the meeting is Viscount Cassana's decision to entrust his fiancé, Baron Ronan, to manage Black Rock City on his behalf. His own votes will be invalidated, and the power of entrustment can only be established if the affirmative vote exceeds the negative vote."

After listening, everyone present had different expressions and did not rush to give feedback.

Facing the eyes of others, Ronan smiled and responded friendly.

With the death of the rest of the Pecks family, Cassana inherited the title of Viscount without any doubt, which no one present would or could object to.

But the management of Black Rock City is a big problem.

No one believed that a little girl who wanted to run away from home not long ago could manage the city well, and the noble council was the place to solve this problem.

If other members of the parliament deny Cassana's management ability under the vote.

Then, according to the noble treaty of Black Rock City, Cassana is still the owner of the city, but the person who manages the city will be another member.

Ronan naturally did not allow this to happen.

After a while, two people had already raised their hands. Finance Minister Aldrich looked curiously at the two colleagues who raised their hands, and raised their hands after a chuckle.

"The three representatives of Black Rock City all agree, and there is one vote in total." Priest Begel announced in a loud voice.

There were two votes left for Lord Ashford and Lady Vicky.

The lord of the beech collar, Baron Ashford, frowned upon seeing this, and suddenly turned in Ronan's direction and said seriously:

"Before this topic ends, I need to ask Miss Cassana and her fiancé some questions, which involve the truth about the death of the Pecks family and the sanctity of this council."

After receiving the nod from Priest Berger, Baron Ashford began to question:

"Miss Cassana, on the night of the vampire attack in Pekers Castle, your father, elder brother who was a silver knight, and ten family knights were all killed. The family members were killed and injured, why did you, the weakest survived?"

Ronan held her cold and stiff palm, and spoke for her:

"Because I arrived and shot the vampire in the eye socket before the vampire could do it, and saved her. I believe Deputy Commander Arman and all the castle troops can testify to this point."

"Yes!" Arman nodded quickly, "I was there at the time. If Baron Ronan came half a step later, the lady would be killed!"

"Then here comes the problem!" Baron Ashford stared at Ronan's face and shouted coldly,

"Why do you know that the vampires attacked the castle? Even the castle army didn't notice this, but you, an outsider, predicted it in advance? And the vampires didn't attack you after killing the people in the castle, and chose to escape? Haha , which really confuses me."

The meaning behind his words was obvious, and Vicky's eyes on Ronan instantly changed.

"It's very simple. I met another vampire in the city before. Before I killed him, I asked him for information. The soldiers of the castle army discovered the weakness of the vampire and repelled it." Ronan replied to him road.

"Are you kidding, you mean you can kill a vampire?" Baron Ashford's face showed the anger of being fooled.

"Of course I can't, but Deputy Commander Rudolph and his city defense army can do it."

"Yes! Yes! With the full assistance of Baron Ronan, we successfully killed a vampire, and there is still a corpse to testify!"

Rudolph replied impatiently, his face full of excitement.

In this regard, priest Berger nodded.

"I've confirmed it. It's indeed the corpse of a vampire, and it just died. Although the blood has dried up for some reason, this bloodthirsty monster has too many secrets that we don't know. strangeness."

Hearing his words, Baron Ashford's next words froze in his mouth.

He looked at the two who were now commanding the Castle Army and the City Defense Army, and after seeing their attitudes, he knew that he could no longer question them.

Even if he could find more doubts, it would completely offend these two and put him in an extremely embarrassing situation.

"Not only that, but I also learned from the slain vampire that the mercenaries in the city decided to rebel, and now all these mercenaries have been arrested by the city defense forces and put in prison."

Ronan added with a smile, "According to the laws of Black Rock City, they will all be reduced to slaves, but Black Rock City doesn't need so many slaves now. Maybe I can find a lord to help me share this trouble."

Rudolph, the deputy commander of the city defense army, started to worry after arresting these mercenaries.

There are so many people, and most of them are strong young adults, not only occupying a large number of vacancies in the prison, but also requiring him to send people to monitor them day and night, and he has long wanted to throw them out.

However, mercenaries are the most hated slaves, capable of instigating riots and killing supervisors, the factory owners in the city don't want them at all.

Ronan didn't really want it either, what he needed was the kind of refugee who could be naturalized into his own territory, not this kind of rebellious rioter by nature.

But Baron Ashford's eyes lit up. His territory was mainly engaged in logging and building materials. During this period, there were a large number of vacancies for slave labor.

And far away from urban civilization, with mature slave management methods in hand, he is not afraid of mercenary resistance at all.

Not only him, but Ms. Vicky, who had been silent all this time, also had a light in her eyes.

Affected by the Black Death, her family's mines also lacked slave labor.

Baron Ashford began to think in his heart, even if he and Vicky both voted against it, although it could prevent the other party from obtaining the right to manage the city.

But when you want to fight for management rights, the other party can also vote against and reject you.

More importantly, if he voted against it, but Vicky agreed, wouldn't he be completely screwed?

Not only can they not prevent the other party from managing the city, they can't even get a slave.

While he was still struggling, Ms. Vicki, who saw him not moving for a long time, raised her hand and voted for it!

Damn it, this shameless old woman!
Baron Ashford quickly raised his hand to express his agreement.

"Very good, then I announce that with the approval of three votes, Baron Ronan will manage Black Rock City on behalf of Viscount Cassana. As long as the treaty is not violated, members of the council must obey his orders!"

Priest Berger announced.

(End of this chapter)