Chapter 93: Confrontation with the Holy See

Faced with the aggressive appearance of the Inquisition, the members of the Schwab's court had to remain silent. They looked at Schwab, who was sitting on the lord's seat, waiting for Schwab's next order. Perhaps they realized that the monarch in this palace had not spoken yet, and the Inquisition also looked at Schwab and was stared at by everyone's eyes. Schwab felt very embarrassed. If he handed over the peace, he would betray his savior, but if he ignored it, he would never give up. There would be almost no good end to those who directly fought against the Holy See. This is the king of the highest point of secular power, let alone the middle-class nobles like Schwab.

"Sir, have you considered it clearly? If you can hand over the witch An. Berlin now, then we can also speak a few good words for you in the Holy See. Maybe after paying a little atonement, it will not damage your reputation." The chief of the Inquisition said with fearlessness. In his opinion, the reputation of the Inquisition is even awe of the duke and the king. What ability can a small county have to resist?

"Sorry, everyone, I don't know what An. Berlin has never been to Stockingshire. Maybe your information is wrong." Schwab finally spoke, and he flatly rejected the threats from the Inquisitors.

"Lying." The inquisitions shouted loudly. Is this damn little Count defiant of the Holy See's intelligence system? No matter which kingdom or principality it is, or any inconspicuous counties or villages in the entire continent, as long as there is a place where religious people are located, there is no power of the Holy See.

"Sir, do you know how serious the charge of deceiving the Holy See?" The leader of the Inquisition took out a bronze cross from his arms. The cross represents the authority of God. Many devout nobles have already knelt down to this cross. The Inquisitioners looked at the kneeling nobles around them with satisfaction. You must know that the military force composition in this era is in the shape of a pyramid. The lower-class nobles serve allegiance by serving military service to higher-level nobles. In other words, the military force composition of a county is composed of aristocrats. If the nobles refuse to serve in the military service, the entire county's military organization can only be paralyzed.

"We declare that the Lord of Stocking County, Earl Schwab, for attempting to shelter the evil witch Ann Berlin, has been questioned by the Holy See, and the nobles, your oath of allegiance has been temporarily lifted." The Inquisitors loudly announced to the nobles around that the doubts of the Holy See are fatal and effective, because in this crisis-ridden era, if questioned by the Holy See, a ruler must be careful, because there will be a regicide around you at any time, and this regicide is not accused of anyone, because the Holy See has pardoned his crimes in advance.

"Shwab, on behalf of His Majesty the Pope, I expel your religion from you. Your life has been cursed by God. You and your family will not be protected by God. Anyone can kill you and will not be punished by law." The Inquisition announced to Schwab with a grin.

"Wow~~~." The Inquisition's resolution surprised everyone in the hall. What a great thing it was to expel an Earl's church, and this harsh resolution was issued directly without going through the religious court.

"You can't do this. This matter has not been passed through the religious court, and we have not even made a defense." Old Lauke refuted loudly. As the princess of Schwab's men, he certainly had to speak out to safeguard the authority of his monarch.

"Of course, if it is blasphemy or heresy in general, the kind Vatican will give a chance to defend, and even if the atonement money is paid, it may not be pursued. However, because the evil witch An. Berlin committed a huge crime, and the Vatican's Cardinal Council has determined that anyone who sheltered from An. Berlin, whether noble or civilian, can be directly expelled from the church." said the leader of the Inquisition.

"What?" Old Lauke was shocked when he heard this. As a monk, he knew of course how difficult it was to obtain such privileges. People who were expelled from the church would basically be abandoned by society. What crime did Berlin commit and would actually be made by the stubborn bishops of the Cardinal.

"Snatch it, the Count of Steding." The inquisitors looked down upon and faced Schwab arrogantly, as if facing a prisoner.

"Hmph." Schwab was also angry. These people thought that taking out a rotten cross could send him to the stolen rack? His eyes were already full of murderous intent. If he needed it, he would kill these damn things, and some would be able to pay for it. You must know that this era is not as good as the later generations of communication. What can the Holy See do if the Holy See knows it? The nobles who were afraid of the Holy See were just blinded by religion.

"Sir, we will leave first." The nobles in the hall did not want to wade into this muddy water. They saluted Schwab and prepared to leave. The Inquisitioners were curious about why these nobles were so gentle and completely different from the arrogant and arrogant nobles they had seen before. The Inquisitioners knew that these nobles in Stockingshire were afraid of Schwab, and they had the courage to anger Schwab and his army.

"Didn't you cowards hear the call of the Holy See? Take your sword, take your servants, and drag the heresy on that seat down." The Inquisitions shouted loudly to these nobles with their heads down. According to past experience, the Inquisitions always brought the tokens of the Holy See and went to the territory of the aristocrats accused of heresy. Usually, as soon as they showed their identities, countless people would stand up to serve them, but this trick seemed not very impressive here.

"Haha, don't worry, please stay a little bit, Otto summon our people." Schwab looked at the inquisitives with contempt and ordered the bald Otto.

"Yes, Lord Earl." Bald Otto had long been disgusted with these abominable inquisitors. He immediately strode out of the hall and gave orders to the soldiers. With the sound of the horn, the Mark soldiers and the soldiers of the Eagle Warriors who had long gathered in the village under the castle because of Schwab's assassination, and they quickly gathered towards the castle with their weapons and armor.

"Bold, you, dare you resist the Holy See?" The Inquisitioners panicked. They had first met such a nobleman who dared to summon troops in person to fight against them.

"No, no, no, as a devout nobleman, of course I will not fight against the Holy See." Schwab looked at these inquisitors with a smile on his face, like an idiot.

"Nonsense, you are blasphemy, you will go to hell." The leader of the Inquisition held up a bronze cross and tried to threaten Schwab, but how could Schwab, as a Chinese, take this trick? He didn't even look at these people.

"I was so sad, I didn't expect it to happen." At this time, the leader of the Inquisition realized that they had a wrong prediction, that was the damn count. He actually had a legion that could suppress the entire county. If they knew that even the royal family of Pumbrus had to rely on the power of Schwab's army, they would not have come here to directly threaten the count.

"Put these fraudsters who pretend to be inquisitions into the dungeons." Schwab pointed at the pale inquisitions and said to the legionaries who were hedging into the hall.

"What? Dare to threaten our boss?" When the mercenaries heard these damn guys, they actually dared to pretend to be the inquisition to threaten their parents, Count Stedetin, and immediately rushed up angrily and grabbed the inquisition with their strong arms. Of course, in order to revenge these liars, they secretly used their tricks, and immediately screamed the inquisitions in the hall. The screams led along the castle road to the dark and smelly dungeon.

"Sir, is it inappropriate for you to do this?" Old Lauke frowned and suggested to Schwab, "You must know that these inquisitors represent the Holy See. Attacking them is equivalent to attacking the Holy See. If the Holy See knows about it, Stocking County will be attacked by the Archdiocese immediately.

"What's wrong with it? I've never seen them." Schwab also had his own difficulties. Although he had avoided fighting against the Holy See, he had been forced to the tip of his nose with a sword. What if he didn't resist?

Old Lauke's words were indeed fulfilled soon. Cardinal Edward was furious when he learned that the Inquisitor he had sent to Stockingshire was detained. The old man who had been in charge of the Holy See for decades did not expect that his subordinates would be detained by a small earl. He immediately sent someone to send a letter to Archbishop Brandenburg, asking the Archbishop to immediately send troops to arrest this ignorant boy.

"I'm curious, what crime did you commit that made the Holy See so angry?" Schwab said to An Berlin, who was busy studying.

"Ha, nothing? It's better to say that I offended Cardinal Edward than to say that I offended Cardinal Edward." Ann Berlin raised his head from the blood-analyzing instrument and looked at Schwab in a wheelchair.

"Oh? Tell me." Schwab nodded and signaled Ann Berlin to continue.

"I used to think that God brought me into this barren world to save more lives, and I have been trying to save people's lives. At that time, people called me the saint in the forest, but one day Cardinal Edward's men found me and asked me to treat his illness." Ann Berlin sat on a chair, saying with memories.

"What's the result? Did you reject him?" Schwab asked curiously.

"No, I gave him antibiotics and he came alive immediately."

"So, you saved his life? But why~~~."

"Ha, human desires are endless. That old guy actually wants to live forever, but do you know what he did? He actually found many babies, and he wanted to replace his stale body with the blood of these pure babies." Ann Berlin said sarcastically.

"So that's it, you refused this time?" Schwab asked, as if he had learned some inside information, but Ann Berlin still shook his head.

"No, I did."

"You killed those babies?" Schwab said in surprise.

"How is it possible, I replaced the babies with some prostitute's blood, so whenever Edward looked at his *** sucking sores, he knew how ugly he was, haha." Ann Berlin said with a big laugh, which seemed to be a very interesting thing.
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