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Section 2 Assassination of candidates

Most of the Templars were stationed outside the cities. They had their own camps. No one could enter here except the Templars. It was very appropriate to plot here. They were on standby and waited for the death bells to ring in the Holy City. Then they would attack Cardinal Dezso's official residence and kill the pope candidates inside. As long as the candidate died, the candidates supported by Cardinal Edward would successfully inherit the pope's throne.

"Grand Commander, why do we wear armor? Are we going to attack there?" The deputy commander asked the Grand Commander in confusion. One hundred Knights Templars were wearing chain armor and holding big swords, waiting for the Grand Commander's order. As the deputy commander, he had the responsibility to ask about the target of the attack.

"My friend, don't ask too much, this is God's will." The chief of the great commander did not tell his deputy about his attempts and targets of attack. He could not guarantee whether there were people among his subordinates who supported Cardinal Dezso, but he did not doubt his deputy. In the war with the pagans, he not only saved his life at once.

However, from the bell tower of the holy city, a loud sound of death knell came. This sound made the people in the holy city put down their work. They knew that the most powerful person on the entire continent, His Majesty the Pope had already summoned the Lord, and soon the same bells would sound in all churches and monasteries of all continents. The jingling bells would bring people the news of the death of the old man.

"The Templars, His Majesty the Pope has been summoned, and we are going to carry out his final will, come with me." Under the leadership of the Grand Commander, several Templars followed him with weapons. The reason why the Grand Commander did not bring more people was because they were afraid that they would be discovered by the Holy City guards at this extraordinary moment. Although Cardinal Edward had mobilized the power of the guards and mobilized the guards to the place of His Majesty the Pope's Lord, the reason was to protect the safety of the Pope and the Holy See, if unnecessary movements are caused in the Holy City, they will inevitably conflict with the guards, and in this way they will not achieve their own goals.

"You, ride a horse from the West Gate to Cardinal Dezso's official residence and tell them that the Grand Commander was preparing to kill the candidate." When the Grand Commander led his subordinates away, the deputy leader immediately asked his confidant to ride a fast horse and leave from the other side of the camp. In fact, as one of the three major knights, the Knights Templar, was no longer as simple as when it was just established. The various factions in the Holy See had already installed their own spokespersons, but the Grand Commander never thought that this close comrade who had been born and died with him on the battlefield had already defected to Cardinal Dezso.

"Take it~~." The deputy commander's confidant dared not take this mission lightly and plotted to assassinate the next pope candidate. What a scam and scandal. If the commander succeeded, he really didn't know what kind of big events would happen. He rode a fast horse through the jungle and the trail to Cardinal Dezso's official residence. At the door of the residence, two guards holding long spears blocked him.

"Who are you? Don't you know this is Bishop Dezsoshuji's official residence?" The guard scolded loudly.

"I am the subordinate of the deputy commander of the Knights Templar. I am here to report the message. Take me to see Bishop Dezsoshuji." The messenger said anxiously. The people led by the big commander will arrive soon. If they are discovered, not only will the messenger be finished, but even the deputy commander will be dealt with as a traitor.

"Knights Templar?" The guards looked at each other in surprise. As the main military group of the Holy See, the Templars had a very noble status, and even ordinary knights would be respected. So a guard quickly put down his halberd and entered the official residence to inform the officials inside.

After a while, a man wearing a round cake turban and aristocratic uniform ran out of the official residence. Behind him was the guard who had just entered to report, and the messenger knew that this must be the manager of Cardinal Dezso.

"What news do you have?" The manager's face was full of vicissitudes and his eyes were full of suspicion. He didn't know why a servant of the Templar would come here.

"Where is the Bishop?" the messenger asked anxiously. Although he felt the other party's rudeness, seeing the messenger's body being scratched by a branch, something important must have happened, so the manager had no intention of blaming the other party.

"The Bishop has gone to the Cardinal Hall, what's the matter?"

"Then have the candidates gone?" asked the messenger. If he went to the bishop's hall, even Cardinal Edward would not dare to act rashly.

"What? Candidate, no, he didn't go, what's wrong?" The manager blamed him very much. How could the Templars care about the Pope candidates?

"What's going on? Then what about the candidate?" The messenger was shocked when he heard this. If the leader was found, the candidate's life would definitely be threatened.

"In the official residence, pray for the Pope," said the manager.

"Hurry, take me to see the lord." The messenger shouted anxiously.

"What the hell is it? You are so panicked like a hare in a hunting ground." Although the manager did not stop the messenger, he kept muttering. What could happen in the powerful cardinal residence?

When the messenger entered the prayer room in the official residence, there were chaotic horse riding sounds from outside the official residence. If it were in the kingdom of Pumbrus, whether it was the castle manor or the nobles in the town residence, they would definitely be vigilant. This was a sense of crisis that had been tempered in war years. However, in this holy city that enjoys peace and peace for many years, the guards and servants in the official residence were completely unaware of the arrival of danger, and some servants were still doing their work slowly.

"God's will, kill heresy~." Suddenly, many horse-riding knights rushed out of the path. They wore bright helmets and white smocks, waving sharp swords in their hands, and rushed to Cardinal Dezso's official residence. The bishop's guard was shocked and caught off guard without any resistance. He didn't know what was going on in his hand, although he stabbed the opponent, but was not hit and hit the back by the knight.

"Close the door quickly, close the door." The guard inside was flushed and a more experienced guard shouted loudly. Only then did the others realize that although these knights were fierce and good at fighting, they did not have weapons to attack the city. As long as they closed the door, they could still resist the strong gate made of thick fir and willow nails for a long time.

"Sir, they are going to close the door." The last guard who was cut off from the official residence was the last guard outside the official residence. The Templar found that the gate was being pushed by several guards, and it was about to close. If it was closed, it would not be so easy to attack.

"Stop them and kill them." The leader of the group took off his mask and let out a hideous face. He ordered his men.

The Templars got off their horses and walked towards the gate. However, the servants who had just been quiet and busy outside the official residence were frightened and could not hide, and were pushed aside rudely by the knights. The rustling metal friction sounds from the armor of the knights were intertwined with the terrifying shouts of the servants, making the official residence, which had never been received by the nobles, become insane.

As the Templars were blocked by the panicked servants, the guardians of the official residence quickly closed the door and inserted heavy wooden bolts. At this time, the people in the official residence breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's going on?" the manager asked the guards in fear. He didn't expect that anyone would dare to attack the Cardinal's residence.

"I don't know, the damn Knights Templars." The guard said breathlessly. From the signs of the knights, he could see that they were members of the Knights Templars, who were so openly not hiding their identities. This arrogant attitude made people angry.

"What should I do? I must report to Bishop Shuji, but how can we go out?" I felt like I was in such a situation for the first time. If Cardinal Dezso knew about it, of course, he could mobilize other military forces to suppress the rebellion and attack the Cardinal, which was a heresy, but I had to go out first. The Templars must be very awkward.

"Sir, are they here?" The messenger had seen the candidate and heard the movement outside. Because he had already known the news, he was not surprised.

"It's you, you brought them, you, a bastard who should go to hell." Seeing the messenger, the manager was furious, his face was red and blue, and he grabbed the messenger's clothes and threw him to the ground. Before the messenger could react, several guards holding the halberd pointed the tip of the halberd at him.

"This is a misunderstanding. I am your friend and I am here to warn you." The messenger quickly defended.

"Misunderstanding? The Templars outside are the ones. Isn't that yours?" The manager pointed at the gate and scolded angrily.

"Yes, they are the Templars, and the leader is the leader of the group. However, my master is the deputy leader, so Cardinal Dezso is clear about this."

"The Bishop knows you? The manager heard that he was the Bishop, so he calmed down his attitude a little. But now everyone is trapped in the official residence and is in a very dangerous situation. Although there is a gate protection, the Templars are professional soldiers who fight with pagans all year round. Not to mention a thin gate, even the iron gate of a castle cannot stop them.

"Yes, the reason I came here is to protect the candidate. The Grand Leader and others are coming to kill the candidate." Xin used his hand to push away the long halberd that was about to reach the tip of his nose, and then stood up calmly.

"What? They want to kill the candidate. The guards were shocked when they heard this. They had long heard that the Templars were bold, but they did not expect that they would dare to attack the Pope candidate.!
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