Marquis of Northwind felt that his brain was a little congested. He looked at Ryan with a gloomy gaze, regardless of whether the relationship between the two had eased.
He never thought that it would be Baron Ryan who stood up to refute him, and he also stood up to speak for the Church.
"Baron Ryan, what do you mean? Do you think it was not the Church who killed them, but other murderers?"
A noble stood up and yelled, "It's Viscount Hogg."
"Viscount Hogg is joking. We all know that the murderer can only be the Church, but without evidence, we will be very passive."
"We can say that the Church killed Lordship of Northwind Province and declared war, but we can't produce evidence. What if the Church can produce evidence to prove that they never did it?"
"How could they..."
Marquis of Northwind was halfway speaking, but suddenly fell silent.
Because just before, that Cardinal Archbishop died after Imperial Capital, the Church also claimed that their Cardinal Archbishop could not have committed suicide, and even used Divine Art to verify the authenticity.
The answer they got was of course unfavorable to the empire, which is why South Kingdom and the noble leaders became weird when they looked at the empire.
"So, not a single murderer has been found, right?"
Ryan asked, but he already got the answer. For those Lordship who were killed, the knights around them could not even leave an assassin.
You might not even react.
"By the way, I have one more thing to say."
Ryan also became angry as he spoke.
"On the day after Baronet Valente died, assassins broke into my territory and they tried to kill me."
"Kill an Imperial Baron!"
Ryan shouted loudly, all the nobles raised their eyes, a little surprised, Baron Ryan was assassinated?
"Bring in all the bodies!"
Ryan shouted towards the outside. Not long after, soldiers entered the hall with corpses one after another. In front of everyone, Ryan took off his cloak.
"These damn assassins are trying to kill me at night."
"I still don't know where they came from."
Some nobles frowned.
"Baron Ryan, I'm afraid this body has been dead for several months. Are you sure they assassinated you a few days ago?"
"Of course."
Marquis of Northwind's eyes brightened, and his gaze turned around a lot when looking at Ryan.
"This is the Church's method. They can make the dead body look like this in a short time. This is a Divine Art, but the empire knows the truth. This is the extraordinary inheritance that the Church's fanatic believers snatched from the hands of vampires."
Vampire? Ryan is a little confused as to why he is related to vampires again.
"In the past, the Church had a very bad relationship with people of other extraordinary paths except knights."
"They call magic evil witchcraft. If extraordinary beings like vampires are discovered, they will be burned to death with the holy light. Other extraordinary ways are also suppressed by the Church, and they dare not walk in the sun at all."
"I will write to Boulder Keep, and Count William will tell me who the murderer is fighting for."
Count William is a famous person, not only because of this surname, but also because the other party is the earl of Silver Moon Highlands Province and has a Extraordinary Legion under his control.
A Extraordinary Legion composed of... vampires.
"Which count has the power to ask these corpses to tell us the answer?"
"Of course."
Marquis of Northwind didn't say much. Ryan guessed that this might involve the battle between the vampire and the Church, fighting each other.
As the saying goes, the person who knows you best is not necessarily your friend, but more likely your enemy.
He looked at Viscount Hogg, who seemed to have the bloodline of William.
"Count William will send someone, and we will get evidence soon."
Marquis of Northwind looked around and looked at these local nobles.
"This war was started by the Church, and we must accept it."
After saying that, he looked at Viscount Walter. The Iron Mountain County guard was a little helpless, but when he looked at Ryan, he looked at him with some gratitude. Ryan's behavior just now could be regarded as pulling him, the noble at the center of the storm, out of the situation.
Standing up, Viscount Walter said righteously:
"The Church is provoking all the nobles in the empire. This war belongs to all of us and the Church. They are trying to replace our rights in their own territory in the name of faith."
"Do you know? That missionary actually wanted to build a church in my Viscount's Territory!"
"He actually wants to be the priest of my territory! Let my people pray in his church every morning and night!"
The initial confrontation between Shenquan and Royal Authority was based on strength, and the reason was power.
When the priest of the Church was away, the power of the noble lords suddenly became extremely huge, which also significantly improved the cohesion of subsequent nobles to resist the Church.
They have tasted the sweetness.
The Church's belief will weaken the power in their hands. When Viscount Walter said this, all the nobles' eyes changed.
They may not care whether there is a church in their territory, but they do care that the church is not within their control.
This is the territory Royal Authority.
Royal Authority is no longer absolute, is it still Royal Authority?
"What does the Governor want from us?"
Count Winter finally spoke, and his words represented the attitude of many nobles.
Marquis of Northwind had a smile on his face.
"I need you to find all the Church personnel in Northwind Province and kill or expel them."
As the provincial governor, Marquis of Northwind still has great power.
Of course, those who were killed were those assassins, and those who were expelled were those Adriana missionaries.
"We can't stay in Thundercloud County any longer."
Archbishop Adriana said this after silence.
Next to them, the missionaries were also helpless.
"Their assassination will only make the empire target us."
"Archbishop, what should we do now?"
Archbishop raised his head and glanced at the Sun in the sky, then lowered his head and looked piously.
"Let's go. Father Buffett and Priest Sico will become regrets in all of our hearts, but they died to spread the glory of the Lord. They will definitely enter Eternal Kingdom of Heaven and serve our Lord."
"It's time for us to do what we should do."
Several people in the group no longer attached to the two missionaries who died in Northwind Province, left Thundercloud County and went to Dragon Mountain County. They began to walk in each territory and began to spread Faith of Dawn in the way of missionaries.
This is what they were supposed to do when they came here, but too many unexpected things interrupted the plan.