After handing over one billion Gold Coins to the royal family, Randolph also retrieved the former Pope from the dungeon. Even that former Pope had never expected to get out again. He no longer wanted the position of Pope, nor did he have any desire to remain here. He only wanted to leave and find somewhere no one knew him, where he could quietly spend his remaining years.
As he came out, he thanked Randolph more than once.
Thus, the next day, a decapitation purge organized by the Church officially began in the largest square of the royal capital.
The former Pope had a rag stuffed into his mouth and knelt in the frontmost, most conspicuous spot with terror on his face. Randolph had not spent those extra hundreds of millions to buy him back so that he could enjoy himself.
Many cardinals were beheaded alongside the former Pope. Randolph had specifically selected those people—the ones who had made the biggest impact and left the deepest impression in all the negative reports. That produced the best effect.
After killing them, Randolph declared that, as the new Pope sent down from the Holy See, he would investigate these matters thoroughly.
At the same time, he separated the former Pope, the bishops, priests, and pastors who had violated Church doctrine from the Church itself. The general meaning was that the previous incidents had nothing to do with the Church. It was all the Pope's fault, which had led so many clergy members astray. Their evil deeds were their own business and had nothing to do with the Church. The people could still believe in the Church forever.
Furthermore, as the new Pope sent down from the Holy See, Randolph would set this wayward Church back on the right path. His order to