?Looking back after this incident, the surviving Paladin was also quite strange.《》

You must know that the Paladins are the elites of the Holy See, and they are very measured in their attacks. They will hit you wherever they are told, and they will give you 1.35 ribs, but they will definitely not discount 1.36 ribs. How come they inexplicably focus on that key point?

The boy was beaten to death.

As soon as the magic-casting boy died, the boys who were knocked to the ground were in an uproar, screaming and crying. The servants who were trying to besiege the paladin also immediately became red-eyed and besieged them desperately, but the two witches took advantage of the servants.

Escape calmly while entangling the paladin.

Seeing this scene, the knight captain secretly felt that something was wrong. He did not bother to pursue the witch, and used a spell to stun all the servants and knock them down. He grabbed a noble boy and asked who the boy who cast the spell was.

This question doesn't matter, the knight captain will soon know that he has caused a huge disaster.

The boy who cast the spell turned out to be the young master of the Fugger family, and what's more terrible is that he was the only son of Jacob II!

At this time, the upper-class circles in Europe had been calling Jacob II the economic pope for some time. He really was a character whose sneezing could cause the entire continent to have a fever!

Knowing that he was in trouble, the knight captain dared not stay any longer near Augsburg, so he quickly led his team to escape from the Augsburg area.

He escaped very quickly, but he was caught up by a large number of people the next day.

What shocked the captain of the knight was that these people were not secular killers or knights, but real mages. The spells they used were the same as those of the spell-casting boy. Although they were very different from the mainstream spell-casting skills in Europe, they were not wild.

The chaotic look of witchcraft is obviously a system of its own, definitely a genre.

This group of people blocked the group of Paladins. Without saying a word, they came up and started fighting. No matter how the knight captain shouted, I am a Paladin of the Holy See. I represent the spirit of the Holy See. If you kill me, you are an enemy of the Holy See. If you kill me, you will leave.

Wanting to establish a foothold in this world... In short, he shouted everything, but it had no effect at all. Before he could shout out all the words, all the paladins under his command were killed, leaving only

A few of the strongest are struggling to hold on.

When the knight captain saw that something was not going well, he winked at his subordinates.

Without saying a word, several sacrificial paladins resorted to self-destruction, creating an opportunity for the captain to escape.

The knight captain took advantage of the opportunity that his companions had given their lives to escape from the siege, and desperately used magic to escape back to the Holy See.

By the time he escaped back to the Holy See, he was already dying. He only had time to vaguely explain what had happened before he died.

But the Holy See still grasped several key points from the knight captain's story.

First, this team of paladins caused a big trouble. The witch hunt actually hunted the Fugger family, and killed the only son of Jacob II and the heir to the Fugger family!

Second, the young master of the Fugger family can use magic of unknown origin, and judging from the pursuers, the Fugger family must have a close relationship with a certain magic force, or the Fugger family itself may belong to a certain faction.

The magic family.

Third, Clara and Elizabeth's trip is most likely to seek help from the Fugger family.

The bishop who received the dying knight captain did not dare to delay, and quickly reported the original record of the knight captain's story and the key points summarized by himself.

When the higher-ups of the Holy See heard this, they immediately became a little confused.

Therefore, just when the knight captain, representing the spirit of the Holy See, went deep into Augsburg to hunt for witches and hunted down the eldest son and heir of the Fugger family, the top leaders of the Holy See were secretly in contact with the Fugger family!

No matter how powerful the Holy See is, it is not invincible. However, its strength is far greater than other magic organizations at this time, but it does not mean that secular forces will not pose a threat to them. The priests, bishops and even the Pope of the Holy See are only human beings who can do magic.

Even though they are not angels or gods in the sky, they also have to eat and sleep. Money is also indispensable for food, clothing, housing and transportation. When the witch-hunting movement has been going on for such a long time, although it has greatly increased the popularity of the Holy See, its prestige and status in Europe have reached an unprecedented level.

To a certain extent, it also cost a huge amount of money, which the Holy See could no longer bear. It was no longer enough to sell indulgences to rich people, and other expenses were needed.

The initial purpose of contacting the Fugger family was to sell indulgences to the Fugger family, but Jacob II scoffed at this and directly said that if you are short of money, just talk to me about a loan and don't talk about indulgences with me. I don't believe it.

! And it’s also revealed that if you don’t borrow money, others will borrow money from me. Martin has already borrowed money from me.

Who is Martin? His full name is Martin Luther. He is the founder of Lutheran Christianity. At this time, he is leading a group of rebels to rebel against the Holy See. He openly opposes indulgences as a way to make money, and this has set off a sectarian war.

The dispute was getting more and more intense, and even the major royal families in Europe were involved. However, no one expected that this sectarian dispute would soon turn into a life-and-death religious dispute. At that time, the debate was still mild.

, it’s just a doctrinal dispute.

The purpose of the Holy See's witch-hunting campaign was also to strengthen its own momentum and suppress the voices of the Protestant Reformers.

Upon hearing that Martin had already loaned money to the Fugger family, the Pope immediately gave instructions not to let this rebellious guy get ahead of himself. Let's borrow money too and let's talk about it.

So the Holy See and the Fugger family began negotiations. When the incident occurred, the negotiations were about to be concluded, and a series of terms including loans and the cessation of support for Protestantism had been passed.

When the top leaders of the Holy See received the news, before they had time to react, the Fugger family had already begun to take action.

The Fugger family delegation in the Vatican suddenly stopped negotiating without saying a word, left the Vatican, and returned to Augsburg. At this time, it was just a short time before the knight captain escaped back to the Holy See.

The Holy See also wanted to save the situation. The Pope appointed a cardinal as a special envoy and rushed to Augsburg to ask for a meeting with Jacob II, hoping to get forgiveness from the economic pope. But the cardinal did not even meet Jacob II.

When I arrived, I only received a cold message, "The Holy See must pay for what it has done!" Then the person who met Jacob II put forward several conditions, handing over the body of the knight captain and handing over the clues that provided intelligence.

People, etc., and these are not the conditions for pardoning the Holy See, they are just the conditions for Jacob II to receive the cardinal!

At that time, the authority of the Holy See was at its peak, and even the kings of various countries did not dare to be so arrogant towards the cardinal.

The cardinal became angry when he heard this, immediately threw up his sleeves and left, returning to the Vatican to report to the Pope.

There is no way to talk about this anymore. The Paladins are the most loyal armed force of the Holy See. If they can't even protect the body but have to hand it over to the enemy for desecration because of their profits, then the Holy See still has dignity to talk about!
Chapter completed!