"I'm going out to negotiate with them. You have issued a warning to the Hopkinson family and asked them to come forward!" The patriarch of the McKenna family looked at the priests and priests of the War Temple surrounding the castle with some despair, but he still had to show Be calm, the hearts of the McKenna family need his stability, he ordered.
"Patriarch, you can't go out, these priests came here with bad intentions!" the fourth-level knight in the clan persuaded.
"Stop talking, this is an order, I'm going to stall for time!" The head of the McKenna family waved his hand.
As one of the family's three fourth-level sky knights, the patriarch of the McKenna family did not go out from the gate, but turned over and jumped off the castle platform.
The situation had reached an extremely urgent level, and he did not dare to open the gate, as that would give the Temple of War an opportunity.
The patriarch of the McKenna family walked to stand ten meters away from the head priest. The priest opposite was a fifth-level Templar, looking at the patriarch of the McKenna family coldly, with a murderous look in his eyes.
The patriarch of the McKenna family saw the small mark on the shoulder of the fifth-level Templar, his eyes froze, and his pupils shrank uncontrollably.
That is the mark of the guardian priests. The guardian priests are the most terrifying organization in the temple. Their mission is to punish, and punish the betrayers and blasphemers on behalf of the Lord.
"I don't know why the Temple of War wants to surround my castle. My McKenna family has never committed a crime. Besides, if the McKenna family commits a crime, it should be handled by the Noble Affairs Office and the Supreme Council!" The head of the McKenna family suppressed Shocked in his heart, he said in a deep voice.
"I am the Leon Templar under the order of the archbishop to arrest the entire McKenna family. Anyone who dares to resist will be killed!" The Leon Templar did not answer the question of the McKenna family patriarch, but announced directly.
"Leon Templar, I need an explanation. Why did I arrest my whole family? What crime did my whole family commit?" the head of the McKenna family asked repeatedly.
"If you want to know, wait until you return to the temple, and someone will talk to you!" Leon Templar said coldly.
After finishing speaking, without waiting for the patriarch of the McKenna family to continue speaking, he waved his hand, and all the knights formed a knight battle formation. The pure white light in the hands of the priest behind him sprinkled on the knight battle formation, making the knights put on a suit Pure white energy armor.
The first one to dispatch was the Leon Templar, and he rushed to the head of the McKenna family in one step.
The patriarch of the McKenna family didn't hesitate at all. He knew very well that he couldn't fight against the powerful Templar knights, so he immediately recruited his flying mount and wanted to take off.
But the Leon Templar was too fast, and the patriarch of the McKenna family was approached by him just as he was about to take off. Without any mercy, a fifth-grade light long sword pierced the heart of the patriarch of the McKenna family.
Although it was an arrest, everyone in the Temple of War already had killing intent in their hearts. Priest Johnston was, to a certain extent, a mentor among the priests.
Many priests and priests present have read Priest Johnston's works and gained a lot of knowledge from them.
The assassination of Priest Johnston caused great repercussions in the Temple of War. The guardian priests who came this time were all vengeful.
In addition, recently, due to various reasons, the Temple of War has been in an extremely depressed state.
At this time, there is a way to vent, and naturally it needs to be vented.
"Patriarch!" The clansmen in the castle cried out in unison when they saw that the patriarch was killed.
"Fire arrows and crossbows!" More patriarchs shouted.
The arrowheads made of third-grade materials, combined with the complex mechanical crossbow bed and the blessing of alchemy patterns, can explode with great power.
This is also a defensive method commonly used by the middle and big nobles, but the powerful big nobles and top nobles will not use this defensive method.
Because this kind of defense method can only deal with some weak knights, well-trained knights who form a knight battle formation like today are almost useless.
The crossbow arrow of green light was shot at the outer edge of the knight battle formation, and was blocked by a shield of blood power.
The only function of these crossbow bolts is to further arouse the anger of the priests of the War Temple, and the huge sword blade composed of the power of blood impacts on the defensive shield of the castle.
With a bang, the defense of the castle was breached, and the knight battle formation broke through the gate of the castle.
Then there were screams and exclamations in the castle, and the priests of the War Temple were killing wildly in the castle.
"Stop!" There was a roar in the sky, followed by a terrifying suppressing force like Tianwei, making the inside and outside of the castle quiet.
Lord Ludwig, wearing black knight armor, appeared in the sky, and his anger was like a volcano that could erupt at any time.
The strength of the legendary level, coupled with the recent consumption of "spiritual red wine" to improve his strength, the strength of Lord Ludwig is already at the beginning of the legendary level.
Although he hasn't found his own rules, he has already been suppressed obviously against knights below the legendary level.
Inside and outside the castle, there was only Leon Templar standing alone, but his body was also struggling to maintain.
The Temple of War has lost too many fifth-level Templars and fifth-level priests during this period of time. The strength of the Leon Templars is only the early stage of the fifth-level Templars, which is a whole big difference from Lord Ludwig. Lord Ludwig was able to stand under the strong coercion because his will was strong enough.
Lord Ludwig saw the body of the head of the McKenna family outside the castle, and saw the corpses everywhere in the castle, his eyes were full of anger.
As his anger increased, the knights of the Temple of War were forced to lie on the ground, unable to even move.
Lord Ludwig looked at the Leon Templar. He walked towards the Leon Templar step by step from the air. Every step he took in the void would increase his coercion.
The Leon Templars aroused the power of their blood, running crazily in their bodies, trying to resist the terrifying suppression from the legendary Lord Ludwig.
Lord Ludwig was getting closer and closer, and the teeth in the Leon Templar's mouth were already bleeding from the mouth due to the excessive force of the bite.
Although the Leon Templar's knees were not bent, his feet had already sunk deeply into the ground.
"The Temple of War must give me an explanation. Why did you kill my people? All the priests here will stay. The priests will go back and tell Archbishop McIntyre my attitude!" Lord Ludwig suppressed the anger in his heart. Knowing that the handling of this matter requires the support of the Supreme Council, it cannot directly conflict with the Temple of War.
With a wave of Lord Ludwig's hand, the body of the Leon Templar was knocked into the air, and he fell heavily on the ground, unable to move anymore.
The power of this blow was controlled extremely precisely. The Leon Templar was not seriously injured, but it made the Leon Templar unable to exert all his strength. The terrifying power of the legendary golden dragon blood entered the Leon Templar's body. Blocked the heart space of Leon Templar.
At this time, the knights brought by Lord Ludwig also arrived. They quickly controlled all the priests and began to treat the remaining members of the McKenna family.
It is inappropriate to say that the treatment is a bit inappropriate, because under the shots of the priests of the Temple of War, no one was injured, and all of them were fatal attacks.
Only some hidden members of the McKenna family managed to escape the pursuit of the priest of the Temple of War. If Lord Ludwig hadn't come fast enough, the last members of the McKenna family would not be alive.
Lord Ludwig watched the corpses being sorted out, his eyes were full of anger.
This is a subsidiary family of the Hopkinson family, which is protected by the Hopkinson family. Now it is slaughtered by the Temple of War, so why not make Lord Ludwig angry.
However, Lord Ludwig is also the leader of the Hopkinson family, a top aristocrat. He needs to consider the family, and he cannot kill these War Temple priests rashly.
He is not Lord Arthur, without the powerful strength of Lord Arthur, he cannot compete with the Temple of War.
But Lord Ludwig was not easy to bully, he did not leave the McKenna family castle, and contacted Speaker Gould after entering the castle.
The Leon Templars and the rest of the War Temple Knights were all placed on the square of the castle, and the corpses of the McKenna family members were placed on the other side.
Several priests from the Temple of War left Yea Star through the star-level portal, and they returned to the main temple to report the situation here.
The first thing Lord Ludwig waited for was not the people from the Temple of War, but Speaker Gould and eight legendary lords. The other two lords who did not reach the legendary tier did not want to come, but they were already preparing to attack the legendary lords again. step up.
Speaker Gould, who descended from the sky, silently looked at the corpses on the square, his expression extremely ugly.
The behavior of the Temple of War this time is another provocation to the aristocratic system.
"Lord Ludwig, this matter must be explained by the Temple of War. I have sent letters to the Temple of Justice, the Temple of the Earth, the Temple of Knowledge, and the Temple of Wealth in the name of the Supreme Council to state this matter. , the Temple of War must pay the price for this incident!" Speaker Gould looked at Lord Ludwig and said in a deep voice.
Whether it is for the honor of the nobility or for the interests of the 'Dawn Alliance', Speaker Gould will stand by Lord Ludwig's side.
Similarly, the eight legendary lords who came with Speaker Gould all expressed their attitudes with practical actions.
We must know that the legendary lords, including Speaker Gould, have become the real core of the Supreme Council, which is also recognized by the Supreme Council.
On the one hand, knights are respected by their strength. The strength of legendary knights far exceeds that of Templar knights, so they are naturally respected.
On the other hand, among the current legendary knights, almost all of them are knights who are close to Speaker Gould, which has also infinitely increased the power of Speaker Gould in the Supreme Council.
Known legendary knights include Annabella Legend, the first legendary knight in the God Attribute World, followed by ten legendary lords, and Lord Harlow, even those legendary knights unknown to the outside world , that is to say, David's clones of legendary knights are also 100% on the side of Speaker Gould.
Of course, when the Supreme Council or perhaps the entire aristocratic circle divided their power, they intentionally or unintentionally excluded the name of Lord Arthur.
This is mainly because Lord Arthur has surpassed the scope of individual strength. Lord Arthur alone is an enemy of the Temple of War, and even the God of War has nothing to do with it.
"Speaker Gould, and everyone, thank you for coming!" Lord Ludwig bowed and thanked.
"Do you know what it is for?" Speaker Gould came to Lord Ludwig and asked softly.
In fact, all the lords present understood that there must be some reason for the Temple of War to dispatch so many knights to encircle and suppress the McKenna family.
"I've already had someone investigate. The McKenna family usually keeps a low profile. Who would have thought it would suffer from this disaster!" Lord Ludwig shook his head and said.
In the main shrine, Archbishop McIntyre looked at Bishop Absolen coldly. When he heard that a group of patron saints were detained in the McKenna family by Lord Ludwig, he knew something serious had happened.
Bishop Absolon is the newly promoted bishop of Archbishop McIntyre, and he is in charge of the power of guardian priests.
Since the Temple of War experienced the fall of the archbishop three times, the top management of the Temple of War was extremely lacking, and the high-level management who replaced them lacked experience.
"Archbishop, Priest Johnston was assassinated, and there is the imprint of the McKenna family at the scene. You know that the relationship between the temple and the Supreme Council is tense, and the death of Priest Johnston has a great impact on the temple. There is a precedent for dealing with this matter!" Bishop Abu Sauron explained.
"Nonsense, when the guardian priests dealt with some noble affairs before, when was that time, the Supreme Council was obedient and the entire nobles were under our control, didn't you exacerbate the conflict between the temple and the Supreme Council?" Mrs. McIntosh Archbishop Er said with a headache.
Archbishop McIntyre naturally knew what Bishop Absolon was thinking. The Temple of War could not command the Supreme Council now, and even the Noble Affairs Office did not listen to the orders of the Temple of War.
If the assassination of Priest Johnston is handed over to the Supreme Council for investigation, the final result is likely to be nothing.
Priest Johnston's reputation in the Temple of War is extremely high, especially among the middle and low-level priests. If such a person is assassinated by a noble, big trouble will arise if the temple does not respond in time.
It's just that Bishop Abu Sauron sent the guardian priest rashly without discussing with Archbishop McIntyre before taking action.
Now, Lord Ludwig is asking for an explanation from the Temple of War. Does this kind of thing still require Archbishop McIntyre to go there in person
While Archbishop McIntyre was speaking, a piece of news reached his liaison circle. His spirit swept away, and his complexion changed again.
"Bishop Absolon, go to Ye'a Xing now, and clarify this matter with Lord Ludwig, and you must communicate with me in time during the conversation!" Archbishop McIntyre ordered in a deep voice.
(end of this chapter)