"I once had a devout sister who would go to church with me every morning to worship. But I don't know why. After the church service, the priest always liked to leave her alone and take her to the room. Study the Bible. My parents thought that my sister was favored by God, and the whole family was very happy, until one day... One day, she didn't come back after the usual time. Everyone didn't care, thinking that praying more would make her appear pious. I secretly ran to the church and hid in the confessional. Within a few minutes, I saw... I saw my sister covered in blood, not even wearing any clothes, being sneakily carried out by that beast. Three days later , my sister’s body was found outside the village, everyone said it was a wild beast attack, only me... I am the only one who knows what happened, but I dare not say anything.”
"Ten years ago, I was a trainee paladin. I walked into the church with great reverence and only wanted to serve God. However, on only the third day I entered the church, I had to kill a family with my own hands. Defenseless civilians. They were the Green family from Coria Village. I even remember the faces of each of them. Because they offended the local priest, their family was slandered as mages, but... I was the one who did it. , I know very well that they don’t even know what magic is! After that day, the holy light in my heart has been extinguished, and I... did a lot of dirty work for the church. Finally one day, I couldn’t bear it, defected from the church, and suffered countless The pursuit of the 'Purge'. To this day, my name is still on the wanted list of the church. They say that I was possessed by the devil and fell. But I know in my heart who is the real devil."
"Back three years ago, I never thought I would become a mage, but..."
The members’ stories were so rich that even Benjamin was surprised.
He did not expect that by the end of the collection of materials for the first issue of "Pravda", even the air seemed to have a heavy smell. Behind everyone's hatred of the church, there is a dark past hidden. After talking about it, some people became more and more excited and even wiped away tears.
Benjamin couldn't help but recall his experiences with some emotion.
"...Everyone has come so far and narrowly escaped death, so we have the possibility to fight back now." At the end, everyone fell silent. He cleared his throat and spoke slowly, "Just like when I escaped from the Kingdom of Horli , there were too many things that happened in the process that I don’t want to recall. It’s just... we can’t wallow in grief forever.”
People raised their heads and looked at Benjamin silently.
Benjamin continued: "To overthrow the church, this is our goal. I hope everyone can turn this grief into a firm belief in the goal. Every time I think about it, my heart will become more determined. Because in fact, the church is not invincible. Yes, success is waving to us not far away.”
The members nodded vigorously upon hearing this.
"Yes! Knock out the church!"
"Things like this should no longer exist!"
The depressing atmosphere was swept away. Everyone stood up from their chairs, raised their arms in unison, and shouted loudly as if they were taking an oath. The lights shone brightly in their eyes.
Just like that, the Black Nightmare Society disbanded, and everyone hid in the ordinary market and got busy again.
For Benjamin at this moment, publishing a newspaper was not difficult at all. After collecting so much material, he quickly sent it back to the college after sorting it out in the system. In about a day and a half, the first issue of "Pravda" was edited and mass printing began.
-The name "Truth" actually wants to express the truths that have been covered up by the church.
There was still some time before the printing was completed and sent to the Kingdom of Hori, so Benjamin returned to Coster and walked into the small room in the attic.
"...Your Majesty, please show your condolences and accept this change."
He looked at the king sitting by the bed and said this.
In the past few days, the two siblings had been accompanying the king, using telekinesis to ensure that he fell asleep for a long time. But obviously, letting him sleep all the time is not the answer. If there is a problem, it must be solved.
Therefore, he planned to talk to the king today.
"I... I'm a little dizzy. What happened in the past few days?" The king asked, holding his head and looking calm.
"It's nothing, it's just that you were too excited about the news and fell asleep for a few days." Benjamin comforted, "The situation is still the same. The church held a funeral in Havenright and buried Her Royal Highness the Queen properly."
When the king heard this, he was silent for a long time and sighed.
"… Where is my daughter?"
"According to the news, Her Royal Highness the Princess is well protected in the palace, and the church cannot do anything to her. During the funeral, she was carried out by the nanny and showed up once."
The king turned his head and looked directly at Benjamin: "Master Benjamin, I want to see my daughter."
"This..." Benjamin looked embarrassed, "The palace must be extremely well-defended now. It would be difficult for me to break in and take you... Your Majesty, Her Royal Highness is the only bargaining chip in the church's hands now. They don't dare to do anything to her." You can rest assured."
"I know she's fine, but... I just want to see my daughter." The king was uncharacteristically determined, so firm that it even seemed a little unlike him, which gave Benjamin a headache.
"Your Majesty, please be sensible, now is not the time."
"Don't call me Your Majesty!" The king took a deep breath and suppressed his emotions. "I... I'm not talking to you as a king. I'm a husband who just lost his wife. I want to see him when he was four years old." The eldest daughter. Isn't this... shouldn't it be?"
Benjamin also sighed.
"I understand your feelings, but... Your Majesty, don't you want to avenge your wife?"
After hearing this, the king was stunned.
Benjamin continued: "Her Royal Highness the Queen's sudden death must have something to do with the Church. It is very likely that she could not bear the coercion of the Church and chose to commit suicide. But now, the Church is using Her Highness's death to win back the city and regain its strength. It suppressed the momentum of the parade again. Your Majesty, don’t you hate it in your heart when you see the church acting like this?”
"I hate!"
"In that case, first suppress the grief in your heart and avenge Her Majesty the Queen!" Benjamin knelt down and looked directly into the King's eyes. "Her Royal Highness the Princess is controlled by those people and is waiting for Your Majesty to overthrow the church. Get her out!"
When the king heard this, he clenched his hands into fists, closed his eyes tightly, and his shoulders trembled slightly with excitement.
Benjamin couldn't help but shake his head as he watched.
In this case, he could actually let the two siblings activate their spiritual imprints to influence the king and try to shield these negative emotions. But... I don't know why, he doesn't want to do it.
Regardless of his status as a king, he is just a poor man with a broken family.
In this way, after struggling for a long time with his eyes closed, the king finally took a deep breath, opened his eyes, and spoke again: "I... I want to take a look at her tomb."
Benjamin frowned.
"Master Benjamin, please take me over to take a look." The king even said in a pleading tone, "Royal mausoleums are usually built on the outskirts of the city, and there are not many people guarding them. It only takes a few minutes to take a peek. , won’t alarm anyone.”
Hearing this, Benjamin could only sigh.
"… All right."
The queen died suddenly, and the mausoleum had not yet been completely built, just next to Havenlight. If you just take a look from a distance, it's really not too troublesome.
Therefore, he nodded.
In the afternoon of that day, before the first issue of Pravda had been printed, Benjamin took the king and his two siblings from Coster and flew to the royal capital again.