Chapter 127: Tranquility After the Bloody Battle (Part II)
"Send him to be burned at the stake!" At this moment, an old man came out of the army and shouted, the old man was wearing a black robe, and he was the accompanying priest in the army.
I saw the old priest holding the scepter of the cross in his hand, which symbolized holiness, pointing at Constance Dante who had fallen to the ground, and said viciously: "That man is the embodiment of the devil and must be purified!" If we touch on such a disobedient thing as sheltering heresy, we will be punished by God. ”
Faith has always been present throughout the West, and even when a new era comes, people cannot do without the guidance of religion, and the military of respected priests has become the rule. And his status is second only to the commander-in-chief of the army.
As soon as the old priest's words were spoken, the army, which had been in turmoil, immediately became boiling.
"Judge him! Burn him! "The hatred of their companions for the death of the [Nightmare] Mecha was immediately transferred to Considine, and fear had already caused them to lose their minds, and in their eyes Consitor Dante was a monster that would be devoured sooner or later.
Too easy to be swayed by your own emotions, this is the weakness of human nature, looking at those things you don't know, it's not more about exploring**, but about being afraid of it, staying away from it, and cursing it.
Hundreds of years later, the cruel punishment of burning at the stake was still preserved, and in the crusaders of the East, the soldiers believed that by sending their captives to the cross, they could defeat the infidels of the East. Poland, a little later in civilization, still believed in demonic legends and burned heretics at the stake.
This is the most cruel and barbaric punishment!
General Kurak couldn't have imagined that things would turn out like this! Did he just sit back and watch the soldiers of Cons, Dante, who had been carried away by fear and anger, burn alive? In the face of the outrage, even General Kulak could hardly muster the courage to stop it, let alone the Lithuanians under Nedessia's instigation, and this army could mutiniate at any time.
"What do you want to do!" He asked with a breathless voice.
Queen Yadwiga!
General Kurak was startled, and the commotion in the crowd suddenly stopped, and everyone hung their heads and did not dare to look at the queen lying on a stretcher as she endured her pain, and no one dared to offend. Whether it is the regent or the nominal head of the country, Yadwiga is one of the heads of the country, and even if they get carried away, the military discipline in their hearts is binding them.
Awakened from her pain, Yadwiga covered her body with a large coat and knelt on a stretcher, glanced at the crowd with their heads down, and said coldly, "Is this how you treat my benefactor?" Where were you when my daughter and I were in danger just now? If it weren't for Cons, would you still be standing here? ”
Under the questioning of Queen Jadwiga, all voices completely stopped, and no one dared to look up at the Queen Regent in front of them, Her Majesty the Queen of Poland, who had even moved the idea of abandoning the Queen and the princess before, and shame and fear suddenly occupied their hearts.
Everyone shuddered!
"Your Highness, that is the embodiment of a demon, please don't be fooled!" Seeing that the queen had intervened herself, the frightened old priest slammed the scepter in his hand on the ground and said that he wanted to stop the queen's decision.
"Father, do not forget that the attack I have suffered before came from the Holy See, and that the threat to our country is not the so-called infidel army, but the Holy Roman Empire and the Teutonic Knights, who are also Holy Church countries. The Holy Church has long since decayed and degenerated, and it is they who are stealing the power of demons in an attempt to subvert the world. And Constance Dante is the messenger of the gods who has sent down to change all this. Even though the authority of the Holy See has been weakened a lot in the past few decades, it is still in fact the co-ruler of the Western countries, even Poland in name, although it has been very little affected, and the power of religion has always been in its own hands, but Yadwija's words have terrified everyone.
In particular, this woman went so far as to call Consdin a messenger of God, which in the eyes of the priest would be a word that only a heretic would say, but at this moment it came from the mouth of this majesty.
"Soldiers!" Adorvica, who was enduring the pain, raised her voice with a pale face, she could only do this, for her, Consitine Dante could not just give up. "Please don't forget, who has invaded our homeland again and again, it is the Holy Roman Empire, and it is the so-called Teutonic Knights who have threatened us again and again, and it is not the Holy See standing behind them?"
Jadwidga stared at the soldiers in front of her, it is true that Poland has been struggling for decades, both in the east and in the west, and Lithuania chose to merge with Poland in order to convert the Holy Church so that the Teutonic Knights would lose the pretext of invasion, and Poland chose to make peace with the Rus' countries for the same reason. It's just that faith has long been just a pretext for war, and interests are exposed. Even the new Roman Empire was destroyed by the Holy See Crusades, and what war can be called just.
The soldiers faltered, staring at each other speechless, and the way they looked at Constance Dante changed a lot, for for them, whether they were messengers of the gods or incarnates of demons, they were not to be provoked.
"You ・・・・・・" The priest held the scepter and trembled slightly, this is simply heresy, every word of Yadvita is enough to be sent to the Inquisition! But even so, he did not dare to say such disrespectful words to his own monarch.
Render to God what is God's, and to Caesar what is Caesar's. Gone are the days when clergy came to get their hands on kingship. Besides, he's just a little priest.
The old priest had no choice but to retreat into the crowd with his head down, and saw that even the priest finally chose to give up, and more Poles were shaken, and the situation was reversed for a while.
(Tsk, useless waste!) It seems that the queen is much trickier than imagined. It seems impossible to solve that Herod today. Nedesia's brow furrowed slightly, it was clear that this situation was irreparable, and with the queen in her hand, no one dared to raise any objections. And he had no choice but to retreat into the crowd, avoiding Yadvjan's cold gaze.
The soldiers who had left the matter behind them scattered and re-lined up, and Jadwija whispered to General Kurak: "Take care of Lord Consdante, we will leave here now, the Teutonic Knights may have discovered that something is wrong and approached here." ”
The startled General Kurak remembered that they had been delayed for too long, and now they would surely die if they met the Teutonic Knights.
"I'll leave everything to the minister, and ask Her Royal Highness the Queen to rest in peace." With that, General Kurak walked to the army, regrouped and prepared to go.
Yadwija, who had ended all this, finally couldn't support the back of General Kurak anymore and almost collapsed, while the attendants on the side hurriedly supported him.
"Queen!"
"I'm fine." Adewija waved her hand, still uneasy.
(What exactly is your purpose, Nedesia.) )
She felt more and more that the man was in danger, but perhaps it was a mistake to let him follow. (To be continued.) )