Chapter 246: The Ins and Outs

After getting used to Ciel's original appearance, Xia Nuo finally didn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and asked the question he had before, that is, why Ciel, as the daughter of an archduke, would wander around, and was finally rescued by Yarrita to survive.

For this question, Ciel only hesitated for a second or two, then spread his hands slightly, and told Xia no the ins and outs of the matter.

It all started about four years ago, when the Principality of Sambia had just emerged from the shadow of drought and began to rebuild, and the Grand Duke of Sambia, the ruler of nearly sixty years old, that is, Hill's father, still had a lot of trust in these outsiders, and although he did not agree with the so-called supremacy of the god of fire, he felt in his heart that these guys who could help him were good people with high faith.

The source of this concept may be inseparable from the fact that the old man of Sambia, the Grand Duke of Sambia, is gentle in nature and is more likely to trust others, but it can also show from the other side how sparing no effort was in foreplay in order to seek a higher status.

However, this peaceful and harmonious relationship was false after all, and soon a rift appeared between the royal family and the church.

And the cause of the rift is none other than Hill. At the age of fifteen, she was invited to speak as a representative of the royal family during a relief event organized by the Holy See, but during a backstage break, she overheard several high-level church talks, thus breaking a shocking secret.

It turned out that these original missionaries of the Vulcan Cult, that is, the current high-ranking members of the Holy See, were all murderous pirates before coming to the Principality of Sambia, and they had made a great name on the Great Voyage.

And when they had scavenged enough treasure and were content to return to their hometowns to retire, the captain slaughtered a small sea king passing by as a food reserve because there was not enough food in the storeroom.

Originally, I didn't take it seriously, but the next day I was attacked by a giant sea king class that was dozens of kilometers long to seek revenge - I don't know if it was the father or mother of the little sea king, in short, no one in the entire pirate group was the opponent of this behemoth, and all the attacks hit it like an itch, so it had to flee in panic all the way, and finally landed on a remote coast of the Principality of Sambia with heavy losses, and hid in the forest in embarrassment, only to luck some people survived.

After a day and a night of waiting inside, the surviving pirates finally saw that the enraged sea king had lost patience after a long and fruitless search, flicked its tail and destroyed all their ships, and then stirred up a huge wave and roared out of the sea.

And when these pirates walked out of the forest in a panic, they wanted to cry and find that the treasures that had been scavenged for so many years had sunk to the bottom of the sea with the ship and disappeared, only some boxes of food were still scattered on the sea.

Everything was in vain.

This is the first thought in the hearts of the members of the entire pirate group, but as the scope of their exploration increases, the pirates are pleasantly surprised to find that this country called the Principality of Sambia, whether it is the national wealth or the national treasury, is unexpectedly rich, and there are no famous powerhouses in the country, and the army is also busy going to various places for disaster relief, which makes it almost a mouth-watering fat sheep in the eyes of these pirates.

However, just as these pirates were about to go on a killing spree and plunder, they were stopped by their captain with the help of their captain, and the reason was very simple - their ships were gone, so what was the use of grabbing more treasures? Without a good enough big ship, how can they go over the upside-down mountain and return to their hometown to live a comfortable life?

So, after a brief discussion, these experienced pirates decided to take a different path, dressing themselves up as foreign missionaries, using the food they had left behind, going around to help the victims, buying people's hearts, and constantly recruiting manpower, expanding the teachings, and spreading the so-called Vulcan Cult to all parts of the country.

In this way, as long as the plan goes well, they will have many choices in the future, whether they can stay in the country and live comfortably in the reverence of those blinded civilians, or they can mobilize skilled craftsmen from all over the country after taking control of the real power of the country, and build a big ship enough to carry so many of them out and return to their hometowns in style.

Hill, who was still young at the time, almost couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaim on the spot when she heard these inside information, she never thought that the ocean storm that raged the entire territory of the Principality of Sambia was caused by the large sea kings provoked by this group of guys!

It's unbelievable!

Hill, who lost his temper, could no longer stay at the disaster relief site safely on the spot, and stumbled all the way back to the palace, confessing the truth to his father, the Grand Duke of Sambia, who was naturally more confident in his daughter, and in his anger, he immediately prepared to gather his cronies and prepare to discuss the matter of gathering an army to exterminate this group of church leaders.

At the same time, the church officials, who discovered that the princess had disappeared inexplicably, also sensed that something was wrong, and quickly launched a secret investigation, and after finding out some unusual movements on the side of the palace, they were immediately convinced that the previous negotiations had been listened to by Hill, so before the Grand Duke of Sambia began to gather the army, they surrounded the palace with lightning speed, and captured the Grand Duke of Sambia himself and his cronies in the army.

Hill was not captured, and before the ecclesiastical forces could break through the palace gates, she was forcibly sent out through a secret passage by the reacting Grand Duke of Sambia.

As for the Grand Duke himself, although he did not suffer much, he began to be closely monitored by the Church, not only was his power gradually hollowed out, but the Church also completely blocked the news about this matter, and began to secretly guide public opinion in the following propaganda, and threw the black pot of the people who were seriously affected before on the incompetence and inability of the Archduke of Sambia.

Since then, the power of the Vulcan Church in Sambia has become more and more terrifying, and the power of the royal family has plummeted.

And finally under the protection of a few subordinates, he escaped from the pursuit of the church and fell into the vast sea, and was rescued by Yarrita when he was dying, and since then he has volunteered to be a personal guard under his hands for more than two years, while exercising his strength, while listening to the news in the country, waiting for the time to come.