There were several strikes in Koster, and the news soon spread throughout the country.

"Indulgence...... Have you heard? The churches are all deceptives, and they just find a group of illiterate workers and print the indulgences. Now that the matter is exposed, those workshops are on strike!"

"How, how is it possible? Wouldn't what I bought ......?"

In just a few days, from the rich merchants and nobles to the poor and beggars in the Kingdom of Hori, it can be said that everyone is talking about it, and they don't even bother to avoid it.

- Part of the reason why the news spread so quickly was the chain of events that took place on the day of the strike.

In the afternoon of the same day, a large group of people gathered at the entrance of the church, holding large signs with slogans written on them, and they demonstrated for an afternoon before being driven away by the guards. And those signs probably read things like "The hoax of indulgences", "Secret workshops of the church to press labor", "Hell hardware", etc.

Such a scene naturally attracted considerable attention, and when passers-by inquired, it spread even more than ten to hundreds, and within an hour the city was full of wind and rain.

Koster was detonated by the news that day.

Many people ran to the announced workshop location, kicked open the closed door, and immediately found a lot of half-finished indulgences. As a result, no one questioned the authenticity of the protests. And those who had spent the money ran to the door of the church in a rage, and the demonstrators became even larger.

"I couldn't believe it...... Those priests are a bunch of liars! It's hateful!"

"Oh my God, is this true? In order to get my grandfather to go to heaven, we didn't know how long it took our family to get together the hardware before the onset of the disease...... What should we do?"

"Liar, give me back the money! What qualifications do you have to speak for God?"

Koster was not a place with a strong religious atmosphere in the first place, and with a series of previous shocks, people's favorability of the church had dropped several times. This time, it was the straw that broke the camel's back, and the anti-church sentiment in the whole city exploded.

After the protesters in front of the church were dispersed, countless people even took to the streets, imitating the demonstrators, making various banners and placards, and shouting in the streets. Kost's church was so frightened that the doors were locked, and the priests did not dare to show their faces, let alone make a statement. That night, there were many physical clashes between fanatical believers and demonstrators in the city, but the government could not stop them at all, because the situation was so chaotic!

At the same time, Koster is one of the top trading cities and has very close ties with all parts of the Kingdom of Hori. Something so big happened to Koster, and the radiation speed naturally accelerated.

Of course, it took almost only two days from the outbreak to the fact that everyone knew about it - this kind of speed, if I really want to say it, is still a little abnormal, as if someone deliberately pushed it in.

And actually...... In addition to the protests that broke out in Koster, the spread of this matter did indeed contribute to the spread of the incident.

"It's such a big ......"

Benjamin stood in the attic of the dark part of the academy, opened the window, and looked at the angry crowd on the street outside, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a hint of schadenfreude.

He did not expect that the instigation of the strike would come so smoothly – apparently, the backlog of grievances among the workshop workers was deeper than he had imagined. And as soon as he got the news, everyone immediately took action.

The initial group of protesters at the entrance of the church was basically a disguised member of the Nightmare Society. At the same time, Benjamin contacted the dark departments of the academy across the country, and the rumors they had prepared long ago were instantly poured into the river of the Hori Kingdom like a large vat of ink.

And the "river" was even more turbid than Benjamin had expected.

Unlike the poster incident, this time, the church seems to have touched the bottom line of the people, causing many people to be genuinely angered. Not only Koster, but also many other cities have seen protests of varying degrees, and at least half of the churches in the Kingdom of Hori have had to be closed urgently. On the side of Havenlight, I heard that even the kingdom army had been dispatched, and the city gate was sealed, and no one knew what was going on inside.

So far, the church has not issued a statement explaining what this is all about, but Benjamin is certain that the image they have built up over the years is completely over!

How can they explain it?

Churches like Koster haven't been open for three days. All the priests were nowhere to be seen, and the exterior walls of the church were painted with all kinds of indecent organs that no one had wiped off. Clearly, the church's emergency response seems to have been abruptly scrapped at this moment.

As for why it was scrapped......

"You have to put down those mobs quickly! And the dozens of workers who went on strike at the beginning, where are they? Arrest them!"

In the town hall, the priest cautiously walked in and broke into the mayor's office. It wasn't until the door was closed that he dared to take off his cloak, revealing his clerical robes, and hurriedly yelled at the head of the place.

However, the person in charge spread his hands and showed a helpless look.

"We're already trying to crack down. He complained, "But the mayor has disappeared and has not been found, and there are so many troublemakers now." I'm just an interim leader, and there's only so much I can do. ”

"So what? It's so big, if you don't find a way to solve it, and then the blame from above will come down, and none of you will be able to escape!"

When the person in charge heard this, he nodded busily: "Yes, yes...... We'll definitely find a way to solve it. ”

The priest was still dissatisfied: "You said the same thing the last time I came, but it's been a few days, what have you solved?"

"Your Excellency, you have wronged us!" the person in charge hurriedly said, "There are so many believers in the city, and now that something has happened, we must send someone to protect them, otherwise those mobs will not have to demolish their homes!" You say yes, we are dying of busyness these days, you ...... Rest assured, we will do our best to stabilize the situation!"

“...... If things don't work out, I'll come back tomorrow. ”

"Yes, yes, you can come whenever you want......"

"Humph......"

Eventually, the priest put on his cloak, hid his robe and face, turned and walked out of his office, leaving the town hall. And after the priest left, the person in charge looked at the door that had been closed again, and suddenly put away the flattery on his face, and snorted dissatisfiedly.

He turned around and pulled out a document from the drawer.

The title of the document is a large line - "Emergency Measures", and the inscription on the side is from Haven Wright, and it is also stamped with the unique coat of arms of the royal family, which looks very fresh, as if it has just arrived.

The person in charge looked at it, suddenly walked over to the oil lamp, placed the document on the flame, and watched it slowly burn with cold eyes...... to ashes.

Half a minute later, he emptied the ashes into the trash can and, as if nothing had happened, sat back in his seat, shrugged his shoulders and bowed his head, and posed as if he was busy working.

The government document he opened seemed to have a small piece of paper between them. And on this piece of paper that was casually turned over, words such as "invitation" and "nightmare" could be faintly seen.