In the next few days, the kingdom of Hori fell into a chaotic war of public opinion.

On the day of Havenlight, the queen's body was smashed into a coffin full of flowers and carried around the city by the soldiers, which confirmed the authenticity of the death. In this case, no matter how fierce the anti-church momentum is, it can't help but fade all at once, and people's attention is instantly diverted.

At the same time, a large number of soldiers appeared all over the country, suppressing the crowds of protesters, and they gradually maintained the chaotic national order. Black flags are hung at the door of every house to mourn the Queen's death.

But...... Although the streets are much quieter, the rumors in the streets have increased instead of decreasing.

"His Majesty the King is missing, and Her Royal Highness has died suddenly, is it because the gods are going to destroy our Hori Kingdom?"

"Her Royal Highness is fine, how could she be assassinated all of a sudden? What do those paladins do to eat? Your Majesty has been taken away once, why hasn't he even grown a little?"

"How did His Highness die...... I think there's something strange about it. ”

However, in one day, the news of the queen's death overcame the indulgence incident and became the most discussed topic. The official theory is naturally that the mage assassinated the queen, and the eyes of the church have been constantly propagating this statement among the people, but after so many things, the prestige of the church in people's minds has dropped again and again.

Many people were doubting the truth, and Benjamin even issued an order to the secret departments of the colleges everywhere, promoting the statement that "the church killed the queen". All of a sudden, rumors skyrocketed, and although the public did not necessarily think that the church had really killed the queen, there were more and more pimples in their hearts.

And the opponents of the church did not completely extinguish the flames.

After order was restored, churches around the country reopened, but the number of daily worshippers was about half as before. In many places, priests even hired a group of cleaners who had to clean the graffiti on the doors and walls of the church before they opened every morning, otherwise they would not be able to see anyone at all.

"These bastards...... Someday, we will pull them all out and burn them into nothingness with the light. ”

In the bright morning, Koster's priest suppressed his anger and whispered as he instructed the men to clean up the graffiti on the door.

"Take your time, we're in the crosshairs here. Beside him, another slightly older priest whispered, "His Majesty the Pope has confirmed that the Black Nightmare Society is hiding in our city, and that they are the source of all iniquity. ”

"Of course I do. It's just that...... Why didn't His Majesty the Pope simply seal this city? Send out the paladins and search the whole city, I don't believe how long those sneaky guys can hide!"

The older priest said, "There is no explanation above, just ...... Maybe it's because of that demon. ”

Suddenly, the young priest was shocked: "That demon? is he in Koster?"

"Who else but that demon could do such a thing?" said the elder priest, patting him on the shoulder, "don't worry, His Majesty the Pope must understand this." It won't be long before he'll definitely make a move. ”

When the young priest heard this, he nodded, turned around and continued to direct the cleaning of the church. The elder priest returned to the church, and the streets of Koster fell silent.

However......

In fact, Benjamin was not hiding in Koster as they say. At this moment, he was on the boat, driving another mobilization meeting, and the big ship of the Black Nightmare Society was slowly drifting offshore.

"Dean Benjamin, Your Majesty...... What the hell is going on?"

There were about a hundred people seated in the cabin, which was much more imposing than before. It's just that since the news of the queen's death broke, the members of the Black Nightmare Society have never seen the king again, so they can't help but be a little worried.

"Your Majesty was so emotional when he heard the news of the Queen's death that he could not come out to meet you for the time being. In this regard, Benjamin was also helpless, so he could only say, "You don't have to worry, Your Majesty should just need a while to calm down." ”

Hearing this, the members looked at each other. However, the most important thing at the moment was clearly not the king, so they quickly turned their attention to another issue.

"What are we going to do? Are we going to continue to incite strikes?"

Benjamin shook his head.

"The church is on guard, and it's hard for us to make such an impact. He said slowly, "What we have to do now is to fight a public opinion war with them and make people more aware of the true face of the church." ”

"How?"

When Benjamin heard this, he suddenly turned around, knocked on the blackboard, and wrote a headline on it—Pravda.

"We can run a newspaper. "From posters to street graffiti, we can only express our thoughts in the most primitive way, and it seems that there is no difference between us and street gangsters, and it is easy to be smeared." But now, too, it's time for us to get inside. ”

"Running a newspaper?"

Hearing this, most of the members showed a somewhat surprised and dazed expression.

Apparently, they didn't know enough about the details of Benjamin's work at Freden. Therefore, they have never heard of a newspaper like "The Mage of Freedom" that is out of print after only one issue.

However, after a short period of thought, many people showed a bright look.

It is a process from the civil to the official, and in the minds of the public, newspapers often have a rational and serious image. If they could publish a newspaper that exposed the dark side of the church, people would no longer see them as petty fights.

And they were really looking forward to the deflated way the priests would look when they saw the newspaper.

"But...... Can we really get this thing up?", but some people still questioned, "Maybe as soon as we send it out, the church will ban it at all costs, and the general public will not dare to buy it, and it may not even be able to get out the name." ”

"Yes, believe me, the church doesn't have that power anymore. Benjamin smiled, "There's so much to do." Handle the queen's funeral, rebuild the administrative system, and suppress protesters...... In most cities, many vacant official positions have not yet had time to be filled, so where will they have the manpower to ban our newspapers?"

When the members heard this, they thought of the scene in Koster City and nodded.

Indeed, there are only so many soldiers and paladins in the whole country, they can't even control the people who paint slogans on the walls, and the workers who went on strike last time have not been arrested, and there is indeed a lot of room for their own people to operate.

"Since everyone has no opinion, then ...... Let's start brainstorming. Seeing this, Benjamin continued, "I will choose to join the Nightmare Society, I believe that you must have a lot of connections with the church." I don't want to expose everyone's scars, but we need these stories. ”

And it's time for the church to take responsibility for these stories. ”