Chapter 865: The First Issue of Pravda
In this way, the kingdom of Horry has had another undercurrent surging week.
After the king's death, the whole country mourned. The conflicts of the past seemed to have vanished at this moment, everyone became harmonious, and the church and the nobility joined forces to hold a grand funeral, even if there was no body, and buried the king's old robes and the queen's mausoleum.
But secretly, unknown things are also quietly brewing.
For example...... Thousands of miles away, if anyone has the heart to pay attention, they can find that the lively academy seems to be gradually deserted. Many students and teachers have started to go out on assignments, but no one knows where they are going.
There are also rumors like the folk of the Hori Kingdom, which are hidden in the atmosphere of memorial, and the name that is spreading more and more - "Black Nightmare Society".
It was said that it was a non-governmental organization that really supported His Majesty the King, but after several encirclements and suppression by the church, it grew stronger and stronger. And His Majesty's death is not at all what the Church has announced.
No one knew what the truth was, but people were starting to realize that something was going to happen. The kingdom of Hori, which had suddenly calmed down, was brewing beneath the surface of the water, and perhaps even more terrifying explosions were brewing.
Silence, silence...... Everyone seemed to be waiting for a turning point. Many people feel in the dark that the lead has been pulled, and all they need is an opportunity.
A week later, the opportunity arose.
"Her Royal Highness Princess...... To inherit the throne?"
When most people saw this announcement, their first reaction was to be stunned. They don't think of church conspiracy theories, not puppet politics, but ...... Let a child who can't even speak well become the king of a country, is the kingdom of Hori going to die?
In fact, most of the population does not know anything about the core of power. And when a monarch ascends the throne who is completely beyond their acceptance, no one will be confident in it.
They just feel that their country is really going to end.
As a result, on the afternoon of the announcement, there were four riots in the country. Especially in the countryside, there are even cases where an entire village of people run away to become bandits, and the calm water surface is completely broken.
And "Pravda" also appeared on the stage of history at this time.
"Why did Her Royal Highness the Princess ascend the throne? The secret of the death of His Majesty the King and Her Royal Highness the Queen...... Everything you want to know, top secret news from the royal capital, come and take a look!"
"The Kingdom of Hori has reached a critical point of survival, don't you know anything? Come and buy a copy of Pravda, about the true face of the church, what they have done, the rise and fall of the country is in your hands!"
Countless guerrilla squads suddenly appeared all over the kingdom. They generally cover their faces, carry baskets, and shout newspapers along the street, attracting the attention of countless people for a while. They are often very familiar with the local terrain, and when a priest or guard approaches, they will directly run into the nearby alleyways and disappear without a trace.
Through the contact when buying newspapers, people learned that they were the people of the Nightmare Society.
For a time, all kinds of hot spots were superimposed, and Pravda sold so well that even civilians close to the church would get a copy of the manuscript board because of their uncontrollable curiosity. And the content of the newspaper has caused a lot of fluctuations among the people.
The tragedy of the persecution of innocent people in the church, the truth about the death of the king, and the power struggle within the royal capital...... These things were so sealed that it was impossible for civilians to reach them, but at this moment they were suddenly exposed to everyone, and people began to realize how many deep sins were buried behind the word "church".
The people were shocked.
"It's time for dinner, it's so hearty......! Tonight, I'll lead you to pray, right?"
“...... Good boy, no need. ”
"Why? Yesterday and the day before yesterday, my sister recited the prayer, Dad, don't you even trust me? I have memorized it a long time ago, and I will never make a mistake in pronouncing a word. ”
"No, it's not, that...... From today onwards, we will stop praying. ”
At the dinner table, on the pillow, outside the church...... Similar scenes were repeated over and over again. The news of the princess's succession, together with Pravda, shattered the faith in the hearts of many people. As the most mediocre and widespread people, they did not take to the streets to protest, nor did they run to the door of the church to graffiti, but ...... I don't believe it.
Of course, the church will certainly not sit idly by and watch things get to this point.
The morning after Pravda was launched, the government banned the book, and it was a capital offense for those who possessed it. However, even such a heavy order has not stopped its spread. The people of the Black Nightmare Society sold with their faces covered, and the people also bought with their faces covered, and the truth spread little by little in the sneaky streets.
Moreover, the princess's succession to the throne is a major event, which involves a large part of the energy, and the Kingdom of Hori is full of bandits, and there are more and more troublemakers. For a time, the church had no energy to carry out raids across the country and completely ban Pravda.
In about three days, they captured only five members of the newspaper guerrillas. And when they tried to find out the others with memory search, they found that the internal system of the Black Nightmare Society suddenly became tighter, and each grassroots member only knew very little information, and if they caught a few newspaper sellers, they couldn't find out anything at all.
Because of this, they could at most curb the craze for the circulation of Pravda, and could not completely suppress it.
"The flow of people in the churches around the country is more than half as before, and if this continues, we won't even have enough people for the daily morning prayers, and we must arrest all those who sell newspapers!"
Inside St. Peter's Basilica, the priest holds a message from all over the world in his hand and communicates with an old bishop with a worried face.
The bishop, however, looked even more worried than he was.
"Who wouldn't want to arrest them......? That's going to have to be done with manpower!"
"Why is there no one? What is the Kingdom Army doing, what is His Majesty the Pope doing, as long as the Kingdom Army and the Paladins are sent out, those people will definitely not dare to be so arrogant as they are now. ”
"Kingdom Army...... It has been sent out. ”
The priest was shocked: "What did you send out?"
"Go and suppress the rebels. The bishop's face was ugly as if he had stepped on a piece of shit, "Now the news is still blocked, so you don't know, but in the past few days, there have been at least six rebels in the country, and the number of people is about 5,000 to 10,000." Some remote towns, we've even lost touch with them. ”
When the priest heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, his whole face was a little gray.
"Anti-thief army...... Isn't it all a rabble, how did it get to this point?"
"That's what we thought at the beginning. The bishop took a deep breath and spoke in a suppressed voice, "But who would have expected it...... In those rabble, there are many powerful mages hidden!"