Chapter 844: Satirical Caricature
The next night.
"This ...... Are these goods the posters Your Majesty is talking about?"
Standing in the warehouse, looking at the newly arrived goods of the caravan, in a short moment, the mayor of Hendri Town was like an enlightenment, and finally remembered something he had never remembered before.
He promised the king to put these posters up in town!
The lost memories flooded back in an instant, and the mayor's head was a little dizzy, but he immediately remembered what the king had told him, and he took a deep breath, mustered up the courage, and slowly opened the box that was loaded.
He picked up a poster, and as soon as he glanced at it, his face couldn't help but change.
"This ...... This ......"
The spontaneous fear made him immediately shove the poster back, and subconsciously looked left and right to make sure that there was no one else in the warehouse. Although it was only a glimpse, he clearly realized that even if one person saw the content on this poster, he might not be able to keep the head on his neck!
He couldn't help but become a little hesitant at this moment.
His Majesty was framed by the Church, and he does have a duty to stand up, but ...... It's just that...... Such a dangerous thing, once done, will inevitably cause an uproar in the country, can you really get out of it?
However, after a long period of tangle and hesitation, the mayor took the poster out of the box again.
There was no turning back for him to go. Even if he directly destroyed the contents of this box, he still met with the king, and when the church investigated, he had no choice but to die. After being drawn into the struggle at the top, their only choice was to stand up and help the king return to power, so that they could escape the punishment of the church.
- He is not a fanatic, and he swore an oath when he was in office, and he should indeed be on the king's side.
"Hank, call Tom and Crane and come with me to the storeroom. Be quiet, I have a special assignment for you tonight. ”
He followed the planned steps, went to the guard's dormitory in the middle of the night, quietly woke up one of the guards, and finally, returned to the warehouse with three people.
"Town, mayor...... What's the matter at such a late hour?" said the sleepy-eyed guard, yawning and half-asleep.
"The latest order from above is for you to put these notices on the streets. The mayor said without changing his face, "I see that you are very diligent before I called you here, move smartly, and if you have an extra salary, don't tell others." ”
The guards were a little confused, but they were still in good spirits when they heard about the extra pay. They walked over to the box, slowly opened it, and without thinking, picked up a stack of posters and walked out. They saw the dense words on it, but they couldn't understand it, and they estimated that there might be something going on in the royal capital, this was a new notice sent.
Unlike previous announcements, the poster also has some simple drawings with images like mages and priests. The guards only thought that this might be a wanted warrant, warning everyone that another dangerous mage was on the run.
Anyway, they didn't think much about it, and at what time in the morning, they walked out into the street with posters and glue.
The silent streets are empty, and no one knows what is going on in this town. And more importantly, at the same time, similar scenes are repeated in various parts of the kingdom of Hori.
"You don't care about the content, just put it on the street. ”
"This is the latest prayer of the priests, and the picture on it is decorative, leave it alone, put it on the street, and finish the task before dawn. ”
"Hmm...... It's almost pasted, I see...... I'd better pack up and hide first......"
500,000 posters, in fact, are not too many scattered in various places, and even a dozen or so can only be posted in smaller villages. Benjamin also doesn't expect the effect of waking up all over the mountains and generating topics through a large area of radiation, which is his only goal.
And tonight, he also sent the order to the members of the Academy's dark department.
"Start building momentum tomorrow, start with the content of the poster, and then spread all kinds of negative news about the church, half-truths and half-truths, whatever you want, the more you spread, the better!"
After gradual development, there are about a hundred members of the dark department lurking in the kingdom of Hori, which is a bit small, but each of them is an elite mercenary who is well versed in intelligence work. And with them as a catalyst, things are sure to have the greatest impact.
It was a busy night for many people. Some were still in the dark, busy putting the posters on the walls, others were walking around to find out the news, and others were already packing up and preparing to escape......
But for many, it's just an ordinary night. When they slowly woke up from a good night's sleep, it was a new morning.
– for example, most of the priests in this country.
"Hmm...... This morning, why does it seem a little noisy outside?"
In the town of Hendry, the priest woke up from his large white bed, and in a hazy sense, he seemed to hear a slightly noisy sound outside. He was a little confused, but after glancing at the time, he gradually calmed down.
It was still early, and there was still more than an hour before the morning prayer.
So, he slowly sat up from the bed, folded his hands and began to pray, thanking God for giving him a good night's sleep last night, and hoping that God would bless him with a new and beautiful day...... It was his daily homework and a duty that every priest would fulfill. He closed his eyes and read it, as simple as eating and drinking.
It's just that while he was praying, the noisy sound outside never stopped, which disturbed him a little.
What's going on? The weather has been stable lately, and it's not harvest season, is it ...... Whose old man is seriously ill again?
The priest couldn't help but feel a little bored. Still, he quickly calmed down, feeling that all of this was God's test for them. Only by being patient and dealing with such trivial things can he show how devout he is to God.
Ten minutes later, after the prayer, he got up from his bed, washed up, dressed, and tidied up...... In people's minds, they are God's spokesmen, and of course they must always ensure a perfect posture without the slightest flaw.
From waking up to going out, it probably took the priest almost an hour. And in this hour, the noise outside is sometimes high and sometimes low, but it has never stopped.
Eventually, the priest pushed open the door.
"Alright, alright...... Stop making noise, for God loves to be quiet. Whatever the problem is, it is God's test for us, and you should deal with it calmly, not as you are now. ”
He looked at the many people gathered outside the door and said slowly.
The priest, however, soon noticed that the strange look in the eyes of the men as they came out of the house seemed to be a little different from their usual awe and worship.
What's wrong?
The atmosphere was a little subtle, and the priest was confused.
"What the hell is going on?" as soon as he came out, the crowd fell silent, and no one spoke. Therefore, he could only ask again.
“...... Father, go and have a look in the streets...... Just get it. In silence, someone said.
The priest frowned.
What are you doing?
He was actually a little impatient in his heart, but because of his image, he nodded and walked slowly down the street. The crowd outside the house silently parted a path for him, and people looked at him with uncomfortable eyes.
Soon, however, he saw a notice on the street around the corner.
...... It is not appropriate to say that it is a notice, although most of it is words, but there are also some colorful pictures on it, pasted on the dusty walls, which is very eye-catching.
And when the priest approached suspiciously, he only looked at it for a second, and his face changed drastically.
"This ...... Who did this?"
The headline of the notice was striking – "Crimes Committed by the Church" – typed out in bright red letters, like a row of shocking blood letters. This was followed by a list of crimes against the king, the coercion of the nobility, and the extravagance and waste...... It is marked in red letters that this year it has cost about 50,000 gold in taxes just to decorate the church, but at the same time, the cities in the southwestern part of the kingdom have just experienced a round of drought.
Although there is not much description, each crime on the poster is clearly listed, and there are clear numbers or examples to support it. The priest had only taken a few glances, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, and he wanted to tear it off the wall and scold it under his feet.
W-What the hell!
What made him even more angry was that the rest of the poster was trying to express the similarities between magic and magic. Probably limited by space and audience, it does not compare the difference between the two at length, but uses pictures to help it simply express the meaning of "the mage is not the devil".
- There are two small figures drawn on it, easily recognizable by their clothing, one is a mage and the other is a priest.
Priest: "Magic is the power of demons that can cause terrible calamities!"
Master: "Why do you say that?"
Priest: "God told me. ”
Master: "But yesterday God also told me that the people in the church only know how to pretend, and the people he hates the most are you. ”
Priest: "Nonsense! How can God talk to you? What proof do you have?"
Mage: "Then what proof do you use to prove that the gods and mages are all demons?"
Priest: "......"
Short and simple arguments, but presented in the genre of comics, in this era, it seems extremely novel. When the priest of Hendri Town saw this, his mouth was almost crooked, and he wanted to say something but couldn't say it, after all, he had never seen anything like it in his life.
His whole body was trembling, and he pounced on it to tear it off, but found that this thing was so sticky that no matter how he pulled it, he would tear off a small strip at most, and he couldn't tear it off in its entirety.
But he didn't care, he was already angry, and all his reason had long been left behind, and the whole person was stuck to the wall like a gecko, destroying the poster like crazy. He tore it for even three minutes, and his fingers were bleeding, and then he suddenly felt a spirit, remembering that he could use magic skills, and then use holy light bullets to directly collapse the entire wall.
He gasped and looked at the ruins in front of him, his clothes were full of stains, his hair was like a chicken nest not long after he had just been tied, and his whole face was red.
And on another wall, about a few dozen meters away from him, there was another poster, which was pasted there intact.
A few more streets away, and so much more......
The crowd gathered around, but they didn't dare to get too close, just looked at the priest's back from a distance, and fell silent again.