The two of them have been fighting back and forth for more than 30 rounds. I changed more than a dozen postures, and I still didn't know whether I won or lost. In the final moments, their rapid attack and defense were almost useless to the naked eye, and when the tip of Salian's sword was pressed against Yulonis's throat, and the tip of his opponent's sword was also on the center of his eyebrows, everyone woke up from their trance.

"Your Excellency's realm is far superior to ours, but that young man is indeed very strong. ”

"Oh, it's good that you won't be an enemy in the future, and besides, my brother hasn't used the terrifying secret art and space-time magic yet. ”

Unlike the careful thinking of others, the two who ended the competition greeted each other with affection.

"Haha, thank you for your mercy, Mr. Salian. ”

"Why, I've done my best, your martial arts skills are superb, this is not a modest statement. ”

"Hehe, then I'll take you on a tour, we still have a lot of relics and cheats of the old man of the Sword God here, and there are very few on display. ”

"yes, thank you so much!"

While Salian was happily practicing martial arts in Solingen, there was a dark tide surging within the Empire, or it was the last moment before the eruption.

After graduating from Auguste College with a doctorate in theology, he was promoted to the position of parish priest in his hometown of Wittenberg for his meritorious service in resisting the demons of the Abyss. Although it was within the Duchy of Kirzen, it was close to the central forest area of the Empire, so it was very independent, and Wittenberg itself was given the status of a free city of the Empire, and had the right to participate in the Estates-General of the Empire.

Father Lindemann had been very distressed lately because his father, Mr. Lindemann Sr., now a city councillor in Wittenberg, had come to the church in the hope that his son would prevent the Pope from selling indulgences in their city. As a large number of superstitious citizens and artisans spent money on indulgences, the city's industry and commerce suffered a huge blow, affecting the Lindemann family's business.

"Yes, Dear Father, it is true that Pope Alex VI is selling the Toner through several archbishops, but I have no right to interfere, the Holy See is the father of all Catholics, and no one can disobey him. Otherwise, I will lose this priesthood after the excommunication. ”

The elder Mr. Lindemann was very dissatisfied with his son's attitude. He said hatefully.

"But if this continues, our family will go bankrupt, and when the creditor hangs me, my soul will not go to heaven!"

"Please don't say that, Father, the church must be reformed, but my power is too weak. ”

After the departure of the elder Mr. Lindemann, who was troubled by the slump in business, the good pastor also fell into a deep self-reproach. Now the congregants around him come to him for forgiveness, and he always asks them to confess to the Holy Lord, and he advises the ignorant people who flaunt their tointments in their hands to return to the right path of repentance of their sins, but those who are ignorant listen to the Pope's words: "As long as the money goes into the Pope's cash, the Holy See will be able to spare them the ordeal of purgatory after death and go straight to heaven." He didn't bother with his words. This has seriously affected the normal functioning of the church.

While he was meditating, the priest suddenly found a document on his desk in his office. The title reads "My Sixty-Five Points," and he doesn't know where it came from. But when he picked up the document, he was fascinated by what was written on it, which clearly stated that as long as you believe in the Holy Lord, you can atone for your sins, and that the Pope or anyone else has no right to be exempted from sin, and that the right to be exempted from sin is only in the hands of the Holy Lord, so the indulgences are wrong and are a conspiracy used by the Pope and some corrupt people in the Church to enrich themselves.

Although the whole document is opposed to the Book of Atonement, it is in a gentle style, not sharp, and the language is so fluent that anyone who can read can understand it. This made it all the more difficult for Father Lindemann, who of course had always hated indulgences, but it was clear that there were people who wanted to use his hand against the book of indulgence, against the Pope and the whole Orthodox Church. After several days of restless ideological struggle, the upright priest finally nailed the "Sixty-Five Points" to the door of his church.

At the same time, in Freising, the south-central district of the distant empire, it was a different story. The Imperial Count Sebastian von Ridlingen is in the Chamber of Secrets with his henchmen Sakura, Emma von Passau, and Elluby, and the three girls have been completely impressed by the high ideals of the Imperial Count, and they are all determined to serve him.

"Sakura, things have already been delivered to Lindeman, right?"

"Yes, my lord, it's seamless, but can these few pieces of paper alone hit the power of the Northern Church?"

Of course, the Reformed forces within the Church were already strong, and the urban upper classes and the big aristocrats, who needed a lot of money, were also competing with the Church for resources, and they were all happy to see an anti-papal banner appear, and with this excuse, many things would be easy. Emma, what's going on with you?"

Miss Justice pushed her glasses and replied: "The unification of the White Knights is very smooth, we have already incorporated their core forces, and now from the central and southern parts of the empire to the eastern kingdom of Vanolia, our new allies have more than five hundred. ”

"Yes, that's good. The rest is Elluby, how are you here?"

The witch of the elf clan nodded and said, "Following the clues you gave me, I found the leader of the shoe club, the piper Joss Kimmich. In the name of the sympathizer, give him a thousand guilders of gold. We hope that this investment will not be wasted. ”

"There is no need to worry, the south of our Divine Grace Empire is mountainous and hilly, and the territory is intertwined, and the lives of the people are much more miserable than in the north. The revolutionary situation is ripe. Now it seems that everything is good, and the Mars Confederation will soon take action, and the undercurrent is about to surface. By the way, Elluby, how about the intelligence network?"

"Alas, this is not very good, because Cezela has been co-opted by Salian, and Sister Judith is also very much in favor of cooperating with Duke New Mark, and the intelligence network of our Witch Summit is basically in the hands of the Northeast. ”

"It's a pity, but it's okay, these are all expected things, the intelligence network is still the most reliable one that has been established step by step, and Elluby will continue to suffer you. ”

"Emma, let everyone of the Green Knights continue to help the people of the South Central District, the Forest District, and Schwartenen fight the lawsuit. I'm going to have a good rest now, because there's a big war waiting for me soon. ”

In March 2496 A.D., the small-scale peasant revolts in the empire gradually converged and expanded, and she became known in history as the "Great Tutonian Peasant War".

Because of the turmoil, His Majesty Higismund V the Wise, Emperor of the Tutonian Empire, with the blessing of God, ordered the emperor's vassals from all over the south to suppress the rebellion nearby. Sebastian von Riddlelingen, the Imperial Count and Inspector of the South-Central District, who was guarding the fortress of Freising, received an edict ordering him to lead the surrounding Imperial vassals to suppress the rebels in the eastern Black Forest.

"Imperial Earl, this is the Emperor's decree, please take a look. In addition, His Majesty the Emperor has another 5,000 Gur Guilder gold coins for you to use to gather soldiers and horses. "Coming from the Litomyšl Palace in Vanolia was Count von Plantenberg, the Emperor's advisor, who was now a favorite of Higgismund V, and who had the typical horse-like face of a courtier.

"Thank you, sir, the minister will swear to serve the court. Also, please take these 2,000 guilder gold coins, and have the opportunity to say a few kind words for the ministers in front of His Majesty. ”

"Hehe, the kid has a lot of ideas. Well, join my door in the future!"

"Thank you, sir!"

After a sumptuous dinner, Count von Plantenberg left satisfied.

"My lord, why do you bow down to that court jester when you are so proud?"

"Hehe, the feeling of enduring humiliation is really annoying, and I don't know how Salian got used to it. Sakura, I just want to use his power for the time being, and when the time comes, I will let that clown die little by little with the greatest pain he can feel!"

Hearing this, Sakura finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"This is like my lord!"

Sebasti reassures that it is a lucky thing to have such a strict boss employee, probably!

"Alright, bring a few more sets of laundry, and let's go. ”

"Where are you going, Your Excellency?"

"Of course, we have to scout the enemy first! Hehe! Naturally, the acting has to be done well. ”

Sebastian left Freising with the makeover Sakura. They didn't ride horses, and after more than a year of professional ninja training, the Imperial Count also relied on his legs to move through the mountains and forests, faster than he could ride a horse, and he now only needed four hours of rest a day to stay energetic.

The two, or the down-and-out knight von Locle, and his companion traveled day and night, and soon arrived at their destination, the town of Lakeside on the eastern side of the Black Forest, a tiny village with no church at all.

Joss, the piper, lived in a thatched hut here, and one morning he arrived in a secluded clearing between the Black Forest and Lohu, where several comrades from the shoe club were already waiting: Zom the lute violinist, Ansorg the drummer, Arletna the bard, and Adler the tailor. These are people who have experienced hardship or injustice all their lives, but who are still strong-willed, have not lost hope, and are full of vengeful anger.

In addition to these poor men, there was their spiritual mentor, the famous theologian, professor of philosophy, and erudite wise man Elder Mintzel, who was now the abbot of the nearby Essheim Abbey. This highly respected religious figure was extremely opposed to the decaying Church of the present day, and he could be said to be the leading figure of the radical reformers of the Church at that time.

Now he was standing majestically on a stake and beckoning several of the rebel leaders.

"Children, come to me, all of you. Look at these miserable people, and you will soon be able to take revenge. ”

The piper Josqui said with tears in his eyes at Mintzel's feet.

"Ah, Elder, I've been waiting for this day for too long, and each of us has gathered quite a few partners, and the farmers, artisans, and miners around here will support us. ”

"Well, but the news hasn't leaked, and have we all made our markers?"

"No problem, the black, red and yellow tricolor flag and the peasant shoe coat of arms were all sewn by me, and I kept them very well. ”

"Then everything is as originally planned, and the poor peasants and miners here are gathered to attack the castle of Count von Lepheim, the most hated lord of the South-Central District, who has killed many, and we will succeed in starting from him. ”

"Yes, together, we will succeed!"

After the secret meeting, the group quietly dispersed again and infiltrated the Black Forest, where they each returned to their base and prepared to go.

"Alright, Sakura, we now know their full plans, and as a wandering knight, Lord von Locle, he will also take this opportunity to form a knightly alliance against the Great Lord to make trouble for him. ”

The rebel knight leader von Locle was of course Sebastian himself, and in order to break the feudal and self-defended small lord mentality and reduce the independent territory within the empire, he wanted to lead these people to rebel against the oppression of the big lord. For it is easy to destroy only by organizing the remnants of these fiefdom systems.

Sebastian's transformation method is different from the method that Salian relies on the magic mask made by Evangerine, he uses the disguise technique of ninjutsu, which does not require any props, and is more convenient to change. Now he was a thin, pale man, about thirty years of age, a nobleman with only a notched worn-out sword, not even a horse, and his servant was only a thin young man.