Longinus looked at the girl in amazement.

Duke Ross covered half of his face with a small folding fan, and his whole body trembled with laughter, and a pair of beautiful big eyes smiled like two little moons.

Archbishop Loren was convulsing, and at this moment, he wanted to strangle Longinus with his own hands.

Even, he regretted a little, when he picked out the largest and most powerful Longinus among his peers from the orphanage of the Golden Oak Church, why didn't he throw him into the well of the orphanage?

What's more, Archbishop Loren has strong doubts about the mechanism of the Golden Oak Church to cultivate church knights.

These professional thugs really don't need brains.

But at least, at least, don't let them be stupid like Longinus!

When Longinus explained how he had a conflict with Joe, so many people could hear it clearly, and Longinus firmly told everyone that he was protecting the devout believers of the church, and that was the reason why the conflict broke out with Joe.

O devout believers of the Church!

Looking at the girl who was already slumped on the ground with fright, Archbishop Loren laughed dryly.

His lips were white, and a few cold sweats flowed down his oily forehead. Because he had just discovered in horror that behind the soldiers of the Imperial Army across the street, a large group of men of extraordinary bearing had appeared.

These people ...... Archbishop Loren is no stranger.

At least half of the consuls of the consulates of the Medland countries in the port of Tulum have popped up here!

Archbishop Loren glanced at Duke Ross angrily, there was no doubt that this was Duke Ross's tactic. The diplomats of these consulates in the port of Tulum, you say how much power they have, not necessarily; You don't necessarily say how strong they are; You don't necessarily say how much power they have in their respective countries.

But there is at least one that can do this position - they are very well connected, and they are very capable of fanning the yin wind and igniting ghost fires, and they are extremely capable of stirring up wind and waves; In other words, these consuls are all excellent-stirring sticks, and they can toss things for you if they have nothing to do.

'Bang, bang, bang', at the back of the queue of Imperial soldiers, I don't know when, someone got a few four-wheeled carriages, and a group of well-dressed men, I don't know when, climbed into the carriage and set up a huge machine with a strange shape on it.

With a dull roar, a large cloud of flash burst out, illuminating the street.

Archbishop Loren's face twitched, and he recognized these strange machines—the novelty of the photographic machines that had been invented by an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences of the Ice Kingdom in recent years, and which had quickly become popular in Metland, and were called 'cameras'.

This thing...... I can take an image.

With the new printing presses of recent years, they were able to put the images on the newspaper and quickly distribute them to the rest of the world.

Archbishop Roland quickly turned around and stared at the girl who was limp on the ground.

The golden oak leaves suspended above her head, and the golden light rain continued to fall, accompanied by a terrible cry, and the shadow of broken wings continued to appear above the girl's head.

"No!" Archbishop Loren subconsciously pointed to the consuls and the four-wheeled carriages: "Take theirs...... Negatives, no, negatives...... All negatives...... In the name of my Lord, the secrets of the Church are at stake, and they are all destroyed! ”

The team of church knights heard the wind and rushed to the target one by one like wolves.

But a larger number of Imperial soldiers surrounded them, waving their weapons to block their path. The two sides pushed and shoved in the streets, and soon chaos became a mess, and another battle was about to break out.

In the crowd, I don't know which guy yelled: "Citizens of any country have the right to know the truth of this world...... Believers in the church are heretics? Is this the fall of humanity or the fall of divinity? ”

'Ho ho ho', Duke Rose laughed even more happily, she couldn't even suppress the joy in her heart, and burst out laughing directly.

Several four-wheeled carriages turned their horses' heads and retreated as fast as they could.

A group of excited diplomats with their attachés were haphazardly blocked the street.

There are powerful church knights who easily break through the obstruction of the Imperial soldiers, but they are blocked by these guys who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic. These consuls and diplomats put on extremely arrogant expressions and reported their titles and titles one after another......

The diplomats of dozens of countries, the lowest rank is a viscount, and they are also among the high-ranking officials in the administrative officer system of each country.

Not being able to fight, not being able to move, or even bumping into them, will cause a dispute between a certain country and the church.

The knights of the church were numb in their claws, and they could only watch the four-wheeled carriages run away without a trace.

"Really surprised." Duke Ross easily suppressed his laughter and smiled solemnly at Archbishop Loren: "This is really an accident...... Tulun Port has been in turmoil recently, and in order to calm people's minds, I have specially invited consuls to come here for friendly exchanges...... Who would have thought that they would carry ...... 'camera'? ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Duke Rose said leisurely: "However, this is indeed a very interesting gadget, but it is too expensive." Last month, I just bought one, those black-hearted profiteers of the Ice Sea Kingdom, they actually extorted 50,000 gold marks from me! ”

"Still, it worked well. The photographs are clearer than those of the best oil painting masters. "The Duke of Ross was very enthusiastic and popularized the knowledge of 'camera', 'negative', 'processing', 'focal length', 'clarity', 'cost' and so on to the distracted Archbishop of Lauren.

"We need to have a good talk." Archbishop Loren vigorously wiped the cold sweat that kept rolling down his forehead.

There is no doubt that a huge storm of public opinion is brewing, and it will ...... early tomorrow morning No, it's quite possible that it's even now starting to spread around.

Longinus, the fool he professes to protect, is a true heresy associated with the 'corrupted spirits...... In order to protect this heresy, Longinus even went so far as to take the Church Knights to fight against the Imperial Army.

Archbishop Loren was sweating profusely, and the sweat even soaked through his underwear, sliding down the smooth silk lining, and into his boots, which were very wet and uncomfortable.

He seemed to see the angry gaze of the terrible old man at the top of the bowl, in that majestic temple.

"Your Excellency Ross, we need to talk about anything, we can talk about anything, don't we?" Archbishop Loren smiled extremely brightly: "The Delen Empire and the Golden Oak Church have always had an extremely close traditional friendship, haven't they?" ”

"The feelings are too empty, let's talk about money directly. I'm such a vulgar and boring woman! Duke Rose turned his face on the spot and said something that made Jo almost fall to the ground.

"The Garcican fleet is too weak, and I am ready to add a few battleships and the most popular cruisers of lately." Duke Ross put away the small folding fan in his hand with a 'snap', inserted the fan into his belt, and then rubbed his hands vigorously, and in the white and delicate palms, there was a terrible 'rattle' loud sound.

"But I'm poor. A lonely widow. Duke Ross sighed faintly: "So, I am poor." The purchase price of a first-class battleship, converted into Imperial Gold Marks, is at least 500,000 Gold Marks. This is still a bare ship, a bare ship without a single gun. ”

"Mining...... Asking price? Archbishop Loren looked at Duke Ross a little frantically: "You, where are you going to buy from?" ”

"Kingdom of St. Sia! Their newest first-class battleship is the latest in technology, the fastest, the most powerful in firepower, and the strongest in defense...... Of course, I want to buy it from the Kingdom of Santa Sia. Duke Rose smiled calmly.

"They will definitely not sell the latest first-class battleship to the Delen Empire." Archbishop Loren said quickly, "Unless their skulls are broken." ”

"There is another possibility...... The high-level of the Golden Oak Church opened up, as long as there was an archbishop of high enough status to speak, there was nothing that the pious kingdom of St. Sia could not sell. Duke Ross gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "Two of the latest first-class battleships, four of the latest second-class battleships, and eight of the latest third-class battleships...... Twenty-four newest cruisers! ”

Shrugging his shoulders, Duke Rose rubbed his hands vigorously again, and stared at Archbishop Loren viciously, like a bandit blocking the road: "The reputation of the church, and between these warships, do you choose one?" By the way, it is impossible for a poor widow to give money! ”

"It's absolutely impossible to give money...... Duke Ross sighed softly: "I'm poor, the military department withholds the ropes, and the island of Casica can't collect a few taxes a year, and I have to rely on delaying the payment of salaries to barely get by......"

Archbishop Loren looked at Duke Ross with a blank expression.

Poor?

There are 50 million natives in Garsica, and the ruthless Duke of Ross scrapes a gold mark from each person's head every year, which is a net profit of 50 million...... This black-hearted, how could she just shave a gold mark?

However, look at the golden oak leaves suspended above the girl's head, and then look at the diplomats of various countries who are already gearing up and can't wait to fall into the well with bright smiles...... Archbishop Loren knew that this time, he planted.

"Heh, heh, heh...... The number of warships you listed, you might as well kill me directly. Archbishop Loren chuckled softly: "Dear Your Excellency Ross, is this necessary? Is there no room for turnaround? ”

Duke Ross put away her smile, and she said softly: "Please acknowledge this fact, the Mid-Autumn Bloody Case, the believers of the Corrupt Spirit, attacked the port of Tulum. This woman is related to the corrupting spirit, and Longinus, for whatever his purpose, he did publicly announce that he sheltered this woman. ”

"If you don't want to spread the news that the senior clergy of the Golden Oak Church have colluded with the corrupting spirits to maliciously attack the territory of the Delen Empire, in a vain attempt to tear up sensational news such as the Secret Covenant of Faith...... Please show your sincerity! ”

Duke Ross exhaled softly: "Show your sincerity, honorable Archbishop Loren. ”

Archbishop Loren took a deep breath.

Longinus, who was on the side, opened his mouth, pitiful, and roared with a crying voice: "He scolded me, he said, my mother is a damn Portusse woman who plays with a crystal ball......"

Joe stood by and laughed, grinning with bared teeth, not too happy.

A quarter of an hour later, Joe led a swelled procession, which was several times over, and two thousand of them were mixed with the knights of the church, and made a mighty headline for St. Hilde's Mountain.