Seeing that the lord was absent-minded, the old priest ended the meeting after completing a brief explanation.

Only then did Zhaoming realize that he was doing his right thing, and immediately apologized to the old pastor.

In the face of Zhaoming's unintentional move, the magnanimous old priest was not angry.

After all, any man would see Bianca like this. In addition, Martiel also gave Zhaoming a wake-up call with kindness.

"The Pope has already sent someone to Black Rock, and he may want to investigate whether you can continue to serve as a lord."

Inspect? Zhaoming's face was full of doubts, he didn't understand why this happened, but he also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly asked the old priest for advice.

Martir told him that because he was now the only one left in the Knights of Chenhui, the Pope thought it was a bit inappropriate to let him rule Black Rock City under such circumstances.

But after all, the edict was signed by himself, and the matter had to be discussed with the king of Tranya.

Therefore, the Pope sent an emissary to "investigate" Zhaoming to confirm whether Zhaoming could continue to serve as Lord of Black Rock.

Hearing this, Zhaoming suddenly felt a burst of creepy.

The Pope, who was thousands of miles away in the Holy Land, was also paying attention to this land all the time.

And the two have never met, and the Pope has already given him a strong sense of oppression.

But now that the situation is still clear, he tentatively asks Martil what would happen if he couldn't pass the inspection.

Martiel replied to him seemingly casually: "The loss of the fief is inevitable, and even the Chenhui Knights may be declared extinct." ”

Hearing such indifferent words, Zhaoming couldn't believe it.

"What about me? What about my brothers? There's got to be an explanation, right? ”

Faced with Zhaoming's series of questions, Martial sighed and said slowly: "The Chenhui Knights will lose their number and organization, and your history will be compiled and burned on a certain wall of the church, and if you are lucky, you can put it in a place where people can see it, as for you, ......"

When it came to the possible fate of Zhaoming, Mathil paused, and after seeing the lord's impatient expression, he said, "You will be placed in an honorable idle position to spend the rest of your life in a corner of the Sanctuary, but don't worry, you will definitely enjoy food and clothing, and enjoy honor." ”

Martier's words were like a steel knife inserted into Zhaoming's heart, and he couldn't accept it!

Black Rock City is a fief that the brothers of the Chenhui Knights have paid for how much blood and sweat they have paid, if he loses it in his own hands, what face will he have in the future to go to the goddess throne to his brothers?

Moreover, in a way, the Pope only gave him a document to establish the legitimacy of his lordship, and now he has earned his position by himself.

The more Zhao Ming thought about it, the more scared he became, and now he had to worry about his future after he had just been obsessed with admiring Bianca's beauty.

However, Zhaoming quickly calmed down, and left the church after calmly thanking the two.

On the way back to the city hall, Akira fell into thought, and he repeatedly thought about the things he was inspecting.

After all, Martil was a member of the church, and he could not believe all his words, but he himself could not be taken lightly.

If it weren't for his painstaking governance, Black Rock would still be a border city that was disliked by the Trania Kingdom.

Zhaoming kept thinking about it while cheering himself up in his heart.

I have a clear conscience with the people, and the people are grateful to me, Zhaoming thinks.

In the current situation, Zhao Ming knew that he couldn't act rashly, everything had to be as usual, and no one could find anything wrong.

Tomorrow is the official day of the administrative officer's work, and all the work must continue!

The repair of the city walls must continue, the construction of roads must continue, the recruitment of talents must continue, and everything must continue.

Isn't it just an investigation? Zhaoming thought to himself, as long as he passed.

……

At this time, in the Sanctuary, the messengers sent by Zhaoming were placed under house arrest by the Pope, and if they wanted to regain their freedom, they had to wait until the envoys had completed their investigation.

Within the territory of the Kingdom of Tranya, a group of ten knights is heading west.

Their silver armor was trimmed with gold and held the flag of the Church aloft in their hands.

The people along the way saw them all fleeing in fear, and even the princes and nobles did not dare to stand in their way.

There are two types of knights in the human world: Imperial Knights, who belong to the Human Kingdom, and Templars, who belong to the Templar Church.

Among the Templars, there was a kind of Knights of Edict.

They do not belong to a particular order, but are stationed in the Sanctuary all year round as a force to defend the Sanctuary.

The biggest difference is in their numbers.

There is a limit to the number of knights in general, but the maximum number of knights cannot exceed 1,000, even if you count the reserve knights, the maximum cannot exceed 1,500.

But the Imperial Knights have always maintained a huge size of 20,000 people!

Not only were they the Pope's sharpest sword, but they were also the reserve force of the Templars.

Sometimes they act as emissaries to the Pope, going to the various knightly orders to preach orders.

If a knightly order suffers great losses in a short period of time and cannot be rebuilt, they will be sent by the Pope to directly supplement them as a source of troops.

And this group of knights is the royal knights sent to Black Rock City by Pope Henry III.

"Captain, we are still 200 miles away from Black Rock City, do you want to rest for a while?" A knight asked the captain at the front.

The captain saw that it was getting dark, and ordered everyone to stop.

"Phew—"

The white horse ridden by the knights of the Imperial Decree is a domesticated and bred variant of the Red Blood Pony, and compared to the original breed, this white horse has reduced its explosive power, but its endurance has been greatly increased, which is comparable to that of the rare Desert Hoof.

The group stopped in a wooded area and began to prepare for the night.

The man at the head was named Saivita, and the man with a long scar on his face was sitting under a tree with a map in his hand.

One of his men handed him a piece of food to rest, and Sevita thanked him before continuing to look at the map.

The goal of their trip is to go to Black Rock City on the border of the Kingdom of Tranya, and as the Pope's representative, they will see if the head of the Chenhui Knights, Zhaoming, is capable of continuing to serve as a lord.

Thinking of Black Rock City, some memories of the past came to mind in front of Sevita's eyes.

He was originally from Black Rock, and when he was young, he fled his hometown because he couldn't stand the oppression of officials and the bullying of Haradin, and perhaps it was for this reason that the Pope sent him to lead the team.

"Black Rock ......" Sevita's muttering was overheard by his teammates, who came up to ask the captain what he thought of the trip.

Sevita shook her head, saying that she had no opinion, but would firmly follow the Pope's orders.