Chapter 285: Everyone's Hope, Absolute Loyalty
Just in the blink of an eye.
The three executioners who had fallen into the dream had already pushed open the door at the bottom of their dreams and entered the depths of the dream, that is, the public dreams of the kingdom of Hattings.
Each manifested into a majestic figure dressed in black robes and wearing a gold mask.
Each of the masks has a number engraved on its forehead: 1, 2, 3.
The public dreams of the kingdom are not as chaotic and dangerous as those of overseas.
Instead, under the constraints of the [Treasure Ball of Kingship] and the law, a series of criss-crossing colored three-dimensional corridors have been formed.
The corridor is dotted with thousands of doors, large and small, with different materials, patterns, decorations, and shapes.
It represents different regions, different populations, and different individuals within the kingdom.
Wherever you have applied for the "Dock Opening Permit" and "Overseas Exploration Order", and are protected by the iron law of royal power, there will be such a door.
The three of them walked side by side, and soon came to an arched door that reached almost to the ceiling.
The door appears to be made of obsidian, with gold and silver inlays at the corners, carved with an exotic view of the Bantaan.
From time to time, the moisture of the sea could be heard from the crack in the door.
This is the dream door to the overseas colonies of the Hattings, behind which all the Hattings colonies under the Iron Law of Royalty are located.
No. 1 stretched out his hand to push open the door, not forgetting to tell his teammates:
"What the gentlemen of the Privy Council think is their own business.
Our only task is to find out the truth.
Follow the list one by one, sneak into their dreams, dig out the most real memories, and never let go of any clues.
Those colonial officials were appointed directly by the governor, and compared with the native lords, they were demoted to a higher level, and their lives were not worth much.
In the event of violent resistance to the law, it is allowed to be punished on the spot according to the circumstances!
Hurry up and go. ”
"Understood."
The three of them stepped through the door and disappeared in an instant.
He has already found his chosen target and infiltrated the other party's dream.
The core professional ability of the executioner at the third level is the [Cross Execution Table], which has a series of auxiliary skills to support the execution, most of which are named after torture instruments:
[Decapitator], [Flaming Cross Sword], [High Cliff Guillotine], [Iron Maiden of the Force Field]
And one of the most incomprehensible and fantastical execution skills is: execution in dreams.
It is possible to enter the dream realm and execute the prisoner who violates the law, even if a third-order executioner is thousands of miles away from the prisoner, it does not prevent them from killing people easily.
The damage inflicted on the prisoner by the executioner in his dream will also appear in the real world at the same time.
Once a prisoner is killed in a dream, he will die a miserable death in the same way as in the dream.
Therefore, it was clear that their main body was still thousands of kilometers away in the Ganquan Palace, but the business scope of the Star Chamber Court spread throughout the entire Black Courts Kingdom.
Countless middle- and upper-class gentlemen were frightened, for fear that they would suddenly lose their heads when they fell asleep one day.
And the colony has always been a hard-hit area, and it is not uncommon for them to dig up felonies and execute them on the spot.
At the same time.
Inside the warden's office at the Grand Prison in Port Royal Prison.
Warden Ackerman Cyril, who was actually a second-order warden, O'Neill Darren, one of the Lancaster Party, issued his first warrant in office.
"Through the joint investigation of the Port Authority, the Taxation Bureau, and the Maritime Court, Lawrence not only evaded taxes in a huge amount.
He is also suspected of using his sister's illegitimate son out of wedlock to pretend to be the heir of the Newman family, in a vain attempt to embezzle the property of the Earl's family, and the amount is particularly huge.
The evidence was conclusive, and he was immediately detained and hanged three days later. ”
I just signed it.
He suddenly felt a trance, and fell into a state of half-sleep and half-awake.
The office has also become a little unreal, hazy and unreal.
Knock knock
There was a knock on the door, and O'Neill, who was in an abnormal state, invited without hesitation:
"Please come in."
Saying a word is tantamount to opening the door and stealing.
His consciousness and the entire room fell into a dream, and he was greeted by an uninvited guest in a black robe and a golden mask.
The number on the forehead is three.
The [Executioner] from the Star Chamber Court swaggered into O'Neill's subconscious and glanced down at the paperwork on the table.
At the moment when his gaze was fixed, the few lines of handwriting began to expand on their own, full of pictures and texts, and quickly presented the cause and effect of the entire incident in front of him.
This is the horror of the subconscious torture in dreams.
Without the corresponding rigorous training, he will not be able to control the divergence of information in his subconscious, which will allow the sleeping executioner to easily read all the memories in his head.
You can even use the [Throne Ball] to enter the deep subconscious, and by looking at the target's past black history, you can determine whether he has a loyal heart or a wolf heart and dog lungs in his belly.
"Tsk, the family affairs of the great nobles are really bloody.
In my impression, there are few people who can afford to tempt officials with such a thing as dividing up family property.
Especially since the Governor is dead, it is indeed very difficult for all the people in power of Port Royal to jointly protect the rights and interests of Newman's orphan daughter.
Jefferson died a bit stupid, but he had a very good eye for choosing people.
That's the case with the sea hunter, and so are the officials, yes, yes. ”
Seeing the case within a case in front of him, the No. 3 executioner inadvertently felt a little more good about the objectives of this mission.
dragged a chair and sat opposite the "warden", took out a pen and paper, and nodded to him:
"But routine still has to be done.
Don't waste each other's time, I ask you to answer, the first question, name? ”
"Warden" O'Neill Darren had empty eyes, as if he had completely lost himself, but he did not hesitate to say a name:
"Ackerman Cyril."
That was the warden's real name.
Executioner No. 3 didn't notice anything wrong, but continued to ask:
"Where were you at the time of the Governor's assassination? If there is any abnormality in your memory, tell me without concealment. ”
The warden continues to "know everything":
"I was sleeping at home in the early hours of the morning and was woken up when I heard the alarm bells.
When I heard that there was a coral disease epidemic in the harbor, I hesitated for fear of being infected.
By the time he mustered up the courage to rush forward, the Sea Hunter had already led the fleet back to help, leading the Guards to suppress the Coral People in the military harbor.
I repent, and I am ashamed of my cowardice.
If there was anything out of the ordinary, it was to hear someone shouting: 'By order of the Earl of Warwick, God will punish the Newman family', only to realize that the target of the bandits was the Governor's family.
It was later learned that by the time I heard the shouts, the Governor had already been assassinated. ”
"Good, next question"
One question after another, except for a few details, was no different from the report submitted by the colony.
The executioner is also very satisfied with the smooth process of his mission, and hopes that the cases and mission objectives encountered in the future will be as "consistent as the warden".
Ten minutes later, Three stared into his eyes and solemnly asked one last question:
"And Mr. Ackerman, who do you think is the best candidate for the next governor?"
The warden's answer, as always, was as straightforward as ever:
"The best candidate is, of course, the pirate general [Sea Hunter] Byron Tudor.
To tell you the truth, I also want the position of Governor, and I will be honoured if His Majesty can appoint me as Governor.
But if I had to choose the most suitable person for the best interests of the Kingdom, it would be him.
Although it seems to me that this man is a bit stupid and loyal, I will never be like him.
But I have to say that it is too secure to have such a simple person who spares his life for the sake of the collective good as a guardian. ”
In his subconscious, the image of the sea hunter also emerged, which was the most impressive "three points of anger, three points of anxiety, three points of self-blame, and the last point of remorse".
Let No. 3 learn the true side of [Sea Hunter] from the side.
The executioner got up, put away the interrogation record, relieved that his mission was going well, and shook the warden's hand with a smile:
"Mr. Ackerman, this is the end of the check, and I will help you have a nice lunch break."
After saying that, he pushed the door and left.
The illusion of the room also subsided, and after a while, the warden blinked, the emptiness in his eyes was swept away, and he looked at the door and suddenly grinned:
"Your Highness was right, it was indeed the Star Chamber Court.
After this institution was occupied by the York family, it was still a change of soup and no medicine, with no new ideas or surprises. ”
Obviously, he had retained his self-consciousness from beginning to end just now, and was not controlled by the other party's [Dream Execution].
When the Lancastrian Party was in power, the Warden O'Neill Darren served in the Star Chamber Court.
Since his grandfather's generation, he has served in the court prison, and he can be called a three-generation prison person.
He knew ten times more about the methods of the Star Chamber than the guys who had occupied the magpie's nest for less than a year.
During his tenure, he already had regular anti-torture training.
They signed the Ten Commandments of Pirates on the Golden Hart and took refuge as Byron's "outlaw maniac".
Even the power that belonged to the original body was transferred to them in the form of selling officials and lords with the help of the "Faust Contract".
It was not difficult to cope with the censorship that Byron had anticipated.
At best, it's just a lucid dream.
Even the most daring Yorkists have only inferred that the Lancaster Party and the Earl's Party have a tacit understanding of cooperation.
Unexpectedly, they would be so bold and powerful that they would resurrect the corpse and turn Port Royal back into their lair.
Meanwhile.
"Sea hunters."
"Byron Tudor."
"Although there is some unwillingness, there should be no second person other than the sea hunters who can unite all the forces of the colony."
“”
More than seventy percent of the three executioners' veterans, whether colonial officials, naval officers, wild transcendents, or civilians in the harbor, voted for the sea hunters.
Even if there are a few unwilling competitors, who have secretly defected to the spoilers of the Earl's Party for a long time, there is no need to worry at all.
The Sea Hunter's advantage is overwhelming!
The executioner also pieced together a complete image of the sea hunter through the real memories in everyone's minds.
Loyal and reliable; Outstanding competence; Loved by all parties; built an international port from scratch; Built a privateer fleet with outstanding charisma; He has a wide range of contacts and many friends
The Privy Council Speaker gave them all the criteria for review.
It's just tailor-made for him.
Standing in the deep dream, they looked at the last subject of their trip, and saw an illusory chain of anchors stretching from all over Port Royal.
The residence where he temporarily worked was a little dazzling.
That represents the desire of the people and the hearts and minds of countless people!
The Silver Law and the Iron Law of Kingship are based on the collective subconscious of human beings, and the human heart is the power, which is the root cause of the Church's severe crackdown on infidels.
Even though most of the Christians are grateful to the Creator, they only share a small percentage of Byron's profits.
But once he obtained the authority of the governor, he justifiably invoked the power of the law, and the power he could exert was definitely far greater than that of his predecessors.
Although the results of the review have not yet been reported to the Privy Council, the three executioners, who have already seen what it means to be returned, have also made judgments in advance:
"Others don't have a chance.
Even if the Privy Council defied the will of the people and parachuted a competent governor in a short period of time, it would not reach the level of a sea hunter, and it would be useless and harmful to the battle for the protection of the church.
It will also increase the friction within the Wang Party with whiteness.
His Majesty could not have agreed to do so.
It just so happened that the Privy Council was ready to provide high-ranking officials for the contenders for the 'right to protect the church', so this time it was better to go with the flow and use the position of governor to buy this great pirate who rose from the bottom.
For decades to come, the continued bleeding of Castile by privateers was the unshakable policy of the kingdom, and the pirate governor was an expert. ”
Finally, they opened their vision in the dream and took a deep look at Byron's subconscious, which was as radiant as a saint.
"Always loyal!"
"Your Majesty is loyal!"
"Loyalty is not absolute, it is absolutely disloyal!"
"Callouse hands and feet, nothing can be defeated"
It's glaring!
It was a precious loyalty that had been proven by one boss after another, as golden.
He is the confidant of every boss, and he also repays the trust of the other party with pure loyalty.
There is no doubt that this is a loyal servant.
If only the Earl of Warwick could be like him.
"Redbeard Edward, Major General Elsie Newman, Governor Jefferson Newman, well, everything else is fine, but it's a little bad that the people are gone.
Forget it, how can these people be compared with His Majesty, who has been given royal power by God and is wise and martial? It's just a trifle. ”
They didn't take the little things to heart.
Each of the three signed their names on the review report, and the final rating was A+, and the review passed!
Behind them, Byron, looking at the three new doors that had appeared out of thin air in his financial street because of spiritual interaction, smiled brightly:
"I'm worried that the sleeping god who 'waits for you to fall asleep' will not be easy to deal with, and if Violet accidentally enters it next time, I may not be of much help.
Star Court, what a time for you to come. ”
Others are still struggling with the ownership of the governor, but he has already taken one step, counted three steps, and planned ten steps, thinking about how to go to the old god's mansion to fish for his father.