Chapter 205 – Johannes Reformation War (7)
Johannes Reformation War (7)
As Juno quickly rushed to the front of the garrison, the heresy judges, priests, and believers who had promised to follow the saint and judge the Pope were seen talking among themselves and shaking.
“Excommunication? If you’re excommunicated, doesn’t that mean you can’t go to Ikaris-sama after you die?”
“Oh, no… Excommunication… I just want to follow the saint and straighten out the church…”
For members of the Ikaris Church, excommunication was the worst punishment, worse than the death penalty, in which their names were removed from the church, they were not recognized as followers of Ikaris, and at the same time, they were not recognized as human beings, so the ordinary believers were shaking and making noise.
The problem was not just the believers.
“In order to seize power, the saint and the captain seduced the Balkan emperor with their bodies and then led the army? Ha, it seems like the three of you are particularly close…”
“I heard two people enter the emperor’s barracks earlier… They both looked very happy… Like the expression of someone going to meet their lover… Could it be that what was announced at the Great Hall was actually true?”
“Furthermore, your outfit has become much more seductive than before… As if you are trying to seduce a man…”
As the priests and inquisitors who followed Angelina and Jeanne, even risking excommunication, also became agitated and the anxiety spread throughout the camp, Juno realized that the situation was serious.
‘No matter how overwhelming the combat power of my personal guard corps is… It will be a headache if the Inquisitors and these many believers turn to the Pope’s side… We must act quickly!!’
Then Angelina and Jeanne, who followed Juno, ran to the priests and inquisitors and began to calm them down.
“Everyone, calm down!! This is a ploy by the Pope to sway you!! The excommunication they are claiming has no effect!! Excommunication is a punishment that must go through a formal trial and receive permission in front of Ikaris!! Dear Ikaris There is no way that an abandoned Pope can excommunicate!!”
“What the saint said is correct!! And it is natural for our sisters to be close to His Majesty the Emperor!! If we do not serve Ikaris’ earthly representative with sincerity, Ikaris will be upset!!”
As Angelina and Jeanne’s voices, imbued with divine power, echoed throughout the camp, the priests and inquisitors seemed to calm down to some extent.
“Ha, well… It’s impossible for people with such pure divine power to commit such an unholy act…”
“Look! I said it wouldn’t be me, right? Are you still doubting the sight of the archangel descending on the body of a saint at Lake Hauril?”
“You can have a relationship like that in the meantime!! I don’t know about the relationship between a man and a woman…”
When Angelina and Jeanne saw that their persuasion was working, they breathed a sigh of relief, but the situation was not over. A loud voice began to echo from the gates of La Dame Castle, both inside and outside.
And the identity of that voice was Pope Alexander VI.
“Dear believers of the Church of Icaris!! I am your Pope and the first priest of Icaris, Alexander!! In the face of the current miserable situation, I am standing here to appeal to your reason.”
There was no sense of divine power or mana at all, but the loud voice resounding through divine magic was enough to attract the attention of everyone inside and outside the castle.
“This is how we are divided and fighting!! As the conflict deepens under our common doctrine, an evil hand from outside the Holy Kingdom is reaching towards us and trying to destroy what we have all achieved together!!”
The Pope took a moment to catch his breath and continued his speech.
“A civil war that will destroy everything is ahead, but even now, we must all unite as one and resist the evil hand!! As Ikaris wants!! We must unite as one!! It is not too late. Please come back. Ikaris’s will! Our arms are open to all of you.”
“It is obvious that the evil saint and the Inquisitor who betrayed Ikaris and became obsessed with the Emperor of Balkan are corrupt! That is why we!! We will never give up on the great temple that serves Ikaris!! This current situation This is an unprecedented and unimaginable tragedy in the history of the kingdom… But this is also reality.”
Most of the believers were mesmerized by the Pope’s magnificent speech, and even some priests and inquisitors were listening to it in a daze, causing Angelina and Jeanne to grind their teeth.
“Servants of Lord Ikaris! The time has come!! We must unite as one under the banner of the Great Temple!! When we all become one, we can become strong!! Under Lord Ikaris, we can become one!! We who were divided Everyone will become one again and stand before the sacred throne.”
Before we knew it, the Pope’s speech was nearing its end, and the priests guarding the castle gate began to passionately wave the Pope’s flag.
“I, Alexander, who sits on this sacred throne, will watch over you as Pope. Come back, brothers… I will revoke your excommunication, so offer your faith to me again… Threatening our Holy Land and subjects.” Evil Balkan emperor, don’t try to hinder our unity… Today we are united again, and we will win at any cost!!!”
As the Pope’s speech ended, enthusiastic cheers erupted from inside La Dame Castle and could be heard even outside the castle gate.
And it worked well for the general believers, who made up more than half of the army.
“Actually… Isn’t the Pope right…? Couldn’t we have been wrong? It actually didn’t make sense to change the doctrine!!”
“Well, yes… That could be true… It could be that we were really wrong in trying to rebel against the Grand Shrine… In that case, it would be better to stand on the Pope’s side again now…”
“A lot of taxes were collected for various reasons… But perhaps that was for the glory of Ikaris…”
“B-but the saint definitely received an oracle!! Ikaris said that the Pope made a mistake!!”
“It could be that there was a misunderstanding… So rather than splitting into two and fighting… It is better to unite again as the Pope said…”
It had little effect on the priests and inquisitors, who could feel the immense divine power in the saint’s voice, but the general believers were all taken in by the Pope’s magnificent speech.
“Saint!! I understand what you said, but I don’t think the Pope’s words are wrong either!!”
“I don’t think it would be a good idea for the Balkan Empire’s military to intervene in our Holy Kingdom’s problems!!! Wouldn’t it be better to resolve this through dialogue with the Pope?”
As ordinary believers who were taken aback by the Pope’s speech crowded around Angelina and Jeanne and shouted wildly, the Inquisitors tried to stop them.
“Calm down! Ladies!! This is a ploy by the Pope to deceive you!! You must not fall for it!!”
“Ikaris-sama’s intentions are towards His Majesty Emperor Juno and us!! That evil Pope is just struggling to protect his power!!”
Angelina and Jeanne shouted at the top of their lungs, and the Inquisitors also tried their best to stop the believers flocking towards the saint, but the momentum of the believers, who were completely persuaded by the Pope’s speech, did not stop.
In the end, several believers succeeded in approaching Angelina and Jeanne, and they began holding onto their clothes and demanding that their demands be resolved through dialogue with the Pope.
‘Oh, no… If I keep doing this, my cloak will come off… I’ll find out that I’m the master’s sow!!’
‘I can’t do it yet… After defeating the Pope, I have to officially change my doctrine and get permission from Ikaris and announce that I am marrying my master!!’
The two sisters, who had already made all their plans for the future, closed their eyes tightly when the lewd clothes under their cloaks were about to be discovered.
Kwaang!!
And at the same time as they drank intensely, they felt their bodies floating into the air and carefully opened their eyes. Then, Yuno was seen holding them and throwing her body away, so their faces turned bright red.
“Huh, what? Master… We were fine…”
“If you protect us here… You’ll be in trouble… You know very well that we weren’t doing it because we couldn’t get out of there…”
“You sow bitches have worked hard so far, so I can step forward now, right? From now on, I’ll clearly show you what kind of person this Yuno, who you bitches serve as your master, is.”
Yuno, who jumped high to grab Angelina and Jeanne who were in danger, dropped them off in front of their barracks and then ran alone through the gates of La Dame Castle. The believers who had been pressuring Angelina and Jeanne just now began to look at Yuno blankly.
‘Sister, what is the master trying to do?’
‘I-I don’t know… Anyway, my master felt so cool that I’m completely wet right now… Sigh♥’
‘Well, that’s the same for me too, right? Well, what are you really going to do…’
Angelina and Jeanne went into the barracks, quickly changed their clothes, and came out to the front of the garrison again, looking at Juno walking toward the castle gate.
The priests guarding Radame Castle also looked at Yuno in bewilderment as he headed to the gate alone without any guards and then spoke to him.
“Aren’t you the emperor of Balkan? This is Ikaris’ sanctuary!! Go back now!! Otherwise, I will attack you!!”
“It doesn’t matter whether you guys attack or not. Tell the Pope right now. If you come out within 10 minutes and ask for forgiveness, I will spare your life, and if you don’t reveal your top within 5 minutes, I will be the emperor of Balkan and Ikaris. “I, as your agent on earth, will never forgive you.”
As an incredibly loud voice filled with mana echoed throughout the castle and the Yuno army’s garrison, everyone’s attention was now focused on Yuno.
“W-what kind of crazy talk…”
The priests were taken aback by such a ridiculous statement, but Juno felt that no matter how enemy his country was, it was a message from the emperor and should not be ignored, so he immediately ran to the Pope in the Great Hall and delivered the message.
However, the Pope ignored Juno’s message and instead hurled insults at the priests who delivered the message.
“Hmm… That’s how you come out… Then I dare you to get the price you deserve for insulting my sows. Pope…”
In the end, when there was no response even after 10 minutes, Yuno began to draw mana mixed with divine power from his mana hole.
As a huge aura, a combination of enormous divine power and mana, bloomed around him, Yuno’s body gave off tremendous force, and the force was enough to make the skin of ordinary people who could not feel mana tingle, so all the priests and The Inquisitors and ordinary believers also began to look at Juno with awe.
*Illustration of Yuno heading to the castle gate, asking Angelina and Jeanne to trust herself
