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Chapter 94: The Burned Earl Witch (6)

The next morning, Ding Shui got up again.

Finally, there was clean, distilled water for washing and a passable breakfast.

Looking around, you can see the surrounding buildings, environment and furniture.

Generally speaking, it's pretty pleasing to the eye.

But this was just the beginning, there were still too many things missing, so Ding Shui naturally gave the butler Hansen control over some silver coins and asked him to send someone with the silver coins to Fuguang City to buy some necessary raw materials to make the things missing in the castle.

After purchasing the raw materials and making the necessary items, Ding Shui's daily living standard can barely reach the standards of some small nobles in the Eastern Empire.

As for the living standards of the last world.

Then don't think about it.

I can only reminisce about it in my dreams.

For several days thereafter, the people living in the castle were very busy. At the same time, various things that Ding Shui was quite familiar with or felt could be used were added one after another, including the environment of many areas outside the castle, which were gradually changed under Hansen's supervision.

For example, feces are collected in a fixed area for fermentation.

The garbage in the river was cleaned up.

The air smells a little fresher.

……

Meanwhile, Bishop Bronson of the Church in the Marquisate of Ers had received an official letter from the Lord of Floating Light City, informing him that all the church elites in the Marquisate of Floating Light had died from the plague, their bodies having been cremated and placed in ashes.

They have to send new people to take over the church.

"Damn it, this is a provocation, this is revenge!"

As Bronson angrily threw the official letter out, his roar had already spread throughout the prayer room.

He didn't think too much about it, nor did he consider why Kalman led all the elites of the church to the Count of Floating Light's castle. He only knew that the previous Count of Floating Light died here, and that they were the ones who helped with the purification in the end.

Send the ashes back.

Of course, they accepted the money with a smile.

So at this moment, he didn't even think about the witch, he just thought it was Earl Fuguang's revenge.

There's no way, you really can't blame him for thinking too much.

The main reason for the deaths of the church elites within the Earl of Floating Light's territory was the same cause of death as the previous Earl of Floating Light, and it's difficult for people to imagine things beyond their own understanding. Bronson knew exactly how and why the previous Earl of Floating Light died, so he naturally judged the situation from his own perspective, believing the new Earl of Floating Light was retaliating with an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

It can even be said to be a provocation.

At this time, Father Tavis, who had been praying devoutly on the side, walked forward curiously and picked up the official letter.

Looked carefully.

The Vatican has a strict hierarchy. From top to bottom, there are the Pope, cardinals, cardinals, archbishops, bishops and priests. Of course, this does not include the management level, which includes knights of various levels. There are also missionaries and ordinary staff such as monks and nuns.

Generally, churches in earldoms are managed by priests, in marquisates by bishops, in dukedoms by archbishops, and only churches in the capitals of ordinary kingdoms are managed by cardinals.

The cardinals are already the heart of the church.

Some even ruled over several kingdoms.

As for the viscounties and baronies under the earldom, their territories are actually not very large, and the barons have almost no territories to speak of, and they don’t have much land at home.

That's probably about the size of the territory.

Even if there is a church, it is only a small church with only two or three monks responsible for prayers and other matters.

If there is anything, you need to report it to the Earl's Church.

The bishop of the Marquisate certainly couldn't handle the work himself, receiving ordinary people, or even minor nobles, so he had four priests to help him handle the work. Tavis was one of them, and he was also the one Bronson trusted the most, because Tavis had a good grandfather, the cardinal of the neighboring kingdom.

In the future, he will definitely be promoted back to his grandfather's territory. There will be no competition between him and him. If there is no competition, he still has background. If it's not him, who else should I value?

The official letter was short, so Father Tavis finished reading it in a short while. He pondered for a moment and said:
"Your Excellency, this is very troublesome!"

"I'm not even sure if it's the end or the beginning!"

"Could it be that what she has done is not enough, and she also wants to take revenge on us? She is just a fallen earl, and she is a woman. Who gave her the courage? We must do something, otherwise she really thinks we are easy to bully!"

Bronson was resolute.

That is, they are only allowed to do evil, and others are never allowed to fight back or retaliate. It is even more impossible for them to do nothing after others fight back or retaliate. Otherwise, people will really think that they are easy to bully. How can they still act arrogantly then?
“My Lord Bishop, I have no objection to revenge.

But I am a little worried about this matter. Maybe it was not just done by Countess Fuguang, but it may involve other people, even His Majesty the King. Look at this official letter, it was sent by the Lord of Fuguang City.

The Lord of Fuguang City was appointed by His Majesty the King himself to manage the Earldom on behalf of Earl Fuguang.

Furthermore, Father Kalman was always very cautious; he wouldn't have taken the entire church's elite troops to Countess Fuguang's castle for no apparent reason. And look here, in addition to the church's elite troops, Father Kalman also took Countess Fuguang's cousin with him, who also died in the castle.

Her cousin should also have the right of inheritance.

So I suspect Father Kalman may have stumbled upon some news, or perhaps he was hoping to seize the opportunity to do something, leading all his elite troops to Countess Floating Light's castle. But he was tricked, or perhaps it was a trap from the beginning, leading to his utter annihilation.

Father Tavis had a background after all, so he had a more thorough understanding of the matter. Even though the official letter didn't reveal much information, he still guessed some of the truth from between the lines:

“Besides this, there is another important point.

An earl is only allowed to have seventy-five knights. The previous Earl of Fuguang took forty knights with him when he left the territory for the royal capital. We all know that those forty knights have been turned into ashes and sent back.

It would be difficult for Countess Fuguang to fill the gap in such a short period of time. Even if their family really had a full seventy-five knights, there are only thirty-five left now.

His Majesty the King recruited soldiers more than half a month ago.

The Earl wants to send out eighteen knights.

By this time, the eighteen knights should have arrived in the royal capital, if nothing unexpected happened.

Therefore, the defense of the Earl's Castle should be quite weak now. At most, there are no more than twenty knights. In addition, those knights are usually responsible for patrolling the farm and hunting to eliminate threats within the farm.

No matter how I think about it, I feel that it is impossible for Father Kalman to fail with more than twenty paladins leading him there.

Unless Earl Fuguang has secretly trained far more knights than they can possess, in which case it would be easy to deal with. We wouldn't even have to do anything. We could just report it to His Majesty the King, but His Majesty wouldn't allow it.

What I am afraid of is that the Lord of Fuguang City and Countess Fuguang have jointly set a trap. In addition to her own knights, Countess Fuguang's castle also has the guards of Fuguang City. Even if only half of the 300 guards of Fuguang City are dispatched, it is still a terrifying force.

It was only natural that Kalman's army was completely annihilated."

There was actually nothing wrong with his guess, but he didn't know that there was such a huge variable like Ding Shui.

Bishop Bronson was still able to listen. He was now carefully considering the situation and pacing back and forth for a long time. "What you said does make some sense. From my understanding of Kalman, and considering that he brought Countess Fuguang's cousin with him, it's likely that he wanted to help her cousin seize the earldom and gain greater benefits.

He just made a mistake and was killed.

So, Countess Fuguang doesn't necessarily know the truth about her father's death, and she certainly doesn't hate us because of it, but it's hard to guarantee that."

"As for whether the former Earl of Fuguang would secretly train far more knights than they were allowed to have, I think that's unlikely. What's the point of an earl training so many? They've already given up their territory and handed it over to the king's earl. Training a dozen or twenty more is pointless.

I'm afraid we don't have the financial resources to train hundreds or thousands of them.

Besides, the city lord sent by the king lives only a few miles from their castle. If there is any disturbance, the city lord will definitely not side with them."

"It seems the latter is more likely, but it doesn't make sense. Why would the king, or rather the city lord sent by the king, team up with Countess Floating Light to deal with Kalman? What exactly do they want to do?"

There are many things with clear logic and facts, such as natural disasters, or a prince killing his father for the throne, and you can tell what is going on at a glance.

On the contrary, no one would think deeply about whether there is a conspiracy.

It is quite normal for things that are abnormal, illogical, and difficult to understand to be considered as conspiracy theories.

This is how the entire church in Floating Light City was annihilated.

"Could it be that His Majesty is trying to stop us? Or is it that Duke Bor is unhappy and is doing something like this?"

Tavis actually couldn't figure it out either.

We can only propose two suspected possibilities.

Needless to say, the king would be furious if he knew they had killed old Count Fuguang. Even if he didn't dare break with the Church directly, he would be furious. After all, if they dared to harm the earl today, they would dare to harm the marquis tomorrow, the duke, and in the end, they would harm him, the king.

Originally, everyone joined forces to oppress and rule the people.

Their status is actually equal, but the emphasis is different. But now he is so unkind as to directly kill an earl. Not to mention that the king will be dissatisfied if he knows about it.

The entire aristocracy would be dissatisfied with this.

What do you call this? This is called breaking the rules!!
As for why Duke Bor was dissatisfied, that was also normal, because the silver coins they embezzled were originally the dowry of the illegitimate child, oh no, it was the betrothal gift.

Even if he was embarrassed to accept it all, he had to give some to his illegitimate son to take back, and at least more than half of it should go into his pocket. Now that he has nothing, it would be strange if he could be happy!
The key is that this matter is negotiated privately.

Few people knew about it openly, and the matter of an illegitimate child was undoubtedly not easy to publicize openly. At the same time, it was not a good thing for a son to marry into the family. Even if it was an illegitimate child, even if this matter was finally successful, the Duke of Bor's illegitimate son would not marry into the family as the Duke's illegitimate son, but would marry into the family as an ordinary nobleman, and then the Duke of Bor would take care of him privately.

After all, big families still have to maintain their reputation. Whether it is an illegitimate child or a son-in-law, it is obviously not acceptable to show up in public.

Therefore, it was reasonable for Duke Bor to do something in private to deal with them when he was unable to condemn them openly and get the silver back.

"So, can't we retaliate?" If the Duke of Bor or the King were the true mastermind behind the attack, their rank and position would undoubtedly be too low to allow for retaliation. Most importantly, their actions were also shameful, unable to be publicly disclosed to others or used to solicit support from their superiors.

So Bronson was really gritting his teeth.

I am not willing to accept this. I am extremely unwilling to accept this.

At this time, Father Tavis chuckled and said:

“Your Excellency, we may not be able to deal with the real instigator, but we can certainly deal with those who took action, such as Countess Fuguang. If she hadn’t received the help of the Fuguang City Lord’s Guards,

I guess Father Kalman won't fail either.

Long dead.

Now, if we send her off, it will not only protect the dignity of our Church, but also prevent us from falling out with the murderer behind the scenes. We can even offer a tribute to Kalman's spirit in heaven."

“Killing multiple birds with one stone, isn’t that wonderful!!”

I have to say, he is really smart. Everything he said hit the mark in Bronson's heart. Then Bronson immediately decided to let Tavis go to the church of the Earldom of Floating Light and bring thirty more paladins with him. All the money he got would belong to him alone.

Just help yourself vent your anger.

Then Tavis selected thirty paladins who he thought were capable, took the appointment letters from the Holy See, and headed excitedly towards the Earldom of Floating Light.

Some time ago, his grandfather sent him a letter, asking him to be prepared, as the bishop of a marquisate in the neighboring country might die of illness at any time. As soon as the bishop died, he could, with the assistance of his grandfather, the cardinal, pack up and go directly to take over the position.

Become the new bishop.

Since he was leaving anyway, he was naturally not afraid of offending anyone, let alone the Duke, he was not even afraid of offending the King.

If you don't take advantage of this opportunity to make a fortune.

That would be a shame for the opportunity God gave him.

As long as he gets the money, offending the king doesn't matter. By then, he will have gone to a neighboring country to serve as a bishop. Can the king still start a war because of this?
It can be said that he did this for no other reason.

It’s just to make money, to make money from Ding Shui.

Ding Shui, of course, was still unaware of this. She wasn't even in the castle at the time, having gone out to rescue witches. Before her death, the original body, besides harboring deep resentment towards Kalman and his men and a desire for revenge, suddenly realized that the witches the Vatican was referring to were most likely not real witches. A significant number of them were likely pitiful souls like herself, so saving them could be considered the original body's final wish.

But if I want to save those witches, it is obviously impossible for me to stay in the castle alone, waving a flag and saying that I am a witch and welcome all witches in the world to come to me.

Then all the witches came to her.

Let’s not talk about the question of trust or not. Even if they trust, most witches are not able to come.

This is a world devoid of supernatural powers, so naturally, true witches cannot exist. All those who are labeled witches are pitiful women. Before being labeled a witch, they certainly didn't know they were witches, and it's impossible for them to escape with witch powers. Therefore, in the end, more than 99% of witches were likely burned to death after being labeled a witch, which is the so-called purification.

Only a very small number of them may be able to escape with the help of their family or loved ones, or through their own efforts, and become fugitive witches, barely surviving in the wild or in places where there are few people.

They even have difficulty in finding out news from their hometown.

Don’t even expect them to go to Ding Shui for help on their own.

So if Ding Shui wanted to help them and save more fake witches, he could only go out and look for them himself. If he found one and saved him, it would count as saving one.

So after getting back on track inside the castle, he also asked the cook to stock up on enough food for several days.

Ding Shui went out to look for the witch.

Of course, she didn't rely on walking, but on flying. While attributes like wind and thunder didn't directly belong to the Five Elements, they were ultimately derived from them. Ding Shui's decades of supernatural cultivation in the previous world weren't in vain; transforming various supernatural powers shouldn't be easy. Not to mention wind and thunder, even light and darkness could be derived from the Five Elements, though they were more complex.

It is necessary to first create chaos with the five elements. Of course, it is impossible to create real chaotic power, but it is no problem to create pseudo-chaotic power. The pseudo-chaotic power can then be divided into yin and yang, which naturally becomes light and darkness.

Energy transformation does not involve any laws.

Once you learn it, you can use it flexibly.

Relying on the wind control technique and wind hearing technique, Ding Shui can not only fly over villages and towns at an extremely fast speed, but also clearly hear the sounds below. As long as someone mentions witches, she will definitely feel it.

Next comes targeted listening.

By the way, use your mental power to check the situation.

Of course, because she herself cannot always listen above a town or village, so in a town or village where people gather, if no living witch is found for the time being, Ding Shui will seal a wisp of mental power and a wind-listening spell on a landmark building in the most open area of the village or town.

Firstly, they can sense something when hearing the witch and understand the situation. Secondly, the place for purifying witches is usually chosen in a relatively open place, so that it is convenient to carry out the burning purification and it is also convenient for everyone to watch.

How can we deter people if the place is too small and people can’t even squeeze in?

There are several places in the city specifically used to purify witches, so Ding Shui only needs to use the same operation in those places, or even on some of the stakes placed outside, and place a wisp of his own mental power.

Although the witches must have suffered a lot when they were put on the stake, Ding Shui really did not have the ability to monitor the entire world, so this was the best solution.