Chapter 138: God, no longer favors him!

"Master, Master, it's bad, our spies sent a magic secret letter; all our warriors have been killed by the Flame Kingdom, and even... even Master Oliver has been killed!"

In the Slo Count's castle, a servant ran over in a panic.

"What?!"

Count Slo stood up from his chair with a "thump"!

That face, which always had no expression and seemed extremely shrewd, was now filled with astonishment!

"Panicking, are you sure this news was sent back by our spies? If you dare to lie, watch out for your head!"

The old steward said with a gloomy face.

The servant said urgently: "Master, how would I dare to deceive you? By the way, the spy also said that the opponent is already heading toward our castle!"

"The opponent is coming?"

The old steward believed it by now.

This servant was one of his capable assistants and also an old hand in the castle; although he was a bit slow and his work was average, he possessed the loyalty that nobles needed most, so there was naturally no reason for him to lie.

It was just that the old steward subconsciously couldn't believe it.

Count Slo's face also sank.

"What else did the secret letter say?"

The old steward asked.

The servant then remembered and said: "The secret letter also said the opponent has a Great Archmage and they are all flying troops; they should be here soon!"

A Great Archmage!

These four words made Count Slo's eyes narrow!

"Oliver possessed the sacred artifact you gave him, Master; an ordinary Great Archmage absolutely couldn't kill him. This Great Archmage must be very powerful. Master, shall I send you away from here?"

The old steward said.

As the steward of Count Slo's castle, his status was higher than some middle-tier nobles; after seeing many big scenes, even at such a time, this old steward could still remain calm.

But no matter how calm he was, it couldn't change the fact that the enemy was too powerful; he had to let the old Count leave to save his life.

"Leave? It's too late; the opponent can all fly, where can we escape to?"

The old Count had already suppressed the astonishment and shock in his eyes; he could also be considered a hero of the Duke Duke Xiling Kingdom.

"Abandoning our castle and fleeing elsewhere—what difference does that make from the Slo family being destroyed? Order it down, raise the white flag; I want to talk to them!"

The old Count's gaze narrowed.

"Yes!"

The servant went down.

The old Count then took out a magic secret letter, wrote a few lines on it, and burned it.

"Bishop Bowman wanted to drag us into the water; now it's time for us to drag him into the water!"

The old Count said in a deep voice.

This magic secret letter of his was clearly written to Bishop Bowman!

The principle of a magic secret letter was very simple.

When the old Count burned the magic secret letter, the department responsible for receiving letters on Bishop Bowman's side received his letter.

This was a means of rapid communication, generally only available in human kingdoms; even in orc nations, no one had heard of such a means.

Of course, this thing was very expensive.

It wasn't for fun; generally, only in emergency situations would nobles use it.

A piece of such specially made letter paper cost thousands of gold coins, more expensive than a full set of equipment on a warrior; who would write on it for fun?

"Bishop, Count Slo's secret letter!"

At the church headquarters in the eastern diocese, Bishop Bowman received Count Slo's magic secret letter.

Bishop Bowman opened the secret letter; it only had a few lines, and he finished reading it quickly.

His face sank.

"Master, what's wrong?"

His confidant, the powerful Temple Knight, asked.

Bishop Bowman said: "The Flame Kingdom sent Winged One troops and killed all three thousand of the Slo family's troops; even Oliver, who possessed a sacred artifact, was killed. The opponent has a Great Archmage!"

"A Great Archmage! Oliver was also killed!"

The Temple Knight said in shock.

By comparison, the killing of those three thousand troops was not a big deal.

For these powerful existences, what they valued was always the strong!

Bishop Bowman said: "That's right. Now the Flame Kingdom's Winged One troops are heading to the Slo family's territory and will arrive in at most an hour. Count Slo is preparing to delay time through negotiation and is asking me for help!"

The Temple Knight asked: "Master, what should we do?"

Bishop Bowman also had a headache; he now felt like he had lifted a rock only to drop it on his own feet.

"Things have blown up so big, it can't be hidden anymore!"

This was exactly where Bishop Bowman's headache lay.

Now, the Flame Kingdom had taken strong action and even sent out a Great Archmage!

The eastern diocese couldn't produce a Great Archmage!

In the Duke Duke Xiling Kingdom, there were only five Great Archmages.

Two of them were free agents and did not contribute faith to the gods.

Two belonged to the church, and one belonged to the royal family!

The trouble now was that Bishop Bowman had used the Slo family as a gun, and Count Slo had effectively dragged Bishop Bowman into the water.

The way he was dragged into the water was precisely the document signed and issued by Bishop Bowman, granting the Slo family one month of law enforcement power over the sale of grain crops!

It would have been better if Bishop Bowman had been completely uninvolved in this matter.

Now that he was involved and dragged into the water, once the Slo family was truly destroyed and the higher-ups blamed him, Bishop Bowman wouldn't be able to escape responsibility!

"If I had known, I should have just reported the Flame Kingdom and the God Beans directly!"

Bishop Bowman couldn't help but feel very regretful.

However, there was no regret medicine for sale in the world.

Just like the Slo family.

They used the political maneuvering methods of nobles.

Originally, they could have had Sir Hawke completely cornered from both legal and power levels.

They just didn't expect that the Flame Kingdom wouldn't play by their rhythm at all.

You can play your political maneuvers.

I'll just kill my people!

Once the people playing political maneuvers are killed, all conspiracies and tricks are neutralized!

This was the Flame Kingdom's logic of conduct!

Using force to break cleverness.

This required powerful strength and a very clever mind to achieve.

If the strength wasn't strong enough, not only would it fail to break the cleverness, but it would make oneself more passive.

If one wasn't smart enough, killing people at an inappropriate time would also greatly reduce the effect.

For example, if the orc nation were still the same old orc nation, the people who came over this time would probably have been wiped out.

Of course, if the orc nation hadn't changed, this incident wouldn't have happened!

Bishop Bowman thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

Now, he had to bite the bullet and report the matter exactly as it was.

Don't even think about credit.

It would be good enough not to be punished.

"Someone, bring me a magic secret letter."

Bishop Bowman decided to write the letter himself.

"Yes, Master!"

Bishop Bowman quickly wrote the letter and burned it.

He presented the God Beans, the Flame Kingdom, and this incident exactly as they were, without any processing.

As the Bishop of the eastern region, Bishop Bowman knew too well that playing tricks in front of certain terrifying figures at headquarters was useless; they could easily see through your lies!

This time, he didn't make many mistakes.

It was mainly that he wanted to earn a great credit and hide the matter of the God Beans and the Flame Kingdom.

This matter could be big or small.

It all depended on how the people at church headquarters handled it!

Besides, after Bishop Bowman reported this matter, if headquarters didn't send anyone to save Count Slo, and the royal family didn't send anyone either, then even if the Slo family was destroyed by the Flame Kingdom, the responsibility wouldn't be his.

This was the reason why Bishop Bowman wanted to confess: to push the responsibility away!

However, Bishop Bowman felt that headquarters or the royal family would likely not sit idly by and watch the Slo family be destroyed.