Chapter 71

Otherwise, even if nobles rebelled, the Holy See wouldn't intervene too much.

On the periphery, a large number of Royal City citizens were watching and whispering, not knowing what exactly had happened.

"Viscount Hoffman, you are accused of colluding with demons and leading this Demon God invasion together with Viscount Miles. Please come back to the Holy See with us for investigation. If you insist on resisting, we will have no choice but to offend you!"

In front of that squad of Temple Knights, a Chief Inquisitor of the Inquisition said loudly.

A Duke's heir, before officially inheriting the title, even if they held the family's power, was generally a Viscount.

But the comprehensive strength they controlled was naturally at the Duke level.

"What, colluding with demons?"

"Was this Demon God invasion actually orchestrated by them? Why would they do that?"

"Old Duke Hoffman is a man of high virtue and prestige; I never expected his heir to collude with demons."

"....."

As soon as the Chief Inquisitor's voice fell, the surrounding citizens began to stir.

The discussions grew louder.

"Hmph, if you want to condemn someone, you can always find a pretext. Let's see who dares to touch me today!"

Hoffman said coldly.

Although his expression was cold, he was very panicked inside.

He never imagined that after they had planned for so long and clearly kept themselves clean, they would still be investigated!

This plan was created by Miles and was seamless; even if it failed, it wouldn't implicate them.

It wasn't that they hadn't considered that demons might be captured.

But according to their understanding, even if demons were captured, there was no risk.

They communicated directly with the Demon God; what would ordinary demons know? Even if they knew, they wouldn't say anything.

"What do we do? The Temple Knight Order has come directly for us."

"Same here. I've already notified the Legend in my family; we can't let them take us away. Otherwise, once we enter the Inquisition and they bring in a mental-type Great Mage, we definitely won't be able to hold out."

"....."

It wasn't just him who was panicked.

In the group of several Silver-tier villains, the other Duke heirs were also very panicked.

Because they were afraid that if they fled the Royal City and returned to their own territories, they would be hard to capture.

Bishop Feron directly dispatched several Temple Knight squads, coordinating with several Chief Inquisitors from the Inquisition, to block the residences of these Duke heirs simultaneously.

The Royal City was a no-fly zone; airships couldn't fly, and unauthorized mages weren't allowed to fly into the sky.

They had nowhere to run.

"In that case, I apologize for the offense."

The Chief Inquisitor raised his hand, preparing to let the Temple Knights launch a forced assault.

"Hold on."

At this moment, a figure suddenly descended from the sky.

The powerful aura made the citizens watching from afar retreat one after another!

This was the Legend of the Hoffman family!

"Chief Inquisitor Hend, why is this?"

As soon as the Hoffman family's Legend landed, he blocked the front and said.

"Elmer, I will answer that question for you."

As soon as the Legend's voice fell, an old man wearing Holy See robes appeared in the sky.

Seeing this old man, Hoffman's heart sank completely.

This time, the Holy See was playing for real; even his family's Legend...

probably couldn't protect him!

Holy See Headquarters.

Before long, squads of Temple Knights escorted the few Duke heirs back to headquarters.

Following behind these Temple Knight squads were a large number of citizens watching the excitement.

And...

the personnel organized by these noble families to come and protest.

Not only that, but other nobles throughout the Royal City also came to show their support.

These nobles collectively protested the Holy See's actions.

The nobles of this world possessed certain privileges; especially the great nobles, even if they committed crimes, they were rarely executed directly.

"Elton, our only hope lies with you. Make the commotion bigger; the bigger, the better. Mobilize more nobles to come and protest!"

In the villain group, although the few Duke heirs had been captured, they were still struggling.

These nobles who came to protest were all mobilized by a Bronze-tier villain.

Nobles naturally had the habit of banding together, especially when struggling against royal power.

Occasionally, they even dared to confront the Holy See, just like now.

Of course, this confrontation wasn't about fighting, but banding together to exert pressure.

The old Dukes of several Duke families also brought a large number of people to the Holy See headquarters.

Under their incitement, many citizens who didn't know the truth also began to clamor.

"Without substantive evidence, just based on the framing of demons, you want to execute the heirs of Duke families? Where is the law of the land, where is justice?"

"Let us pray together and let the Goddess preside over justice; we cannot let the people of the Holy See do whatever they want!"

"The old Dukes have made great contributions to the Kingdom; is this how you treat their heirs, making the white-haired send off the black-haired?"

"......"

Outside the Holy See, the protesting crowd grew larger and larger.

"Bishop, three Duke heirs and two Marquis heirs have been captured and brought to justice. However, the number of protesters outside is increasing; there are already nearly a million of them. I'm afraid that if we handle this forcefully, it will bring about very unfavorable consequences."

In the cathedral, a member of the clergy said to Bishop Feron.

Bishop Feron pondered for a moment and subconsciously looked at Su Mo.

"Then give them the evidence."

Su Mo said indifferently.

There was actually plenty of evidence left.

These villains had indeed done a seamless job.

However, Su Mo had helped them restore quite a bit of the evidence.

For example, the magic circle from which the succubi emerged had been reinforced and restored by the succubi themselves.

Furthermore, as a Demon God, it was too easy for Su Mo to manufacture some evidence.

The locations of this evidence were all in the mind of that demon.

The people of the Holy See had basically already obtained it.

And so.

After more and more people gathered in the Temple Square, Su Mo appeared.

"Count of Moshilong!"

When they saw Su Mo, the voices of the protesting citizens subconsciously lowered.

In the square, for a moment, everything went quiet.

This shows how high Su Mo's prestige was in the hearts of these citizens.

This time, Su Mo's turning of the tide had long since spread throughout the Royal City, further increasing his prestige.

"Oh no, he's out!"

As soon as they saw Su Mo come out, the few captured villains' expressions changed one by one.

They had originally thought it was the protagonists in the Holy See dealing with them, but now, they discovered it didn't seem to be the case!

The ones dealing with them were probably not other protagonists!

But Su Mo, whom they regarded as a thorn in their side!