Chapter 927: The End of the Rulers

The End of the Rulers

The investigation continued; this commander's tent seemed to hide quite a few secrets.

This was undoubtedly a moment for the History School people to revel. Sun Miao's drive was much greater than Cheng Shi's.

She quickly searched every corner, turning over everything in the tent that could be searched. Soon, she had a new discovery—a... diary found in the sand table drawer?

No, this was more like an observer's record book, recording not Ke Laoer's own daily life, but the daily lives of the other two High Inquisitors, Loyat and Esares.

It detailed the "audience with the gods" time for these two top rulers of the Grand Court of Judgment, that is, the pattern of their audiences with the 【Iron Law of Order】.

Sun Miao only flipped through a few pages before looking up and saying:

"【Order】 really has a problem. Even its followers have started to avoid it.

I know about the Grand Court of Judgment's rotation system for High Inquisitors, and I know even more that reporting everything to the 【Iron Law of Order】 is the most pious expression of an inquisitor. But according to this record, Loyat has been reporting, and Esares reports occasionally. Adding their two times together, there is no time node left for Ke Laoer to report.

So... Ke Laoer probably discovered long ago that his patron had a problem, and thus was deliberately avoiding contact with 【Order】?

But what kind of change could happen to it that would make a follower closest to 【Order】 no longer willing to approach it?

The consistent will of the Gonglu Sect is not to stay away from 【Order】; it can even be said that they are the followers on this continent who most want 【Order】 to spread to every corner of the world. So, if the leader of the Gonglu Sect has started to alienate 【Order】, then I can only think that in his eyes, 【Order】 might no longer be 【Order】.

This is the crux of 【Order】, right, Cheng Shi?"

Cheng Shi's pupils shrank slightly, feeling that he had underestimated this teammate; she was indeed formidable.

And seeing Cheng Shi's subtle reaction, Sun Miao nodded expressionlessly, basically confirming her guess.

"This is a good topic. No wonder Zhen Xin is so concerned. It seems your investigation target has changed from history to them.

Interesting. If I have the honor, I would be very willing to become your help. You've seen it, I consider myself to have some talent in deconstructing history."

"Oh?" Cheng Shi smiled meaningfully. "Is your talent only in deconstruction?"

Sun Miao's figure paused again, and then she stiffly fell into silence.

Cheng Shi saw that the other party was unwilling to be honest, so he didn't force it, but turned to continue searching. Not long after, he found an iron arrowhead engraved with the Grand Court of Judgment's emblem in the drawer of the High Inquisitor's seat.

He looked at this arrowhead carefully, feeling he had seen it somewhere before.

Sun Miao saw he was so attentive, came over to take a look, and then pointed to the ghost-drawn signature on the arrowhead:

"Esares. Strange, why would Esares's name be marked on this arrowhead?

As far as I know, this High Inquisitor should be an elemental mage, but this arrowhead is clearly a weapon material for an investigator. He..."

Wait!

Esares!?

At this moment, Cheng Shi suddenly knew why this arrowhead was so familiar, because he had seen it on the Grand Investigator Lideyala, and Lideyala was Esares's adopted daughter!

So this was highly likely an arrowhead from Lideyala.

Cheng Shi recalled the three people wrongly imprisoned in that trial, frowned, and asked softly: "How much do you know about Lideyala?"

Sun Miao was stunned, glanced at the emblem, paused, and said:

"Grand Investigator?

She doesn't seem to be from the Grand Court of Judgment. There was once a rumor that she was Esares's illegitimate daughter with a natural alliance tribe. Looking at it this way, is the rumor true?"

"?"

As soon as these words came out, Cheng Shi was also bewildered. Wasn't it an adopted father? How did it become an illegitimate child?

"It seems you aren't sure either. Hmm, this is the charm of gossip, always attracting people to dig deeper.

In my view, this is a very pious 【Order】 follower, but can only be considered a mediocre investigator. Public records show she once investigated a case of Tower of Reason scholars conducting secret experiments in the Grand Court of Judgment, but now it seems...

What she investigated might not have been the Tower of Reason, but the Gonglu Sect.

The Grand Court of Judgment has long since rotted from the roots. The wills between different sects are incompatible, and coupled with the fact that 【Order】 has a problem, the decline is irreversible.

If this is true, then her death has a lot of meaning, because history records that she died in an ambush by 【Truth】 followers within the Grand Court of Judgment. As for whether these 【Truth】 followers actually believe in 【Truth】...

Hard to say. After all, scholars in the Tower of Reason also occasionally believe in 【War】, don't they?"

Cheng Shi didn't respond, just nodded thoughtfully.

Based on his understanding of this Grand Investigator's temperament in that trial, and a series of situations such as 【Order】 being replaced, Ke Laoer distancing himself from the power center in advance, and Esares pretending not to know, Cheng Shi inferred that Lideyala might have conducted another round of "investigation" into the "blasphemers" in the High Court of Judgment after escaping from prison.

It's just that this investigation didn't have official authorization, but was more like a "blasphemer's" second desecration of the existing 【Order】.

And her investigation likely stopped at Ke Laoer here.

The so-called ambush by 【Truth】 followers... sigh, I hope this pious 【Order】 follower didn't die at the hands of her own compatriots.

Cheng Shi squeezed the arrowhead in his hand and asked again: "Do you know the endings of High Inquisitor Esares and Grand Executioner Altayle?"

"I do."

Sun Miao's answer was concise and comprehensive. She was like a living history book, worthy of the name of Vice President of the History School.

"Esares, the leader of the traditional sect, suffered a blow after losing two favored candidates in succession, and died of indignation at home.

Of course, there are also unofficial histories recording that on the day he died, the whole city of Katerou Court was hunting for fugitives. It was that fugitive who, in unwillingness, rushed into the High Inquisitor's residence and stabbed him to death.

But I think this unofficial history is a bit too wild. Not to mention the strength of Esares in his later years, just talking about a prisoner who could have the strength to stab him to death, they would at least have to be locked in the Howling Iron Prison. But once in the Iron Prison, who can escape?

There have been many escapees in the history of the Grand Court of Judgment, but not a single one has been able to escape from the Howling Iron Prison.

So it's better to record that 【Truth】 followers killed Esares; at least that way 【Truth】 followers can have a cerebral orgasm."

"..." Cheng Shi rolled his eyes, always feeling that the other party was inserting her own private goods; she just didn't like 【Truth】 followers.

"Compared to Esares, Altayle's later years were much more exciting.

As the strongest force among the six supreme existences of the Grand Court of Judgment, and also as the promoter of the strict sect, Altayle became the only living supreme ruler after Ke Laoer died on the southern battlefield. Before a new High Inquisitor was selected, he steered this vast sunset empire alone for a considerable period of time.

Due to the impact of the defeat and the constant harassment of the 【War】 country, there were many complaints and constant conflicts within the Grand Court of Judgment, so he took the opportunity to push his own will, increase penalties, and add to the legal administration, which stabilized the situation for a time.

But these only slowed down the speed of the country's decline and were of no help.

After all, the gods have problems. No matter how pious mortals are, what can they do?

So the answer to all troubles is to become a god. Only by becoming them can one achieve what one wishes."

"?" Hearing this, Cheng Shi frowned slightly. "You have such thoughts? You wouldn't still have a part-time job in the God-Worship Society, would you?"

Sun Miao paused and typed slightly stiffly:

"Indeed, I also serve as the Vice President of the God-Worship Society, but my madness is all faked.

Although I yearn to become them, I must have a path to follow. Blind fanaticism, besides accelerating one's own destruction, is of no help to becoming a god.

I joined the God-Worship Society not because my vision is consistent with theirs, but because I treat them as tentacles for collecting information.

I said the History School is far larger than you imagine. To some extent, the God-Worship Society can also be considered a subordinate organization of the History School, because their president...

seems to have long forgotten that he is a president."

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