501 Black William Part 1 (2/2)

The doors of the chariot flung open, and Lex revealed her near perfect face. She leaned against a cushion, looking lackadaisical, as though she was resting in her own residence.

”I wasn't expecting a powerful figure from the inquisition to come, which one are you?” Lex employed an even more relaxed tone to chat with this man.

”The three old men have six disciples, I am the fifth one. They call me Black William.” The black-robed holy master seemed to be warming up to Lex, as he spoke at a leisurely pace.

The three old men referred to the three leaders of the inquisition, the three head inquisitors who were not known to the outside world. These three men controlled the one-hundred-thousand adjudicators from the inquisition. No matter how much displeasure the inner ranks of the Holy See had towards the inquisition, they would not dare anger these three men. The man who pursued Lex was actually their disciple.

Lex cackled, then said, ”Black William? Are you the kindest one out of the six killers?”

”Indeed I am, that's why I am here. If the other five were here, you would surely die.”

The inner ranks of the Holy See were split into factions, and there was serious infighting. The oracles, pope and head inquisitors each held onto one faction. The pope controlled the most people, the oracles controlled the ascetics, while the head inquisitors controlled the most number of fanatic believers.

The power of an oracle came from the blessings of the god. In order to resist the oracles, the head inquisitors decided to groom six successors. These six men were nicknamed ”killers”. This nickname was actually given by the inner circle of the Holy See, and not the victims of these six people. The unlucky ones who got killed by them would not even have the chance to give them nicknames.

All along, the style of the inquisition was complete extermination. If one got onto their blacklist, they could either hide in silence, or their whole family would be massacred.

The most ridiculous time was when the inquisition decided to extend its sphere of influence into Alchemy City. In the end, Alchemy City lost a sorcerer, but the inquisition stopped sending people into the city. Both parties accepted this outcome in silence. If other powers tried to wreak havoc in Alchemy City, they would have faced severe retaliation.

After the pope ambushed Emperor Chanake, Alchemy City dispatched a group of mages to create trouble in the Tanggulasi Empire. Because of that, to this day, the Tanggulasi Empire still could not deploy all its forces to attack Qin. When the eastern sea allied army appeared in northern Qin, Tanggulasi would have rode on the situation to stage an invasion. It would not have seized Titan first.

”I heard that the inquisition had a part to play in killing my father. Are those three fellows dead or paralyzed?” Lex's voice suddenly became frosty, a tinge of frost even appeared on the skin of her face.

Black William laughed, but he did not get angry. Then, he said, ”Emperor Chanake was a great man. The pope still hasn't recovered after getting hurt by him, it seems like the next pope will be ascending the throne soon. The head inquisitors are extremely grateful to the emperor.”

The moment Saleen heard Black William's response, he immediately understood that this guy was a difficult problem, because no one could direct his emotions.

”If they are really grateful, they should accompany him.” Lex did not continue along the same topic. She realized that Black William had no intention to kill her.

”That is a matter of time, there is no rush.” Black William continued to respond in a serene manner. ”But, Your Highness, is it a wise decision to take such risks?”

”What are you trying to say?” Lex did not want to beat about the bush with Black William, this man was simply too perilous. He had the support of the three head inquisitors. As the disciple of those three old men, Black William's offensive power might already be higher than that of a Black Bishop. ”His flying speed just now should be a pretense to make me let my guard down.”

”Your Highness, I know about the conflict between you and Holy Rock City…”

”I am a Grukos.” Lex interrupted Black William's sentence.

”This is indeed a sticky situation, but has Your Highness ever thought of establishing your own dynasty?”

”My dynasty would not allow the existence of a church either.” Lex was never more determined.

”This should be left to the choice of the citizens.”

”Citizens? This word was invented by the Sikeqinyans right? Is the Holy See using it too?” Lex spoke in a sarcastic tone.

”Master, the viscountess has been agitated by that guy. The situation isn't too good.” Nailisi whispered into Saleen's ear.

”Don't worry, Lex is doing this on purpose.” Saleen affixed his gaze on Black William, trying to identify any weaknesses. No matter how hard he observed or used the Figaro Formula to calculate, he could not identify any spell which could destroy the perfect balance in that man's body.

A full round moon shone behind the spot where Black William was levitating. It was as though all that moonlight was a halo shining down from his body.