I was excommunicated from the Holy Knights

90 – War 4, written as restoration and read as destruction

Archbishop Maxim Cafeora.

Even within the Holy Empire, she was in a difficult situation in many ways as she governed the Diocese of Milan, which had considerable wealth.

After failing to rob Santana, who had accumulated great wealth due to excessive greed in the past.

As the archbishop who manages the parish and leads the paladins, she was literally having a day filled with dissatisfaction.

After the disappearance of Santana, who was helping to solve the financial problem, the Holy Knights of Milan are in big financial trouble.

In order to appease them, Archbishop Maxim had to release the funds of the church she was managing, but she was not able to overcome her greed and put it off.

This was due to the fact that he simply did not want to spend money that he did not have to spend until now, but decisively, the seizure of Santana’s property was a complete failure and his stomach was very twisted.

At that time, due to Maxim’s greed, the complaints of the Paladins gradually accumulated to the limit.

The emperor’s decree that came suddenly had no choice but to be accepted as good news to Maxim, like the sweet rain of a drought.

It was a golden opportunity to turn the attention of the paladins and calm their dissatisfaction through the cause of the holy war and the support of the emperor.

In addition, the legal permission to plunder under the pretext of war against heresy was also a golden opportunity to gain great wealth as a military commander.

From the point of view of the archbishop, there is no reason to refuse the opportunity to make a big profit while neatly solving all the problems that have been causing headaches so far.

Maxim, without hesitation, participated in the emperor’s army by leading all the paladins that could be mobilized.

And… under her command, the two paladins who went all the way to Bohemia and returned after defeating Santana.

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Nune and Tine were also included.

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“Haa.. you finally came this far.”

“Yeah… I somehow ended up getting caught up in this troublesome thing again.”

Paladins Nune and Tine talk with dissatisfied sighs.

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Now, with just one more day to go, they were caught in a deep sense of apprehension, as they would enter the Palatinate, where a violent situation was taking place.

Even though they were among the Paladins with outstanding skills, apart from this fact, they really didn’t like the current situation.

In the past, in Bohemia, borrowing the power of heretics to defeat Santana…

To be precise, while I was visiting my relative’s house, I was unluckily caught and dragged away by heretics because I was a paladin. In the process, the two accidentally discovered Santana’s group and sacrificed them to escape.

Immediately after that, they had no choice but to leave Bohemia, which had already become a perfect heretical realm where paladins like themselves could not stay, and return to Milan, their home base.

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No matter what the process was, as far as I can see, I had fortunately eliminated the excommunication paladin Santana and Cazeros, who were the targets.

From their point of view, there were plenty of reasons to go back with their own expectations.

But… right after that, what they faced was not a sweet reward, but an untimely conscription order.

It was because of the emperor’s decree related to the rebellion in Bohemia and the Palatinate, from which they had just fled.

If the person who issued this order was Archbishop Maxim, he would be able to protest.

However, unfortunately, the opponent is the emperor of the Holy Empire.

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Naturally, the two did not have the right to veto, and Nune and Tine arrived as far away as the Palatinate, dragging their reluctant steps.

“Haa.. When will this bastard’s spleen bloom?”

“I heard that the atmosphere in the Palatinate right now is no joke.

Even though the two of them were excellent paladins, even so, they were literally only paladins.

Even if they had much stronger strength than normal soldiers and could block quite a bit of magic, they had a clear limit that they could only die if they were hit by bullets.

In other words, the survival rate on the battlefield would be superior to ordinary soldiers, but lower than that of wizards who could spread a barrier that blocks bullets.

It’s not bad, but it can’t be said to be good at all.

Feeling anxious about the coming war,

At the same time, Nune and Tine looked up at the sky with dazed expressions as they lamented their situation, which had been getting more and more twisted since Santana had been stabbed.

Regardless of their bleak future, the terrifyingly blue sky…

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“okay? You mean General Tilly is around here?”

“Yes, it is, Captain Mansfeld. They say they have arrived at the hill located to the south of my family.”

General Tilly’s army, who is said to have marched this far to join Spinola.

Immediately after hearing that story, Mansfeld slowly nodded and fell into thought for a moment.

‘Tilly came all the way here with an army of 15,000…’

Speaking of 15,000, it was a level of power far below Mansfeld and Christian’s army.

The trouble was that at this moment they were moving as quickly as possible to join Spinola’s army, which was a day’s drive east of here.

‘Certainly, if they and Spinola’s troops come together, the situation will become complicated in many ways. The situation will change from the moment.’

During that time, Spinola’s army, who had just kept silent while watching the plundering behavior of himself and Christian.

However, if the pendulum of this power tilted again, it was clear that the emperor’s army would no longer leave them alone in the Palatinate, which became their courtyard.

Knowing this fact, Mansfeld began to decide that it was time to close the business and move elsewhere, and Christian, who was listening to the story, also began to judge.

“Huh~ Certainly, if General Tilly joins us, things will become a lot of trouble. I don’t think we need to spend any more time here.”

“I am of the same opinion. If so, where do you think we should go next?”

Originally, it was Mansfeld who used to express his opinion stiffly even to his employer.

But at this point Mansfeld recognized the abilities of Christian, his employer and like-minded colleague in front of him, and was therefore ready to act on her word.

And, in response to Mansfeld’s question, Christian answered with a peculiar creepy smile on his lips.

“Isn’t that obvious? As much as they had enough fun in the Palatinate, they went back to the north to ‘judge’ the lords who received only the bounty and couldn’t organize it. Now that Mansfeld and I have joined forces, there will be no one to stop us there either. Let’s enjoy looting and arson again.”

“Whoops.. That’s a wise choice indeed.”

It’s a story that makes your heart pound while listening to it.

In response, Mansfeld once again began to feel a strange attraction to the woman in front of him, and then Christian continued her unfinished words.

“But before that, we have work to do. Even if you go back, you have to step on the forces of General Tilly once and go.

Circumstantially, Spinola and General Tilly are highly likely to be on the rise due to their actions so far.

As such, there was a very high possibility that the two would not let themselves go as they were about to finish plundering in the Palatinate and leave.

I’m sure he’ll try to retaliate in some way.

With that in mind, Christian made a suggestion to Mansfeld.

“If we leave them alone, General Tilly, who has joined forces with Spinola, might follow us north and disrupt our work. It must be necessary to cool their hearts and break their will to pursue.”

“Surely that must be the correct answer. Is there any suitable way?”

“Yes, of course. Mr. Mansfeld.”

Christian talks about the plan with such a hideous smile.

Although the method itself was simple, Mansfeld slowly nodded his head as he listened to her plan, which could be said to be effective.