Chapter 431: 431
Chapter 431: Waves
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Pranav
Some believed crows to be the harbingers of disaster, but everyone could agree that disastrous news would appear like them, swiftly and unexpectedly .
In just a short two days, news of Estrada's death reached every major human country's spy agency . At almost the exact same time, news that the Holy Church had declared Estrada to be a heretic also arrived .
The whole world was astonished, and then… the whole world mourned .
It was easy for a person to do a good deed, but it would be very, very difficult for that person to only perform good deeds throughout their entire life . Holy Knights were popular in every country, yet Holy Light priests and Cardinals received much worse treatment . This was because one of the requirements for being a Holy Knight was to do good deeds for one's entire life . It could even be said that Holy Knights would specially pick to do good deeds that wouldn't give them payment in return . That was why Holy Knights were renowned for being able to visit any country without attracting suspicion . And Estrada was doubtlessly the greatest representative of the Holy Knights .
Humans had long since forgotten when it was that Estrada first became famous . But he had always been viewed as the living representative of the Holy Light . Estrada had led the way in defending against countless calamities . Whenever other species invaded, Estrada would be always be there at the lead of the allied armies . Whenever there was a plague calamity, Estrada would be at the forefront of coming to the aid of others . His wondrous nickname, "Miracle Hand," referred to how he was always able to create miracles even in the most despairing of situations .
The rulers of major countries would perhaps have objections to the forceful ways of the Holy Church, but not a single person didn't respect this famous elderly Holy Knight . After all, it was likely that Estrada had saved their grandfather in the past, or that some other ancestors of theirs owed him their lives . And thanks to countless myths and legends spread about Estrada, the Strongest Holy Knight had an excellent reputation among the ordinary populace .
The rarest part of all was how Estrada was uninterested in authority and status . Not only that, he didn't care for politics . Everyone who was familiar with him knew that—no—it should be said that everyone knew that Estrada was a truly kind and easygoing old man with no ambitions whatsoever .
This elderly Holy Knight who was renowned as the living representation of Holy Light was actually declared as a heretic? Everyone could tell that something was wrong . A problem must have arisen .
"The God of Holy Light personally descended in an incarnation to kill Estrada?"
Secret channels as well as the Holy Church's official notification simultaneously confirmed this unfortunate piece of news . Head priests and roaming Holy Knights everywhere sent message after message to the Holy Church's headquarters, asking about the situation . In the end, all of them received the same reply .
"Estrada, a heretic? Someone like him would actually betray the Holy Light?"
Almost all the countless messages had the same tone of disbelief . Pope Caloma and the Holy Church's higher-ups had huge headaches over this situation . Unfortunately for them, they were unable to lie and make up a response so they could only tell everyone that Estrada was a heretic who betrayed the Holy Light . They couldn't lie because declaring Estrada to be a heretic was a direct command from the God of Holy Light himself . None of them dared to disobey the God of Holy Light's divine will .
And so this naturally brewed into a huge incident .
"Why did the God of Holy Light personally descend in an incarnation to kill Estrada? Just what could he have possibly done?"
From a certain standpoint, it was reasonable that the Holy Church's higher-ups had always been on guard against Estrada . He had remained alive due to his power level and accumulated so much good reputation over the centuries . Estrada was far too brilliant of an existence within the Holy Church . Even if he didn't have any interest in authority, just his existence alone was a problem for the organization .
"Estrada desecrated the Holy Light so the God of Holy Light's incarnation descended to kill him . " This was the overly simple explanation given to everyone . But the simpler an explanation was, the more people would read into it . And the information contained within this explanation was indeed worth analyzing .
And it just so happened that Estrada had taught countless disciples, and over the years these disciples had their disciples and descendants . There were innumerable Holy Knights who had joined the Holy Church for the sole reason of idolizing Estrada . None of them were satisfied with such a simple answer . Countless Holy Knights, Holy Light priests and other Holy Church-related personnel began rushing to the Holy Church headquarters .
And at this exact time, the Southern Sect, which had suffered great losses together with Bardi's recent losses, jumped out into the public eye . The Southern Sect loudly started teaching their concept of the Pure Holy Light, calling out the so-called God of Holy Light for being nothing more than a False God who was stealing the grandness of the Pure Holy Light . The true Holy Light wouldn't require worshipping the False God of Holy Light . And Estrada had proved this fact, which was why the God of Holy Light killed him to try and keep this a secret . The Southern Sect's Pope Amoya even swore that everything he stated was nothing but the truth in front of everyone with the powers of Holy Light . Well, some interpreted it as what he believed to be the truth .
In other situations, the Holy Church would have been at least able to counter the statements . But it just happened to be that the entire former Holy Light army vanguard witnessed everything that happened . This former Holy Light army which consisted of more than one hundred thousand people directly dispersed everywhere . Some people directly joined the Southern Sect and the Bardi Empire . Some went to their family or friends . Some returned to their home countries . And some even returned to the Holy Church .
The God of Holy Light had gone insane and intended to slaughter a tremendous number of humans . Estrada's decision, resolution and how he had managed to reobtain the Holy Light after having it stripped from him became the best evidence for the Southern Sect's teachings .
Naturally, the Holy Church would try to minimize the effects of this incident . However, it was impossible for Holy Light job class members to lie when swearing under oath in the name of the Holy Light—and this became troublesome . Since this incident was impossible to deny, its effects continued spreading as things worsened for the Holy Church . Every day, people left the Holy Church . Many even lost their powers of Holy Light after losing their belief . And a rare few among them managed to rediscover the Holy Light, which confirmed the fact that the "Pure Holy Light" existed without the God of Holy Light .
And it just happened to be that at this time, the fairies, who had forever remained neutral, suddenly stabbed the Holy Church while it was down .
Nobody knew the fairies' true method of existence . They were actually one of the few species that didn't fear the God of Holy Light and used objective reporting to detail the entire incident . They brought out countless witnesses' firsthand accounts to prove the most critical part: that Estrada had been stripped of his Holy Light powers by the angels and the God of Holy Light himself but then managed to reobtain the Holy Light through his own efforts alone . Of course, the fairies also reported in detail on the God of Holy Light's attempts to kill everyone present to keep this a secret .
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