Game of the World Tree - Chapter 901

901. Chapter 897 Ends

“My Lord Bishop! My Lord Bishop! It’s bad! The nobles opened the inner city gates and surrendered! The rebels have entered the city! Now they are heading towards the palace and the church!”

In the Eternal Cathedral of Mania City, Bishop Winster knelt in front of the statue of the Eternal Lord, listening to the panicked message of the church monks behind him, and his movements paused slightly.

He was silent for a moment, and nodded gently:

“I know.”

“Sir Winster…”

Beside Bishop Winster, the young queen grabbed the corner of his clothes, her face was nervous, and her little face was wrinkled.

Looking at the little majesty with a look of nervousness, worry and confusion, Bishop Winster’s eyes were a little complicated.

He reached out and shook the girl’s cold little hand, and whispered:

“My majesty… The rebels have entered the city, the nobles have surrendered, and this place is no longer safe.”

“But… but didn’t the dukes say that we still have 30,000 guards?”

The young queen asked nervously.

Bishop Winster shook his head slightly:

“My majesty, there are no guards now. The rebels outside are the guards.”

Theresa II was stunned, looking stunned.

“Why… why do you want to rebel… did I do something wrong? I… I can correct it… I can correct it…”

She said to herself anxiously.

Looking at the girl’s anxious and frightened look, Bishop Winster’s eyes flashed with a trace of pity.

He sighed and said:

“My majesty… it’s too late.”

“I have prepared a secret passage leading to the outside of the city for you. You can change into civilian clothes and escape quietly from there.”

After hearing what Bishop Winster said, Theresa II widened her eyes, as if she couldn’t accept it.

“No! I don’t want to! I am the empress of the empire and the ruler of the Holy Mania Empire! The empire is in danger, how can I escape at this time!”

She said in a childish and resolute voice.

Bishop Winster was slightly stunned.

He looked at the young girl, who looked determined despite her young age, and shook his head gently:

“No… My Majesty…”

“The trend of history cannot be stopped. Everything has an end. From the moment your grandmother died, the future of the empire has been doomed…”

“This is not your fault.”

“There is no need and no point for you to be buried with the empire.”

After saying that, he ordered the two female priests of the Eternal Church:

“Why are you still standing there? Help your majesty change your clothes and leave here quickly.”

“No, I don’t want to!”

Theresa II struggled.

Although she was less than fifteen years old, she had a good extraordinary talent and had the strength of a silver rank at a young age.

With her resistance, the two priests were helpless for a while.

“Sir Winster! I am the empress of the empire! As a citizen of the empire, you must obey my orders! I don’t want to escape! I don’t want to escape!”

Theresa II struggled.

Looking at the little empress who refused to escape, Bishop Winster had a headache.

He sighed and wanted to say something else, but heard an old voice behind him:

“Oh, Linus, after so many years, you still can’t take care of children…”

Bishop Winster paused slightly.

He turned around slowly, and saw that a figure in a white robe appeared in the church at some point.

It was none other than the legendary wizard Daniel, who was known as the guardian of the royal family.

“Dan… Lord Daniel…”

Bishop Winster subconsciously wanted to salute, but the legendary old wizard ignored him after mocking him at the beginning.

The legendary wizard took a sip of the wine in the wine bag and came to Theresa, who was sitting on the ground and stopped struggling.

At some point, all the clergy in the church fell into a deep sleep. Only Bishop Winster, Theresa II, and the old wizard were awake.

“Daniel… Grandpa…”

Seeing the legendary wizard, Theresa grabbed the corner of his clothes as if she had found a life-saving straw:

“I… I don’t want to leave here, can you save the empire?”

Daniel sighed softly.

He reached out and touched the little queen’s head, just like an elder comforting a child.

“Little Theresa…”

He whispered:

“Tell me, do you really want to be an empress?”

Theresa paused slightly.

She was stunned, slowly lowered her head, and was silent for a while.

She grabbed the corner of her clothes, pursed her lips, and said sadly:

“But…but this is the mission left by my grandmother…”

“As a member of the Tres family, I must shoulder my own responsibilities…”

The old wizard shook his head:

“This is just a mission imposed on you by the family. The end of the empire is not something you can control, and now… I declare in the name of the current head of the Tres family that your mission… has been completed.”

“Child, there is no need for you to persist. You can be freed from the cage of the empress.”

The little queen was silent.

As he spoke, the old wizard smoothed the girl’s messy hair, his eyes gentle:

“Theresa…”

“When you were little, didn’t you say that you wanted to travel around the continent and see this colorful world?”

“Put everything aside and follow me.”

“I’ll take you to realize those wishes you haven’t realized yet…”

Theresa was slightly shocked.

She was silent for a moment, then slowly raised her head and looked at the old wizard with sad eyes, with crystals flowing in her eyes:

“I…can I really let it go?”

“I’m not a qualified queen, I didn’t manage the empire well, can I really let it go?”

“Silly child…”

The old wizard sighed softly:

“Don’t blame yourself, it’s not your fault.”

As he spoke, his hand emitted a soft halo, covering the girl’s body, and Theresa’s excited emotions gradually calmed down under the soft light.

Gradually, the girl fell into a deep sleep.

“Sleep, child, when you wake up, the nightmare will pass.”

The old wizard whispered.

After that, he picked up the girl and left the church under the complicated eyes of Bishop Winster.

During the whole process, he did not look at Bishop Winster even once.

Just before disappearing, the legendary wizard left the last words:

“The palace has fallen, the young queen has died in the flames, the nobility, glory, history… everything is over.”

After speaking, he and Theresa’s figures completely disappeared from Bishop Winster’s sight.

Looking at the direction where the two disappeared, Bishop Winster had a complicated expression.

He sighed softly, stood up from where he was, and cast a purification spell to wake up the sleeping priests and monks.

“Bishop… Your Excellency?”

The priests and monks rubbed their sleepy eyes, a little confused.

They seemed to have completely forgotten about the Queen, as if they had never had any relevant memories.

“The rebels have entered the city, and the situation is irreversible. You pack up your things and leave.”

Looking at the clergy who stayed in the Eternal Cathedral, Bishop Winster said calmly.

The priests and monks looked at each other.

“My Lord Bishop… Then… What about you?”

Someone couldn’t help asking.

“Me? I am a member of the Tres family and the archbishop who stayed behind. I will be here until the last moment.”

Bishop Winster said slowly.

After speaking, he sighed again:

“This is also my atonement…”

The clergy opened their mouths, and looked at him with a confused and complicated look.

Some people sighed softly, took off their holy robes sadly, and left one after another.

Others hesitated for a moment, but after hearing the increasingly noisy noises outside, they gritted their teeth and left unwillingly.

Soon, Bishop Winster was the only one left in the church.

He was not angry about the departure of other clergymen, and seemed not surprised by it.

He sighed softly and bowed deeply in the direction of the eternal statue in the church.

Then, he turned around and left the church.

As Bishop Winster moved, flames ignited behind him, and soon covered the church and the statue…

In the blink of an eye, the church was engulfed in flames.

The eternal statue cannot be desecrated.

Rather than letting the church be breached and defiled by the life believers, active destruction is the best choice. After lighting

the church, Bishop Winster slowly strolled and climbed the tower of the church.

From the tower, the scene of the inner city was in full view. The gates in all directions had been breached, and the rebels were like a torrent, pouring into the streets and alleys.

There was a billowing smoke on the sky in the west.

That was the direction of the palace. A raging fire had already started, and spectacular black clouds were rising into the sky.

Looking at the raging fire, Bishop Winster’s eyes were dazed.

Inexplicably, he suddenly remembered the horse chestnut tree that he and Maria II had planted in the palace.

I wonder if this fire has also swallowed up the lush tree?

Thinking of this, Bishop Winster felt a little sad.

He sighed secretly, put away his gaze towards the direction of the palace, and looked at the streets in the inner city.

On the streets, the fleeing nobles and wealthy businessmen were in a hurry and in chaos.

Faintly, the sound of artillery fire could still be heard coming from the distant inner city wall, and it seemed to be mixed with faint shouts of killing.

Some nobles who refused to surrender were calling on their companions on the main road to form a pathetic, pitiful and respectable team, wearing badges and family swords, and charging at the rebels coming from the end of the street…

However, their tragic and stubborn figures soon drowned in the tide of rebels after struggling for a moment.

Seeing this scene, Winster seemed to see a similar scene he saw on the tower when he was young.

However, at that time, it was the young Maria II who led the nobles and citizens who supported her to charge at the rebellious nobles.

And I don’t know when, the citizens have stood on the opposite side of the empire, and the fallen court nobles have also turned against them. Only these last noble knights are left, holding on to the last glory…

But like wind and sand, they dissipated between heaven and earth.

A history full of legends and glory seemed to have come to an end with this final charge.

Bishop Winster sighed slightly, with a look of regret.

Looking down at the city from the high tower, the entire Mannia city was filled with a huge number of rebels. The golden armbands on their right arms shone brightly in the sunlight, and the fluttering red flags were constantly waving in the streets and alleys.

The fastest rioters had already arrived outside the Eternal Cathedral, the headquarters of the Eternal Church, and poured into this former holy place that had begun to burn…

Bishop Winster slowly retracted his sight and shook his head slightly.

He exhaled lightly and knelt down in the high tower.

The valve of long-lost memory gradually opened. At this moment, he suddenly couldn’t help but recall everything he had experienced from the time he could remember to the present hundreds of years…

The romantic time when he was young, and he joined the church as an adult.

From a little priest who was unknown and unknown to a cardinal who dominated the affairs of a region.

From a rookie who didn’t even know magic, he grew up to a legendary clergyman respected by everyone.

Nearly a hundred years passed in a flash…

There were happiness and sadness, and everything jumped in Bishop Winster’s mind like a revolving lantern.

But in the end, it was gathered back to the innocent time spent in the palace in his childhood…

a carefree boy, an innocent girl.

They held hands, giggled, and planted a thin sapling in the garden.

Bishop Winster smiled slightly.

But soon, the smile slowly faded and turned deep.

The flames gathered around him and soon ignited the tower.

He stretched out his hand and devoutly drew a sun symbol on his chest, muttering a prayer:

“Great and wise Lord…”

“You are the Lord of mankind, you are the eternal light.”

“Your glory will always shine on the earth, and your true name will always be passed down in the world…”

The flames continued to burn and burn…

Soon, it covered the entire tower and drowned the praying Bishop Winster.

Bishop Winster looked calm, with a face full of piety and fanaticism, allowing the flames to devour him.

In the end, everything turned to ashes in the raging fire.

…

July 14, 1073 of the Eternal Era.

The Seventh Guards Corps of the Holy Mannia Empire mutinied, and joined forces with the three major mercenary groups stationed on the outskirts of the city and the angry citizens of Mannia to launch an uprising.

In less than two days, the Dorolia Castle, the Imperial Palace, the Noble Parliament, and the religious holy place, the Eternal Cathedral, which symbolized the authority of the empire, fell one after another. The palace and the church were burned to ashes in a blaze.

The nobles were divided internally, and some surrendered or died in the resistance.

The then Queen, Theresa II, who was only fourteen years old, burned herself to death in the palace.

Archbishop Cardinal Winster, who stayed in the Eternal Cathedral, also died on the high tower of the church.

Two days later, the rebels successfully seized control of the city of Manya and announced the abolition of feudalism.

They purged the nobles of all sizes in the inner city, confiscated all the property of the nobles and the church, and planted the flag of victory in every corner of the city…

The black eagle flag belonging to the empire slowly fell.

When this shocking news spread throughout the continent of Segos, the world was in an uproar.

Don’t worry if you don’t understand, just wait a few more chapters

(end of this chapter)