He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 28

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 28

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor Episode 28

“So, you’re going back to the Central Territory?”

“Yes, we’ve received information that the cultists are operating secretly there.”

Purification Order leadership meeting in the Eastern Territory.

Stella and the Order’s elders were conversing.

“The issue of demons and cultists is certainly sensitive. But I wonder if the Archbishop herself needs to go.”

“That’s right, Archbishop Stella. That’s not the Eastern Territory, but the Central Territory, so shouldn’t the Papal States handle it?”

The elders were against Stella’s expedition to root out the cultists.

However, Stella’s insistence was firm.

“Although it’s the Central Territory, the area where the cultists are reportedly operating is Gerheim.”

And that place is under the influence of Karstein.

It’s a place that the Papal States, currently friendly with the Emperor, finds difficult to oversee.

“A blind spot outside the jurisdiction of the Papal States. That’s where the cultists must have dug in.”

“So, you’re saying we should do it because the Papal States isn’t taking care of it, Archbishop Stella? That doesn’t sound like a good idea.”

“Dedication and service are the motto of the Purification Order, but it’s absurd to take care of other places when we can’t even properly care for our own Eastern Territory.”

The elders continued to object, giving their own reasonable reasons.

However, Stella also didn’t give only weak reasons.

“It’s not just for that reason. I believe this matter is linked to Duke Karstein.”

“If so?”

“If we find out information that he’s involved, we can isolate him. And there’s someone who wants that information.”

The eyes of the elders who heard Stella’s words sharpened.

They exchanged glances, inferring who Stella was referring to.

“Is that the Emperor, Archbishop?”

“Yes. The Emperor will want that information, and if we pass on that information, we can seek to improve relations.”

“Improve relations…….”

The elders soon exchanged opinions in hushed voices. Most of them were negative.

But the elder, who was the chairman, said.

“Alright, Archbishop Stella. Go ahead and start the investigation.”

Stella, who had expected them to continue to oppose, was surprised by the unexpectedly willing permission, but she didn’t ask why.

Soon, she politely greeted and stepped back.

“Are you really going to do as the Archbishop wants?”

“No, the Emperor is the one who sided with the Pope. It’s difficult for us to side with him.”

“But Archbishop Stella…….”

“That’s right. She’s trying to work with the Emperor.”

The chairman of the elders shook his head.

“We can’t do that. We can’t let the Purification Order be reduced to a subordinate sect of the Papal States again.”

“Then why did you let Archbishop Stella have her way?”

The other elders looked as if they couldn’t understand the chairman’s intentions.

But the chairman immediately explained his scheme.

“In the first place, that information about the cultists that the Archbishop received? I leaked it.”

“Yes?”

“It’s information I happened to obtain, and I leaked it to get her out of the way for a while.”

The elder chairman guessed that if Stella obtained that information, she would probably act in that way.

“While she’s away from the Eastern Territory, there’s something we need to do.”

“What is it?”

At the question of an elder, the chairman looked out the window to the east and said.

“Elves. We’ll try to make contact with the elves.”

At his words, shock was revealed on the faces of the other elders.

To join hands with the elves was the same as betraying the Empire.

“Rather than living as a tail in the shadow of the Empire, we must break away from the Empire and secure our sphere of influence.”

Even if that means abandoning humans.

They were the ones who didn’t want to lose the power they held.

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“This is too reckless.”

I had secretly infiltrated the city of Gerheim, nominally a free city, but under the influence of Karstein.

Without any guards, only accompanied by the Captain of the Guard and Hendrick.

“To root out the cultists with just us?”

“It can’t be helped. We have to get the evidence without attracting Karstein’s attention.”

According to Hendrick, the cultists were operating secretly in this city.

Of course, the easiest way to root them out would be to bring in the army.

“But then Karstein would immediately bring in the army too.”

“Then why not defeat him? The army is ready.”

“It still feels unstable to me.”

The Captain of the Guard is confident, but Karstein is likely still ahead in terms of scale.

Of course, the combat power of an army is not necessarily determined by numbers alone…….

“If possible, we need to reduce the enemy.”

To reduce Karstein’s allies and isolate him, we need a strong justification.

One way is to make him an enemy of the Empire.

“If we publicize evidence that he’s in league with demons or cultists, we can corner him.”

In a time when the Empire is shaking and the lords are acting as they please.

Perhaps not only Karstein but other lords may also be in league with the demons of the Demon World or other alien races.

But they can’t do that openly.

While still remaining within the confines of the Empire, if such a fact is revealed, they become public enemies.

Because if they become public enemies, they can be torn apart by everyone, so such secret operations are naturally carried out in secret.

“Of course, that’s only if what Hendrick said is true.”

“It’s true that Karstein is in league with the cultists.”

Hendrick looked around and then lowered his voice extremely and said to me.

“Security is tight, so I couldn’t find out the details, but it seems Karstein is strengthening his army with the power of the cultists.”

Hendrick said that while pointing to the slums.

“And those cultists are using a warehouse in those slums. That’s what I was sure of when I followed them before.”

“You haven’t seen inside?”

“I didn’t see any more because I thought I’d get caught.”

I looked at the slums after hearing Hendrick’s words.

Even at a glance, the security seemed much worse than the downtown area.

The people on the street looked like beggars or underworld workers.

“It’s definitely a good place for cultists to hide.”

The political situation is also outside the Pope’s surveillance, so there’s nothing to be afraid of.

“Then they’ll be relieved too.”

They won’t think they’ve been caught. Then it’s worth a try.

“Then let’s hurry and go.”

After saying that, I started walking through the slums with the two of them.

Although there were only three of us, the thugs couldn’t easily pick a fight, perhaps because we were wearing robes with swords at our waists.

Clang!

“Hey, hand over everything you have if you don’t want to die.”

“One of them is a woman? Wouldn’t it be better to catch her and sell her?”

After a while, we saw two people wearing robes, just like us, surrounded by more than 10 thugs.

I stopped and was looking at the two surrounded people, and Hendrick looked at me and said.

“Helping them will attract too much attention. It’s better to ignore them and move on here.”

As Hendrick said, helping them could attract the attention of the surroundings.

If we’re wrong, the cultists might notice, so we wouldn’t usually take the risk.

“No, save them right now. But deal with them quickly.”

“But-”

“I won’t accept any objections.”

Swish-

After saying that, I drew my silver holy sword and stepped forward.

When I stepped forward, the Captain of the Guard also drew his sword, and Hendrick also reluctantly drew the sword he was carrying as a secondary weapon instead of the battle hammer he was carrying on his back.

“Kill the men and capture the woman. Let’s make some money-”

Thud.

“……Let’s?”

Slash!

I dealt with the leader of the thugs first.

When I stabbed him in the back with my sword and slashed him horizontally, he collapsed, spilling blood.

“Wh, what are you-”

Stab!

Slash!

“Kuaaak!”

The Captain of the Guard and Hendrick also cut down several thugs each.

“Ru, run away!”

“That won’t do.”

Six people died in an instant. The remaining guys tried to escape, but I stretched out my shadow blades and aimed at them.

The shadow blades, divided into four strands, stabbed the back of the necks and backs of the remaining guys and killed them.

“Don’t just stand there, come here quickly!”

“Wa, wait a minute…….”

After killing all the thugs, I quickly took the two people who were threatened by the thugs and came out from among the onlookers.

I grabbed the woman’s hand and let go of her hand only after arriving at a secluded place a little further away.

“……I didn’t know Your Majesty had such a great sense of chivalry. To risk danger for a woman.”

Hendrick said cynically after seeing that, but I laughed and replied.

“That’s not true. I wouldn’t have saved an ordinary woman. Well, it’s not like I don’t have a sense of chivalry.”

The person I saved was naturally someone worth it.

“Stella. Is getting into trouble always your hobby?”

“It’s been a while, Your Majesty.”

Archbishop Stella of the Purification Order.

It was her reunion with her after several months.

“You came here to do that? To improve the relationship between the Order and me?”

After reuniting with Stella, I heard the whole story of why Stella came here.

Of course, I also told her why we came and exchanged information.

“It seems like a bit of a weak reason. I don’t know about me, but the elders of your Order won’t want to improve relations.”

The elders of the Purification Order that I had identified were typical people who were drunk on the sweetness of power.

They work without a sense of mission to engage in the priesthood…… no, to be exact, for the benefit of the Order, or rather, for their own power.

There was no way that such people would now join hands with me and choose the path of the Order becoming weaker.

“I know. But I thought they would still allow it.”

“Why?”

“I don’t know the details, but the elder chairman was preparing something behind my back. He probably wanted me to leave my position.”

So that’s why she thought they would allow it.

But if it’s something that Stella’s eyes should avoid, it must be something close to a bad plot.

“If I didn’t, I thought there would be no one to defeat the cultists here.”

Stella’s purpose was not to improve relations with me, but to deal with the cultists here themselves.

Because it had become a place where the Papal States could not intervene, so if the Purification Order also turned a blind eye, it would truly become a blind spot.

“The intention is noble, but only two people came?”

“It was just a stage to investigate quietly now. But it seems Your Majesty has more detailed information?”

“It seems luck followed by chance.”

But it seemed that luck was following me even more than catching Hendrick.

“I didn’t expect to meet you here either. Now that it’s like this, how about working together?”

“I don’t care about anything else as long as I can defeat the cultists.”

“Then the deal is done.”

It seemed that the start was not bad after all.