Chapter 855: News of a Death
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Benjamin had been busy with the additions to the members of the Black Nightmare Society when he received the letter.
While the matter of the indulgences was brewing, the name of the Black Nightmare Society has been slowly circulating in the Kingdom of Helius. The people were spreading the word that this was the organization that had made the truth public to the world, which subsequently stirred up the first strike. Because of that, there were also people who quietly inquired about the origin of the organization.
Very soon, the fact that the Black Nightmare Society had first distributed invitations in the taverns of Worchester was discovered. More and more people began to surge into Worchester, and amongst them… were those who also harbored resentment towards the Church, as well as people who wanted to find out more news.
Benjamin had the intentions to take the next step in expanding the Black Nightmare Society, so naturally, he snuck quietly into the taverns and began to screen the variety of people there. It was possible that the spies of the Church had also e, so he needed to be extremely careful. Whenever he heard someone asking about the relevant information, he would scan them ten times at the very least, and check out the person's background thoroughly before initiating contact with them.
This was definitely not an effective method to expand their membership, but at least he could absolutely guarantee their safety.
"So far, there are two hundred and seventy five members in the Black Nightmare Society. Most of them are youths below the age of thirty five, including eighty seven mages… Based on this momentum, it should not be difficult to reach a thousand," the System reported.
Benjamin nodded as well.
Right then, he had just left another round of the Black Nightmare Society's mobilization meetings. Returning to the outpost of the Academy's Black Operation, he then received the letter sent from Havenwright.
It took only about half a minute, from the moment he opened the letter to when his facial expression began changing slightly. By the time he had finished reading the letter, his entire expression had bee grim. Rubbing his chin, he fell into deep thought.
The letter was crumpled up into a ball and stuffed into his pocket, to prevent it from being seen by the King.
"Tut tut… Something fun has happened again," the System said with great interest in his mind, "What do you plan to do? Pretend that you know nothing and continue on with the plan at your own pace? How interesting…"
Benjamin shook his head impatiently, saying, "Don't talk so much."
The bad news delivered by the entire letter had already put him in a bad mood, so he really did not have the presence of mind to deal with the System's glee at such misfortune. Things had been going on so well that he had not imagined that the Church would drive the Queen to her death at such a time as this
That was right, drove her to her death… Although Duke Collin stated in the letter that the Queen had killed herself out of hopelessness, Benjamin's point of view was that if the Church had not wanted the Queen to die, it would have been impossible for her to succeed in her suicide even if she had truly wished to die.
This entire letter from Duke Collin spoke of two matters: the replacements, and the news of the Queen's death. Benjamin had long been prepared for the news of the replacements, so it was nothing much. However, the news of the Queen's death… Benjamin did not dare imagine how the King would react if this reached his ears.
He even felt that the Church had done this on purpose.
Driving the Queen to die, or just by spreading such false news, would disturb Benjamin's momentum here. Although they could use the spiritual imprint to forcefully control the King, it would still affect their uping operations. If the officials realize that there was something unnatural while they spoke with the King, they might remember the rumors about the "witchcraft
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