HBWnovel Chapter 488 - 468: Sigrid is No Longer Eighth-Order_1
Chapter 488 - 468: Sigrid is No Longer Eighth-Order_1
In the Franklin Hall, the empire’s nobles and ministers all remained silent, focusing their attention on the area belonging to the three sects of the Rebirth Church in the center of the hall.
Although the final announcement at this moment might influence the personal opinions of the ticket holders to some extent, many nobles or ministers didn’t intend to cast their votes according to their own opinions.
The nobles of the Northern Xueyuan Province all knew that when the voting started, Mr. Rocky McCarthy would take out his handkerchief, then fold it and put it back into his chest pocket. The direction towards which the emblem of the Protoss Royal Magic Academy on his handkerchief points would represent whom he would vote for, and they would follow him in voting for the same bishop.
The directions down, up, and right represented south, north, and east respectively, and also corresponded to the areas that the Bishops of Hegemony, Nirvana, and Mourning had been assigned over the past few months.
Next to the lord’s seat in the hall, as Isis sat down again, the atmosphere turned into a tranquil wait for the moment.
Bishop Sigrid of Hegemony stood firm at her position in the hall.
Her subordinate, Gloria, stepped onto the stage with resolute steps, dressed in a formal attire, ready to begin her announcement.
As personal soldiers, they were considered Grand Priests, albeit of a higher rank than ordinary ones.
Gloria scanned the audience, preparing to share the changes that the Hegemony Branch had achieved in the southern part of the Protoss Empire over the past few months.
"Miss Gloria, please wait a moment."
A Grand Priest at the back of Asksan’s seat stopped everything.
No one knew what the Nirvana Branch intended to do.
Just as Gloria was about to start speaking, an unexpected event occurred at this critical moment. Sigrid also looked at the Nirvana Branch’s seats on the right side of the hall center with slightly knitted brows,
The Grand Priest Sender sitting behind the Bishop of Nirvana suddenly stood up, his actions swift and decisive.
Sigrid had an impression of this Grand Priest.
After she and the Saint Heir had reported and relocated the Knights of Nirvana stationed in the Herram of the Imperial City, it was this direct soldier named Sender from the northern special envoy that took over the logistical work in Herram. He processed their passes to the northern sealed area.
In the case that almost all of Asksan’s Grand Priests were dead, the personal soldiers could be considered as Asksan’s last confidants.
At this point, not just the Hegemony Branch, but also the entire hall’s atmosphere was engulfed by this sudden antagonism.
Sigrid raised her eyes to glance at Sender, the personal soldier behind the Bishop of Nirvana, Asksan.
Although Asksan was only sporting a slight smile as if it was none of his business, he clearly enjoyed watching his subordinate berate Sigrid.
However, Sigrid didn’t fall for this provocation and degraded herself to dispute with a personal soldier over this issue.
She remained aloof, her gaze seemed to tell the Nirvana Branch that she couldn’t be bothered to reason with them. They were not even worth her explanation.
"..."
The Grand Sage, Isis, quietly propped her chin.
She had previously mentioned that the three bishops could present their case in any form and this kind of argument certainly counted as one.
It seemed to be at a deadlock now.
Sigrid chose to coldly dismiss the unfavorable topic raised by Sender.
If nothing unexpected happened, after this brief interlude, the process would return to the normal announcement of the Hegemony Branch.
However, Sender’s face maintained its composure.
As if the scandal he had just mentioned was nothing more than a greeting, and the real secret that Sigrid hid was yet to be uncovered.
Sender once again bowed to Isis, the Grand Sage of the empire, and then looked at Sigrid:
"Madam Sigrid, as we understand it, you have suffered an irreparable serious injury, causing your level to permanently fall to the Eighth-order, yet you have been concealing your true condition during the month when you ran away and hid from your crimes in the Protoss Empire. This behavior is a deception against the Protoss Empire. You are not worthy to stand here because you have already lost the qualifications to be a strong ally of the Protoss Empire."
At the moment when Grand Priest Sender’s accusation fell, the air in the main hall froze.
The entire hall fell into an instant silence, and then the noisy discussions rapidly surged.
If the information from the Nirvana Branch was true, and the Bishop of Hegemony had lost her proudly-claimed supreme power, then fundamentally, she was not the ally the current situation of the Protoss Empire required!