Chapter 59 Thought
On Newar, an unprecedented mechanized forcing march is underway.
The ones carrying out this forced military mission were Colonel Rosen and Philip. Their goal was very simple - in the shortest time, they crossed a total of 87 miles, through various terrain including ordinary hardened roads, dirt roads, farmlands and wastelands. They also preserve combat units as much as possible, and strive to immediately enter the city's anti-armor combat after arriving in Upper Albin.
This is the first time this combat mission has appeared in the human kingdom - after all, even a steam knight cannot complete such a long-distance crossing mission in one go.
This team was pieced together by Dusand's Belford Automobile Manufacturing Factory and fully meets the "mechanized troops" in Dusand's mind. Although the configuration is still very incomplete, a fleet of at least forty-two tanks, ninety-four heavy ten-wheel trucks and fourteen "anti-armored flat-fire cannons" transformed with three-inch naval guns is indeed a powerful force that cannot be ignored.
After receiving the letter from Dusand, Rosen ordered all his armed security guards to turn the front of the car without hesitation and prepare to support Dusand at full speed.
As the supreme commander of the Army to receive equipment, Colonel Philip was very opposed to such behavior at the beginning. After all, for an Imperial soldier, the equipment that had been received by the troops was absolutely impossible to return to the manufacturer - not to mention that the manufacturer still had to use these valuable equipment to fight!
Although the pioneer nobles had certain military power, they did not bully people like this!
Colonel Philip was determined to stop this crime of Muwaii. He stood up and angrily denounced the actions of Rosen and others as "Miiii's rebellion", and this behavior "will bring great disaster to their masters."
Philip's just move prevented the damage to the imperial assets. After learning that Upper Albin was subjected to an outrageous terrorist attack, Colonel Philip decisively issued an order requiring everyone to turn to Upper Albin immediately to "assist the authorities in resuming order."
With a bruised and hematoma right eye, the righteous Colonel Philip led the team to Upper Albin and accurately found Dusand, who was still on Constitution Square.
"It's serious." After sending away the justice of Colonel Philip, Dusand came to Rosen and said seriously, "Do you have the courage to rebel?"
"I thought we were defending His Majesty the Emperor." Rosen looked at the sea of corpses and blood on the Constitution Square, and asked in a low voice, "Are these people killed by you, Master?"
"The church, under the command of Alfred, launched an indiscriminate killing of all the poor in Newar - see for yourself, these people who have no weapons are just ordinary people... They were killed by the church's steam knights."
Rosen glanced at the corpses, then nodded - it was certainly impossible to cause such a tragic situation with dozens of armed security guards and tanks alone.
"So to sum it up,... His Majesty the Emperor is finally crazy." Rosen sighed, "Although I have never had any awe for the Emperor, this... this kind of scene is really too exciting."
To describe such corpses as "stimulation" can be used to describe them as being everywhere, Rosen himself has a strong ability to withstand it. At least it is stronger than Dusander. When he saw this situation, Dusander's first reaction was to be furious rather than "Okay, this is very exciting."
Rosen also realized that Dusander seemed to have a little "different" from his own ideas. He thought about it and explained, "Master, you are a very amazing nobleman. I should have told you this many times."
"Let's talk about flattery later..." Dusand wanted to focus on the current "difficulty", while Rosen insisted on continuing, "I may not have expressed it before. Master, you are actually different from the imperial nobles we know - even very similar to the imperial people."
"We have long been used to being full of 'stimulation' throughout our lives from birth to death. Death is just like birth, and it is natural." Rosen said seriously to Dusand. "We cannot stop the arrival of death, so we can only not care much about it. If the civilians themselves are like this, the nobles will be even more... Master, before you, I have never seen any noble who care about the life and death of civilians who have no direct relationship with me."
"You are different from other nobles, and we civilians," Rosen put down the rifle he carried on his shoulder and said to Dusand. "In the court, I just wanted to find a buyer who seemed to be easier to get ahead and quickly buy my steamer bed. But I met a master with a noble heart who would help me without hesitation and even save my family."
"Master, if you want me to kill my family, I will definitely resist. Under your order, I may only choose to shoot myself in the head." Rosen smiled at Dusand, "But if it was just a rebellion, I have no objection. Anyway, things like the emperor..."
Rosen spat on the ground, "What does it have to do with us, the Newars?"
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The first order issued by the newly appointed Archbishop Gutierrez had a breakdown in the process of execution.
Feuerbach ran away.
Strictly speaking, Feuerbach did not act with the people of the church from the beginning. He took his men out of the church's residence on the grounds that "I need to direct other senior managers to open up the landing ground."
What made Gutierrez the most angry was another news.
"What are you doing for?!" Archbishop Gutierrez angrily patted his Steam Knight's breastplate, "Twenty-seven people, can't even see a woman who was knocked out?!"
"Mr. Feuerbach, Director Feuerbach, came with your handwriting." The two bishops bowed their heads and said, "There is your seal on it, and I ask that Ms. Androni be taken away..."
"He only took Androni away?" Now, no matter how angry he was, it would be in vain. Gutierrez suppressed his angry mentality and asked, "Where are the other prisoners?"
"The others are still there," said Skinny Bishop, "the director only took Ms. Androni."
After sending away several bishops, Gutierrez sat back with a sinister face. There is no doubt that Feuerbach's actions were premeditated. Whether it was to capture Androni, hand her over to himself, or to deceive people away like this... From beginning to end, Feuerbach's actions had nothing to do with "cooperation".
This obese and incompetent director has always had his own plans.
Although Lord Dusand didn't come to the church very much, as long as he came to the church, he would definitely attend with Duchamp and Androni.
He attaches great importance to family. This is Gutierrez's first impression of Dusand. He works seriously and is kind to others. Faced with colonial officials who are procrastinating and making mistakes, Dusand is furious as if an old landlord who is owed rent by a tenant.
This is a person who attaches great importance to family and is not easy to do - or does not care much about "politics". Before taking charge of Newar Aika, the Lord took a staggering attitude. After the emperor issued a purification order... his staggering will probably be more direct.
If Androni had any surprises, Gutierrez believed that the Lord would directly turn the entire Newar into a complete slaughterhouse - which was not in line with his goal.
Gutierrez firmly believes in the core values of the church. His Majesty the Emperor is of course supreme, but... the one sitting in the Imperial City of Orin is not the real Emperor.
According to the church scriptures and doctrines, people were born in this world to repay the "work" of God's creation of mankind through suffering. However, because "God loved the world", he sent his most beloved son for mankind, and this "Son of God" became the imperial royal family.
Gods rule through the emperor, protect and guide all mankind.
Gutierrez did not have much opinion on the core values of the church, he just had some unique understanding of his own.
The emperor's duty is to rule, protect and guide all mankind. Then, the one who issued a purification order to his own people is naturally not a qualified emperor.
The world is full of pain, and God’s most beloved Son has not changed this situation. But God will not be wrong, so the only one who makes the mistake may be the Son of God - perhaps the royal family is something that should not exist at the root.
God sent his favorite Son to the world and experienced the pain of the world with others. This is more like a theological and symbolic act. By sending the Son of God into the crowd and bearing suffering with ordinary people, God forgives the "debts" that humans should have paid to themselves. And what people who have obtained forgiveness should do is no longer to suffer pain, but should put down their burdens and live freely and happily. Therefore, they should be grateful to God for forgiveness.
Such a theological concept cannot be said to be shocking, but can only be said to be "rebellious". Gutierrez knew exactly how much trouble his theological concept would cause him. So he chose a more "safe" way of dealing with it - except for conveying his theological views to those whom he believed and would never tell anyone, he had never revealed his thoughts to anyone.
After smashing his teacher's head with his fist, Gutierrez decided to turn his theological views into practical ideas. He believed that the meaning of the church should be to bring a better life for everyone, rather than blindly praise the royal family. If he wanted to implement his ideas in Nuozal, he needed to get Dusand's approval.
After a long silence, Gutierrez called his confidant.
"I need you to find Dusand and hand me my letter to him." Gutierrez reminded his good friend, who also had the same theological philosophy, "Don't be angry no matter how the other party insults you. You must tell him that his mother was kidnapped by Feuerbach, and we are trying to find and rescue His Excellency the Speaker."
Chapter completed!