Within a slightly old, and most definitely mouldy room, a lone figure was standing unmoving. His posture was perfect, to a point where he looked more like a statue carved from rich marble, rather than a living being.
Without warning, this figure began moving, turning away from the small window and heading towards the door, before opening the door with a slight creak, and closing the door behind him with a click.
After leaving the dark and rather depressing room, what appeared in front of this figure was a bright room, lit with countless candles as well as a lot of cleverly places windows to allow the most sunlight to enter, while preventing the room from heating up.
The walls were all white, naturally, one could smell a thick odour of herbs used in producing said whiteness on the stone walls which were originally as dark as the room he was in before.
However, this figure did not react to this complete contradiction in living circumstances, and instead kept walking, ignoring everyone and everything in his way.
Soon, he had crossed half the castle and finally reached the throne room. Naturally, this entire process took merely a few seconds, and that was because he did not want to cause a commotion within the castle about a super-fast ghost haunting the royal palace.
This figure was naturally the severely over-powered being that almost broke the balance of powers within this plane, SPU.
At this moment, he did not move, and simply waited outside the throne room, listening into the proceedings inside, unmoving.
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Inside the throne room, the king; Ken August was having a meeting with the various nobles of Cayden, who were reporting various issues that they could not solve, or needed help with.
"My lord, the number of people worshipping the Lord of Systems has reached 94% in my territory!" one of the nobles spoke up after his turn to make his report finally came up.
"However, my lord, There appears to be a small group of reformists, who reject the very fact of submitting to a religion. And this dangerous thought has spread so fast within just a month, that already 5% of my population had been turned to their side. And it the spread of its spread indicated that this number will reach 6% by the time I return."
"Naturally, it should not affect those who had already switched, but their children and the generation after, who are yet to be formed, have a possibility of being converted."
Such a situation was something rather serious that was reported in this seemingly mundane meeting.
Although conversations could be had through the system, Jack had specifically mentioned for the nobles at least, to not become too reliant on the system.
He could have normal people being completely dependent on the system, but the decision makers needed to have alternatives and back-ups to fall back upon in case someone was able to sabotage his authority within Cayden, even for a brief moment, just like they had done to Ares for a day.
Therefore, meetings in person or letters were used more often for official reasons, while the system chat was mainly used for regular chatting, and mundane activities like invitations for parties.
At this moment, SPU appeared behind the king, bent over, and whispered a little.
Although he could have telepathically spoken to the king, it might appear as though the king was in full power, and making decision on behalf of the church. This way, the truth about the state of affairs being the exact opposite would be revealed to the nobles.
This was simply. Reminder, since all of them were not present when SPU had 'taken care' of the traitors.
Ken also understood this and had no intention of changing such actions, since the truth was just that; the truth. Reality cannot be changed unless you have the power to do so.
"As advised by the church. This matter is not an internal matter, but more likely the actions of an external force. Therefore, the church will be handling this matter. The church has also requested that all nobles related to this matter comply with them, since this is no longer an internal matter of Cayden that is handles by the nobles, but a threat from an enemy outside the kingdom, who is likely trying to set up a parasite in advance, to make the entire nation rot from the inside, before we can truly reach our full potential."
"My lord!" the noble that had just reported this situation spoke up to retort the king. However, before he could finish, the world began spinning in circles, before finally settling upside down.
However, it was not the world that was spinning, but his head, that had been cleanly severed from his shoulders, leaving a bloody mess on the ground. In it, SPU was standing.
"Let this be a warning. Retorting to the words of the crowned king is a death penalty by the church. Trying to reject the church's authority is also a death penalty by the church. Take this into consideration before making any actions in the future."
With that, he vanished, and returned back to his original position behind the king.
All the nobles had varying reactions. Some were shocked at the bloody scene and nearly fainted, some fainted, some were angered by the advisor to the king daring to attack a Marquess in public, some were shocked at his strength, while some; who were present the day of the 'cleansing of traitors' were simply surprised that the pope of the church would actually take action himself, for such a. minor offence.
These were all reactions SPU had calculated and purposefully done what he had done, to get these exact reactions. It was just as he had said, this was a warning to the nobles, to always consider the words of the church as an undeniable order that can never, and must never be disobeyed.
'To retain its power in the minds as well as hearts of your subjects, you must rule with both and iron fist for your enemies and criminals, and a kind heart for those who are loyal to you. That is the condition for being a true ruler' Lesson 415 from SPU to the young princes.