Chapter 149: Conflict between the Inquisition and the City Defense Forces
Although the Radiant Knights, the Inquisition, and Roland, who was suspected to be a high-level spellcaster, joined forces to launch a heavy attack on the Alchemy Workshop and the forces behind it, the commotion was not small.

However, since Roland is currently doing everything legally and compliantly, the only problem is that the old leader led his men to surround the alchemist's headquarters. Therefore, most of the forces in Ginza are just watching the show.

After all, the old captain didn't rush in directly, he was just standing at the door out of boredom.

As for why he deliberately wore the holy armor and held the holy spear, it was because of his freedom as a sixth-level transcendent.

Anyway, the old leader had no ill intentions. He didn't say that alchemists were not allowed to enter. It was they who didn't want to enter. It had nothing to do with the old leader.

Of course, the alchemists also knew that if they entered and exited normally, the old leader would be unlikely to take action against them.

But, considering that more than 30 years ago, when they were acquitted, the angry old leader simply ignored everything and rushed in directly, turning their celebration banquet into a feast.

They didn't dare to bet that the old leader would get carried away again, pick up the holy spear, shout about justice and purification, and then rush in and shoot them.

However, the old leader's action was just a deterrent. After all, he couldn't really rush in and kill all the alchemists. The rulers of Ginza, the Silver Family and the Silver Emperor would never allow him to do so.

Therefore, although they were worried that the old leader would rush in and kill people, the alchemists still contacted their subordinates and various forces that were on good terms with them through communication tools.

While collecting intelligence, they also began to look for ways to fight back.

The Radiant Knights were stubborn and stubborn, and they would not waste time on them, so they turned their attention to the Inquisition and Roland.

As for the Tribunal, it can scare ordinary people, but for them, the Tribunal is not a stubborn institution.

After all, although the Pantheon is strong, there are many forces in Ginza that can check and balance it. Moreover, there are factions within the Inquisition. The Dawn faction wants to deal with them, but the other factions may not.

As for Roland, they did not let go of the opportunity to win him over.

According to the information obtained, Roland himself is suspected to be a high-level spellcaster, and is also related to Gauss, a new high-level extraordinary person in the Tower of Truth.

Although it was unknown what benefits the old leader had given him to make Roland take sides, a high-level spellcaster, even if he just took sides, would have a huge impact. At least, some forces that favored them would choose to remain neutral because they did not want to offend a high-level spellcaster.

In addition to winning over and dividing, the alchemists also mobilized their own forces and began to fight back.

For example, inciting the city defense army to die.

The city defense forces, who also had law enforcement powers in Ginza, were instigated by them and attempted to break into the workshop area and lift the blockade under the pretext of maintaining order.

However, although they both have the power to enforce the law, what level of rank is the city defense force, and are they qualified to be compared with the tribunal?
The Inquisition hunts down heretics every day, and they are full of martial virtues. But what about the Ginza City Defense Army? As the Ginza City Defense Army, they have long been rotten into waste in hundreds of years of peace. Today's City Defense Army has long been reduced to a ceremonial team, and the first item of selection is appearance.

Therefore, when some city defense troops foolishly came to the door, they were beaten into pig heads by the people of the Inquisition and thrown aside.

This also gave the alchemists an excuse.

Although the city defense army is not an important position, it is a job in Ginza after all, and the strength requirements are not high. Therefore, many nobles will choose to put their children into the city defense army. Among the city defense army that was beaten by the Inquisition, there are many noble children.

Therefore, the alchemist decisively followed the plan and began to spread various rumors about the Inquisition. At the same time, he sent lobbyists to lobby the nobles in Ginza, trying to create an atmosphere that the Inquisition was becoming more and more arrogant in Ginza and even looked down on the nobles.

At first, their plan went smoothly and they created this atmosphere without any hindrance. Then, when they were about to make further efforts, they were horrified to find that they could not control the spread of rumors.

They set the first fire, but where the fire will spread and how big it will be is beyond their control.

After receiving the news of their actions, Roland chose to exaggerate without hesitation, adding fuel to the rumors.

How can the Inquisition only be arrogant? How can this be enough?
With Roland's clever fanning of the flames, the rumor spread quickly.

Under the alchemist's horrified face, the rumor quickly evolved from the Inquisition's brutal treatment of the nobles' offspring to the fact that the Inquisition was preparing to try and execute some of the nobles' offspring, and even to take ruthless action against the city defense forces that had been interfering with their activities and the nobles who supported them behind the scenes, in order to use force to resolve the open and secret struggles between them and the city defense forces.

The Ginza residents who spread these rumors were even able to clearly explain the grudges between the Inquisition and the City Defense Forces, as well as why the Inquisition did what it did.

It would not be a big deal if ordinary people believed it, but what scares the alchemists the most is that there are people from the Inquisition and the City Defense Force who actually believe these rumors.

Because some of the responsibilities between the Inquisition and the City Defense Force overlap, a large number of conflicts have accumulated over the years.

The Inquisition felt that the city defense forces were useless people who were just waiting to die. They patrolled all day long, but when something happened, they couldn't catch this noble or that extraordinary person. Apart from oppressing ordinary people, they were useless and couldn't solve anything.

The city defense army believed that the Inquisition was a bunch of idiots, stubborn and stubborn. No matter what happened, they just knew how to chop and chop without following any rules. If they were not strong and only responsible for matters related to faith, they would have provoked people who should not be provoked and been killed.

In short, people on both sides think that the other side is an idiot.

Therefore, under the catalysis of rumors, although there has not been any bloodshed between them, the relationship between the Inquisition and the City Defense Forces has begun to deteriorate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

And, as the only place where conflict has occurred between the Inquisition and the City Defense Forces, the Workshop District has also become the designated location for confrontation and mutual fighting between the Inquisition and the City Defense Forces.

At this point, the Inquisition completely sided with the Knights of Radiance, and the city defense forces also sided with the alchemists.

However, the Inquisition's only nominal superior is the Pantheon, and in order to avoid suspicion, the Pantheon seldom interferes in the affairs of the Inquisition. To a certain extent, the Inquisition is a relatively independent military organization, and as long as it wants, it can mobilize no shortage of forces.

What about the city defense troops? They have too many superiors, and even a great noble can point fingers at them.

Moreover, the factional struggles within the city defense forces are getting stronger and more divided, and being pushed all the way to the alchemists is not necessarily a good thing.

Therefore, although the forces supporting the Radiant Knights and the Alchemists have increased, the Radiant Knights are undoubtedly still in the upper hand and are far ahead.

(End of this chapter)