Ye Xunhuan could hear the hidden meaning in Nicholas’s words, and likewise, Victoria could also clearly hear it, which made her feel that Nicholas’s questioning of Ye Xunhuan was completely ill-intentioned and clearly driven by some ulterior motive.
"I just want to figure out a few things, that’s all!" Nicholas said evenly.
"You..."
"Victoria, let him continue!" Ye Xunhuan directly stopped Victoria and stared at Nicholas as he said, "Go on."
Although Victoria’s heart was full of unwillingness, since Ye Xunhuan had already spoken, no matter how unwilling she was, she said nothing more. But when her eyes fell on Nicholas, they were already filled with hostility!
Seeing Victoria fall silent, Nicholas once again asked, "Gabriel said that person ambushed His Holiness the Pope and actually succeeded, didn’t he?"
"That’s right." Ye Xunhuan calmly admitted again.
As long as Gabriel wasn’t talking nonsense, Ye Xunhuan didn’t think Nicholas could do anything to him.
"May I ask, Marshal, who exactly is that person?"
"I don’t know who he really is either," Ye Xunhuan said mildly. "The only thing I can tell you is that he was once the man behind Shadow, one of the Ten Overlords, and at the same time the man behind the Diamond Overlord. He’s called the Big Boss. As for anything else, I know absolutely nothing."
On this point, Ye Xunhuan did not deceive Nicholas. This Big Boss was far too mysterious. What he knew was limited to this; beyond that, he truly knew nothing.
"But he is one of you Huaxia people, isn’t he?"
Back then in Ye Xunhuan’s kingdom, the other party had directly admitted that he was from Huaxia.
And after Gabriel returned, he had naturally reported this matter as well.
Ye Xunhuan nodded. "That’s right, he’s from Huaxia."
"Marshal, when he ambushed His Holiness the Pope and succeeded, you were chasing Shadow, and Blood Phoenix and the Demon King were dealing with the king of your Protector of Hua Xia, correct?"
"Correct."
"Marshal, Shadow’s speed is unmatched, and he excels at ambush and assassination, but catching him is extremely difficult!" Nicholas said heavily. "And according to what Gabriel said, in the end it was this so‑called Big Boss who, after killing our Pope, took action to help you eliminate Shadow, isn’t that right?"
"That’s also correct."
Ye Xunhuan’s eyes slowly narrowed. The bad premonition in his heart grew thicker and thicker, and now he also felt that he seemed to have already fallen into the pit Nicholas had dug for him.
"Since he’s the Big Boss behind Shadow, why would he help you kill Shadow?" Nicholas asked in a ringing voice.
"I have no idea," Ye Xunhuan said faintly. "What, you suspect that I colluded with him and deliberately had your Pope killed?"
"Whether it was deliberate or long‑planned, you know very well in your own heart!" Nicholas said coldly. "Marshal, he helped you and even sacrificed one of his own top generals. If it were you, what would you do?"
"I..."
"You can quibble all you like, but the fact that he helped you kill Shadow remains!" Nicholas cut him off directly, giving Ye Xunhuan no chance to speak. "And everyone who attended your wedding saw that with their own eyes!"
"If you two hadn’t been working together, why would he abandon such an expert?"
"Nicholas, if we were cooperating, do you think we would have done it so obviously that you could notice?"
"That’s exactly where you Huaxia people are so cunning!" Nicholas snorted coldly. "Truth and lies mixed together until no one can tell what’s real and what’s fake!"
"Nicholas, I really did underestimate you before," Ye Xunhuan’s expression gradually turned hostile. "Didn’t expect you to be such a smooth talker."
"Marshal, even if you have nothing to do with him and there was no cooperation at all, our Pope died in your kingdom. Do you deny that?"
"I don’t."
"Good." Nicholas slowly let out a heavy breath. "Our Pope was invited to attend your wedding, and now something happened to him at your wedding. Shouldn’t you give us an explanation?"
"Also, if at the time you had been willing to abandon Shadow and go to our Pope’s aid, things probably wouldn’t have ended up like this!"
Ye Xunhuan opened his mouth, about to say something, but before he could speak, Nicholas’s voice rang out again all around them.
"Even if you couldn’t break away yourself, couldn’t you at least order the people at your side? That was your kingdom. Everyone there obeyed your every command. If you had spoken up, our Pope definitely wouldn’t have died!"
"Marshal, even if you weren’t the one who killed our Pope, you still can’t escape responsibility. What’s more, for all we know you were working with that Big Boss, deliberately having our Pope of the Church cut down!"
Ye Xunhuan’s face had become extremely ugly. This Nicholas was now completely splattering filth all over him!
Michelle’s expression had also turned sour at this moment. She had never expected Nicholas to suddenly turn on Ye Xunhuan!
And under Nicholas’s guidance, everyone in the Church now looked at Ye Xunhuan and Victoria with extreme hostility, as if they wished they could immediately tear the two of them into pieces.
If things continued to develop like this, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Michelle immediately opened her mouth and said, "Nicholas, the Marshal and our Church are friends of a sort. He shouldn’t have done something like this!"
At this moment, Michelle had no choice but to speak up, otherwise Ye Xunhuan and Victoria would definitely be besieged!
As soon as Michelle spoke, Nicholas fixed his gaze on her. "Saintess, I know you and the Marshal are quite close in private, but the Pope’s death occurred in his kingdom. He can’t escape responsibility!"
"Furthermore, if he had been willing to act at the time, the Pope definitely wouldn’t have died. He didn’t. He just watched as the Pope was killed right in front of him. From that alone, you can see that in his heart he also wanted the Pope dead!"
Nicholas let out a low roar as he spoke, "Gabriel, recount everything that happened back then in complete detail. Tell everyone, tell the Saintess: if the Marshal had been willing to act, would the Pope have died?"
Nicholas’s low roar echoed all around like a muffled thunderclap, buzzing in midair!
The next moment, Gabriel stepped out from the crowd and immediately said, "If the Marshal had been willing to lend a helping hand back then, the Pope definitely wouldn’t have died!"
"Saintess, he is an accomplice in the Pope’s death!"