Temple Sword

Chapter 101 After the Battle of Rozgne
【Ire】

In the middle of the month of St. Jacob (July), Agnes gave birth to a healthy child who was christened Ire.He's a smiling little boy who brings a brighter-than-sun light into his parents' lives, looking out at the world around him with Adriatic blue eyes.

The lavender bag hanging around the child's neck was slightly wet when the delighted godfather Laszlo held the child in his arms and the priest dripped the water from the cross on the child's forehead.

【Antal】

"Are you sure you want to do this?" asked the king, "leave me, Laszlo, and the others here?"

"If you need me, you know where to find me," said the Lily Knight. "If you call me, I will not hesitate. My loyalty is eternal."

Charlie Robert just shook his head, "What about your house in Chalokoz?"

"It's not mine anymore," Antar said with a smile, "I gave it to a gentleman named Stephen in the deed of gift..."

"Besides the house, you gave him a hundred ducats," said the king. "You know, I never really got to know you."

"It's okay," Antal shrugged, "Actually, I have never understood myself."

Charlie waved lightly, and a servant appeared as if out of nowhere, pouring wine into two glasses.

"Since you are leaving, and have permanently relieved you of all services from your squire," Charlie picked up one of the cups, "I have decided to knight Laszlo, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, this is a brilliant idea." Antal also picked up his glass and took a sip. "I totally agree."

"I need new knights of the court," continued the king, "especially now that you won't be with me all the time. But tell me, I heard William built a little castle in Dubica, is it true?"

"Well... that's what Umberto said." The knight took another sip of his wine. "He's good at telling stories, but his intelligence is never exaggerated."

"So you have your own castle..."

"Yes, it seems so."

Charlie put down his glass and approached Antal.He held out his right hand to his chief knight, who shook the king's hand, and Charles pulled him tighter, hugging him tightly.

"I will miss you, my dear friend!" he said with emotion, "I will never forget you, brother!"

"You don't need to forget me either," Lily Knight said goodbye to him, "I told you that if you need me, you know where to find me."

【Charlie】

The Battle of Rozgoni, According to the old people, such a bloody and brutal battle has not happened in Hungary since the Tatars invaded, this is just the beginning for Charles Anjou, he still has many wars to fight.

Over the next nine years, Charles slowly defeated almost every disobedient lord in the kingdom.The oligarchs either surrendered to him, were wiped out, or fled Hungary.Finally, even Janos Aba himself, who had rebelled against Charles and lost his brother at the Battle of Rozgoni, swore allegiance to the king.As a show of loyalty, he even helped the king put down Bolsa Cospa's rebellion in 1317.Later that same year, in the month of St. Michael (September), the Shah issued a decree announcing the late Ahmad Abba as his devoted follower.

But Charles Robert Anjou failed to defeat Mate Chuck, the little king who was entrenched in Trencin.He is a descendant of the conquerors and never bowed to Lily Citi.And the real prosperity of the dynasty can only be opened after clearing the biggest obstacle...

【Templar Knights】

Although Clement V withdrew his edict disbanding the Knights Templar in 1312, it was too late.A series of horrific tortures continued until 1314, and the tortured knights were forced to make shameful confessions one by one.In the end, the arrested Templars even admitted that they kissed each other naked during initiation ceremonies and committed adultery in the monastery.

Grand Master Jacques de Molay was tortured for nearly seven years.During this time they nailed him to a door, made him suffer like Christ, put on a crown of thorns, wrapped him in a shroud, and continued the torture until the man tortured to death uttered what the tormentor wanted Everything he needs to admit.

In AD 310, on the 2th day of Ramadan (February), he was burned at the stake in Paris. Before his death, he retracted all his confessions.

He said, "God knows who has made a mistake and who has sinned." He also said, "Doom must befall those who wrongly condemn us. God will avenge our death, may the Lord know that all persecution Our people will suffer because of us!"

The flames carried the Grand Master's curse to heaven, and within months Clement V and Philip IV the Iron King both died.

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In Hungary, the disintegration of the Knights Templar proceeded quietly and slowly.King Charles did not torture or burn a single Templar, the abbey was emptied and most of the property and estates fell into the hands of the Knights Hospitaller.Most Templars were sworn members of the Hospitaller upon the Grand Master's death and continued to live as religious knights.

However, a legend has circulated over the years that the last few Templars hid out in the kingdom's westernmost Castle Leica while Albert Habsburg and their sons laid siege to the knights.As usual, a traitor appeared among them, and led the Austrian soldiers into the castle through secret passages.The Templars fought in the hall for some time, but were ultimately outnumbered.

The besiegers found seven knights kneeling in silent prayer in the castle's strange circular sanctuary, including the Hungarian Grand Master, who also did not escape.

A few others went down the castle well and tried to escape through the deep corridors, but Habsburg men were waiting for them at the other end, and were hacked to death by the mob too.

The story circulated for a while, slowly turning into a legend, then a fairy tale, until at the end, no one really believed it happened.

(End of this chapter)