The round table in the mayor's hall of Crowley was filled with people, starting with Archbishop Antonio, followed by Mayor Albert and several councillors of the city and the gentry of Crowley.

In the right column is Bishop Mujik of the Diocese of Bosdonia who accompanied Antonio on his visit, and a group of clergy, Albert is no more than forty years old, with short black and brown hair, which contrasts sharply with the pale gray hair of Bishop Antonio next to Mujic.

"Honorable Archbishop Antonio, I am personally delighted and all the gentlemen present here to have arrived. I have long heard that His Excellency Antonio has served God wholeheartedly for many years, devoted his life to the priesthood, and easily does not leave the capital city of Rondônia, and today the city of Crowley is fortunate to have the presence of His Excellency the Bishop. ”

As Albert finished his greetings, the officials and celebrities on his right, next to Antonio, and on the left, nodded their heads in agreement.

"Mr. Mayor has praised you with all the grace you have received today, but it has made the old man ashamed, and the old man does not dare to claim to be noble and noble, but he has obeyed the teachings of the Lord more than most people, and the so-called priesthood and preaching are only the mission that must be achieved.

In contrast, the mayor and the gentlemen worked for His Majesty George, fought for the building of the empire, and planned for the development of the city and the happiness of the people.

In essence, it is also to contribute to the spread of God's voice and the elimination of infidels, and in this sense, we are all serving God. ”

Antonio said indifferently.

"The archbishop's words are really pleasant, and in this way, people like me who have been up and down in the business sea can shamelessly call the bishop a colleague, hahaha. ”

A capitalist next to Albert joked.

As long as the faith is true, that's not a bad thing. ”

Antonio replied solemnly.

Hearing this missionary reply, the other party was a little embarrassed for a moment and didn't know how to answer the appropriate answer.

Seeing this, Albert hurriedly laughed:

"Even if you don't have to be like-minded, you can be friends if you are fortunate to be here today, the archbishop has been traveling all night.

If there is any need, I and you will be glad to assist you, notwithstanding your generous gentlemen's commands. ”

As he spoke, Albert glanced at the people on the left, and everyone responded, opening their mouths to speak.

"It doesn't have to be, when the matter with little girl Tiffany is over, we'll leave at once, and the mayor and gentlemen won't bother. In addition, I would like to advise you that it is excellent to be close to others, but it is better not to be tainted by earthly desires, and it is better to be close to anyone else than to be close to the Lord. ”

Antonio smiled. As the mayor and the archbishop began to talk, the faces of the people on the left were somewhat ugly or dull.

"What the bishop said is very true. ”

Albert realized that Antonio was a master of oil and salt, and before he could open his mouth, his side had already blocked the road.

"Your Excellency, I have admired the bishop for a long time, and it is naturally a great honor to be able to see him today, and I have heard about the incident of the Holy Maiden, but I have a lot of confusion about the fact that the accompanying escort is Lieutenant Colonel Reekton. ”

Mayor Albert saw how old-fashioned and pedantic the church was, and that pure stammering was useless, so he stopped greeting some of them, and went straight to the point and asked one of the purposes of hosting Antonio and Mujik.

Even if you can't get substantial support from Antonio, you have to get some news from this old guy, right?

Although his status is noble, he is only a high-level clergyman after all, and it is good to bluff and get some information.

It is convenient to move around in the future, after all, Antonio has a wide network in the capital and knows many military and political dignitaries.

The right column Mujik said without changing his face:

"Oh, I wonder what Mr. Mayor is puzzled about?"

"I am not saying that I have any opinion of Lieutenant Colonel Reekton, or that this is the first time I have met with Lieutenant Colonel Reekton, who has come with His Excellency Antonio and His Excellency Mujic.

I just don't understand why even if the bishops are respected in status, but as escorts, according to the general rules, it is good to be served by the Imperial Garrison, why are they accompanied by generals and officers of the Imperial Army?

Forgive all due diligence, although the power of the Church is supreme at the level of the congregation, even if it can mobilize the army, why is even the lieutenant colonel of one of the ace armored divisions of the Imperial Army willing to serve as a bodyguard by the side of Your Excellency and the Holy Maiden?

Of course, with the bishop's fame and charisma, it is not impossible to impress him or be willing to follow him because of his good personal relationship, but this time the guard, as far as I know, even the lieutenant colonel transferred the regimental headquarters to the regimental headquarters.

If I expected it to be true, it has something to do with the Holy Maiden who was born with the aura of miracles, although I have heard a lot about this Holy Woman, but I am really surprised that she can be personally conferred the title by His Majesty, and I ask the Bishop for advice, otherwise, even if Your Excellency is honorable, I will never sit idly by and watch the army that is vital to the security of the country being privatized by the privileged class. ”

Albert pretended to be honest and calmly interrogated, but he was actually a little flustered inside. He knew that this series of interrogative questions was a bit rude, and he contacted Bishop Quinn to meet him today. Originally, he planned to take the opportunity to get acquainted with and curry favor with Archbishop Antonio, who was very well-connected in the capital.

In order to lay a solid foundation for entering the political circles of the capital in the future, Bishop Quinn had told Albert before he came that Antonio was religious and upright.

But I still wanted to give it a try, but I didn't think that as soon as I opened my mouth to say a few words, I realized that this was an old monk who didn't eat hard and soft.

However, Albert is also a flexible master, and immediately pretends to be upright, selfless, and fearless of power, and he knows that against people like Antonio, this posture of standing on the moral high ground can be effective.

In addition, he is indeed very interested in the relationship between the military department and the church, as well as the affairs of the Holy Maiden, if he can get some useful information from Antonio, it may be beneficial for him to act in the future, but he is also afraid that Antonio will wave his sleeves and leave because of his rude questioning, then his own behavior will outweigh the loss.

Mujik, the leader of the right column, frowned, and was about to say something, but before he could speak, Antonio raised his hand slightly, indicating that it was okay.

"The mayor is so impartial, which is a blessing for the city of Crowley. ”

Without hurrying, he picked up the water cup and took a sip.

"You gentlemen are all talents and elites of the Empire, and there are many faithful believers in God, so it is okay to tell you here, about the relationship between the church and the army, and about the title of Tiffany and the Holy Lady of Tiffany..."

"Archbishop!"

Mujik hurriedly interrupted. Antonio still smiled slightly:

"No problem, sooner or later the Empire and the Church will make this matter public. ”

When Albert heard this, his heart tightened, and the empire and the church mentioned it together.

"Gentlemen, have you ever heard of magic?"

All the congregants on the right lowered their heads, and most of the people on the left were puzzled, but Mayor Albert said a little flatly:

"I've heard of something related to miracles that have happened in various places over the years?"

Hearing this, Antonio's slightly narrowed eyes opened slightly, and he glanced at the young mayor in front of him.

"After the great industrial reformation of the mid-eighteenth century, many people began to question God, overemphasizing the power of man instead of the power of God, and even tried to use the so-called humanist fallacy to deny the heresy of divinity.

This is really stupid, but everyone knows that it is the Almighty God who has given mankind the wisdom to carry out the great industrial reform.

It is precisely because of the lack of faith that the arrogance and conceit of original sin are magnified that the heretics dare to deny God and emphasize the value of the rotten skin of mankind.

This is the temptation of Satan, the most heinous lie that makes the world reject heaven!"

Antonio paused slightly, took a deep breath, and seemed to be in good spirits since he started talking about the subject.

And at this time, perhaps because people do not want to be tempted by the devil, the merciful God is sending miracles all over the world to show people the omnipotence and love of the Lord!

Historically, most of the blessed people in various places have used magic, a magical ability that transcends common sense, and those who master magic can even achieve powers such as flying and releasing fire from the palm of their hands that the world cannot understand, so the existence of magic itself is a miracle. ”

Everyone was shocked to hear this, and then remembered that Archbishop Antonio was rumored to be a blessing of miracles, who awakened magic at the age of fifteen, and when he awakened, he was covered in flames... I thought that these rumors were just the magnates gilding themselves, but I never thought about it...

"It is precisely because of the existence of magic that the barbaric heresy did not defeat the authority of the Pope, and it was the magic called miracles that made the kings of the empire believe in God, so that the church and the diocese were able to spread the empire and its colonies, to relieve more people of their karma, and to save more people from ascending to heaven!"

Archbishop Antonio gathered his thoughts for a moment and continued:

However, some of you may know about magic, or you may know nothing about it, or you don't know anything about it, after all, this was a secret that the public did not need to know, and it is true that Imperial scientists have been working on the concept of magic and magic for nearly ten years, and it is precisely because of the concept of magic that there is a distinction between strong and weak classes in magic. ”

The first time everyone heard this concept, Antonio knew that everyone was puzzled, and continued:

"The so-called magic is a kind of energy discovered at the end of the last century, which exists in and out of everyone's body and body, and is all over the world, with different properties and the same root. When the concentration of magic in a person's body accumulates or exceeds the normal value by several times, the magic power will undergo a qualitative change and manifest into the ability to use magic. ”

"Everybody?"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused an uproar.

"Everyone has it, doesn't that mean that the energy of magic is ordinary like carbon dioxide and oxygen, and the so-called miracles are just a reaction like oxidation caused by the excessive concentration of magic power, and not by God himself?"

A devout councillor on the left said with chagrin.

Unfortunately, this is the case, and most people with more than normal magical concentrations have shown a talent for performing magic after their teens.

And because of the 'passing of miracles' caused by this theory, I lost the ladder of intimacy with the Lord, and I was very sad for a long time.

I can only console myself by saying that all the material in this world is also created and given by God, and there are all kinds of differences.

It's just that magic and magic seem to have been discovered and confirmed recently, and this is actually a step forward on the road of understanding the Lord, and there is no need to waver in the faith, and this melancholy lasted until that day, the birth of Tiffany!"

Antonio said this, his face full of pride and relief:

"I've never seen such a holy vision! If other so-called miracles are the manifestation of magic caused by high concentrations of magic.

Then the growth of all things caused by Tiffany's birth, and the surrounding of holy light can be described as a magical blowout of aggregation and domainization.

It was as if the magic of the world was born for her, and the newly born Tiffany attracted the thick magic power between heaven and earth, which was dozens of times more than the total amount of magic she could absorb.

This extraordinary attraction must have been a gift from God, and such a large amount of magic power manifested itself as magic and began to affect the surrounding situation.

However, the many elemental magic that is known and classified is nothing more than the ordinary element of things that exists in the world, the magic power based on the water element, the magic power based on the wind element, the magic power based on the fire element, the magic power based on the electric element, and even rarer, the magic power based on the life element.

At first, I thought that Tiffany's ability to give growth and strong life force to the phenomena in the surrounding realm must be extremely rare life element-based healing magic.

However, Tiffany's magical attributes are sacred, holy, and the embodiment of the will of the archangel Millaga! If there is a miracle, then Tiffany's birth is undoubtedly the only and greatest miracle!"

Speaking of which, Antonio gradually became a little crazy.

"Tiffany can absorb the magic of all the elements, use the magic of all attributes, and she has a unique attribute!

I call it holy, and when she unleashes her magic, she can heal the soldiers of several divisions around her, inspire their fighting spirit and courage, purify their grievances and fears, and strengthen their faith and convictions, which is a sword that God has given to the Empire and the Church!"

Hearing this, Albert couldn't sit still, and sure enough, the mere reason that she graduated with honors from the Ledonian Theological Seminary was not enough to be called a saint.

He finally understood why His Majesty and the Pope had bestowed the name 'Holy Maiden' on a girl from an ordinary village.

I finally understood the importance of the saint herself to the Church, to the army, and even to the Empire.

As for the others, they were already shocked by this information.

Bishop Mujik was embarrassed, it seemed that the research and plans of the empire and the church were really going to be made public, otherwise why would the archbishop be so excited to reveal so many secrets.

Antonio ignored the reaction of the crowd and continued his speech:

"In the past few decades, His Majesty has wanted to disclose a technology several times, and His Majesty the Pope is also very moved, but I am afraid that it will shake the faith of the cult and has not implemented it, but with the birth of Tiffany, the real miracle has come, and now the empire and the church can finally get their wish, that is, to publish the magic technology of the empire's research, popularize the use of magic and establish the magic crusade, and carry out the tenth large-scale crusade in history!"

"Demonization?"

Albert felt that he was about to suffocate, as if the great wave of an era had weighed over, and the invisible sense of oppression made him finally pop up the question of these three words.

At this time, Mujik began to answer his question, and said:

"The archbishop said just now that magic is prevalent in everyone's body, so ordinary people's magic absorption rate is relatively low, the circulation ability in the body is poor, and the concentration of magic power is naturally low, so it is impossible to release the powerful power of magic, but what if magic is used as a source of power energy and is assisted by the technology of the empire and injected into some special machine or instrument?"

Albert was shocked when he heard this, and all kinds of thoughts flew through everyone's minds.

"For example, firearms.

What if magic is combined with weapons, or combined with many electrical equipment, steam equipment, and machine equipment for production? Although the current technology in the empire is not yet fully mature, and it will not be able to complete the popularization of the public in the short term, what if the current technology is applied to people with high concentration of magic power and even those who can use magic?"

"In this way, the empire will be invincible!"

Albert quickly understood that this was indeed an exciting event. The parliamentarians and capitalists in the room were all gearing up, each imagining how the new technology could be used.

"This is the third major industrial change!" someone sighed.

"Regarding the current position and positioning of the church, I don't have to shy away from it, and I will make it clear to you in advance today that it will be publicized in the coming day anyway.

Since magic and mystery have always been managed and supervised by the Church, the Magical Crusaders that are about to be recruited and established today were established and recruited in the name of the Pope, so the Crusaders are directly under the Pope and are subject to the Pope's control!

To tell you the truth, the old man was fortunately promoted by the Pope and His Majesty, and now he is also appointed Deputy Chief of the General Staff of National Defense in the Imperial Defense Council. The elite troops of the newly built Magical Crusader, the Knights of Holy Magic, are commanded by the goddaughter of the Apocalypse, Tiffany Crowley. ”

As soon as these words came out, it was like thunder, and the people of Albert were terrified.

Seeing the reaction of the crowd, Antonio was also a little proud and proud, and he slowly stood up, followed by Mujik.

"Mr. Mayor Albert, I am not suspicious of privatizing the national army. ”

Antonio smiled.

"How dare you, Lord Antonio, no, Chief of Staff! ”

"It's okay, even if you don't know tomorrow today, you have to know, in the future, the recruitment of troops and the popularization of magic in Crowley City will have to worry more for the mayor, so know in advance and prepare in advance.

However, I would like to ask you to keep the content of today's conversation confidential for the time being, and then to pass it on to ordinary citizens after the Church has unified its voice.

Of course, if you insist on spreading it and revealing it, it doesn't matter, the rumors circulating in a small city will not affect the imminent tide of the Empire and the Church.

The giant ship of the new era is coming, everyone, hurry up, don't fall off the ship.

The old man is a little tired, so he will not accompany him, and he is tired of Mr. Mayor, can you arrange a place for the old man and us to rest?"

"Quick, waiter......"

Accompanied by Mujik and several clergy, Cardinal Archbishop Antonio walked slowly out of the conference hall, leaving behind the stunned mayors and councillors.

Magic, magic, miracles, saints, magicalization, magicalism, the crusade of magic directly under the control of the Pope, the Knights of Divine Magic, the great wheel of the new era...... Many shocking and novel words and concepts made Albert and others difficult to accept and absorb for a while.