136. Aftermath

When cleaning the battlefield, Sun Digui went back to the castle to sleep, and the battle had nothing to do with him, but the energy consumed by the revival technique made the powerful Sun Digui a little unbearable. The corpses of the werewolves were buried on the spot, and the blood and flesh were turned back into the fat that nourished the earth, in keeping with the principles of the druids. If in the Middle Ages, the druids killed people in battle and left them alone, because the scavengers were part of nature, and there was no reason not to take care of them. However, in modern times, it is necessary to do this thankless task of burying corpses, which is, after all, around Hopton Palace, around Versailles in Scotland, and when travelers wander around after a thunderstorm, the corpses of werewolves are not what they expect.

In addition to the fallen squires, the most distressing thing for the druids was not the injuries that could be easily healed, but the large expanses of destroyed pasture. In Scotland, planting turf that is purely landscape-only around these historic castles is the choice of a very small number of castle owners. Because they relied on tourist tickets and souvenir purchases, as well as other profits from their purchases to repair the sprawling castle, maintaining the landscape became a necessity. The more old-fashioned castle owners would keep the glades around the castle full of fine pasture grass so that they could graze their horses and sheep. That's the case around Hopton Palace. Over the years that this was the headquarters of the Druid Council, the Druids had put a lot of effort into renovating the surrounding pasture populations. And now, the meadows where the battles took place are miserable. It took a lot of effort for Bernard to roughly fix the exterior.

One of the castle's long-lost facilities has finally opened - the dungeon. The dungeons of Hopton Palace have never been open to visitors, and it seems to be the first time that the Druid Council headquarters has been attacked on such a large scale, and there is no precedent for captives. The original dungeon was cleaned every two weeks, but it was mostly empty and used as a warehouse. Of the more than 300 werewolves, only about 20 were captured because of serious injuries. There was only one reason for keeping them locked up for the time being: no one had thought about what to do with the captives.

When Bernard returned to the castle, one of the castle guards handed him a fax. A fax from the Roundtable, an affiliate of MI5, to the effect that they had sent someone to clean up the news on the Internet and had made initial contact with the main media outlets. They will also continue to be responsible for keeping what is happening around the Druid's Council headquarters "unknown".

Bernard knew that this was a reluctant gesture of goodwill by the Round Table. The power of the Druid Council is global, and the druids who share the same ideals do not like to be controlled by the zhèng fǔ and work for the zhèng fǔ, but they also do not do anything that endangers the country in which they were born, raised, and lived. The nations of Europe turned a blind eye to the existence of the Druid Council. However, in a few countries, the situation is a bit more complicated. From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, London was home to the headquarters of the Dark Council. Werewolves, vampires, and necromancers love cities. They were equally fascinated by the surging yù hopes and surging crowds in the city, with werewolves and vampires being able to easily obtain food in the city, and necromancers having easy access to experiments. Unlike the druids, the guys of the Dark Council are easily tempted and bribed, especially some things that ordinary people can't do, and the members of the Round Table who have a deep knightly tradition don't bother to do things, the zhèng fǔ department will often find some members of the Dark Council to solve them. For a long time, the Dark Council is a little worried about the infiltration of the intelligence services. But they are indispensable to this force. The people of the Round Table knew this, and they could not inform the Druid Council in advance of the anomalous gathering of werewolves that were ready to attack, but they could use the power at their disposal to help deal with the aftermath. Neither the Dark Council nor the Druid Council can say anything about it. In a small country, there are 3 groups of special forces. It's very difficult to get a balance between them, and there is not much room for maneuver.

With something so big going on, it's not just the Roundtable that will make a stand clear to both the Dark Council and the Druid Council. When the news spread, Bernard's fax machine did not stop, and many old friends sent faxes asking about the situation, and some even made it clear that they were interested in the Druid Council. But the Holy See has been silent.

Unbeknownst to Bernard, the two cardinals in the Inquisition were almost at odds over the matter. It is impossible for the Holy See, whose influence is spread all over Europe and the United States, to know about this matter later than the Round Table Society, and it is impossible for the Inquisition, which has been biting the Dark Council, to be ignorant of the abnormal gathering of more than 300 werewolves in advance. If they were really that careless, it would be impossible for the Holy See to hold the Dark Council in a battle that no one could count the exact age of. However, knowing that the werewolves had plans to besiege the headquarters of the Druid Council, the young Cardinal Losica chose to remain silent. He pressed the information of the werewolves' unusual gathering on his desk for 3 days. When it happened, another cardinal, Merdonko, came to his senses. He went to Losica's room and asked, "You knew that beforehand. But why are you silent? What an opportunity for us to improve our relations with the Druid Council. ”

Losica said in an impassioned tone: "Both sides of the struggle are our enemies and heretics. Werewolves are, druids too. If I help our enemies, it is a stain on my faith. ”

Strictly speaking, Losica is right. The Holy See is a system that believes in absolutes, not to mention another system of power, and even another sect can become an enemy. "You...... After all, he's still young. Merdonke said disappointedly.

"I can't believe that Sun Digui, who is on the wanted list, actually came to Europe again, and actually forged the Holy Light. Such a heretic, I can't believe you've ever thought about helping him. Losica raised the photo she had just pulled out of the printer.

"Forge the Holy Light, don't you know that Sun Digui was once one of the top students in the Roman seminary?" Merdonke and Sun Digui were classmates back then, and Merdonke, who was two years older than Sun Digui, still remembers the chaos and disputes of the Holy See during that time. "That is the Light. To be able to control such a majestic holy light with the strength of one person, Sun Digui's ability is stronger than yours, you have to remember this. ”

"So I'm willing to die for my faith. I'll hit him, down this jiān, traitor!" Rocica roared.

“…… "You don't know how he was found to be a druid?"

Losica was too young to have carefully read all the relevant dossiers of that year. He shook his head.

It was his treatise, "The Faith of Our World," that shook the entire Holy See, and he was identified when he was received by the Pope. The Pope personally issued a warrant, but he was also given a full week to pack his things and leave. Merdonke said.

Losica was surprised and said, "How is this possible?"

Merdonke looked down on the young, crazy cardinal, who was yelling there without even looking at the documents he had access to. "If you look at his papers, you will find that the content is very familiar. The "Messenger" written by the previous cardinal Karl, almost half of the required reading in seminaries is a copy of Sun Digui's thesis. ”

"What!?" Losica jumped.

"Sun Digui's understanding of doctrine is not shallower than yours, and he is not a believer not because he has no faith, but because he has transcended faith. It was he who first proposed the division of the forces of the world into three major systems: religion, science, and occultism, and proposed a seven-level transitional refinement from primitive totemic worship to the image of a single deity. He summarized the advantages and disadvantages of various religions in communicating to all kinds of believers and non-believers. The founder of comparative religion is not the idiot sociologists, but the jiān and traitor of the Holy See in your eyes. ”

Losica didn't know what to say. He was well aware of the significance of the book "The Messenger" to the priests of all levels who had been trained by the Holy See for nearly a hundred years. The Messenger is not a crazy book, and instead of repeating the contents and explanations of the Bible, it analyzes this actual system of power, and illustrates with detailed material how mankind has developed from the primitive totem worship of nature to the religion of today's magnificence and rich theoretical system. The Messenger was never officially released, but circulated only within the Holy See. But the few books that have been circulated are extremely valuable treasures in the eyes of historians and historians of religion, and for the first time a complete outline of comparative religion is established in the book. If what Morton Ke said was true, then Sun Digui was probably the best seminary student of all time. If it weren't for the fact that he was a druid, his contribution to the Holy See would be ranked by his qualifications, and now I am afraid that his status would never be lower than that of a cardinal.

He's a heretic! Such a voice lingered in Losica's heart, but he no longer dared to talk nonsense about Sun Digui's forgery of the Holy Light, which was unknowledgeable and uneducated. The holy light that pierced the blue sky and was powerful like a miracle was indeed true. Sun Digui's power transcends the boundaries of the system. He, the cardinal, had to admit that he was inferior to a pagan in the faith he had immersed himself in all his life.

"But he's a heretic after all!" Rocica roared.

"It is the ordinary Catholic who are allowed to be stubborn, who are allowed to make pure faith everything. Our goal is to make everyone like that, and then we can allow ourselves to be like that. …… You are the master of the ten benevolent clothes, I hope you don't want to be naïve. This time the incident was reported to the company. Your Excellency, please read a little more. Merdonke was even more disappointed, how could there be such a cardinal to run the Inquisition with him?