"Why didn't you run away like everyone else?"

"This is where the twin goddesses are incarnated, how can I escape? What's more, let me retreat in front of you blasphemous demons, that's a fool's dream!"

The archbishop's answer was righteous and awe-inspiring, but Tifa kept a cold expression and pushed the blade of his sword forward, and the archbishop's legs began to tremble. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Why didn't you run away like the others?" asked Tifa again.

"It's useless to run away, I know that even if I run, I will be killed by you. Your plot is terrifying, and I know you won't let me go. The archbishop hesitated to tell the truth, "There is still a chance to stay, I want to negotiate with you." Now that the Holy City is leaderless, you still need someone to spread the word to stabilize the situation. I hope that person is my ......"

Tifa stared noncommittally at the archbishop. The archbishop's sanctimonious disguise was revealed, and he smiled flatteringly.

"The Twin Cults have a very high status in the hearts of the people, and if I take the position, it will be more convenient for you. "When you saw me, you listened to me so much, and you didn't kill me." This proves that I am still somewhat useful in your hearts. We don't have to play dumb riddles, let's talk about the future cooperation? I'm only 55 years old, and I'll be in power for a short time......."

Tifa sighed helplessly.

Sure enough, the church disappeared. ”

"Isn't that part of your plan of change?" said Master Cook with a smile, "the so-called church, although it has maintained some stability. But what they preach is nothing more than spiritual anesthetic. Those who take this anesthetic are bloodless, and it is impossible for them to follow us on the journey of revolution. So, this church is something we have to get rid of. ”

"What? You're going to destroy the church?!"

The archbishop was stunned. He thought that Tifa and the others had come to use him as a puppet, but he didn't expect them to destroy the faith of the twin goddesses.

"Do you really understand what you're doing? Humans have believed in twin goddesses for thousands of years, and you can't do that! If there are no twin goddesses, then everyone is controlled by desire. Desire - that is the source of all depravity. People will become mercenary, evil and savage. You can't imagine what would have become of people without the restraint of faith! I've read the history books, so I know what a dark time it was......"

"Okay, okay, we don't have much time, so we don't talk nonsense. ”

Tifa moved the blade of his sword to the archbishop's mouth, sealing the words below him.

"You made two serious mistakes. The first one is—" Tifa said with a sneer, "everybody is mercenary, what's wrong with that?"

"You ......"

"Those who believe in your twin goddesses will think that it is not permissible for God to kill people, to do bad things, or to be greedy. You have used God to regulate people's behavior for millennia. "But have you ever thought of any other way? It's that everybody is mercenary, everybody is trying to take all the riches in the world and bring down the rivals." Is this a desire wrong? I don't think it's wrong, it's not reasonable for you to suppress people's desires in the name of God. Because they want more money, these people will work harder to farm, and the competition between them will be more intense. The whole society will move forward, and it's a positive cycle. People will find ways to invent when they want more food, they will invent things, they will improve their crafts - not to pray to your gods. ”

"They're going to kill their neighbors, too. ”

The archbishop snorted coldly, and he saw it when he knew that Tifa would not interrupt the Twin Churches. Now he seems neither humble nor arrogant.

"Of course it will be, so a more robust legal system and a more robust way of governing are needed. "A series of rules and regulations define what people can and can't do, tightly supervised ways to force everyone's behavior to be controlled, and harsh punishments to make an example of the monkey." With these three guarantees, the desires you fear will not only not cause confusion, but will lead people to progress. ”

"That's not a man, that's a slave!" retorted the archbishop, "there is no trust between anyone, the value of a person needs to be measured in the number of money earned, and the scene you depict is simply worse than hell. Those who are conditioned by these will gather and bring the butcher's knife to you. It's like you're pointing your sword at me right now!"

"Maybe so, but that's later. If they think my methods are not good, of course they can come and rebel against me. It's just that now I'm rebelling against you. Tifa shrugged, "That brings us to your second mistake." I didn't kill you because I didn't think you were useful, I just wanted to ask you a few words. ”

The archbishop's Adam's apple rose and fell, and he was struggling. He wondered if he was going to leak the secrets of the church, and how much he had to leak to save his life. It's a technical job, and it's dead when it's said at once, and if you talk too much water, Tifa will get angry. But Tifa's question came as a surprise to the archbishop.

"Your son, Palmer, once plundered Alik's daughter. Alik was the old knight. Tifa asked carefully, "Where did you get Alik's daughter?"

"Huh?"

"I ask you, where did that girl go?"

"I ...... How do I know?" said the archbishop, blankly, "why don't you just ask Palmer?"

"That guy is slippery and has already run away. Tifa said with a frown, "After directing the soldiers to kill Alik, he vanished. Although he is your son and his style is not very good, I think he is much smarter than you. He was clearly aware of my presence and knew that I would kill him. He even knew when I would kill him: he was an important player while Alik was still alive, and I wouldn't touch him. But when Alik died, he wasn't far from death. So he didn't covet power and disappeared silently, and I couldn't even find him. Okay, now to answer my question. Where's that girl?"

"I guess I killed it. "When I found out about this, I persuaded Palmer to kill her." That girl has been toyed ...... In short, if Alik saw his daughter alive, his anger would be three times higher. ”

"Hmm. Tifa nodded, "And then, where did the girl's body go?"

"I ...... I do not know. This kind of thing is, of course, handled by Palmer himself. The archbishop shook his head and said, "Buried in the ground, put it in a room to dry or tie it with a stone and sink it into the water...... God knows?"

"I see. ”

Tifa nodded, and with a flick of his wrist, the archbishop's head rolled down. Only the tip of the broadsword was stained with a little blood, and Sulfona carefully washed the tip of the sword in the muddy water. The rain on the ground was turning red, and Tifa shrugged.

"Cook, what would you do if you were to dispose of a corpse?"

"I'm not an expert on that, and I think it's possible for him to do anything. Cook shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why are you so curious about that little girl?"

"I was just thinking...... Is there a simpler way for that Palmer than to sink the body in the water? It loses its original form and even loses its human identity. They'll go into transparent tubes, be parasitized, transformed, fused with terrible creatures—" Tifa turned his gaze to Cook, "where did you get the raw materials for your demons, the dead people?"

"In the beginning, it was criminals. "But then the scale of the experiment increased, and the space, the instruments, the raw materials, everything became insufficient." That's why I asked you to plan that event. We unleash some of the demons and attack nearby villages. The inhabitants of those villages were treated as new raw materials. Poor Herty, she's still in the dark. Does she think that she can create so many demons with that little criminal?"

Maybe she was vaguely aware of it, but she didn't want to admit it. ”

"Perhaps. Cook nodded, a weird smile on his face, "So you think Palmer used Alik's children as materials to make demons?

"I'm not sure. The girl never retained the appearance of Alik's daughter, but in a way, she was probably Alex's daughter. Tifa sighed, "It's all just a conjecture, and she may have kept something that belonged to Alik's daughter." So she depends on Alik, and she wants to be human......"

"Maybe she's just an ordinary demon, and the raw material comes from a nearby village, so she started wandering around the nearby village as well. Cook interrupted Tifa's fairy-tale imagination, "And the old knight's daughter may be soaking in the cold well water somewhere." The body has been decomposed into a non-human form. ”

"Cook. ”

"What's the matter, Miss Tifa?"

"You know what the hell is going on. Tifa looked at the raindrops and said, "All the demons are generated through your equipment, you should have a record." Seeing the unusual demon beside Alik, you must have checked the log. ”

"Yes, I did check the logs. Cook smiled and said, "Do you need me to tell you the result?"

"No need. Tifa shook his head and said, "There are some things that are better left in suspense." ”

"I'll know the answer if you ask. Cook shrugged.

"I've never believed half of your words. So I'd rather ask Palmer, to ask this disgusting bishop, than to ask you. Tifa said coldly, "Because I think you're even more disgusting than this archbishop, Master Cook." ”

"That's a compliment, Miss Tifa. ”

The two men continued to walk into the depths of the church as they spoke. If you want to destroy a city, you just have to burn it to the ground. If you want to destroy a faith, if you want to destroy a way of life, you need to do more. Even if the church is demolished and the statue of the twin goddesses is pushed, people can still rebuild it. What Tifa needs is a more radical shake. For this, she has prepared some special gadgets. These things will be disguised as church texts and then discovered "by chance" by future generations. Tifa has already arranged the script. When a righteous intern nun is sent to treat soldiers during the defense of the Holy City, she returns and accidentally sees the Church trying to destroy those unspeakable things. What Tifa has to do now is to put these "unspeakable things" in the church.

Tifa didn't see anything wrong with her actions, and in fact the church was one of the participants in the production of these demons. In the depths of the church there is indeed a laboratory full of blood and wailing. Over the centuries, the Church has never stopped studying demons and humans in vivo. Comparatively, Cook's experiments were more scientifically rigorous and produced fewer errors and mistakes. All of the Church's experiments were based on countless inhumane experiments, and they killed far more people than Cook. But these cunning sacrifices will not expose the evidence of their crimes. Tifa is only forging something that actually exists, which is not fraud.

Tifa doesn't mind throwing things on them that other churches haven't done.

Tifa entered the chapel and put away her umbrella. The towering walls and colorful glass windows make the space narrow and long, and you can't help but feel the urge to worship. However, the rain darkened the sky and the chapel looked eerie. The footsteps of the two intruders were as unsettling as the bells heralding the death of the twin goddesses. Tifa paused, then looked around, frowning.

"Someone has been here. "The rain will wash away the old smell, and all that should be left here is the smell of earth......

"Someone is ahead of us?" said Cook, surprised.

"Indeed, I still have a faint smell of nastyness. It's a bit like a demon, but it's not the same - it's the people of the organization. ”

Tifa and Cook continued on their way through the rain-soaked atrium to the repository where important texts were kept. Cook, sensing the signs of reaction here, pulled out a small piece of glass and looked at the ground carefully. As if feeling that the light was not enough, Cook drew a small torch. Tifa didn't leave him, she walked straight to the bookshelf and began to flip through it.

"We don't need to do it anymore. A smiling expression appeared on Tifa's still face, "Any normal person would want to burn down this church when they see all this. ”

"It seems that the people in the organization are even more desperate than we do. Cook shook his head, "How did they know about your plan of action?"

"They're more cunning than you think. Tifa shook her head, "The organization's spies noticed my presence in the Holy City, so they sent Sulfona over. If Sulfur discovers the demon production base here, she will definitely take action. Sulfona will do her best to stop the production of demons, and then there will be a conflict with Hetty. Sulfona can't beat Hety, so I'll have to come out. But then our research is not sustainable. If it is not discovered, the organization has nothing to lose. ”

"So your preemptive move will make me end my cooperation with the church. Cook nodded, "Then we have nothing to do with the church, and all the spearheads will be pointed at the church." We can't continue to use it in our lab, but the experimental data is still there. It is a good trick for a strong man to cut his wrists. ”

"It's not just the church......

Tifa shook her head, pulling a material from the bookshelf and placing it on the table. Tifa's slender fingers lit up the faint light of the torch and pointed to the names on the materials in turn. Cook's eyes followed Tifa's fingers, then rested on one of the names.

"Church?"

"That's right, the one who's as famous as you are. ”

"I don't want to be in his company. Cook shrugged his shoulders, "He's an idealist through and through, and I can't communicate with that kind of person." However, his ideas cannot be understood by ordinary people, and we are quite similar in this regard. ”

"Uh-huh? Seems to be a nuisance, too. Tifa withdrew his finger, "But he's dead." But what is he capable of, no dead man can justify himself. The news that the Chamber of Commerce and the Church are cooperating to produce demons will spread through the tavern, and the Chamber of Commerce will stink in one fell swoop. The influence of the Church is enormous, and some people in the Holy City may want to keep it. But after Church's death, no one spoke for the church anymore. ”

It was sad that Church's son didn't understand what his father was trying to do. Cook rubbed his eyes, as if to bring out a non-existent tear from them, "He thought his father was a scum, a moth who exploited the people." But he didn't know that Church was perhaps the most incorruptible of the entire Holy City nobles. He didn't touch a penny of the chamber of commerce's working capital, and when the turnover was not working, he had to put money into it himself. ”

Tifa was clearly uninterested in Cook's words, and she felt that the dead were insignificant. She frowned and pondered another question.

"Why is the organization targeting Church's Chamber of Commerce so much?"

"Don't you know? Church's Chamber of Commerce has cut off the organization's financial resources. Cook shrugged his shoulders and said, "Actually, it seems to me that the organization is also stupid, with such powerful biotechnology, and with such an efficient fighting machine as the greatsword, it can only survive by collecting bounties for crusading demons. If I were their leader, I would contain the lifeblood of the economy......"

"Getting to the point. ”

Tifa knocked impatiently on the table, and Cook looked embarrassed.

"What a grumpy, Miss Tifa. All in all, the main source of the organization's income is the bounty of demon crusades. The organization carefully controls the distribution and frequency of demons on the continent, so that when a village is rich enough, demons will appear. The elders of the village will raise funds and wait for the great sword to defeat the demons. After the Great Sword defeats the demons, the village will become poor, and they will continue to recuperate, and this is a cycle. In other words, all the wealth accumulated in the village was taken away by the organization. ”

"Doesn't that sound perfect?" Tifa asked, puzzled, "so that all the extra money in the village will go into the pockets of the organization." ”

"That's when the village doesn't change. Cook shook his head and said, "Imagine another situation: when a village is threatened by a demon, they pay the money for the demon's crusade, and then they become poor. At this time, they were recruited by another village that lacked labor and became new villagers, where they worked. They fled the demon-infested village to a large, relatively safe village. The organization does not increase the cost of crusade just because a village gets bigger, so the big village will get bigger and the smaller village will get smaller. When a village is as big as a holy city, then it doesn't need to be organized anymore - they can deal with the demons on their own. ”

"You have a point, but why hasn't there been a village as big as the Holy City for so many years?" Tifa retorted, "on the contrary, in my homeland, in the territory of the South. People live in small villages. ”

"The reason lies in the material and industrial structure. "When the village gets bigger, it's hard for people to be self-sufficient. They'll try to trade, and careers will start to diverge. In the small village, nine adults are farmers, so they can not only eat their own food, but also make wine. Everyone is not only a farmer, they are also a doctor, an accountant, a carpenter and a blacksmith. But there are a lot of people in big cities, so there will be specialized blacksmiths and carpenters, and this is the differentiation of occupations. About half of the people are farmers, and their food needs to be distributed and transported properly. They even have to buy food from a small village nearby. However, the price of grain varies from place to place, and the peasant who can afford to produce more grain is not sure whether his grain will be able to sell it in the big cities. This is the reason why there has been only one holy city for thousands of years, and the faith of the people has worked miracles. ”

"But the advent of the Chamber of Commerce made it easier to buy and sell? they unified the price of grain everywhere, and they also came up with a plan to pre-produce grain at the time of planting. Tifa nodded thoughtfully, "So the organization doesn't like the Chamber of Commerce, and they want to get rid of it." ”

"That's right, in addition, the formation of the Chamber of Commerce has organized an intelligence network that ignores geography. Cook explained, "The Chamber of Commerce can use this intelligence network to transmit information about flooding and food production. They can also convey the presence of demons in various places and remind people to evacuate. If a newcomer counts the pattern of the appearance of demons, it may not be difficult to find the small movements organized in it......"

"I see. Tifa nodded, "Then President Church should have been assassinated by someone from the organization?"

"I don't know, Church has offended a lot of people, and his head is worth about as much as mine, hahaha. Cook made a dry joke, and then laughed dryly to himself, "But Church had expected this beforehand, so he sent his son on some knight's mission." The silly boy didn't know what Church was thinking, and he went to the stupid old knight to argue. Otherwise, Brewster would have died along with Church. ”

But the people of the organization didn't want to let him go. Tifa pointed to a line on the document and read, "Part of the Chamber of Commerce's fixed funds are used as funds for demon cultivation, and their whereabouts are currently unknown. It is suspected that Church was transferred away without permission, and was later lost due to Church's accidental death. ”

Although it was not explicitly stated, the members of the Chamber of Commerce must have thought that Church had swallowed the money. Church is dead, so Church's son must know something. That's the money they raised, and these merchants will look for it like they've been beaten. Cookmore clasped his palms and said, "It is indeed vicious, and under the heavy money, Brewster is in danger." Why, are you going to continue working with him? Seriously, I don't think there's anything special about this kid. ”

"I'm sure he'll get through this and after that, he'll really grow. Tifa smiled lightly, "After all, he's my accomplice. ”

"I don't know the delicate relationship between you, but ......," Cook said, shrugging his shoulders, "there seems to be something in this document in your hand." ”

Tifa was stunned for a moment, focusing only on what was on the page, but paying attention to it. Tifa cautiously flipped through the papers, and on the second page, he saw a pitch-black envelope. Tifa's face changed slightly, he opened the envelope and glanced at it, then smiled inexplicably.

"What, the organization is still in the mood to play such a little joke on you?" Cook asked, "If I'm not mistaken, it's a black letter." But haven't you already defected from the Order?"

"I'm out of the Order, but I'm still a fighter. Tifa carefully put the black letter away, "As long as the warrior doesn't die, or awakens, she will be a warrior for the rest of her life." ”

"But didn't you defect as soon as the trainees were over? It won't be your little friend. "Your little friend can go head-to-head with Hetty, but he doesn't really have a few days left. ”

"This black letter was sent to all the fighters in this issue, I really didn't expect the organization to remember me and leave me a copy. I haven't seen the sword that sent the black letter, but I've heard of it. I'll find a time to pay a visit. "As for Sulfona - if she really can't hold on, I'll find a way to get her awake." ”

"Your little friend won't agree to the awakening, she's a brainless child, I can see it. Cook said.

Then I forced her to agree. ”

Tifa's face grew cold, and he drew his broadsword. Tifa's greatsword glowed faintly golden in the dim light, looking like the pupils of a demon. The great sword trembled like a beast. Tifa stroked the blade with her white, slender fingers, her fingers scratched. Sucking Tifa's blood, the Great Sword Forge fell silent.

"The greatsword is double-edged, and I don't forget to let them see the cold blade when it comes to giving the protected people safety. ”