Chapter 719: Bishop Leslie's Final Decision
Leo's sudden opening instantly shifted the focus of the hall, and everyone's eyes suddenly changed from Bishop Leslie's to Leo's, and even Bishop Leslie himself had to shut his mouth to see what Leo wanted to say.
Leo subconsciously took a deep breath, the performance of Ambrossi and Bishop Leslie just now made Leo very clear that the key to the battle for the papal throne is at this moment, if you can't pull Bishop Leslie's vote, then all the efforts around the battle for the papal throne these days will be in vain.
They are already standing close to this position, and the glory and power of the peak are within reach, and Leo will never give up at this time!
This is the final blow, or turn the tide around, then complete failure!
Thinking of this, Leo looked at Bishop Leslie's gaze and became extremely serious and serious, and slowly spoke: "Your Excellency Bishop Leslie, you are a senior cadre of our Church of Light, but first of all, a servant of the omnipotent Supreme God of Light at this time, I hope you can think about your original intention of joining our church, think about the nature of light, and think about what kind of people can really bring true light to this world, to our Church of Light, and to tens of millions of believers of light!" ”
Leo closed his mouth after saying this, waiting for Bishop Leslie's response.
Because Leo has always received a set of theoretical education that is very uninterested in gods in the Wizards Association, although Leo has the title of a god on his head, he really has no pious meaning for the supreme god of light in his heart.
But after going through the past few days in the Church of Light, and after coming into contact with a large number of people in the Church of Light, Leo found such a problem, that is, there are actually a lot of people in this world who have devout faith in the Supreme God of Light.
Of course, this is not the kind of person who prays casually on weekdays and occasionally goes to a service on holidays and says that he is a believer, but the kind of person who believes in the supreme god of light from the bottom of his heart from head to toe.
And not only that, Leo also found that in the Church of Light, the more high-ranking people are, the stronger their belief in the Supreme God of Light!
Let's take these people around Leo as an example, almost all the people in the Inquisition are the kind of people who are extremely devout about their beliefs, and those adjudicators in the Inquisition are even more firm in their beliefs, and even have the taste of fanatical believers, as for Cheetos, the master of the Inquisition, can even let himself fall into the darkness in order to spread the light better, and become a dark sanctuary!
This is the difference between the Church of Light as a faith organization and other countries on the mainland, just like the Spany Empire, if there are two people competing for a position, and both of them are of similar level, then the one with the stronger ability is usually considered.
But if it is in the Church of Light, it will definitely only give priority to the one who is more pious and firm in the faith, and it doesn't matter if this person is obviously inferior to the other person.
In other words, for the Church of Light, devout faith is the greatest power! This is the reason why the ascetic line is rarely involved in secular affairs, but it has always been given status and respect by successive popes, and the fact that today's papal election will be presided over by the leader of the ascetic line, Jaimes, is enough to explain the problem.
It can even be said that judging the abilities of a clergyman of the Church of Light by faith is already a principle in a sense!
This is where Leo wants to take advantage of, in Leo's understanding during this time, although Pope Enhill is said to be an out-and-out arbitrary tyrant, but for the promotion and appointment of the high-level leaders of the Church of Light, Pope Enhill still abides by the principle of the Church of Light for three hundred years.
In other words, since Bishop Leslie is also a cardinal who has been promoted, then Bishop Leslie's other abilities may be questionable, but his devout belief in the Supreme God of Light should be unquestionable!
This is the ultimate weight of Leo's final counterattack, and it can also be said that Bishop Leslie finally has two different options in front of him.
Whether to choose the life of his son Murphy, or the unwavering faith of Bishop Leslie!
These words shocked Bishop Leslie again, and he fell into deep thought for an instant.
Leo was not wrong at all, this Bishop Leslie is really a very devout and staunch believer.
And not only that, Bishop Leslie also felt that Pope Enhill's approach was more and more contrary to the principles and purposes of the light, so he resolutely betrayed Pope Enhill and sided with Bishop Gavin.
This is the reason why after Bishop Gavin's identity was exposed, Leo and others secretly investigated but found that none of the opposition bishops were lured into darkness by Bishop Gavin. To put it bluntly, in the hearts of these opposition bishops, the biggest problem of Pope Nhil is not actually brutal and cold-blooded, but the lack of firmness in the belief in light that was revealed from time to time in the later years of his reign!
Bishop Leslie faltered once more, and his devotion to the light made the cardinal suddenly waver again from the state he had just fallen to Ambrossi.
For believers like Bishop Leslie, faith is sometimes even more important than life! If nothing else, if he gave his life for the light, Bishop Leslie may not be happy, but he definitely does not reject it.
But the problem is that now Bishop Leslie is not deciding his own life, but the life of his only child, Murphy!
Bishop Leslie knew very well in his heart that because of the need to hide people's eyes, all of Bishop Leslie's concern for Murphy could only be carried out quietly, and even the number of times the two fathers and sons met and spent together for so many years was only a handful.
From a father's point of view, Bishop Leslie owes Murphy so much for his son!
What to do? What to do? What to do?
Countless question marks kept echoing in Bishop Leslie's mind, the two choices clashing wildly in his mind, he felt as if his whole person was about to be torn in half, and all kinds of crazy voices were everywhere in his ears.
At that moment, a ray of sunlight happened to shine in through the window of the hall and shone obliquely on Bishop Leslie's face.
This sudden ray of sunlight made Bishop Leslie subconsciously squint his eyes at first, and then suddenly his body shook, as if he had thought through a lot of things in an instant.
The question Leo had just asked spilled through Bishop Leslie's mind like a tidal wave.
In an instant, all the hesitation and hesitation receded from Bishop Leslie's face, and the cardinal immediately became extremely calm, raised his head very calmly, and said his decision.
"I support the Divine Favor of Lord Leo as the new Pope."