The royal palace in Goria is based on gray and blue, and the stone buildings also have a considerable sense of age, giving people a heavy feeling. Haotian, www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion, was taken by the attendant to Joseph's study, pushed the door and entered, and there were Joseph and Sherfield inside.

"Hello, King Joseph." Haotian bowed slightly.

"Welcome, Secretary Haotian." Joseph sat in his chair and did not get up.

Tabasha followed Haotian in. The door to the study then closed, and Tabasha cast a silent spell.

Haotian went straight to the point.

"As I mentioned in the letter, the threat of the fire spirits has not been lifted, and the water spirits threaten our very existence. It is really not a time for human internal friction, and if the church in Goria and the church in Torristeen continue to be opposed, it is really not what I want to see. I wonder what you think, King Joseph? ”

Joseph was burly and had sharp eyes, staring at Haotian at this time.

"What do you mean?"

"The first option is to merge, and the churches of the two countries will merge together and elect a pope acceptable to both sides. King Joseph and Louise both have the status of Ancestral Successors, and if they check each other, they can ensure that the power of the Church is not used against them by the other. ”

"Merge?" Joseph pondered, "If there is a merger, how will the new pope be chosen?" ”

"Secret ballot. You and I each produce a candidate, and the clergy and clergy are voted for by the registered clergy in each region, and the process is jointly monitored by the armies of both sides. The last party with the most votes becomes the pope. "Haotian imitates the system of Mother Earth.

Joseph's eyes lit up, this would indeed eliminate cheating to a certain extent, but the result was uncontrollable.

"You said the first way, but is there any other way?" Joseph asked.

"The second is decentralization. Both churches have the same beliefs and the same doctrines, but the popes are different. That is, there are two churches, two popes. The public and believers are free to choose whether to join the church or not, which church to join, and to leave the church. ”

"Two churches, you say?" Joseph was stunned. The Church of the First Fathers is also 6,000 years old, and it was unified until the destruction of its headquarters four years ago, and its rule over the Romanian region can compete with other countries. Now to split it?

Yes, in this case, the church, which has no fixed territory and whose believers are divided into two parts, cannot threaten the rule of the state. Unless the two churches merge again, it will take a long time. Haotian's suggestion can be said to put an end to the hope of the church's resurgence.

Joseph, as king, naturally did not want the power of the church to be excessive. After thinking about it again and again, and finding no problems, Joseph smiled: "Then, let's do what Secretary Haotian suggests." ”

Haotian also smiled, stretched out his hand and shook Joseph.

The authorities of the two great powers conspired together, after which Goria and Torristeen issued a joint statement.

Both the Church of the Patriarchs of Goria and the Church of the Patriarchs of Toristine are orthodox, and both have the same papal status, which is lower than that of the Patriarchal Successors. The people and believers have the freedom to join the Church, choose the Church, and leave the Church. The two churches are brothers, and they will never hurt each other.

Also, in order to maintain the orthodoxy of these two churches. Goria and Torristeen demanded that all the Patriarchal Churches and churches in Albion and Kermania be dissolved and join one of the two churches, otherwise they would be hypocrites.

Believers in Kermania tend to join the Toristine Church because of the relationship between the Empress and Toristine Haotian.

The Archbishop of Albion was aggrieved that he was originally an archbishop appointed by the previous pope, but now he was branded as a hypocrite. He wanted to join the royal family of Albion, and demanded the recognition of the other two churches, and set up a church and a pope in Albion. But Albiang, under the oppression of Goria and Toristine, did not give the Archbishop of Albiang a head. One after another, the congregants of Albion joined the Church of the Patriarchs of Torristeen and Goria. The Archbishop of Albion set himself on fire in the church.

The former Archbishop of Goria, Julio, and now the pope of the Church of the First Fathers of Goria and the Church of the First Patriarchs of Torlistine, are also quite dissatisfied with the practices of Joseph and Haotian. They originally wanted to be the pope of a unified Ancestral Church, but now they only have half of the power left, and they are naturally dissatisfied. But now the church has only believers, no land, no army, and can only swallow its anger in the face of the two great powers of Goria and Torlistine. Moreover, as Haotian expected, the biggest enemy in the eyes of the two popes was each other, and they both held back their efforts to absorb more believers and overwhelm the church opposite, so all the clergy served the people conscientiously, introducing, inviting and even begging them to join the church. For a time, the reputation of the church on the mainland rose a lot.

At this point, the problem of the church was solved, and under the pacification and brainwashing of the Church of the First Patriarch of Torlistine, the people of Lake Lagudorian and even the whole territory of Toristine had no resistance to relocation and obeying the arrangements of the army, and cooperated with the government and the army to carry out their work.

Soon, the 100-kilometre population around Lake Lagudorian was relocated. The Valier Legion and the Gramont Legion each drew 10,000 troops, and the Queen's Legion drew 20,000, a total of 40,000 troops stationed in the four directions of east, west, south, and north along the lake, patrolling the rise of the lake every day, and the traces of the activities of the water elemental life. All members of the Magic Knights have also been mobilized here to coordinate with Lady Karina, continue to train in normal times, and go to support the army if there is a situation.

On the third day, after Haotian explored the bottom of the lake, the Toristine Patriarch Church was rebuilt; On the 7th day, Haotian sent an envoy to Goria and reached an agreement on splitting; On the 10th day, the churches of Albion and Kermania disappeared, and the two patriarchal churches were basically completed; On the 12th day, the migration of 300,000 people around Lake Lagudorian was completed; On the 13th day, 40,000 troops arrived, and on the same day, the Magic Knights and the [Quartet] Lady Karina arrived.

Then, on the 16th day, Haotian's premonition of conflict occurred. The lake had risen only slowly, but that morning the garrison on the west side of the lake found the lake opening up in a straight line to the west, and rushed directly to the camp.

The waterline approached, and the garrison fled in panic. It was a huge 10-meter-tall whale, and the whale exerted its huge body to squeeze the land along its way, and the lake poured into the lake along the path opened by the whale.

The commander of the garrison, having lost his mind, ordered the soldiers to attack the whale.

Boom, arrows raining down.

The bow and arrow hit the whale's tough, thick skin, and it was bounced off before it could be pierced. Instead, the whale was enraged by the provocation of the reptile in its eyes, and let out a long groan, and its huge body tumbled up. Jumping up to 10 meters, the shadow cast by the huge body can cover hundreds of people, and then the huge body of the whale falls with a "bang".

The earthquake trembled, and hundreds of soldiers near the whale fell to the ground; The waves of water rushed onto the shore and swallowed up hundreds of soldiers nearby.

"Moo-" The whale groaned, and without using magic, as it swam around to open up the waters, and occasionally a carp jumped up, and the huge shaking of its size alone could bury dozens or hundreds of soldiers.

Realizing that the soldiers' attacks were completely ineffective, the commander ordered the troops to withdraw, and then turned to the Magic Knights for help.

The garrison camp was soon turned into a shallow pond by whales, and tents and wooden fences were scattered and floated on the water.

"Moo-" The whale swims freely, widening and deepening the waters of the main body of the lake to the west.