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In the brightly lit dining room, a long dining table was covered with a neat white and clean tablecloth, which was filled with a sumptuous dinner, roasted meat products, with a fat, tender sheen that could not help but make people appetize, and the color of the bread was extremely pure, and it looked like it was made of the finest wheat, and the glass was full of fine wine, exuding a mellow and intoxicating taste. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

This is the dining room of the Reverend Joseph's house.

The décor of the restaurant is extravagant, and Joseph's home is well-known and conspicuous in the neighborhood because of its spacious size and extravagant décor.

Whenever people pass by in front of his house, they can't help but sigh from the bottom of their hearts

Local tyrants!

Joseph was a nobleman, a nobleman canonized by the Deacon Hall of the Cult of Light.

In the Cult of Light, there is such a title as nobility, and there is a corresponding rank, but this title is not granted by the supreme pope of the Cult of Light, but by the deacon hall in the Cult of Illumination is responsible for the title and management, in the eyes of secular civilians, the work of the deacon hall is basically similar to the imperial authority of ordinary countries, they manage all the order of secular society, and the two high-ranking black popes are like two kings in ordinary countries. The aristocracy is one of the important components of the deacon's hall to manage the country.

The hall of the deacon administers the secular society of the church, and the other branches manage the religious affairs, although there is much overlap between the two sides, but they are two completely different systems.

Therefore, aristocracy is just a status in the world.

The nobles in the Cult of Light are a little worse in terms of rights than those in other countries, because there is no slavery system in the Cult of Light, and ordinary civilians can have their own land and property, which makes the rights of the nobles in the Cult of Light greatly reduced, and in the Cult, it is impossible for any nobles to have their own territory, and they can only control their own property, because in the Cult of Light, all the land belongs to the Cult of Light and belongs to the God of Light.

The nobility of the Church of Light is also limited to the symbol of social status in the world. The power to manage the town is in the hands of the people in the deacon hall, and those important positions in the Church of Light are held by the outstanding clergy in the major temples, although these people also have the corresponding noble status, but this is just a bonus to their corresponding priesthood, because after all, to deal with the world, a noble identity is essential.

Despite this, there was still a deep reverence for the nobility among the common people.

This kind of awe is not only because nobles can have a lot of privileges, but also because nobles represent having more cultivation resources, better cultivation texts, and extremely strong strength, and the reverence for the strong is the same no matter which country or race they are in.

Moreover, aristocracy has become a culture, which has been passed down on the Continent of the Gods for countless years, and the aristocratic hierarchy has been deeply engraved into people's bones, and it is not something that can be changed by a single country of the Bright Sect. Because hierarchy is the essence of this continent of gods! Theocracy is supreme!

The nobles of the Cult of Light have a special right, that is, they can recruit their own honorary knights, this kind of knights and the paladins of the Cult of Light are completely different things, the honorary knights are all warriors or magicians hired by the nobles, and they are the private armies of the nobles, and the honorary knight is just a title. The number of honorary knights recruited by nobles varied depending on their rank.

However, along with the implementation of this system, the Bright Sect promulgated two other interesting systems.

One is that all clergy serving in the Holy See of Light, no matter which branch you belong to, are not allowed to become honorary knights of the nobility!

Another is that once a war breaks out in the Bright Sect, every nobleman with private armies is obliged to send their own private armies to join the war!

If a nobleman wants to have his own exclusive knights, he must either spend a lot of money to recruit warriors and magicians from other countries, or spend a lot of resources to cultivate them slowly, which means that the Cult of Light does not cost any money, and can have an army with a certain combat effectiveness, although the cohesion and obedience of this army are far less than those of several major temples and crusaders, but an army composed of warriors and magicians who can use fighting spirit will definitely not be despised by any opponent on the battlefield.

This ghost idea comes from the black-clothed Pope Sebas, who is called a "ghost talent" on the surface, and behind his back, he scolds the blackest businessman in the Sect of Light...

Although the nobles were allowed to have a certain amount of private armies, the Cult of Light was not at all worried about the rebellion of some nobles, one of the reasons being that the nobles did not have their own territory and could not garrison a large number of troops.

Are you doing a coup d'état in the church?

Do you want to replace the god of light?

Do you have what it takes to be a god?

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The Reverend Joseph was entertaining a guest at his home, and this guest was not an outsider, but an honorary knight whom he had recruited.

Joseph is one of the lowest-ranking barons in the Cult of Light, where it is much easier for clergy to obtain a title of nobility than ordinary people, and most of the high-ranking clergy in the Cult of Light have their own titles of nobility.

The Baron was qualified to recruit three Honorary Knights, and the man who was now sitting face to face with Joseph was one of the official Honorary Knights of Joseph, with a deep knife mark on the left side of his face.

The knight is a subordinate after all, and Joseph, as a nobleman, is willing to have dinner with a subordinate, this is not a proof of how noble Joseph's sentiments are, it is just a means to show that I care about you, although Joseph felt that the rude way of eating of the man sitting across from him was insulting, but Joseph still had a polite smile on his face, because this knight deserved to do it himself.

This silent man is a fourth-order warrior!

Joseph picked up the wine glass that was placed on his right hand, smiled at the man in front of him, and gestured, "Wagner! My friend! Here, a toast! ”

"Thank you, Lord Joseph." Wagner replied politely, picked up the wine glass in his hand, nodded slightly to Joseph, and drank the wine in the glass.

He fled to the Church of Light two years ago in order to avoid the enemy, came to this Cattolu City, and became an honorary knight of the priest in front of him, although Wagner knew in his heart that the two of them had not been together for a long time, and they could not talk about loyalty at all, but this Lord Joseph was really not thin on himself, so he has always maintained due respect for this lord.

Joseph did spend a lot of money on this honorary knight, because he knew in his heart that the warriors recruited from outside had no loyalty at all compared to the knights he cultivated, so his only way was to smash it with money, until you were grateful to me, and smashed your loyalty.