After the Synod of Cardinals, on the balcony of the Lateran Palace, Bishop Valian again found Innocent.

"I have a feeling that Bishop Chino seems to be plotting something." "Your Majesty, do you remember the Council of Cardinals before the Spiritual Tree itself appeared? ”

"Bishop Chino claims to hire transcendents to solve the problem of polluters in the city. As a result, we got rid of a large number of transcendental beings, and instead led to the Spiritual Tree itself in advance, causing a sudden change to befall us...... Now he proposes to send my sister's mercenary group against the Normans. ”

"Your Majesty, I suspect he might be plotting something."

"You're worried that he's in league with Bishop Langdon." Innocent said, "It is suspected that he is also a member of the Human Purebloods. ”

"All I can say is that I can't rule it out, Your Majesty." Valyan corrected. Of course, he refused to admit that he would rashly accuse a fellow cardinal without evidence.

Innocent stared at him meaningfully for a long time, until Valyan winced a little, and the old man of the old pope said calmly again:

"If so, what do you want to do with him?"

"Regarding his proposal, we should not agree to it easily, but we should not directly veto it to warn him, we can delay it for various reasons for the time being." "At the same time, send someone to search his residence, as well as his usual social tracks. ”

"And then?" Innocent asked, "So that you can catch all the extreme purebloods who come into contact with him?" ”

"You may not be able to catch them all, but if you do it properly, you may be able to catch most of them." Bishop Valyan said.

"But there will definitely be fish that slip through the net."

"That's no way, Your Majesty."

"From the Fifth Age to the present day, there have been three similar purges within the Holy See, with the aim of getting rid of extremists, capitulationists and degenerans and purifying our ranks of the clergy." Innocent shook his head, "Each purge was ostensibly successful, dealing a great blow to the heretics within us, but it didn't take long for them to make a comeback. ”

"Why? Answer me, Your Excellency Bishop Vallian: why do so many people follow the path of heresy, when they are basically the smartest people in the world to be able to reach the position of cardinal? ”

"Because ......," muttered Bishop Valyan, "because they don't believe we're on the right track." ”

"Then how can we say that our course is correct?" Innocent laughed.

Walyan: ..................

Every time His Majesty makes heretical remarks, he is always scared to the point that he doesn't know what to say.

"After all, human beings are intelligent beings who are forever in pursuit of truth. Of course, we will go the wrong way, because no one knows what the right future will look like and what path it will take to get there. ”

Innocent said calmly: "The only way to verify this is to take a small tentative step in the direction that you think is right." ”

"If there's no problem with the feedback, go ahead and take a small step. Those who go the wrong way will soon be bleeding from their heads, and we have walked long distances without encountering obstacles, so more and more people will start to join us. ”

"Your Majesty." Valyan understood what he meant.

"Do you know what they call you and me behind their backs?" Innocent picked up the cross on his chest and shook it in front of Valyan, "Revisionism. ”

"To say that we are bringing in supernatural powers is to distort and falsify the path of the scientific camp."

"So you see, we think they're heretics, and they think we're heretics. Suppose I, the revisionist pope, came to power and purged the cardinals of other lines as heretics, and decades later their people came to power, which in turn purged ours...... Is it necessary? ”

"Can the Holy See gain anything from this long and repeated internal purge? I don't see it. ”

"Your Majesty!" Walyan suddenly woke up to the fact that his previous thoughts were short-sighted, selfish, and shallow.

"Since we have chosen our path, we must have faith in it." Innocent finally said, patting Valian on the shoulder encouragingly, "They are suspicious, they are against it, so let them make such a noise." We just have to do what we think is right. ”

"The most powerful counterattack and persuasion is that we have achieved visible success and have not made any mistakes."

"I see, Your Majesty." Bishop Valyan said solemnly, "I'll go to the Azure Sword and communicate with them. ”

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Licinius Building.

"So, that's the way it is at the moment." Bishop Valyan finished explaining the current predicament facing the Holy See, and looked at Aske and the others expectantly, "We can't pull out an army with technical strength at the moment, so we can only ask you to slow down the Normans moving north." When our production capacity comes up, we will immediately come to support you. ”

Girls: ..................

How does this sound so familiar?

Oh, Eleanor and her brother seem to have said the same thing: because the Emperor's coalition is being dragged in Franconia, please hold back the invasion of Wolf's army. When we're ready, we'll be there for you soon.

As a result, everyone stayed in Innsbruck until Christmas, and did not wait for the support of the Weissbach family. In the end, the city fell, and everyone ran back to Mingxing City, only to be sent to the Duchy of Swabia to join forces with the Falcon family and let them stab the griffin family's chrysanthemums......

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that the several important ** nodes in the civil war of the Holy Empire were all completed by our Azure Sword Mercenary Group!

"Ahem, so you're asking us to fight the Outvilles?" Asker asked in confirmation.

"It's not 'hitting.'" Valian corrected his diction, "It's 'drag'. ”

"In this regard, we have studied your case against the Wolf family last year and confirmed that you have a wealth of experience."

"That's different." Asker said, "At that time, the Demon Tide level was only at Lv. 10, and now it's all at Lv. 20. A demigod who can freely open the realm, where can a small mercenary group like us deal with? ”

"That's why I didn't ask you to deal with the demigods!" Valian patiently continued, "The Holy See just wants you to hold back the Norman army. ”

"As for how to drag it, you can give full play to your ingenuity. If you're really unlucky enough to meet a demigod, you can still run! ”

Nola: ..................

"Brother!" She pulled Valyan over in a huff, "Don't you understand what Asker means?" ”

"It's simply unlucky. As long as we are facing the Norman army, there is definitely a risk of being exposed to the demigods, and the longer it drags on, the greater the risk. ”

"The Holy See can't just say 'you can run' and send us to the battlefield in the south!" She said with a serious expression, "You explain first, how long do you need us to hold them back, and what kind of support can you provide us?" ”

"And intelligence." Medea added, "All the information about the Ottwell family, especially the demigod. What bloodline is he? What sequences are included? What are the major disciplines and fields? ”

"And the current situation on the battlefield." Sheila followed suit, "Where has the Norman army attacked?" How many of the Holy See's remaining defensive forces remain? What is the distribution? What about logistics? ”

"Also, you have to add money!" Mia yelled in the back.