After listening to Karene and Aisha's explanation, the little pope looked thoughtful: "Can we also try this method......

"No, no, no, my crown! That doesn't work with us. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Lay, who was standing behind the little Pope, hurriedly persuaded: "Our situation here is not at all the same as that of the United Kingdom of Malte!" ”

"Uh, what's the difference?"

The little Pope blinked, with a puzzled expression: "Don't we also have a mercenary guild and an adventurer's guild here?" ”

"The problem is, we don't have a good relationship with the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild......"

After smiling bitterly, Rai still explained in detail: "The reason is that our paladins and paladins ......"

If the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild developed most smoothly in the United Kingdom of Malte, then their development in the Rhine Holy Kingdom was the worst.

This is because there are two kinds of priests, paladins and paladins, in the territory of the Rhine Holy Kingdom.

Whether it is the paladins who adhere to the spirit of chivalry or the paladins who adhere to the path of the Light, there is a fixed option in their creed to help the weak.

Therefore, in the major cities of the Rhine Holy Kingdom, it is common to see some heavily armed paladins or paladins doing various righteous deeds diligently: such as helping the old woman cross the road, catching thieves, cleaning the streets and alleys, etc.

It's all free!

With such a large group of caring people in action, the mercenary guild and adventurer's guild established in the territory of the Rhine Holy Kingdom are naturally hit hard: whenever and wherever they encounter, the first reaction of the residents of the Rhine Holy Kingdom who encounter difficulties is to go to the paladin or paladin for help, rather than to go to the mercenary guild or the adventurer's guild to send out tasks.

Of course, this is also human nature! When someone is willing to help for free, even those fools will not be stupid enough to spend money to find someone to help them do things.

However, in the absence of tasks, the large group of mercenaries and adventurers in the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild naturally have no income at all!

This can make the branch leaders of the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer Guild in the Rhine Holy Kingdom depressed, but they have no place to reason......

After all, those paladins and paladins are doing good deeds! And if they dare to talk nonsense behind their backs, they will definitely be despised by people from other forces!

The problem is, no matter how hard these mercenaries and adventurers live, they still have to continue to live. So these mercenaries and adventurers have to do dangerous tasks that they don't usually look at......

In fact, unlike what many people imagine, the main income of the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild does not come from the commission of those high-level tasks such as hunting a certain magical beast with relatively high pay, but from the commission of a large number of low-level and medium-level tasks! And these low-level tasks are mainly tasks such as helping to run errands, helping to find things, and helping to check where there is a problem with the instrument.

The common denominator of this type of task is that although the reward is a little less, the risk is relatively low! Most of the low-to-mid missions can be completed without the need for combat.

The reason for this is also very simple, this is because the vast majority of the members of the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild are those middle and low-level professionals who are unlikely to be promoted to the high level in their lifetime!

Due to the lack of strength, these ordinary professionals will never take on those high-risk tasks that may lead to their casualties under normal circumstances! Even if there is a possibility of encountering some situations that require combat, they will try to avoid them as much as possible, and only when absolutely necessary, will they summon up the courage to fight.

For example, after encountering bandits who blocked the road and robbed while helping to deliver things, after comparing the loss of mission failure and how feasible it is to defeat these bandits, mercenaries who have a certain degree of confidence in their own strength will take the initiative to take action!

Of course, because the rewards for this kind of low-risk low-level missions are relatively small, some mercenaries or adventurers who are more short of money and are very confident in their strength (usually rookies) will take on some of the more dangerous tasks, such as hunting some kind of magical beast in the wild.

The casualty rate of these people is relatively high in the entire mercenary world.

Obviously, the kind of mercenaries and adventurers who will be stronger after all are obviously quite rare. Most of the tasks are adventurers who need to go to the wilderness, and it's good to say that mercenary groups with a certain strength will choose to pick up the kind of escort mission that escorts a certain caravan to where it goes. Because this kind of mission is low-risk and the reward is high enough, it is definitely more cost-effective than hunting some kind of magical beast in the wild.

However, this kind of fairly cost-effective task is also hard to come by, so those more powerful mercenary groups will generally take on some low-risk combat missions such as cleaning up monsters in the sewers and cleaning up monsters in the farmland on a regular basis to obtain enough funds to make a living.

However, due to the righteous deeds of those paladins and paladins, there are not many low-risk missions in all the adventurer's guilds and mercenary guilds in the Rhine Holy Kingdom, and instead they are all high-risk missions that require combat!

The situation of the Adventurers' Guild will be better, because the adventurers' main range of activities is mostly in the wild, so the righteous actions of those paladins and paladins will not have much impact on them. After all, under normal circumstances, no civilians would dare to ask paladins or paladins to help them go out of the city to collect herbs, right?

Paladins and paladins are not fools! They will only help those who are really in need!

So, although some paladins and paladins will run to steal their business from time to time (it is also the responsibility of these iron knots to eliminate those magical beasts that are dangerous to the common people), the adventurer's guild in the Rhine Holy Kingdom can still barely survive.

The mercenary guild is in a worse situation.

Since those low-risk tasks were rushed by the paladins and paladins, the mid- and low-level mercenaries who couldn't grab the low-risk tasks had to form groups to do those more dangerous tasks, such as cleaning up the ferocious rats in the sewers or something.

In this way, these mid- and low-level mercenaries will naturally be killed and injured. However, most of the mercenaries who have survived to this day have become elite-level mercenaries.

It's a pity that cutting off people's money is like killing their parents, and the mercenaries who have survived so far will definitely not have any good feelings for those paladins and paladins, and even the relationship between the mercenary guild and the Holy White Church has become very stiff because of this.

"Although the strength of the adventurers is strong, the number is relatively small, so we naturally need to recruit enough mercenaries."

Lai smiled bitterly and said: "But our relationship with the Mercenary Guild is very stiff, even if we are willing to pay, those mercenaries who are forcibly recruited are likely to not be able to contribute, so this method is not suitable for us." ”

"I see......"

Hearing Lai say this, the little Pope's brows suddenly furrowed tightly.

As Lay said, it was not appropriate for the White Church to recruit mercenaries to replenish its forces. Because if those mercenaries just didn't work hard, it would be fine, in case they were persuaded by the Mantes Empire to directly choose to defect, then the Holy White Church would be in big trouble!

So after thinking about it carefully, the little pope had to give up this idea.

"But if we don't recruit mercenaries, where are we going to find such a reinforcement?"

The little pope with a bitter face asked Lay beside him.

"This ...... I don't know. ”

Lai spread his hands helplessly.

After a sigh, the little Pope frowned again and began to think. And Rai, Karen, and Aisha could only watch him silently from the sidelines.

Rai couldn't think of a good solution, and Karene and Aisha couldn't help it. After all, this is the hole card of the Holy White Church, so if even the little Pope can't think of any good solutions, Karine and Aisha, who don't know the situation here, naturally can't come up with any good ideas.

After pondering for a long time, the little pope raised his head again and asked very seriously: "Lai! Do you think we can try to ease up with the Mercenary Guild? ”

"This ......"

Asked by the little pope, Leiden thought bitterly. This kind of speculation is not Lay's strong point, but since the little Pope asked so, Lay naturally tried his best to think about it.

However, when Lai couldn't come up with a result no matter how much he thought about it, Karene said softly: "Your Majesty, I think this idea is very likely to not work. ”

"Uh, why?"

The little Pope blinked, and asked rhetorically with some puzzlement.

"The conflict between you and the Mercenary Guild is actually on those paladins and paladins."

After smiling bitterly, Karen explained, "The problem is that this kind of active behavior of helping the weak is the practice of a creed that those paladins and paladins hold for themselves! So there's no way you're going to stop them from doing that. ”

"But in this way, if you don't stop the paladins and paladins from doing this, it will be impossible to resolve the contradiction between you and the mercenary guild, and how to ease the relationship will be impossible to mention......

After hearing Karen's words, both the little Pope and Lai were convinced, but the little Pope's face soon became a little bitter again: "Then we ...... What to do? ”

Although he was still young, the little Pope saw very clearly: the United Kingdom of Malte, where they were in the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine and the others were about to conclude, was a covenant of equality and mutual assistance. If the Hindhenish Kingdom is unable to honour its agreement because of a certain relationship, then the United Kingdom of Maltes has reason to attack them.

This is not what the little pope wants.

Looking at the little Pope with a sad face, Rai, Karen, and Aisha all sighed in their hearts.

At the age of the little pope, even in the Stanfield family, which was known for its brutal education of the heir, it was still a time to enjoy the warmth of family.

But the little Pope had to sit on that high throne, and with the assistance of Archbishop St. Anthony and others, he did his best to plan the future situation for the Holy White Church! How could this not make Karen feel pity?

As a friend of the little Pope, Lai, who is a paladin, is naturally the most distressed one. So at this moment, he used his brain with all his might, wanting to share the worries of the little Pope.

Maybe the "Lord of Light" couldn't stand it either, but at this moment, Lai suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a good solution.

"Your Majesty! I've got an idea! ”

Lai said with some excitement: "Actually, we don't need to ease relations with the Mercenary Guild!" We can get a reinforcement army on our own! ”

"Is it true? Where did the reinforcements come from? ”

The little Pope grabbed Lai's hand with some excitement and asked eagerly.

"Your Majesty! Please don't be in a hurry, listen to me slowly! ”

After organizing the language, Lai said very solemnly: "In fact, in our Holy White Church, there has always been such a group of forgotten strong people! ”

"Oblivion, strong?"

Chewing on these two words, the little Pope's eyes lit up: "You mean to say ......"

"That's right! It's the hands of the neutral ascetics! ”

Rai nodded, and said very seriously: "Because they have been wandering outside for a long time and have little contact with people, even within our church, everyone habitually ignores them. But! There is no doubt about the strength of these ascetics in the matter of your succession! ”

As a result of years of penance, these ascetics have a very strong physique and extremely strong power of holy light! Although they may not be very good at combat, with a little training, such a force of ascetics is certainly much more reliable than those who are forcibly drafted!

"But will the ascetics be willing to go to war?"

After thinking for a moment, the little pope said with some hesitation.

"If it were someone else, there would definitely be no way to move them."

Rai said very seriously: "But, if it were you, you would definitely be able to do this!" After all, they've officially acknowledged you! ”

Because they played a role in the succession of the little pope, the ascetics naturally recognized the identity of the little pope, rather than choosing to ignore it as they did with the previous popes.

"Good! Then I'll give it a try! ”

The little pope, who clenched his fists, puffed himself up: "I will definitely succeed!" ”