Politics!

Wealth!

Faith!

These three things that have existed since ancient times rule this society, and more fields have been derived around these three core factors, but no matter how society and the times change, this society, the world, and even the entire universe will always revolve around these three points, and no one has been an exception.

Kubal and others refer to the little dark room as the Upper Council, and they use the phrase "above the roof" to describe the special identity of each participant here.

Everyone, in their industry and field, is a well-deserved first person, and a person who is at the top of the social tower.

Yes, not a handful, each of them is the most outstanding in their field, the one who stands tallest, and there is no such plural adjective to vaguely summarize their status, the only is the only one.

Someone once called the Imperial Cabinet office the center of the Empire, but it wasn't, it was!

When Doolin called out Kandy's name, the chattering voice suddenly fell silent for a moment, and after about ten seconds, he accurately called out Dorin's name, and groped for the empty chair next to Doolin and sat down.

He flicked the chandelier, which began to shake and the room brightened a lot.

"I knew it was you, and when I heard your voice, there was another one in my heart that I was saying to myself, 'Hey, you must know this guy, he's your good friend!', lo and behold, so I guessed it was you at once, I didn't expect us to meet here, this is really the arrangement of the goddess ......of fate, that evil god", he held out his hand, "It's nice to see you again, Mr. Doolin." ”

Durin shook hands with him behind him, a trace of mystery that still existed here, a trace of sacredness that had been completely shattered with the presence of Kandy, and he was able to make anything surprising ordinary, as long as he was there.

Then Kandy introduced Du Lin to a thin shadow behind him, the silhouette of the shadow looked very thin, only about one meter and five levels, very slender, "This is our boss, the closest believer to God, you can call him Abel, but I usually call him old man......"

Kubal closed his eyes in the back, and the little old man known as Abel was panting like a cow, and it was hard to imagine that the thin body could have such terrible force, and he breathed as if there was a bellows at work, snorting.

This old man actually ...... It is the Pope of the Tenshoh Church who is under the crown of the Pope, as it is often said, power is always accompanied by money, but there is another otherworldly thing besides the two, and that is faith.

As the largest religious organization in the empire and even the surrounding areas, the Church of the Lord of Tensho has been restricted and suppressed by the imperial family and cabinet for a long time in the past, but does this really mean that the Church of the Lord of Tensho is vulnerable and can no longer resist?

No, never, it's all an illusion, and those who create it to confuse the people will soon be sitting in this dark room.

A religious organization with more than 100 million followers will naturally be suppressed by the regime, but it is absolutely impossible for the regime to hold this religion up to its head.

As for why everyone is doing this, including His Holiness the Pope, it is actually very simple.

From the moment the newborn is born, no one has taught him/her/it anything, he/she/it knows to elaborate a problem that is of vital interest to him / she/it by crying that he/she/it is hungry.

Even the new life knows how to assert its own rights and interests to obtain benefits, let alone a more mature social organization, or an organization like religion that is good at playing with people's hearts?

On the bright side, the Church of the Lord of Heaven is suppressed and can't raise its head, and can only rely on fundraising to live hard, but the huge new map base is destined to their hardships are not really hard, plus the continuous charity galas and all kinds of charity activities, religious activities, they are not worse than in the past, and even better than in the past, because they are weak, people are willing to sympathize with the weak, so those begging will always look miserable, if someone is wearing thousands of pieces of clothes, wearing tens of thousands of pieces of jewelry kneeling at the station to beg, he is either a madman, or a liar。

Religious concessions are not really an inability to resist political pressure, but rather a natural reaction of a group of people who have negotiated in this room.

If there was one word to describe the room, the top was not so correct, and Durin felt that the control would be better.

Everything that is decided in this room controls every aspect of the country, from the working life of ordinary people, to their marriage income and children's education, and even their beliefs will be decided here.

For a moment, Durin's pulse was a little faster, and he seemed to be chatting with Kandy very intently, but he was thinking about why this guy was here.

Without much probing, Kandy said it himself, "Abel brought me here this time to recommend me to take his seat, and to be honest, I was very nervous and anxious before coming here. ”

"The old man described this place as a lair of conspiracy and a source of evil, he always scared me, he described the people here as man-eating demons ......", he paused here, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean you ......", and then he tilted back to look at the shadow behind Durin, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean you, sir." ”

He shrugged, "I hope you'll forgive me for my mistakes in the use of words, after all, I live in Sunset City, and you know that the schools there teach more theology and stuff, and they'd rather teach us to memorize the runes that are used to hunt demons and only exist in knights, and don't let us learn more normal things, which makes me sometimes show that what I say can't fully convey what I want to say." ”

After he babbled for a while, he remembered and asked, "By the way, why are you here?", Du Lin was about to say something, but Kandy stopped him in advance as if he could see him talking, "No, don't tell me, please, let me guess first......"

"You ......", he touched his chubby chin, his small eyes were not very bright in the dark, the paint on the surface of this table was very special, after a special treatment, it was not just an ordinary matte, it was able to absorb most of the light to ensure "safety" in the shadows of the room.

"You're here for this ...... too," he turned to look at the little old man, Pope, "what?"

"Top Council!"

Kandy slapped his face, "Yes, the top council, you're also here to participate in this top council, right?"

Durin had to nod yes, which made Kandy very happy, and he was suddenly stunned with a smile, "Where did we just go?" But now I'm much better, because my friend Dulin and you're here, and it's a huge part of my emotional problems, and I can see that we are actually in tune, otherwise we wouldn't have met so coincidentally. ”

"What did you say you were here for?", he scratched his head, "I'm sorry, did you just say that, sometimes I suddenly find that my recent memory is not particularly good, what I just did in the last second is immediately forgotten in the next second, and what is even more terrifying is that when I want to recall, I can't even find the slightest clue at all." ”

"There was another time when I was thirsty and wanted to drink water, but I took the cup and looked for the cup in the room for more than half an hour, until finally I searched the room and couldn't find it, only to find that the thing in my hand was my cup!"

"I must have been cursed by some evil force, or brainwashed by doctrine, you don't know, every time we take a theology class, it's like hypnotizing me, I always fall asleep unconsciously......"

For more than twenty minutes, Kandy didn't stop thinking about it, from his emotions to his athlete's foot, and then to his dog who had recently suffered from ringworm......

He didn't have to think about anything he could say, because he never had enough to say!

As footsteps began to appear in the surrounding doorways, Kandy finally shut his mouth after being beaten up and under the friendly fist of the Pope's crown.

He was a little aggrieved and stood behind Abel's chair, but even so, Durin could still notice that this guy was constantly communicating with him through his body posture in the dark, and what was even more terrifying was that he could actually understand what Kandy's somewhat vague movements meant.

Lose your marbles!

When all the seats around him were filled, Kubal was the first to speak, "Mags has agreed to let Durin replace him as one of our members, according to the rules we will vote, if more than half agree with Maggs's proposal, then from this meeting, Durin is a full member of us, everyone can vote." ”

The room was dark, so dark that only a limited number of places could be seen, and Durin looked at the dark space around him and some vague shadows, curious to see how the men voted, until they put their hands on the table, within the range of the light.

There were originally nine seats around the table, and after so many years of constant waves, there are now only seven left, so there is no need to worry about whether there will be a "draw", there will be a clear winner.

The voting process was not so simple, although everyone did not communicate, but Dührin could see that there were still many articles in it, and Kubal represented two votes alone, he represented his own vote, and Maggs one vote.

In other words, it only takes two people to support his and Maggs's proposal, and Durin is considered to be in the door.

In fact, this is a lot more risky than Maggs had planned, and if it weren't for the attack and his current situation, it would have been impossible not to pass the request for a vote in his normal state.

But now, these people are slow to show it.

However, Duhrin was not panicking, and Kubal was not panicking, because before that, they had already had a third vote, which was the support of His Majesty the Pope.

His non-voting now is a tactic, and if he shows his intentions too soon, it is very likely that he will scare away some of the wall-riders who are fishing in troubled waters.

You must know that any item that needs to be voted on and is truly democratic, then there must be some people who do not want to offend and do not want to lose the benefits.

These people tend to maintain the situation on a relatively balanced side, only in this way their interests will not be damaged, and stability will always have more stable benefits than turmoil.

So they will vote based on the performance of the vote, for example, when the Kubar side is stronger, they will vote against, and when the opposition is larger, they will turn to the yes side.

They don't represent anyone, they only represent themselves and their own interests, and what they need to do at this time is to convince them with benefits.

For a minute longer than a year, Durin suddenly sweated a little, and just when he felt that he should do something, suddenly a hand was placed on the table.

The hand didn't look that old, and Durin, by the shadow of the silhouette, couldn't confirm who it was, but he had to thank the guy.

Then the Pope voted in favor, and it soon became clear that it was of little significance whether the others voted or not.

"Then this is settled, Durin, you can sit down......", Kubal pointed to the chair beside him, and Durin, who was standing behind it, spared the chair and sat down on the edge of the table.

After a pause of about a few minutes, the Pope also spoke, "I am getting older, some things in Sunset City have long been left to me personally, and I have reached the age of retirement, so this time I propose that the Archbishop of Kandy take my place, and ask everyone to vote." ”

The vote was much quicker than the previous one, and there was no strong opposition to the vote passed by the MPs, but Kandy couldn't sit down this time, because there was no place for him at the moment.

Fortunately, most of the time the top council doesn't take too long, so Kandy doesn't need to worry about him standing longer, maybe he's more concerned about when he can speak?

Next is the real top council content, the atmosphere of the meeting is very free, even a little casual, there is no clear person to preside over the meeting, everyone basically has something to say, when to think of what to say, a little chaotic.

This is not good, the lack of a core soul figure is also a waste of everyone's time.

Sitting in this room for the first time as a full member, Durin thought about what it would be like if he were to preside over the meeting himself.