Westflow City.

The tranquil church area is as harmonious as ever, with soft sunlight shining through the thin clouds, reflecting a bright and sparkling scenery among the layers of white aristocratic buildings in the snow-stone area.

On one side is the snow-stone area like the holy kingdom of God, and on the other side is the barren and narrow slum, the area where the church is located is subtle and peculiar, like the gods who guide the world, in the sun, this continuous church of gods is like a layer of faint golden yellow.

Stretching along the famous Avenue of the Gods, Rhodes walked quickly and quietly along the side of the street, passing by the church buildings with different styles and characteristics on both sides, and then he turned down a small path and entered an area.

In front of the Temple of Heim.

Rhodes roughly swept it with his eyes, and found that the Church of the Guardian God, which had been a little deserted before, was actually a little lively.

In front of the temple were several carriages, all of which were beautifully shaped, with different noble coats of arms painted in dark gold paint on the sides of the carriages, and occasionally some intricate aristocratic flags fluttering.

Rod frowned.

It is a common phenomenon that the relationship between the aristocracy and the church has not always been very good. In fact, the aristocracy is subject to the Church except in territories where the Church has a strong rule, but in other areas the self-esteem of the aristocracy and the Church of God who loves the world are at odds.

The relationship between imperial power and theocracy is always the same, constantly cutting and messing.

In the coastal areas, the sea is like an unknown treasure, and the people along the coast are always full of challenges, and the enthusiastic coastal areas are always richer than some of the inland areas, and the power struggle between the Church of the Gods in the rich areas is usually more and more acute.

After thinking for a while, Rhodes glanced at the coat of arms of the Heim Church and walked in thoughtfully.

The Patron God is a very special deity.

He is the god of the marked camp of order, and the degree of defense of order is higher than the struggle for power, and in many cases, the guardian church is regarded as the protector of civilization, and it has always been the responsibility of the Heim church to maintain stability and stability.

Because of the special teachings of the Heim Church, the nobles of many places would invite the priests of the Heim Church to train their soldiers and guards.

"Is it really about to go to war...... Rod thought to himself.

Don't think that a more orderly deity like the Heim church would be widely accepted by the aristocracy.

In a lot of the time.

On the one hand, the aristocracy wanted to win over the Heim Church, and they hoped that this group of old-fashioned knightly priests would train strong guards and soldiers for themselves, but on the other hand, due to the tradition of the Heim Church, they usually built the temple like a castle, with a fortification comparable to a fortress, with armory, training grounds, fortifications, etc.

This is undoubtedly difficult to accept.

Building a city within a city in a noble city is a great threat to the stability and security of the city, and the nobles will be very passive if the Heim Church plans to launch any armed rebellion.

Very early days.

Some nobles thought that the Heim Church in the orderly camp had a good reputation and opened up many restrictions on them, but hundreds of years ago, the base camp of the Heim Church, the northern region, caused a huge chaos.

The terrible upheaval swept through almost all branch churches, displaced countless people, and caused the sudden revolt of the Heim church in the inner city, which caused many cities to be severely damaged.

It is precisely because of this [Woe to Vigilance] that many nobles have begun to be wary of this church.

Rhodes knew a little bit about the scourge of vigilance.

In the year of Haim's vigilance, the being who was then the highest high priest of the Heim Church, known as the "Supreme Watchman", fell due to the corruption of his heart, and finally caused a catastrophe, and the scope of the impact was staggering.

Because of the huge reputational impact it had on the Haim Church, which has always been known for its "loyalty, stability, and protection", it has been regarded as the greatest disgrace of the Haim Church for hundreds of years.

Too often, people don't even dare to mention the words "woe of vigilance" in front of Pastor Heim.

Rhodes remembers that the reason why he had an impression of this incident was related to a powerful epic weapon. At the beginning, the epic weapon caused an uproar, and even the [Vision] Knights of the Heim Church were alarmed and urgently transferred over.

That's no joke.

At that time, the catastrophe caused by the northern snow-capped mountains swept half the continent, and the [Fortress Temple], the base camp of the Heim Church, sent several powerful armies such as the powerful [One Truth Order] and the [Knights of Eternal Vigilance] to resist the disaster.

However, as the ultimate force of the Church, the [Vision of God], a terrifying warband composed of hundreds of powerful holy warriors of the Hem Church, has not been dispatched for a long time.

But because of that weapon.

The highest level of the Heim Church [Heim Council] simply pulled out the Vision of God.

It is worth mentioning that many people believe that because of the influence of the scourge of vigilance, the Heim Church was originally led by the "Supreme Vigilant" and finally became the leader of the Heim Council.

However, in that war, Rhodes discovered that the truth of the matter was that due to the loss of the weapon representing the rights of the highest vigilantes, the church finally compromised and became the leader of the Heim Council.

Change is a hard thing to do for this old-fashioned, loyal, serious guardian church.

This may be the ill of this church as well.

They have many noble qualities in keeping the order, defending the order, being loyal to their employers, but correspondingly, their spirit has been bound by the teachings, and it is very difficult for them to adapt and change.

That's why.

Knowing that the construction mode of the fortress temple would conflict with the aristocracy, they still ignored the feelings of the ruler and did not know how to build such a temple flexibly. Even their regulations on taking in some asylum patrons made many nobles criticize it.

Of course.

The Church of the Awake is a sight to be the guardian of civilization, so, in general, the nobility still welcomes this kind of church, and the more turbulent the area and the more frequent the monsters, the more popular the Heim Church becomes.

Like the city of Weststream.

On the one hand, the aristocracy wanted to use the power of this church, and on the other hand, they were afraid of their force.

So, there is a very strange phenomenon.

The Heim Church was often located in the most remote part of a city, and its tall, defensive temples were unacceptable to the aristocracy, so they had to compromise and move the temples to relatively desolate locations.

And in the event of war or turmoil.

The fortress and shrine would be a city full of people, and many nobles would like to hire a group of guardian priests or warriors, or the church of Heim would provide some armed force.

In Rod's opinion, this is a very painful thing.

The aristocracy simply used the Heim church as a night pot, taking it out when it was used and throwing it aside when it was not in use.

It is also a shame that the Heim Church is a church of order, and if it is changed to a more temperamental god, it is estimated that there will be an armed conflict a long time ago.