Roland took a deep breath, his slightly sweaty hand resting on the icon that had lost its light, his heart beating violently.

"I hope I can succeed in misleading them ......"

Roland said in a low voice.

Contrary to what the cardinals imagined, Roland simply did not have enough capital to become pope.

He's still silver, not gold. In other words, it is impossible for him to use papal ordination to deprive cardinals of their divine graces.

For Roland, it was a literal eleven golden-rank priests. As long as three of them jumped out and blew themselves up, Roland couldn't even run out and had to kneel inside.

Of course, now that they have reached this position, it is difficult for them to make up their minds to blow themselves up.

To put it simply, Roland's strategy is to bluff.

The Baskervilles were forcibly converted by means of baptismal chanting, and then the first people were gathered together by this miracle. Then, after the number of people had reached a certain level, al-Gahalad imitated the Holy Spirit and blew the trumpet to perform miracles artificially, making the believers who had witnessed the "miracles" fanatical.

Then, let Gahalad lead them in shouting short and powerful slogans.

This kind of behavior itself has a strong contagious force, and when it is unfolded, it will snowball bigger and bigger, and the momentum will become more and more powerful.

Eventually, after the archbishop was deprived of his divine grace by Roland, Roland's status as "pope" was finally recognized by these believers, who consciously and voluntarily included themselves in the ranks of Roland's people.

Of course, Roland's aura worked.

Combined with the second drop of Tyre at the time, Roland had the effect of a long-cherished Legendary item. Roland finally converted these thousands of people into followers of the Mentor

It was Roland's only Legendary item at the moment. Compared to weapons, its attributes are more suitable for Roland at this moment.

【Salvation of the Supplicator. Divine Crown]

Relic – Crown

Golden Legendary

Indestructible. Weight 0.1

Wear requirements: Perception 25 or more, Will 10 or more. Believe in a god or saint with a bloodline level of bronze or above, and master at least one elemental cornerstone

+X(14) Will (1/2 of Perception Attribute, rounded down)

Special Effects: Holy Master (you get +6 favorable in all checks for skills such as persuasion, speech, intimidation, deception, etc.), Voice of the Apocalypse (you will be able to unleash the Holy Word as if you were using your own supernatural powers), Daywalker (you will not fall into any negative state under the sun), Psychic Incarnation (you can expend Origin Power to make Psychic Avatar descend, Psychic Avatar will gain all of your supernatural abilities, traits, and talents, and the power and duration of Psychic Avatar is proportional to the Origin Power consumed, But up to the maximum strength level of your belief in a deity)

Punishment: Dissolved Will (When used: You have less control over your mind than the gods you worship)

- Listen. Believe. Sacrifice. Eternity.

This is the source of the great appeal and persuasiveness of Roland's words. The rumbling sound was also released with the help of the holy word it gave to Roland.

Otherwise, with Bishop Roland's divine cultivation. It is categorically impossible to unleash the papal-level Sacred Word Technique.

And the avatar looming behind Roland and the crown above his head are the same. Roland didn't dare to activate this crown for a long time - not that Roland was afraid that his mentor would control his mind, but that whenever Roland came into contact with the boundless sea of tranquility in the depths of his mentor's heart, an urge to sleep forever surged up.

Touching the dusk is something that only a madman does, but touching death itself is not the work of a wise man.

By the time Bernard was defeated, Roland's dissolution had already begun. And at the moment of his speech just now, Roland also lost his mind for a moment.

Although the mentor immediately put Roland's will back into his body, even at that moment, Roland felt a slight change in his soul that he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

And after Roland entered the Dome Cathedral, he was bluffing throughout the whole process.

Of course he knew what the cardinals were going to do – they had all done the ring. Roland still doesn't understand what they're up to? Combined with what Cyra told Roland the night before, Roland has basically figured out their personalities.

Of course, when Roland entered the square in front of the Dome Cathedral with thousands of people, they must have made some choice and a new decision urgently. But Roland faintly noticed that Cyra nodded at him. He knew that these cardinals had no murderous intentions towards him.

Or rather, they didn't have the guts to assassinate Roland. Cyra, the only one who had that guts, was taken away by Roland first.

And after that. Roland asked them to leave the Dome Cathedral in three ways.

First. Roland didn't dare to let them contact him for too long. The longer the contact, the more likely it is to attract suspicion.

The oppressive force that Roland gave them was purely their perception of the phantom of the Sleeping Master by Roland's side. As long as they realized that Roland had never deprived any of the Golden Tier believers' divine graces. They would begin to wonder if Roland hadn't reached the Golden Rank at all.

At that point, Roland's troubles will be big - even to the point where they start testing Roland, Roland will have to start killing people on a large scale. If nothing else, the twelve cardinals Roland would have to kill at least eight to settle them down.

However, Roland had no experience of administering a religion at all. What's more, Roland will soon be leaving for Elcat, and he has no time to manage the affairs of the believers and the temple. Each of the twelve bishops has their own field, and any one of them will make a big mess.

Except for three of them, who could be exchanged for Lilia, Gahalad, and Anroth by Roland, all the rest of Roland couldn't move. If you move, you're going to make a mess - Roland doesn't know who has the talent for it.

Second, because Roland really wanted to know whether the cardinals had the talent to be cardinals.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. Jupiter IV himself was disgraced in his way to the pontificate, and he naturally did not suppress the atmosphere of the Cardinals. It is precisely because of the cardinals' intentions that Jupiter IV was able to hold everyone firmly in the palm of his hand.

But Roland is different. With the aura of a cult of personality, Roland had no scruples about their loyalty to him. At this level, putting the atmosphere in order will greatly increase the initial prestige of the Eternal Sleep Sect.

And the last reason why Roland took them away was that Roland himself did have something to do.

At that moment, there was a crisp knock on the door behind Roland.

"Come in, Cylla."

Roland didn't even look back, so he said briskly.

Sure enough. The door was opened, and it was Cyra who entered.

"I hope it didn't bother you, Your Majesty Roland." Cyra is colored.

"You and I don't need to be so polite," Roland said, turning back and putting his hand on Cylla's shoulder, smiling gently, "Tell me about your meeting before I enter the door." ”

"Are we going out too?"

Cyra asked, confused.

"Yes. But you don't have to wear casual clothes, and the road is not very far...... You'll pick up two of you with me in a moment. ”

Roland showed a gentle smile: "Let's go kill a few people and come back in a while." (To be continued.) )