Finally, when Garthers was done, Ari immediately leaned over and said with a shy face: "Teacher, I'll hold a banquet for you, it's definitely done for you, you can't be promoted to the Grand Magister silently, and tell the world that it's necessary." ”

Garthus glanced at him and said, "What bad ideas are you holding back?"

"Teacher, you have wronged me, you have done so much for Atlanta City, this is what I should do, not to mention that with the invention of universal magic liquid, you are a well-deserved magic sage in the mainland for thousands of years, and even Ruiz is a grade worse than you......"

Although Garthers knew that Ari was saying this on purpose, his heart still floated a little, perhaps, he was really important in the hearts of the people on the mainland?

"Then it's decided, when the God of Punishment is completed, I will hold a grand magic guide banquet for you, and invite all the magic masters in the continent to participate. Ari said.

"It seems that you kid really wants to borrow my name, and you are holding back some bad ideas. As soon as Garther heard Ari say this, he immediately understood that Ari must be playing tricks on him.

However, thinking that the name Gathus would become an existence that could be passed down for thousands of years like Ruiz in the history of the continent, Gathus couldn't resist this temptation.

Eri smiled, and did not deny that this time the Magister Conference, he naturally had his own purpose.

"Teacher, how long will it take for the Divine Punishment to be completed?"

"According to the current estimate, it will be two months longer than the original estimate, after all, millions of magic units have to be drawn, which will not be easier than drawing millions of magic scrolls, and this is only the main body to complete, and the interior decoration and other issues will take more than a month at the earliest, even if the materials are loaded at the same time, I am afraid it will be completed before the end of the year. ”

"How long is it going to take?" "Ari was a little dumbfounded, it's only May, wouldn't it be more than half a year, and this would take too much time.

This is the crystallization of all the wisdom of Atlanta City, not to mention the tens of thousands of skilled workers who have been transferred, there are 5,000 magicians in the team, this is Atlanta City has been saved bit by bit since the days of the Youth Gang, including Garthers and Felix, two research giants to participate in the whole process, even so, it will take nearly a year, so if you let others do it, wouldn't it take ten years to calculate?

It's a pity that for the sake of secrecy, all the core projects can only be completed secretly, otherwise if the production forces in Atlanta City are used, I am afraid that half of the time can be terminated.

Ari felt it for a long time, but Gathers felt that this was already going to be too fast, except for the financial resources of Atlanta City, who could secretly gather five thousand top magicians in the continent to study in the same direction, if this succeeded, I am afraid it would be an artifact directly, right?

Gathus sometimes even felt that he was as small as an ant in front of the God.

After chatting with Ari for a while about the problems encountered in the construction of the Divine Punishment, Garthus was soon called away again, and there was a point where the connection between the magic units was not smooth, and if it was ignored, I was afraid that there would be a big problem, but the big guys had no solution, so they had to find Garthus to solve it.

Ari looked at this scene and sighed a little, he had completely let go of his skills, if it was before, I'm afraid now is a good opportunity for him to show his skills.

......

Time passed in a hurry, and half a month later, the mainland's eyes were once again focused on Atlanta City.

Suddenly, the city of Atlanta and Maximus jointly announced that the Temple of Light and the city of Atlanta had reached an agreement, and that six cities should be built no less than ten churches.

This means that with the exception of Atlanta, the other six cities under the actual control of Atlanta will re-enter the embrace of the temple and accept the protection of the gods. (Six cities are cities of exile, five cities promised by the Chaman Empire)

All of a sudden, Maximus became famous all over the continent, and believers believed that it was thanks to Archbishop Maximus that the unbeliever Ari would return to the Lord's arms.

The Unbeliever is the temple's name for those who have escaped the protection of the goddess, and Ari is the largest unbeliever on the continent, and before him, no one has almost openly resisted the temple except for heretics.

Of course, ninety percent of the untrustworthy are eventually defined as heretics, and Atlanta has not been defined as a heretic until now, and Maximus has done a lot of work.

Ari did not communicate with the Chaman Empire before making the announcement, and less than half an hour after the announcement was made, Kim's request for a video call was sent to the City Lord's Mansion.

Ari motioned to turn on the video signal, Jin in the video obviously waited for a long time, and as soon as he saw Ari, he directly asked the teacher: "You are betrayal! Why don't you discuss with us first when you make this kind of decision!"

Ai Rui said indifferently: "Don't worry, since I said that I want to deal with the two major temples, I won't let them in easily, I have other plans for this matter, and the Chaman Empire will not be involved for now." ”

Jin saw that Ari didn't seem to be joking, and his brows wrinkled suddenly: "The temple is not so easy to deal with, you can ignore him, but you can't openly tear your face with him, otherwise the consequences may be ......"

Jin didn't finish his words, but the meaning was obvious, the temple has always been bloody in the face of resistance, and it is best to keep face on the face, so that the temple will not be immediately summoned for revenge.

"Don't worry, the church will definitely not be built in half a year and a year, and anything can happen during this period, and it will not be good to call it a church when the time comes...... Ari said.

When Jin heard Ari say this, he was relieved to know that he didn't immediately turn his face with the temple, and he asked whether the guilt was false this time, and the probing style was true.

The Chaman Empire is now in full cooperation with Atlanta City, don't let him bask in the temple on his side, but Atlanta City is like glue with the temple, then he will be uncomfortable.

He also understood the meaning of Ari's words, the construction of the church can be fast or slow, and no one can find fault with a single procrastination.

After the video conference with Kim, Ari finds that there is nothing wrong with him again.

He has already handed over all the affairs of Atlanta City, and he can't help much, and going too much will increase the chance of exposing the construction base.

Joffrey's side also lost contact, and although Lilia was wearing an ultra-long-range communicator, it still exceeded the limit distance of receiving the signal.

However, Ari is not worried about their safety, Lilia is experienced in many battles, Joffrey has many ideas, Patrick is delicate, and there are griffins and scourge legions, as long as the Phantom Cloud Empire does not force a face, they will not be in any danger.

On the side of the temple, he can only build momentum for Maximus, and the rest can only be done by Maximus himself, and Ari can't interfere in the internal affairs of the temple.

However, the temple forces under the jurisdiction of Atlanta City can do tricks.

Ari thought of Gorgon, he must have been in the temple by now......

Now.

City of Silas.

The city of Silas was a newly reformed city of the Barak Kingdom, enjoying the best policy treatment in the kingdom, and as a result, the two cities that were originally small mountain villages directly expanded into giant cities with a population of one million.

Compared to the Chaman Empire and Atlanta, the temple in Silas is much more comfortable.

Atlanta was fearless, the Chaman Empire was forced to do everything except not openly oppose the temple, and the church almost existed in name only.

But the Barak Kingdom is not as strong as them, and the strength of the Barak Kingdom does not allow them to be strong, even when the relationship with the Star Luo Empire is at its most tense, it is just to restrict the Templar Knights from going out at will.

However, the city of Silas was originally a small city, and the temple naturally did not have much investment here, and there were only two churches, one in the north and one in the south.

Thanks to the growing strength of Silas City, the priests in the city have also become much richer, and he is a little softer in collecting the eleventh tax.

The tithe tax means that one-tenth of the monthly income of the faithful must be paid to the religion.

The city of Atlanta had long banned the tithe, but the kingdom of Barak did not.

It's just that the city of Silas used to be poor, and the temple couldn't receive much.

And now, the people of Silas are so rich that they don't need to do anything every month, just enough rent for them to live a good life.

Now, the number of tax collectors under the priests has increased by ten, otherwise they would not have been able to keep busy.

......

Among the churches to the north.

There were more than 100 worshippers praying, a priest was praying, and there was no noise in the whole hall except for the priest's voice.

Soon, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the priest's brow furrowed slightly, but when he saw the appearance of the person who came, his expression suddenly returned to normal.

The visitor, a young man dressed in a priest's robe, nodded to the priest and walked straight down the hall to the back hall of the church.

As the back of the visitor disappeared, the priest's prayer quickened considerably, but in five minutes the prayer was over.

Smiling and sending the believers away, the priest walked briskly into the back hall.

The young man in the priest's robe had been waiting in the courtyard of the back hall for a long time, and when he saw the priest coming, he hurriedly greeted the guest.

"Father Joseph, this month's tax is twice as high as last month......"

As soon as Father Joseph entered the back hall, he heard the young man talking about taxes, and his facial expression was a little dissatisfied, he did not like the talk of red fruits, it would seem vulgar.

But when he heard the word double, his dissatisfaction was instantly thrown behind his head, and his breathing became rapid.

Without waiting for Joseph to speak, the young man respectfully handed over a bank card again: "This is the bearer account bank card of Atlanta City, the taxes have been paid to this card, and you can only withdraw money with the card......

When Joseph heard this, he quickly took the bank card, and looked at the young man with appreciation.

"Yes, I'm very optimistic about you, the temple lacks talents like you, as long as you work hard, the temple will definitely have a place for you!"

"Thank you Father, they are all cultivated by the priest, if Ronnie has the opportunity to work in the temple, he will definitely not forget the promotion of the priest!" Feeling the power of Joseph's patting on the shoulder, the young man's waist bent lower, but where Joseph couldn't see, there was no expression in the young man's eyes.

Naturally, the young man came in disguise, his current identity is Ronnie Fawkes, he grew up in a church orphanage, and his current job is to help the priest collect taxes.

Although he was wearing a priest's robe, he did not have any temple logos on his body, nor did he have any position in the temple, which was equivalent to the existence of a temporary worker.

Joseph was immediately satisfied when he saw Ronnie so familiar with current affairs: "Since you still have believers to meet, let's go quickly, although I admire you, but the temple is not my opinion, if you can make better results, I can promote you for a more sufficient reason." ”

"Yes!" said Ronnie, respectfully withdrew.

Joseph waited for him to leave, quickly returned to his room, changed his clothes, and left a little through the back door of the church to the office of the commercial bank in Atlanta City.

"300,000 bonds!" When the number of bank card balances came out of the bank clerk's mouth, Joseph's heart was still filled with a burst of ecstasy, although he was mentally prepared.

This is only a part of the North District, and there are as many as ten people under him who collect taxes, so according to this estimate, won't there be 3 million bonds this month?

Thinking of this, Joseph felt like he couldn't breathe anymore.

After a long time, Joseph came to his senses and, in the professional smile of the clerk at the counter, transferred most of the money to a private account, leaving less than a tenth of it for cash.

By the time Joseph returned to the church, the rest of the temporary workers had been waiting at the temple for a long time.

"Father Joseph, this is the tax ...... this month"

Everyone respectfully submitted the bank card, and after Joseph took it one by one, he diligently ran to the bank again, but when he saw the balance on the bank card, his face became extremely gloomy.

"50,000 bonds. ”

"Seventy thousand bonds. ”

"20,000 bonds. ”

“......”

"Even dare to take the money of the temple, do these people still have the existence of a goddess in their hearts! A group of blasphemers should all be dragged to be burned to death!"

Joseph felt that his anger was already a little irrepressible, and the tax revenue of nine people was worth more than 100,000 bonds of Ronnie?

Who are you fooling!

Transferring all his earnings to a private account again, Joseph returned to the church with a calm face.

"Fetch me all of them, I have something to tell them. ”

Joseph was the senior priest, the highest existence in the church, and his words were holy decrees to others, and soon, Ronnie and the others appeared in the temple.

"This time everyone did a good job, but Ronnie was the most outstanding, and the temple decided to give him the status of priest, and in the future, he will be responsible for the taxes of the southern district, and all of you must follow his orders. ”

Joseph said, shifting his gaze to Ronnie, and encouraged: "Do a good job, as long as you perform well, I will personally apply to the temple to promote you to a junior priest, and after I leave, the southern district will be handed over to you!"