Chapter 53: Old Friends Reunited
After a brief moment of sweetness, Catherine had to pull her mind back to the harsh reality.
"But the pressure of the Central Church will definitely be very high, is there any countermeasure?" said Catherine, in a calm-sounding tone, but she grasped her husband's hand more and more tightly, and this action betrayed her inner anxiety.
"There is definitely pressure to fight back, but I'm not worried about the pressure from the Central Church, the only thing I'm worried about is the Truth Society. Duris patted the back of his wife's hand, trying to reassure her.
"Aren't they already separated from the Central Church?" Catherine knew that Duris wanted to break free from the control of the Truth Society, so she had been gathering information about the Truth Society all this time.
"Do you really believe in such a thing?" Duris's eyes grimaced, "the strength of the Truth Society is far beyond our imagination. Although the 'Purifiers', the newly established secret service of the Central Curia in the past few months, have looked quite fierce, they can only move the grassroots members below the fourth level of the Truth Society at most, and those people are still abandoned by the Truth Society. In fact, the upper echelons of the Truth Church are still deeply hidden in the Central Church. ”
"That's why I'm worried. Tithes were abolished, and it was not only the Central Church that suffered serious damage, but also the Truth Society. Catherine turned around and looked at her husband seriously, "If we make such a fuss, we will definitely become the target of public criticism." Why don't you wait until the Central Curia and the Truth Society are fighting to defeat each other?"
At this time, Catherine couldn't help but shudder, she couldn't help but think of the nightmare that her daughter Princess Di Yu had told her before-"Dad bled a lot, bled a lot......"
"Catherine, do you still believe me?"
"Hmm!"
After gaining his wife's unreserved trust, Duris showed a sneer that belonged only to the king.
"The Central Church will definitely come, and the Truth Society will definitely come. Then let them come!"
The life-and-death struggle between the Central Curia and the Society of Truth, and the astonishing decree of the Pole Kingdom to "abolish tithes", no matter how much they plunged the world of Olopa into further chaos, were far less important to the long-isolated Restorationist camp than to deal with the immediate "moving" affairs.
The plan to move to the south of the Fayer Empire was proposed, and under the manipulation of the "Krait" General Horkin Ilyich, the resolution was quickly passed by a two-thirds vote in favor of the meeting. However, the fact that a resolution has been made does not mean that the problem has been solved, but that more problems have been created to be solved.
Due to the myriad of things about "moving", not to mention Sophia, who has a lot of opportunities, whether it is Alice, Holkin, these aristocratic old ministers, or those partners who accompanied Sophia, everyone is very busy, even Cassius, who has just woken up not long ago and is now recovering, has been assigned a lot of work. Everyone is doing their part and doing their best, but the only person who seems to be relatively idle is the important thinker in Sophia's group - Owen, who is a military advisor and chief instructor.
At noon on this day, Owen, who had nothing to do, went further in his spiritual strength after a day and a night of practicing the unity of heaven and man. At this time, when Owen was just about to regain his senses, a familiar aura suddenly invaded his thoughts.
"Ray, you're finally back!"
Owen immediately opened his eyes, and he immediately recognized who the owner of this familiar breath was, and Owen left his room, searching in the direction from which the breath came from, and there was no one along the way. Eventually, in the mountains and forests outside the village, the two separated friends finally reunited.
Compared with the time of separation a few months ago, Ray at this time has lost his original impulse and enthusiasm, but has added a calmness and maturity that does not belong to his age. It seems that the experience of the previous three previous lives has indeed changed Ray a lot.
"Why did you choose to meet in this remote place, don't you want to meet other friends?"
Lei shook his head silently.
"Don't even your brother see you?"
"Owen, I'm not human anymore, and I don't want to have any connection to my old relationships. ”
"Is it because you don't want to, or are the rules of the Golden Dragon Clan forcing you to do this?"
"Whatever, or both. ”
"Ray, you're ...... Alas, forget it. Owen sighed helplessly and gave up trying to continue asking. He knew that between Ray and his friends, it was impossible to go back to the way before.
After a moment of silence, Lei Muran said: "Owen, time is running out, don't ask me why." I can just tell you two things. ”
Realizing that the situation might be serious, Owen nodded solemnly.
"The first is about Julian, who is sure to join the Truth Society. ”
Owen "chuckled" in his heart, what he feared really happened.
"Secondly, you should go back to Hansar with Sophia, where something big will happen. ”
"Hmm. Owen kept his promise and didn't ask, just calmly agreed.
After saying that, Ray turned away with a dejected expression. Owen knew he was leaving, but how could Owen be willing to let the reunion of his hard-won friend come to an end? Owen took a step forward and reached out his right hand to grab Ray's back collar......
But all his hands could do was catch air. Owen opened his eyes, and he found himself still sitting upright in his room, his right hand stretched forward. The reunion with Lei just now turned out to be just a dream of Nan Ke.
Was it really just a dream? Owen didn't think so, and immediately rushed out of his room, through the bustling, busy crowd, and rushed towards the mountains and forests where he had met Ray in his "dream".
Sure enough, there was no one in the place at all, and there were no fresh footprints on the ground, but Owen still caught some traces. The temperature around was slightly warmer than usual, and there were scattered golden flames floating in the air. Ou Wenming confessed, it was an illusion created by Ray using dragon fire.
"Ray, thank you for your hard work. Owen muttered to the empty front. Although he didn't know if Ray could really hear it.
Now it seems that when humans become dragons through the "True Dragon Ritual" and integrate into the dragon society, they must completely cut off their previous interpersonal relationships, and this matter is indeed true, otherwise Ray would not need to hide the surveillance of the Golden Dragon Clan in such a secret way to pass the news to Owen. But it also shows from another aspect that the message that Ray wants to convey is extremely important.