The next day, Sir Allen, who was in charge of mediating with the Count of Galeon at the Council of Nobles, returned to Haynes with bad news.

In front of the old Sir Allen, the Count of Galeon never had the upper hand until he confronted the spokesperson of the Church of the Blade.

Allen showed a look of guilt and said regretfully: "Mr. Charlie, what a failure! The church is not reasonable at all, he thinks that we killed many priests, it is a malicious provocation against the church! I said, how can we distinguish the identity of our opponents on the battlefield? What else to fight? But they ignored my response and decided to take revenge on us. ”

Charlie smiled in return and said, "Sir Allen, thank you for your hard work, at least you helped me eliminate the pressure from the thousand-year-old nobles, and it will be very successful."

As for the church, their reaction was expected by me, and rest assured, I'll take care of the rest. ”

Saying that, Charlie calmed Old Allen's emotions again, and fulfilled his previous promise, a reward of 300,000 gold coins and his grandson's qualification to enter the Haynes Junior Academy of Magic, and let him follow Brian to receive the reward.

Sir Allen departed happily.

Seeing Alan leave, Costa frowned and said with a wry smile: "The church has finally started targeting you!"

Like the opponent was only the Count of Galeon, Gosta was not in his eyes, although behind him stood the Archduke of Wellington.

According to the tradition of the thousand-year-old empire, nobles will not fight unequal wars with each other, which can barely be regarded as an extension of the noble spirit! As long as their side does not destroy Count Galeon and do not occupy his countdom, the war will not escalate, at most the Grand Duke will give Galeon some support behind his back, but Charlie is not alone!

However, when the opponent is replaced by a church with a territory area larger than the thousand-year-old empire, when the opponent has a powerful paladin legion with tens of thousands of strengths, and when the opponent stands behind the strongest main god in the entire world, Kloz, then the feeling is completely different, it feels like a city against a country, and the disparity in strength is huge, and it is completely incomparable.

To be honest, Gosta is a little panicked right now.

Charlie shook his head and said, "It's not just me, I'm afraid the entire thousand-year-old empire will feel the change in the church's attitude." ”

"Are you saying that the Church may resume a new round of jihad?" Gosta is not a pure reckless man, and after receiving some information, he will have some judgment of his own about the situation.

Charlie muttered: "Part of the reason for the decline of the church in recent years is that magic has been popularized among the aristocracy, magic is very simple, it is like a tool, in whose hands it is, it represents what power, so magic has replaced magic and has become an inevitable historical trend, because magic is more in line with the interests of the aristocracy."

However, depending on faith, the divine right will squeeze the space of the royal power, and they are inherently conflicting, so the aristocratic system representing the interests of the royal power will inevitably gradually abandon faith.

Now that the Arcane Ring and the Millennial Empire have suffered heavy losses, not only will their strength be greatly reduced, but they will also be caught in a battle for power, and if they don't produce results for a day, they won't stop for a day, and the balance of power over the years will be completely broken, and many big things will happen.

The Church has been dormant for so many years, and it will certainly wait for an opportunity to move, and at this time, both sides of the struggle will often compromise with the outside world and cede many benefits to the Church in exchange for a short period of peace, so that it is easy to concentrate on sweeping away internal worries. ”

Gosta worried, "In other words, our war with the church is inevitable, right?"

Charlie glanced at the solemn-looking Gosta and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, the church's tough attitude is just a gesture, cleaning up heresy is not the most urgent task, and I am not the most extreme and sinister creature, I have never thought of taking the initiative to subvert the theocracy, we just provided an excuse for the church to start a war, they just want to do it, they can test the reaction of the empire in this matter."

What's more important is that there is not much benefit for them to fight us, the church may be able to defeat the city defense army of Henes, but not occupy Haynes, any territorial disputes are sensitive, and may trigger a strong backlash from the thousand-year-old empire.

So, I guess this battle won't be particularly large, and the opponent won't be particularly strong, at least in terms of numbers, but as the first war the Church has waged against the Millennial Empire in decades, we will probably fight very hard when it comes to image and face.

Fortunately, though, we are not alone. ”

Gosta sighed: "According to you, I am worried that the people behind you will give up supporting you because of the overall situation, you have said that the most important thing now is the internal struggle, and they cannot open another front for you." ”

Charlie sighed: "Uncle's vision is very sharp! I know those friends of mine, maybe they won't send troops directly to help, but they probably won't skimp on material assistance. ”

"Well, it's useless to think too much now, just tell me what you have in mind, and I'll carry out every one of your orders. ”

It didn't take long for Charlie to receive a magic signal from the imperial capital Raphael, inviting Charlie to conduct an ultra-long-distance magical communication, sent by Charlie's suzerain, the Prince of Wales.

Brian activated the ultra-long-range magic array, and a real-time magic mirror appeared in front of Charlie, and it was a thousand figures.

Qianzhu said in a hurried tone: "Charlie, two very important things to tell you. ”

Charlie also felt his eagerness, and hurriedly asked, "You say." ”

"According to the information obtained by the intelligence network of His Royal Highness the Grand Prince, the Church sent 800 Templars to attack the jade mines, and the commander was Carvalo Hughes, the chief of the paladins, in order to avenge the priests who died in the last round of war!

"Be mentally prepared, how strong are they?"

Qian Zhu said worriedly: "It depends on the equipment they carry, first of all, you have to understand one thing, to measure the strength of the church, equipment is a very important indicator, it can improve the combat effectiveness of the saints by 1 to 5 levels, and there is no doubt about the horror of the war magic."

Generally speaking, the rank of ordinary Templars is around level 9 to 11, and the chief paladin Carvalosius is a level 17 powerhouse. ”

Charlie said in a deep voice: "In other words, a level 17 powerhouse led 800 warriors with an average of about level 13 to 14 to attack a small mine?

"Charlie, you're so calm! I don't know what the level of your Silver Knights is, but I know that this army is enough to put on the battlefield of the Demon Hub Plains and compete with the Hell army of the same size, and because this is a divine army, with the characteristics of exorcism and purification, they are even stronger than the soldiers of our original 9th and 11th Corps!

In the face of the strength of such a top corps representing the Wagland Continent, you can still laugh?"

Charlie smiled bitterly: "Otherwise, what else can I do, cry to you? You don't have to say that if I knew earlier, if I could go back to before that battle, I would still give the same order, and Galeon's provocation should be the role of Prince Weining."

When it comes to the essence, it is a preemptive war in the battle for royal power, and I must hurt him once and save him from thinking about me all the time!

If you want to blame, blame him and the Archduke of Wellington for being too cunning, using Galeon as a special chess piece, there are very few high-class nobles in the imperial aristocracy who still believe in the church, Galeon is one of the banners, let him make a move, it is impossible to bypass the church.

Therefore, this is a conspiracy, whether you want to accept it or not, you have to face it. ”

Qianzhu sighed and said, "Yes, Charlie, you see it more thoroughly than I do!"

"What did that guy say?"

"This is the second thing I want to inform you, originally after collecting this information, my father wanted to secretly send troops to help, but was stopped by His Royal Highness the Great Prince.

He said that we need to accumulate strength now to deal with the challenges of the Four Princes, and we also need to exercise restraint with the church, so he can't support you in a clear position, although emotionally he is not willing to make such a decision, there is no way!"

Fortunately, Charlie didn't count on outside reinforcements either.

Charlie asked: "Didn't I hear before that His Royal Highness Ryan is very influential in the government and the opposition? Not only from the legal point of view, but also in terms of personal ability, Prince Ryan should have an absolute advantage over Prince Shangweining!"

"There are indeed advantages, but the mother family of Prince Weining also has a lot of influence in the empire, plus some high-class nobles who have a bad relationship with my family, they have also gathered a force to be reckoned with, especially some princes who hold military power.

Right now, His Highness Ryan is still working hard, and he doesn't want to make the situation too complicated, let alone take the lead in breaking out conflicts with the Holy Edge Church before he fights his brother.

He asked me to apologize to you on his behalf for not crossing this sensitive line when your family needed help the most. ”

Speaking of which, Charlie was helpless, he spread his hands and shrugged.

"However, His Highness Ryan has instructed me to let all of us meet your demands in other areas, including unsealing a batch of prohibited items and supplying them for free. ”

Charlie smiled and said, "Then help me thank His Highness Ryan, I believe I will give him a satisfactory answer." ”