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At the same time, Saidnes, the capital of the Radiance Empire.

Originally, in the Divine Radiance Empire, the prosperous imperial capital of Saidnes had now become extremely depressed, and the crowds of people coming and going on the streets were in a hurry, and everyone had a trace of uneasiness or dazed expression on their faces.

The originally bustling streets can now be seen patrolling with Radiant Imperial soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons, and those Radiant Imperial soldiers can also see fearful and frustrated expressions on their faces from time to time, and even except for a few elite troops who still have a certain amount of morale, other Radiance Imperial soldiers have even been reduced to looting and blackmailing passing civilians.

As for garrison missions? Well, most of the soldiers of the Divine Radiance Empire who bullied the weak and feared the hard have lost their fighting spirit, and have even lost their name as an army, especially the Divine Radiant Empire's army, which is known for its firm faith and fearlessness of death!

However, it is normal for this to happen.

Since the beginning of the 1143rd Calendar of the Dawn, after the uprising of the Church of the Gods represented by Magnus Claudius, the entire Divine Radiance Empire has fallen into an unprecedented storm!

Is the God of Divine Radiance a false god? The many gods that appear now are the real gods???

These two pieces of news were like mushroom bombs exploding in Nagasaki and Hiroshima for the first time on the earth, and in more than two years, they spread throughout the Divine Radiance Empire along with the Church of the Gods coalition army's attack on the cities in the Divine Radiance Empire, smashing all the believers of the Holy Radiant God who heard these two news.

Of course, as a vested interest group, the Church of Divine Radiance tried to block this news at the first time, and announced that all the gods that had been said before were all false gods, and only the God of Divine Radiance was the only true god.

However, after more than two years of defeat and retreat, and now only the central province where the national capital Saidnes is located and several surrounding provinces remain, not many people buy the argument that the other party is lying. Especially now, in the dark corners of Saidnes, there are even contractors who have begun to secretly establish missionary sites.

Although there is no shortage of materials and personnel accumulated in Saidnes for thousands of years, the confidence in victory is too lacking!

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The Papal Palace in Saidnes, the imperial capital of the Divine Radiance Empire, in the central city.

In this palatial palace with various reliefs, oil paintings and other buildings praising the god of Divine Radiance, in a conference room hidden underground with the strongest magical protection (in the Holy Radiance Empire), the supreme lord of the Holy Radiance Empire, the supreme leader of the Holy Radiance Church, the 22nd Pope, is throwing a tantrum at a group of high-ranking people in front of him.

"Bastard!! The last line of defense in the province of Shrut and the province of Central has been breached, and it won't be long before that bastard Magnus Claudius will be able to get to Seidnes! Don't you want to say something useful for the present situation? Huh?!" Looking at the dozen or so high-ranking personnel of the Holy Radiance Imperial Church who had been unusually silent since they came in and started the meeting, His Majesty the 22nd and possibly the last Pope of the Holy Radiance Church did not have the usual so-called demeanor at all, but roared at these high-ranking personnel in front of him like a madman.

Well, looking at the Pope's Majesty who had gray hair as if he was going crazy, the high-ranking personnel of the Holy Radiance Empire present could fully understand the current mood of this Pope. After all, three years ago, this Pope, who was already in his sixties, was still like a forty-year-old man, with all kinds of material comforts and supreme authority in the Holy Radiance Empire.

But in just three years, the entire extremely vast Divine Radiance Empire was on the verge of final collapse under the sweep of the Church of the Gods coalition. In the face of this kind of disparity, His Majesty the Pope, who was able to play some games with the specially selected saints in the church from time to time, is said to have executed more than a dozen selected "saints", and the whole person is now emaciated to the present kind of Cheng Dù, who is like a half-mad at the slightest stimulation!

Therefore, even if you know that the situation is worse now, it does not seem to be a good idea to remain silent in the face of His Holiness the Pope, who seems to be a little exhausted

"Your Highness, we only have two legions and three newly formed legions stationed in Saidnes on hand now, and we really don't have the strength to send them out to fight those heretists!" After looking at each other, the last unlucky guy in charge of military affairs was forced out by the eyes of the others, and he stood up and explained to the Pope, who was looking at him more and more unkindly.

This unlucky bastard's words are actually putting gold on his face!

What does it mean to be sent out to fight? In fact, in the second month of the recovery season of the Dawning Calendar in 1145, the largest conquest legion sent by the Divine Radiance Empire at that time, consisting of the three ace knights of the Holy Radiance, the Holy Shield, and the Holy Sword Mage Regiment, and the twelve standing legions, with a total of 1.9 million conquest legions, were defeated in front of those aliens, and the entire Holy Radiance Empire could only be passively beaten until now, let alone send out to fight the enemy or anything like that!

Others, including the Pope, knew the truth about the matter, but no one wanted to say it directly.

"Hoo !!" Looking at the unlucky guy who stood up and told the truth with a sincere face, the Pope, who was going crazy just now, was finally able to recognize the current situation, and after being silent for a few seconds, he slowly exhaled a breath, and then sat down on the seat, looking at the group of high-level executives in front of him who also looked bad, and said very simply: "So, what should I do now?"

Listening to the Pope's seemingly self-defeating question, a helpless wry smile appeared on the faces of the high-ranking members of the church in this conference room. What can I do now? The Holy Radiance Empire sees that this posture is already inescapable, and it is estimated that it will not take too long for Saidnes to be captured by the enemy, right?

As for the group of high-ranking members of the Church of the Divine Radiance who were present, they did not think about surrendering to the other party - it was not that they did not want to surrender, but that they either had a grudge against Magnus Claudius on the other side, or they had heard that the coalition forces of the Church of the Gods had directly and openly executed those members of the Church of the Holy Radiance who had committed great crimes to buy people's hearts. Unfortunately, according to the standards of the judgment of the Church of the Gods, one of you will be executed publicly!

Not to mention His Majesty the Pope of the Venerable Holy Radiance Church, anyway, in this magical world, I have never heard of any plans to show mercy to the highest level, even if you can let go of the disciples at the bottom, but the Pope himself will definitely die!

Therefore, although the hearts of the people are fluctuating in Sednes, at least the people in this room will not surrender!

"Your Highness, we can only gather the loyal followers of the God of Radiance in Saidnes to join the army and use it to strengthen Saidnes's city defenses! In addition, you can use those methods" After a moment of silence, an old man dressed in the garb of the Cardinal Archbishop of the Church of the Holy Radiance finally made a somewhat constructive suggestion.

Although the Holy Radiance Empire still has a few provinces to conquer, after the checkpoint between the Central Province and the Shrut Province was breached, the Church of the Gods coalition was definitely no more than half a month away from Saidnes' journey.

At this time, even if the Pope himself ordered the Guò magic communicator to return the other armies that had resisted in a few provinces. Not to mention, those armies are also struggling to resist the Church of the Gods coalition forces opposite them, and it is impossible to make them retreat in front of the enemy now!

Therefore, for the Holy Radiance Church, it is quite reliable to gather those mad //believers// to join the army now, at least it is much more reliable than the three demoralized new legions and the two garrison legions with floating hearts. And for Saidnes, there is no need to worry about weapons and equipment, there are many kinds of weapons and equipment and city defense equipment.

Of course, the disadvantage is that most of the fanatics of the God of Divine Radiance are ordinary people, and their combat power without the plug-in of the gods game space is really tearful. If you want to build a fighting force? According to the normal way, it is estimated that before the arrival of the enemy, don't think about it - in just ten days and half a month, it is not enough for ordinary people to advance to the gray iron rank under normal training!

As a thousand-year-old Divine Radiant Empire in the magical world, of course, there is a way to quickly build a group of troops with good combat power, but not to mention the massive resources invested in this and the reserves of the Holy Radiance Empire, just a matter of division of interests is enough for the Pope in peacetime to not be able to carry out this kind of order.

But even now, without the nod of the Pope, no one dares to do such a thing on his own, and can only ask the Pope who is now calm down in a cryptic tone.

"Good! Just follow this method! Take out all the resources of the church and the empire, including the resources of our respective families, and quickly become combat power in the shortest possible time!" Looking at the subordinates and the leaders of the various families around him, the Pope directly ripped off the last fig leaf, and said naked: "Everyone, only if we defeat those heresies, can the empire and the church continue to exist!

The Pope's words were very explicit, putting all the questions directly on the surface, and the members of the other dozen or so big families in the church looked at each other and thought for a while, and gritted their teeth and agreed on the condition that the Pope promised to compensate them after the victory.

Soon, before the coalition of the Church of the Gods led by Magnus Claudius arrived at Saidnes, a city defense legion of half a million people was quickly formed, of which 100,000 believers formed a legion called Shenghui alone! (To be continued......)