Chapter Seventy-Eight: Quick Results (Asking for Recommendation Votes)
Douglas patted the armrest of the sofa and said: "Since the establishment of the council, because the 'heart of faith' 'must' be based on the heartfelt devotion and belief in the 'God of Truth', it cannot be shaken too much, so only magicians quietly believe in the God of Truth or are bought by the church's money and materials, and there has never been a bishop-level clergyman who has become a spy of the council, and now, in terms of intelligence, we finally don't have to be beaten passively, and Viken would never have imagined that the cardinal would also secretly serve the council." โ
In the past few hundred years, the council has been filled with many Shinrito spies, and sometimes, the members of the Supreme Council know who is colluding with the church, and they do not expose him and try him, but pass on false information through them to counteract the influence of other undiscovered spies - although there is the "authority" of the Revenant Soul Domination that invades the brain and searches through memories, there are so many people in the council, and most of the magicians have their own secrets, so obviously they can't be investigated one by one.
Of course, the subversive theories of the Holy Scriptures and the Canon also cleansed the part of the spies who believed in the God of Truth to some extent, but it was not until after the Battle of Rentat, when the Southern Church was expelled and the impact on the Four Channels and the Northland Coastal Corridor was minimized, that the spies within the Parliament were truly reduced to the extent that they did not affect the situation.
Correspondingly, no matter how many clergy live a depraved and corrupt life, whether or not they have a bitter hatred for their "superiors" and "colleagues", once they cooperate with a magician, it means that they have turned away from the God of Truth. The heart of faith will inevitably be shaken and then swallowed by the Holy Light, so the Magic Council can only deploy some spies at the priest level, and these spies have no hope of advancing to the bishop level in their lives due to their impure faith, and more often have to rely on magic such as "invading the brain" to gather information at one time.
"I wondered before that the Pope and the Saints of the Northern Church could cooperate with us unaffected, and they swore by what they liked to do with their faith. Lucien had guessed the general situation when he knew that the Tao could steal the power of faith, but it wasn't until he started the real way that he fully figured out what was going on, and the connection between their "Heart of Faith" and "Heavenly Mountain" was partially manipulated by themselves with the help of "Divinity". The rules can be changed to a certain extent. If you "think" that you don't violate your faith in the Lord, you don't break it!
Douglas nodded lightly: "There are also some cardinal-level spies in the Northern Church." โ
He muttered for a moment, "Although it is necessary to announce the method of stealing and using the power of faith directly to them, without making equivalent demands, it will reduce our control over them. But if you don't. They certainly won't believe us. Only when they see tangible things and get tangible benefits will they fall deeper and deeper on this road. There's no going back, and that's what we want to see. โ
"As for the control of them, one is the threat, at least until they become legends, they are not qualified to steal and use the power of faith, once exposed, they will definitely be burned at the stake by the Cardinal Conference in the name of depravity and demonization, although these members of the Cardinal Conference can be regarded as a major situation, but it is about their own strength, and they definitely don't want to share the power of faith with one more person. โ
If they honestly become Holy Spirit Priests or Holy Knights step by step, the members of the Cardinal will not be embarrassed, but will share the means with them, after all, the danger brought by the rapid rise of the Magic Council makes them very vigilant, and they are clearly aware of the need to strengthen the strength of the Legend level and restore the number of Legends.
Douglas said this, and glanced at Lucian: "The second control method is inducement, we control the four countries of the Strait and the Northland coastal corridor, and control a huge number of believer resources, as long as they are willing to cooperate with us, we can help them steal the faith power of Holm and other sects, this is a safe and rich resource, they must not be tempted, after all, they must be careful when stealing internally, and it is easy to be discovered by members of the Cardinal Conference if they go a little too far." โ
The Anglican church of Holm was closely attached to the kingdom of Holm, so Douglas did not make this suggestion in an affirmative tone, but consulted Lucian's opinion.
"There's no problem with that, the state religion of Holm is just a tool to help us stabilize our believers, and if they become stronger, it's not good for us, and it's not good for the kingdom of Holm either, and it's almost enough to maintain one or two priests or holy knights, and besides, I'm afraid that Viken has secretly told the archbishops of these schismatic sects about the god-like law. Lucien bowed slightly, there are only two epic knights in the Kingdom of Holm at present, and if the number of legends of the Holm State Religion exceeds them, it will inevitably put the cart before the horse.
Douglas quite agreed with Lucian's judgment: "Although Viken is worried about the Northern Church coming from behind, he is certainly not afraid of splinter sects such as the Holm State Church that do not even have legends, in fact, not only can we use the source of faith of the Holm State Church and other sects, but the power of faith of your Steam Church can also be transformed and provided to those cardinals, heh, your 'research project' is really versatile, this can't be what you thought of in advance, right?"
He suddenly mentioned the matter of the Steam Church, and seemed to understand another purpose of Lucian's research.
"I had an idea of this, but I didn't have the information at the time, so I had to figure it out on my own, but it was Wicken's actions that gave me the inspiration to mess up the situation. Lucien laughed and said, he is not really a last resort, many things are bypassed and inspired, otherwise he would have exchanged 'information' with the northern church a long time ago.
As soon as he finished speaking, Lucian's expression suddenly froze, and then he took out a dark green non-legendary puppet that he had refined, and saw that it was dyed a bright red.
"A cardinal contacted me, so soon?" Lucien was a little surprised.
Douglas said with a normal face: "Maybe there is important information." โ
"Well, I'll take a look. Lucien said to Douglas that this was his half-plane, and that he had to get his permission to project near the holy city of Reims.
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A horse-drawn carriage drove steadily on the rammed earth avenue on the outskirts of the holy city of Reims, until it came to a stop at a manor at the edge of the forest.
"Thank you, Bishop Myers, for presiding over the baptism of our family. The owner of the manor, a viscount, respectfully saluted the cardinal who had stepped out of the carriage, and his excitement was palpable.
Although his deceased father had a very good relationship with the cardinal, he knew that the status difference between himself and the other party was too great, and he didn't expect the other party to baptize his youngest son.
"Your father and I are friends who grew up together, so you're welcome, I'll go to the chapel to bathe and wash and pray in peace before I get baptized tomorrow. "Myers was an old man with gray hair, a calm but majestic bearing.
After entering the prayer room of the chapel, Myers knelt down in front of the cross and began to pray.
In the dead of night, he raised his head, glanced at the cross and the inlaid emblem of truth with a complicated gaze, then took out a delicate puppet and gently stirred it up.
The puppet suddenly glowed red, moved its limbs as if it had come to life, and then leaped up sharply, looking at Myers with a funny face: "Are you calling me?"
Looking at the puppet, which was only the size of his thumb, Myers felt a deep disgust in his heart, and took a deep breath and said, "We have obtained the secret of the artificial planet, and this is the information you need. โ
Although the imitation of the artificial planet is presided over by the Holy Spirit Priest, it is also inseparable from the cooperation of the cardinal, after all, they are not researchers like the Grand Arcanist, who are equivalent to a team and can do everything on their own, so the targets that Lucien lured with the power of faith include Myers of the "Supreme Seminary".
"Oh, great job, I appreciate you. The red light on the puppet's body swallowed up the information that Myers had brought out.
Myers said with a gloomy face: "I have completed your request, don't bother me again in the future." โ
"Really, I'm going to disturb Philip, Estella, Mary, or Bahรก'u'llรกh?" said the puppet, laughing as the first three cardinals in charge of theological matters and the latter the magnates of the Inquisition.
Myers said angrily, "Devil, didn't you say you wouldn't threaten me?"
"I know you know that you know very well that as long as you don't use this method, I will never be able to threaten you, but if you use it, you will acquiesce to me to threaten you. The puppet's face became more and more funny, "Don't blame me for your own choice." โ
"Devil, damn devil. Myers gritted his teeth, but he didn't make any resistance, and when he tried this method and succeeded, he already knew the price he was willing to pay, "I warn you, don't ask too much, or I'd rather confess to His Holiness the Pope!"
When I become a pastor of the Holy Spirit, I can get rid of this devil, and then everything I have done now can be forgiven by the church!
"That's right, I like to work with people like you who know what they want, don't worry, I don't like to threaten others the most, I've always been a good gentleman, and win-win is my point of view. "If the information you provide in the future satisfies me, I can consider providing you with additional power of faith." โ
"What?" Myers' breathing became heavy, and he saw that the puppet seemed to have a little bit of divine aura on its body that was different from the Holy Light.
"Do you need to ask what it is?" the puppet monster laughed.
Myers was silent, and finally understood what the temptation of the devil recorded in the Holy Book could make angels fall too!
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"The artificial planet information obtained by the church does not have the special part that I added later, which means that he has redeemed it before, of course, it may also be that he constructed it himself according to the principle, after all, the composition style of the magic array of the artificial planet in this information is very different from ours. Lucien took the information and said to Douglas and Fernando. (To be continued......)
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