Chapter 62: Presumptuousness
"My unruly daughter disobeyed my orders, which made me angry, but, after all, she is my daughter, and as long as she turns around and admits her mistakes and accepts punishment, I can ignore what she has done, but if she remains unrepentant, I also have a way to educate her. ”
"Like a fire that burns down her library?"
"I said, now I say, listen, without my permission, you are not qualified to speak here, you had better learn how to face the superior deferentially, learn how to fear authority, this is what you lack the most now. Earl Sullivan's eyes were filled with strong confidence and pressure, this is the unique aura of a person who commands tens of thousands of troops and can decide the life and death of countless people with a single sentence, "Maybe you have never been in contact with the real superiors, so I forgive you this time, but my words are never said for the third time, and if there is a similar situation, you will bear the consequences." ”
"Huh. Shul just smiled noncommittally and said nothing.
"My daughter makes me angry, but I can bear it and wait for her to realize her mistake. However, this is my daughter's education, and it has nothing to do with outsiders, and you dare to meddle in my family affairs and want to escape from my home with my daughter, which makes me extremely angry. I know that your status as a god servant has always been smooth in the small city of the Rose Capital, which has made you mistakenly believe that your identity can make you unscrupulous, but unfortunately, your identity is invalid for me, and you can give up your unrealistic luck mentality. ”
"I wanted to teach you a profound lesson, although mortals dare not disobey the gods, but I want to teach you a few servants who don't understand the rules is no problem at all, but for the sake of your face in serving the gods, I still plan to give you a last chance. ”
"After leaving here, get out of the Lion City immediately, I know that you have to give a speech at the Water Curtain Festival, just leave a representative, you, and you, you two must leave, and you must return directly to your lair, and you are not allowed to set foot in the Lion City in the future. ”
"As for Saf, you immediately cancel your escape plan with her, and you will not be allowed to have any more contact with her in the future, and if you have any contact, you will continue to say the same thing, and you will bear the consequences. Seeing that Shul had something to say, Earl Sullivan interrupted him with a sneer, "Don't think that this is a discussion with you, this is just to inform you that I order you to do this, you have no room for counter-offer, and you have no right to refuse, and you don't want to face the consequences, so you will honestly follow my orders." ”
"Hehehehe, are you done?" Shure leaned back in his chair, as if relieved, and said to Saph and Angela with a smile, "You see, I said before, this is the characteristic of a typical Emerald Empire person, arrogant, arrogant, stubborn, only knows how to immerse himself in his own fantasy small world, of course, others are not so obvious, and this person is a special case, he shows all the shortcomings in the character of the Imperial people, all the shortcomings are vividly expressed. ”
"It seems that you don't understand the meaning that you are not qualified to speak here, so I need to let you know what the consequences of what you just said. ”
"I don't know how you received special treatment from Lady Wendy and were able to establish a friendly relationship with the Water Temple, and there is no doubt that this is a lifesaver for your small temple that could break its inheritance at any time. You are here this time to announce the friendly relationship at the Water Curtain Festival, and take this opportunity to shift the center of gravity of your temple's power to the Jade Empire, hehe, in the Rose Capital, the suppression of the Silver Moon Temple, you don't have any chance, the focus is shifted here, it is your only feasible way out. ”
"But because you have just disobeyed my orders, and now you can abandon this plan, I can assure you that it is impossible for you to establish a chapel within the territory of the Emerald Empire, and in any city, the city guards will specifically target you and do their best to prevent you from recruiting believers. If you have any other plans, do them as soon as possible, or you will miss the most precious time, and the gods you serve will fall asleep because of the renunciation of faith. ”
"Very thoughtful and gutsy. Shuer lowered his face and squinted his eyes and said, "Aren't you afraid of provoking the wrath of the gods?, even if our Darkmoon Temple's sphere of influence is too far away, but if you blatantly disobey Lord Wendy's wishes like this, the Water Temple will tolerate you?"
"That's why I said, you don't understand what a superior person is, and in the face of a real superior, a real power, your identity is meaningless. In this era, the clergy and the regime strictly avoid interfering with each other, maybe in your small city, with your declining church, putting pressure on the regime in the name of clerical power can indeed bring a little trouble to the officials, so that they dare not do too much with their concerns, but this is the Emerald Empire, here is the Lion City, even if your church finds a place to exert pressure, it will not have any effect, even if you are the captain of the city guard, you can't influence it, let alone me. ”
"As for the Temple of Water, if they exert full pressure, they can indeed cause me a lot of trouble, and even affect the development of my career, but I am not worried at all, who do you think you are? You are just a friendly church of the Temple of Water, and I really feel that I am worthy of them not hesitating to collide with the regime, and they must put all the pressure on Your Majesty? Not to mention, I am a believer of Lord Fergus, the God of War, and with my status, I am highly valued by the church, even if the Temple of Water puts pressure, the Temple of War will bear the pressure for me. Hmph, don't think too highly of yourself, in the eyes of ordinary people, you may be high-ranking church clergy, big shots, but in the eyes of the real superiors, you are just a group of inconspicuous ants. ”
"So, this is your threat?"
"It's not a threat, I never threaten anyone, I'm just informing you that this is going to happen. Earl Sullivan said with a cold face, "I am talking so much nonsense to you, just to let you know that all this is a punishment for your disobedience, and it is all your own doing, if you want to blame it, you don't know how to revere." Now go out at once and do as I command. ”
"Oh, then I'm weird. Shuer's face became even more gloomy, as if he was really under huge psychological pressure, "Take the initiative to leave the Lion City and cut off contact with Saf, heh, since you have decided to do this kind of thing, why should I do what you want?"
"Those just now are just a small punishment for your disobedience, just for punishment, in order to save you, if you still don't repent, the real punishment will naturally follow. Count Sullivan said firmly, "First of all, I guarantee that in the future, your people and a city in the human world will be treated the same as in the empire, and many of the legions and city guards of various countries are high-ranking disciples of Lord Fergus. ”
"When the time comes, not only the cities of other countries, but even the Rose Capital, the congregants of the same faith will cooperate with the Silver Moon Temple, which will put a lot of pressure on you, and you will even lose your base camp, and there will be no more chance. Unless you flee to the territory of a foreign race, there is still no territory of the believers of the god of war, but the foreign race has its own devout belief in the gods, and you, as outsiders, should be glad not to be driven away by them, and still want to develop your faith?"
"So, obey orders, this is your only way out, if you do it to my satisfaction, although it is impossible to enter the territory of the Emerald Empire, I can even ask the parishioners to provide you with a little convenience, as a reward for your deference. ”
"Since there is a first, it seems that there is a second?" Shuer's attitude became more and more strange, as if he was really nervous, but also as if he was expecting him to continue.
"The second thing is that it has nothing to do with you, because you're gone. Earl Sullivan sneered, "Death to those who disobey orders, this is the rule of the legion, so I will kill you." It's true that the Rose Capital is too far away for the power of the Empire to influence, but that's okay, the Thieves' Guild has a lot of assassins to choose from, and for a little money, you can hire them to kill you, well, maybe her. ”
Sullivan gestured at Lisa as if to say a trivial matter.
"Maybe you've forgotten that the Assassins of the Thieves' Guild are not your subordinates. Shur clenched his fists, and his voice was amplified a lot, "The believers of the shadows and conspiracies have long made a pact with the servants of other gods, and in order to avoid conflicts between the gods, they will not be involved in the assassination of the priests. ”
"Oh, I can see that you're scared. Earl Sullivan's smile was cold, "Because you also know that it is the target of assassination that can cause conflicts among the gods, and you, obviously, are not." ”
"A god with only a double number of believers, a god who has broken his faith and is about to fall asleep, their priests, who are dead and dead, and no one will protest for them, how can they cause conflicts among the gods? ”
"Bang", Shure slapped his palm on the desk, stood up abruptly and said loudly, "The apostle who threatens the gods, in front of the archbishop of the church, curses the gods we serve to fall into a deep sleep immediately, this is a blasphemous act, I can always make accusations against you to the Lionheart King and the Temple of War, you just wait to become the enemy of the gods." ”
"So what?" said Earl Sullivan, who did not care at all, said with a calm expression, "the folly of the dying struggle, since I dare to say it, naturally I will not be worried, blasphemy? So, instead of letting these things happen, just get out of here and do what I tell me, otherwise, I will do what I say. ”