Chapter 63: Mockery

It must be admitted that what Earl Sullivan said was straightforward, but it actually made a lot of sense.

The blasphemy accusation is serious.

In Pavatiga, blasphemer and enemy of God are the most serious crimes related to clerical authority, and the other crimes are only related to a certain temple or temples, and even if convicted, they may be able to escape punishment by taking refuge in the hostile forces of these temples, but the enemy of God is different, once the identity of the enemy of God is determined, then this person will definitely die.

For all the churches of Parvatiga will be enemies of this person, whether the churches are related to each other or not, even if they are completely unrelated churches, even mortal enemies like the Temple of Water and the Temple of Fire, they will join forces in the action of destroying the enemies of God, and they will devote themselves to it with all their might.

The most typical example is the Efes Rebellion 2,400 years ago, during the darkest chaotic times, when the temples were at war with each other, and in a small border town, when the evil demigod warrior Efes passed by, he drunkenly attacked the Lady of Mist, a third-rate god in charge of the mist, who was only regional in terms of number of followers and influence.

In fact, this kind of viciousness is nothing new in the chaotic era, and with the transcendent status of the demigod powerhouse of Ephes, no one will really hold him accountable for this, at most it can be solved by making an apology in person and paying a large amount of compensation. But perhaps believing that the temple had no time to take care of other matters, the demigod Efes lost his reverence for the gods and not only insulted the misty lady in front of the Bishop of Mist and the priests of the temple who came to theorize, but also killed the Archbishop of Mist.

The enemy of the gods was established, and the fighting temples actually stopped the war, and all the temples joined forces to encircle and suppress the demigod Ephes. There are very few demigod powerhouses among the priests, but all the temples have clearly rejected the proposal of a few demigod believers to help encircle and suppress them, and only rely on the temple's own strength to fight the enemy.

The demigods have long been out of the realm of mortals, and their strength is so strong that they can't be considered by mortal thinking at all, no matter how many legends and golden powerhouses there are, it is difficult to affect the demigods, and with the power of the temple alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to kill Efes. However, no one expected that these priests were simply crazy, and they caught up with Efes, the seven Legendary Archbishops, who were casually swaggering in Robbiat City, and introduced the power bestowed by the gods into their bodies, forcibly raising their strength to the realm of demigods.

After a great battle, the city of Robbiat was reduced to ruins, and Efes was killed on the spot, four of the seven archbishops who participated in the war died under the counterattack of Efes, and the remaining three also died one after another within a few minutes after the battle, and their bodies were completely destroyed by divine power and turned into dust, and their souls returned to the kingdom of God. The priesthood can use the power of the gods to strengthen themselves, but if they do too much, they will destroy their bodies by the divine powers, and even their souls will be assimilated, so this is a predestined result before the battle begins.

This battle also let the world see the bottom line of the temple, everything else is easy to discuss, but the blasphemy of the gods has exceeded the limit of the gods' patience, and no god will tolerate it, including the gods of the gods of the enemy's faith. Because, daring to blaspheme the gods means that the existence of the 'gods' has lost their reverence, and what they do is not aimed at a single individual, but against the gods as a whole, and the gods certainly cannot let go.

Once the enemy of God appears, no church will speak for him, let alone shelter him, and under the pressure of the church, no regime dares to risk the wrath of the theocracy to protect the enemy of God, after all, the clergy are half crazy in the eyes of secular power, and they can not even want their lives for the glory of the gods. Moreover, the church is only the agent of the gods, even if the church is temporarily suppressed, it is meaningless, and among the nine hundred and twenty-eight gods, a few are particularly fond of descending into the mortal world.

However, because blasphemy is a felony, it is often established with extreme caution, and if it is only an ordinary commoner, any church is an existence that they can only look up to, and once accused of blasphemy, it can easily be characterized.

But the aristocracy, especially the great nobles, is different, as long as he does not openly blaspheme, as if he insulted the gods they serve before the apostles, or openly challenged the majesty of the gods before the world, as Efes did, then it is difficult to judge them as blasphemous, after all, they have the protection of secular imperial power, which is completely different from ordinary commoners.

Therefore, even if he utters blasphemous words, Earl Sullivan is not worried at all, this level of blasphemy will not anger the gods and make them personally punish them, but want to accuse themselves of blasphemy, hehe, the people present are only himself and his two sons, and the rest are insiders of the Darkmoon Church, there is no evidence, just the words of their family, even if they are a powerful church, the accusations against themselves will not be resolved in the protracted debate, not to mention that they are just a small church outside the mainstream, and anyone, including other clergy, will only laugh at them for not knowing proportion, and it is impossible to stand on their side。

Therefore, Count Sullivan was very sure, he had always been so sure, and in his knowledge, apart from the accident of the broken arm, no one could escape his control and disobey his will if he wanted to, not even Shure, who was highly regarded in the data. After cleaning up these few things that get in the way, there is time to educate the disobedient daughter.

Not only did he disobey, but he also dared to cut off one of his arms, and he must make her pay. Although the arm has been connected in time after the end, I always feel a sense of sluggishness when I use it, and I often feel soreness and pain, especially before every time something big happens, it will definitely hurt badly, and it was like this last night. Is there going to be something big going on, is there going to be a change in the political situation of the empire?

Earl Sullivan began to think about other issues, because in his eyes, the matter was over, and Shul and his party had no ability to resist, and they had no choice but to obey, and it was better if they refused to obey, and he didn't mind crushing them like a worm, and he could completely cut off the last hope of his rebellious daughter.

Then, he saw the smile on Shul's face.

A bright smile, with a bit of relief, as if he were the victor, made Earl Sullivan's heart burn with anger again.

You dare to laugh in front of me, and you dare to show the smile of a victor, and the lion is angry, and anger gushes out of his eyes.

"Praise to the Lord of Sincerity, Your Excellency the Earl, you are right, and I confess that you have been so correct in most of your judgments that I cannot find any way to refute it, and if it were not for the question of position, I would have applauded you. Just when Count Sullivan's anger was at its peak and could erupt at any moment, Shul said leisurely with a holy smile peculiar to the clergy, "But with all due respect, there is a question I would like to ask you first, heh, you are the commander of the Black Feather Legion, a big man in the Imperial military, may I ask, have you really led troops and participated in wars? Even if it was only a small local friction." ”

Without wanting Count Sullivan's answer, Shull immediately took it himself: "If you have really participated in the war, then you must know that on the battlefield, the most important thing is the control of information, and information can determine everything. Thus was born such a thing as false reporting, and once the generals of the commanding troops were deceived by the false reports and made a decision based on the wrong information, they would pay an extremely painful price, and they might even be completely wiped out, and everything would be completely lost. ”

Earl Sullivan's anger subsided instantly, he only felt a faint pain in his severed arm, and in the face of Shul's gentle gaze, he felt like a frog targeted by a poisonous snake, and his subconscious was frantically reminding him that danger was around him, but he still couldn't figure out where the danger came from.

There was even a thought in his heart that he didn't want to admit, could it be that the eyes in front of him were the real source of danger?

"Your Excellency the Earl is very careful, has been observing, has been forbearing, since I got off the float, I have been with Save most of the time, without any disguised swagger and wandering around, I don't believe in your eyes that have escaped, but you have not come forward, and you have not even done anything, whether I live with Save or separate, it makes me a headache, Your Excellency the Earl, hehe. ”

"You should be glad I didn't bother to pay attention to you then. ”

"Don't bother to pay attention?hehe, no, no, no, it's not completely sure, although His Excellency the Earl seems to be tough and rude, but he is the kind of person who will never act rashly without full certainty, and once he acts, he will bite his opponent to death. The problem is that if you don't act, how can I have a chance and an excuse? So I invited the Duke of Silver Fox, tsk, the lady who served the soup was so beautiful, the soup she brought was a different taste, and the old lady who cleaned the restaurant was so dedicated, and every corner was cleaned. However, if they had walked a little more naturally, I might not have been able to tell that they were spies. Xiuer spread his hands, and his smile made people want to punch him, "I don't want to see it, I'm also desperate, but what can I do, who has let me have the experience of cultivating secret agents for a long time, even if my eyes are closed, I can smell the stench of secret agents on their bodies." ”

"Thank them for their cooperation, and passed the information that I was going to take Saf out of Lion City to Your Excellency in time, but you can still bear it, just a fire burned down her secret stronghold, strange, you can't not see that the root of the problem is me, if you want to continue to control Saf, you must first solve the fact that me, but you haven't come to the door to put pressure on me, I'm a little suspicious, are you really Saf's father? She's so stupid, she's so stupid and cute, why are you so 'wise'?"