The Temple and the Wizards' Guild had previously agreed to temporarily lock down the entire North.

During this time, what happens in the north will not be transmitted to the outside world, and it will be difficult for people from the outside world to enter, but this is only a temporary means after all, the north is a vast territory, with a population of more than a million, and it is difficult to completely isolate it.

What's more, not long ago, there were many people who urgently withdrew from the Six Towns, and these people would more or less bring out some news related to the northern border.

Both the church and the Wizards' Association knew very well that what happened in this land could not be kept secret forever, but fortunately, the temple had prepared for it.

Some time ago, Vannal V personally came forward and laid down the theory of divine punishment from heaven, and then the behemoth of the church was also in full operation, and countless middle and low-level clergy conveyed and spread explanations related to divine punishment to believers, so that when the affairs in the north were completely revealed in the future, the panic of the people could be controlled to the greatest extent.

In addition, everyone is dead, and the temple can naturally explain the restoration from any angle.

But no one expected that it would be the wave of monsters from the abyss that would eventually be destroyed.

Although the process was very difficult and there were heavy casualties, the northern border finally survived this catastrophe.

According to the latest information, the six abyss lords who led the way in the final battle have all been killed, and nearly four thousand monsters have also been killed or wounded, although there are still some fish that have escaped in a hurry, but they can't set off the wind and waves, and after winning the battle of the Storm's Rest Castle Guard, Ang Sai only rested for half a day and began to deploy people in an orderly manner to round up the remaining dozens of monsters, and it is expected that there will be some sporadic casualties later, but it has not hindered the overall situation.

So a new question was put before the church and the Magician Association.

What kind of attitude should they have towards the situation in front of them, especially the northern realm for the rest of their lives.

In addition to the more than 60,000 people who died near Crow City, there are still more than 900,000 people left in the north, of which there are more than 700,000 believers, but a considerable number of believers have been shaken in their trust in the church after this experience, and the explanation of divine punishment may be acceptable to others, but it is impossible to accept it as the object of divine punishment in any case.

Those who survived will not forget the church's abandonment of them at this critical juncture.

Trust, once a rift is created, becomes difficult to repair.

Many believers began to doubt their own beliefs, in addition to the influence of the Angsai and Breton families in the North was once again expanded, with this battle, not only the commoners, but also the nobles of the North were twisted into a rope, and only the crisis could unite the forces of the originally scattered sand, and the current North was completely monolithic.

After this battle, Angsai had enough capital to get rid of his puppet status and have autonomy in the north, and he was very clever and did not take a hostile attitude towards the temple, and he did not touch any of the nails planted by the Church in the Breton family, but instead sent a messenger to send a letter of merit to the Holy See, as is customary.

Onsai fulfilled his promise and asked the Church for credit to the soldiers who participated in the Battle of Storm's End, Warren, Hollins and others who died in the line of duty in Raven City, and the brave adventurers who performed well. At the same time, a hot potato was thrown to the latter.

Everyone was speculating about the attitude of the survivors who escaped death in the north after this catastrophe to face the Holy See, but instead of rushing to answer this question, Angsai threw the question to the temple, and he sent someone to ask for merit to ask the church what attitude to treat the survivors in the north.

And to answer this question, the temple cannot avoid a fact.

That is, the North is part of the Holy Alliance.

No matter how the church explains this punishment, this cannot be changed.

These large and small families in the north are all legitimate nobles canonized by the Church, and these people in the north are also the subjects of His Majesty the Pope.

Warren and the others died defending the territory, not only the territory of the Bretton family, but also the territory of the Holy Alliance.

So many people are now wondering what the church is going to do with these meritorious people.

Will they stick to the previous theory of divine punishment and regard the more than 900,000 people in the north as sinful beings, or will they be rewarded according to their merits and regarded as heroes of the Holy Alliance?

Not only the northern realm, but the entire Dawn Continent is waiting for His Majesty the Pope's attitude.

And if this matter is not handled well, it will bring a series of crises to the church, and the loss is far more than 700,000 believers.

It is said that the news of the battle of the Storm's End reached the Renai Palace, and Vannal V did not leave the palace for two days.

Three days later, the news coming from the Palace of Benevolence shocked the entire human world.

Vannal V abruptly announced his abdication, and it was rumored that he would also be subject to an internal investigation of the Temple, led by Bishop Wenger.

As early as a year and a half ago, a part of the stalwarts led by Bishop Wenger had launched a secret impeachment against Vannell V, which was easily defused by His Majesty the Pope.

At that time, it seemed that Vannell V had a strong control over the entire church, and Wenger and other opposition forces were far inferior to the former in terms of numbers and strength, and they had no power to fight back.

No one expected that just over a year later, with the Northern Border Incident as the fuse, the contradictions that had been forcibly suppressed by Fannar V with his personal prestige broke out again, and this time it was menacing.

Wenger and the others not only demanded an investigation into the origin of this divine punishment, but also asked Vannal V to explain the correspondence with the Elven royal family, including the whereabouts of the Blessed Sword of the Nine Hallows, the Wind Chaser and the Apollo Shield, as well as the shortfall in the accounts of nearly 40 million gold coins since ruling the Holy Alliance.

The contradictions within the Church were thoroughly made public with the abdication of Vannell V, and the world was in an uproar.

The storm swept through the entire temple in a very short period of time, and a group of bishops, including Moteris, also entered the investigation list, and even involved two cardinal archbishops, but at such a fatal time, Vannal V chose not to say a word, the former ruler of the church, the spokesman of the gods worshipped by hundreds of millions of believers, as if he had lost all the strength of resistance, and retreated step by step under the pressure of opponents, embarrassed.

The sudden outbreak of a shocking scandal in the temple made everyone forget to pay attention to the church's attitude towards the North.

Another thing, with the abdication of Vannar V, the position of the Pope has become vacant, as the oldest surviving power of the human race, the Temple has lost its leader, which is still an extremely rare thing in human history, so it is imperative to quickly elect a new Pope to lead the Church through this crisis.