Chapter 143: The Exorcist

Hearing John say this, everyone's eyes focused on the two exorcists sitting in the corner at the same time, although these two people were not monks, but they were also devout Catholics, and people with true spiritual beliefs did seem to have a sense of calmness, peace and joy, which was completely different from the usual corrupted monks.

In this era, the whole of Europe is constantly in turmoil, and the people are uneasy, which makes many people have misanthropic thoughts, and many demon worship is taking this opportunity to frantically confuse ordinary human beings, so that they become victims of sin, and due to the increasing strength of the monastery, some monks have become as corrupt and degenerate as the secular feudal lords, which has aggravated the trend of demon worship.

Within the Church, the 'Simonism' that has long dominated the use of money and other despicable means to obtain the clergy and the 'Nikolayism', which destroys the celibacy of the clergy and justifies the marriage of wives and concubines, are like two huge cancers that continue to corrode the bloated body of the Church.

Externally, the rise of the power of the White Wizard has caused more and more pressure on the church, and the continuous bloodletting tactics of the black wizard and the wild wizard have also made it difficult for the Holy See to take care of it, causing a lot of trouble to the huge Holy See all over Europe.

Just as the foundations of this edifice began to decay, someone finally stood up!William the Pious built a monastery in Cluny, not far from Macken in eastern France, which was only protected and driven by the Pope, and required the monks to strictly abide by the Benedictine rules of asceticism. Simonism was so deeply rooted that the reforms were forced into a long period of fierce warfare, and in this painful and long process of 'production', a great figure stepped onto the stage of history and took over the abbot of Cluny.

He's Dean Otiro!

He resolutely resisted 'Nikolaiism' and 'Simonism', actively rectified the canons and strict dogma, emphasized the ascetic life of the clergy, opposed secularization, opposed the clergy's family control of church power and property, and concentrated the power of the church.

Externally, he actively contacted the white wizard camp with a good reputation, reached a reconciliation agreement, and at the same time co-opted the wild wizard forces to a certain extent, and then jointly targeted the dark wizard organization, constantly compressing the black wizard's sphere of influence, and suppressing the living space of other intelligent life, forcing them to stay away from the gathering place of ordinary humans.

In order to better strengthen the church's control and penetration of the place for the dark wizards, a secret organization was established in the Cluny Monastery, which specializes in cultivating non-clergy capable people, allowing them to walk on the entire European continent as exorcists, because they are non-clergy, so they can reduce the probability of being attacked by dark wizards in the process of walking in the wild, and enter the control area of the white wizards to complete tasks such as exorcism, so as to increase the influence of the church.

Although there were still many factions within the church, and even Pope Benedict VI was assassinated in 974 AD, the Clunians still gained a foothold with the support of the first Germanic pope, Gregory V, which shows the means and ability of Abbot Otiro.

The two exorcists who appeared in John Bacon's house today were the elite members of the Benedictine Order, a secret organization from Cluny Abbey.

The older of the two exorcists was named Thomas, and he looked up at the wild wizard who wanted to accept the task but was afraid that the spirit was too strong and hesitated there, and he was very disdainful of this poor man who cared about his own interests and had no faith or sustenance, but for the purpose of Abbot Otiro's purpose of expanding the influence of the church in the local area, and also for the sake of the note that John Bacon promised to live, he still had to maintain a more rational relationship with the wild wizard, at least until the dark wizard was completely defeated, and he could not make enemies in many ways.

"Yes, Mr. Bacon is right, we exorcists will also participate in this mission, and it is also the duty of us exorcists to expel spirits that are malicious to humans, not to mention that what Mr. Bacon promised us gives us no reason to refuse."

"Master Thomas, don't worry, although our Bacon family has fallen so far, but we also keep our promises, and we will not break our promises to the master, please rest assured" John emphasized the reward of this exorcism very timely, at least everyone sounded sincere.

Just sitting there gives me the illusion that I can't ignore them, the wizards who have failed to expel evil spirits in the past are all single-handed, and I have never heard of any powerful characters, this time I personally went out, plus two exorcists, the possibility of success is greatly increased, you can give it a try!'

Thinking of this, the crow firmly accepted the idea of the task, the key is that the conditions offered by John Bacon are too tempting! He has to give it a try whenever possible, and he must not let go of this opportunity easily, in fact, the wild wizard crow did not think about killing John Bacon at a certain moment to get what he wanted, but the existence of that damn house-elf made him dispel this idea.

This little thing is a bit dangerous!And it's better not to act rashly on the White Wizard's territory!

After John waited for a while and found that there was no objection to this mission, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, the first step has been completed, as long as it is done step by step then everything will be realized, and the Bacon family will definitely rise again, it will definitely be possible!

"Now that the task of expelling the wraiths has been agreed, we can sign a magic contract in a while, these contracts are all uniformly formulated by the Wizarding Council, and there will be no loopholes or secret tricks, please rest assured, the reputation of the Bacon family has always been very good"

John, who was full of tiredness, turned his head to Hugo and asked at this time, "Several of them are interested in the castle, this time go to the castle with us to see if it suits your wishes, if it is suitable, then you can bid after the exorcism, what do you think?"

The rest of the men, including the knight named Leo and the merchant named Franklin, as well as Hugo, looked at each other and nodded, agreeing to the offer.

At this point, John Bacon finally showed a smile and said: "In this case, then we will set off early tomorrow morning, although the castle is not too far from here, but it is still a day or so away, it is better to set off as soon as possible, you need to prepare your own equipment, items and vehicles for the journey, because I can no longer afford everyone's consumption!"