Chapter Two Hundred and One: A Conversation Between the Two
"If the current church were to carry out a large-scale attack desperately, it would have a lethal effect, and it would be in the hands of the enemy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info," Archbishop Roland said slowly.
After listening to Van Helsing's latest intelligence and analysis about the demon fox clan, Roland was not unexpected, but not so anxious.
Van Helsing, on the contrary, couldn't do it anymore because Roland was so calm.
"If the demon fox clan completely turns against the church, it can be said to be a fatal blow to us now. Van Helsing said earnestly.
"Of course I understand, I know what you said, if the Demon Fox Clan, as one of the three major families of the pillars of the church, is subverted, the existence of the church will also have a fatal impact, and I understand it without you saying it. Roland said earnestly.
The meaning of the Demon Fox Clan to them, as the archbishop, he knew better than anyone else.
Since this key information came from Komatsu Feixue's mouth, coupled with the miscellaneous information they collected from various sources, it can basically be concluded that Van Helsing's analysis is not too wrong, and even if there is, it is not far from the truth.
The framework of the church is actually the result of a compromise between three huge families.
After the last battle, the three surviving big families sat down and used the huge organization of the church, which has had a great influence on the human race, as a framework, to jointly fund, send people, and establish the Council of Light and Shadow, after so many years, the church and the three big families have formed an inseparable relationship.
To use a figurative analogy, if the Church is compared to the United Nations, the three great families are equivalent to the permanent members of the United Nations.
If one of these three families is missing, the whole church will have problems.
After all, most of the members of the church are from these three families, and of course there are many other small races, but there are still more people from these three families.
One of these three families is the dragon family, one is the demon fox family, and the other comes from a very old organization in the human realm, the Freemasonry.
Together, these three families support the normal operation of the entire church, and are one of the main sources of funding for the church.
However, after the last operation, the sudden withdrawal of the demon fox clan and the loss of more than half of the church's combat power directly caused the current turmoil in the church.
The church had to transfer manpower everywhere to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden withdrawal of the demon fox clan, and even the new trainees who had only completed half of their training were hurriedly hired.
"I'll show you something. Roland turned on the projector, and a map of the world appeared with hundreds of green dots scattered around the world.
"Isn't this a map of the various branches of the Church World?" Van Helsing said, looking at the huge world map. He didn't know why Roland wanted to bring up this image, what he wanted to do now was to lead the large army directly into the territory of the Demon Fox Clan and find out the truth.
"This is a map of our distribution of forces a few months before your last operation, and which of the blue dots of light are the new training facilities that have not yet been completed since the formation of the Knights Templar. Roland said slowly, Actually, what I want you to see is this picture.
Roland slowly pressed the picture in his hand, and with a click to switch between images, a huge world map still appeared on the entire fluorescent screen.
It's just that the green dots on the picture in this chapter are less than half of the ones on the previous picture, and many places either have black dots or red dots.
"Is this?" Van Helsing said in surprise.
"This is where we are now. Roland said slowly.
"After the last operation, coupled with the sudden withdrawal of the demon fox clan, various races took advantage of the situation to threaten the church.
These black dots are the areas we have let out, and some of the other red dots are either being negotiated or not negotiated, and there are scenes of riots and armed struggles. The green is the core area controlled by the church, and although there is no problem for the time being, the atmosphere of the whole society has tended to look down on the church's ability to influence. Roland continued.
"Before the last operation, there were a total of 374 facilities in the church, and after the last incident, 145 facilities were swallowed up and relinquished, five of which were forcibly occupied, and the ability to control the area has been completely lost, and if it were not for our decisive evacuation, the losses would have been even more severe. Roland said calmly.
"At present, the remaining 229 facilities are also understaffed, and the elite combat power used to protect the church headquarters has been sent to support. The current situation is still very unoptimistic. Roland said slowly.
"The situation in the church today is, in a word, stormy and embattled. We're barely on our feet now. After a timely contraction of power, our current situation has stabilized, and the reason why the temporary suspension of the Light and Shadow Council was announced is also a factor of this. The most important thing is that we have to brake statically, this is the only option we have. Roland said slowly, his words made Van Helsing suddenly understand the urgency of the whole matter.
In order to deal with all kinds of things in the whole world, the current church is completely unable to spare the strength to solve the affairs of the demon fox clan.
You must know that the power of the demon fox clan is no less than that of the dragon clan back then, even if the church in the prosperous period forcibly intervenes in the affairs of the demon fox clan, it is a very tricky matter, not to mention the current situation that the church is powerless.
"So what are we going to do? There is basically no hope of armed intervention. But we can't let the Demon Fox Clan go on like this, if they really succeed in being subverted by the Seven Sins Organization, it will directly add a very strong enemy to us, and this enemy's understanding of the church is far greater than that of other opponents, after all, the establishment of the Light and Shadow Council and the current framework of the church The Demon Fox Clan can be said to be one of the founders. Van Helsing said, the Demon Fox Clan, their former comrade-in-arms, would definitely be a huge threat to the church if they stabbed backhand.
It can even directly determine the survival of the church.
"I know you're in a hurry, but the church really can't use too much combat power right now. Roland said slowly.
"There are still methods," Roland said slowly.
"That is, we can also learn the actions of the Seven Sins and send a small team of elites to secretly infiltrate and stop their actions. Roland slowly counted, and in fact he was exactly what Van Helsing had in mind.
"As for the selection of this team, I think you are better at it than I am. Roland said unhurriedly.
Maybe their outcome had already been decided before this conversation, after all, both of them were smart people.
For smart people, any amount of words is superfluous.
At this time, the real meaning of Van Helsing and Roland's conversation is more inclined to take a formality. After all, Roland is Van Helsing's direct boss no matter what.
Now there are only three months left before the change of the patriarch of the entire Demon Fox Clan.