As early as more than 90 years ago, during the exploration of the southern continent by the Borui Kingdom, the church characterized the barbarians as an evil intelligent race. This means that humans and barbarians cannot coexist peacefully, communicate on an equal footing, and engage in diplomacy and trade.

Hostility to an intelligent race capable of communication and intermarriage is a major strategic loss for humanity. The reason is simple, the offspring of humans and barbarians are all humans, and according to this law, barbarians should define humans as evil races. The loose barbarians are obviously unaware of the seriousness of the problem, which happens to provide an excellent opportunity for humanity to absorb the barbarians and strengthen themselves.

Assuming that the Borui Kingdom adopts a policy of tenderness and restraint towards the barbarians of the Southern Continent, with the civilization of the human kingdom, they have already rebelled against the guest and landed on the Southern Continent. However, during the barbarian siege of the Vanguard Fortress, the Church forced the Borui to denounce the Barbarians as an evil race and swear to eliminate the threat of the Barbarians as the Borui Knights' duty of protection. Only then did the Church organize an elite coalition of secular lords to rescue the Borui Legion trapped in the Vanguard Fortress, including the Duke of Christopher's previous generation.

At that time, the kingdoms did not have the conditions to expand to the south, and they were happy to see the jokes of the Borui people, and did not dispute the characterization of the church. In this way, the United Kingdom of Borui has been fighting with the Barbarian Kingdom for more than 80 years, and there has been no progress in Nantuo.

Now, when it was the turn of Gombis to cross the river to the south, Patriarch Tamor not only personally ascended to the south bank of Borui's bay to reconnoiter the actual situation of the barbarian kingdom, but also ran over to emphasize the evil nature of the barbarians to the Gombis kingdom. Judging from the time, he landed on the south bank of the Jinshui River from the Borui Kingdom in the southeast, and then rushed to the Gombis Kingdom in the southwest to officiate the wedding of Edward and Anna, and he worked for at least 24 months on this matter. The four Guardians of Cambys, the Regent, and the Marquess of Wimbledon had to revisit Patriarch Tamor's true intentions.

Perhaps, prohibiting the kingdom of Cambyss from engaging in diplomatic activities with the barbarians was a top priority for the Church?

Gombis's strategy of crossing the river to the south originally listed the barbarians of the southern continent as the main imaginary enemies, which did not seem to conflict with the argument of Patriarch Tamor, but his claim that the heavenly spirits worshipped by the barbarians were active evil gods raised another problem.

Before the Chosen Blood War, the elves, humans, and barbarians were allies, and the Radiant Church overthrew the rule of the Chosen One, purging the wizards of the northern barbarians, and forcing the elves to be used as sorcerers for their crimes. Now that the Church defines the barbarians and orcs who have fled to the Southern Continent as evil races, how should the Elven race, which also has the worship of gods, be characterized? Will the Church classify Randall's Royal Bloodline as a heretic?

The superficial atmosphere turned cold in an instant, as if an iceberg suddenly floated on the gentle surface of the water. Sophia's violet eyes were green, she didn't know what was going on, she thought carefully, but heard the regent's serious voice.

"Your Excellency said that the Heavenly Spirit worshipped by the barbarians is an active evil god, is there any conclusive evidence?"

"Nope. Patriarch Tamor shook his head slowly.

Williams sneered and mocked unceremoniously: "Ha, there is no evidence, how can the Patriarch believe that the Spirit of Heaven is an evil god? I think it is the silent ancient god imagined by the barbarians." ”

"Tamor, is this your personal meaning, or is it the consensus of the Cardinals?" said Sylvia, in a pleasant voice and a deep gaze. She has reason to suspect that Tallor wants to involve Victor in the internal strife of the Cardinals, where Clement once proposed to canonize Victor as a saint of the Church, but was opposed by Friedes and Tallmore.

Patriarch Tamor's eyes shone with a white-gold streamer, and he mobilized his holy power to resist the spiritual intimidation of the god knight, cleared his throat, and said:

"His Majesty Enoch, the first Pope, once rescued the elves who were imprisoned and tortured by the wizards in the battle against the evil wizards, and His Majesty Enoch's holy light healed the wounds of the elves and sent the paladins to escort them to the edge of the Everfree Forest, so that they could find their own people. His Majesty Enoch said that the elves were the friends of mankind, and that the clergy should aid their suffering friends and destroy their enemies. This event is clearly recorded in the historical scriptures of the Church. ”

"Oh, if I had the chance, I'd like to see the church's collection of historical classics. Victor softened the solemn atmosphere, took Sophia's hand, and motioned for her to listen quietly and not to think nonsense.

The Church's collection of historical scriptures is vast and not open to secular lords, except for high-ranking priests and leaders of the Seven Paladin families, only saints are eligible to view them.

Tamor smiled awkwardly, the platinum streamer in his eyes quickly faded, and continued: "The wizards of the Chosen Age imprisoned not only elves, but also captured orcs and barbarians. They were all executed by the paladins...... For the Light cannot heal their wounds. ”

"His Majesty Enoch said that the Light can redeem the souls of the Light, and that whatever the Light cannot redeem and that the Divine Magic can punish is the Son of Evil. The Light is the will of the Most High Lord, and the Light judges light and evil. ”

In Victor's view, the first pope's statement conveyed a threefold message, two of which he could understand, but could not figure out the last.

First of all, it is very good to understand Enoch's words from a theological point of view, that the Lord of Light is the Lord of Salvation of mankind, and that he gives the clergy the power of healing, strengthening, and chapromising. Only humans can be strengthened by the Light, while other intelligent races, the Light can heal redeemable objects, and the Light cannot heal, but it is the enemy that can punish. The clergy cannot heal the barbarians, but they can punish the barbarians, and this must be the will of the Lord of Radiance.

Secondly, from a realistic point of view, humans are not the only intelligent race in the world, before the Blood Sacrifice War, humans, elves, and northern barbarians formed an alliance to coexist, and the Chosen also had a more tolerant attitude towards the orcs on the edge of the northern wilderness, and did not launch a large-scale purge against them. After the end of the Blood Sacrifice War, Enoch discovered that the wizards had bloodied almost all the intelligent races in the Northern Continent, and for them, this blood feud was to be credited to the human survivors.

Humanity is completely isolated, and the external situation is extremely dangerous. Fortunately, the intelligent races of the Northern Continent are all struggling to breathe, and they are temporarily powerless to take revenge. However, the elves were able to escape at the hands of the mad Chosen One, and their strength should not be underestimated, at least the human survivors who were badly injured were powerless to resist the revenge of the elves. It was necessary for the first pope to show goodwill and, above all, strength to the elves and other races. It is undoubtedly the best way to use magic to save the intelligent races who have been imprisoned and persecuted by wizards.

All the sins and calamities are caused by the sorcerers and the devil who bewitched them, and now that we have overthrown the tyranny of the sorcerers, the evildoers paid the price in blood, and we have delivered you according to God's will. You see, behind us is a true God who has suppressed the devil who is in trouble. Our Lord says that you have bright souls like us, and that He has made us live well...... What? Why do you want me to kill the ogre? My lord says that the ogre is a child of evil and can't get along with us. Behold, our Lord has given us the power to purify it.

In short, it is necessary to fully demonstrate the power and will of the gods, and those wisdom species that cannot be cured with divine magic should simply be killed with divine magic.

Victor was puzzled, what are the rules for the Holy Power of the Lord of Radiance to heal intelligent beings? The question is, why can magic heal the wounds of elves, but not barbarians?

Of course, Victor's confusion cannot be asked directly by Tarmor. The canons clearly state that no one should speak falsely about God. It didn't matter how the High Knight discussed the mysteries of the Lord of Light in private, it would be too much to discuss it in front of the priest.

Victor took a detour, "Patriarch, are there those wise ones who are the children of evil, and those souls who have light?"

Tamor smiled and replied, "All known orcs, monsters, ant-men, goats of Mount Arret, half-orcs, and barbarians are sons of evil. Elves, forest centaurs, barbarians, dwarves, halflings, and the Assyrians that Trigovar ancestors met in the Everfree Forest all possess bright souls and are objects to associate with. ”

Victor couldn't help but ask, "Is the church sure that the Holy Light can't cure Ant-Man?"

"This is something that has been confirmed. Tamor nodded.

Victor pondered for a moment, then asked, "The dark forest of Cambys has a unique half-ape, half-sheep monster, does the church know about it?"

Tamor was a little curious as to why His Highness Randall mentioned the monsters of the Dark Forest, thought for a while, and said, "Of course, there is a high-quality white crystal vein in the Dark Forest, and it is still the information that His Highness Randall provided to the church when he traveled through the Dark Forest. We mined white crystals there, and we also encountered strange creatures with golden horns on their heads. They can be healed by the Light, but they are not a species of intelligence, not a soul, and a beast unique to the Dark Forest. ”

It doesn't make sense...... The sheep-headed ape monster in the dark forest is the descendant of the alchemical creature Savi warriors, and the ant-man is also the descendant of the alchemy creature, and the Lord of Radiance is a product of the alchemy empire, why can't the holy power cure the Ant-Man, but can cure the Savi sheep-headed monster? Also, the elves, barbarians, and humans are of the same origin, why is the effect of the Holy Power of the Lord of Radiance on the elves and barbarians completely different?

His Highness Randall was known for his gift of wisdom, and his questions must have been profound, and everyone listened quietly, but their attention was focused on him. Victor recorded the doubts in his heart, regardless of whether they were suspicious or not, a relaxed smile appeared on his handsome face, and he used a playful tone to cover up the question just now.

"That's fine, if the sheep-headed monsters of the Dark Forest are the children of evil, it won't be easy for us to get rid of them. ”

Tamor froze for a moment, and explained with a dry smile: "This ...... Barbarians are the children of evil, but it is not realistic to purge them...... But they worship evil gods, and we can't turn a blind eye. ”

Sophia finally couldn't hold it back, brushed the presence of the mistress of the Flowing Leaf Manor, and asked with a curious expression, "Lord Tamor, how can you be sure that the Heavenly Spirit worshiped by the barbarians is an active evil god?

"Countess, so far we have found no sign of the evil god Donal appearing to the barbarian faithful. Tamor nodded, put away his kind smile, and his expression became serious, "Barbarians can intermarry with humans, why did the Holy Light of the Most High Lord abandon them? It must be because the Donal they worship is the devil who was banished by our lord! We must not take any risks when it comes to the devil. ”

The Patriarch's words have been made very clear, and Victor has a deep understanding of the Supreme Lord.

The Church never claims that the Lord of Light is the only God, as this does not explain why the Lord of Light did not prevent the Devil from harvesting the souls and flesh of other intelligent races during the Blood Sacrifice War. The goddess of the moon worshipped by the elves did not appear, the mother earth worshipped by the centaurs did not appear, the trolls worshipped by ogres did not appear, and the gods worshipped by the northern barbarians also did not appear, only the Lord of Light appeared to redeem mankind.

The clergy honored the gods who could not be sanctified as the Old Gods, the active devils as evil gods, and the Radiant Lord as the true gods.

The Lord of Radiance is the only true God who manifests, yet for thousands of years He has never delivered an oracle to mankind, and Article 1 of the Code of Radiance excludes this possibility.

So, he is not the highest, he is the supreme of man.

The first Pope, Enoch, apparently saw through the nature of the Lord of Light. However, there are also worshippers of the unholy ancient gods!

If the elves reconnect with humans, even if they still revere the sun god and the moon goddess, it is possible to secretly believe in the Lord of Light in the face of the healing power of the Holy Light. Although the power of the Elves' faith had no effect on the supreme lord of the human race, at least their primitive faith would not cause chaos in the Church.

But the barbarians are not redeemed by the Light, and it doesn't matter whether the god Donal is really an evil god or not. Barbarians and humans intermarry with each other, and they do not change their faith in the gods, nor do they particularly revere the Lord of Light. However, the descendants of barbarians and humans are all human beings, and the priest's magic cannot take into account every mortal, and the barbarian parents obviously have more influence on human children than priests. In the long run, the belief in the god Donal and Mother Earth will spread throughout the human world, shaking the foundation of the supreme faith of mankind.

They don't even have the ability to manifest, and they dare to spread faith in the human world? They are not evil gods, they must be evil gods!

At this point, the church has no room for concession.

The barbarians must be the sons of evil!