Chapter 14: The Fallen Cardinal Archbishop
Griffin came back sooner than Tang Feng had imagined. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On the third day after Tang Feng returned to the territory, Griffin rushed back with a large team of people from the church.
This time, Griffin's entourage was not the same as last time, a full hundred Storm Temple's Tempest Knights, all of them with sixth-level strength.
The full set of church heads, all of them are dressed in the Storm Temple's unique Hurricane Armor, this set of armor is light and tough, and the Wind Surround Magic of the Storm Temple is permanently attached to it, which can increase the speed of the wearer several times.
Behind them were a full hundred Raging Warriors from the Ocean Temple, all of them of sixth-level strength, they were dressed in Storm Armor, with the Soft Water Divine Spell attached to them, and their fighting style was known for being continuous, each attack would be more violent than the last, just like the waves in the sea.
The strength of the Ocean Temple is also at the lower middle level in the church, although the Tran continent is surrounded by the ocean, but there is only this continent in the entire plane, so the sea trade is not prosperous.
This made the prestige of the Ocean Temple not very high among the people, so this time the Storm Temple asked them to join forces to establish a coastal kingdom, and they agreed without much thought.
But the most striking thing was not the two temples, but the honor guard of the Temple of Fortune at the back, which numbered nearly five hundred people.
Four hundred guardian knights of the Temple of Fortune, all of them with sixth-level strength, wearing blazing thunder god armor, holding high the guardian banner of the Temple of Fortune. Not only is the Blazing Thor's armor infused with powerful magic, but it is also forged entirely with Adamantite and Mithril.
Such extravagant squandering can only be supported by the Temple of Wealth, although the knights of the Temple of Fortune may not be able to compare with the rest of the temples in terms of personal strength alone, but as long as they wear this set of armor, they can crush the knights of the rest of the temple.
"This is the power of wealth!" Griffin suddenly appeared beside Tang Feng and sighed sourly.
Mithril and Adamantite are eligible for use in the rest of the temples by people of the Bishop rank and above, and only the Temple of Fortune can equip these formations of knights with armor and weapons that have been added to these two precious metals.
Griffin was also very different from the last time, his hands were full of rings inlaid with large gems and jade, the church robes he wore also flashed a low-key and mysterious light from time to time, and he held a powerful staff of pure decoration in his hand.
And his strength is not the fifth level of the last vain float, but the real sixth level, although the origin is not so stable, but at least it is the sixth level that has no hidden dangers.
With a joy that could not be concealed, Griffin leaned close to Tang Feng and whispered in his ear about the results of the Storm Temple's efforts during this time.
Because the secrecy measures were in place, except for the three temples that joined forces, no one in the other temples knew that the Deadwood Wasteland had reborn life.
This time, the alliance of the three temples is dominated by the Storm Temple, followed by the Temple of Wealth, and the Ocean Temple is the last. Although the Temple of Fortune has the highest status in the Church, the Temple of Storms has achieved dominance through an exchange of interests.
So in the end, the Storm Temple sent Griffin, a godborn, and the Temple of Fortune sent a cardinal archbishop, while the Ocean Temple only sent an ordinary archbishop.
The cardinal archbishop of the Temple of Fortune still sat slowly in the carriage and waited for the honor guard in front of him to slowly enter the city.
Although Griffin was logically the highest, he was still young after all, and he couldn't stand the full set of etiquette constraints, so he came to Tang Feng's side without waiting for the entire welcome ceremony to be completed.
And this cardinal archbishop of the Temple of Fortune climbed step by step from a lowest-level apprentice to today, before he was in a high position, he never enjoyed the honorable treatment that Griffin could enjoy since he was a child, so he emphasized his noble status all the time, and only such a clergyman who has been crawling for many years will meticulously follow the etiquette of the church, showing his noble identity as a cardinal archbishop.
As for the archbishop of the Sea Temple, because his status is too low, all the griffins are not introduced much.
"Hehe!" Griffin smiled in a low voice, and said to Tang Feng again, "Do you know which temple came out on top of the establishment of the kingdom this time?"
"Oh?" Tang Feng touched his chin, so looking at Griffin's snickering appearance, it would definitely not be the Storm Temple, and if the Ocean Temple was to be big, it would definitely not be the lowest, so the result would be clear at a glance.
Tang Feng couldn't help but look at the cardinal archbishop who was still sitting in the carriage, and asked in surprise, "How could they agree?"
It was impossible for Tang Feng not to be surprised, the Temple of Wealth had paid so much, but it was willing to be second, it would definitely not be because they didn't care about the money, they would definitely get the rest of the benefits. In case Griffin was to exchange the benefits that belonged to the future kingdom, it would damage Tang Feng's interests.
"No, no, no. Looking at Tang Feng's gradually changing expression, Griffin explained proudly: "I just promised them some conditions that you would definitely agree to, and one of them is a policy that you have already implemented?"
A condition that will definitely be agreed to?A policy that has already been implemented?Tang Feng's face was no longer so ugly, but he still frowned and asked, "What conditions did they put forward?"
"They want the Kingdom of Qingfeng to have a low tax policy, no or less taxes on alcohol and salt, and they also want to open a branch of the Golden Tower Bank in the Kingdom of Qingfeng, and they will now have half of the minerals cultivated in the Deadwood Wasteland. ”
The low tax policy was a policy that the Temple of Fortune tried to implement in the Tran Continent, and now the great southern empire does not levy heavy taxes as a result of the efforts of the Temple of Wealth.
After hundreds of years of statistics from the Temple of Wealth, once the tax in a certain area is reduced to a certain extent, then the wealth of the people can more than triple, and the more wealth the people have, the more offerings the temple can receive.
This theory was proposed by an archbishop of the Temple of Fortune back then, and after the effect was confirmed in practice, the archbishop rose rapidly to the status of the Templar Elders.
As for the Jinta Bank, it is a bank opened by the Temple of Fortune itself, and it has branches in all major empires, but it has never been able to enter the Ice and Snow Plains controlled by the Ice and Snow Temple, and this time it is also operated as a breakthrough.
Now the Qingfeng Kingdom does not have its own public bank, once the Jinta Bank settles in, then it will have the economic lifeline of the Qingfeng Kingdom, but the territory of the future kingdom is still just a wasteland, and the bank of the Wealth Temple cannot operate at all.
As for the minerals bred in the Deadwood Wasteland, Tang Feng thought about it suspiciously, as if no minerals had been found in the last exploration!
Griffin smiled weirdly and whispered, "I didn't tell them that the Deadwood Wasteland breeds minerals, I just accidentally got heard by the people of the Temple of Fortune when I was talking nonsense in my house." ”
Tang Feng looked at Griffin dumbfounded, he actually pitted the Temple of Wealth.
"How can you guarantee that they won't go back. Tang Feng thought about it and still felt inappropriate, "What if the Fortune Temple is unwilling to give this money?"
Hearing Tang Feng's words, Griffin's eyes were even more fascinated, and he said mockingly: "The people of the Fortune Temple were afraid that we would regret it, so they forced us to sign the contract under the witness of the God of Contract. Then we will naturally push the boat down the river and increase the backlash against breaking the oath several times. ”
Listening to Griffin's words, Tang Feng's eyes when he looked at the cardinal archbishop also became pity, and when the Temple of Fortune found out that the plan was all in vain, the archbishop's life should be difficult.
Tang Feng muttered maliciously, "Maybe he won't be able to enjoy his current treatment soon!"
"Tsk!" Du Wen, a poison mage standing beside Tang Feng who had been raised to a sixth-level strength, let out a strange sound, and he didn't know what he was sighing.
"Who is this?" Griffin asked Tang Feng with a frown.
I have to say that Du Wen's appearance is really not very pleasant, as a poison mage, Du Wen has a sloppy appearance all day long, even in this welcoming ceremony, there is no tidying up.
Because of his cultivation of poison, Du Wen's hair was sparse and yellow, his skin was dull and lusterless, and a small dark green beard grew on his chin.
Griffin looked coldly at the old mage, his eyes full of disdain.
With the detection of an extraordinary ornament on his body, Griffin could clearly know that this old mage only had the strength of level six, and the senior grade was only at the level of level six, and it seemed that he was still Tang Feng's subordinate, and Griffin didn't take Du Wen in his eyes at all.
"Vulgar people can't get into the eyes of His Highness. Before Tang Feng could introduce him, Du Wen stood up by himself, bowed slightly to Griffin and said, "However, I seem to have seen something unusual in that cardinal archbishop, something that should not have appeared on him...... Evil forces!"
Under Griffin's stunned gaze, Duwin shook his head and continued: "Although that cardinal archbishop does not look unusual on the surface, from my experience of immersing myself in poison magic for many years, it is obvious that he has been controlled by others and has mastered life and death!"
"Haha, a cardinal archbishop of the church has been controlled by some depraved people!
Griffin was stunned and asked, "What you said is true, is that cardinal really controlled by the forces of evil?"
Duwin glared at Griffin dissatisfied, what did this mean? Could it be that he was questioning his Duwin's ability?
But after all, the other party was a godborn, and Du Wen patiently explained: "Your Highness, if I'm not mistaken, this cardinal archbishop has been scattered for many years, and presumably the Storm Temple also has information about the scattered souls." If Your Highness doesn't believe it, you can personally send someone to secretly test it!"
Duwin's affirmative tone made Griffin really doubt, if the cardinal archbishop had fallen, then what position should the Storm Temple stand on in this incident?
Will it help the Temple of Fortune to conceal it, or will it fall into the well and knock the stick? Either way, the Temple of Storms will definitely bite off a big piece of fat from the Temple of Wealth.
When Griffin looked at Duwin again, his gaze was much kinder, the cardinal of the Temple of Fortune had been in the Holy Land of the Church before, and the Church had not even noticed that he had fallen.
The clergy who could come into contact with a cardinal archbishop were not much weaker, and none of them could detect the cardinal's abnormality, and this Duween could only observe from a distance and find that the cardinal archbishop had been killed, and such a strange person was already worthy of Griffin's attention.
After Tang Feng heard Du Wen say that the cardinal archbishop was abnormal, the first thing that came to Tang Feng's mind was the Scavenger Chamber of Commerce.
The cardinal archbishop of the Temple of Fortune has fallen and even been controlled by others, and the Scavenger Chamber of Commerce is confident that it will loot one of the vaults of the Temple of Fortune. This had to make Tang Feng link the two together.
Nodding thoughtfully, Tang Feng had already roughly guessed the plan of the Scavenger Chamber of Commerce, although it was not necessarily right, it was much better than the previous situation when the Scavenger Chamber of Commerce was blinded.
As long as you dig deeper based on this information, you will definitely be able to dig up deeper information, such as what the Scavenger Chamber of Commerce is trying to do!
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