The struggle between the Empire and the Cult of God has gradually surfaced, and everyone has slowly ripped off the last vestige of the fig leaf, and many contradictions have begun to be openly put on the table. [No pop-up novel network]

Pope Corsica VI has publicly declared that the Empire's decision to stop the religious tax is a challenge to the prestige of the Cult and a disrespect to the gods. At the same time, the Cult of God's Flame Warriors began to mobilize frequently.

However, the old skeleton did it even more ruthlessly! He issued a decree in the name of the emperor that any army movement within the empire, with more than 100 people, must be ordered by the imperial headquarters! After such an order was issued, the movement of the Flame Warrior Regiment of the Divine Cult was greatly restricted, and in many places, hundreds of frictions broke out between the Flame Warrior Regiment and the local garrison army, and for a time the empire was filled with all kinds of riot news.

All the undercurrents are surging, Duke Tulip ordered, all Thor's whips cancel all vacations, and get ready!

The commander of the Northern Legion, Marquis Roddy, ordered the Northern Legion to cancel all vacations and get ready!

The commander of the Northwest Army, Count Eliho, ordered that the Northwest Army be on standby and ready to go!

General Camus, the commander of the Southern Army, ordered the Southern Army to send two heavy cavalry regiments north to move closer to the imperial capital!

In the eastern region of the empire, where the Cult of God is the most powerful, nearly 30,000 Flame Warriors have successfully broken through the blockade of the local garrisons of the Empire, gathered together, and occupied two medium-sized cities, and at the same time expelled the imperial officials there in the name of His Majesty's order of the Pope, announcing that they would temporarily take over the city in the name of the Cult!

The empire is in an uproar!

"You know what, boy, in any religious believer, there are three kinds of people!" the old skeleton smiled triumphantly. Then he slowly pulled up his fingers and laughed slowly: "The first one." Those are absolutely devout fanatics who will unconditionally put up their faith in any case......! However, fortunately, there will definitely not be a large number of such people! Among the 10,000 believers, there may not be one percent of such fanatics! The second type of people is the kind of people who sway from side to side, that is, although they usually believe in the religion, they are not fanatical in their hearts, and most of them hold on to the spirit of faith. If you don't believe, you don't want to be spiritual, although such people seem to be very religious on weekdays, when it comes to their fundamental interests, they will abandon their faith and defend their own interests! For example, if they are asked to take out a very small part of their income to worship the gods. They may be willing, but if they were to give up their lives and their lives, they would back down! The scandal that we have made in Xilin Province has greatly reduced the loyalty of this part of the population to the Religion! This second group of people is the largest number of believers in the Religion, and they are the largest part of the religion. It can be said that among the believers of the Divine Cult, such people account for almost seventy percent of them!"

The old skeleton paused. Only then did he continue: "The third group of people is that kind of hypocrite. Don't be surprised, this is normal! The Cult of God has been operating in the empire for hundreds of years, and has developed a climate and scale. Believing in the religion of God has become a habit. Many people originally did not believe in religion, but when they saw that the people around them were all religious, they also became believers with the mentality of 'joining in the fun'. Such a group of people also occupy a large part of the Divine Cult, but these people are also the least loyal to the Divine Cult! Once the empire and the Divine Cult break up, they will not hesitate to abandon the religion in consideration of their own interests!"

Luo Di nodded and said with a smile: "So, although the Divine Sect claims to have tens of millions of believers in the empire, it is not terrifying!"

"Not bad. The old skeleton smiled and said: "Tens of millions of believers are just an inflated number, once the empire and the Divine Cult break up, then the number of people who are willing to faithfully follow the Divine Cult to make trouble will definitely not exceed hundreds of thousands." And among these hundreds of thousands, the real Flame Warrior Regiment only accounts for less than half of the number, and the rest are just some ignorant civilians! As long as we use the means of thunder...... It's not hard to solve!"

Luo Di was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "But after all, this is hundreds of thousands of people...... After such a riot, I don't know how many people will die and how many families will ......"

The old skeleton shook his head: "The Divine Cult has become a huge cancer on the body of the empire! If we don't take this opportunity to completely solve it, and wait until its power is further expanded in the future and its roots are deep, then it will be even more difficult to get rid of it! Roland Da 6 is the best example!"

Seth sat in the corner, he kept looking out the window and seemed to be smiling, and only then did he turn his head and look at the old skeleton, "I think we need a hands-on fuse!"

"It's already there!" Andy pulled out a military bulletin from his sleeve.

The commander of the Southern Corps, General Camus, reported as follows:

On the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, the Southern Army began a large-scale search of all religious houses and churches in the three southern provinces three days ago, and found a total of 1,190,000 gold coins of wealth of unknown origin! A total of 2,200,000 gold coins of real estate and land contracts of unknown origin were arrested! Three local bishops of the Divine Church, nine senior clergy, 28 intermediate clergy, and 160 low-level clergy were arrested. During the search, there was a clash between the Southern Legion and the Flame Warriors, and the Southern Legion killed and wounded 620 soldiers, 190 of them killed, 300 seriously wounded, and 130 lightly wounded. Killed 1,080 Flame Warriors and captured 2,600! General Camus, the commander of the Southern Army, reported to His Majesty that the situation in the south was chaotic, the Cult of God had instigated civilian riots, and there had been 21 incidents of friction between the Flame Warrior Regiment and the local garrison of the Empire......

"Look, isn't this fuse enough?" the old skeleton smiled and took out another thing: "This is the order I have drawn up, and I am going to send someone to the south today!"

"I hereby order General Camus, commander of the Southern Army, in view of the increasingly serious turmoil in the three southern provinces, to make the territory of the three southern provinces a war zone and implement wartime regulations! General Camus, commander of the Southern Army Corps, is appointed as the supreme commander of the theater! At the same time, it is ordered that all religious activities of the Divine Cult be temporarily banned in the three southern provinces! General Camus, the commander of the Southern Army, has the right to cut off and kill!" Luo Di finished reading this order lightly, sighed, shook his head, and said, "It seems that you are ready to make the first move in the south?" However, it is also true that the Camus Commander in the South is experienced, capable, and highly respected in the South, loyal to the Empire, and at the same time not a believer. Quite a good candidate. ”

"That's not enough!" Seth suddenly interjected again, and said, "What is the current situation of the religious center in the imperial capital? Doesn't Corsica VI make any other moves?" He seemed to sneer: "After this order of yours reaches the south, it will be the outbreak of the civil war!" Corsica VI will definitely leave the imperial capital immediately and go to the eastern part of the empire controlled by the Divine Cult forces!"

Speaking of this, the three of them looked at each other a few times, and then the three of them whispered at the same time: "Strike first!

The old skeleton smiled and said, "The old Pope's divine descent technique is not a joke, even if it is a domain powerhouse, it may not be his opponent, we have to discuss this matter carefully......"

Luo Di showed a bit of hatred in his eyes, and said lightly: "We have the powerhouse in the field of fat people, and me, Princess Ruolan, a holy sword warrior, a paladin, and Heisha is a great cultivator, as well as Old Mark." You can always kill that guy. ”

Sai Ting nodded, "But we can't do it in the imperial capital! we can kill it halfway, and then ......"

The old skeleton smiled evilly: "Then put the blame on the blood clan......"

Seth looked at the old skeleton's face and smiled, "Of course, huh...... It's best if we pass the news out to the Bloodlines beforehand, so they can do their part......"

Two despicable and shameless conspirators, one old and one young, began their planning, and Roddy listened boredly, got up and left to find the fat man to practice martial arts.

In the imperial capital, the core of the Imperial Divine Cult, in the inner hall of the Imperial Capital Religious Institute.

Pope Corsica VI was visibly much older, his eyes seemed to be slightly closed, with only the occasional glimmer of gleam.

In front of him sat several white-clad senior Divine Sect elders.

"It's already obvious that the Empire is going to do something to us this time!" the Pope finally spoke, his voice tinged with a hint of anger: "The civil strife among the Roland people in the north seems to have reminded the Imperial Family that they want to take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate the Cult of God. ”

"His Majesty the Pope. An elder spoke: "There is no point in us continuing to stay in the imperial capital, now that our Flame Warrior Regiment has occupied two cities and controlled a province in the eastern part of the empire, we can go there immediately while the royal family has not openly turned against us!

"Yes!" another elder also spoke, "The Cult of God has the deepest roots in the east! We have countless devout believers in the east, and tens of thousands of valiant Flame Warrior Regiments! We should go there at once, and then inform the whole empire of the imperial family's sin of betraying the gods! Then start a great holy war against the gods!"

Pope Corsica VI finally opened his eyes, his gaze slowly swept over the crowd, and he sighed: "Is this what you all mean?"

Everyone was silent, but their eyes did not shy away from looking at the Pope.

"Alright!" Corsica VI stood up and waved the staff in his hand vigorously: "Since they want war, we will give them war! Spread my decree and declare the royal family of the Empire of Light a blasphemous heretic! All the cultists of the Empire will wage war against heretics under the leadership of the Cult of God!"

After a pause, he said in a low voice, "We will leave the imperial capital tomorrow! ”