The Orthodox Churches have different names for their triple crowns, the Pope, the Patriarch, the Great Sage, and the Apostolic See. Compared with other Orthodox Churches, the Triple Crowner of the Night Church is more plain, that is, the Pope.

And the current Pope of the Church of the Night, and the only one, is the angel who has followed the Goddess of the Night long before the Third Age, the Holy Maiden Irina!

Yes, within the Church of the Night, they are more accustomed to calling this Pope 'Holy Maiden'.

In the Fifth Age, when the gods could not walk freely, most of the decisions of the Church of the Night were issued and carried out by this Pope. And the promotion and replacement of key positions within the Dark Night Church are all handled by her.

It is no exaggeration to say that this holy daughter Irina has more control over the Church of the Night than the Goddess of the Night. If one day she wants to deceive her superiors and subordinates, and hide from the goddess of the night to do something unfavorable to her, she can also respond to it.

It's just that the Church of the Night is a church that believes in the Goddess of the Night after all, and no matter how strong the Pope's control is, it can't withstand an oracle from the Goddess of the Night. On the other hand, with the relationship between the Holy Maiden and the Goddess of the Night, this will only appear in hypothetical situations and will never really happen.

It's like the document that appears in front of Ember now.

Although the document was written by the Holy Maiden Irina herself, its contents must have been acquiesced in by the goddess of the night, or even endorsed by an oracle.

For example, the order to renounce the name of the 'Crimson Lord' is bound to cause a certain shock within the Night Church. But the essence of this matter is the exchange between the goddess of the night and the goddess of the earth under the table, and it is a necessary price.

After all, the current Mother Earth Goddess is actually the 'Ancestor of the Blood Clan' Lilith, and she used to be the sequence 0 of the 'Moon' path, and she was the original and real 'Crimson Lord'.

If the goddess of the night continues to retain this name, it will inevitably clash with the Mother Earth Goddess.

Therefore, the Goddess of the Night will definitely send down an oracle in advance to explain the matter to the upper echelons of the Church of the Night. For example, Archbishop St. Anthony, and Arianna, who is the abbot of the Monastery of the Night.

Ember doesn't intend to interfere too much with the deal that the Night Goddess and Mother Earth have reached in private, they will settle it themselves.

And in the handling of the Fusak Empire, Irina is also very well considered.

Since the outbreak of the war, the 'anchor' of the goddess of the night has been shaken in a large area, and the fundamental reason for this is that a large number of believers have chosen to believe in the Church of Steam, or even the Church of the God of War.

Because once Rune is defeated and the goddess of the night falls, then they will not end well as believers in the night. Only by changing the court as soon as possible can we avoid being liquidated after the war.

This is actually understandable, after all, these ordinary people just want to live.

But precisely because ordinary people just want to live, the same principle is true for any righteous god.

Once the Orthodox Church shows its decline, there will inevitably be a change of faith.

Once the Orthodox Church is at risk of collapse, this situation will intensify to the point that only a few loyal members of the church remain faithful, and others will hide their faith even if they do not switch to other denominations.

This was true of the Church of the Night before the end of the war, and it was also true of the Church of the God of War after the end of the war.

Most people will feel lost and will resist the rule of the Kingdom of Rune. Therefore, the Night Church will not allow the Kingdom of Rune to fully occupy the Vorsak Empire, in order to reduce the rejection of the Kingdom of Vorsak by the people of Vorsac.

Similarly, the Church of the Night will not force them to convert, or even support their belief in the God of War. Because even the most devout believers, in the face of the fact that the 'God of War' has fallen, their pious faith brings them only despair.

Even if the Night Church did not interfere in any way, more than 90 percent of the people of Vrsack would have abandoned their faith in a short period of time. As long as you give up your faith, it will be a matter of time before you change your court.

Even these ordinary people, even the priests and bishops of the Church of the God of War, their beliefs may not be so religious. According to the estimation of the Night Church, at least thirty percent of the priests and the Episcopal Church should take the initiative to surrender to them.

And as long as the Night Church shows kindness and tolerance to these priests and bishops who have surrendered, those priests who are still waiting and watching will also choose to surrender one after another. Eventually, this proportion will gradually increase to more than 80%.

In other words, they only have to deal with about 20% of the devout followers of the God of War Church.

And even these diehards don't necessarily consume too much of the Night Church's energy. Because the priests, bishops, and extraordinaires who have turned to their hearts, in order to prove their worth, will hunt down and execute these diehards more aggressively than the Church of the Night.

Faced with this sufficiently detailed document, Ember could not make any more suggestive opinions, he only read it carefully twice, met the gaze of Archbishop St. Anthony, and slowly spoke:

"There's nothing in general that needs to be changed, just one question, there doesn't seem to be any mention of what to do with the Steam Church in this document?"

"Yes."

Archbishop St. Anthony bowed his head lightly and said with some regret:

"Frankly, we've had a great time working with Steam Church over the past millennia. But this time, they will have to pay for their mistakes. It's just that the Steam Church is, after all, one of the three righteous God churches in the Kingdom of Rune, so the holy woman went to the Steam Church in person to discuss relevant matters with the great sage of the Steam Church. ”

"The final result is that the Steam Church must withdraw most of the extraordinary beings, including all the demigods, from Rune within half a month, and at the same time, all the seals above 'Level 2' in its custody in Rune cannot be transferred, and half of them need to be handed over to the Night Church and the Storm Church for supervision."

"And considering that there are too many believers in the 'God of Steam and Machines' in the Kingdom of Rune, and many of them hold important positions in the government, the Steam Church is also allowed to keep a small number of churches and personnel ......."

"In addition, as a condition of the deal, the Church of the Night and the Church of the Storm will not voluntarily expel the Church of Steam, nor will they mention the incident in any official documents. In exchange, the Steam Church is required to take care of most of the rebuilding of the Kingdom of Rune without compensation......"

The embers are clear, and in the final analysis, it is actually a face-saving project.

As one of the Seven Orthodox Churches, the Steam Church has to pay the price for standing in the wrong line, but it also doesn't want to be driven out of the Rune Kingdom in disgrace.

In contrast, the statement that the Steam Church voluntarily withdrew from the Kingdom of Rune in order to make up for its mistakes is undoubtedly much better.

As for abandoning most of the churches and believers in Rune, the loss to the Steam Church is actually not that great.

After all, the Eternal Sun has fallen, and its followers will inevitably fall into confusion, and the Church of the Eternal Sun is destined to fall apart as a result.

In this way, the Steam Church will become the only orthodox church in Intis, and its status in Intis will be greatly improved!

Ember thought for a moment and asked:

"What is the Night Church going to do with these steamers?"

St. Anthony's answer was fluent, and he obviously had a plan for dealing with this:

"The war has just ended, and Fersak's affairs are higher priorities, and those God of War believers also need a lot of time and energy for us to deal with. Therefore, it will be difficult for either us or the Storm Church to divide the staff and change these people's faith in the Steam Church in a short period of time. ”

"It is also with this in mind that we will allow the small number of churches and church personnel left behind by the Steam Church to appease these believers and prevent them from doing some radical behavior. But the right of the Steam Church to preach has been restricted, and there is no need to worry that they will further expand the scope of the faith......"

Ember thought for a moment and asked:

"Then let the Church of Fools deal with these believers, what do you think?"

Archbishop St. Anthony smiled and said:

"Of course, the Holy Maiden has said that no matter what decision Your Excellency makes, we will fully cooperate."

After a pause, St. Anthony continued:

"However, since we are going to cooperate with the Church of the Fools, it is best to establish direct and effective communication with the upper echelons of the Church of the Fools."

The Church of the Fool has only been established for a few months, and it has been quietly developing believers on overseas colonial islands, and there are not even many intersections with the Storm Church, and even if the two sides have to communicate, it is all through Cardinal Alger.

So it's not hard to imagine that there is even less communication between the Church of the Fool and the Church of the Night. As a result, the existence of the Church of the Fool has hardly been taken into account in previous documents and decisions. But if the Church of Fools seeks cooperation, there is no reason for the Night Church to refuse.

"...... on this point"

Ember thought for a moment, and reached out to grab it into the void.

As his right hand retracted, a figure quickly outlined. It was a tall, simple boy with brown hair.

"Mr. Ember?"

Derick Berg looked at the two in front of him blankly, not quite understanding what had just happened.

"This is Archbishop Derick of the Church of Fools, you can discuss the specific cooperation in detail."

Ember gave a brief introduction, and then said to Derik, who was still dazed:

"This is Archbishop St. Anthony of the Church of the Night."

As the two explained, Derick quickly understood the purpose of coming to him.

The followers of the Steam Church make up one-third of the total population of the Kingdom of Rune, and with the withdrawal of the Steam Church, these people are a destabilizing factor after all. But neither the Night Church nor the Storm Church had time to deal with it, so they recruited him, the Archbishop of the Church of Fools.

Derick's heart tightened suddenly, he was no longer the innocent boy who didn't know anything at the beginning, he was now the archbishop of the Church of Fools, and he also had the personal guidance of Alger, the cardinal of the Storm Church, so he knew very well what this meeting meant-

This is to replace the Church of Fools with the Church of Steam and become one of the three major churches in the Kingdom of Rune!

But it was precisely because he realized the importance of this meeting that Darik became even more nervous, he was afraid that he would mess up.

In general, isn't this situation more appropriate for Archbishop Lovia to come forward? Why did Mr. 'Lover' come to him?

Archbishop St. Anthony, seeing Derick's crampedness, smiled:

"Don't be nervous, I've learned about your missionary methods, which are very effective in these special times."

Although the exchange of food for faith seems to be suspicious of taking advantage of others, it cannot be denied that the effect is immediate.

The war lasted so long that half of Rune was shattered, and a large number of people were on the verge of starvation and poverty. This is true for the believers of the night, the believers of the storm, or the believers of the steam, all of them.

And in this case, the Church of the Fool, which can feed them and clothe them, is undoubtedly unparalleled in its allure.

This is undoubtedly a win-win cooperation.

Archbishop St. Anthony was obviously looking forward to this cooperation, and under his initiative, Derick quickly got into the groove and began to discuss the details of the cooperation with Archbishop St. Anthony.

Just because Derick is inexperienced doesn't mean he's stupid.

And seeing that the two of them were 'getting better', Ember also quietly left at some point.

To him, it didn't matter whether it was the belief in the night or the faith of the fool, the belief in the Mother Earth goddess, or the belief in the storm, the faith in the true creation, or the belief in the Lord of the Steam.

He and these true gods are not on the same path, and there is no need to fight the initial pollution through faith.

The only thing that really matters is the 'first fire'.

As long as these Orthodox churches can replace the 'Creator' in the religious texts with the First Flame, then even if it is Adam or even Amun, it is perfectly acceptable for Ember.

——

Beckland, inside a fairly intact house.

Dressed in a holy white robe, the beautiful 'Ageless Witch' Caterina put down the mirror in her hand, turned her head sideways and said to the tall young man next to her, wearing black full-body armor, shaking an easy chair:

"The war is over, and they have finally decided to call me back to headquarters."

"I've been waiting for this day for too long." The young man sitting in the easy chair sighed.

Caterina pressed her hands down on the table, sat down, and said with a slight hook at the corner of her mouth:

"Aren't you worried about going to our headquarters and being found out by the original? I don't think He'll let go of this opportunity to devour you. ”

Soren Einhorn Medici looked at her with a slight mockery and asked rhetorically:

"Then do you think that's why I took the initiative to find you?"

The smile on Katerina's face retracted, she really didn't know the purpose of the person in front of her. As the former King of the Red Priest Path Angels, and now the Red Priest Path Sequence 1 Angel, Medici's strength is beyond doubt.

But compared to the 'Primordial Witch' in Sequence 0, the angels in Sequence 1 are not enough to see at all.

Now Medici appeared in front of the original witch, completely to deliver food.

Unless he was really looking for death, so that he could be discovered by the primordial witch!

But what did he want?

Medici chuckled suddenly, boredly playing with the flame in his palm.

Such a move is very normal for a hunter.