January 2, 1351, another Monday.

Emlyn White stepped out of her carriage, looked at the sun obscured by clouds and mist, and put on a half-height silk top hat.

On his way to the church door, he gently turned the ring on his left hand. At the heart of this ring is a Sequence 3 'Summoning Master' extraordinary trait, and for Emlyn, who is preparing to be promoted, he can completely obtain the extraordinary traits needed for promotion by smashing this ring.

But he wasn't going to do that, because the ring represented more than just a powerful seal, it was a testament to his status as an ancestor!

This is a magical item given by the ancestor himself, and if he shatters the ring, doesn't it mean that he is not religious enough to believe in the ancestor? So even if he can't advance to Sequence 3 in this life, Emlin doesn't think he will smash this ring!

With this in mind, Emlyn walked into the Harvest Chapel and automatically took off the top hat on his head.

At this time, Casimi, Ernes and other members of the Beckland bloodline, who were waiting for Bishop Utravsky's sermon, stood up one after another, looked at the ground in the aisle, and said in a low voice:

"Good morning, Your Excellency the Count."

Emlyn's gaze swept over the Bloods, and he knew that their respect was not heartfelt, and even somewhat reluctant, for the simple reason that people could understand the success of a stranger who had nothing to do with them, but it was difficult to tolerate the success of those around them.

Because strangers have nothing to do with them, just after-dinner jokes. Friends, on the other hand, are people who are closely related to them, and the promotion of friends will make them feel a sense of disparity, envy and even jealousy, and there will be dark thoughts such as 'why is he not me', 'he's just lucky, and I can do the same'.

This kind of mentality is normal, and most people do.

Of course, no matter what these bloodlines think, it doesn't matter if they are envious or jealous.

Because Emlyn doesn't care.

Anyway, no matter what they think, they can't change the fact that he, Emlyn White, is already a demigod in Sequence 4, a true Count of the Blood Clan, and a favored person of the First Ancestor!

No matter how difficult it was for the other Bloodlines to accept, they had to bow their heads and shout 'Lord Count' when they saw him.

Rather, Em actually wanted to see their expressions, which he was so jealous that he had to respectfully call him 'Your Excellency'.

Emlyn White's heart was dark, but on the surface he was looking straight ahead, and nodded imperceptibly:

"Isn't Mistral here yet?"

"Count Mistral set up a chapel in his house." Ones explained briefly.

Emlyn didn't comment on this behavior, but casually said as he walked forward:

"But when the Mass is celebrated, I still come here."

He glanced left and right and then said:

"What about Bishop Utravsky?"

"The bishop is waiting for you in the back, the messenger of the church has arrived." Ernes controlled the expression on his face and answered Emlyn's question quite respectfully.

Messenger of the Church...... Emlyn turned the pale red ring she wore on her left hand and walked to the back of the church.

——

Byam, Church of the Waves.

Dressed in episcopal robes embroidered with lightning and wave symbols, and wearing a metal storm emblem, Alger stands at the top of the bell tower and looks out over the city not far from Baiam.

It used to be a patch of pristine trees, but now the forest and the surrounding hills and hills have been razed and replaced by a bold and rugged city. In the center of it stood two tall towers, one domed and one spired, both of which were a strange silver color, reflecting a slightly harsh light in the sun's rays.

Around the twin towers, a number of concrete roads have been paved, leading either to stone-based buildings or to wide squares and training grounds, all of which have been planted with verdant trees, giving a sense of prosperity.

It was the New Silver City, the City of Miracles built by the followers of Mr. Fool - not an adjective, but a real city built by 'miracles'.

Every building, every street, was prayed to by the inhabitants of Silver City to Mr. 'Fool'.

It can be said that miracles are happening almost every moment in the new 'Silver City', showing miracles that belong to the 'fools'.

It is precisely because of these miracles, which even ordinary people can see, that drive the inhabitants of Byam to instinctively begin to believe in the 'fool'.

Because the natives of the Blue Mountains have become acutely aware that Mr. Fool is a true god on a par with beings such as the Lord of the Storm, and that this true god is incredibly merciful and generous - he will even miraculously give his followers houses and food to protect them from hunger and cold!

For ordinary people, they don't know what faith means to the gods, and they don't understand the difference in the authority held by the gods.

All they know is that the 'fools' are so merciful, so generous, that other gods can do it?

Since no other god can do it, why don't I believe in the 'fool' and believe in the god of your mouth?"

Such views are not only circulating among the natives, but also among the inhabitants of the Lord of the Storm.

As Cardinal of the Rorsted Islands, Alger knows this – after all, there are a third fewer believers who have recently come to pray at the Church of the Waves.

And you must know that the Wave Church is the main church of the Diocese of Rorsted, and the people who can come here to pray are the upper class people of Baiam, most of whom are either rich or noble. If even the number of these 'elite' believers is reduced by a third, the loss of believers at the bottom will only be even worse.

If it were an ordinary cardinal, I am afraid that at this time I would have been tempted to take measures, even if I could not attack the Church of the Fools head-on, he would definitely find a way to curb this trend.

But Alger is clearly not an ordinary person.

Although he also reported the situation to headquarters, he never took any action on his own initiative.

After all, Alger has his heart set on the Church of the Fools, and he is also an old acquaintance with the archbishop of the Church of the Fools, and he can even be regarded as half of Delrick's teacher. For example, most of the information about the mysterious world that Derrick knows is basically given by him.

In this case, counting on Alger to deal with the Church of Fools is pure pipe dream.

So don't look at the fact that Alger is still in the Storm Church right now, but it's only temporary.

The reason why he chose to stay was actually just to maximize his interests and squeeze out the value of the Storm Church-

For example, as a cardinal who presides over a diocese, Alger can easily 'save' a sum of money for himself to spend, whereas in the previous war, the mines, plantations, spice estates and factories in the Rorsted Islands were sold off at a price lower than their own value, and as long as they were able to buy it, they could make a lot of money every once in a while!

What's more, the Storm Church headquarters also had a lot of interest in the extraordinary properties and potion recipes sold in Silver City and Moon City, and provided a large amount of money for the purchase. As for the person who handled it, it was undoubtedly Cardinal Alger Wilson of the diocese of Rorsted, and some attrition in a similar process was inevitable and understandable.

And secretly, Alger had already planned his overall plan to 'jump' to the Church of the Fools. Not to mention that he also has the promise of Derick, the archbishop of the Church of the Fool, that as long as he changes jobs, he can transform into the archbishop of the Church of the Fool on the spot.

Of course, there is another reason why Alger stays, he needs to complete the mission of Mr. 'Fool'.

Alger is all too familiar with the theory of 'First Flame Creation'.

After all, although this theory was not proposed by him, he had personally experienced the world created by the 'First Fire' through the 'Dream World', and he also participated in the compilation of the "Fool's Word", so he was very familiar with this theory.

Because of this, there is no one better suited than him to complete the task of rebuilding the Book of Storms for the Storm Church.

Of course, it wasn't enough to just compile it, he also needed to confirm the circulation of the new version of the Book of Storms within the Storm Church. Ideally, of course, the Storm Church would accept the new Storm Book in its entirety.

But for now, there is no consensus within the Storm Church, and a small number of diehards are resolutely resisting the new version of the Storm Book.

Of course, such a statement can deceive ordinary believers, but not Alger.

As an organization that believes in the Lord of the Storm, the Church of the Storm naturally honors the Lord of the Storm in everything. As long as the Lord of the Storm personally sends down the oracle, there can be no discordant voices within the Church.

And in the context of the world's beginning to implement the 'First Fire Creation Theory', the Storm Church, as the only special case in the Orthodox Church, shows chaos throughout the process, in fact, it represents the attitude of the Storm Lord—on the one hand, he wants to show favor to Mr. 'Fool', and has a vague idea of joining the united front, but he is vacillating, as if he is considering other options.

It can be said that the disagreements within the Storm Church are actually a reflection of the ambiguous attitude of the Storm Lord himself.

Alger has no comment on this.

Although he felt that the Storm Lord's hesitation was a little silly, he would not judge the gods at will.

Especially for the Lord of the Storm, who has always been known for his 'irascibness', the words 'indecision' should not be in His dictionary at all. So when Alger witnessed the current chaos in the Storm Church, he even wondered if the Lord of the Storm had been replaced.

Because Alger didn't think that the Lord of the Storm would be stupid enough to be indecisive, but the facts were in front of him, and he had to believe it.

Maybe the Storm Lord has really become indecisive, or maybe there is something hidden in it that he doesn't understand.

And the matter at the god level is too far away, even if he guesses the inside story, Alger is powerless to intervene at all, it is nothing more than a mediocrity to disturb himself. Therefore, he cared more about the things in front of him than the attitude of the Lord of the Storm-

Alger looked at the city that was showing great vitality, and his heart was keenly filled with a sense of crisis:

Silver City and Moon City are cities that can take root in the Godforsaken Lands, and almost all of their inhabitants are extraordinary.

And the number of demigods is also not small, there are seven when they leave the Godforsaken Lands.

After the war with Fusak, Silver City has obtained a lot of Sequence 4 extraordinary characteristics from the war, and now the number of demigods has reached thirteen, and even the demigods of Sequence 3 have 4!

Unconsciously, Mr. Fool's power has developed to a level comparable to that of the Orthodox Church, and even if there is a certain gap, it is only in the accumulation of long history.

"If I hadn't experienced these changes myself, I wouldn't have believed it."

Alger sighed inwardly, but his heart was not so calm.

Because although the growth of the Church of the Fool is what Mr. Fool wants to see, it is not necessarily a good thing for Alger.

Because the Church of Fools has thirteen demigods, which means that even if Alger jumps ship, he is only one of the fourteen archbishops, one in fourteen! And over time, the denominator will get bigger and bigger.

When he joins the Church of the Fools, he will be born as a demigod, one in fifteen, one in sixteen, or even one in twentieth.

The more people there were, the more it diluted the authority that Alger had when he was archbishop.

Therefore, before going to the Church of the Fools, he must improve his strength as much as possible and accumulate merit as much as possible.

Only then will he have a chance to be the head of the Church of the Fool in the future - or even the 'Pope' of the Church of the Fool!

This 'pope' position, the 'sun' does it, but I can't do it 'hanging man'?

"Your Excellency the Cardinal."

The captain of one of the substitute punisher teams walked up to the bell tower and said respectfully:

"Someone from the Stormy Abyss is here, it's Archbishop Ion Courtman."

"Huh?" The 'Hanged Man' frowned slightly, and said calmly:

"I'll go over now."

——

At three o'clock in the afternoon, inside the ancient palace above the gray fog.

On both sides of the mottled long table, crimson rays of light rose at the same time, and the figures of Tarot members such as 'Justice', 'Lovers', 'Hanged Man', 'Sun', 'Magician', and 'Hermit' were frozen.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

Audrey looked around, stood up as usual, lifted the hem of her skirt, and bowed to the top of the mottled table:

"Happy New Year."

Then, with a shallow smile, she completed her usual greeting to the other members.

It's been a long time since 'The Sun' Daerik has counted his heartbeats silently, and he only needs to look at the wall clock to know exactly how long the tarot party is left.

At this time, he waited until Miss 'Justice' had finished greeting, stood up with the rest of the Tarot Society, and saluted to the top of the bronze table:

"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool."

'Moon' Emlyn glanced left and right and said:

"I wonder if the 'Cultivator' and 'Moon' paths are any special compared to other paths?"

After asking the question, he did not hide it at all, and added quite calmly:

"I recently learned that the internal system of the Earth Church is different from normal, and it is divided into two parts: the benefactor and the benefactor......"

After Emlyn 'Moon' finished his brief description, Alger 'The Hanged Man', 'Hermit' Gardelia, 'Star' Leonard and others glanced at each other, but none of them could give a reasonable explanation.

Of course, everyone in the room, including 'Sun' Deric, could hear the abnormality of the inner system of the Earth Church.

Because for other churches, it is common to vigorously cultivate extraordinary beings who are in the same way as the gods, but the Church of Mother Earth God is just the opposite.