In the early morning, in the city of Rome, a large convoy of luxury was slowly leaving the city.

Thomas stood on the rampart, surrounded by a number of clergy, and a crowd watched the convoy leave.

Thomas's body has been changed into a purple robe.

In their faces and eyes, the look of worry could not be touched, and everyone knew that once this convoy left, it would be a heavy blow to the Holy See and even the entire Church.

Some priests couldn't help but speak.

"Your Majesty, are we really doing nothing?"

"Your Majesty, we're just watching them leave?"

"Your Majesty, you can't let them go!"

A group of people were gossiping, and there was only one meaning in their words, and that was to stop the convoy in front of them.

"Okay." Thomas turned slowly, his eyes sweeping over the priest beside him.

"Well, then, please take the knights of the Church, and stop a few of the purple archbishops, or, as you think, kill them all.

Whoever wants to do this, absolutely strongly support you. ”

Thomas's voice was not loud, but it seemed to cast a silence spell on everyone, and the priests stopped speaking for a moment.

Just kidding, who is leaving, it is the core high-ranking of the church with several purple archbishops as the core, and they are also protected by the knights of the church.

In terms of the status system of the Church, not to mention these cardinals, even Thomas, the new archbishop, or the previous archbishop Siegel, has no right to stop them from leaving.

At the level of the purple-clothed archbishop, it is almost the ceiling of power in the church. Even if the power of the various factions is not balanced, even if the archbishop nominally leads the Holy See, the identity of these twelve people is still something that no one in the church dares to question provocatively.

Because according to the definition of the church, these twelve people are the spokesmen of the twelve main gods in the world, and to provoke them is undoubtedly to provoke the gods.

As a clergyman, what it means to provoke the gods is clear to everyone.

However, perhaps from today onwards, the identity of the purple-clothed archbishop will change, and the number will no longer be twelve.

Because the departure of this convoy means the collapse of the previous power structure of the church. The Holy See, henceforth there will inevitably be a schism.

"But... Your Majesty, we can't just watch the Holy See fall into division. ”

A cardinal spoke boldly, with sorrow in his words.

"Once the Holy See is divided, how can we control the churches everywhere, and the authority of the churches may plummet from then on."

"It's not something you should worry about." Thomas glanced faintly at the cardinal, and then turned his gaze back to the outside of the city, as if looking into an invisible distance.

"Don't say you don't dare to do it, even I, even the King of Italy, who wants to be crowned Roman Emperor, don't dare to do anything to this convoy.

Have you seen anything on the sea? ”

"What?" The clergy were puzzled.

"You didn't see it, but I did." Thomas shook his head and sighed slightly. "I saw the Empire's navy, still riding the wind and waves on the sea, still so strong and invincible.

Yes, the soldiers of the Emperor of Constantinople could not reach Rome or Milan for the time being, but the whole ocean was still the ocean of the empire.

I don't see any possibility of changing this in the short term.

Do you want the whole of Italy to be cut off from the rest of the world, and to be denied the spices, porcelain and silk from the Orient in the city of Rome?

If you don't want to, stop the foolish thoughts in your minds. ”

The priests followed Thomas's line of sight and looked in that direction, but unfortunately, not to mention the imperial fleet, there was not even a shadow of the sea.

Rome is close to the Mediterranean, but not near the sea.

This is also the reason why this convoy, which is obviously a major threat to the Holy See, can drive out of Rome so safely.

The Roman emperor's navy was ready to take over the convoy.

Even if the empire is still in decline, the empire's navy is still invincible in the Mediterranean, and even those Arabs cannot compete with it.

It is precisely because of such a powerful navy that the empire can survive and sustain forever.

As a coastal nation, no one wants to provoke an adversary with a strong navy.

"It's the best time, but it's not the right time." Thomas shook his head again, squinting slightly at the rising sun.

"The light of the sun god has just shone on the earth, and the night has not completely faded, and His Majesty Siegel is too anxious."

With that, Thomas took the lead and walked down the city walls towards the largest and most magnificent basilica in Rome.

A new day has begun, and he still has a lot of things to deal with, and it is impossible to be here, to see off this team.

Thomas's transgressive remarks drew the clergy on the city wall to look at each other.

But after making eye gestures to each other, everyone could only be silent.

Although Thomas commented that Siegel's words would cause an uproar and even shock the remaining Holy See, it was nothing compared to what happened during this time.

Perhaps, this is the beginning of a new era.

It's just that whether the beginning of this new era is good or bad, and what the future of the Church will be, those clergy who left Rome have no bottom in their hearts, and they who are standing on the city wall at the moment and choose to remain in Rome are also uncertain.

Everything that happened during this time was so fast and fierce that everyone was not prepared.

From that day when the Archbishop of the Church, Siegel, made his attitude clear in his room, the situation in the whole city of Rome changed in an instant.

Just two days later, at the Archbishopric meeting, Siegel put his ideas to a vote.

As a result, it was naturally passed while provoking strong opposition and controversy.

At a time when the clergy of the Helix clan celebrated that their Archbishop of Siegel was still firmly in control of the situation in the Holy See, no one knew that the situation would surprise everyone.

On the very day of the end of the Archbishopric's meeting, a passage came out of the city of Rome, supposedly from a purple-clad archbishop.

"If His Majesty decides to divide the Empire from the Emperor's control, then perhaps, we will use our ancient power to consider the legitimacy of this Council of Archbishops, and whether the Chief Archbishop is still fit to lead the Holy See."

Rumors spread, and the entire city of Rome and the surrounding area were in an uproar.

Everyone knows what the purple-clothed archbishop, who did not want to be named, meant that a religious conference in the church has not been held for hundreds of years.

It was a sacred and ancient institution that had only been held twice in the entire history of the church.

The first religious convention was confronted with a monotheistic religion allegedly founded by the Son of God. The congress decided to work with the imperial authorities, that is, with the emperor, to strangle this monotheistic religion with all its might.

At the same time, the reform of religious texts was carried out.

Eventually, the Roman polytheism evolved and successfully continued throughout the empire.

The Second Synod was held at the end of the Western Roman Empire.

In the face of the increasingly fierce barbarian attack, the Holy See, which was dangerous at the time, was divided into two factions.

One faction advocated the abandonment of diocesan and secular power in the west and retreat to the east with the emperor. One faction advocated preaching to the barbarians and preserving the crumbling church and empire.

Thus, the Second Synod was held.

The Twelve Bishops' Conference was established, and the Church of Rome was successfully reborn after the fall of Western Rome and became even more powerful than it had been in the empire.

So, what about this religious conference?

Will it continue to make the church stronger, as it has done before?

Will they be willing to do so now?