The other party was defeated and lost, and a magician, in front of Queen Medusa, did not even insist on a face, and was killed in an instant. The rest of the people were killed and wounded, and most importantly, the leading seventh-rank knight Ge Peide was also seriously injured, and the rest of the boats were defeated.

Du Wei did not order the pursuit, and Maximus did not seem to ask Du Wei to order the pursuit, so he let the other party live, and let them escape with the people in embarrassment.

And Maximus made a strange request to Du Wei: put back the two live mouths he caught.

The vicar of Rams seemed a little dissatisfied, and when he returned to the cabin, he could not help but complain to Maximus: "My bishop...... Why are you still so merciful? Don't you see, they have decided to put you to death! Alas...... Even if, even if you don't want to kill too much, you don't want to kill more. But at least we have caught a few live mouths just now, and we can take them to Dìdū and confront them before His Majesty the Pope. When the time comes, those who are doing nonsense will feel that they can't pay their bills. ”

Maximus listened, just smiled slightly, and then patted the shoulder of the deputy bishop Rams: "My old friend, things are not so simple. ”

Then he didn't explain much, but looked at Du Wei: "Grand Duke Tulip, today really made you laugh and let you see some ugliness in the temple." But believe me, these are just a few bad people, the majority of the clergy. They are still bathed in the light of God, and they are pure. ”

Du Wei smiled nonchalantly: "I don't care too much about these." It's just that I'm more inclined to the position of Vice-Bishop Rams. Why do you want to let go of those few live mouths?"

The god Maximus sè a darkening. Then he looked at Lao Yan and the others behind Du Wei. Du Wei immediately understood, asked Lao Yan and the other guards to retreat, and asked someone to rearrange some tea.

Above the outside deck. Naturally, there were sailors and guards who cleaned the battlefield, and that Rhine showed strength that surprised Du Wei, Du Wei liked this fierce general more and more, and ordered to find a new set of knight armor from the cabin to reward this guy, and smiled at Rhine: "Knight Rhine, I admire your bravery very much." To show my friendship. I would like to give you a gift. Well, I look at the weapons you use. The big axe. It's sharp, but it's broken just now. And to be honest, I personally don't think your martial arts are suitable for this kind of thing, and I want to give you a weapon, so that it will be more convenient for you to fight in the future. ”

Rhine was also very happy to hear this, but then he scratched his hair in distress: "Lord Duke, but...... I've tried a lot of weapons. They're all too light. That's the axe...... Alas. It's barely working. If the portion could be doubled, it would be about the same. ”

Du Wei smiled: "You may not know. I have a shop in Dìdū. Specialize in making some special weapons, if you want, wait until you get back to dìdū. Where you can go, I promise to get you something you like. ”

Afterwards, Rhine also took his leave, and Du Wei and the two bishops were left in the room.

"Now, Mistress Maximus, I think we need to have a good talk. Du Wei sat down calmly: "Personally, I don't want to get involved in the internal strife of the temple, but today's matter, even if I want to hide now, it's too late, right? So, since I've already entered the game, I think I have the right to know." ”

Maximus had no expression on his face, he pondered for a while, and glanced at Rams, who understood, nodded, and spoke: "Lord Duke, how much do you know about the history of the Temple of Light?"

"History?" Du Wei frowned and thought for a while: "I think I still know a little, but most of what I know comes from history books - but, I think, I might as well be honest, history books have always been unreliable, often the people who write history books, in order to beautify history, will inevitably tell some lies in the books." After a pause, he and the two bishops looked at each other, and the three of them smiled at the same time, and then Du Wei continued: "Well, the history of the temple, I know that it should be a long time, but there are official records, it should be from nine hundred and sixty-one years ago, the founding of the Roland Empire. In the process of unifying the continent and establishing the Roland Empire, His Majesty the Great Aragon (when mentioning Aragon, Du Wei said - great-, but he couldn't help but curse - bastard-) in the process of unifying the continent and establishing the Roland Empire, he received a lot of help from the Church of Light, and in return, His Majesty the Founding Emperor recognized the Church of Light as the only state religion of the empire and the only legal religion after the founding of the country. It was also from that time that the Church of Light received the legal legitimacy. In the same year that the Roland Empire was founded, the Temple of Light was officially established with its headquarters in Dìdū. And before that, the Church of Light had always existed...... But with all due respect, before the unification of the mainland, the Church of Light did not have an orthodox position on the mainland, and at that time, there were many small countries on the mainland, and there were many pagan religions, right?"

Rams nodded: "Lord Duke knows history very well, you are right, the books ...... That's exactly what it says. It can be said that it was the Church of Light that helped His Majesty Aragon unify the continent, and His Majesty Aragon also helped the Church of Light to obtain the only orthodox position on the continent. ”

"It's a win-win outcome. Du Wei smiled.

"For outsiders, it is not easy to know this, after all, many things are not recorded in the books circulating outside. Rams sighed: "But, Lord Duke, it's not that simple, if you're interested...... I might be able to tell you a few historical stories. ”

Du Wei laughed: "Stories? are very good, my favorite thing is to listen to stories." ”

Rams coughed and slowly began to speak:

"The history of the Temple of Light is nine hundred and sixty-one years, that's right. But the church has been around for far more than that. When was the specific Church of Light founded. It's no longer testable. However, before the Roland Empire unified the continent, the Church of Light was not the only religion on the continent. Many religions worship gods. None of them are the goddesses of light...... Oh. May the Great Divine forgive them. Those poor infidels. Well, let's get down to business. Well...... In fact. The Church of Light has a long history. Speaking of assisting His Majesty Aragon in unifying the continent in those years, one person has to be mentioned. This man is His Majesty, the first Pope in the history of our Church of Light. His Majesty Misius, Lemoua, Bardoros. Oh, and the name is a bit of a mouthful. But. Later generations will mention this great majesty. will have an affectionate honorific title for him. We all call him - the wise Misius - or - the prophet Misius.

Before the Roland Empire unified the continent. There are many religions on the continent. But the biggest of them. It's still our Church of Light. Pity...... We, the Church of Light, have the largest number of believers. But it's not the most powerful one. Because. At that time, the Church of Light was not united internally. There are even dangerous signs of division, in the final analysis. This is because, although everyone believes in the great goddess of light, there are some differences in their understanding of the doctrine. There is also a great deal of ambiguity about how to spread the teachings of the Goddess of Light......"

Speaking of which. Du Wei laughed secretly in his heart: Any understanding of doctrinal differences is all high-sounding words. It is nothing more than an uneven distribution of interests and power.

"At that time. There are three schools within the Church of Light, which are the Yeni. Mosa Pie. There is also the Montenegrin faction. Thereinto. The Yenis advocated cruel methods for dealing with infidels. At the same time, the Yenis believed that the power of the Church should be above that of the king and secular powers, and that theocracy was above all else. Theocracy should be the sole ruler of the world. advocating the use of force to eliminate all those who dare to challenge the authority of the Church...... Well. We think these claims are too brutal. The Mosesan sect advocated the spread of faith by means of indoctrination and persuasion. By the way. Maximus and I. It's all Mossa. We advocate improving our self-cultivation. The teachings of the goddess are great. to influence people. And we advocate that the church should be pure and should not have any intersection with worldly power. ”

Du Wei heard this. I secretly said in my heart: What Yenis and Mosa are just so-called hawks and doves.

Come to think of it. He asked again, "So." What about the Montenegrin faction?"

"The Montenegrin school was a relatively small school at that time. However, his strength is the most powerful, because the Black Mountain faction is a typical ascetic sect and advocates his own asceticism. Do not interfere in anything outside, and strive to improve your understanding of the teachings of the goddess, how outsiders are. I don't care at all. So, they are also called ascetics, or hermits, although they are few in number. But because the cultivation is the hardest. So the magicians in the Black Mountain faction. Strength is the strongest. They are generally undisputed. As long as they don't interfere with their own practice. Anything out there. None of them want to participate - but. If there is an enemy of the Church of Light. That was the only weakness of the Montenegrin faction, if anyone dared to threaten the safety of the church. The Montenegrin faction will use its great strength to destroy all enemies who dare to challenge the church. So. The Montenegrin faction can also be regarded as the greatest guardian force of the Church, but they advocate not active aggression, but passive defense. ”

"Three genres have been competing for hundreds of years. However, it was mainly the Yenis and Mosa factions that were in dispute, while the Montenegrin factions were mainly neutral. But about a thousand years ago, things changed - the clever Misius - appeared, he appeared, changed everything. ”

Du Wei nodded: "I probably understand, this Misius, that is, the first Pope, he appeared to unify the strife within the church?

"That's probably it, His Majesty Mishus is extremely intelligent, he is powerful, and he is a naturally excellent leader, legend has it that he is erudite, affable, good at persuading, and has a strong personality, and with his efforts, the three schools within the Church of Light have finally been united by him...... Of course, or rather, - for the time being - all together. A united force was formed, and then, with the help of the believers of the various Churches of Light distributed on the mainland. Soon, the Roland Empire unified the continent, and His Majesty Aragorn formally established the empire, and at the same time commended the first emperor of the empire, and declared the Church of Light the only legal religion on the Roland continent, and all other religions were evil infidels. ”

Du Wei couldn't help but ask, "So...... This Majesty Misius, what school is he? Mosa or Yenis, or Montenegro?"

As soon as the question was asked, Rams and Maximus looked at each other with bitter expressions on their faces.

"Nobody knows. Maximus, who had been silent, sighed: "This is this question that has caused the internal quarrel within the Temple of Light for more than nine hundred years!"

Du Wei was a little surprised: "Why?"

"Because until now, no one can confirm which genre His Majesty Misius is. Rams also sighed: "And according to the records, His Majesty Misius himself never openly admitted that he was a member of any school, and he himself was silent, and no one could force him. ”

"If His Majesty's school of Misius can be determined, then I am afraid that the temple will not have internal strife for more than 900 years, and in these 900 years, I don't know how much blood has been shed in the internal strife...... On the stake outside the temple, it is not known how many so-called heretics were burned-...... Alas......" Maximus sighed, gloomy.