Just as Tser found refuge in the Starfall Land, Hilton II rightfully inherited the knighthood in the presence of the priest, and rose cannonballs exploded in the air, diluting the gloom of the blasphemy with a cheerful atmosphere.

The newly appointed bishop arrived from the Holy Land, along with four Templars, who gathered the Hilton clergy and watched the succession ceremony with a smile on his face, while patiently listening to the priest's report.

"Heresy is cruel, since the death of nine divine servants has happened." The bishop sighed slightly, "Their bodies are dead, but their souls will return to heaven to await the final judgment." ”

During the ceremony, the priest introduced the new bishop in the distance to Hilton II, who seemed to nod slightly, and Hilton II hurriedly saluted.

"There were only four Templars here, but eight had died before, so can't we send more?" The bowed Hilton II muttered, and the butler who was with him said after the two of them got up, "The church itself does not have many minions, they generally point to us. ”

"You're saying we're lackeys of the church?" Hilton II smiled and looked at the nobles present, and asked from between his teeth.

"No, we are the king's dogs, but the church is God's spokesman, and we have to listen to what God says." "They will come to visit their master at noon tomorrow at the latest," said the butler. ”

At the end of the ceremony, the new bishop, San Sonydi, led the Templars and all the clergy back to the church auditorium to prepare for the next steps.

There was no problem with the arrangement, except for the ascension of the old bishop, the rest of the clergy were not present at the time, and even before the arrival of San Sonidi, the church was still operating normally, and his arrival was fundamentally to urge the local nobility to eliminate heresy.

"As soon as I think that I have been seated by those heretics, I can't wait to go out and judge them at once!" The bishop's son, who had also followed the bishop, made a fitting start, wiping the table with his sleeve in disgust and yelling, "Purify! Cleanse! ”

"Calm down, Emmac, it was the eight Templars who were killed, the heavily armed kind." The bishop squinted his eyes slightly and said, "That kind of existence can form a nation anywhere, so to deal with those heretics, it is still necessary for the nobles to do it, this is their chance to show their piety." ”

"I'll send it to visit tomorrow." Said the priest sitting below.

"Well, I have a lot to discuss with that young nobleman, such as the ban on cats, and the promotion of the ban on bathing." San Sonny looked at the Sage in the lattice window, "This is the best way to resist disaster. ”

After listening to the bishop's teachings, the priests went about their work, and St. Sonny led Emac and the Templars to the dungeon, and after instructing the knights to keep at the entrance of the cell, he beckoned Emac to him.

"You are my most valued godson, pious, intelligent, and courageous, originally this time the Church promoted the thirteen bishops to hunt heresy in the kingdom of Cold, you are one of them, but do you know why I didn't let you go, but let you follow me?" San Sonidi asked.

"It's that my heart is not pious enough, it's that I'm not merciful enough to the world, it's me..."

Emmac's voice was loud, and he found dozens of deficiencies for himself in one breath, but there was a clear hint of unbelief on his face, and Sans. Sonnie listened until he was about to continue, "Neither." ”

"That?" Emmac choked, then stared at his godfather, waiting for him to evaluate him.

"Do you think you're doing a good job, that you're better than Mano, but he's in the ranks of the Thirteen Bishops? So you're not convinced, and you think your godfather has treated you badly?"

"Never." Emak hurriedly waved his hand, he was not a fool.

"To be able to lie shows that God thinks you are saved." St. Sonnie smiled with satisfaction as he looked at Emak's appearance, and then his smile gradually changed to a bitter smile, and finally turned into a sad face, "The plague in the Kingdom of Cord is more serious than expected, and it spreads extremely fast, and the bishops were sent because there was a vacancy there, and many bishops were infected and died. ”

"How is that possible? That's a servant of God! Emac exclaimed, drawing the attention of the Templars.

"How is that possible? Oh, the kingdom of Cord is not pious enough, and it is self-inflicted on itself to be exterminated, but the bishop is sick and there is something that cannot be said. San Sonny stared at Emmac and asked, "Are they not religious enough?" How can you become a bishop if you are not pious enough, and if you are religious, why did you die in the Black Death?"

"I don't know, this must be fake!" Emac looked at the Templars in the distance and whispered.

"I have a friend who is a doctor, a doctor in the kingdom of Cold, and he is also a devout believer in God, and he told me all this." Saint Sonidi sighed, "Even if you don't have a cold heart, even if you die, the impure faith will not be sympathized, and the clergy will be fine, even if you die of illness they are all pious." ”

"But now the plague has begun to spread outward from the kingdom of Cold, and it is inhabited by devout believers, loyal clergy, if only a small part of us can be excused as hypocrites, if it is one or two pious territories we can still say that there are heresies, but once it spreads to the whole world, and the number of believers who die exceeds a certain number, people will find that the church does not protect them."

"God was silent at this time, and people suddenly found that the omnipotent God they believed in had abandoned themselves, what do you think it would be like at that time?"

"Humanity is released, divinity is doubted, and the church is dissolved." Emmac's eyes were filled with fear, partly because of the collapse of faith, and half because of the plague that had swept through humanity.

"The upper echelons of the church, you know?" Emak, who had been relieved for a long time, asked.

"Yes, but there is no way to do it, and at present there is only a hunting campaign under the pretext of a heretical release of a plague, as a way to ease people's fears and strengthen their faith." San Sondi looked at the dungeon and said, "But this is not the way, witches and wizards will always catch it, the Black Death took a third of the world's human race a hundred years ago, and at that time, in order to make up the number, some city women were burned down." ”

"Burned? Does that city have a future?" Emak was shocked by the cruel hearsay.

"The three ghost cities in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Cord are left over from that period, and there are still legends of ghosts haunting them." Saint Sonidi sighed, "The same method will be questioned by the world if it is used too much, especially when you know that so many devout believers have died even though they hunt witches and witches..., Emmac, only we can save the fate of the church and humanity, do you understand?" ”