324. Confront the Pope
"What you mean by that is to take the captured captives and sell them?" The goblin representing the Pope's crown asked questions from the chamber of the cathedral outside Dragon's Tooth.
"No!" Archbishop Dorzi Kahler outside the stone gate said, sweat on his face, "That's just bait"
"What about the bait? What about fish? The Pope's words are full of banter, at this moment Rand is in the stone room as a fish on the board, as long as he doesn't say anything, Dorzi can see him when he enters the door, and then the crime of colluding with the crown is much greater than colluding with heretics, but at this moment the Pope is like a monkey, making fun of his own subordinates.
"Priest Herff is on the hunt, I'll report back to you as soon as I have the results," the temple priest was trying to hide his mistake.
"He's a landlock, and he's not very good at fishing."
"You?" Dorzi was a little surprised, "Did you already know that?" ”
At this time, Rand even felt that the Pope's countless eyes looked at him, as if he had played outside for an afternoon when he was a child, and went home to hide behind his grandfather to prevent being criticized by his parents.
"Does this need to be foreseen? Do you go fishing and put a dozen baits on one hook? ”
"This..." Dorzi didn't know what to say, "Then I'll take a look first," so he left cautiously.
Rand clearly felt that the temple priest (Magister rank) Dorzi Calles retreated cautiously, and his eyes only had the awe of his superiors for his superiors.
Is it really the Pope? How is it that this pope has the kingdom of God, but there is no deterrence at all for the priests and priests below? Rand had doubts in his mind.
"They don't believe in me, but their gods" A message suddenly came from his head, "Each of them has their own belief in the righteous god, and I am the chief priest of all gods, not the sum of gods, I just gather the prayers and devotion of the believers to the gods, and transmit these to the gods, besides, their behavior today is to let you leave more priestly positions for their dragon church, rest assured, there is a similar plan waiting for you here in the Holy City of the Temple Alliance." ”
"I'm so flattered," Rand looked at the body of the god under his crown in the kingdom of the gods, "Wait a minute, can you hear me?" ”
"Yes, if you have access to what I know here, I can also get what you want."
"Sounds so fair" At this moment, Rand remembered the magic goblin in the room he was, and when he saw the Pope in front of him, he realized in his heart, "Shouldn't there be such a magic goblin in every church, who can lead to your kingdom of God?" ”
"Yes, you're smart"
"But wait a minute, if everyone's faith in the Galloping Horse Plains can be gathered here, why can't the barbarian priests and Kaye get a response from the gods?" Rand was a little puzzled, he thought it was a bad signal on the plains, but now he found that he could receive those beliefs here.
"Do you think back to the prayer you just saw, either the powerful demon supporters, or the concentrated prayers of the many demon supporters? The distractions on the Galloping Plain had a great impact, especially the voices of the demons-free were almost completely muffled, and the solitary demons-bearers prayed once or twice, and it was difficult for the gods to notice. ”
"Is that to build a temple on the Plains of the Galloping Horse where there are white goblins?"
"Or if you stay in the temple alliance, I will share all the faith information on the galloping horse plain with you, maybe your head can bear it"
"Forget it, I don't think I can do God's things." Rand shook his head, rejecting His Majesty's kindness.
"I think your mental ability is very strong, okay, Dorzi is gone, you can go back too. The Goddess of the Night is about to start Mass, and I still have a lot to do. As the Pope's voice fell, Rand felt like he had been pulled out of the kingdom of God, and when he opened his eyes again, he was in the secret room outside Dragon's Tooth City.
"The place where you are is the underground secret passage of the church outside the city, go out in a different direction and keep walking, and now all the demon supporters in the church have gone to look for you, they won't guess that you are in the church." Rand left the chamber, but the Pope's voice still echoed in his head.
"But why are you helping me?" Rand was a little different, "Aren't they your subordinates?" ”
"They're just another group of priests, I'm just the high priest, we all serve the gods, they're not my subordinates, I'm not their lord," the pope's voice revealed some helplessness.
"Then you don't want that white flame goblin in my hand?"
"You can keep it for galloping horses, since I became pope for more than 200 years, the number of believers has increased more than tenfold, and if it weren't for the time to hold a whole year of the Council of Cardinals, I would like to repeal the royal decree of that year."
When it was determined that the Pope was not affecting him, Rand also secretly sighed, if he put it on him, he couldn't stand it himself, this is the job of an operator, and there are not many believers in the Pope himself.
With His Majesty personally releasing the water, the rest of the things were not too difficult, and Rand went out of the church with the eggshell that sealed the magic goblin, and then went directly to Tierney's house, on the grounds that he had bought too many magic goblins and wanted to store them with him.
"Can you meet this goblin?" The arbor elf Liel discovered the abnormality of the white flame goblin eggshell at a glance, "Isn't this kind of tightly hidden by the temple alliance?" How can it get to you? ”
"I just find it strange that the people of the Templar Alliance actually put the pagan priests they captured on the black market."
"Hey, what's this, isn't that just a trick on you?" The old boss next to him, Corbin Joathan knew when he heard it, "Don't worry, as long as you don't get the stolen goods and don't press you on the black market on the spot, the Temple Alliance won't be able to do anything to you." ”
"Rand, you call Dogan and your knights," Corbyn said with a wicked grin, "Tierney, you call all your uncles and uncles, our patrol in Longtai Mountain has heard about the infidels, and we must hurry up and help, or Rand won't show up all night, and they will suspect that you are also in the night market."
So half an hour later, Corbin Joyson, the Earl of the Court and the Silver Knight, took a dozen knights of his own house; When Rand, the soon-to-be-knighted court earl and high knight, went down the mountain with more than two dozen knights and cavalry to support the bishop of the outer city of Dragon's Tooth City, the priest Dorzi Calles, and the bishop of the church in the outer city, Herf, the bishop of the church in the outer city, the faces of the two bishops were crooked.
"Viscount Rand, when we were about to enter that black market, we were stopped by your knight, and at that time, Knight Dugan said that he was on your orders, but he didn't know where you were at that time?" Helf questioned Rand with a blushing face.
"Bishop Herff" Corbyn spoke before Rand could open his mouth, "Rand and I have just come down the mountain, how did I hear that the heretics you arrested a few years ago somehow appeared in the black market?" Did some slave traders break into the church and take them with them, or did anyone plan to enslave the infidels and enrich themselves? ”
Corbyn deserves to be an old earl's fritters, and directly grasped Herf's key mistake, "Bishop Dorzi, if you want me to say, the search and arrest outside the city may as well be handed over to us, and the church still has to investigate the internal problems." After saying that, he took the knights and walked away, claiming to search the entire outer city.
(End of chapter)