At this moment, Richard's request was tantamount to receiving a piece of territory from the God of Courage in the Sequoia Kingdom. This was a very heavy blow to the church that had been working hard in the Redwood Kingdom for a long time, but it happened to be not far from the bottom line made clear in the oracle issued by the God of Courage himself.

As Richard said, although the high priest lost the temple, it was a crime of non-war. If you can negotiate the terms of the armistice with Richard above the bottom line, maybe there will be gods. So in this matter, the high priest did not have much room for hesitation and asking for a price, so he immediately agreed.

Unexpectedly, Richard smiled again and said: "I know that the great Nei'an must have an oracle to come down, and the truce has drawn a bottom line." I'd like to hear what that bottom line is?"

The Khan of the Great Priest came down immediately, and if an armistice was really reached on the bottom line, then instead of being a god, he might be punished. After all, he had lost the fragments of the Book of Bearers. And if Nei'an inadvertently casts his eyes on him and discovers that he has leaked the oracle, it will be questionable whether he will still be able to serve the Jedi hard labor.

Richard saw the Great Priest's concern and smiled, "Don't worry, the conditions we reached just now remain the same. I just want to hear the myth of the great inner security and test some of my thoughts. If you won't say it......"

"I say, the oracle is like this......" The archpriest immediately uttered a large list of contents, which sounded close to Richard's request. The limit of Nex's tolerance was to surrender the parish of a minor principality next to it, and since that principality had also sent troops to join the coalition forces, it was reasonable for Richard to make a request for a diocese or a territory.

Richard nodded, looked at the archpriest with some strange eyes, and said meaningfully: "How can a person like you be able to achieve this position?

"My devotion to the Great Inner Security is unquestionable! Of course, without prejudice to the Great Internal Security, it does not prevent me from having some petty selfishness. When the high priest mentioned Nei'an, his face was pious and radiant, and when he said the second half of the sentence, he gave Richard a flattering smile, and his face changed so quickly and completely that Richard was also dumbfounded.

Richard finally came back to his senses, looked at the great priest carefully, and suddenly asked, "Your name is ......"

"Busquets, Your Excellency Richard! ”

Richard nodded and said, "Okay, Abu, I see in you a rare potential, a potential that shocks me deeply. I think we can work together on a deeper level. In this case, I can help you get into the College of Cardinals, and you just need to inform me of some important oracles of Nexus in time. What do you think?"

"This ...... It's a betrayal!No, I, I can't do it!" The archpriest looked expectant when he heard the cardinal's words, and he immediately panicked.

"No, you can. It only takes a little skill, and you already have the ability to do it, but you don't realize it yet. Wait a minute, I'll show you something. As he spoke, Richard tore off half a blank sheet of paper from a canon, and then brushed it down on it, filling it in a few moments, and handed it to the Grand Priest.

The archpriest took the piece of paper and looked at it, and was startled, and then swallowed back the question that was about to blurt out.

At the very top of the paper is written: "How to make yourself look religious".

Below, there's a list of content and tricks, as well as a very strange but outright magic spell.

The main purpose of this magic spell is to bring the caster into a certain state, to become the kind of person he "wants" to be, and the time can last for half an hour. To put it bluntly, if a person thinks that he is very religious, then he will become very religious during the duration of the divine art, and even if the will of the true god sweeps it, it is difficult to find that this is a disguised state. Half an hour is enough for an ordinary church service.

It's just that this divine technique requires the use of a mysterious divine power, and the way to cultivate this divine power is to recite a certain divine language of unknown meaning. It was the first time that the Grand Priest had seen a magic spell that didn't need to touch the power of faith, but all his knowledge told him that after this spell was activated, it would indeed release an out-and-out magic spell.

"With it, you don't have to worry about what you're doing being discovered by the god of courage. Next, Richard uttered the famous quote from Theodore: "If you think you are religious, you are religious, and it has nothing to do with what you do." ”

This passage, including that little magic spell, is the work of Theodore, and it is also the secret of his ability to deceive the true God.

Theodore himself was actually a magician, and the reason why he turned himself into a magician was precisely to study the mysteries of divine power and faith. Like Raymond, Theodore was originally a Solomonburg scholar mage, a mage in this line who did have a knack for confusing truth and lies.

The great priest looked at the piece of paper repeatedly, doubted it, and then recited the incantation softly, and the light on his body actually flashed, and the magic had been successful. The high priest immediately became holy and religious, as if he were a fanatic. He stared at Richard, and was about to reprimand when Richard waved his hand, a dispersal spell was already thrown on his body, dispelling the effect of that magic spell.

"This ...... This is amazing!" The Great Priest was pleasantly surprised, he could fully experience how 'pious' his state was just now!

"It's easy, isn't it?" said Richard with a smile, then pointed to the page in the high priest's hand, and said, "This thing, burn it when you learn it, and then completely forget that it has been stored." ”

The Great Priest immediately read the page three times, memorized every word in his heart, and then stretched out his right hand, and a bright golden flame of divine power rose in his palm.

Richard shook his head, reached out and gently pulled the page back from the archer's hand, and said, "Use magic or natural fire." ”

When the page burned out in the magical flames, the archpriest looked at Richard again with a real awe.

Whoever is able to master this ability that even the true God can deceive is not something he can resist in the slightest. And he vaguely remembered an ancient legend, and seemed to have a glimpse of the truth about the god behind Richard, which dates back to the period of the ancient gods. However, the High Priest immediately shuddered and banished all thoughts cleanly.

"With the problem of faith out of the way, let's see how we can make your divine affiliation a little stronger. As he spoke, Richard brought a map. This is also the trophy recovered from the temple, which shows that the God of Courage is distributed in the parishes and temples of the Redwood Kingdom and the surrounding area.

Richard casually hooked his hand, and the northeast corner of the Sequoia Kingdom demarcated a piece of land equivalent to the size of the principality, where there were two temples of the god of courage and three first-level dioceses, and then pointed it out to the high priest, saying: "I can give you back this area, and continue to retain the faith of Nei'an, it is considered your merit, which should be enough for you to enter the Cardinals." ”

Instead of being overjoyed, the Grand Priest of Busquets looked wary and said, "This merit is enough for an ordinary priest to become a cardinal, why did you come to me?"

Richard said lightly: "There are two reasons, one is that you have this ability. You see, you can learn that magic as soon as you learn it, and that's the proof. Second, it's because you're afraid of death. That's what I like about you. ”

The high priest's sweat came down again.

Richard looked at him and reminded, "You have to be careful, this magic is not a panacea. When Nean becomes suspicious and looks intently at you with his gaze, your disguise will be ineffective. So, don't be arrogant and don't do stupid things. For example, betraying our agreement. ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Busquets finally understood that if he reneged on his agreement with Richard, it was likely that a whistleblower letter would be on the Pope's desk the next day.

"Abu, I'll give you back this too. Richard casually threw the book of Crime and Punishment to the Grand Priest, who hurriedly collected it in his arms. And Richard had already memorized the above qiē content at this moment.

Early the next morning, the clergy of the god of courage left the temple and walked on foot to another great temple in Nei'an. Hiking is Busquets' insistence, and he believes that this is the only way to lessen his guilt a little. In any case, the temple was thrown from him.

The rest of the clergy were not as heavy as the high priests, and even a few young priests were still talking and laughing. That's because they knew that the High Priest had already concluded an armistice with Richard, and that the terms were quite favourable. If you bring this agreement back, not only will there be no punishment, but the rewards and divine favors will definitely not be too small.

Richard stayed in the royal city for three days, on the one hand, to clean up the Grand Temple of the God of Courage. He was going to re-establish the temple as a joint shrine for the three goddesses.

When this news reached the ears of the three goddesses, it was not surprising that the three goddesses were in a very happy mood, not only adding a long list of extremely powerful and glorious adjectives to Richard's title of god, but also instructing the members of the church to fully assist Richard in the construction of the United Great Temple, and if necessary, to dedicate a qiē.

If necessary, you can dedicate a qiē...... The true clergy, and those involved, are able to comprehend the meaning of the three goddesses. So Philon immediately personally led a team composed of various types of beauty/** priests, and hurried to the Sequoia Royal Capital, determined to completely drown Richard with crowd tactics.

The other thing Richard did was to be busy quelling the rebellion, mainly the 'rebellion' of the royal family and some nobles who were very close to the royal family. Some were genuine rebellions, while others were forced into rebellions by Richard's unobtrusive aristocratic actions to collect the spoils of war.

ps: This is today's abnormal update, which is the legendary plus update.