"As a citizen of this land, I deeply respect the followers of Her Majesty the Goddess, but how can you guys who have deviated from the Goddess's teachings be worthy of my respect?"
Mozo reached out and took the sword of Anduril and pointed it at the knight and said:
"Now, go back and tell your stupid cardinal to surrender immediately or I will personally lead my troops to send him to the stake!"
After giving his ultimatum, Mozo put down the pestle of the Sword of Anduril and said:
"I will wait here for his reply, but it won't be long. I hope you can make him understand that in Goling, his church cannot shelter him, a true blasphemer."
After the Church Knight's mouth trembled several times, he disappeared into the crowd with his men in shame.
Mozo also looked at the direction they left and couldn't help but mutter:
"That's really unchivalrous."
Originally, because of Prince Aigra's knights, Mozo still had some expectations for the knights in this land.
It's okay now, but it's just a special case.
And in the deepest part of the Marian Church.
Apart from the countless church knights, the rest here are all high-ranking clergy.
After hearing the reply from the knight, Bishop Polilian XVII, who was much fatter than Mozo had expected, immediately dropped the wine glass in his hand.
The fine wine from the Age of Gods immediately evaporated onto the ground, filling the entire temple with the aroma of fine wine.
"Asshole, what a bastard!"
"How dare he, how dare he!"
King Aragorn XVII is going crazy. This Aragorn is really a lunatic!
How dare they slap their church in the face like this!
But after the rage, he said to everyone with trembling hands:
"Disarm the Skitarii, and we will surrender first."
But at this moment, a bishop shouted with a red face:
"Cardinal Marianne XVII! The planetarium tells me that the church's reinforcements will be arriving soon!"
After hearing this, all the clergy looked at Zhu Lian in surprise.
Zhu Liyan also lived up to everyone's expectations and laughed loudly:
"Gather the Goddess's army and followers!"
346 The Confrontation Begins (3k)
As Zhu Liyan gave his instructions, the many clergymen around him were all happy and hurried to do their work.
At first they all thought it was just an ordinary military riot, and later they found that these people seemed to shout out extraordinary slogans, but the clergy backed by the church still did not take it seriously.
After all, they had never heard of a precedent in which a palace coup affected the church.
Even every ambitious person who launched a coup d'état urgently needed to please the church in order to obtain public recognition of his or her legitimacy.
Therefore, under the instruction of Zhu Lian, the churches of Ge Ling chose to close their doors and prepare to have a good business talk with Prince Agla or the rebels.
It’s a pity that the speed and degree of change of the situation far exceeded the cognition of these pigs.
By the time they realized they were in real danger, Ge Ling had already fallen completely into the hands of the rebels.
Then, two strange oracles were issued, which made their already uneasy hearts even more unstable.
Fortunately, the Pope still remembered them. Ge Ling was in trouble, and the church's reinforcements arrived!
Now they can finally speak with their heads held high!
Angels are amazing, but that also depends on who they are facing!
The church’s appeal in this land is still very strong!
After all, in Mozo's hometown, the churches in that world without any gods, ghosts or monsters have power beyond imagination.
It is really hard to imagine how strong this appeal would be in a world where gods really exist.
Even the Church in this land is part of the oppressors!
This is the most helpless and terrifying thing.
It's extremely contradictory but it really exists.
The oppressed are willing to work for the oppressors...
Under Zhu Lian's repeated instructions, Mozo finally understood why this guy was appointed as a cardinal by the church and was also in charge of the Geling and Hazel areas.
He does have some abilities and connections, and it's not just relying on his bloodline and reputation.
For example, Mozo declared them blasphemers who openly disobeyed the oracle of the goddess.
Zhu Liyan was the first to voice her opposition as a church member. She also contacted the wealthy businessmen and middle and lower-level nobles who were backed by the church. She mainly targeted the former, as the latter had either surrendered or fled during the armed uprising a while ago, or had already defected or died.
In short, after Zhu Lian contacted this group of people, she began to use various private cooperation relationships or leverage to ask them to spread strange rumors such as that Mozo was a cannibal to their workers and employees in the factories, companies and other institutions under their control.
Moreover, Zhu Lian also gave a very powerful argument - the Duke of Aragon is a mortal as everyone knows, so why could he come back to life
Therefore, this person who calls himself Aragon must be a devil or an ambitious person who wants to take advantage of the good reputation of the Grand Duke of Aragon!
If that were not the case, why would the goddess publicly order the suppression of the rebellious Song Spirits led by Aragorn
This is the best evidence of the other party's identity as a demon!
Through this series of operations, Zhu Lian quickly and successfully destroyed Mozo's reputation among a large number of civilians.
However, destroying Mozo's reputation is only incidental. What Zhu Lian really wants is to let those wealthy businessmen drag these civilians, mainly workers and ordinary employees, as well as the poor, to the door of the church!
Didn’t he say that he came to destroy the old system and restore people’s lives
Then start with the people you want to protect!
Zhu Lian is looking forward to seeing what the other party will do then.
Should he do nothing and wait for the church's reinforcements to arrive, or should he attack these ordinary people under the watchful eyes of countless people
No matter which one it is, he will make a lot of money!
After thinking about this, Zhu Lian, who was so fat that she had to have a specially ordered chair to sit on, couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Then, as he laughed, his overly fat body and weight were so heavy that even the specially ordered chair could not bear it and broke into pieces.
After a loud bang, the pig Lian, who was still laughing, turned into a real rolling pig.
After he was helped up by the bishops, he said with a livid face to a district bishop who was brushing sawdust for him:
"Go find out who made this chair!"
The originally frightened bishop of the district instantly felt relieved and said:
"I will make him pay the price! Your Majesty Cardinal Marianne XVII!"
As the district bishop spoke, he calmly stepped on the "fragments" of the fine gemstones inlaid on the chair, which should never have been broken.
"I am merciful, as long as the guilty person is willing to buy enough indulgences. Then. You know!"
"Don't worry! Cardinal Marianne XVII!"
Zhu Lian's intention was naturally not to really forgive the other party. He just wanted to take the opportunity to blackmail the manufacturer of the chair.
Zhu Lian is very tolerant and he would never strangle all the egg-laying hens to death at once.
It’s a pity that Zhu Lian could not have imagined that his chair was actually replaced by the district bishop behind him because it was too expensive.
Therefore, if this matter is left to the other party to handle, I am afraid that the poor manufacturer will not just be blackmailed.
At the same time, a bishop walked in excitedly and said:
"Cardinal Marianne XVII! The Skitarii has been integrated!"
"Good! Aside from our Skitarii, how are the rest of the arrangements going?"
"Those wealthy businessmen have already brought their employees and workers here! In addition to our own Skitarii, many troops that originally sided with them have also expressed that they will come directly to stand on our side!"
"Good! Where's the blasphemer?"
"Our people say he's coming with his troops too!"
"But this guy would never have thought that a large part of the troops following him are actually on our side!"
"Hahaha, that's even better!"
Within the church’s own sphere of influence, the strongest and most influential is definitely not the country that controls this area, but the local church!
This is also the biggest reason why Zhu Lian has remained in power during the rebel uprising.
It's just that some wild man who came from nowhere wanted to replace the second place.
The reason they became cowardly later was not only because they found that they had no way to control an angel, but also because of those two strange oracles.
But now that reinforcements are about to arrive, Zhu Lian is not afraid at all that she will be decapitated by the enemy.
He even planned to meet the other party in person.
You know, this will be his achievement in continuing to climb up in the future!
"Hurry, I want to get out!"
After Zhu Lian laughed and gave the order to leave.
The bishops around him put on extraordinary items that had the ability to reduce weight and give strength.
Finally, with the help of gold coins, an extremely flexible giant pig appeared!
With his fat body shaking constantly, Zhu Lian appeared with his bishops in front of the door of Marian Cathedral, where a large number of crusaders were already lined up.
At the street intersection directly opposite the cathedral.
Mozo also came with the rebels.
On the way, we finally found Mozo's tall officer who couldn't stop wiping his sweat and said:
"I'm not questioning your identity, but what you just did was really reckless! How can we get into trouble with the church?"
Mozo walked in front with his head held high and asked with interest:
"You are the one who is willing to light a fire in this long night without fear of death! Why are you afraid now? Could it be that you are reluctant to give up because you will soon become famous?"
The tall officer said more helplessly:
"Don't make fun of me anymore. I really don't understand your intentions!"
Mozo could only laugh and shake his head, then he looked towards the Marian Cathedral and said:
"You should understand that the church will not give us what we want."
"We shouldn't confront each other so directly! We have no foundation at all, my lord!"
"Foundation? Why don't we have a foundation?"
The tall officer who heard what Mozo said said suddenly realized:
"Could it be help from the Nightmares?"
When Mozo heard the word nightmare, he showed an unnatural look for the first time. After coughing, he said:
"Don't take this too seriously."
"Ah? Isn't it?!"
The tall officer was a little stunned. After he finished speaking, he looked in astonishment at the black shadows that were clearly moving on the surrounding houses.
If they don't control the power behind the nightmares, then what foundation do they have
Could it be the heroes of ancient times
But just as this thought came to his mind, the tall officer saw a hero not only return to the big bell tower where he belonged, but also turned back into the original bronze statue.
It's over. No matter how hard I try, I can't imagine any force that can fight against the church!
After wiping the sweat off his face.
The tall officer let out a cry, pulled out a revolver from his waist, and followed Mozo with a fierce look on his face.
Just die!