"King? Savior?"
Wu Ming was startled, then laughed loudly: "Is it possible?"
"Anything is possible, especially for you who inherit the legacy of the Conqueror!"
The archbishop solemnly said.
"You really know everything!"
The expression on Wu Ming's face also calmed down: "Indeed, I have the ambition to unify Fengying Plain, but so what? Is the church planning to invest in me?"
"Yes, on behalf of the entire church, I am ready to invest in you and support you in unifying the entire Fengying Plain!"
The Archbishop affirmed.
"Why?"
Wu Ming turned his head and stared at the archbishop with a speechless expression: "Just because of a prophecy?"
"That's not a prophecy, but the reality of a certain day in the future!"
The archbishop smiled slightly: "Do you know where the Lord we believe in came from in the first place? Our church is actually the product of the five ancient kings' oath, and it is a preparation for a joint fight against the giant snake one day in the future. Do you understand what you said?"
"The one who formed you is... the uncrowned king? The great sage?"
Wu Ming expressed his own judgment. This kind of long-term layout may only be possible for that monstrous sage in history.
"good!"
The Archbishop nodded.
"The god you believe in...is it the great sage?"
Wu Ming suddenly thought of the inheritance of the Power of Ten Thousand Peoples that he had just obtained. If he revises it again, it might not be a good method of the divine way.
"no!"
The archbishop looked solemn, and replied in an affirmative tone: "The great sage saw that the people needed sustenance in their hearts, so he chose the image of the Lord. It represents truth and nothingness, but it is just a symbol! Although the sage made the scriptures, he never asked for anything. One believes in him, but lets people find their own salvation... We pray to God, but we are really only praying to ourselves, which is the true meaning of all gods without faces!"
He said in a reverent voice: "This is a secret that has been passed down by word of mouth from the top leaders of our church. The great sage passed away peacefully at the end of his life. As a mortal, I have lived a complete life."
'This is against the rules! '
Wu Ming secretly complained: "Aren't most of the gods of light and monotheism in the novels of the previous life set up as villains?" Why did someone so noble suddenly come here? This style of painting is wrong! '
"Wait a minute!"
He suddenly remembered something different: "Then what happened to the oracle in the history of your church, and the saint Gabriel?"
"That is also the true God, the Lord of our faith..."
For some unknown reason, a wry smile appeared on the corner of the archbishop's mouth: "Although the great sage's intentions are good, there are still few smart people and many ignorant people in this world!"
"Smart people who believe in my lord just believe in themselves and redeem themselves, but more fools really entrust their beliefs to that illusory lord, a symbol of a god..."
Wu Ming immediately understood that the incense of mortal belief is the most incredible thing in the world.
Even clay statues, worshiped too much, will produce human gods, let alone a church symbol with complete doctrine and clear organization
Therefore, for a long time, that symbol was just a symbolic meaning. After absorbing enough power of faith, it actually responded, as if a brand new god was born!
At the moment when the oracle came, the hearts of all the top church leaders must have collapsed.
And a god, even a newly born god, will start to instinctively ask for more, so it is reasonable to issue an oracle to expand the church.
Naturally, not all the saints in the church, there are ordinary people and greedy people, the emergence of new gods is a great opportunity for them to seize power, so they come out to make trouble.
This kind of internal strife is often more terrifying and terrifying than external battles.
At the most intense time, even a saint like Gabriel appeared!
Fortunately, the laws of this world extremely reject the extraordinary power of the legal system. Although Gabriel showed off his power for a while, he finally rushed to the street. He didn't even become the Pope, and he died inexplicably. The inside story is really worth pondering .
In short, after experiencing a counterattack by the New God, those high-level members of the church barely managed to grasp the situation, quietly waiting for the day when they would fulfill their mission.
Although these are just Wu Ming's imagination, they should not be too far from the truth.
The archbishop obviously didn't know the slander in Wu Ming's heart, and continued: "You have obtained the certificate of the king, and you have the legal system to rule the Fengying Plain, and, in order to unite the entire continent and fight against the coming disaster, we also need a wise and benevolent King, I think you are very suitable!"
"You really... know everything."
Wu Ming fell silent.
"So, what's your choice?"
The archbishop looked at Wu Ming expectantly: "To conquer the entire Fengying Plain, you need our help!"
"Of course I know!"
Even though he has been quietly farming for several years, and even has the confidence to overthrow the Earl of Blue Mountain and Viscount Garcia in one fell swoop, it is easy to conquer, but the most difficult to rule effectively.
A sect that is rooted in the ground, has a long history, and has strong vitality naturally fits his ruling needs.
It's just that the cooperation between theocracy and royal power, even if it benefits for a while, will have too many disadvantages in the future.
Wu Ming thought and thought, and finally replied: "But you must promise me a few conditions!"
"Please say!"
The archbishop held out his right hand.
"You must publicize that I am the reincarnation of your lord, descended to the mortal world, to claim the throne! I will open up to you the right to preach in my territory in the future, but the scriptures must be approved by me, and the faces of the gods in the church, I Request to change it to my appearance!"
Wu Ming quickly finished these thunderous conditions, and immediately saw the archbishop who was standing there in a daze.
Fortunately, this church was not composed of fanatics from the very beginning, otherwise the archbishop would have to immediately declare Wu Ming as the eternal enemy of the church, and he would have to be completely destroyed from body to spirit.
"You want... to become a god?"
The archbishop stared at Wu Ming in disbelief.
"I just want to make sure that in the future, the power is still in my hands!"
Wu Ming stared at the archbishop: "Don't you hope that in the future, the sleeping new god will wake up again and seize power from you? If you don't want to, you can only support me and erase it from the source!"
As a divine emperor and a sixth-level celestial being, Wu Ming is quite familiar with the conquests in the divine way.
Many gods have the ability to be immortal, incense will not fall, and thoughts will not be destroyed. The only way to completely kill them is to start from the root of belief, so that the entire universe will have no belief in him.
In this way, unless the ancient gods can directly communicate with the source and obtain the personality of the world, other great gods will slowly die out and fall into the long river of history.
Since the new God is just a symbol, the current Wu Ming is going to pull the trigger and replace that virtual concept with himself.
In fact, it is to snatch the belief and turn it into one's own accumulation.
"This... I have to think about it!"
The archbishop frowned, but this expression immediately let Wu Ming know that the church did not know everything.
At least, they were kept in the dark about the inheritance of the power of the people.
"We can only modify the statue, and it is impossible to actively promote it! This is against our scriptures!"
Not knowing whether the words of obliterating the new god had any effect, the Archbishop gritted his teeth: "Also, you can't modify our doctrine at will, and you can't meddle in the appointment of personnel in our church!"
"In that case, you still agree!"
Wu Ming almost laughed in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "On the issue of the church, I still appreciate the saying, let God belong to God, and what belongs to man belongs to man!"
"very good!"
The archbishop nodded: "From today onwards, the church will fully support you in obtaining the entire Fengying Plain!"
"It's for our cause!"
Wu Ming didn't know why, but a group of paladins suddenly appeared in his mind holding a sword in one hand and a scripture in the other, like a jihad scene, which was quite unexpected and touching.
"In that case, Sir William! I have some news here, and I want to inform you!"
After making the covenant contract, the two parties now have a basis of interests and are almost allies. The Archbishop immediately gave Wu Ming some crucial news: "The Earl of Lanshan has issued a ****, and the second lion The Battle of the Tigers has begun!"
From the Church's point of view, the Earl of Blue Mountain was old and not aggressive, while the Viscount Garcia was too aggressive.
Of course, the most important thing is that none of them are the person predicted by the great sage, let alone obtained Thaler's certificate of king!
Therefore, the conflict between the two broke out. For the church, there are only good things and no bad things.
However, for Wu Ming, it was a bit uncertain.
"Before I set off, the believers in the Tucker Mountains brought me news... An envoy from the Earl of Blue Mountain has arrived in your territory. Lady Amelia seems to be having a hard time coping with it!"
Once a war starts, a steady stream of money, food, and support from soldiers is obviously very important.
Naturally, the Earl of Blue Mountain would not let the Carlos leader wander away, but he actually sent an envoy, which was a little bit beyond Wu Ming's expectations.
After all, as the orthodox controller of the territory, he is not around. With Amelia and Geoff alone, it is easy to show timidity in front of the orthodox nobles.
In this era, once a lord leaves his fief for too long, he will be considered dereliction of duty and may be deprived of his title.
It's a pity that this inheritance is more related to my future plans, and I still have to do it, whichever is the lesser of two evils.
Now is the time to pay for the previous sloppy behavior.
Maybe it's a good idea to hurry back to the territory