01.
No one thought that the ascetics would betray the Church of Illuminati.
Ascetic monks are the most devout believers in the God of Light in the church. Previous popes can only use them, but cannot control them.
In fact, it is a concealed truth that there are quite a few popes who fear their power, fearing that they will one day find themselves disloyal to their gods.
— This is the relationship between the pope and the ascetic.
The failure of the Ascetic Monk's assassination was indeed beyond the Pope's expectations, but it would not be absolutely unbelievable. The ascetic monks in the past have also failed in missions, but of course they are very rare.
What made him feel sweaty was that the watcher reported that Theresa Shelley lost her temper at home after hearing the news that the mission had failed, and dropped a lot of things. Teresa's anger is also understandable to the Pope. The Pope believes that Teresa feels that if he is still in Winter City, the assassination should be sure. He originally went back to the Holy City for the church, but he didn't expect Farr to harm the church. If he did it on purpose, he would be angry too. But it's really not Theresa's fault. The pope was ready to comfort Theresa.
After the mission failed, the ascetic monks returned to the holy city immediately. According to the church's long-standing rules, the pope has no right to deal with the ascetic monks. The ascetic monks themselves will deal with the failed ascetic monks. Their punishment methods have always been extremely severe, so the pope did not ask.
What the Pope is currently worried about is the relationship between the Church and the Ice Empire Muelheim after this incident.
The relationship between the church and Mülheim had already been tense before, and there was a period of peace after Teresa was replaced. This assassination should have touched the Ice Empress Claude's reverse scale. It was good that the assassination was successful, but it failed, and it became known to everyone.
The Pope knew that there would be a stalemate, and he was mentally prepared, but what happened next still surprised him.
Before the Ice Empress could speak, the angry people rushed into the church in Mülheim, and some even smashed the statues of gods in the church! Punish, punish who? All the people are rioting! Isn't this crazy? !
The pope realized that it seemed that the divine power had been completely defeated by the royal power this time. It was unexpected that the people would support the ice emperor so much. He was obviously just a kid... The pope thought in his heart that he had seen the ice emperor when he was a child and gave him The Ice Emperor and his ministers gave hints, so for so many years, Winter City has almost always been a situation where the ministers are strong and the king is weak. Accidentally took Bingdi out of the hint completely. But even without Hill, it will only take a few years for the Ice Empress to break through the shackles.
Not long after, the Pope heard that statement—those who destroy the wedding of the Ice Emperor and Olivia are the public enemies of all mankind.
This made the Pope almost spit out a mouthful of blood.
This, this, how did the Ice Emperor let the people come to this conclusion
This made a big fuss. The rest of the question doesn't matter - the pope knows that he can do whatever he wants to a certain extent, but that doesn't include antagonizing humans. Not everyone is an ascetic. When encountering the confrontation between faith and life, there are still a small number of people who choose to stand on the side of faith. Of course, if you stab someone else for your belief, this is the majority (…).
So now it seems that this is the only way.
On that day, the Pope announced that the priest was a traitor to the church, deliberately using this matter to discredit the church. Just take the church out of this matter, and then issue a wanted warrant for that ascetic monk. The pope is very good at breaking the wrists of strong men, but it's someone else's wrist (… ).
As for why the pope could hear this information about the "enemy of all mankind"? That's because Theresa is not in Winterfell.
The Guangming Church has a clear hierarchy, and things are reported layer by layer. In the past, the priests of Winter City felt that the demons had too much advantage in public opinion, and they felt inappropriate, so they reported it to Bishop Teresa, and then, hey, of course, they were directly intercepted by this cardinal .
The next day, at the meeting of the Church of Light in the Holy City, Teresa said directly: "I'm going back to Winter City."
Most people in the church now know what kind of chaos Mulheim has become. According to them, it is better to avoid the limelight first. Anyway, the sky is falling and there is a tall one, and His Holiness the Pope will solve the problem in the end. What Teresa said surprised many people, and they thought to themselves that she was really young, so sincere.
A priest who showed good intentions to him: "I think, Bishop Shelley, you should wait until the things over there are roughly over before going back."
"Because Mulheim is in chaos now, I should go back and preside over the overall situation." Theresa Shelley rejected the other party's kindness: "Please also ask the Pope to severely punish those ascetic monks."
The Pope frowned, it was inconvenient for him to speak directly, and naturally there were other people who conveyed his meaning.
"This..." said one of the priests, "do you need me to teach you the most basic rules, Bishop Shelley?" He said this with complete provocation.
"I can also teach you the meaning of life and death, sir." Teresa coldly opened his mouth and said a threatening word, and then he looked at the Pope when the expressions of the others changed, and there seemed to be something in his cold eyes. Sporadic cold rain, "My lord is supreme, my lord is merciful and tolerant, but we are human beings after all, I think our control should be stronger." His words made many people present open their mouths. It sounds like a dog who is praising the Pope, a slander, but Teresa said it, and he seriously believes that the Pope should have more secular power.
This has always been an eternal topic of struggle.
So no one dared to interrupt.
Teresa stood up straight after saying this, "Forgive me for leaving first, Your Holiness the Pope, I am in a hurry to return to Winter City."
"Hmm." The Pope pondered for a moment, and then said, "Choose two teams of ascetic monks. Now Mulheim is in danger, so protect yourself."
cough. This is to raise Teresa's status again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty the Pope." Teresa nodded and left without saluting.
Everyone else couldn't help but think that the Pope really dotes on Teresa, but Teresa seems too confident.
What they didn't know was him, and the more Teresa was like this, the more the Pope reassured him.
Black sheepskin boots stepped on the street full of fallen leaves, accompanied by the wind blowing the hem of his clothes and the soft sound of decaying leaves under his feet, and the red cloak fluttered inadvertently revealing the knight sword at his waist. Teresa stood still after leaving the Holy See area, and whispered solemnly: "I won't keep you waiting for too long, captain's hatred, Lord Demon King's wish... everything will be done. I promise."
02.
When the church was in chaos and busy dispelling rumors, Hill returned to the Demon Realm to start daily construction.
Some time ago, he assigned most of his work projects to his subordinates. Hill knew that this was a bit too hasty, and those people were definitely not as good as him. But Hill himself is really at his wits end. Um. That avatar is still capable, that's not what he meant... Wait what he was thinking... How could he drive a car by himself inadvertently...
Hill cut off a piece of steak vigorously and put it in his mouth with a fork.
"My lord, human immigrants... You said they are 'immigrants'. There have been many new problems recently, and humans and goblins are not friendly."
It was a gray morning, and even at breakfast time the mist still lingered outside. He could hear the raven screaming hoarsely on the window sill, and Hill threw the fork over impatiently. The raven was startled and immediately flapped its wings and flew away. The black body flapped in the mist and quickly disappeared, but the wings The whirling sound lingered in my ears.
"Eh, my king?" the goblin elder asked a little frightened.
"Go ahead," Hill said, "leave me alone."
"Eh... okay." The goblin elder had no choice but to continue: "On the human side, at the beginning, it was because humans always deliberately received more food. At the beginning, it was like that for a few people, but gradually almost everyone was like that. So much alike, the goblins can't tell them apart."
"Use currency." Hill continued to cut the steak with his knife. When he was on earth, his strength did not support the easy, comfortable and elegant way of cutting steak. When there is beef tendon, I can't wait to stand up the knife madly. Now that he has enough strength, the feeling of cutting steak gracefully is not too good. After cutting this piece, his eyes drifted to Alice next to him, and he said kindly: "Alice, if you can't do it, can I help you?"
"No need, sir, I will try my best!" Alice said a little angrily.
It's not a good thing for a child to be too self-reliant... These words floated in Hill's mind.
"But if you use currency..." said the goblin elder next to him.
"Give them daily wages every day." Hill said succinctly.
"but… "
Hill directly interrupted the elder goblin's words: "There is no but, think of a way."
"Yes, my king," said the Elder Goblin.
This refreshing feeling is also quite good.
After breakfast, Hill called the Death Knight Gordenia. He hadn't inspected the territory for a long time, and he planned to take him, the dark elves, and Erwin to go out for inspection.
Gordenia still looks like a typical death knight, with thick armor on the outside. Hill opened Goldnia's mask and saw that there was no head inside, but black mist. He reached in and grabbed a handful, then asked, "How do you feel?"
"Your hand just touched my brain, and my brain says it's honored," Goldnia said.
"Okay." Hill smiled and shook his head, "Let's go together in human form."
"Yes, my king." Death knights generally do not transform into human form. One is that they don't have the habit, and the other is that they consume energy. Monroe humanized mostly because Hill liked it.
Hill glanced at Goldnia's face and found that he seemed a little worried, "Are you in trouble, Gore?" Hill asked.
"My lord, the thing is like this..."
"Forget it, I don't want to know." Hill said immediately, "Come on, let's continue talking about what we just said. This time, we will ride to the goblin first, then take the train to the school, and get off in this forest on the way..."
"Okay, my king." Goldnia had no choice but to say so.
They are indeed too dependent on the Lord Demon King now, and it is time to deal with the problem independently.
03.
Although it has been more than a year since time travel, Hill has not ridden a horse yet. Arranging such an itinerary today is also a whim. He has ridden a horse on the earth, not many times, so the price of the horse riding farm is as thrilling as the feeling of riding a horse. Now he can count it as an addiction
It began to rain lightly in the morning, riding on horseback, the horse galloped very fast, and the red cloak behind him rolled like waves. The rain is coming, and it feels very refreshing. This experience is really good. Hill even wants to howl a song "Let us live in harmony with the world of mortals / ride horses and gallop to share the prosperity of the world".
At present, there are a large number of humans living on the edge of the goblin territory. Hill has built many wooden houses in advance. Those wooden houses are similar in appearance, with different house numbers on them. The main work of human beings in the Demon Realm is to mine minerals, build railways with dwarves, help the skeleton construction team, etc... Hill originally imagined that educated people among them could enter the Central College, but he found that this was really just a fantasy. Few of the first batch of humans who came to the Demon Realm were literate.
But take your time, there will always be.
In addition, some of the second sons of nobles among human beings were arranged into administrative positions by Hill to help the five elders and their small cadres—of course, they were in marginal positions, and they would not have access to core secrets.
After leaving the goblin territory, Hill inspected a piece of land, and the encyclopedia department said that a town could be built here.
This is a plain with beautiful scenery and rich products. There are beautiful forests here, and there are few large predators in them. There are also various large and small charming lakes and sweet fruits. In the distance, a waterfall and stream can be seen falling from the mountain, forming a sharp contrast with the dark rocks.
It is indeed a very nice place. Hill nodded secretly. This place is not far from the Blackstone Tower, and it can be used to build the first city in the Demon Realm. The Demon Realm had only villages before, and no cities. All kinds of game CG pictures of demon cities have appeared in Hill's brain. In the end, he stood on the open space and thought for a moment, and decided to come out of the entire cyberpunk Demon Realm City. With the current level of technology in the Demon Realm, it is better to force the scientific research department and the black dwarves to come to a semi-industrialization in one step.
Then he walked into the forest to have a look. The forest was endless. At first, the trees were not densely packed, and it could even be said to be sparse. But soon the trees grew thick, and the rain pattered on the leaves, and there was a muddy sound when one stepped on the wet, leaf-strewn ground. Most of the forest is herbivores, but Hill saw a big tree with purple flowers hanging from it, which were gorgeous and beautiful, and had a musky smell.
"Angel's horn." said the dark elf Albrecht.
"I don't like this name." Goldonia said succinctly.
"The original name was Datura," said Albrecht.
"Then why don't you just say your original name?" Goldonia asked, "Because the other name is more famous?"
"No." Albrecht replied honestly: "My king likes paladins. I said the alias to attract his attention and make him happy."
Goldia: "..."
Gordenia: "... okay."
Albrecht immediately wagged his tail and looked at Hill: "My king, my king?"
Hill was thinking about something just now: "What?"
"Didn't you hear, my lord?" Albrecht asked.
"Well, I just thought of something..." Datura is poisonous, and I remember that it also has an anesthetic effect. After this trip, it is time to deal with the issue of anesthetics. Hill was thinking about this, "What?"
"It's okay, my king." Albrecht showed a big smile, "Gol and I are going to prepare lunch."
"Go ahead," Hill said.
On the way to prepare lunch, Goldonia asked, "Why don't you tell my king again?"
"If my king didn't hear clearly when I said it the first time, there is no need to waste my king's time for him to listen to it a second time." Albrecht said easily: "My feelings for my king and how he treats you I have nothing to do, I know that many times my pleasing him can't improve his mood much, I just want to do this, even if only once can make him smile, I will be satisfied... But it is a waste of my king's time time, that would be an outrageous thing.”
"That's it." Goldonia nodded, feeling a little emotional.
All the demons know how much the Lord Demon King has done for the Demon Race, and all the demons respect and love such a Lord Demon King in their own way.
The whole atmosphere in the devil world is really good now.
04.
It's lunch time!
The lunch in the forest is naturally based on barbecue. Erwin also brought some sausages, together with the freshly picked fruits and the sweet spring water directly salvaged, the lunch is quite rich.
Grilled sausages are grilled repeatedly on the fire grill, sizzling and dripping fat, looking fat and delicious.
The barbecue on the other side is poured with honey and various spices in turn. This is Erwin's own improved honey barbecue, which is very popular in the Devil's Emporium. The surface of the meat gradually turned into an attractive burnt yellow color, the skin began to become crispy, and the rich aroma also came out. Then Erwin cut the barbecue into strips, wrapped them with lettuce leaves, and handed them to Hill respectfully.
After taking it, Hill took a bite. The spicy and satisfying barbecue was charred on the outside and tender on the inside. The gravy burst out after taking a bite. It was oily and delicious. The vegetable leaves wrapped outside effectively neutralize the greasy taste, which is unique and delicious.
Then Erwin took out a bunch of jelly by magic, and Hill picked out a piece of coffee jelly. The coffee is bitter and mellow, and of course it has a milky aroma, as well as the jelly's unique Q-bomb texture, which goes well with barbecue. All these make this little dessert have the ability to easily fascinate people,
There is also a kind of barbecue that is not wrapped in lettuce leaves. That kind of barbecue needs to be roasted for a longer time. After the fat is roasted, the barbecue sauce seeps in from the burnt skin. Erwin's control of the temperature is excellent. When you take a bite of the finished barbecue, the outside is so crispy that you can chew, but the meat inside is so tender that it can overflow with juice. It tastes burnt and fragrant. The delicious sauce and the meat itself The aromas are mixed together, so delicious that it makes people cry.
Blowing the wind in the forest, listening to the names of the birds, eating barbecue, and drinking cold spring water.
Cool.
After drinking and eating, Hill lay down on the rocks over there to bask in the sun, "There are buffaloes where I just came."
"No." Erwin said.
"Eat it, too," Hill said.
"Is there any difference between buffalo and ordinary cattle? My king." Erwin asked.
"The buffalo is mooing, and the ox is crying: Want a ticket, buddy." Hill said.
"Ah? What are you talking about?" Erwin was at a loss.
"Just talking nonsense." After Hill finished speaking, he crunched and laughed alone for a while. Whenever this happened, he would feel a kind of lonely funny.
No one knows these stalks, and every time they talk nonsense, they realize that they are different.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, there are enough people who care about him, respect him, and love him now. Anything can be made up for. he thinks.
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