After returning to the Lord's Mansion, Gawain asked Amber to bring all the information collected over the past period of time related to the activities of the Church of the Holy Light and cult members from all over the place.
Noticing Gao Wen's gloomy and serious face, Amber knew that he must have smelled something from the recent wind direction. She couldn't help being curious: "Why? Do you think the Church of Holy Light has a conspiracy?"
"It seems that letting you take care of the information is still a bit of progress." Gao Wen glanced at Amber approvingly, "You also feel something is wrong?"
Amber waved her hand: "Oh, that's not true, I just think that those gangsters are alive to conspire."
Gao Wen: "..."
"Hey, let's talk about it," Amber leaned forward again with a shy face, "I really think the recent actions of the Church of the Holy Light are too radical, but this is a change that everyone can see, and it is also caused by the recent situation. What else do you see?"
"Since the leaders of the major sects signed the sacred covenant at the Ancestor Peak, although the various sects have different ideas and differences, they have still maintained peace for seven hundred years. During these seven hundred years, there were not times when there were no heretics. But at that time, no denomination targeted other orthodox religions. The Church of the Holy Light did have special advantages in fighting against evil forces and purifying corruption, while those churches that were inclined to darkness and negative were powerless when fighting against cultists. But all along, the Church of the Holy Light has been in the form of a leader, helping and guiding those vulnerable churches to fight together."
As Gao Wen spoke, he put the information in his hands aside: "This is also the most normal and correct choice, because the social functions of each sect are different. Holy Light can fight against evil, and abundance can ensure agriculture. The God of War protects soldiers, guides the order of war and rebuilds after the war, and the God of Blood restrains selfish desires and monitors contractual behavior. Human survival is not only about fighting against cultists. When there are cultists, the Church of the Holy Light steps forward. When encountering other troubles Other churches will naturally have their own value, I understand this truth, and the priests of the Church of the Holy Light should also understand it theoretically."
Amber curled her lips: "But now they are obviously suppressing other sects."
"That's right, to suppress other sects," Gao Wen nodded, "Since last autumn, as the cultists have become more active in Ansu, the Church of the Holy Light has been developing and expanding rapidly in the name of cracking down on the cultists. , and in the second half of winter, they began to suppress and crowd out those sects that did not perform well in the process of fighting against the cultists. This situation has intensified recently. The people are sometimes blind, especially in a state of panic. The cultists The threat of the threat is increasing day by day, so almost everyone tolerates and acquiesces to the actions of the Holy Light Church, and many people are even applauding."
"Those excluded churches won't just sit and wait for death," Amber said, "In many places, members of the excluded churches have already broken out head-on conflicts with Holy Light priests. , and the battle monks and church cavalry are not unique to their family."
"I suspect... The Church of the Holy Light is just waiting for everyone to rebel," Gao Wen put his hands on the table and frowned, "Their exclusion of other sects is too obvious and too hasty. Do, I will definitely not directly suppress all heresies across the country like they do, but first win over some churches that have a higher affinity with the Holy Light, and then label those churches that are inclined to darkness as heresies, and pull a wave of crackdowns. The opponents were dismantled one after another, but the behavior of the Church of the Holy Light... is not so much trying to weaken other sects, but it is more like forcing other sects to unite and fight a religious war with them It's a lose-lose... "
"No way..." Amber looked at Gao Wen suspiciously, "Maybe it's not that complicated, those priests of the Holy Light are just so straightforward and want to be reckless, after all, not everyone is as cunning as you, It's splitting up and disintegrating again, who knows the twists and turns."
"Do you think that people who can climb to the top of the church will be as heartless as you?" Gawain rolled his eyes at the half-elf, "It's not a very clever strategy to pull a wave and fight a wave. I believe that the people in power in the Holy Light Cathedral Those who read it must have thought of this step. Now that they have not done so... I have to suspect that they are still plotting a bigger goal. Of course, it is not ruled out that the Church of the Holy Light is too confident and feels that they can rely on their own strength. Overturn all beliefs in the world... "
While saying this, a figure couldn't help appearing in Gao Wen's mind.
Light blonde long hair, simple robes of priests, extraordinary temperament that is not human-like, the breath of holy light that always lingers around...
That "Saint Princess", Veronica Moen...
Does she, who is in the top ranks of the Holy Light Church and also a member of the royal family, have anything to do with the current activities of the Holy Light Church? What role did she play in this process? If she was behind all these changes, then Cecil should pay attention when dealing with that "Saint Princess"...
The Holy Light Cathedral, the Great Hall of Light, the pure holy light hovers above the dome of this hall, and the surface of the dome depicting the scene of the kingdom of God is coated with a slightly rippling, water-like halo, brilliant Brilliant as always.
The bishops reported the recent progress of eradicating evil and suppressing heresy in various parts of the kingdom. Their calm and steady voices were like the holy light floating on the dome, but the content of their reports was not as peaceful as their voices.
"Your Majesty, the number of evil cultists purified by the Holy Light is increasing day by day, and the power of the Lord has been demonstrated, but those stubborn and ignorant pagan believers are becoming new troubles," said a bishop wearing a high crown. Boulder City, since the Blood God Church secretly manipulated by the cultists was demolished, a large number of pagan believers who believed in the Blood God refused to accept the correct belief, refused to accept baptism, purification, and reform, and those believers were expelled from the city , but wandered around in the wilderness, turned into robbers and attacked the priests we sent out to spread the Holy Light."
Another bishop went on to say: "A similar situation also occurred in the Western Plains. After being exiled, believers of the God of Shadow began to attack our priests, and even ordinary believers of the Holy Light. They caused a lot of panic in the local area. "
The old St. Ivan III raised his eyelids slightly, and there was no emotion in his voice: "Their actions are confirming our verdict, aren't they
"Being exiled proves that they are suspicious, and we give them a chance to convert, which is to give them a chance to prove their innocence. Of course, people who have not been infected by evil will not be afraid to embrace the Holy Light, afraid to embrace the Holy Light." Light is the proof of falling into evil.
"They became robbers, attacked priests, attacked innocent people, and refused to embrace the Holy Light before and refused to convert. This proves that they are indeed evil people. As long as we point this out, the world will naturally distinguish right from wrong."
"Your wisdom has cleared our confusion," the bishop who spoke first lowered his head, "I will follow your will."
Then the bishops continued to report on the progress of expanding the church knights, the increase in the number of believers, the spread of the Holy Light belief in various regions, and the progress of the newly implemented "ransom" to gather money...
St. Ivan III lowered his eyelids, as if falling into a deep sleep, and seemed to be still awake listening to the reports one after another. The rumbling voices of the bishops echoed in his ears, which was in harmony with the greater and more The unfathomable, more vast and boundless sound of the sacred became one piece. The old pope spent a small part of his brain power paying attention to the voices of the bishops, but spent most of his brain power carefully listening to the voice from the depths of his spiritual world.
That is the voice of the Lord.
The voice of the Lord is whispering and indistinguishable, but it also contains endless wisdom, and one needs to listen attentively to discern a trace of the truth of the world.
Veronica stood quietly beside the Pope, she lowered her head slightly, soft and quiet, the holy light emanating from her rippled in the hall, enveloped everyone, and those who The holy light emanating from the bishop produced extremely complex and non-stop micro-resonances.
This "sacred resonance" is the source of the ubiquitous light in the entire Holy Light Cathedral.
After the bishops finally finished their reports and the humming sound in the Great Hall of Light quieted down, St. Ivan III opened his eyes slightly, and said in a hoarse and low voice: "Is it over..."
Veronica bent down beside the Pope: "Yes, Your Majesty, the bishops have left."
"I heard the voice of the Lord just now," St. Ivan III said in a low voice, "That is really a great voice... The Lord must be pleased with our efforts."
"Yes, the Lord is pleased with what we have done," Veronica said softly, "He wants to make this world his heaven on earth, so we must clean up the heresy and evil in the world for the Lord."
"We must clean up the heresy and evil in the world for the Lord..." St. Ivan III muttered in a low voice, and slowly fell into a deep dream, and went to the dream to continue to embrace the indescribable whisper from the God of Holy Light .
Cecil Territory, in the buffer camp by the Whitewater River.
After receiving permission to settle down, a place to lie down and sleep, and a hot meal, those from the Whitsunday Plains area who had been terrified for dozens of days finally felt a little bit of peace of mind.
They thanked the lord for his kindness, and lamented that Gawain Cecil was indeed a hero with a broad heart and protecting the people as in the legend, but more, they were thinking about their future survival.
They have not been able to enter the city for the time being. Although they have seen the clean and prosperous city, he must live in a "buffer camp" outside the city before passing the final review. This is the last source of their uneasiness.
No one knows what the content and form of the review is, and no one knows how long the review process will last, and what the result will be if they fail the review. Although they understand the lord's caution in this regard, as long as one day does not elute Suspected of "cultists", they can't rest assured for a day.
These people who had fled here from the Holy Spirit Plain all the way gathered in the big hut assigned to them, discussing the future and the past in low voices, and then the door of the hut was suddenly pushed open.
They raised their heads nervously, and saw an exceptionally tall figure standing at the door.
They thought it was a strong warrior, but soon they saw that the man was wearing a priest's robe.
The robe was frayed and faded, but it could still be seen that it was the robe of a Holy Light priest.
Everyone was tense and agitated.
"Don't be afraid," Wright opened his hands and walked slowly towards those who were showing fear and vigilance, "I have no weapons, no malicious intentions, and I am not here to interrogate heretics.
"I just wanted to talk to you guys."