Chapter 383 Backlash
Hermez Cathedral, Tower of Heaven.
Mayn, who became the new Pope's crown, quietly listened to the reports of the three bishops in the secret room.
In addition to the old bishop Tefren, two newly promoted Archbishops Solid Dahl and El were from the Trial Army and the Arbitration Tribunal respectively. The former was a brave and warlike presiding judge who had accumulated a high reputation during his 25 years of serving in the army, while the latter was Heather's adjutant, and taking over his predecessor was expected.
"This year, the acceptance of orphans in the Evil Yue Yongdong area was very smooth. The nobles of various cities have completely turned to the church. The number of people sent to the old holy city has exceeded three times the scheduled plan," Tefren sighed. "This is also the only good news recently."
This is the case with the nobles. When they see that the situation is wrong, it is easier for them to turn against each other than drinking water. Mayn nodded, "This is only the first year, and there will be more and more in the future. If we can occupy the entire continent, the number of people we accept each year can easily fill a new city."
"I hope so," he sighed, "Since the heavy snow has fallen, we have encountered several large-scale attacks of evil beasts?"
"Six times," Soli replied.
"Six times... more than a hundred judges have fallen on the defense line," Tavern said a little heavy, "Ten people in the Divine Punishment Army will die, and by the next year, the offensive of the evil beast will only be more fierce."
"It's easy than fighting the devil," El said, "Although I haven't seen with my own eyes how powerful the devil is, they seem to be described in the Holy Book. I said, is it really necessary to hold on to the end here?"
"What do you mean?" Soli frowned, "The God has pointed out our direction and given us strength. As believers, instead of sticking to their faith here, they want to turn around and run away?"
"Don't fight," Mayn knocked on the scepter. El and Heather have been working with each other for more than ten years and have become unstoppable. Looking at the two of them, he couldn't help but think of the old partners Tyvern and Heather. He looked at the old bishop and found that the latter was also looking at him, as if he had thought of the same scene as him. "Our ultimate goal is to continue humanity, and to achieve this goal, there is no other way except to defeat the enemy."
"Yes, the Crown," the two lowered their heads respectfully.
But he himself was not sure whether he could defeat the devil if he stood firm in the end.
Thinking of Oberlein's instructions, Mayn felt the heavy weight on his shoulders.
The Hell Fear Beast has appeared, and the devil will sweep in five years. He will witness this battle of divine will with his own eyes in his lifetime, and will not be able to entrust his mission to his next successor like Oberlein. Whenever he thinks about this, he is a little uncomfortable to sleep and eat.
In fact, he also thought of leaving a way out for himself. After swallowing the Black Sail Fleet of Garcia, he did not order the ships to burn down and all the rebels were publicly hanged, but imprisoned them all. Except for a few leaders and a large number of scapegoats found from the slums, most of the sailors are now in Yongdong Harbour, guarded by their most reliable subordinates.
If the defense line is completely lost, the fjord is the last refuge even if retreating to the straits islands means surviving and there is never a possibility of turning over. At least you can spend the rest of your life.
After all, humans have tried their best twice and have not defeated their opponents, right?
Mayn did not listen to the subsequent discussion on how the church should develop and stabilize the wolf-hearted rule. When the three of them finished discussing, he responded absent-mindedly, "Just do what you said, today's meeting ends here."
"As for your order, please be the best." The three bishops stood up and saluted.
Mayn left the secret room and walked towards the Secret Area accompanied by the guards.
According to the plan, a new group of judges will be transformed into a Divine Punishment Army today, which is the focus of his concern. Whether it is persistence or retreat, these powerful warriors are the greatest guarantee for the implementation of their own orders.
But before that, he still needs to deal with an additional trouble.
After stepping through the first stone staircase, Mayn entered the secret mechanism and turned into the prison corridor located in the middle of the mechanism. The last time he came here, he secretly executed King Wimbledon III of Grey Castle.
The corridor was still extremely cold. The burning rosin torches on both sides emitted a dim light, and the end of the aisle was dark, as if it was the entrance to the bottomless abyss. Many people were imprisoned and could not leave this place until they died.
Mayn walked to room 85 and signaled the guard to open the prison door.
The thick wooden door made a harsh friction sound, and a burst of wail and crying in this deadly place, but as the prison door was closed again, all the wailing sounds were isolated outside.
Through the iron railing, he saw Jie Luo's figure.
The pure person is facing away from the entrance, his upper body is naked, his hands are clamped on the iron bar above his head, and he must tiptoe to be close to the ground. There are dozens of bright red whip marks on his fair back, and the blood flowing down has solidified.
"How does the tribunal admonishment whip feel?" Mayn asked, "I hope this will make you understand what it means to obey."
"Well..." Jieluo moaned softly, as if she had woken up from a dream, and turned her head slightly, "It turned out that the Pope was crowned. Do you mean obedience to you or to maintain a respectful attitude towards other bishops?"
Her slightly frivolous tone made Mayn frown, but when she thought that she was now the Pope's crown and was very different from the previous bishop's position, she suppressed her displeasure. After this lesson, she should also understand that she had the right to kill her, "It is to obey my orders. When I ask you to assist other bishops in completing tasks, you must also obey the other party's instructions."
"Is that true?" she said without comment. "Since you asked for this, I will do it naturally."
"Uncle her handcuffs," Mayn ordered the guards.
After a long period of hanging, her hands were almost dislocated and softly hung down, as if they had no strength. The Pope used a scepter to lift her clothes and threw them on her shoulders, "Next I have a task to hand over to you, come with me."
Jieluo let her clothes be placed in front of her and followed him out of the prison corridor indifferently.
"This year's evil moon will likely last for five months, which is a difficult challenge for the Holy City, and even more so for other places affected by the evil moon," Mayn walked to the end of the agency, passed through the narrow iron wall passage, and came again to the lifting cage. Since he was crowned as the Pope, he has been busy with all the church matters. Now he has set foot here for the first time as the leader. "I order you and other pure people to go to the Kingdom of Grayburg, and take advantage of the chaos caused by the heavy snow to wipe out the rebels Tifeco Wimbledon and Roland Wimbledon. Do you understand?"
The cage door was closed, and the sound of a winch rotating sound came from above his head. The cage began to slowly descend, but he did not hear the other party's answer.
Damn it, it seems that the whipping has not allowed her to learn her lesson. Mayn turned around calmly, but saw Jie Luo lifting the corners of her mouth, and a dangerous light flashing in her eyes.
Then a faint light rushed towards him.
Chapter completed!