Chapter 30: Divine to Divine (3)
As the sun sets, Dean walks on the street in a carriage, looking at everyone's smiling faces, his expression full of hesitation.
The troops of the Kingdom of Allen and Duke of Tangis have announced their retreat, the war has temporarily stopped, and the Paladins have returned to the Lion King Capital.
The crisis seemed to have been resolved, and the entire Lion King was immersed in a quiet and peaceful state.
Everyone is dedicated to their own life, and everything seems to have returned to its usual calmness. Or more accurately, it should be more peaceful than usual.
Due to the existence of the Silver Moon Knights, the public security of the Lion King Capital has been greatly improved.
However, Dean knew very well that the real crisis had just begun.
The emotions brought to Dean by negotiations with Gray are undoubtedly negative. Although there is some relief element in it, it is undoubtedly negative in the overall situation.
"How should I report to the Pope?" He sat in the carriage and thought dejectedly: "Can you just spread the Paladin's peace talks? Then the old men in the Cardinal would explode... But if I don't spread the word, what can I say? Add a little more positive content? For example, the Paladin asked me to greet the Cardinals on his behalf? Hahaha, okay, I don't believe this statement myself."
"What else? Tell them that the Paladins say are completely in line with the doctrine, and their ideas do not? Oh, so I will soon be no Bishop Isaac. Not only is it Bishop Isaac, but maybe no church will let me in in the future. I am not a Paladin, and I can't break in directly on a horse."
It was actually Dean's decision to go to greet Gray in person. After all, if you want to negotiate, you still have to release a certain kindness, right?
If we want to talk about the Holy See's true attitude towards Gray after the Siege of Absburg... Well, Dean himself was not allowed to live in Pierce Cathedral. It was not that Gray did not allow it, but that the Holy See did not allow it, and that no clergy would be allowed to live in Pierce Cathedral with Gray. In order to show the Holy See's attitude towards Gray.
However, the reality is that no one in the Lion King cares about the attitude shown by the Holy See. In a short period of time, the influence of the Holy See has declined from its peak a few months ago to the present, almost no one has cared about it.
With an invincible Paladin, who cares about the Holy See?
For this statement that had no meaning at all, Dean had to obediently move himself and all other clergy out of Pierce Cathedral and rent a house for everyone in the other direction of the Lion King Capital, including himself.
Obviously, the conflict between the two sides is so big that it can be fooled by fooling alone. Even if he is a master of fooling, it won’t work.
...
Although the sunset was setting and the sky was getting dark, after the welcome ceremony was over and Dean was seen again, Gray was enthusiastically ready to join the new work again.
He said to everyone seriously: "War, although it can end sin, is only destruction after all. Next, let's study how to make the world truly better!"
When the people present heard him say this with great fighting spirit, there was nothing to say except convinced.
"Don't you really don't take a break?" Shelley asked with concern: "It seems like you haven't had a good sleep for a month."
"Hello, Bishop Isaac. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Andrew, and I am the chief master of the Mage League. The Pope asked me to come to the Lion King. He entrusted me with a task to let me cooperate with you. Of course, I can say that you can cooperate with me."
A voice suddenly rang out. Dean, who had just walked into his room, had not had time to light the light, was so scared that he turned around quickly.
In the darkness, a figure walked out from behind the curtains.
Before Dean could wake up from his horror, the man in a blue cloak who suddenly appeared in front of him had taken off his felt hat.
The silver moonlight shone in from the window, illuminating the slender figure, fair skin, long black hair, black eyes, handsome and young face, and a pendant engraved with the words "Krimatha". Of course, the most important thing is the pair of slightly shaking pointed ears.
"Master Andrew... Blood Elf?" Dean instantly recognized the other party's race.
...
Outside the window, on the roof in the distance, Zeda slowly smiled: "To be precise, he is a blood elf without divine faith."
The blood elves are one of the three major branches of the elves.
Although the elves have very few activities in the human world, compared with wood elves who are friendly to humans and flower elves who are dependent on wood elves, blood elves who are hostile to humans are undoubtedly the least active in the human world. Their rareness can even be compared with lichs who run to the ground from the underground world.
"Is this the power introduced by the Holy See?" Taviya smiled speechlessly.
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"Is it surprising? The most powerful magician in the legend is actually a blood elf." Andrew walked up to Dean and showed Dean the badge he brought from the Pope, representing the Pope, and said with a smile: "Actually, you can understand that human lifespan is too short and it is impossible to develop decent magic. It doesn't even take enough time to condense magic. How can a powerful magician be a human? Of course, you still need to keep this a little secret. After all, the Mage Alliance is not promoting it to the outside world. The reason why it directly reveals its identity is just that it doesn't want to cause any misunderstandings later. After all, we still need to cooperate."
It was a handsome face that made thousands of girls obsessed with crazy.
Beads of sweat as big as beans have slowly slid off their foreheads.
Dean stared at him in a daze and asked softly: "What is the task given to you by the Pope...?"
"Of course it's about the Paladins in the Lion King's capital." After taking a deep breath, Andrew whispered: "From today, I want you to help me collect all the information about Paladin Grey, remember that it is all, including the information about the people around him. You must completely obey all the orders I gave. Otherwise, your position of bishop will disappear inexplicably, and another person will replace your position. Do you understand what I mean?"
Dean's mouth twitched slightly, but he nodded in a daze, drew a cross on his chest respectfully, and replied, "I understand. But... what do you want to do specifically?"
"You don't need to know this. You just need to do your part." Andrew said with a smile.
Chapter completed!