Chapter 1889 The Pope's Resistance

"You shouldn't just take him back to the Holy City like this." The Pope looked at the Great Library of the Goddess of Civilization in the distance and said to Melina with a rather complaining tone.

"He is the savior in the oracle. You have also seen his appearance, and the light of miracles that swept the entire world before is also the best proof." Melina looked at the pope in front of her with a solemn expression and spoke in a tone of voice. Full of warning, he said: "Do you still want to deny his identity now? You must know that violating the oracle is the greatest blasphemy. Even if you are the Pope, you will still be punished."

"I have not denied his identity as the savior, but it is just that he is not suitable to appear in the Holy City now." The Pope turned to look at Melina and said: "The Holy City is very dangerous now, and I don't know how many heretics and evil spirits there are. The believers are hidden here. Although the previous miraculous light dug out some of those hidden bugs, you and I should be very clear that the exposed part is only a small part, and there are many that are hidden deep. Savior The appearance will definitely become the target of their attack." As she said, she was silent for a moment and said: "Think about it, even Ferdinand, a family of God's favorites, has a large number of cultists hidden in it, including members of other families or forces. How good could the situation be? To be honest, if the miraculous light hadn't appeared suddenly this time, leaving those cultists exposed to the light with no way to hide, how could we have imagined that there would be so many..."

The Pope did not continue speaking, but sighed heavily and looked at the noisy Holy City down the mountain with a melancholy expression.

Melina didn't know what to say. Just as the Pope said, even among the families of God's Favorites who have produced many God's Favorites and have an extraordinary status in the Redemption Order, there are also cultists. So, then How could other families and forces remain completely pure?

"Don't worry about the Savior. He has power beyond your imagination. You must know that the miraculous light was caused by him." However, she didn't care about the Pope's worries because she was getting along with Leo. During this period of time, she could vaguely feel that Leo, a seemingly ordinary man, was not simple at all. If those cultists and heretics targeted Leo, they would most likely seek their own death.

"The miraculous light was created by the Savior?" Melina had blocked information about the Savior before, so the Pope didn't know this detail. Now she was extremely surprised when she heard it.

However, the Pope soon calmed down, and the topic shifted to the main topic, saying: "I hope you can return to the Tribunal and take over this large-scale search operation within the Holy City and the Order."

Melina was stunned when she heard this, but she soon realized why the Pope would make such a request.

The large-scale manhunt for cultists and heretics has been going on for almost a day. Thousands of people have been arrested in the Holy City, including many dignitaries. Even many clergy within the order have been arrested. There may be arrests among them. Wrong situation, but what is certain is that heretics, blasphemers and cultists still account for the vast majority of those arrested. This is precisely because there are many powerful people among those arrested, and these powerful people all occupy some key positions. As a result, many functional departments in the Redemption Order were unable to operate normally, which in turn affected the entire government agency of the Redemption Order.

This is not the biggest negative image. The negative image that really gives the Pope of the Order a headache is the distrust that has spread in the Holy City and the Order, because there are rumors in the Holy City that there are also cultists in the family of God's Favored Ones. After hearing the news, everyone who heard the news couldn't help but feel distrustful of others around them, and this distrust

This is just the negative impact caused by one day. If this great purge continues for a while, then the social structure established by the Redemption Order for decades may show signs of collapse. By then, everyone will If you are in danger, everyone will suspect that the people around you are cultists or heretics.

However, it is impossible for the Pope to stop this great purge now. It was fine that these heresies were not discovered before, but now that they are discovered but not eliminated, this is definitely the greatest blasphemy against the Lord of Redeemer. She will never allow it. This kind of thing exists.

What's more, it is the Inquisition that is leading the purge now. Although she has a certain influence on the Inquisition, this influence is very limited. At best, she can only make some suggestions. As for whether the Inquisition will comply, she cannot So after Melina came back, the first thing she did not go to meet the savior in the oracle was to meet Melina alone, hoping to convince Melina and use Melina With regard to the influence of the Inquisition, some restrictions should be placed on the Inquisition's purge operations to prevent the purge from expanding indefinitely.

"I can take over the big search operation." Melina did not refuse the Pope's proposal. She nodded, and then added: "However, I need you to grant the Tribunal privileges, because I will definitely start with the senior leaders within the Order. The investigation will gradually expand outwards, and it will definitely involve forces like the God's Favorite Family. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I need you and the three Holy Priests to give me the highest Tribunal privileges."

The Pope thought for a while, nodded, and said, "Yes, but there is only one month. You must complete the cleaning of the Holy City within one month."

Melina was obviously not satisfied and said: "Is it just inside the Holy City? What about other sanctuary cities outside?"

The pope replied: "Those are taken over by the ecclesiastical monks and the Inquisition cooperates with the investigation."

Melina frowned and stared at the Pope for a long time, but she did not argue anymore. Although she showed dissatisfaction on her face, she actually liked the Pope's proposal more in her heart. Because of her personality, if the Great Purge had not affected the stability of the order, she would definitely not accept the Pope's proposal. Now the Pope is worried that her power is too great, so he restricts the scope and time of the Great Purge, which just meets her wishes. However, even if it meets her wishes, she still needs to pretend so that the Pope will not see anything.

Seeing that Melina did not oppose his proposal, the Pope breathed a sigh of relief, and then handed the transfer order that had been prepared to Melina, and said that when Melina went to the Tribunal to take up her post, he would send the privilege order to her.

After dealing with this thorny matter, the Pope turned around and wanted to return to the sanctuary, but Melina stopped her and asked in a deep voice: "Aren't you going to see the Lord of Redemption?"

The Pope turned around and looked at Melina, and said: "I believe in the Lord of Redemption, not the Savior in the oracle."

After that, she turned around and left, not intending to waste time on this issue.

Melina was not surprised by the Pope's performance. Although the Pope was very resistant to the coming of the Savior, it was not just because he did not want to share the power in his hands, but more because in her mind, only Saint Maria was the Savior designated by the Lord of Redemption, and the one who brought the world out of disaster.

The Pope is not the only one who has this idea. A large number of senior clergy in the Redemption Convent have similar ideas. They believe that Saint Marianne is not dead, but has gone to the Lord of Redemption. When the time comes, she will return to the world to complete the final redemption of the world for the Lord of Redemption. These people with similar ideas have established a rebirth faction within the Redemption Convent. In addition to regarding the Lord of Redemption as the highest belief, this rebirth faction also myths Saint Marianne, believing that Saint Marianne is equivalent to the existence of the three goddesses, and Saint Marianne will be reborn to complete the redemption.

But now, the Holy Priest of the Three Goddesses unexpectedly received the oracle, and with the oracle came a savior, which obviously contradicted the idea of ​​the Rebirth Faction. As a member of the Rebirth Faction, the Pope naturally would not have any good feelings towards this sudden savior. It was good enough that he did not refuse the savior to enter the Holy City. As for asking the Pope to meet the savior and acknowledge the identity of the savior, it would be difficult to do. The Pope also found a very sufficient reason. After all, it was the Three Goddesses who gave the oracle, not the Lord of Redemption. As the Pope of the Redemption Order, she had every reason to question the identity of the savior.

After watching the Pope leave, Melina set off for the Great Library of the Goddess of Civilization. Although on the way back to the Holy City, she felt that Leo did not seem to be particularly concerned about redeeming the entire world, she still felt that Leo played a very important role in redeeming the world. After all, the lost cities that were cleaned up by the Book of the Miral Plains were the best manifestation of his ability. She hoped that her cleansing operation against heretics, blasphemers and pagans this time could get Leo's assistance, and at the same time, she could take this opportunity to let the people of the Order understand the ability of the Savior and prepare for the Savior to lead the Order to redeem the entire world in the future.

With this idea, Melina came to the Great Library of the Goddess of Civilization, and soon, under the guidance of the clergy of the library, she came to the room prepared for Leo by the Holy Priest of the Goddess of Civilization.

At this moment, Leo was not the only one in the room. The Holy Priests of the three goddesses came to the room at this moment to pay homage to the Savior in the oracle.

Unlike the coldness and rejection shown by the Pope, the three female holy priestesses fully accepted Leo. Before the airship landed, they had been waiting at the docking point. When they saw Leo, they immediately performed the highest etiquette of the order in front of the senior clergy of the Redemption Order, treating Leo as the incarnation of the gods.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Leo expressed his intention to take over all the power and resources in the hands of the three female holy priestesses at that time, the attitude of the three female holy priestesses would definitely not object.

However, Leo did not make any excessive demands on the three female holy priestesses, but just wanted to read the books collected by the monks of the Goddess of Civilization.

Therefore, Leo did not go to the sanctuary of St. Marian Peak to meet with the Pope and formally obtain his identity as the savior as most of the forces in the Holy City thought, but went to the Great Library of the Goddess of Civilization in the Holy City to read books, which made many people and forces who were watching feel a little puzzled.

As for the three female holy priestesses, they naturally obeyed Leo's request and personally led Leo to the Great Library of the Goddess of Civilization, and then helped Leo find and carry various books like three maids.

This scene also surprised the clergy of the order and other officials of the Holy City. Perhaps they felt that doing so was not good for the reputation of the three female holy priestesses. Those who witnessed this scene subconsciously chose to block all the news related to it. For ordinary people in the Holy City, they only knew that the Great Library open to all people would be closed for a few days, and they guessed that it might be related to the big move of the Inquisition in the city.

After Melina entered the room, she saw Leo sitting next to a stove, flipping through the books in his hand. There were other books piled up next to Leo. The three goddesses sat at the table next to Leo, looking like they were writing something.

Later, Melina discovered that Leo's movements when flipping through books were somewhat random. It only took about ten seconds to quickly flip through a book from beginning to end. It was impossible for a normal person to remember everything in the book in such a short time, but Leo was not a normal person and could not be inferred according to common sense. Perhaps this was the way he read books.

"This book mentions a grafting planting technology that can graft the characteristics of cold-resistant plants onto other food crops. Although the technology is not very mature, the direction is right," Leo, who had finished reading the book, handed the book to the Holy Priestess of Civilization, then took a stack of papers from the table and shook them casually. Then he saw some more words on the surface of the white paper. Leo put the stack of papers on the table where the three Holy Priestes were sitting and said, "I have improved the grafting method. These are the materials for improving the technology. You can experiment and see if it works."

The Holy Priestess of Civilization hurriedly picked up the information on the table and quickly flipped through it. She was able to become the Holy Priestess of Civilization not only because of faith, but more importantly, she was smart enough and had accumulated a lot of information. So after she read the technical information provided by Leo, she easily read it through and had no obstacles in reading it. She also understood that the importance of this information was enough to solve the biggest problem the order was facing now.

After explaining it to the other two colleagues, they once again affirmed Leo's identity as the savior.

"What's the matter?" Leo picked up another science book piled beside him, but did not read it immediately. Instead, he asked Melina who had just come in.

Melina hesitated for a moment, and then recounted the meeting with the Pope. This scene was quite like a subordinate reporting to a superior, but neither the parties involved nor the bystanders felt any sense of disobedience.

After listening to Melina's story, the three female holy priests were very dissatisfied with the Pope's failure to formally recognize Leo's identity as the savior, but they did not intend to confront the Pope, because doing so would only make things worse. They would only express their attitude to the clergy and believers of other orders, and it didn't matter much if the Pope did not formally recognize it.

After listening to Melina's words, Leo quickly saw through Melina's thoughts and asked, "How do you want me to help you?"