Chapter 272 Discussion

Klauen sat upright. After the Golden Light Mantra advanced again, his spiritual perception became more acute, different from that of others.

In his "world", everyone's soul light is different. Those subtle differences are as obvious to him as burning cigarette butts in the dark night.

The Pope's soul light is the most powerful among all the people present. Those spiritual lights that do not exist in vision are suppressed by the Pope's soul light.

But he noticed that the Pope's soul light has a discordant fluctuation, like a mouse running under the bed sheets, which puzzled him very much. He lowered his head and thought about the reason for this feeling.

Flanders recounted everything that happened in the Andes Mountains, and finally concluded:

"I personally took an airship to the gathering place of the cultists to observe. Although these cultists were deformed and ugly due to the corrosion of evil forces, their fighting power was not weakened, but became stronger.

Their strength is slightly better than that of normal extraordinary people of the same level, and their number is also more advantageous than that of the Rhine City Diocese.

Lorent Town also involves a lot of our troops. We need a lot of support. Otherwise, it is difficult to resist the attacks of the cultists with the strength of our diocese alone. Their number is still increasing. There are at least 20,000 to 30,000 extraordinary people."

Drag's tone was a little doubtful: "The cultists in the Andes Mountains should be the primitive tribes who believed in the evil god Haka and were expelled thousands of years ago. After thousands of sieges, how could they still be so strong?!"

After the last holy war, each church spared no effort to hunt down the tribes that surrendered to the evil god in their own territory. Although the intensity of the hunt has been greatly reduced with the passage of time, this hunt has never been cancelled, and every pope will urge it.

Especially after the Red Moon Vision, this order was executed more thoroughly. Except for some extremely remote areas, the cultists had no soil to survive.

Flanders said lightly: "It is true. His Holiness the Pope can send a special envoy to verify the authenticity of the matter.

I suspect that these cultists have already contacted the evil god's followers, and they have been converted in large numbers in ways we don't know.

Because the cultists I saw can no longer be called human beings, but another form of life."

"Just now I was just surprised, and I didn't doubt that there would be problems with Mr. Flanders' intelligence."

Drage explained that such important military intelligence must have a verification link, so the other party could not speak without thinking.

Osman's eyes were much sharper, and he nodded slowly after thinking for a moment:

"I will send capable personnel to the Rhine City Diocese. If the number of cultists is still increasing, then we will face a war.

But you need to find the reason why the number of cultists has been increasing, and you can't fall into a continuous war of attrition."

Large-scale wars consume a lot of materials, and they will not easily start a war. Now store as much material as possible to contribute to the final decisive battle with the evil god.

As the Pope, he did not like the view of Flanders and others that "only by uniting everyone can the evil god be defeated in the end", because ordinary people would not be of much use on the front battlefield and would only become the playthings of the evil god. Those extraordinary forces that did not accept the direct leadership of the church might become hidden dangers.

However, if the church faced the threat of the evil god, he would not care about these internal frictions and would unite against the foreign enemy.

Flanders frowned and sighed, "This is a bit difficult. We must go deep into the Andes Mountains, where the concentration of gray fog is much denser than in other areas.

Even on clear days, there will be gray fog floating in the shadows on the ground. We have reason to suspect that there is a source of gray fog deep in the Andes."

He detailed the information he had observed so far, and everyone's expressions became much more solemn.

Archbishop Ah asked: "Could the gray fog have blown in from the ocean through a secret passage? According to records, those evil god cities have sunk into the ocean."

"It is possible, but we don't know the truth yet unless we conduct a full-scale investigation of the Andes Mountains.

I have ordered the engineers of the Rhine City Strange Item Manufacturing Association to modify the airship to adapt to the high-altitude environment. This will take time."

Flanders told his plan, which obviously would not produce any results in a short time.

Osman said in an unquestionable tone: "Under your proposal, the Brotherhood forces and the Kingdom government departments in Rhine City are living comfortably, so they also have to send elite troops to participate in the war."

This is also an opportunity to suppress forces with inconsistent opinions. How could he give up.

"Your Majesty, I understand. I plan to hold a war mobilization meeting immediately after returning to Rhine City. All humans in the Rhine City Diocese must be aware of participating in the war."

Flanders would not refuse this order. He proposed to unite everyone in order to deal with today's situation.

He paused, looked directly at the Pope, and asked, "How many troops will the church send to reinforce us?"

This is the main purpose of coming to the Holy See. With only the Rhine Diocese, even if they win, it will be a miserable victory, and it is based on the situation of putting all their assets on the line.

If all their assets are consumed, then the Rhine Diocese will exist in name only. An archbishop without subordinate troops is not what he wants.

"I will send an investigation team to the Rhine Diocese this afternoon to collect information about the enemy.

When clear intelligence comes, we will discuss the reinforcement plan.

You should stay in the Holy See for a while. According to past experience, heavy snow is coming soon. Marching and fighting in this weather is courting death. We have a winter to prepare. "

Osman did not continue the topic and asked, "What is the situation in Lorente Town?"

Lorente Town is the only area in the Kingdom of Farouk that is connected to the ocean, and it cannot be lost.

"The current situation is good, but the evil god's whispers have appeared, and the third-level extraordinary people can already feel the pollution, and the troops must be rotated.

The intensity of the battle there is not low, and it has tied up many of our troops. If we fall into the quagmire of two-line warfare, it will not only be very unfavorable to the Rhine City Diocese, but also a blow to the entire church. "

The Rhine City Diocese is one of the five major dioceses in the Kingdom of Farouk, and the elite level of the troops is also in the forefront of the entire church. If they are severely damaged, the church's war potential will be greatly reduced.

"I understand that it is impossible to let the Rhine City Diocese fall into a situation of fighting alone.

Now, the situation of the entire continent is not optimistic. A few days ago, I received a letter from the Storm Lord Church asking for help. The coastal defense line of the Kingdom of Cintra has been leaked, and a large number of evil fishmen have launched an attack inland.

If the Kingdom of Cintra cannot defend against the offensive of the evil god's followers, it will not be good news for us.

I am considering whether to send a force to reinforce them, even if it is just for show, they must at least hold on until the kingdom of the gods descends to the material plane. "

The Kingdom of Cintra is southeast of Farouk, and the two countries have a large area of ​​bordering territory.

Archbishop Martin said: "The Kingdom of Ribia also borders Cintra, and the terrain between them is flatter, so let the Church of the God of Knowledge have a headache.

The invasion of the evil god's troops into the territory of the Kingdom of Farouk only occurred at the end of the last holy war. Now that it has appeared so early, we are also under great pressure. "

He meant to deal with the internal war situation of the church first, and then talk about supporting others when there is spare energy.

It was soon noon, the meeting was suspended, and Flanders and his group left first.

Ah asked: "Your Majesty, if the situation in Rhine City is really as Flanders said, how do you think we should deal with it?"

Osman looked at the archbishop who asked the question calmly, and asked back: "What do you think?"

"Hehe", Ah scratched his head and lowered his voice:

"I think the best way is to support supplies first, and then send reinforcements after Rhine City has consumed a group of manpower. "

He saw that the Pope did not like Flanders, and he said this to please him.

Drag said: "Now that the College of Cardinals has been established, the other party has six votes, and the final decision-making power may not be in our hands. "

"I know this situation, but we can make a fuss about the reinforcements and try to send non-elite troops. "

Osman shook his head slightly and said:

"If the investigation team reports that the situation is true, I will order the dioceses near Rhine City to send elite troops for reinforcement, and I will also draw elite troops from the dioceses for reinforcement. "

Ah was stunned for a few seconds and smiled: "Great, Your Majesty."

Among the dioceses near Rhine City, there are Branden Diocese and Kronborg Diocese. The archbishops of these two dioceses are also from the Flemish system. Let them send troops and kill two birds with one stone.

Everyone sent elite troops, and the Flemish forces still consumed the most.

If the war falls into a war of attrition, there may be cracks between these bishops.

Although they are all silver strongmen, if their respective dioceses do not have an elite force, the weight of their words will be reduced.

Drag also nodded and praised: "Your Majesty is still a step ahead, I admire you."

After a while, Osman said:

"We will continue the meeting in the afternoon, you can have lunch and rest. "

"Goodbye, Your Majesty. "

After the two archbishops saluted and left, the Pope asked softly:

"Sacco, what do you think of this idea?"

A vague shadow appeared behind him, it was the leader of the dark guards.

"I think it's good. No matter how the war develops, the casualties in the Rhine Diocese will definitely be the greatest.

However, those mortals have indeed created various weapons that were difficult to imagine before in recent years. If the enemy is just flesh and blood, they will be much easier to deal with. "

Osman did not speak, but just smiled calmly.

If the enemy facing can really convert a large number of cultists, there will definitely be evil gods who can affect the spirit.

There are many materials in the church that are not open to the archbishop. Those records do not whitewash the church, and completely record all the evil gods and their families that have appeared.

The power of the evil gods is beyond everyone's imagination. The price paid by the gods of the church back then is astonishing.

These messages can only be read by the Pope. If the news spreads, most people may despair.

"Huh"

Osman slowly exhaled and asked:

"Are there any good news from the dark guards sent to Ribia?"

"Not at the moment. The secret guards privately contacted the contacts who had not mutated, and the answer they received was that the knowledge they had obtained could not be spoken or written, as if the current world could not bear it.

In addition, the strange man in the yellow robe appeared without any rules or signs, I doubt it."

Sacco did not continue to speak, and lowered his head a little more.

"What do you doubt?"

After a while, Sarco spoke:

"I suspect that this weirdo is also a follower of the evil god. This evil god has a special law that we don't know, so he can appear or disappear without any signs."

I don't care what he is, as long as he can supplement my origin and let me go further. Otherwise, what does this prosperous age that can advance to the golden level of the holy marks have to do with me?

Even if this weirdo is the incarnation of the evil god, if he appears during this period, I will be sure to resolve the pollution brought by the other party.

My strength is close to the peak of the fourth-level extraordinary person, and with the foundation of the church, I will definitely be able to create the highest-level purification array.

If I can't advance to the fifth-level extraordinary person, my life will only be a few decades, and I am unwilling.

Osman didn't speak, but he thought a lot in his heart, and finally said slowly: "Let the dark guards continue to pay attention to this kind of incident, and send more dark guards to Ribia."

For him, this is an attempt, and he is not afraid of losing, because he thinks he can afford to lose.

. . . .

At lunch, Theo still entertained everyone.

The food here is more abundant than that in Rhine City. Clown tasted it, but found that it was not better than his cooking skills, and shook his head slightly.

Theo observed that the archbishops had put down their knives and forks, and immediately stood up:

"Your Excellencies, please follow me to the guest room to rest for a while."

Facing a group of extraordinary people, his spiritual pressure was particularly great, and he sighed in his heart: 'Now facing the strong men of the silver level is so stressful, if I face the gods directly, will I be crushed to death by the pressure? '

Flanders also stood up: "Lead the way."

It was still early before the afternoon meeting, and it was a good choice to rest in the guest room, and everyone could also discuss things.

Everyone followed Theo and came to the guest room after many twists and turns.

"Your Excellencies, this floor is the best guest room, you can choose whatever you want. You can rest first, and you can greet the nun if you need anything."

Everyone else went to choose the guest room, only Clown did not move.

Theo bowed: "Sir, is there anything else you need?"

Crown took out a few pieces of broken jade and handed them to the other party:

"Have you seen stones like this in the city of Bray? I want to find the kind of jade that is yellow in color and feels warm to the touch."

These broken jades are high-quality cold jade fragments, and he is looking for warm jade.

Theo took the jade and examined it carefully, then returned it:

"Sir, this kind of stone is very beautiful, but it is rare here. I have heard that this kind of stone is only produced in countries in the south where the temperature is hotter.

I have seen the kind of stone you mentioned. It was brought from Sintra by a chamber of commerce. I can help you contact that chamber of commerce."

Crown smiled and patted the other party's shoulder cordially:

"Thank you for your trouble. I like this kind of stone very much, so I want to find more."