"This is too much! The head of the academy actually allowed these country bumpkins from the New World to elect their own bishops! Where is the authority of the scholastic academy?!"
"Doesn't it mean that the final decision on appointing bishops still lies in the hands of the scribes?"
"When that time comes, what will happen if our scholastic school disagrees? Don't be naive!"
"Yes, the diocesan bishop has a close relationship with the local governors and lords, and manages the appointment and promotion of many grassroots clergy. It is easy to control the academic affairs of one party. If the scribes only have the final decision-making power, that is
By allowing the New World bishops to expand their power, the scholastic academies would have almost no influence on the New World’s academic affairs.”
"To put it bluntly, the bishops of the New World are eager to use our local church as a mascot by relying on themselves to find new patrons!"
"The head of the academy is too weak. His Majesty Aleon III may have seen this, so he reused the mission academy without any scruples."
"Shhh! This banquet was hosted by Bishop Comosius of the Mission School. Be careful what you say!"
In the luxurious manor of Duke Dekford, a group of bishops from the empire were gathering and talking in twos and threes on the garden lawn. On a nearby marble round table, a crystal pot was filled with fine wine, and ordinary-looking cookies were displayed on a silver plate.
It is a delicious dessert carefully made by a senior pastry chef.
The Holy Church has always preached moderation in eating. Gluttony is considered an immoral act. Believers and believers should give surplus food to the poor instead of enjoying it alone.
Of course, if it is a donation from a devout believer, these bishops will be happy to enjoy it.
A bishop swung his wine glass and asked: "But I heard in the past that Duke Dekford mainly donated money to the Charity Home. After all, their canonized ancestors were delivered by the 'Mother of Mercy'. Why are they suddenly turning to the Mission School now?"
Already?"
Someone replied: "It seems that because the old Duke died, leaving his wife and two daughters, some vicious and greedy rich people in New Camelot City targeted this noble family and wanted to embezzle the family property through marriage. Later, Comoxio
Bishop Si helped resolve the crisis... Oh, he was not a bishop at that time."
"Hmph! The nouveau riche in the New World completely abandon their noble moral character after making some money!"
"This Bishop Comosius is very mysterious. I have almost never heard of him in the past. It is said that his diocese is only a few hundred miles away from the city of Londinium. That area is all owned by the empire's old nobles and wealthy people.
If these people just have a little bit of leakage in their hands, they will be extremely rich~"
At this time, a devout prayer with a resolute face approached and scolded: "That's enough! What's your attitude? Are you envious of this corrupt and degenerate life? Look at you! Just for this little appetite, each and every one of you
He was so drunk that his face was red and he was talking nonsense...put down your glass and concentrate on praying!"
All the bishops wearing black clerical robes present also looked ashamed. The church's precepts are strict, but not everyone can stick to them all the time. Fortunately, there are some devout prayers in the scribal academy who are responsible for supervising the clergy.
, usually only senior and capable bishops can serve.
It can be said that in the absence of the head of the church, the devout prayer is the person who can give orders to the bishop present. When he says that he wants to pray, no one can raise objections or dare to make other requests.
In the bedroom on the top floor of the Duke's mansion, Comosius stood behind the window, overlooking the devout prayer leading a group of bishops, kneeling in a circle and praying directly in the elegant courtyard with colorful flowers and plants.
, chanting the holy scriptures together, a soft miraculous light emerged on them, interweaving a holy realm.
"It's really troublesome." Comosius twitched the corner of his mouth and severely punished the Duke's daughter who was kneeling in front of him. After a burst of intense release, she fell to the ground and choked and coughed. She was not as noble as the Duke's daughter at all.
Ignoring the Duke's daughter, Comosius lifted up his trousers and frowned. He originally invited these bishops to come because they had long-standing resentment against the head of the scholastic academy for letting the New World Church make its own decisions. He originally planned to win over them and
In future church battles, cooperate with him to deal with the head of the scholastic academy and help you seize the spear of mission.
Of course, Comosius would not dare to use blood magic to interfere with this group of bishops. Any abnormality in the wine would be noticed by them, not to mention that there was a devout prayer following them.
Prayer is not a position, but a kind of high-level clergy, which needs to go through rigorous training and testing, and the mind, soul and body are purified and sublimated. It can be said that they are miracles walking on the earth. They
Not only are they immune to all diseases and toxins, but their spell resistance and will saves are also astonishingly high, and they also have incredible self-healing abilities. Even some of the most advanced devout prayers, with the blessing of miracles, can no longer age their bodies, and are even more resistant to mortal iron.
The damage reduction ability of the injury.
Comercius was still thinking about how to try to convince the group of bishops headed by the Devoted Prayer, when the message bracelet came again:
"Bishop Comosius, something big has happened! The 'Duke of the Heart' suddenly came to the cathedral and is currently meeting privately with the head of the dean!"
"What? Why are you telling me now?!" Comosius yelled angrily: "Are all the mages standing guard at the city gate vegetarian? For such a big thing as that guy Olanso coming to New Camelot City, they just
No sound at all?"
"We are also puzzled by this. Even Bishop Abilit, who is in contact with the Duke of Mind, seems to have received the news suddenly." The person on the other side of the communication bracelet did not have the guts to call Olanso by his first name.
Hearing Comosius's words, his voice couldn't help but tremble.
"Useless guy!"
Comosius didn't know who he was scolding, but he suddenly realized that if the psychic warlock deliberately wanted to hide and lurk, almost no one would be able to find him. How could those guarding mages at the city gate be found? Olanso estimated that
He had arrived in New Camelot City a long time ago, and when the head of the Scribes Academy arrived, he immediately showed up to meet him.
This situation aroused strong worry and uneasiness in Comosius's heart. He knew very well that the development of the church in the Mutual Protection League was actually closely related to Olenso. Now the head of the scholastic school wanted to stabilize the church organization in the New World.
, maintaining a friendly attitude with Olanso is an inevitable choice.
And this time he not only wants to seize the Spear of Mission, but also uses the Eye of Mystery to cause serious damage to the Scribing Academy, and then he will come forward to integrate it and take the native churches of the empire into his own hands!
How could his future, the Red Count Comosius, be blocked by this Olanso?
"After the meeting, send someone to follow him!" Comosius ordered: "I want to control all his actions!"
…
"Can you confirm that that person is really the 'Duke of the Heart'?" Master Verre asked, staring at a crystal ball.
The crystal ball reflected the frozen scene of Orlanso following Bishop Abilit into the cathedral, and at the same time, a voice came out: "After comparison, we confirmed that he was not wrong! And using the detection of 'secret vision', he was found
The magical aura on his body is very strong. He is at least a ninth-level spell caster!"
Master Verrui said in a deep voice: "I understand... you should arrange manpower to follow and monitor the 'Duke of the Heart'. You must be careful and don't cause trouble recklessly."
"clear."
Watching the light and shadow in the crystal ball disappear, Master Verrui turned around and looked back. The bald mage with magic tattoos on his head was flying with his feet in the air, playing with a seventeenth-level Rubik's Cube in the air with his "mage's hands".
"Mage's Hand", as the lowest level of transformation magic, can only move light items through the air at most, and the distance is very limited, making it difficult to perform precise operations like human fingers. What's more, you need to maintain concentration during the spell casting process.
Not to mention that the bald archmage is now using non-constant spells to keep himself suspended.
The bald mage is currently maintaining a state of multi-tasking. This is actually a small skill used by the high mage to exercise intelligence and active thinking. It is somewhat similar to the ball-throwing acrobatics of a circus clown, but by analogy, it may be tossing dozens of balls at the same time.
To be able to throw a hundred balls without falling to the ground is definitely not a level that ordinary mages can achieve.
"If you have anything to say, just say it. I have plenty of free time," the bald mage said.
"The 'Duke of the Heart' has arrived in New Camelot City and is currently in the Great Chapel." Master Verre said.
"Are they forming an alliance? I've also heard about the saints on earth." The bald archmage said.
"In this way, our enemy will become stronger." Master Verrui frowned: "Actually, I think it may not be a good strategy to become hostile to the 'Duke of the Heart' so quickly."
The bald mage said: "It seems that you still lack the overall situation. Do you know what the biggest threat to us from the 'Duke of the Mind' is now?"
"Please give me some advice."
"It is the dissemination and teaching of psychic powers." The bald-headed archmage said in a serious tone: "It is true that we may not be able to see psychic powers alone. The collection of books in the Eye of Mystery includes both research on psychic powers and ancient books.
Archaeological documents of the Kingdom of Astra.
The teleportation spells in the arcane also refer to psychic powers, but other than that, psychic powers do not have many strengths. Since the demise of the Kingdom of Astra, even if a very small number of people in the world accidentally awaken psychic powers on their own,
That’s just everyone’s own exploration, and it won’t be a success!”
Master Verrui immediately wanted to understand: "Are you saying that the psychic powers taught publicly by the 'Duke of Mind' in Evergreen City have surpassed arcane magic?"
As a mage with an eye of mystery, he naturally feels that arcana is the only force that rules the world and is also the inevitable way to the truth. Whether it is the miracles of the church or the natural spells of druids, they are nothing but defeats of arcana.
Nowadays, other spellcasting systems have emerged, and even try to replace arcane magic. This is not an offense, but a crime!
"Transcendence? I don't think so. Those psychic warriors are almost the same as the mysterious knights, and they cannot reverse the situation where the ability to change psychic abilities is almost cut off." The bald-headed archmage said: "But there are only so many talents in the world. If we really wait for Chang Qing
As the city and psychic powers develop, more and more people learn it, and the talents who continue to develop the arcana will be captured by the psychic powers!
At that time, it will not be that the psychic powers will surpass us, but that the arcane arts will have to face other spellcasting systems at the same time! You should know that magic sticks in the New World are now also openly selling magic items made from miraculous power."
Master Verrui took a deep breath and nodded: "It is true. The reason why arcane arts can develop to this day is to attract a large number of people with outstanding intelligence and talents. The more people who study arcane arts, the stronger the attraction will be. This guarantee
The development and progress of arcana has a steady stream of motivation!"
"If the 'Duke of the Mind' is just playing house on his own and looking for three or five apprentices, we would be crazy to take the risk of being hostile to a legendary psychic." The bald-headed archmage said, "But he doesn't set any threshold like this.
, teaching psychic powers without restrictions, has attracted many mage apprentices to Evergreen City in recent years. It has not yet blossomed, and if they really develop to the point where they are unstoppable, then just kill a 'Psychic Duke'
used!"
"So we must take advantage of this opportunity to eradicate the 'Psychic Duke' and interrupt the expansion prospects of psychic powers!" At this time, another legendary mage with a serious expression also walked out of the portal hole and said: "I already know the matter.
I transferred two groups of people from the mainland, one of which is the high-level warriors from the Black Armor Academy."
Master Verrui looked surprised: "Black Armor Academy? They were a combat academy founded by the sergeant major of the founding emperor. The various warriors they trained were usually directly appointed as royal guards, or assigned to the legion as assault troops.
Team. It’s not easy to recruit them. You can’t recruit these people just by relying on money.”
The serious mage rarely showed a smile: "It is a pity that His Majesty Aleon III is not interested in the black-armored warriors. The guards around him are all the people he trained back then. And I don't just rely on money. Now the black-armored warriors
The Grand Master wants to come to the New World, but he hopes to have a territory of his own, not just to be a governor."
The bald archmage took back the completed Rubik's Cube and said, "Are you recalling the glorious history of the knight aristocracy? I heard that the threshold for joining the Black Armor Shirt is quite high, and they don't accept civilians."
"In the final analysis, they are just a group of desperate warriors on the front line." Master Serenity said: "However, considering that we have to deal with the leader of the scholastic academy and the 'Duke of the Heart', the power of high-level warriors is also necessary."
Master Verrui nodded and said, "What about another group of people?"
The serious mage replied: "It's Vanua's High Seas Fleet."
"How dare these pirates come to interfere?!" The bald archmage was a little surprised.
"As long as it's profitable, they don't care." The Serious Mage waved his hand: "And I've also discussed it. When the time comes, a part of New Camelot City will be left for them to plunder, and at the same time, they can beat up those headless gangs.
The small townspeople with their brains, as well as the provincial bureaucrats who work both covertly and covertly, prevent them from always thinking that they can create wealth on their own. After this incident, they can increase taxes, deploy personnel, and take advantage of the opportunity in the name of pirate invasion and strengthening coastal defense.
Let the power of our mysterious eye be firmly anchored in New Camelot City!"