"The rules must be followed!!"

No sooner had the door opened than everyone heard a thunderous sound coming from it, so loud that they could feel their eardrums buzzing. None of the archbishops were surprised, however, and they walked slowly into the hall in two columns with their heads bowed. The Archbishopric does not wait for all the archbishops to be present, but begins with the Episcopal Conference having its own opinions and views before the formal session begins. To put it bluntly, the Episcopal Conference first settles the differences internally, and then consults externally, but now it seems that the process is not so smooth.

The Central Bishopric consists of nine members, and these nine are the supreme rulers of the nine temples. Internally, they are called the Supreme Bishop, and the person who is speaking at the moment is none other than the Supreme Bishop Julian of the Temple of Mona, the god of harvest. Unlike the gods he worshipped, the archbishop had a short temper and a loud voice, and to be honest, it was not for nothing that uninformed people mistook him for a minister of the god of war. After all, looking at him like this, he looks like a believer in the gods who pray for a good harvest and guarantee the harvest.

"The actions of the Temple of the True Eyes have deviated from the rules of the Templar Order, and they are not only meddling in the mundane affairs of the world, but they are even getting deeper and deeper into them, which is not true! We must get them to stop doing this and withdraw immediately!! ”

Supreme Bishop Julian's voice shook the whole hall as if it were trembling slightly, and from time to time dust fell down, and hearing his words, the other archbishops held their breath. Silent. The archbishop was notoriously hot-tempered, and it would be bad luck for anyone to fall into his hands.

The entire council hall has a semi-circular shape. It looks like a planetarium, and the ring seats below belong to the archbishops. And the Supreme Bishops stand at the top of the center of this circle. At this moment they were sitting on the nine chairs on the top ring, and Julian stood up even more excitedly, looking at his angry and trembling appearance, it really made people wonder if he would accidentally fall down and die.

"We're not breaking the rules."

Murray, the Supreme Bishop of the Temple of the True Eye, obviously won't sit down, and the other party will put a big hat on himself.

"The fact is that the current Khalkaland region is indeed in a vacuum, and someone must be in charge of guarding the order. The people of the Soros family cannot be trusted, and since the 'Free Salvation Army' is willing to come to the door and hope that the temple will help them maintain order, then it is our duty to do so. Anyway, it's fine. After all, those people are rebels, and I think Bishop Julian knows very well that even if they have the heart, it may be difficult to manage a territory. Not to mention the fact that it has only suffered a series of hardships there, and if the Templar Order does not stand up at this time, then where is our prestige? ”

"What you have done has shaken the prestige of the Templar Order!"

Julian obviously disagreed, he snorted coldly and said loudly. It looked like his beard was going to be fried.

"This time. We have received a number of inquiries from nobles who fear that the Templar will change their current situation and pose a threat to them! If we continue like this, then there is a good chance that the nobles will unite against the Templar! ”

"Not only that..............."

It was at this time. Supreme Bishop Helena, who was sitting on the other side of the Great Mother Chati, also spoke worriedly. As the spokesperson of the Great Mother, she looks different from Julian, giving the impression of a middle-aged woman with beautiful eyebrows. An earthy yellow robe was wrapped around her "wide-hearted, fat-bodied" body. It made the supreme bishop a little richer. Her voice wasn't as loud as Julian's, but it was full of helplessness and sighs.

"Some nobles have begun to reduce their donations to the temple. If this continues, it will become more and more difficult to spend the entire temple. And I'm afraid that the spring festival will not be able to go on next spring........."

Yes, the Templar Order is a huge organization, but unfortunately, they are not immortals who do not eat the fireworks of the world, and these priests cannot learn the art of Taoist priests. And the same goes for paladins, they need to maintain weapons, raise mounts, and buy equipment, where does the money come from? Falling from the sky? Dig out of the ground? That's naturally impossible, karma? Beg? A priest is not a monk, and a paladin is not a beggar. Who has ever seen a paladin begging for food along the street with a sword in one hand and a bowl in the other? Where does the money come from? By the donations of those civilians? Although the pious people were willing and willing to give, the cruel fact is that their annual donations could not match the handouts given by the nobles in a single day. And if the Templar had relied only on those civilians, I'm afraid they would have starved to death.

Money is not everything, but no money is everything.

Even the Templars can't escape this iron law.

"It doesn't matter!"

On the other side, a supreme bishop snorted coldly and opened his mouth to reprimand.

"The Templar is fighting for the gods, and we must obey the will of the gods! Paladins once swore in front of the Nine Holy Statues to protect the weak, promote justice, and protect the good. And the True Eye Church is doing the right thing! Without them, Khalkharan would probably be plunged into a series of wars and disasters! It's all about justice, and I don't think there's a problem with what the True Eye Church is doing! ”

Helena's rebuttal was none other than the High Bishop of the Temple of the God of War, Celt, who was the only one of all the High Bishops who wore armor and looked more like a paladin than a bishop. Years of exposure to the sun outside had made him dark-skinned, and as a believer in a god who lived and died for war, he was visibly unhappy with the other two's fears. This is not surprising, the temple of the god of war has been depressed for a long time, they have almost relied on self-sufficiency all the way to the present, and naturally they don't need to look at anyone's face, as for those nobles, it is even less of their concern. Not to mention that the Temple of the God of War now has a very bad relationship with the Valkyrie Principality, and they don't care about offending more nobles if there are more lice.

"But. I don't think that's appropriate............"

Sitting on another chair, the old man in a dark blue robe shook his head slightly.

"Now is not the time to discuss legitimacy. We must find a way to dispel the apprehensions of the nobility so that the Templar Order remains steadfast in its creed of not intervening in power struggles under any circumstances.........

"But I think. It's not a good idea. ”

The half-elf woman sitting opposite the old man was obviously unimpressed, she was dressed in an emerald green robe, and held a silver cup in her hand, which was filled with clear spring water.

"Power struggles will always involve civilians, and how can we just let evil spread? What happened in Tagus was too frustrating, and it wasn't the result of the Templar Order's intervention. This is precisely the result of the Templar's lack of involvement. If we had intervened earlier, those nobles would not have been so presumptuous and would have blatantly cooperated with necromantic creatures to do such an evil thing......"

Hearing this, the archbishops below did not speak, but exchanged glances with each other. None of the people who can sit in this position are stupid. They soon heard from the above argument that the internal opposition within the Episcopal Conference was very sharp at the moment.

Led by the True Eye, the God of War and the Emerald Goddess are clearly supportive of intervention. This is not surprising, this matter is first of all promised by the Temple of the True Eye. Naturally, they can't beat themselves in the mouth. And the Temple of the God of War had decayed for so many years before, and it was no longer dependent on the nobles for food, and the God of War was also the temple with the most output of paladins, so they naturally had an aversion to that kind of evil behavior. And can't wait to destroy the evil with their own hands.

As for the goddess of emerald green, as a natural temple of elves and half-elves, she has no interest in the twists and turns between humans, so she expresses her support completely by standing and talking without backache. For the verdant goddess anyway. Most of the people who believed in her were in the forest, and the nobles would not come to the door. Therefore, the emerald goddess naturally does not need to look at the face of the nobles. Nature has something to say, and the gods of nature themselves love life. They have a natural aversion to the undead, and when something like this happens, they certainly can't stand on the opposite side of the True Eye.

And in turn, the opposition of the god of the harvest, the Great Mother and the Silver Maiden is precisely because of this. The temples of these three are closely related to human activities, and because of the nature of these temples, they are inextricably linked to the rulers of various places. So there are more worries about the aristocracy.

To put it bluntly, it's all about profit.

It's three against three at the moment, but that's not the point.

Thinking of this, almost everyone looked at the owner of the three chairs at the highest point of the apex.

Supreme Bishop of the Sun God, Goddess of the Forest and Goddess of Water.

Only they can put an end to this controversy.

As if sensing the gaze of the crowd, the three archbishops exchanged glances with each other, and then, seeing the old man sitting in the middle, dressed in white, with the sun badge sewn on it, stood up, he first glanced at the crowd around him, and then spoke.

"I get your point, and in fact, you all have a point. However, this is just our speculation after all, and I think it is more judgmental to let those who have witnessed this kind of thing tell it. ”

As he spoke, the old man raised his hand. Soon, only the sound of the door opening was heard, and then in front of everyone, the heavy and tall wooden door slowly opened, and then, a girl wearing paladin armor walked out of it. She walked quickly to the altar of the temple, bowed her head respectfully, and bowed to the crowd in front of her.

"Now, the Nine Saints are here, my child."

Seeing the paladin in front of him, the smile on the old man's face became much gentler.

"Can you tell us your name?"

"Of course, Your Excellency the Supreme Bishop."

Hearing the old man's words, the paladin girl raised her head, looked ahead, and then spoke.

"I am a paladin affiliated with the Church of the True Eye......... Nadia. Erin. Sofitel. (To be continued......)