Spring is approaching.

The tragedy in Tagus shocked almost everyone who heard about it, and the first to be affected was naturally the Soros family, who fled the city almost every day, and the Templars increased their surveillance. If in the past they only dared to watch from afar, now they are almost blatantly close to the Soros family. Of course, their explanation was to avoid a repeat of the tragedy in Tagus, even though the explanation itself was quite blatant.

Not only that, but some people have begun to leave the cities under the rule of the Soros family one after another and begin to hide in the countryside to prevent themselves from becoming undead like the people in Tagus City. Even some small families that were originally united with the Soros family also had the idea of retreating. And under the watchful eye of the Templars, the Soros family did not dare to forcibly leave those who left. After all, the current Templar Order seems to have become different from before, if in the past they were only angry and dissuaded by the behavior of the nobles, now those paladins have actually begun to directly attack them! In fact, on the territory of the Soros family, there have been several clashes between paladins and noble private soldiers in order to protect the common people, and of course, the paladins have won a great victory, and those noble private soldiers have no way to resist the knights with divine power. Almost a total rout.

And the most surprising thing is that in the Khalkaland region, the True Eye Church actually joined those rebels to assume the responsibility of managing and supervising Khalkhaland. The members who patrolled the streets also changed from noble private soldiers to paladins in shiny armor. Many nobles were a little surprised by this, but they also felt that it was reasonable. After all, something like this happened in Khalkhaland, and the city of Tagus can be said to be dead. At this time, it seemed natural that the Templar Order should take responsibility for the maintenance of law and order in the area. Of course, not everyone sees it that way. Although some nobles were suspicious of the Templar's approach, there were very compelling reasons for the fact that the region was now without a ruler and needed a strong nucleus. And the mobs (to the nobles, Oldman, they are still mobs) obviously can't have such abilities. The Soros family is currently on the same page as the Templars, and the Templars will not be at ease with them sending anyone over. So it's better to do it yourself.

This reasoning sounded sounding, but some nobles seemed worried, given that the Templar Order had recently made a series of moves beyond its control for hundreds or even millennia. While this may seem like a good reason, the Templar Order would not normally do such a thing.

And no one knows what is going on inside the Templar Order at this moment. A revolution is also brewing.

Putting down the teacup in his hand, Old Bishop Howard sighed, and he leaned back in his chair, squinting his eyes at his colleague in front of him. Most of them are archbishops from various dioceses, and it stands to reason that these archbishops are rarely able to gather together on a normal day. And now, they have rushed back to the White Tower for only one reason.

That is the convening order of the Central Bishops' Conference.

As soon as I thought about it. Howard had a headache, and he could guess why the Episcopal Conference had summoned the archbishops of all the dioceses, which must have something to do with the recent events in Khalkhaland. In fact, Howard also had a lot of headaches about this, and he didn't know what to do. Logically speaking. He doesn't think the True Eye Church has done anything wrong, but the other way around, no matter what. They did violate the rules of the Order......... As you can imagine, this will be a protracted debate......

"Long time no see. Friends. ”

And just as Howard was distressed, another figure appeared beside him. Seeing his appearance, the old man couldn't help but smile slightly.

"yes, it's been a long time, it looks like you're still alive and well........."

"It's okay........."

Bishop Hegel sat beside Bishop Howard with a wry smile and patted his robe, his face showing a little tiredness.

"The aftermath of those troubles in the western wilderness is really not small, but I have only managed to solve it until now, you don't know, the little guy you recommended has really caused a lot of trouble for the church......... The Knights Templar have protested against me several times, and I really don't have anything to say about them. Fortunately, they clearly did not intend to run to Passus to find trouble. ”

"yes......... What a lucky .........."

Hearing Hegel's words, Howard also nodded with deep sympathy, of course he had heard of Jenn beating the head of the Templar Knights to death, in fact, Howard was sure that if the Templars really went to Jenn's territory to find trouble, then he would definitely beat these paladins mercilessly and throw them out, in the worst case, killing people was not impossible for Jenn.

With Howard's knowledge of Jenn, he definitely did it!

But now.........

"What do you think, old man, that the Central Bishopric has called up all the archbishops this time?"

Thinking of this, Howard's face was also much more solemn, he looked around, and then asked. Hegel nodded lightly at his question.

"I think you guessed it, it must have been for that......... I have to admit that this time the True Eyes Church's approach was indeed greatly unexpected by the Templar Order. You see, despite their professed support for the True Eye's practices, in fact, as far as I know, there are quite a few people in the Episcopal Conference who are unhappy with this, believing that they are undermining the rules and traditions of the Templar Order. ”

"Humph............!"

Hearing this, Howard snorted dissatisfiedly. There has always been a debate within the Templar Order about whether or not the Templar Order should get involved in secular power disputes, and there are many people like Nadia who believe that they should keep their oaths, given that the oppression of commoners by the nobility is common everywhere. Although the nobles still have a reverence for the Order. But they weren't very good for the civilians. As a result, there have been voices within the Templar Order that the Templar Order should change its ways. To supervise the aristocracy, at the very least, should make them less blatant to oppress the commoners.

But there are still those who disagree. They believe that the relationship between nobles and commoners has always existed since ancient times, and in fact the earliest humans were slaves of the gods, and nothing has changed until now. Since the gods didn't say they were going to solve the problem, it means that they didn't think it was a problem. Moreover, changing the purpose of the Templar Order would mean that they would have to come into conflict with the nobles from all over the continent, and the price they would pay would not outweigh the losses. It can also cause a lot of damage to the Templar.

The two factions have been at loggerheads, and the events in Khalkhaland are the result of these two factions. Since the True Eye Church had already created a fait accompli, the reformers prevailed, and they immediately stepped in to approve the actions of the True Eye Church in the name of the Templar Order. But the decay was clearly not willing to let the reformists prevail in this way. So they immediately convened the Archbishopric, and it was clear that they were going to have a definite outcome on the matter.

The archbishops present were also very aware of this, so some of them were worried, others were expressionless, but the atmosphere in the entire meditation room was very solemn, because they knew very well that this Archbishopric was likely to change the pattern of the Templar Order for thousands of years.

"Forget it. There's not much to say. ”

Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere was a little solemn, Hegel smiled bitterly, and then he changed the subject.

"By the way, that one......... Didn't Mr. Jenn come? ”

Logically speaking. Jenn is now the head of the diocese, so he should also be present at this meeting. After all, he is also an 'archbishop'.

"I haven't seen him and I've heard he's been busy lately. I don't know what I'm doing. ”

Howard is also very helpless about this, and Jenn, the shopkeeper, is idle. I don't care about anything. Even the summons from the Templar Order were the same, but luckily he was also an archbishop. Therefore, in the end, Howard had to come to this meeting with a hard head, otherwise there would be such a big thing in the Diocese of Eagle Plateau, and the presiding officer would not come forward, then it would be too passive.

"That's right............"

Hegel didn't seem to perceive Howard's helplessness, he just nodded and muttered for a moment, as if thinking about something. Then he looked at Bishop Howard and asked again.

"By the way, I heard that gentleman bought a monastery in Passus and adopted a group of outcasts? How are they doing? ”

"God's Forsaken?"

Faced with Hegel's question, Howard was a little surprised, he couldn't imagine why the other party cared about this issue, but he still nodded.

"Those children are doing quite well, I have been to see them a few times, and that kid has cultivated them like aristocratic ladies, these children far exceed ordinary civilians in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, even aristocratic ladies, I am afraid they are not treated so well. And they're all very polite, they're all good kids, but they're just ............ They ......... to the church"

Speaking of this, Howard could only smile helplessly. He also understood that those children certainly couldn't have a good impression of the church. Because it is the Church that causes them to be abandoned by their parents and live a life of wandering, it is certainly impossible for them not to have the slightest idea about it. In fact, Howard had been in contact with them a few times, and it turned out that the children were quite wary of him and did not enjoy contact with the priesthood. Howard had nothing to say about this except shaking his head and sighing.

That's also a problem.

"Then again, how did you come up with the idea of asking this?"

"That's ........."

Hegel seemed a little depressed at Howard's inquiry, but he eventually spoke.

"Actually, we also have a child in a similar situation here, and we originally planned to leave her in Baita, but after all this time, she has not been able to adapt to life here. And there's nothing we can do about it, so I thought if we could............... If you can send her there, maybe she can live more comfortably in that environment. ”

"That's right......... I'll ask Mr. Jenn on your behalf, but I don't think he'll have a problem with that. ”

Hearing Hegel's answer, Howard didn't suspect anything, just nodded.

At this moment, the originally closed door opened, and then two waiters in golden trimmed robes walked in and bowed respectfully to the people in front of them.

"Archbishops, the time for the meeting has come, please come with me." (To be continued......)