Chapter 166

The bright sunshine shines into the room. There are several flowers blooming on the green vine outside the window to welcome the coming spring. The last figure of the severe winter also disappears in the morning star forest with the fragrance of birds and flowers.

Lauren leaned back against the chair and sat by the window with some blood on her pale face. Although the steps are still somewhat vain, at least you can go down to the ground without being supported by others.

At this rate, I can recover to full strength in a week at most. Of course, there must be some hidden injuries, but I'm still young and won't have much impact on my actions.

"I'm relieved to see you alive, Lord Loren Turin!" the little priest sitting opposite the black haired wizard prayed and looked excited: "thank you for the protection of the Holy Cross, so I didn't lose a brave and devout friend like you!"

Hearing the word "piety", Loren just smiled faintly and didn't respond.

He was somewhat impressed by the little priest. He helped himself a lot when he was in Gumu Town, and his understanding of faith and doctrine was much more tolerant than that of fascists and other priests - he even believed that there were devout believers among wizards, which was an alternative in the church.

"I heard those elves say that you led an expedition into the forest and defeated an ancient evil pagan god!" the little priest said more and more excitedly: "this must be the will of the Holy Cross, which places its divine power on you, so that you have the power to surpass the mundane and end this terrible disaster!"

"I have seen your potential since a long time ago, Lord Loren Turin. You must be able to become a disseminator of the Holy Cross and even an example - let those who do not believe open their eyes and see that even among wizards, there are people blessed by the Holy Cross!"

"You really flatter me. I just made some insignificant contributions." Loren lightly replied, "without the sacrifice of the elves, hundreds of Ogres have already stepped through the ancient wood forest and poured into the land of the principality."

"It is undeniable that although these elves are not the children of the Holy Cross, they have indeed made indelible contributions to resisting evil creatures." the little priest nodded solemnly: "we must all thank them - even if we are not afraid of sacrifice, we cannot bathe in the glory of God in peace without the spirits!"

"I heard some rumors about this..."

Loren suddenly changed his expression and looked at the little priest curiously: "it's about the alliance between Duke lottel and chenxinglin."

"Yes, it might not have been so fast without count ruwen's strong support." the little priest nodded and looked more or less proud: "in order to support the war, the Holy Cross Church also took out one-fifth of the annuity, provided a large amount of medicine, and organized believers to transport spontaneously, so many elf soldiers survived!"

"That's a great kindness," said Loren. "But I'm not talking about these, but about the conditions of the Alliance - the Duke won't form an alliance with the elves if he doesn't accept the faith of the Holy Cross, is that right?"

The little priest's expression immediately became a little more embarrassed.

"No matter the duke or the church, I can understand the reason why they want to do this. After all, spreading doctrine is the highest honor." the black haired wizard shook his head slightly: "but is this the best time to do so? Now, in fact, we need elves. Is it really appropriate to make a rash exchange of evil?"

"Actually..."

The little priest suddenly looked around. After making sure that no one nearby was eavesdropping, he somewhat embarrassed lowered his voice, looked seriously at Loren and whispered: "in fact, it was the additional request of Lord Francis, not the bishop and Duke!"

"Francis?" Laurent picked his right eye slightly, his face unchanged.

"Yes, Lord farnesis said that if the elves don't want to believe in the Holy Cross, it means that they don't sincerely ally with the Duke, and they must have another purpose." the little priest nodded: "Lord Fred thought it was very reasonable, so he agreed."

"But this is actually just an additional condition, and the Duke didn't take it to heart - otherwise it would not be me, an ordinary priest, but Lord Francis himself."

"Why?"

"It's normal that you don't know - in the Holy Cross Church, if a priest can open up a new Parish, he can immediately become a priest of the local church; in a place as large as the eastern forest, the church may even have an additional bishop!"

The little priest's expression was very helpless and seemed to be a little sorry: "although it may not be appropriate to say so, it is impossible for me, an ordinary trainee priest, to shoulder such an important task."

"Moreover, bishop Fabian is old and may be illuminated by the Holy Cross at any time. Many priests are ready to compete with Lord Francis for the position of bishop. How can he trust others to do things involving a new parish?"

With his right hand supporting his chin, the black haired wizard had a little more clarity in his eyes.

Loren remembers how proud the fascists were at the beginning, and even the church guard had to serve him - but now the situation is so critical that he must use this means.

Obviously, the events of vimpal college had damaged the reputation and power of fascism, so that other priests dared to challenge the position of his bishop's successor.

At present, he urgently needed some opportunities to make up for his losses, so he targeted the elves - if he could take this opportunity to bring all the elves in the morning star forest and even the eastern forest into the arms of the Holy Cross, he would be qualified to become a new bishop just by virtue of this merit!

Even if he did not succeed, he had worked hard and proved his piety and how "loyal" he was to the Holy Cross, and there would be no loss, so why not?

Therefore, the whole "missionary" incident is a risk-free gamble of fascism - it's good to win, and there will be no loss if you lose, and you don't have to be present in person, just appoint a priest who doesn't attract much attention.

Like the one in front of me

"I will carry out the orders of Lord farnesis as far as possible, but I will not force the elves." the little priest shook his head: "forcing or even blackmailing to kidnap others is definitely not what a holy cross believer does!"

"But I'm here today for another thing to tell you, Lord Loren Turin."

The little priest's expression suddenly became dignified: "in fact, I once met Lord Dalton kand just before coming again. Should you know him?"

"He's my mentor." Lauren nodded, and a bad feeling came to his mind: "what's the matter?"

"He... Had an accident."

The little priest yanked his throat. "I know it's strange to say this, because I just met him, but he did disappear - I visited vimpal college afterwards, and he hasn't gone back since that day!"

"Then how are you sure that something happened to him?" Lauren narrowed his eyes. "Maybe he's just going away. His tutor often needs to work in other places."

"Because someone told me this personally and asked me to convey it to his apprentice - that is, you, Lord Loren Turin."

The little priest became more and more flustered, obviously frightened: "Lord Dalton kand was caught by that man and detained - the only condition for the other party to release him is that you go there in person, otherwise..."

"Or what?"

"Otherwise, he will do something... Irrational - that's what he said!" the little priest's expression was tangled: "I was going to tell you when you recovered, but..."

"No, it's very suitable!" Lauren pressed each other, and the corners of his mouth tilted slightly - but even the little priest in front of him could feel his killing intention.

"My patient needs to move his muscles and bones!"