The man on the armchair was wearing a black cloak. Judging from his appearance, he actually didn't look like a priest at all, but felt more similar to the mages who were haunting the city at this time.
But of course this is a disguise. For the Holy City at this time, any original priest of the Sun Temple is no longer suitable to wander around the city wearing divine robes. There is no point in insisting on the dignity of the church. It will only make the man, like most of his former colleagues, become the wronged soul of the mages, or a high-level slave who is tortured to vent his anger.
Especially with a man's appearance and his former status as a bishop, he is more likely to be treated as a trophy.
Anil originally planned to use civilians to test Yin Lian. Through the church's contact with this pagan divine messenger, Anil has realized that this divine messenger may not be as benevolent and kind as rumored. She just pretends to be kind to win over believers. Moreover, this behavior can be said to be quite successful.
But no matter how you pretend to be gentle and kind, once you encounter a conflict of interest or a believer's excessive behavior, there will be times when it becomes difficult to continue pretending and you can't help but want to expose flaws. And as long as Yin Lian has such emotions, Anil can take advantage of him.
He has made two preparations. Once Yin Lian loses patience with believers, spreading this scene will definitely cause great obstacles for Yin Lian to take over the Holy City. And if Yin Lian intends to endure it and indulge the woman, then Anil will help promote the "mercy" of the divine messenger until this kindness attracts fishermen in troubled waters that the Life Sect cannot bear.
To put it bluntly, this kind of behavior has a very standard name in Yin Lian's world, called moral kidnapping. Through the established impression left by public figures to the public, it stirs up the sensitive nerves of some groups and forces them to act strictly in accordance with the actions of the saint. Once the other party breaks away from this established impression, they can find reasons to condemn the other party. Even if they cannot occupy a high point in public opinion, they can at least arouse resentment among some people.
And if this method is used on Yin Lian, it will only work better on celebrities...because she is a divine messenger.
Different from the majesty shown by the divine envoys in the past, Yin Lian has always shown mercy to others. But this kind of kindness can also be regarded as a double-edged sword, at least in Anil's view, there is a lot that can be used.
Unfortunately, he still thought too beautifully.
Yin Lian is much more difficult to deal with than she imagined. She doesn't even fall into the trap at all, and her method of fighting back is actually the same as Anil's, only more clever.
Anil kidnapped her morally and let the civilians of the holy city coerce her, and she responded cleanly. Her tone seemed gentle, but she condemned men for not being able to support their wives and children, and women for not being able to advance and retreat with their husbands... Since giving favors to the other party might cause moral flaws in the other party, in order to maintain the integrity of the other party's beliefs, she would rather choose to let him The other suffers physically and endures poverty and poverty.
...Sounds noble, right?
All the benefits are taken by oneself, and all the faults belong only to others. But even so, others can't condemn her for this kind of thing... This god is "tolerant and kind" to a shocking degree. She even hopes that believers of rival sects will be loyal to her partner, even if the other person is a stubborn and stubborn person. Irreverent pagans - of course there is nothing wrong with this approach in general terms, but are there really such tolerant and generous people in this world... or gods?
Anil was noncommittal. In his opinion, Yin Lian did this just because it was beneficial to her, not for any noble reasons at all. But there is no doubt that this young divine envoy is very difficult to deal with, and he always has the illusion that he is fighting against those sanctimonious old guys in the church.
This situation is really troublesome.
Anil was lost in thought.
After a while, there was a sound from the corridor outside. It seemed like a group of people opened the door and came in and began to move around. However, these sounds were very subtle, and were kept below a certain level even in the room, as if they were afraid of disturbing anyone.
Anil knew as soon as he heard that someone from the Knights had returned.
When someone opened the door and came in, Anil said, "You are back? No one discovered you, right?"
The leading knight said: "Although they were not discovered, the situation is very troublesome. I inquired about it and found that there were many civilians in the city who were seduced by the woman. The woman used the excuse of repairing churches everywhere to lure the civilians in the city to come and do the work. , during the work process, they have been indoctrinating them with some cult teachings, such as that those who do good will be rich and wealthy in the next life, and those who do evil will transform into livestock, insects and fish... What is disgusting is that many people really believe this nonsense!"
His voice was not loud, but his anger was obviously suppressed, and he said: "These stupid people! If I had known that they were so stupid and superficial, they should have all been burned to death!"
Anil saw the angry look on his face, but did not respond. The current situation is no longer one where the Holy City Church can burn anyone it wants to. On the contrary, even if it is just a civilian, if it arouses the resentment of the other party and leads the other party to take the initiative to report to the Magic Association, the consequences will be disastrous.
But he could understand the other party's mood - a month ago, the Holy City was completely under the control of the Church Knights. At that time, whoever the Church wanted to die would not be able to live. It's a pity that now the Knights of the Holy City have become rats scurrying around. They can't even protect their own safety. Instead, they are threatened by some ant-like civilians in the city... No wonder they are angry.
Anil frowned.
He didn't like the other party's emotion. Because these emotions are not only useless, but can easily derail his plans. But even if he wasn't happy, he didn't really show it. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Where is Sardesi? I don't seem to have seen him?"
After hearing this, several knights were silent for a moment, and then one of them said: "Who knows? You know... he is very persistent with that woman. Maybe he went to inquire about the angel again. "
After hearing this, Anil finally couldn't help showing an unhappy look and said, "He went to inquire about Lian!? Didn't I tell you before that this is a critical time, don't act rashly? !?"
His tone finally lost its original gentleness and calmness, and took on a bit of stern accusation.
Anil has always had a gentle temperament - at least on the surface. Before the Holy City was occupied by mages, although he had a high status, he actually did not hold much real power, and his noble status was like a castle in the air. There were even many people talking about his appearance and identity behind his back, feeling that his position was unfair.
But in fact, Anil's own performance is outstanding. He has been practicing with a red master since he was a boy. He has participated in many major events in the church, and has helped the Sun God Sect achieve decisive victories in many church battles. However, due to various reasons, most of these credits ended up belonging to others. Despite this, the Pope still made an exception and promoted him to a high position.
To others, he seemed to have no loss. But for Anil, what he lost was the foundation of his life.
Just like this time, when his tone was slightly harsher, these knights would not give him the respect commensurate with his status. Instead, they said with a cold face: "Bishop, you have too much control. Even if the church is in crisis now, After all, we are also Templars, don’t we even have the right to move around freely? Besides, why are we seeking information for my Lord? Does the Bishop think that he is the only one who is doing his best for the church?”
The two men's eyes met for a few seconds. The knight's eyes were aggressive and unyielding, but Anil's eyes were restrained and unpredictable.
After a few breaths, Anil's expression softened a lot and he said: "That's not what I meant. I'm sorry, I just made a mistake. It's just that the cult's envoy is quite capable. I'm really worried that Sardesi will be behind her." He was at a disadvantage, so he was in a hurry. No matter what, I hope you can try to persuade him and not let him be led by the witch and fall into the trap of the other party. "
The knight said with a smile: "Sadesi is now a knight with the gold medal. Coupled with the matter of Captain Mansha, he naturally hates the witch. Does the bishop think that I, the gold medal of the Knights Templar? Don’t knights even have this bit of self-control?”
At this point, the knight had twice asked questions in an extremely aggressive manner that could not be refuted. Anil immediately knew that no matter what he said, the other party would not accept it anymore, so he stopped the topic and said: " In this case, I won’t ask any more questions.”
When the knight saw Anil giving in, he suddenly showed a proud smile, and his tone became more unreasonable and presumptuous, and asked: "How is your Majesty?"
Anil said: "It's still the same... Do you want to go in and take a look?"
The knight's heart suddenly jumped, and then he replied: "No need! No matter what, you are still a bishop, can't you think of a way!?"
Anil didn't pay attention to the rudeness in his tone, and replied in a gentle tone: "I'm already trying my best, I just need some time."
The knight said: "Don't just talk about it!"
Anil said nothing.
After the knight turned around and left, he looked at the unclosed door and smiled.
Although it was a smile, Anil's eyes were very dangerous, as if there were turbulent waves under the calm sea, which was depressing and frightening.
"Of course I will try my best," he said with a sarcastic chuckle.
Then he turned around, pushed open a secret door and walked into a dark room. The dark room was extremely dark, but there was a fat man curled up on the stone bed in the corner. He looked quite young, but his eyes were sluggish, he was drooling, and he had a look of dementia on his face.
He heard the sound and turned around. The breath in the whole room suddenly stagnated, and then there was a sudden and tense wave of divine power. But at the moment when the divine power was extracted, it suddenly stopped and was forced back into the old man's body.
The old man began to suffer from this, whimpering like a child.
