Three days passed in an instant, and the news about the crushing defeat of the Holy See's crusade, the disappearance of the presiding judge, and the death of the former Saint Lucia in battle quickly spread throughout most of the empire.
All kinds of rumors spread wildly in the Holy City. The devout believers of the Lord could not believe that the news was true. The powerful and noble saint and the presiding judge, the messengers of God in the world, actually died in the hands of the minions of the evil devil. !
Those wizards and nobles who were hiding in the dark and dissatisfied with the rule of the Holy See were encouraging the spread of rumors, so that in just a few days, everyone in the Holy City knew about it.
On the morning of the third day, Pope Alves read the oracle and announced a sad news to all the believers of the Lord throughout the empire - the doomsday judgment is coming!
As soon as this statement came out, both the nobles and the people of the empire were shocked and fell into great panic!
Everyone knows what Armageddon means...
It is recorded in the last chapter of the Bible that the greed and sin in people's hearts will usher in the prying eyes of evil spirits, bringing famine, disease and plague!
If these breeding sins exceed a certain threshold, the evil spirits imprisoned in the abyss will reach the human world. At that time, the entire world will undergo a great cleansing, and everyone's souls will be pulled into hell to accept the doomsday judgment!
Nowadays, only the Lord himself comes to the world to stop the doomsday disaster!
"Let us offer our most devout faith to the greatest, holy, just and merciful Lord!" Pope Alves' high-pitched voice resounded throughout the Holy City.
Hundreds of thousands of followers of the Lord knelt on the ground, either praising hymns loudly, or crying and confessing their sins, praying to the great Lord for salvation to save them from falling into the abyss. Disaster!
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While the Holy See was making up reasons for the defeat of the crusade, in the City of Fire Oil, the Wizards Council, which had won the war, was also having headaches with various cumbersome things.
Because after this battle, they did not suffer losses. More than half of the more than 100 airships responsible for diverting the main force of the Holy See were damaged, and there were more than 2,000 casualties!
Almost everyone in the parliament's top combat force was injured!
Harrov endured Lucia's full blow, and Vittorio was blinded by the nuclear explosion, both of which were recovering.
As for Lin En, after breaking through the Great Wizard of the Five Rings, mobilizing the power of the magic net no longer risks falling into brain death, but it will still cause considerable mental damage over time.
Several great wizards who attacked the City of Fire and Oil were beaten to pieces by Judge Joshua, and two of them even died on the spot.
This was due to Lin En's proper strategy, so that they did not need to fight head-on with the Holy See. The powerful Saint Lucia and tens of thousands of the Holy See's crusade were all destroyed in the nuclear explosion, otherwise the casualties would be even more tragic!
Therefore, after the victory, the Parliament did not rush to pursue the victory, but cultivated for a while.
Several battles and a large number of wounded within a year have also exhausted the potions stored by the Parliament, not to mention there is a very critical radiation problem that needs to be solved!
The city of kerosene is less than seven kilometers away from the nearest nuclear explosion zone!
Such a close distance means that they will inevitably be affected by radiation, and the nearby river water can no longer be used for irrigation and drinking!
These days, many wizards have proposed to abandon this city or even destroy it!
But Linn rejected it!
Because this city of fire oil has a large population and the resistance of the townspeople is strong, large-scale relocation is impractical.
The most important thing is that its geographical location is good, not far from the oil field, and it has the value of preservation.
In view of this, Lin En and a group of alchemists racked their brains and built a magic barrier covering the entire city based on the characteristics of radiation, which can block out those dangerous rays.
A few days later, the personnel sent out to explore the news returned one after another, and the Wizards' Council once again convened the members for a meeting.
The shaping wizard Del made a concise report on the information collected in recent days.
What determines the outcome of a battle is not only various tactics, resource mobilization, and frontal combat capabilities, but also the collection of intelligence. Naturally, the Parliament attaches great importance to this, so it has made some arrangements early.
Shaping wizards who are proficient in magical transformation undoubtedly have unique advantages in gathering intelligence.
In addition to being able to transform into specific creatures, it can also modify its own appearance to a certain extent.
If you can find someone with a similar body shape and appearance, and cooperate with the psychic wizard's memory search, you can directly replace the other person and operate secretly with a legal identity.
Of course, this disguise is not unbreakable. Facing powerful priests, the magic power in their bodies is likely to be detected. Therefore, Del and others do not dare to get too close to the Holy City. They can only go through some business transactions. The team asked for news.
Lin En and others were quite surprised when they heard that the news of the defeat of the expeditionary army had spread to most of the empire through caravans from various places.
"So fast? Didn't the Holy See try to stop the spread of this news?" Harrov frowned and asked in confusion.
"According to our understanding, no." Del looked hesitant. "Those pastors and bishops are actually adding fuel to the fire to promote the end of judgment in the Bible."
"Armageddon?"
Harrov and others couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. What does this have to do with the end of the world?
Del hurriedly repeated what he had heard about the church bishops and pastors' rhetoric about the coming of the end.
After listening, everyone present was extremely speechless. It must be said that the church's ability to deceive believers has been exhausted!
This can also come full circle!
"They can really make it up!" Vittorio sneered and shook his head, figuring he could see the other party's plan.
Instead of waiting for the news to spread, causing chaos within the empire and shaking the faith of believers, it is better to make up a suitable reason to fool them.
"It seems that your plan is going to fail!" Aurora looked at Lin En and said funny.
"It doesn't matter, these messages are not just for those fanatical believers!" Lin En shrugged, not paying too much attention.
The entire empire is not monolithic, and the contradiction between theocracy, the nobility, and the people is not just a problem for the kingdom.
It's just that in the past, the power of the Holy See was at its peak and suppressed all resistance, so it was not so obvious. But once it weakens, these problems will erupt again!
So no matter how the priests and bishops tried to explain themselves, they could not reverse the ironclad fact that the crusade was defeated one after another in the kingdom!
They broke the myth of the invincibility of the Holy See!
(End of chapter)
