Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 18 Signs of Invasion
After returning to Thorn City, William found Vincent in the conference hall of the Rose Palace, who was handling matters of all sizes inside and outside the palace.
"Is it too busy? Do you want to find some help to help you share some of the work?"
William asked, looking at Vincent, whose face already looked a little tired.
For a magic caster who has just broken through to the legendary realm to be so exhausted, his work must have not been easy at all recently.
This is not surprising. For the Blackwater Province where the church is weak, many matters that were originally handed over to the Holy Spirit Church are now handled by the secular bureaucracy. The large-scale purge of the Moon Realm worship group in the palace some time ago caused a large-scale shutdown of the entire administration, leaving vacancies everywhere, but there is no suitable person to fill them.
Vincent had even advised William before that officials involved in the Moon Cult could hold off for now and deal with them after everything was back on track.
But William firmly rejected this and said that dealing with the Moon Worshipers was the top priority.
The malignant tumor must be dug out first, otherwise once it spreads, it will be like a maggot attached to the bone and difficult to get rid of.
But the result of doing this is that those functional departments that no one is in charge of are now under the charge of Vincent himself.
He has been so busy recently that he has hardly any time to rest. Countless matters, big and small, have to be submitted to him for approval.
This is what a ruler with an unstable foundation but who holds all the power is like. He has to do everything himself.
And in the long run, such arrogant rule is doomed to fail.
"You're joking. If there really was help, I wouldn't have to work so hard."
Putting down the file in his hand, Vincent replied with a wry smile.
Then he asked:
"But since you asked this, is there any solution?"
William sat opposite Vincent, fiddling with the wax seal on the table and said:
"My suggestion is to first assign those unimportant matters back to the Holy Spirit Church's responsibilities. You can focus on rectifying the affairs of the palace and cultivating your own confidants. This way, you will have an easier time in the future."
In response, Vincent's expression became very serious and he asked:
"But this will bring about two long-term problems. First, will this cause the independence of Blackwater Swamp to be once again controlled by the Empire because of its faith? Second, will reawakening the faith system of the Holy Spirit Church run counter to your previous goals?"
He actually had one more question that he hadn't asked.
You wouldn't also say that this is the only way to achieve the ultimate goal?
Seeing the other person's eyes and understanding what the other person was worried about, William replied:
"The two issues you mentioned, whether it's the rule of the Riel royal family or the perverse behavior of the Holy Spirit Church, will not be a big problem in the future. You have to broaden your horizons in this regard."
After all, both the Riel royal family and the Holy Spirit Church will be solved as problems themselves in the future.
William didn't wait for the other party 's response and continued:
"I made this suggestion for my own reasons. First, because of Simon's previous suppression of the Holy Spirit Church, the Holy Spirit Church that remains in the Blackwater Swamp has basically nothing to do with the Moon Realm Cult. And they have a relatively complete organizational structure. As long as you give them some support, they will expand quickly and can solve the current problem of insufficient manpower to a great extent."
In this regard, Vincent said worriedly:
"The advantages you mentioned are exactly what I'm worried about. It took us more than 20 years to gradually get rid of their influence, but it may take less than two or three years for them to make a comeback. If we let them control the believers in the Blackwater Swamp again, then the church will become a tool for the Central Church to clamp down on us."
"This Holy Spirit Church in the Blackwater Swamp will have nothing to do with the Central Church of Platinum Province."
William replied calmly.
He went on to say:
"And this is the second point I want to make. In addition to figuring out the principle of the Eighth Holy Spirit's blessing on the Holy Statue, I also gained a lot from my trip to the Sealed Temple. One of them is that the Holy Spirit Church in the Blackwater Swamp area has actually been abandoned by the Holy See. Or to be more precise, the entire Blackwater Swamp area has now been abandoned by the Empire. Do you understand what this means?"
William’s eyes sent a chill down Vincent’s spine.
"What's the meaning?"
Vincent asked uneasily.
"I went to the Sealed Temple in Red Spring Town this time and found that it had been completely destroyed by the Church of Edema. There were even many Moon Realm monsters there. I interrogated their leader - those Moon Realm monsters were all summoned by them recently, not by Lady Hungry and Corrupted."
This means that Lady Hungry can now project her power directly into the real world without hindrance.
It's even possible that Lady Hungry isn't the only one capable .
Come to think of it, the three goddesses of the Moon Realm chose Simon Walder as their spokesperson in order to control the entire Blackwater Province. The question is, if this agent is killed, will they give up their intentions as if nothing happened?
No, they will only choose to find a new spokesperson or take a more direct approach.
Especially when they know that the "disaster" that once happened has returned, they are more likely to choose to end it directly.
"A larger-scale invasion is brewing, Vincent. And the top leaders of the empire are absolutely aware of all this. The evidence is that after you announced the full takeover of the Blackwater Swamp, the few corps that the empire had previously stockpiled on the border have not made any moves until now, because they are not used to warn you, but to warn against the Moon Realm monsters that will descend in the future."
William even felt that the imperial high-ranking officials might have known about the Blackwater Kingdom's independence plan that Simon had been planning for so many years, but because it had little impact on the overall situation, they had never intervened.
After all, whether Blackwater Province is ultimately directly controlled by Moon Realm or controlled by a puppet that surrenders to Moon Realm, in their opinion there shouldn't be much difference.
"That's why the members of the Holy Spirit Church who are still in the Blackwater Swamp area are definitely abandoned by the Church. So you don't have to worry too much. Even though they may still have some illusions about the Central Church in Platinum Province, they will naturally understand their situation after the Moon Realm launches a full-scale invasion of the Blackwater Swamp in the future. So we should just activate them at this stage. In the future, they will become the backbone force I use to replace the Central Church."
Vincent felt a chill down his spine when he heard William's words.
Is it time to discuss how to replace the Holy Spirit Church Central Church in the future? The biggest problem is how to deal with the imminent Moon Realm invasion, right?
