Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first? Chapter 582: 92 Employment

Chapter 582: Chapter 92 Employnt

After the Cardinal Council eting concluded, on the balcony of Ratlan Palace, the Valian Bishop once again found Innocent.

“I feel like Bishop Quino is planning sothing,” Valian said gravely. “Your Majesty, do you rember the Cardinal eting before the ergence of the true form of the Spiritual Tree?”

“Bishop Quino claid we could hire Transcendents to resolve the problem of the Polluters in the city district. As a result, we got rid of a large number of Transcendents, but that only hastened the appearance of the true form of the Spiritual Tree, bringing about a sudden onset of Mutants… Now, he’s proposing we send my sister’s rcenary corps to fend off the Normans.”

“Your Majesty, I suspect he might be plotting sothing.”

“You’re worried that he’s in league with Bishop Landeng,” Innocent said languidly, “suspecting him of being a mber of the Purebloodists.”

“I can only say that we cannot rule out this possibility, Your Majesty,” Valian corrected. He would certainly not admit to rashly accusing a fellow Cardinal without evidence.

Innocent looked at him aningfully for a long while until Valian began to shrink back, at which point the aged Pope said calmly again,

“Suppose that is the case, how do you propose we handle him?”

“As for his proposal, we shouldn’t agree hastily, nor should we outright refuse and alert him. We can stall for the ti being with various reasons,” Valian spoke confidently. “anwhile, send people to search his residence and trace his usual social interactions.”

“And then?” Innocent inquired, “By doing so, can we capture all who’ve been in contact with the extremist Purebloodists?”

“Perhaps we cannot catch them all at once, but if managed properly, we might be able to apprehend most of them,” the Valian Bishop said.

“But there will surely be so that slip through the net.”

“That’s unavoidable, Your Majesty.”

“Since the Fifth Epoch, the Church Court has conducted three similar cleansings, aiming to remove extremists, defeatists, and corruptionists to purify our order of the Holy Office,” Innocent shook his head, “Each cleansing seed very successful on the surface, greatly suppressing the heretical forces within us, yet it wasn’t long before they resurged.”

“Why? Bishop Valian, please answer : those who reach the position of Cardinal are among the smartest in the world, so why do so many still tread the path of heresy?”

“Because…” Valian pondered, “because they do not believe we are on the correct path.”

“What makes us so sure, then, that our path is the right one?” Innocent laughed heartily.

Valian: ……

Every ti the Holy Throne uttered heterodox views, it always scared him into not knowing what to say.

“After all, humans are intelligent creatures forever in pursuit of the truth. In this process, we will naturally take wrong turns, for no one knows what the correct future looks like, nor through what path it must be reached.”

Innocent continued honestly, “The only way to verify is to tentatively take a small step in the direction one believes to be correct.”

“If the feedback is fine, then proceed with another small step. Those who went down the wrong path will soon find themselves battered and bleeding, whereas we have traveled a great distance without encountering obstacles, thus more and more people start to join us.”

“Your Majesty,” Valian started to grasp his aning.

“Do you know why they refer to your path and mine as such behind our backs?” Innocent picked up the crucifix from his chest and waved it in front of Valian, “Revisionism.”

“They say our approach of introducing Extraordinary Power is a distortion and subversion of the scientific community’s path.”

“So you see, we think of them as heretics, and they, too, think of us as heretics. What if I, a revisionist Pope, ascend and declare the Cardinals of other paths as heretics and cleanse them. Then decades later, their people co to power, and in turn, cleanse our people… Is it necessary?”

“The Church Court gains any benefits from this kind of long-term, repetitive internal cleansing? I can’t see any.”

“Your Majesty!” Valian Bishop had a sudden realization, thinking his previous ideas were shortsighted, selfish, and simplistic.

“Since we have chosen our path, we must have confidence in it,” Innocent finally said, encouragingly patting Valian on the shoulder, “Let them doubt, let them oppose—let them make their voices heard. We only need to do what we believe is right.”

“The most powerful rebuttal and persuasion is that we have achieved visible success without committing any errors.”

“I understand, Your Majesty,” Valian Bishop solemnly said. “I’ll go and communicate with The Azure Longsword.”

———————–

Lysine Building.

“So, the current situation is as follows.” The Valian Bishop finished explaining the Church Court’s current predicant, looking expectantly at Aske and the others, “We still can’t pull out a technically capable army, so we can only ask you to slow down the Norman advance to the north. As soon as our production capability is up, we will co to support you imdiately.”

The girls: ………

Why does this sound so familiar?

Oh right, Eleanor’s brother seed to have said the sa thing before: because the Emperor’s Alliance was bogged down in Franknia, please hold off the Wolf army’s invasion. Once we are ready, we will quickly provide you with support.

As a result, everyone had defended Innsbruck until even Christmas had passed, but they still hadn’t received support from the Weisbach family. Ultimately, the city fell, the group fled back to Mingxing City, and then was sent off to the Swabian Duchy to work with the Falcon Family from the inside and outside, ambushing the Griffin Family…

Thinking about it carefully, it seems like The Azure Longsword rcenary Corps completed all the important events that settled the Divine Luo Civil War!

“Cough, so are you saying you want us to take on the Otwell Family?” Aske confird.

“It’s not ‘take on,'” Valian corrected him. “It’s ‘hold off.'”

“On this front, we have studied your case from last year against the Wolf Family and confird that you have a wealth of experience.”

“That was different,” Aske said. “Back then the Magic Tide Level limit was only Lv.10, and now it’s Lv.20. A Demigod who can freely open their Domain—how are we, a small rcenary group, supposed to handle that?”

“So I didn’t ask you to take on a Demigod!” Valian continued patiently, “The Church Court rely hopes you can hold off the Norman army.”

“As for how to hold them, you can fully exercise your wit and intelligence. And if you really do unfortunately encounter a Demigod, you can run!”

Nora: ………

“Brother!” She pulled Valian over, clearly frustrated, “Don’t you understand what Aske is saying?”

“This is all a matter of luck. If we face the Norman army head-on, we will inevitably risk exposure to the Demigod, and the longer we drag it out, the greater the risk.”

“The Church Court can’t just lightly say ‘you can run’ and send us to the battlefield in the south!” she stated seriously, “You need to clarify first how long you need us to hold them off, and what kind of support can you provide us?”

“And intelligence,” dea added. “All information on the Otwell Family, especially that Demigod. What Bloodline does he co from? Which Sequences? What are his main domains and laws?”

“And the current war situation,” Thira also said. “How far have the Norman forces advanced? What is the remaining defensive strength of the Church Court? How are they dispersed? What about logistics?”

“And, there’s going to be extra paynt!” Mia shouted from behind.