While Li Yu was busy building the Dual Rest Sect’s organizational structure and upgrading system in Green Field, on the other side, the Silver Moon Church was also experiencing turmoil.
At first, the disturbance originated from the new Family Head of the Arias family, Ireya, converting to Saturday worship. Her blatant betrayal of Pisya provoked the nerves of millions of Silver Moon Goddess believers in the Western Territory.
But what made people even more dissatisfied ca afterward, as the Church’s response seed slow and weak. Not only did it fail to stop the event from happening, but the hastily launched assassination attempt was sohow anticipated by the Dual Rest Sect in advance.
The mont the slogan was shouted, the assassins were all captured, making it impossible for other believers to find an opportunity to join them in a charge for their faith. The whole process seed as if it was a spectacle orchestrated to show off the newly ford Black Hound Guards of the Dual Rest Sect.
It was not only the followers of Pisya who couldn’t accept this but even the priests of the Church were caught off guard as well.
Especially those who were at the scene that day, they witnessed Jude facing a multitude alone, standing in front of the ox cart like a mountain, calmly dealing with the attacks of six or seven people, and even gaining the upper hand.
This display of individual martial prowess left many feeling astonished, and the other mbers of the Black Hound Guards also perford well—locking onto their targets early, striking decisively, and showing no rcy.
Moreover, with the previously revealed Dwarf Armor and Dragon Scale Shield, such skills paired with such equipnt were already comparable to the elite warriors from the major families, causing a profound psychological impact on the priests of the Silver Moon Church.
So among them had already realized that this group of enemies in front of them clearly couldn’t be defeated just by talking.
This Dual Rest Sect, which had only surfaced half a year ago, was more dangerous than anyone had imagined.
Therefore, the priests did not disperse and return to their respective stations, but agreed to et together in Duolin City.
Duolin City is one of the few towns that has two Temples at the sa ti.
The Sicily Great Temple in the west of the city is mainly a place for young people with the potential to beco priests to study and further their education.
In the east, the Alberto Great Temple houses the Holy Coffin of High Priest Kaokas and is also the place where the Silver Moon Church discusses and deliberates on important matters.
The priests ca here hoping to find the reasons for the defeat and, more importantly, to find a way to deal with Li Yu and his Dual Rest Sect.
However, before they could co to a conclusion, they received another piece of devastating news!
—Priest Reves had died.
Priest Reves was the second eldest among the seven High Priests, with only Priest Herodotus older than he was.
However, unlike Priest Herodotus, who was clearly a bit senile and only wanted to cling to his own position, just scraping by, Priest Reves was still quite energetic.
For nearly a hundred years, he tirelessly sought allies within the Church, cultivated his own power. Priest Herodotus was soone he had personally supported, almost obedient to him in every way, almost like his shadow.
In fact, Priest Reves and his confidants had almost gained control over half of the Silver Moon Church, with only Priest Martina and her disciples barely able to contend with them.
Yet such a formidable figure died just like that.
And it was because he felt guilt-ridden about the incident that had happened in Green Field a few days ago, thinking he had let down the great goddess, and ultimately chose to take his own life.
Many priests were shocked by the resolute decisiveness of High Priest Reves.
But the problem is that the Silver Moon Church is not another universe’s island country, and hara-kiri isn’t popular.
High Priest Reves is already of a certain age, and if he hadn’t done well, he could simply step down from his position. There was no need to be so absolute.
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"The teacher wants to use this way to tell us, the Church has co to a ti when it must be reford," for once, Herodotus diverged from his usual behavior of quietly listening and was the first among the high priests to speak.
"Reform... what are you referring to?" High Priest Kerkwon frowned, as an older man, he disliked hearing those two words the most.
"We need to establish our own army," Herodotus’s statent caused a stir among the priests.
"This is absurd," Kerkwon shook his head, "The Church has an agreent with the nobles of the Western Territories, where they provide us with military protection, and we in turn are responsible for protecting their souls from being tainted by filth.
"Just because of a Double Rest Sect, to break a sacred oath that has lasted for thousands of years—High Priest Herodotus, I think you are sowhat overreacting and have lost the poise of a high priest."
Kerkwon, the High Priest, usually excelled at playing deaf and muddling through issues, the rarity of his stern words this ti showed his displeasure with Herodotus’s proposal.
Yet, Herodotus did not budge this ti and slowly said, "The Double Rest Sect has already ford their own army."
"Only a hundred people," Priest Hesiod added.
"Our believers are hundreds of tis their number, yet we don’t even have a guard of a hundred people."
"The nobles of the Western Territories..."
"Forget those nobles, they are completely unreliable. When our believers were murdered by the Black Hound Guard, they just stood by and did nothing."
Herodotus reiterated, "We need our own army, one that completely obeys our commands. The number doesn’t need to be too high, three thousand to start with should be enough."
"Three thousand?" Priest Genaya was startled upon hearing this, "Doesn’t the Double Rest Sect only have a hundred n?"
"The lizard people under rlin, regardless of age or sex, can fight to the death when necessary. In addition, don’t forget the army of the Arias family.
"Ireya has set her heart on converting to Saturday, and now they are in the sa boat. If we make a move against the Double Rest Sect, the Arias family will definitely not sit idly by."
"Where are we getting the money?" High Priest Kerkwon raised his voice, "Do you know how much money it takes to establish an army of three thousand? The food and drink for so many n and horses, the weapons and equipnt, and the cost of training... We don’t have any giant dragon blood or Black Gold to sell."
In his heart, Herodotus thought you could easily save up if you were less greedy on a daily basis, but now was not the ti to fall out, so he said.
"We can seek donations from the believers. We have millions of believers; if each person gives one, no, half a silver coin, we will have fifty thousand Gold Lions for military expenses, which would be enough for so ti."
Hearing that he wouldn’t have to spend his own money, High Priest Kerkwon’s expression softened slightly, but he still did not support the Church establishing its own army, and the other high priests shared a similar view.
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