Chapter 363: Glowing Orthodoxy...
After learning more about the situation, Commander Griffin was even more shocked.
"Are these people from the Seeking Knowledge Church?"
"Heretical believers use glow magic better than many priests of the glow religion."
"Who is the heretic?"
When it comes to dealing with heretical believers, there are conservative factions and cutting-edge factions within the Glow God Religion.
The old school attitude is extreme.
They believe that heretical believers are a burden and a destabilizing factor.
No tolerance should be given to them.
They should all be driven out of the shelter of [Past Glory] and allowed to fend for themselves.
Anyway, the Kingdom of Leyak is protected by super-level magical miracles and has powerful professionals blessed by the God of Radiance.
Even those heretical believers can still block the intrusion of monsters and eliminate any potential threats from evil gods.
The attitude of the new avant-garde is somewhat softer.
They believe that heretical believers can also be a help when the time is right.
The continent of Prentiss is full of crises, and in recent years, the pressure from monster threats has become increasing.
One more companion will give you more strength.
It is not necessary to completely exterminate them. They can also be temporarily accommodated when necessary.
After all, people's beliefs are free, and as long as the Glow God Religion does a better job, there is no reason for mortals to abandon the blessing of the Glow God and run away to believe in those messy heretical gods.
It is both accidental and inevitable:
The Crusaders are mostly new sects;
Most of the regional bishops are conservative;
The closer we get to the border, where monsters are eagerly looking at us, the more cutting-edge factions there are.
The closer you get to the royal capital where the environment is safe and order is stable, the more conservatives there are.
It is normal for such a situation to occur.
When the monsters are red tide, the regional bishops don't have to go to the defense line to fight the monsters in person. They can just stand and talk without back pain.
The Crusaders actually experience the pressure of the monster red tide every year.
If there is more help, it will bring them a lot of help.
The current Archbishop of the Glow God Religion, His Excellency Cardinal Eugene, is a standard conservative.
In the more than ten years since he took office, he has been pursuing measures to drive out heretics resolutely. This is also the current mainstream voice of the church.
He also issued the heretical expulsion order from the Seeking for Knowledge Church.
Bishop Henry Trump of Ceylon was appointed by Eugene and was also a conservative in his stance.
Griffin is the opposite.
He is currently a minority with a weak voice in the church.
therefore.
When Griffin led the team back to Ceylon City, he reported to Bishop Henry Trump the situation discovered through the exchange.
The two had a rather heated argument.
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"I don't understand!"
"It's true that they are heretics, but at this time, any power to destroy monsters is worthy of attention. Why should we drive them out?"
The leader of the Griffin Army asked with a blushing face and a rough neck.
Because after Bishop Henry Trump learned the news, he didn't even ask, and directly said that he should immediately dispatch people to expel them and take over Chime Town.
"You still have to ask why?"
Bishop Henry Trump almost laughed out of anger at the other party.
"My respected Legion Commander, without those heretical believers, you wouldn't be able to destroy the monsters and eliminate the threat of the evil god, right?"
Griffin immediately denied it: "Of course not."
"We have solid armor, fine weapons, and blessings from the gods."
"The existing monsters in Ceylon are not enough to cause harm to the powerful Crusaders."
"But - we have a limited number of people after all. With extra help, we can eliminate the monsters faster!" Henry Trump knocked on the table with his finger and made an aggressive sound.
"That's the point."
"Help?"
"They are clearly here to seize the right to speak!"
"The monsters will always be eliminated, it's just a matter of time."
“The point is not how to destroy the monsters—it’s about whether the credit for destroying the monsters belongs to us!”
"Look at the citizens of Ceylon, how firm their faith in the God of Radiance is now and how grateful they are to us."
"Over there in Qim Town, do you think those lower-class civilians still have the Glow God Religion in their hearts?"
"What's more, it's simply outrageous that there are actually lost believers in the Glow among them."
"If this continues, are we the Glorious Orthodox, or are they?"
Griffin was speechless.
His thinking is relatively direct.
Hikaru is thinking about destroying monsters.
Didn't expect that much at all.
"Drive them away, we must drive them away!"
"Taking advantage of the situation, right? Do you still want to take away the merit that belongs to us?"
"Not only do their people need to be driven away, I would say, their things should also be driven out of the kingdom!"
Having said this, Bishop Henry Trump angrily flipped through the documents on the table and pulled out a report.
"Look, you don't understand other things, but this matter must be closely related to the Crusaders."
Griffin took the report document.
This matter is indeed related to him. To be precise, he initiated it.
He applied to Bishop Henry Trump, hoping to get a batch of funds to update the equipment of the Crusaders.
Your Excellency the Bishop said at that time that the church's expenses have been very tight in recent years and it will not be able to come up with enough funds for a while.
But there is an alternative.
The replaced equipment is no longer directly recast, but is resold to earn additional income.
The proceeds from the Crusader's replacement equipment being put into the market will be used to replenish the Crusader's equipment maintenance expenses.
This income can probably fill the funding gap.
However, the data shown in the report document is not optimistic.
Because the sales of replacement equipment were extremely poor, they were immediately put on sale.
The backlog of hundreds of sets of old armor has barely been sold!
Only a few collectors bought a few sets for commemorative purposes.
Griffin continued to look down the report.
"According to the survey, a large number of sophisticated standard equipment from the new territory established by the Believers Seeking Knowledge is priced at a lower price."
"The equipment market is nearly saturated in the short term, and the prospects for selling replacement equipment are not optimistic."
Griffin's first reaction was:
"So fucking awesome!"
Because he saw that the so-called "new territory" was actually located in the dark forest outside the protection of [Past Glory]!
This was something he didn't even dare to lead the Crusaders to do, but he didn't expect that the followers of the God of Knowledge could do it.
No matter how long this territory lasts, whether it can survive next year's monster red tide.
But at least they took the first step!
After the second reaction, he realized something was not right.
The price of the Crusader's replacement equipment is at a disadvantage, and it cannot compete with the standard equipment produced by the new territory in the market!
The money that the Crusaders should have earned to update equipment configurations seems to have been earned away by others?
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