Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 38
In a living room isolated from outsiders, the two sat opposite each other across a sandalwood table. Lucia slightly tilted the gilt-decorated bone china teapot, and the golden-red tea was poured into the bottom of the white cup with curling heat, rippling into a puddle. Ambilight swirl.

He delivered the black tea that was [-]% full to Mikaela, and the latter took a sip and thanked him softly.

In the dense white air, Mikaela stared down at the fluctuating water surface, with a calm expression that made it impossible to guess his inner thoughts.So Lucia didn't ask any questions, but just waited quietly while sipping tea.

"After I helped Marenia suppress the corruption disease in the afternoon, I heard that the priest of Lance had returned to the Temple of the Ancient Dragon. It just so happened that some news about this came from the eyeliner I arranged outside." Mikaela relieved Tone, "I think there are some things in it that you might want to know."

Lucia's expression moved slightly. For the past half a day, he was really worried about some troubles with Sister Lance. It's just that he has not established a firm foothold in the capital, and there is no way to investigate this matter in the short term. surprised him.

"Please tell—" he said hastily.

Mikaela didn't make any detours, put down the teacup in his hand, and said bluntly: "You have retreated for the past few days, and a lot of things have happened in the outside world. Many nobles have started boycotting the Ancient Dragon Temple in various parts of the dynasty."

"They instigated the low-level nobles and lower-level Golden Tree Churches all over the country to provoke conflicts with the branch halls of the Ancient Dragon Temple in terms of regional missionary rights and believer affiliation—you know, many common people do not have a clear affiliation in their beliefs, On weekdays, they may go to the Golden Tree Church to ask the priest to cure their diseases, and they will also send their children to the Ancient Dragon Temple to receive training from the knights. Returning to the tree, there are also people who respect the teachings of the ancient dragon belief and choose to return to the soil after a natural death. These are all very normal things."

Lucia nodded and said: "I remember that after the two countries signed the covenant ten years ago, it was agreed that both faiths could spread freely within each other's territory. Although there was no clear plan for grassroots missionary rights, this aspect is in accordance with the usual practice. It is up to believers to decide for themselves."

"However, some people seize this point, forcing the people to choose one of the two, and at the same time, they try their best to find opportunities to destroy the original missionary activities of the Ancient Dragon Temple. , or use the powerful warriors raised by the nobles to provoke some lower-level branch halls that are slightly weaker in force, and injure the ancient dragon knights belonging to the branch halls in the name of honor duels."

Mikaela said with an ugly look: "According to the information I got today, dozens of similar incidents have occurred in the Yatan area in the past few days. Sexuality, they may well have set off a nationwide wave of pitting the two faiths against each other."

Lucia sneered when she heard the words, and said: "From Rodel to Didas, it takes a day and a night to send a message quickly. It has been less than a week since I was named a god, and the news can spread throughout the entire dynasty, and I can also spread the news at the grassroots level." The region organizes a turmoil of this scale, are some people not even bothering to act like it’s peaceful on the surface?”

Mikaela naturally understands the meaning hidden in his words. This kind of news spread speed is bound to use Rodel's space portal to various parts of the dynasty. However, the portal is not only extremely difficult to build, but also extremely expensive to maintain, so apart from gold For the royal family, this means of communication is only in the hands of a few top nobles in the court.In the current situation, this group of people is almost putting the words "culprit" on their faces openly.

"Actually, the attitude of many nobles in Rodel towards the Temple of the Ancient Dragon has been very subtle over the years." Mikaela considered his words carefully. "Of course, what they dislike is not only the Temple of the Ancient Dragon, but everything that violates the golden law."

"Such as Kalia, Sky City, hybrids, demihumans, mountain demons—or those sons of ominous omen?" Lucia suddenly said, "No, counting it, there are at least three other people in Kalia who own Radagon. The demigods of His Majesty's bloodline, the dragons are probably evil omens with wings, stronger and more difficult in their eyes?"

"Bad omen." Mikaela was taken aback for a moment, and then a bit of bitterness gradually appeared on his face, "I didn't expect you to know so much."

Lucia leaned back on the back of the chair, took a sip from the teacup, and did not speak.

Mikaela was silent for a moment, and sighed: "In recent years, the fundamentalism of the golden law has gradually replaced the original golden tree doctrine. Many nobles of the new party who rose in the Kalia War are not satisfied with what mother is doing now. They believe that more drastic measures should be taken against all forces that do not belong to the golden tree."

"Fortunately, the two wars more than ten years ago were not too far away. Those memories full of blood and fire can at least allow them to maintain basic sanity. It was not until your arrival that this dangerous balance suddenly occurred. Shaken——Because some people couldn't sit still, Priest Lance had to leave the Temple of the Ancient Dragon and go to Didas that day, do you understand?"

Lucia looked at him quietly, and there was a struggling look in the clear eyes on the opposite side. This step has been thorough enough. The Golden Dynasty has never recognized the new party and the old party, although the conflict between the old and new doctrines is increasingly Obviously, but no one will go back to the source of the two teachings on the bright side.

God and King are one, and the world is peaceful—this is what the Golden Dynasty that governs the mainland should look like.

"I understand," Lucia said softly, "after all, they don't want to accept that there is a demigod without golden blood under the golden law, especially if this demigod has just become a deity. These people I dare not disobey the oracle issued by the supreme will, so I can only target the ancient dragon temple, hoping to weaken the power I can control in the future through this method."

Seeing his calm state, Mikaela breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Don't worry about Priest Lance, what's going on now is just some insignificant pawns, and most of the really difficult guys are afraid of her in the ancient dragon war." At most, they only dare to provide some resources and channels behind the scenes, and it is estimated that within a few days, the Ancient Dragon Temple will suppress these chaos."

Speaking of this, he smiled apologetically, and said: "I was worried that you might get angry after knowing the news in a few days, do some irrational things, and be taken advantage of by others, but now it seems that I am abrupt gone."

"How could it be?" Lucia said with a warm heart, "I'm not familiar with the place here, and Sister Lance refuses to tell me these things. If you didn't come to explain my doubts for me, I might really want to worried for a while"

After finishing their business, the two of them laughed and talked all the way back to the courtyard. They happened to see Marenia teasing Shirley with a peacock tail feather used to decorate the palace in her hand. The little fox jumped up and down in the direction of the feather. It's fun.

Lucia took a deep breath, and let the evening breeze with a bit of floral fragrance in the courtyard soak into his lungs, and he felt a slight chill to the touch.

If the corruption on Malenia's body doesn't get worse, just as everything in the world doesn't slide into the abyss of collapse, and everything can stay in the first and most beautiful season, he would rather this moment be eternity.

(End of this chapter)