Chapter 312 Chapter 282 History's Legacy

The other party was defeated and lost. A magician, in front of Queen Medusa, didn't even persist in a face-to-face meeting, and was instantly killed.The rest of these people were killed or injured, and most importantly, the leading seventh-level knight Ge Peide was also seriously injured, and the rest of the boats retreated one after another. Du Wei didn't order the pursuit, and Maximus didn't seem to ask Du Wei to order the pursuit, so he let the other side escape, and they fled away in embarrassment. And Maximos even put forward a strange request to Du Wei: put back the two captured victims.

The archdeacon of Ramsay seemed a little dissatisfied. After returning to the cabin, he couldn't help complaining to Maximus: "My bishop...why are you still so kind? Didn't you see that they have decided to Put you to death! Sigh... Even if, even if you don't want to cause too many killings, don't want to kill more. But at least a few people were caught just now, we can take them to the imperial capital, and then confront His Majesty the Pope. At that time, Those guys who are doing something wrong feel that they can't pay their bills." After hearing this, Maximos just smiled slightly, and then patted the shoulder of Archdeacon Ramsay: "My old friend, things are not that simple."

Then he didn't explain much, but looked at Du Wei: "Grand Duke Tulip, I really made you laugh today, and let you see some ugliness in the temple. But please believe that these are just a few bad people, Most of the clergy are still bathed in the light of God and are pure." Du Wei smiled nonchalantly: "I don't really care about these things. It's just that I'm more inclined to the position of Vicar Ramsay. Why should those few survivors be let go?" Maximus' expression darkened, and then he looked at Lao Yan and others behind Du Wei.Du Wei understood immediately, asked Lao Yan to wait for the guards to retreat, and asked someone to rearrange some tea.

On the outer deck, there were naturally sailors and guards cleaning the battlefield, and that Rhine showed a strength that surprised Du Wei. Du Wei liked this fierce general more and more, and ordered to find a set from the cabin. The new knight armor came out to reward this guy, and he smiled at Rhine: "Rhine Knight, I admire your bravery very much. In order to express my friendship, I would like to give you a gift. Well, I see you use The weapon, that big axe, is sharp, but it broke just now, and to be honest, I personally don’t think your martial skills are suitable for using this kind of thing. I want to give you a weapon so that when you fight in the future, you can It will be more convenient."

Rhine was also very happy when he heard that, but then he scratched his hair in distress: "Your Excellency, but... I have tried many weapons, and they are all too light. Even this ax... well, it is no more It’s barely used, if the weight can be doubled, it’s almost enough.” Du Wei smiled: "You may not know, I have a shop in the imperial capital, which specializes in making some special weapons. If you want, after you return to the imperial capital, where can you go to see, I promise to give you Get something you like." Afterwards, Rhine also left and went out, and only Du Wei and the two bishops were left in the room.

"My lord Maximus, now, I think we need to have a good talk." Du Wei changed his expression and sat down calmly: "Personally, I don't want to get involved in the internal disputes of the temple, but what happened today , even if I want to hide now, it's already too late, right? So, since I've entered the game, I think I have the right to know." Maximus had no expression on his face. After pondering for a while, he glanced at Ramsay. Ramsay understood, nodded, and said, "My lord, how much do you know about the history of the Temple of Light?" "History?" Du Wei frowned and thought for a while: "I think I still know a little bit, but most of what I know comes from history books—but, I think, it might as well be honest, I always think that history books It is not very reliable, and people who write history books will inevitably tell some lies in the books in order to beautify history." After a pause, he and the two bishops met each other's eyes, and the three of them smiled knowingly at the same time. Continued: "Well, the history of the temple, I know it should be a long time, but there are official records, it should start from the founding of the Roland Empire 961 years ago. Under the great Majesty Aragorn ( When mentioning Aragorn, Du Wei said 'great' in his mouth, but couldn't help scolding 'bastard' in his heart) In the process of unifying the continent and establishing the Roland Empire, he received a lot of help from the Church of Light, and as In return, after the founding of the country, His Majesty the Founding Emperor recognized the Illumination Religion as the only state religion of the empire, and also the only legal religion. It was also from that time that the Illuminati Church gained legal orthodoxy. That is, in the same year that the Roland Empire was established , the organization of the Temple of Light was formally established, and its headquarters was established in the imperial capital. Before that, although the Church of Light had always existed... But I will say bluntly, before the reunification of the mainland, the Church of Light did not have an orthodox position on the mainland. At that time, There are many small countries on the mainland, and there are still many pagan religions, right?"

Ramsay nodded: "Your Excellency knows history very well. You are right. It is indeed written in the book. It can be said that the Church of Light assisted His Majesty Aragon to unify the continent, and His Majesty Aragorn It also helped the Church of Light obtain the only orthodox position on the mainland." "This is a win-win result." Du Wei smiled. "For outsiders, it is not easy to know these things. After all, there are many things that are not recorded in the books circulated outside." Ramsay sighed: "However, my lord, things are not that simple. , if you are interested... maybe I can tell you a few historical stories."

Du Wei laughed: "Stories? Very good, my favorite thing is listening to stories." Ramsay coughed, and slowly began to speak: "It is true that the Temple of Light has a history of 961 years. But the church has existed for far longer than this number. When the specific Church of Light was established is now unavailable. But Before the Roland Empire unified the mainland, the Church of Light was indeed not the only religion believed in on the mainland. The gods worshiped by many religions were not the Goddess of Light... Oh, may the great gods forgive them, those poor heretics. Okay Well, let’s get down to business, um... In fact, the Illuminati Church has a long history. When it comes to assisting His Majesty Aragon to unify the mainland, one person has to be mentioned. This person is the first Pope in the history of our Illuminati Church, Mixiu His Majesty S. Lemuya Badoros. Oh, this name is a bit of a mouthful, but when people mention this great Majesty, they will have an affectionate title for him. We all call him 'Smart Michus' Or 'Prophet Mishius'.

Before the Roland Empire unified the mainland, there were many religions on the mainland, but the largest one was still our Church of Light.It's a pity... Our Guangming Church is the one with the most believers, but it is not the most powerful one.Because, at that time, the Church of Light was not united internally, and there were even dangerous signs of division. In the final analysis, it was because although everyone believed in the great Goddess of Light, there were some differences in understanding of the teachings, and how to spread the light. There is also a lot of ambiguity in the method of the goddess teaching..."

Speaking of this, Du Wei secretly laughed: Any differences in understanding of doctrine are all high-sounding words, nothing more than the uneven distribution of interests and power. "At that time, there were three sects in the Illuminati Church, namely the Yeni sect, the Mosa sect, and the Montenegrin sect. Among them, the Yeni sect advocated cruel methods against heretics, and at the same time, the Yeni sect believed that the power of the church It should be above the king and the secular power, the divine right is above everything else, and the divine right should be the only master in the world, advocating the use of force to eliminate all existences that dare to challenge the authority of the church... Well, we think these propositions are too cruel. The Sapai advocates the method of enlightenment and persuasion to spread beliefs. By the way, Maximus and I are both Mozapai. We advocate improving our self-cultivation and using the greatness of the goddess’ teachings to influence people, and we advocate The church should remain pure and should not have any intersection with secular power."

Hearing this, Du Wei thought to himself: The Yeni faction and the Mossa faction are nothing more than the so-called hawks and doves. Thinking of this, he asked again: "So, what about the Montenegrin School?" "The Montenegrin faction was a relatively small faction at that time, but his strength was the strongest, because the Montenegro faction was a typical ascetic sect, advocating self-cultivation, not interfering with anything outside, and striving to improve their respect for the goddess. For the understanding of the teachings, I don't care about outsiders. Therefore, they are also called "Asceticism" or "Hermitism". The magical masters are the most powerful. They generally do not compete with the world, as long as they do not interfere with their own practice, they are not willing to participate in anything outside - but if someone becomes an enemy of the Church of Light, That is the only weakness of the Montenegro faction. If someone dares to threaten the safety of the church, the Montenegro faction will use its powerful strength to destroy all enemies who dare to challenge the church. Therefore, the Montenegro faction can also be regarded as the greatest guardian of the church Strength, but their proposition is not active aggression, but passive defense." "The three factions have contended for hundreds of years, but mainly the dispute between the Yenites and the Mosasites, while the Montenegrin faction was mainly in a neutral state. But about a thousand years ago, the situation has changed." Wise Mihuus ’ Appeared, and his appearance changed everything.” Du Wei nodded: "I probably understand, this Michus, the first Pope His Majesty, his appearance unified the disputes within the church? Then His Majesty Aragon formed an alliance?" "It's probably like this. His Majesty Michael is extremely smart. He is powerful in magic and is a natural excellent leader. It is said that he is knowledgeable, friendly, good at persuading others, and has a strong charisma. In his Thanks to his efforts, the three factions within the Church of Light were finally united by him...of course, or in other words, 'temporarily' united together. Formed a united force, and then, distributed in the With the help of the believers of the Church of Light from all over the mainland, the army of the Roland Empire was invincible. Everywhere they went, they could get great assistance from the Church of Light. Soon, the Roland Empire unified the mainland, and His Majesty Aragorn formally established the empire. Jiamian is the first emperor of the empire, and declared that the Church of Light is the only legal religion on the Roland continent, and all other religions are evil heretics." Du Wei couldn't help but asked, "Then... His Majesty Michus, which sect does he belong to? Is it the Mosas sect, or the Yeni sect? Or the Montenegrin sect?" As soon as this question was raised, Ramsay and Maximus looked at each other with bitterness on their faces. "No one knows." Maximus, who had been silent all the time, sighed: "This is the problem that has caused the internal quarrel in the Temple of Light for more than nine hundred years!" Du Wei was a little surprised: "Why?" "Because until now, no one has been able to confirm which faction His Majesty Mitheus belongs to." Ramsay also sighed: "According to records, His Majesty Mitheus himself never publicly admitted that he belonged to any kind of faction. People, he keeps silent, and no one else can press him." "If the faction of His Majesty Michus can be determined, then I am afraid that there will be no internal disputes in the temple for more than 900 years. In the past 900 years, I don't know how much blood has been shed during the internal fighting... I don't know how many so-called 'heretics' were burnt to death on the stake... oh..." Maximus sighed, his expression darkened.