Chapter 107 Rest Time (XVIII)
Chapter 107 Break Time (Ten)
"Everyone...the Pope should make some concessions."
Antonio came to a council hall on the side of the central church, which was full of hooded priests. They whispered and countless information was circulated in their communication.
As he spoke, the council hall returned to silence.
Everyone focused their eyes on Antonio.
It seemed that they were waiting for him to give them a final answer.
They gathered here to wait for Antonio's meeting with the Pope to bring good news, good news that would allow them to achieve their goals and demands. Some of them even wore clothes that were not priests. They were supporters of other industries.
There are no priests in the holy city of Teran. In this super city with millions of people, priests are a minority, and there are more citizens, and people representing these citizens also attend the meeting.
Antonio knew that he could not give them the answers they needed, but he had to tell the facts.
Some people stood up and left directly, while the remaining people cast more hopeful eyes at him.
Some of the priests and scholars who followed him at the beginning still sat in their seats without moving their bodies. They were the real backbone of the Holy Advent Sect.
Antonio calmed his emotions and continued to explain his achievements to them.
As a faction grows, internal differences will intensify. With the abnormal exponential expansion of the number of people in the Holy Advent Sect, the faction that has not yet stabilized has begun to split into multiple factions.
His control is far less than he thinks.
And behind this incident, there are shadows of other people who are unwilling to follow the Pope. Their city finally stands at the crossroads of history.
Antonio does not want to get involved in their fierce political struggle.
The newcomers are like a spark thrown into a gunpowder barrel, changing this silent city for a thousand years... Everyone is looking at opportunities, interests, power, and desires.
Borrowing the name of God to fulfill their selfish desires.
Such opportunists are by no means a minority in the Holy Adventists today.
He still remembered that many dioceses had privately contacted the newcomers without the permission of the Pope, offering them attractive conditions one after another, which was a complete usurpation.
He had reported it, but the Pope said that he had understood it and did not show any other emotions.
The old man was sitting quietly in his chair, thinking about the future of the Church of Light and the Holy City.
The old pope has been with this city for 160 years. The last time the pope was elected was a hundred years ago. A hundred years... four or five people, the people who witnessed the old pope's enthronement, except for those immortal species, have all returned to the yellow earth.
Until Antonio finished all the stories, there was sparse applause on the stage.
Everyone could hear that the plan given to them by the pope was tantamount to exile.
Antonio looked at the document in front of him again and again, trying to see what was between the words.
There was something he hadn't thought of, and he had to read it in detail to feel the... deviation.
Antonio only now realized that there was an important link missing in the plan given to him by the Pope. They knew what they were going to do and where to start... but where to go?
Putting aside his inner guess, Antonio took a deep breath.
The Pope had told him all the answers. He handed the plan to him in a short exchange, but Antonio stood here and told his followers about the matter before he realized it belatedly.
The next person.
This plan still needs to be improved, but the structure is clear, and the next content is as simple as filling in the corresponding blocks in the frame of a game board.
Then there is one more thing to confirm...
Antonio's fingertips shone slightly as they swept across the paper, and the emblem from the Pope emerged.
He held the handwritten document granted by the Pope, with the Pope's personal emblem, which could be used as a real order from the Pope at any time, and seeing the words was like seeing the person.
"Mr. Anthony... We have a plan, maybe it can be... It's not very convenient here..."
A noble priest stood in front of him, looking at the two guards standing behind Antonio with awe, wanting to say something to Antonio.
Antonio glanced at him and recognized from his clothes that he was a priest from a hereditary family, with their unique complex patterns.
Some people whose blood is more adapted to divine arts have formed hereditary families in a long inheritance. The spread of bloodline abilities naturally makes it easy to create special classes, and power is handed over and circulated among them.
Antonio has no interest in these people.
The goal of these people is to pry open the management of theocracy and bring more power into their own hands.
The Holy Adventists may be regarded as a pawn in their eyes. The rapid expansion of the Holy Adventists is not only due to the tacit approval of the Pope, but also to the efforts of these hereditary nobles.
They also think that the arrival of these newcomers is a great opportunity for them. As time goes by, the authority and awe of the Church of Light can be washed away from their hearts.
Secular power and divine power.
Although I don’t know why the old pope did not discipline and warn these nobles who wanted to pry the management of theocracy, so that some people who tasted the sweetness began to gradually connect with more people, they wanted to get more power.
Then they formed small groups.
“Sorry, I don’t intend to interfere with your plan. I intend to take away those who are willing to follow me.”
Antonio understood and accepted the plan given to him by the old pope in his heart.
“Wait, Mr. Antonio.”
The noble priest shouted to him.
“Stop.”
The guards of the church slightly tilted their front and stopped the noble priest.
Antonio left the parliament hall without looking back.
The noble priest bit his tongue and did not keep up with Antonio’s pace.
