Chapter 172: Purification, Crystallization

What Pete couldn't figure out, Norwen...actually, didn't figure it out either.

He learned the news much earlier than Pete and the others.

When some believers received the notice issued by the Glorious God Cult in Green Harbor, Norwen got the news with the help of the believers' perspective.

Norwen originally intended to directly use his divine power to understand all the information related to the cause and effect of this matter.

However, the expected results fed back made Norwen give up this idea.

The number of mortals involved is extremely large, which is equivalent to using authority to know the "mentality" and even "thoughts" of a large number of mortals at the same time.

Although he can do this in theory, the divine power required will be an extremely outrageous astronomical figure.

Now Norwen's divine power reserves are not enough to support him to complete it.

Norwen can only settle for the second best and narrow the target to only determine the source of this heretic expulsion order.

The target is the territory of the Glorious God Cult headquarters southwest of the royal capital Starosh.

Even confirmed the final issuer of the decree.

Harrison Eugene, the current cardinal of the Glorious God Church, the father of Rayank Eugene, and the first person under the Grand Pope.

This means that this decree really came from the top of the Glorious God Church.

Norwen didn't know how much the top leaders of the Glorious God Church knew about him, and whether they knew that his believers could get responses and release divine arts without establishing faith in the Glorious God.

But since the decree has been issued, his reputation in the Glorious God Church must be "neutral and cold" or below.

After the "Heretical Expulsion Order" takes effect, it means that members of the Church of Knowledge cannot openly enter the territory of the Kingdom of Rayak.

But for Norwen... it's not a completely bad thing!

Norwen even wanted to thank the Glorious God Church for sending him this "assist".

After all, this decree is only "heretic expulsion", not "evil god elimination".

It is equivalent to the relationship between the two camps, from "friendly" to "neutral".

It has not yet reached the level of "hostility".

Not to mention anything else, just because the [Detect Evil] spell may turn red, Norwen can't let his believers run around in the bishopric of the Glorious God Church without worry.

If the spell flashes red, Norwen can't imagine the scene.

Has the evil god infiltrated the heartland of the Kingdom of Reyak?

With the strength and number of Norwen's believers now, he will definitely not be able to defeat them.

The expulsion order of the Glorious God Church has helped Norwen eliminate this hidden danger.

He can smoothly gather believers to this newly developed unowned territory outside the border of the Kingdom of Reyak!

With the Dark Forest behind him, the development potential is unlimited.

The monsters and evil gods that the Glorious God Church can't deal with are clearly nutrition for Norwen to improve the strength of his believers!

Being an evil god is good in this way. The righteous gods still have to rely on the faith and behavior of their believers to gain divine power, and Norwen has an additional way to plunder.

Now his believers can't beat the Glorious God Church, but what about in the future?

When the Church of Knowledge develops in the Dark Forest.

Norwen estimated that it would change from "the unspeakable monster appeared in the Dark Forest" to "the great and supreme Church of Knowledge arrived at its loyal capital Starosh today".

As for the problem of not being able to enter the kingdom after being issued an expulsion order.

Just kidding.

Norwen is not afraid at all.

Because this thing is not operated by the gods, but made by mortal believers themselves.

The "Heretical Expulsion Order" is equivalent to a warning with the strength of the Glowing God Church as the backing, and violators are equivalent to opposing the Glowing God Church.

But it does not contain any divine power, nor is it like fighting against evil gods, where the gods personally issue a decree.

Therefore, it will not have the effect of making monsters lose their direction, confuse, and block like the [Past Glory] magic.

As long as Norwen's believers want, they can still sneak into the kingdom!

Just don't be caught by the Glowing God Church.

Where there is demand, there will be a market.

Aren't some of those dark elves who believed in joy and were expelled many years ago still active in the kingdom's secrets?

Some nobles even raise the dark elves they like in private and play with them for fun.

And this expulsion order has another benefit for Norwen.

He can use it to purify his believers!

When he was in Green Harbor, Norwen was in urgent need of divine power, and he would accept any mortal who was willing to offer his faith.

But there are definitely many fence-sitters among these mortal believers. If the Church of the Glorious God and other churches declare hostility to the Church of Seeking Knowledge in the future, these people may abandon their faith and run away.

Considering the situation of the entire area.

Purifying believers and increasing the cohesion of the church is absolutely necessary.

For those who abandon their faith and run away, Norwen will directly block them and never recruit them again.

For those who want to offer their faith and become new believers, Norwen must also set certain tests as a threshold, so that they can prove their piety and determination!

Now this heretic expulsion order can just serve as his test threshold.

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After confirming that the news of the "Heretic Expulsion Order" was accurate, Pete and the other two had mixed feelings.

Because they really didn't think that the doctrines they believed in conflicted with the Glowing God Church!

They eliminated the evil gangs that defected to the evil god;

They opened up the unowned wilderness territories outside the country;

They even rescued dozens of refugees!

All of these things should be praised by the Glowing God Church.

Now they have to face a choice.

If they continue to believe in the God of Knowledge and maintain their status as members of the Church of Knowledge, it means that they will be legally recognized as heretics by the Glowing God Church of the Kingdom of Reyak and need to be expelled from the country.

It is true that Pete is going to leave the country, but he is following the will of the God of Knowledge to open up the territory. He has no intention of not coming back!

"Is there any misunderstanding in the middle? Otherwise, we go to the nearest Glowing God Church to ask if the expulsion order can be cancelled?" Gale said with a frown.

Pete shook his head: "The decree has been issued. Regardless of whether there was a misunderstanding before, even if there is one now, it must be regarded as nothing."

"This is issued by the Grand Master of the Glowing God Church. Once it is announced, it cannot be withdrawn or cancelled."

Both are from border nobles, but in terms of political wisdom, two Gales stacked together are not as good as Pete.

Pete understands the "reason" in this.

The decree itself represents the Glorious God Church, and it has been notified to all branches of the God Church on the continent. If it is withdrawn shortly after it was issued, it will seriously damage the authority and status of the God Church in the minds of believers.

Even if you want to cancel it, you have to wait a long time, or even wait for a new cardinal to take office.

"The question now is," Pete said seriously, "what are your plans?"

"Leave, or - continue to follow the Lord's guidance?"

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