The Great Arcanist Who Traveled Through the World of American Variety Shows.

Chapter 651 Rebellion
After ten years of development, monotheism has not only failed to expand, but the number of believers has gradually shrunk. In some areas where monotheistic believers originally dominated, they are now in the minority.

This change finally made monotheism unable to bear it anymore.

"We can't go on like this!"

"Now we only have two options, either die in silence or explode in silence!"

"Brothers, the light of the Lord is fading. We must make a decision!"

In the small conference room, several cardinals and the Pope fell into silence. They knew very well what making a decision meant.

It could be that monotheism was regaining its glory, or it could be that monotheism was completely declining, so no one spoke.

After a moment, after seeing that no one spoke, the Pope slowly said: "Let's calculate the gains and losses and see what the worst outcome is."

"If our movement fails, what about the Unitarian Church?"

"It was officially declared illegal by the empire, suppressed, believers were killed, and the religion became a secret cult again," said a cardinal nearby.

“So what will happen to the church if we don’t act?”

"As it stands now, we will be suppressed secretly, and this will last at least 50 or even 60 years. According to the current situation of monotheism, in 50 to 60 years, monotheism may have become a small church with little influence."

“It may even gradually die out.”

"What do you think? Do you agree with this statement?" The Pope asked the others around him.

The other people nodded slowly after hearing this: "If we do nothing, the church will also perish."

"Since the worst outcome is the demise of the church regardless of whether we do it or not, why don't we do it?" said another cardinal nearby.

"If we do it, the worst result will be the same as if we didn't do it. Once we succeed, monotheism will definitely return to its peak. Do we still need to make a choice now?"

"We don't have a choice, guys!"

"Since we have no choice, let's show those pagans and the emperor our determination!"

"No matter how bad the result is, how bad can it be?"

As he finished speaking, all the cardinals in the room agreed. Then everyone started to prepare to take action.

Although Monotheism has been secretly suppressed by the empire in the past decade, its foundation is still very strong. Up to now, there are still more than ten saints in the world. At the same time, in preparation for this operation, the Monotheists have also begun to gather all the holy objects.

All the holy objects they could find were found.

The holy nails, the holy spear, the holy grail, the scarab, the holy crown of thorns, the holy icons, and the Bible written by the Savior himself, etc.

Richard could not find the several holy objects that he had destroyed in order to create the saint, but after gathering all the holy objects, the Monotheism began to prepare to implement their plan.

Thanks to Richard's governance, the people in the Roman Empire have lived a good life over the years. Although there are still some corrupt officials, they will be dealt with quickly. It can be said that this period of time is a rare period of peace for the empire.

People everywhere also became more supportive of the empire.

Under such circumstances, if the Monotheistic Church raised the flag of rebellion, it is estimated that few people would be willing to follow them. Even if they could barely gather a team, it would immediately fall apart once the imperial army arrived.

Therefore, Monotheism was not planning to overthrow the empire. Instead, they planned to kill Richard directly, just like they had killed the apostate, and then promote the aristocratic parliament system to put the empire back on its old path.

The most difficult part of this plan is to assassinate Richard.

After the last assassination attempt on apostates, the polytheistic priests must have been on high alert, and no one from the monotheistic religion could get close to the palace.

The polytheistic priests and the imperial guards protected the palace like a solid wall of steel. In addition, there were two guards stationed near the palace, numbering as many as 10,000 people.

If they take action here, they will most likely be stopped and killed by these guards before they can even break into the palace.

The power of the saints is great, and with the holy relics in hand, a dozen saints can easily crush an army of thousands of people. However, facing an elite force like the Guards who have an advantage in numbers and high morale, it will be useless even if they have twice as many saints.

Therefore they had to launch a sneak attack when Richard was out.

Richard did not have many opportunities to go out. Most of the time, he was protected by a large army when he traveled. Even when he went to inspect the provinces of the empire, there was a large army by his side.

They have a hard time finding opportunities.

But since they couldn't find any chance on Richard, these monotheistic cardinals quickly thought of another solution, which was to transfer the guards around Richard away.

Now in the empire, besides Richard, the crown prince is also the most important heir to the empire. Compared with Richard, the defense force around the crown prince is far inferior to Richard.

But as long as the Crown Prince was attacked, Richard would certainly send the guards around him over, and then they could take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack.

After some discussion, everyone finally decided on this plan. The next step was to wait for the best opportunity.

Richard named the crown prince Victor Lee. Richard had high hopes for this eldest son. After all, the empire would eventually be handed over to him.

And this child who inherited his blood did not disappoint Richard.

After he was five years old, Richard took him to various places to let him know about the sufferings of the people and the difficulties of their lives, so that he could understand the lives of the grassroots people.

Only when he understands the people at the bottom of society will he understand why he must be cautious in governing the country and consider whether the people at the bottom of the empire can bear it when formulating various policies.

Therefore, Richard did not restrict him to the palace, but allowed him to go to school outside the palace.

He had more than a dozen teachers, including polytheistic priests, Greek scholars, and even some teachers in ordinary schools.

Except for the polytheistic priests, no one else knew his identity. The Greek scholars and teachers in the school only regarded him as the son of an honorary noble.

Growing up in this environment, little Victor saw a lot of things happening at the bottom of the empire. At the same time, he was also learning various fighting and magic.

Richard was well aware of his son's qualifications. If he were in the high magic world, it would not be difficult for him to become a destined legend.

When the morning bell rang, Victor quickly dressed with the help of his servants, and went to greet Richard and Alia, and then the family had breakfast together.

After breakfast, Victor, who had been eager to go out of the palace to play, said hello to Richard and the others, and then ran out of the palace happily like a bird escaping from a cage.

"Your Highness, wait a moment, Your Highness, wait a moment," a palace maid holding a schoolbag shouted from behind.

But Victor deliberately didn't want to take his schoolbag. He nimbly bypassed several maids and ran out of the palace. Then, before the maids caught him, he ran out of the palace.

"Haha, now Aunt Jenny can't catch me!" After running outside the palace, Victor laughed triumphantly. Then Victor took a carriage, left the palace and headed for school.

Although it seemed that he was only accompanied by a coachman and a servant, in fact, there was a small team secretly escorting him, and a large number of people were hidden in the streets of the city to provide secret protection.

Anyone who tries to harm him will pay a heavy price.

Although the little guy has been out of the palace many times, he still likes the world outside the palace and buys some things of interest from street stalls every day.

Today was just like any other day, the little guy saw a puppeteer on the street making various figures and animals.

After seeing those interesting puppets, the little guy immediately stopped the car to buy some.

After paying a few coins, he had several more puppets in his hands.

But at this moment, a pedestrian on the street suddenly rushed towards him, and the coachman and servant beside him immediately stepped forward to protect him.

But the attacker was not alone. At the same time as the pedestrian took action, a small vendor nearby overturned the shelf and rushed over.

Seeing this scene, the people who were secretly guarding around rushed forward and wanted to capture them. However, these two people were strong men whose strength far exceeded that of ordinary people.

The guards guarding Victor were beaten back by the two men, and several were killed directly. Seeing this situation, the guards around him immediately protected Victor and wanted to evacuate.

But at this moment, a burst of shouting and killing came from the street, and dozens of people rushed out from the surrounding houses. As soon as these people appeared, they rushed towards Victor fearlessly.

Suddenly attacked, the guards around Victor were killed and forced to retreat.

Fortunately, this is the capital, and there are a large number of guards arranged around it. After the attack, these guards rushed here as soon as possible.

But what was surprising was that just as they arrived, a large number of assassins suddenly emerged from the vicinity and began to stop them.

For a moment, the two surrounding streets turned into a battlefield, with hundreds of people fighting each other.

When the guards around Victor saw that there were so many enemies, they immediately sent people to the palace for help.

There were 10,000 imperial guards stationed near the imperial palace. After receiving the call for help, thousands of them immediately went to provide support.

Just as these people were heading for support, not far from the palace, a group of people were hiding behind an invisible wall.

This wall seemed to be a holy object, and it completely hid the traces of these people. No one could be seen from the outside.

After seeing a large number of troops being transferred from the palace, everyone looked at each other, nodded vigorously and said, "Gentlemen, the rise and fall of the church is in your hands!"

"For the glory of the Lord, the pagans must die!"

"For the glory of the Lord!"

"For the glory of the Lord!"

As the crowd roared, everyone's blood boiled.

Next, everyone quickly approached the palace under the protection of this invisible wall.

Immediately when these people entered the palace, a force swept through in an instant, and the originally invisible wall appeared in front of everyone.

The people behind the wall seemed to have anticipated this scene and rushed out the moment the wall appeared.

On the other side, the guards of the palace shouted immediately after seeing the wall that suddenly appeared: "There's an assassin!"

"Enemy attack!"

Following the guards' shouts, the surrounding guards immediately rushed over and tried to stop them.

But these people were obviously prepared. The first one rushed forward and cut off the sword of one of the guards with one sword. The sword continued to move forward and cut through his throat. Blood spurted out. The guard could only fall to the ground, covering his throat weakly.

Several guards around him wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to attack, but they were no match for him either.

Just one person was enough to make these guards miserable.

The rest of the people rushed into the palace without stopping.

Because a lot of people had just been dispatched to rescue the crown prince, the defense of the palace was obviously much weaker. These people actually managed to break through the defense and rushed into the palace.

What is even more surprising is that these people actually have magical coordination.

The palace guards were no match for them. These people were clearly very familiar with the layout and guards of the palace, and they wasted no time along the way, not giving the palace guards a chance to gather.

The number of guards gathered in each area was no more than a hundred, but as long as these people delayed for a moment, the guards coming to support from the surrounding areas would immediately surround them.

But these people moved too fast, and the guards had no way to stop them for a while. These people chose the right time, when the guards were changing guards, and they went to rescue the crown prince, which resulted in a loophole in the palace.

Under such circumstances, this team of more than a dozen people actually broke through the palace's defenses and finally arrived near Richard's bedroom.

After seeing the palace, the two people who had been protecting these people looked at each other and took out two items directly.

Then he stabbed his own heart without hesitation.

In an instant, blood flowed everywhere. The two men recited the prayer loudly without any hesitation. At this moment, golden light burst out from their bodies. The next second, this golden light directly enveloped the entire palace.

After seeing the palace, the two people who had been protecting these people looked at each other and took out two items directly.

The golden light expanded rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a golden barrier that enveloped the palace. After seeing the golden light covering the palace, the two smiled with relief and said, "Brothers, we are counting on you."

After saying this, the light in their eyes dimmed, and they were silent.

After seeing the two's expressions, the others nodded slightly and said, "Now it's up to us!"

After saying that, everyone quickly walked towards the palace.

Outside the barrier, a large number of soldiers who found something wrong rushed over, but no one could get close here as the golden barrier kept everyone out.

Be it ordinary soldiers or polytheistic priests, facing this barrier, they were completely helpless for a while.

(End of this chapter)