Don't call me evil god

Chapter 408 Political Art
The Church of Seeking Knowledge is absolutely a complete freak! An outlier!
Henry Tran would swear on it.

What he complained about was not the miraculous and pure style of the believers in seeking knowledge.

When the Glowing God Cult carries out rectification and discipline, it can also achieve a similar effect for a short period of time.

What really annoyed him was the various abilities of the knowledge-seeking believers!
Because Henry still doesn't know what kind of authority the God of Knowledge holds, and what kind of blessings he will give to his believers.

How was such a miracle of collective resurrection of all the victims achieved?
Bishop Henry Tran has lived for several decades, so divine arts like the Great Resurrection performed by mortals do not count.

He had seen mass resurrection by the power of the gods only a few times, and they were all accomplished by the Cult of the Light.

This time was an exception.

Another god performs a miracle in front of mortal eyes.

And what about his followers?

During this period, as public opinion reversed, various rumors about the believers of Nowen, the god of knowledge, also spread rapidly and fermented among the people.

The most widely recognized points are:

There are a lot of spellcasters in the Church of Knowledge, just like a branch of a magic monastery. No matter how dumb a person is, as long as he becomes a follower of Nowen, he will soon be able to cast a decent [Illumination].

The followers of the Church of Knowledge possess a wide variety of divine arts.

Don't mention anything else.

The fact that there are people among them who are proficient in the art of glow is enough to give Bishop Henry Tran a headache!
Due to the noble status of the Cult of the Light, in addition to various divine arts for destroying monsters and purifying pollution, in peacetime, the divine arts of the Light with powerful healing effects are also a hard requirement for everyone.

By curing diseases and saving lives, it is easy to gain gratitude and repayment from the injured.

But this ability is no longer unique to the Cult of Light.

Those believers in seeking knowledge repeatedly emphasize:

"We also believe in Navarre, the God of Light. We thank him for bestowing great power on mortals. May all the pain and harm in the world be healed by the power of light."

That's indeed fine.

The Church of the Glorious God has never stipulated that those who are blessed must join the church.

There was nothing wrong with the actions of those people.

When performing divine healing, his attitude was more pious and professional than that of a Glow Priest!
The cost of treatment is also much lower than that of the Glowing God Cult!
When Bishop Henry Tran learned about this, he almost fainted.

At this rate, are you the genuine Glorious God or am I?
He wanted to change all this and save the reputation of the Glowing God Cult.

But he can't.

My ability is limited, so I’m stuck here.

He had no choice but to swallow his pride and write a letter to the royal capital for help.

Wait and wait.

I finally waited for the reply to the second secret letter.

After reading the content, my eyes went dark.

The second letter also mentioned the Church of Knowledge.

The cardinals finally reached an agreement.

The conservatives made concessions, and the new faction gained the upper hand in this internal struggle.

"Rescind the heretic excommunication!"

Not only did it give the members of the Church of Knowledge a normal identity, but the followers of the Goddess of Illusion were no longer dangerous heretics.

Henry was desperate.

Because there is a second half in the secret letter:

"The official approval for handling the post-disaster situation in Ceylon will arrive soon and will be handed over to Bishop Henry Tran to ensure that the image and status of the Glorious God Church remain unshakable!"

"The Supervisory Priests will arrive in early October."

The meaning of this sentence is translated as:
"You handle it. If you don't do it well, you'll be blamed!"

What are you afraid of?

What can Henry do?

In this situation, almost any way he handles it will be wrong.

Drive out the Church of Knowledge?

There is no reason, and even less ability. To acknowledge the contribution of the Church of Knowledge?
Doesn't that mean that the Church of the Light did not do a good job in the previous disaster?

This will definitely have an impact on the image of the Glowing God Cult.

Let’s go back to the source and count them.

Why didn't the Church of the Light do well?

Oh!
Because His Excellency Bishop Henry Tran has seriously neglected his duty.

The things that he should have been responsible for solving ended up having nothing to do with him!
Plus - Henry knew all about the disaster, his role was actually just to do the work, the real mastermind was far away in the royal capital.

His failure itself would make the bigwigs in the royal capital dissatisfied, and they would think that he had done something wrong.

If a new black spot is given.

That's it.

You can't escape full responsibility.

Henry Tran could no longer help imagining the scene of him being punished by the church and sent to the northern kingdom in the north of the continent, which was covered with snow all year round, to be a miserable priest.

He heard that the branch of the Church of the Light there could be called the "Land of Exile".

It was freezing cold, and even though there was a fireplace in the house, people had to wear thick fur coats and wrap themselves in blankets, otherwise they would shiver with cold.

The environment outside is even worse. The cold wind and snow feel like a knife cutting your face. No matter how well-maintained a person is, if he goes there, he will quickly turn into a rough, red-faced northerner.

If he really was held responsible for this incident, that would most likely be his end.

"no!"

"Absolutely not!"

Henry shook his head violently, forcibly expelling those terrible images from his mind!
Having tasted the sweetness of power, he absolutely could not accept that kind of outcome.

"To avoid that fate, you have to do two things."

"First, I have to find a suitable person to pin the blame for not getting the credit for the disaster relief work on him!"

"This way, even if I have to bear part of the responsibility, the bigwigs in the capital will protect me!"

"Secondly, I have to think about how to reasonably maintain the image of the Glorious God Cult."

“We need to convince the public that we have made contributions, not that we have not made any, but that we have made contributions in places that they cannot see.”

A gradually solidified image appeared in Bishop Henry's mind:
"Captain Griffin!"

"I have to think of a way to force him to take on this responsibility when the Supervisory Priests arrive!"

Memories of the argument during the Eternal Night also surfaced.

"Have it!"

"From the beginning to the end, I actually never had any direct contact with the believers of the so-called God of Knowledge."

"Griffin is different."

"He has contacted me and even asked me to use their power!"

"That's it!"

The person who was to be blamed has a target.

Bishop Henry's anxious heart relaxed a little.

Regarding another question, how to maintain the church's status without being affected.

After thinking hard for a long time, Henry Tran finally made up his mind:

“Substantial action has achieved little.”

"In that case, let's find another way and try to bind on the level of honor!"

“The solution to the problem is not just practical action.”

"Sometimes, false reputation is more useful than real things!"

"If we can nominally bring the Church of Knowledge onto the same chariot, the position of the Church of the God of Radiance will be extremely stable!"

His Eminence intends to demonstrate what political art is.

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(End of this chapter)