In the name of the true god

The conversation he had just had with his brother Connor replayed in Jude's mind.

He only picked out the most crucial sentence from it—

The warden's birthday is in the middle of next month.

If the Holy Church's deployment of ten priests to the prison was to relocate the "heretics" imprisoned there, then Connor, who is also a priest, should have been transferred out of the prison along with the "heretics."

If he were to be transferred out of the prison, would he really need to prepare a birthday gift for the warden in the middle of next month?

Today is February 10.

There are still about two weeks until the middle of next month.

The Holy Church shouldn't need to take so long to transfer "heresy" information, right?

In other words.

Connor will not be transferred, and the Royal Capital Heavy Prison will still have to shoulder the responsibility of imprisoning "heretics." The Holy Church has another purpose in sending ten priests to be stationed here!

it is good!

Very good!

Jude's smile widened.

Although the arrival of ten priests in the church was not a good thing, at least the still weak Descent of Gods had not been forced into a desperate battle.

As long as there is still time, there is always room for maneuver!

Back in the car, Jude gestured for Allen not to ask questions, then explained the situation: "The church sent so many priests not to relocate the thirty-nine implicated wizards and resonance sorcerers."

"Really?" Allen's eyes lit up. "If it's not a relocation, why are they coming here in such a big fuss?"

Jude said regretfully, "I don't know about that. According to Deputy Warden Steele, they finalized the decision last night, and the church even sent a witch doctor to supervise their actions."

"That's so strict... then how did you confirm it wasn't a transfer?"

"My brother invited me to go to the city next Sunday to pick out a birthday present for the warden. The warden's birthday isn't until mid-November, which is enough to show that my brother won't be transferred out of the prison anytime soon."

"Does the fact that your brother won't be transferred out of prison mean there are still our kind in the prison who need priests to guard them?"

"That's right!"

"Smart!" Allen gave Jude a thumbs up.

Jude was not smug. After letting out a long sigh, his expression turned serious again: "But we still need to find out the Holy Church's purpose in doing this."

"Back to Hearthstone Street." Allen gestured with his chin.

"go back?"

"The president is waiting for us at your house."

"Okay." Jude started the car, turned around, and headed towards Hearthstone Street. "Should we pick a more suitable place and have a meeting with everyone from the Descent of the Gods?"

"No," Allen replied decisively. "We never hold secret meetings."

Why?

Allen explained the reason: "No one is sure if they are being secretly watched by the church. If you only communicate with the president, at most two people will be arrested if something happens. But if there is a gathering, then everyone will be caught in one fell swoop."

"I see……"

Jude fully understood this.

He also remembered that the twenty-odd "heretics" Edmund rescued during his first prison break were wiped out by the Holy Church during a secret meeting.

After being hunted down and suppressed by the church for so many years, they should have learned their lesson.

Six o'clock.

Jude drove back to Hearthstone Street and quickly went up the stairs with Allen to their home.

The windows and doors of the house were tightly closed, and there were no signs of damage. However, Frost, the president of the Divine Descent Society, still managed to sneak in in an unexpected way. He even fed the little golden retriever and the little Siamese cat some goat milk with great interest: "They are still very young and need sufficient nutrition. They can't just be fed ham."

"...Okay." Jude made a note of it, and then reported all the information he had gathered that afternoon.

Upon hearing this, President Frost's gloomy face remained unchanged: "To conclude from this alone that the Holy Church has no intention of diverting our kind is too risky."

"Isn't that enough?" Jude's smile faded.

"Not enough," President Frost hypothesized. "What if the Holy Church is planning to relocate in batches? Then it would be reasonable for it to take more than half a month."

"Transferring thirty-nine involved wizards and resonance sorcerers shouldn't take more than half a month..." Allen couldn't help but voice his objection.

Are there still any doubts?

Jude couldn't help but ask, "For example?"

"If the Holy Church wanted to guard against me and moved all the implicated wizards and resonance sorcerers out of the prison, then it should have reinforced the prison with more priests to ensure everything went smoothly, while keeping a low profile," said President Frost. "But they only sent ten priests, and made a huge fuss about it, as if they wanted everyone to know."

This coincided with Jude's idea.

He chimed in, "I'm baffled too. The operation was clearly a big deal, yet the prison authorities are maintaining strict secrecy... It's such a mismatch between these two completely different styles."

Allen analyzed one possibility: "Could it be that His Majesty Leonard firmly disagrees with transferring heresy, and the Holy Church is worried that you will break him out of prison, so they had no choice but to send ten more priests to stay there permanently?"

President Frost denied it: "To deploy seventeen priests in the capital's heavy prison for thirty-nine involved wizards and resonance sorcerers for an extended period. This might have been possible a few decades ago. But now, the number of priests under the four holy churches is very limited; they don't have that kind of resources."

Since the legendary involvement in the execution of the wizard Edmund Ravenscrown, the "heretics" have never formed a decent, large-scale resistance force.

The gods worshipped by the four holy churches gradually revoked the 'authority' originally given to the priests to control the elemental forces.

Today it is today.

Although the Church of the Holy Wind has deep roots in the Kingdom of Florence and its temple is located in the royal capital Montorus, the number of priests they can mobilize within the capital is still very limited.

If not.

The church wouldn't go to such lengths to bring the thirty-nine "heretics" imprisoned in the capital's heavy prison back to the temple, or to "liberate" the seven priests placed in the prison.

"You mean the Holy Church has the resources to quickly transfer twenty, thirty, or even forty priests to transfer 'heretics,' but not the ability to permanently station ten priests in prison?" Jude asked.

President Frost hummed in agreement: "The church's few priests are all stationed in different places. Temporary transfers are not a big problem, but long-term stationing will inevitably leave a huge gap... They will never leave us such a space."