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GOR Chapter 364 The Layout Will Be Triggered!
In this world, there was nothing like "time" that could not be retained.
Even though every day is precious to the Roland people, even though Du-Wei has already used all his means to prepare for the "war" in the future, Du-Wei still has a long way to go.
The 963rd year of the Empire still passed.
At the end of this year, the last major event that would affect the future of the Roland Empire happened.
At the end of the year, during the huge prayer ceremony of the Shrines of Light, the Pope Paul XVI finally publicly announced his appointed successor to the Shrines – Cardinal Maximos.
This appointment did not cause any surprise. After all, as the head of the Cardinals, Maximos had long been regarded as the future candidate for the Pope – it was only a matter of time.
During this year, the Mosa faction led by Maximos was also doing their best to suppress the Xieni faction. During this year, according to the resolution of the Shrines' internal elders, as well as the approval of the Pope himself, the Archbishops of three different dioceses were changed from the Xieni faction to the Mosa faction.
Archbishop Maximos, on the other hand, did something that surprised and amazed everyone.
At present, he was the most popular figure in the Empire, the most appreciated by the Regent, had many legendary stories, and many glorious titles. For example, "Genius Young Magician", "Court Scholar", "Duke of the Tulip Family" and so on … After he donated almost the same amount as the Empire's annual revenue to support the Empire's military expenditure, people gave him a new nickname, "The Richest Man on the Continent".
The Duke of the Tulip Family, Du-Wei Doff … … Just like his resounding name, almost everyone knows that this noble gentleman is not a devout believer. He has never been baptized, nor does he believe in the Goddess of Light. In fact, in his territory, the clergy of the Temple of Light were treated unfairly when they preached the teachings of the Temple.
According to some rumors, even from the Duke's mansion, it was said that the Duke did not have much respect for the Goddess. In some private occasions, he even accidentally used an impolite word to describe the clergy — "Charlatan". That was what the duke called them.
It was such a lost lamb, a wild horse, that had been wandering away from the glory of the goddess, that had finally been tamed by the great Bishop Maximos.
On January 1st of this year, the Duke of the Tulip Family held his own initiation ceremony in the square in front of the Governor's Office in Loulan City, the capital of the Desa Province. In front of tens of thousands of onlookers, the Duke was baptized by Bishop Maximos. Bishop Maximos personally completed the initiation ceremony of the Duke of the Tulip Family and awarded him an "Outstanding Contribution Medal" to the newly inducted Duke. Generally speaking, this medal was only awarded to those who had made outstanding contributions to the Church.
When the Duke received this medal, it was less than five minutes into his life as a believer.
Right after Du-Wei officially announced his conversion to the Church of Light, Du-Wei publicly announced that the reason he made such a choice was entirely due to the personal charm of Cardinal Maximos. In a high-profile manner, Du-Wei praised the Cardinal's personal charm and what a kind old man he was. He also praised how devout the Cardinal was and how much he taught Du-Wei. In the end, Du-Wei convinced Du-Wei to return to the embrace of the Goddess.
There was no doubt that Cardinal Maximos' reputation had been greatly boosted because of this.
Then, Du Wei announced that his territory, the Desa Province, would officially become the Church's new territory and establish a new diocese. Bishop Maximos's close friend, the former Archdeacon of the Northern Diocese, Lamus, would be appointed as the Archbishop of the Desa Province.
In addition, Du Wei expressed that he would fully support the construction of the religious institute in the diocese. He was also willing to provide a good training ground for the Holy Order, which would soon become the Desa Province's diocese. He also generously donated five hundred excellent warhorses.
On behalf of the Church, Maximos announced a resolution. In order to express their sincere gratitude to the Duke of the Tulip Family, the Church decided to exempt the Desa Province from all religious taxes for the next five years. At the same time, based on Du Wei's huge popularity in the Desa Province, the Church's Elders Council made a resolution to confer upon Du Wei the title of "Honorary Bishop" of the Desa Province's diocese.
The title of "Honorary Bishop" was not just an "honorary" title. From a legal point of view, Du Wei had the right to be exempted from any laws of the Empire because of his identity as a Bishop of the Church. Although Du Wei did not care much about this "legal immunity" because he already had the identity of a magician, he also belonged to the legal class.
However, the title of "Honorary Bishop" was more useful than being a magician.
First of all, any hostile action against the Honorary Bishop would be regarded as hostile to the Church! In other words, from the moment Du Wei received the title of "Honorary Bishop", Du Wei's enemy would be the Church's enemy.
Second … … Du Wei received the privilege to request an audience with the Pope at any time. Moreover, he also had his own seat in the Church's internal bishop conference. Of course, he was only an observer and did not have the right to vote.
The third point was what Du Wei wanted the most. In order to show their respect to the Honorary Bishop, the Church made a resolution. Du Wei could transfer his own cavalry of five hundred men and the Church would confer upon this cavalry the identity of "Holy Order". Moreover, this cavalry would not be under the command of the diocese and would only listen to the Honorary Bishop. Of course, the prerequisite was that this cavalry must be a believer of the Goddess.
Moreover, according to some loopholes in the law, an official Knight could have up to four squires, and these squires were not counted in the establishment. Therefore, Du Wei could expand the number of people in this "Holy Order" to two thousand five hundred! Five hundred of them would be official Knights, and two thousand would exist in the name of "squires". And all of this was legal.
"Killing a God Paladin would be regarded as a declaration of war against the Shrines of Light."
According to the law of this canon, Du Wei had his own personal "Holy Order" squad. In the future war in the Northwest, when facing the Northwest Army, this would be a very effective weapon.
No matter how arrogant the Northwest Army was, it was not easy to declare war against the Shrines of Light on the continent. Moreover, there were many soldiers in the Northwest Army who were believers of the Church. When these soldiers faced the enemy of the Holy Order, it was hard to imagine how much morale they would have left.
After Du Wei received these preferential conditions, the price he paid was: he privately signed an agreement, stating that he was willing to make a promise to the future successor of the Pope, Cardinal Maximos, that he would become a close comrade of Cardinal Maximos. In the face of any difficulties, he would provide strong support to the Cardinal.
It was worth mentioning that Du Wei gave his own "Holy Order" squad to Hussain to command. Hussain was a real God Paladin, so he was familiar with all the strict training methods of Paladin. He also knew how to lead such a Knight regiment.
Soon after, Du Wei announced his decision. In his territory, which was the eastern part of Desa Province, located at the border between Nuling Province and Desa Province, he built a military fortress. It would be the base of the Holy Order in this parish. This was a complete military fortress. The only difference was that there was a religious center for the Knight to pray in.
Later on, at the border between Desa Province and Nuling Province, there were three military fortresses.
The first one was the new barracks jointly built by Du Wei and Governor Bohan of Nuling Province two years ago. After two years, there were already two-thirds of Du Wei's troops stationed here.
The second one was built last year to house the Tulip Family's private army.
And now, there's a third one.
In this way, in terms of layout, Du Wei has piled up more than 70,000 troops on the border between his territory and the Nuling Province. In addition to the 30,000 troops under Governor Bohan, there's a total of 100,000 troops surrounding the Northwest Army's territory.
What made Du Wei feel a little strange was that the Northwest Army seemed to have been very quiet for the past year ….
That Rugaard, what is he thinking?
Du Wei is waiting. Now that the situation has entered the most critical moment, he's waiting for a signal. A signal from the imperial capital. And when that signal arrives, it will announce the end of the peaceful era in the mainland!!
The footsteps of war are coming?
No, no, no, it should be: War is about to break out!
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