Seeing the four people who suddenly appeared in the teleportation circle, Brian's expression changed, and he turned to run!
Aiguin asked with a puzzled look, "Isn't that Brian? Why is he running? "
Tang En looked at Brian's back with a faint smile and said, "Because he did something wrong, so he's afraid."
Lothamar's matter was more urgent, so Tang En didn't have time to teach Brian a lesson. He would let him have some fun for a few days first.
Tang En called Jean and Yaya respectively. A minute later, Jean and Angus appeared in front of Tang En together. After a while, Selna and Yaya also came.
Yaya was now in charge of collecting and organizing information about the Chaos religion in the Solant Kingdom. Of course, she couldn't be left out of this matter.
Jean, who was confused, asked, "What's the hurry?"
"It's about the Solant Kingdom. We've found information about the Chaos religion."
Tang En poured a cup of tea for himself and said, "The location is Lothamar Castle. The Chaos religion believers in the Dagger Peninsula that Selna mentioned before came from there. In addition, the Chaos religion believers who sneaked into the Ryan Empire should have also left from there. Therefore, I'm confident enough to infer that the headquarters of the Chaos religion is near Lothamar Castle. Yaya, do you have a map of the surroundings of Lothamar Castle?"
Yaya said unhappily, "Of course not! The map is a national secret. How can you get it so easily? "
Tang En frowned, "Even the adventurers don't have a map drawn by themselves?"
"Not at the moment. If you're willing to buy it at a high price, you should be able to buy it."
Yaya thought for a moment and said, "But considering the current situation of Lothamar Castle, there should be very little information about Lothamar Castle in the market. The mercenary guild might not be able to buy a map."
"Selna, I'll leave it to you."
"Huh?"
"You're a legend in the world of thieves. The Thieves Guild will definitely give you face. They definitely have a map of Lothamar in their hands. I'll have to trouble you to buy one."
Tang En's order was unquestionable. Selna could only grit her teeth and accept the order.
"Speaking of which, are you sure that the Chaos religion has a base camp like the Dark Serpent?"
Angus scratched his head and said in confusion, "As far as I know, the Chaos religion has always blossomed from multiple points. After they are corrupted, they lose their self-awareness and only know how to follow their instincts. It's impossible for them to have something like a headquarters, right?"
The more concentrated the Chaos religion believers were, the stronger the Chaos aura would be. The stronger the Chaos aura was, the faster one would be corrupted. Logically speaking, if the Chaos religion had a base camp, the situation in that base camp should be similar to the situation behind the Chaos Gate. It should be filled with pure Chaos creatures.
How could the creatures of Chaos, who had no self-awareness, thought, or order at all, establish a base?
"I'm not sure, but we can't deny the existence of this possibility."
Tang En spread his hands. "Lothamar Castle is the place with the highest number of Chaos believers so far. It's also the place where the Chaos corruption is the most serious. There must be a reason for this, and what we need to do is to figure out the reason."
"Alright."
Angus waved his hand. "In other words, this time, you're finally going to make a move on the Solant Kingdom? Heh, this is a good excuse. "
"I want to, but the situation doesn't allow it."
Tang En said with an innocent face. "Rashly starting a war is a responsibility."
Angus didn't understand. "Then what do you want to do?"
"I hope that Jean, as the lord of the City of Silver, will publicly announce that he requests the Solant Kingdom to disclose the situation of Lothamar Castle. At the same time, he will propose to help him solve the problem of Lothamar Castle."
Jean thought for a moment and said in surprise, "Good fellow! You're even using me? "
The City of Silver had always been neutral, and Mages were well-informed. It wasn't surprising that they received information about Lothamar Castle, and it wasn't surprising that they took the initiative to propose to solve the problem. However, it was conceivable that with Klein's personality, he would almost certainly refuse Jean's request.
This would force Klein to the opposite side of the people. Once Klein's negative image was established, Tang En would be able to do whatever he wanted.
Tang En smiled and continued. "Not only Jean, I've already contacted Pope Jesolini XXIII. He should be here soon —"
The pope?!
Selna's face stiffened, and she immediately prepared to leave.
Unfortunately, before she could stand up, Pope Jesolini XXIII pushed open the door and walked into the study with a hearty smile. "I think I heard someone say my name?"
"You're just in time."
Tang En smiled and got up to greet the pope … and the Saintess Eluri.
It was worth mentioning that ever since the union on Dragon Island, Eluri could now easily control her desires on a daily basis. The feeling of her accumulated desires gradually collapsing had disappeared. This was an unexpected surprise.
"May I ask what happened?"
Jesolini XXIII noticed that even Angus and Jean were in the room. He was rather surprised, and when he saw Selna, he was even more surprised. "Madam Selna? Even you are here? "
Selna's face stiffened, and she planned to escape.
"Haha, Madam Selna, don't be nervous. Although it's quite a surprise to meet you, I don't care about those things anymore. Just treat it as a gift for you."
Jesolini XXIII's face was full of glory, and he said something that surprised Selna. "Are you sure?"
"Of course."
Jesolini XXIII nodded with a smile. "It's all thanks to Mr. Twain that those things are nothing."
In the early years, Selna was bold enough to sneak into the Radiant Church's treasury and steal a few pieces of Excellent-grade magic equipment from the Radiant Church. There was even a piece of Legendary-grade magic equipment among them. At that time, Jesolini was furious.
Thanks to Eluri's blessed eyes, she saw through Selna's disguise and discovered Selna's true colors. That was how Jesolini XXIII knew who stole their treasures. All along, the Radiant Church had been secretly looking for Selna — until the deal with Tang En was completed.
That's right, the deal with Tang En deeply shocked Jesolini XXIII. While it opened his eyes, it also made him deeply understand a truth — in the eyes of a tycoon, Legendary-grade equipment was nothing, and Legendary-grade equipment was just the stuff of ordinary soldiers!
The eye-opening Jesolini XXIII's recognition of the quality of equipment had greatly increased. In addition, Tang En had provided a large number of Legendary-grade equipment, which made him smile every day. The mess that Selna had caused was thrown to the back of his mind in the blink of an eye.
At first, Selna was very surprised, but when she thought carefully about Tang En's extravagance of equipping ordinary soldiers with Legendary-grade equipment, she suddenly understood.
With Tang En's extravagant habits, the Radiant Church had probably benefited a lot from him. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Pope and the Saintess to come over with just a call from him. It was impossible for the two of them to have nothing better to do than wait for Tang En's call every day.
This could only mean one thing — Tang En's matter was more important than anything else in their eyes!
"I called you here this time because of the matter in the Solant Kingdom."
Tang En explained briefly, and then said, "I hope that you can ask the Solant Kingdom to make this matter public in the name of the Radiant Church."
Jesolini XXIII immediately understood Tang En's intention, and laughed. "I understand, you want to put pressure on Klein."
Tang En shrugged. "You can understand it that way."
After pondering for a moment, Jesolini XXIII said, "I can help you. After all, the matter of the Chaos religion has to be taken seriously. But as far as I know, there are a lot of people in Lothamar Castle. If they all become believers of Chaos, they will be a terrible enemy. Do you have a way to deal with them?"
Tang En laughed. "You can rest assured about this. If I didn't have the confidence to completely resolve this matter, I wouldn't have specially called you here."
"In that case, it's decided then."
Jesolini XXIII was also very straightforward. He asked directly, "When do you plan to let me speak?"
"Of course, the sooner the better. After putting pressure on Klein, we can find an excuse to interfere in the matters of the Solant Kingdom."
Tang En smiled and knocked on the table. "When the time comes, if Klein accepts, my people will be mixed with the Knights Templar and enter Lothamar Castle to resolve the matter of the believers of Chaos."
Jesolini XXIII asked with great interest, "What if Klein refuses?"
Tang En laughed out loud. "That's even simpler. We'll just put pressure on Klein and force him to compromise."
Jesolini XXIII continued to ask, "What if he turns hostile and doesn't hesitate to start a war?"
Tang En waved his hand with a murderous look on his face. "Then let him have a taste of the iron fist of justice."
Although Tang En didn't want to conquer the Solant Kingdom through war, in fact, it was the fastest way to solve the problem of Klein.
Moreover, using public opinion to control the moral high ground was to start a war in order to solve the problem of the Chaos religion. He didn't have to worry about the opposition of the people, and might even obtain the title of a wise ruler. There was no harm to Tang En at all — the only downside might be that a large number of casualties would affect his subsequent battles with the Chaos Army.
To Tang En, nothing was more important than the overall situation.
Jesolini XXIII sighed, and said, "I still hope that this matter can be resolved peacefully …"
As the pope of the Radiant Church, Jesolini XXIII couldn't bear to see a bloody war and displaced refugees.
"That's not up to me to decide. You'd better pray that Klein can make the right choice."
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