Pushing open the thick wooden door of the secret room, the light scent of resting grass came on the face, and Archbishop Mayne liked the candle mixed with herbs and spices, especially in the closed space without windows, the smell of which made him feel calm.

The chamber was small, and could only lay down a round table and four chairs, and the other two archbishops were already sitting in their seats, and the first one, which was opposite the wooden door, was still empty.The Pope’s health deteriorated, and he did not appear in front of the crowd for almost half a year.Only when he encounters difficult problems that are difficult to solve will he go to the Helmes's Privy Council and personally seek answers from the Pope.

"If we're all done, let's start."Mayne put on the bolt and sat between the two of them, "Lord Teflon, how is the order of the kingdom of eternal winter maintained?"

“Other than the nobles of the royal capital, there are few rebels elsewhere, and the common people even welcome us to take over the kingdom.”Tefron touched his beard and said, "Of course, those nobles who hold the glory of the past and are obsessed to the end will be eliminated one by one."

"It is good," said Heather, licking his lips, "if it were left to me for trial, the people would have become more aware of their ugly and filthy side, but I am here with much more to do, and I will not go to the Winter King."

Mayne ignored her words and said to Tefern: "Those who are empty, our people should fill it up as soon as possible."The Church has trained a large number of talents for this purpose, and now is the time to use it.The greater the waves caused by the Church, the more we can fight the wolf-mind and the morninglight.”

“This is natural.”

“The walls of the church—I mean the nobles, what should we do?”Heather asked, “The reason why the church can attract so many good believers is that we don’t ask for blood, but in terms of power.”Accepting the words of those idiots will shake the foundation of the church.My advice is...” She made a gesture of neck.

“Let it go first, wait for the kingdom to stabilize, and then pick it up with them, which will reduce the resistance to change.”In this regard, Mayne specifically asked the Pope, "The Church may provide the same authority as their titles, but may not be inherited to future generations."Don't forget that we are going to destroy the kingship after all, and there is no need to rush for a while, My Lord Heather."

Heather was born poor and suffered from hunger and wandering before being taken in by the church.But with her natural sharpness and superior judgment, she has come step by step to where she is today.Mayne could understand her aversion to the nobility, but at this time it was important to focus on the big picture.

“How’s the situation on the Greys?”He asked.

“Intelligence says that the new king Tifico did not return to the royal capital after suffering defeat, but went directly to the east.”Teferon answered.

"A wise choice," said Heather, "take Prince Fran to challenge the Queen of Bishui, and immediately after his death he goes to the east to divide his territory to stabilize the army, and by the way, to woo the other nobles, and huh... not all the princes are fools."

"In this way, we can save a lot of heart, let the high priest of the castle of the castle to contact him, presumably in this predicament, he will not refuse the church throws out of the bait, the supply of drugs in the port of Bishui is reduced by 30%, balancing the strength between the two."That's up to you, Mr. Tiffall."Mayne arranged that “in just two years, the entire Grey Fort will be without soldiers.”

"Be assured," nodded Tefron, "but... there is something wrong with the long song fortress on the west side of the castle."

“What problem?”

"Four Princes Roland, after defeating the Duke of Lane, returned to the border town.The invitation extended by Taylor himself was not answered, and he really had no intention of vying for the throne.”

“Well... what do you think?”Mayne looked to Heather.

The latter shrugged, “What can you think... what was the rumor about him at first?”Not learning, bad character, incompetence, greed.I don't think anyone like that can take down the long song fortress, right?So the answer is simple, he cheated everyone, whether noble or us."

“You mean...” Mayne frowned.

"Our quarrel has chosen the wrong role, Monseigneur Mayne," she sneered, "he is the one who should stand on the stage, not the three princesses.

“The defeat of a duke does prove that he is capable, but it makes no sense for a man to have no resources, even if he is, if he is, not having enough resources.”Tefron shook his head, “Since he has chosen to return to that remote place, it means abandoning the possibility of meddling in the greysburg situation and, of course, does not pose any threat to our plans.”

“Yes, in theory.But it would be interesting to combine this information," Heather dropped a small note, "my private intelligence."

Mayne spread out the note and quickly swept through the contents, “The Witch?”

“Well, a witch group calling itself a co-operator claimed to have taken a foothold in the border town and called on the other sisters to go.Although they are all wind-catching gossip, should not be put here to talk about, but we all know that the name of the co-op is not fictional, since the trial of the army in the eastern forest, they all the way to the west, and finally disappeared in the long song fortress west.And the border town is just outside the west of the gray castle, at the foot of the mountains.“Two adults, wouldn’t that be a little too coincidental?”

Mayne was still a little impressed with the name, all the way to the trial army to chase intercept, lost a lot of personnel still insist on moving in the direction of the desperate mountains.The tortured witches learn that they seem to be looking for the Holy Mountain in the wild.It was a self-defeating move, so he didn’t put more effort into it.Similar witch organizations are several in the Wolves and Morning Kingdoms, and lurking in the city is far more threatening than rushing to the barbarous lands to die.

"You mean the prince and the witch organization hooked up?"Teflon's face darkened after reading the news.

“Maybe there is, maybe not.”Heather snapped, “I’m just making a simple guess.”What are witches most afraid of?“Hold yourself out.”Obviously, the name of the co-assistance is more likely to attract the attention of the church, but they still use the name in the underground message, why?”

"Because it's a familiar name to us," said Mayne quietly, "and for other witches, it's the same."

“Full of!”Heather patted the palm of his hand twice, "This can effectively reduce the warning of the wild witch, perhaps someone will be attracted by this news, set off to the border town to explore the truth."It is hard to imagine that without the patronage of the Lord, they dare to play with such a hand.We often say that the two harms are inferior.Obviously, the other party already thinks that the consequences of not being able to recruit a witch are more serious than the consequences of being exposed...” When she said, her tone became gloomy.

"It's not a matter of smallness at all," said Teflon, annoyed, "that once a witch has a place to settle down and can exert her powers without concern, it is likely that the so-called demon-eating body can be avoided."That is why we must encircle and exterminate any of the witches who have settled, and this secret can only be maintained if they are forced to hide, flee and flee in exile.”

Mayn knew that the other party was right, the witch himself posed no threat to the church, but as a group, once freed from the identity of being "evil", it would have a great impact on the propaganda of the church and even shake the foundation of the church's rule.

He found himself in a dilemma, encountering this kind of thing should be a large number of trial troops to encircle, but the border town is too far from Helmes, the church army is about to launch an attack on the Woll-heart kingdom, it is difficult to pull out the manpower to destroy this remote town.Coupled with this key node, sending a large number of people and horses into the gray castle is bound to cause the vigilance of the gray castle and other two countries, which may affect the subsequent annexation plan.

After thinking again, he made a decision.

“I will send a group of ten adjudicators and a delegation of priests to the border town to investigate the matter with the assistance of the high priest of Tyro.If the act of the Co-oper had nothing to do with the Lord, the Messenger would have destroyed the witch on its own.”

“What if it’s related?”Heather asked.

The punishment of the army cannot be led by anyone other than himself and a few close relatives, which is the rule set by the Pope himself.At this point, Mayne said word for word: "I will personally lead the punishment army to the holy city."(Unfinished.)