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Chapter 141: Debate in the Storm Church and Obtaining a Bishop

Chapter 141: Debate within the Storm Church and Gaining a Bishop

Inside the Cathedral of Moria, facing the questioning of the top leaders of the Church of the Storm, who were also ascetics within the church, and members of the Benedictine Order, Borgia turned pale and stammered.

This made the high-ranking clergy of the Achaean Pastoral Church of the Storm Church frown in dissatisfaction. They found it hard to believe that this man could kill a wizard who had killed more than a dozen elite knights and hundreds of elite soldiers of the church.

The reason why Borgia was afraid was that the Benedictine Order was the most strict organization in the Storm Church in the Storm Kingdom that observed asceticism. It could be said to be a small group of moral guardians of the Storm Church.

The Benedictines accepted the commission of Pope Innocent III of the Papal States of the God of Order, and were responsible for supervising whether the church precepts of the Church of the Storm were observed, the spread of the Church of the Storm in the Kingdom of Storm, and the task of gradually converting the original God of Law [Orthodox Church] to the God of Storms, or at least recognizing the Papal States as the religious leader of the God of Order.

Borgia, looking at the three Benedictine elders sitting at the top of the church's upper floors, suddenly felt an overwhelming fear in his heart.

He had heard from his bishop father that the Benedictines were a bunch of old foxes with sharp eyes. Could a young man like him really deceive these old foxes?

At the same time, Borgia looked at the five former colleagues of his father, the five archdeacons of the Achaean diocese, who were standing beside the three Benedictine elders.

Now, he didn't know what the attitude of these chief priests, who had mostly taken care of him when his father was alive, was now towards him.

Fortunately, two of the chief priests were his uncles, and one of them was secretly in a relationship with his sister.

Her sister was also an illegitimate daughter of Frederick's family.

However, this trial had an unusual flavor from the very beginning.

Because the people attending the trial included the highly respected Officiant David Davis of the Achaian Diocese, and Father Mark Stewart, who was from the Platinum Republic and had forced his way in by using the power of their money.

Bishops are elected, so even if they do not hold a clerical position now, they can become a pastoral bishop directly through election.

There is no need to climb up step by step to reach the divine level of the Storm Church.

But Priest Davis and Father Stewart are his main competitors.

But Othello's family actually used the influence of money to let their two opponents sit in on Benedict's interrogation of him. It can be seen that from the very beginning, Othello's family wanted to kick him out.

For a long time, people from the Platinum Commercial Republic have been trying hard to interfere with the Storm Church and make the senior clergy of the Storm Church come from the Platinum Commercial Republic.

In this way, it can be effectively guaranteed that the Platinum Commercial Republic's trade privileges in the Storm Kingdom will not be revoked.

At this moment, Borgia was completely confused and could not utter a word, which made the Benedictine elders who were mainly responsible for interrogating him very dissatisfied.

They had already begun to suspect Borgia of being a fraud.

If not, the believers of Achaia had begun to believe that Borgia was a hero of the church. They would have already let the two great knights of the church capture Borgia.

The Benedictine monk, Elder John, questioned him: "Borgia, why don't you answer our questions? If you lied or concealed something, admit your mistake now, and perhaps you will gain mercy from the Storm God."

Borgia was almost forced to blurt out the truth under such tremendous pressure.

But at that time, Blom, who was under Sunan's control and entered the church as Borgia's protector, suddenly stepped forward and said, "Are your questions worth answering? No."

"That's Mr. Borgia, the reason for not answering."

Borgia was immediately frightened and looked at Blom. "Blom... Mr. Blom, these are all big shots..."

The Benedictine elders and five high priests on the podium, as well as the two Borgia bishop rivals, all looked in surprise at Blom who had suddenly spoken.

Elder John never expected that someone would dare to talk back to him in the cathedral. He was so shocked that he didn't say a word for a moment.

But he found that the old soldier who had been silent and lazy before suddenly became very confident, giving people the illusion that he was the master of this place.

Elder John frowned and asked, "Who are you? Don't you know that outsiders cannot interrupt during the Benedictine interrogation?"

Sunan didn't buy his nonsense at all and cited the rules of the Storm Church.

As a wizard with an amazing memory, Sunan was well aware of the rules of the Church of Storms. "According to the spiritual principles of the church, I am the secular protector of Borgia, and I am the one who escorted him all the way back to the Achaean Peninsula."

"So I can certainly answer on his behalf."

"In the Church of the Storm, the secular protectors who are responsible for protecting the priests can accept the interrogation of the Benedictine Order together with the priests if they agree."

Elder John asked Borgia. "Do you accept him as your earthly protector, and share with you the protection of your souls by the Storm God, Mr. Borgia?"

Borgia's brain was completely shut down. "Yes... yes..."

Elder John could only frown and unhappily acknowledged Blom's participation in the internal interrogation process of the church. After all, although this was a bit unconventional, it was indeed one of the complicated rules accumulated by the Storm Church over the years.

As an ascetic of the Church of Storms, he certainly knew this.

Elder John could only ask Blom, "Why do you think the question I asked before is not very meaningful? What do you think?"

Sunan looked up at the cathedral of the Principality of Moria. "Oh, so this is what a cathedral looks like. This is the first time I've seen one. It is indeed more magnificent than Father Louis's cathedral."

The Cathedral is the main church of a parish of the Church of the Storm.

Has special meaning.

The dome of this church is made entirely of stained glass, and on these stained glass domes are paintings of the God of Storms and his angels.

On the dome, there are tokens of the God of Storms hanging with golden chains, as if hanging down from the Storm God's kingdom of heaven.

Believers who enter this church for the first time will probably be fooled by this magnificent religious building and feel fear towards the Church of Storms.

Sunan controlled Blom, pointed at the corpse of the grass elf on the ground, and said, "You should have seen it. This corpse has no disguise. A wizard can only look like this. This is the best evidence that Mr. Borgia killed the wizard."

“So I said the question you asked is boring.”

"The details you mentioned are not important. It is very common to remember things incorrectly in a hurried battle. As for what you said, you want Mr. Borgia to fight with a formal Knight of the Storm to prove that he has the fighting power to kill wizards and defeat formal knights."

Sunan suddenly lowered his voice and raised the corners of his mouth. "Elder John, you have blasphemed the God of Storms. Do you know your sin?"

"You still don't know your guilt?"

Because Sunan's voice was too certain, Elder John himself doubted himself for a moment. After all, he was a devout ascetic of the Benedictine Order, and repeatedly reflecting on himself was his daily life.

Moreover, the five officiants, as well as other Benedictine elders and monks, were all misled for a moment by Sunan's extremely affirmative voice, and began to doubt and reflect on themselves.

Elder John said somewhat puzzled and aggrievedly: "How did I blaspheme... blaspheme?"

Sunan pointed at Borgia, who was looking at him in shock, and said, "Who said that defeating a strong enemy depends on force?"

"Who said that defeating the enemy depends on personal strength?" "The third verse on page 112 of the Storm Church Scripture says this: 'God of Storms, only you can help the weak better than the strong, and only you can help the poor better than the rich.'"

"In the first verse of the next page, it says again - 'The powerful, the talented, the proud, the rich, the gifted, the better than others, will all become weak and powerless before the Storm God.'"

Sunan concluded: "The teachings of the God of Storms say that in front of God, the strong will become weak, and God will help the weak defeat the strong. Mr. Borgia was able to kill the wizard not because of his superficial personal strength, but because of his devout belief in the God of Storms and his will to fight until the last moment."

"He proved the evidence of the Storm God's will - the wizard's body is right in front of you, and the people of Achaia outside all think he is a hero of the church. But you ignored the Storm God's will and used the so-called strength of force to judge whether Mr. Borgia could kill a wizard."

"Isn't this a blasphemy against the God of Storms?"

"I tell you, Mr. Borgia's reliance on killing the wizard was not his strength, because he was just a knight's squire, but he killed the wizard with his piety!"

The best way to deal with a crazy person is to be more crazy than him.

Fight the devil with the devil!
Since Sunan quoted from scriptures, even if the monks wanted to refute him subconsciously, they did not dare to question him immediately because Sunan was quoting church scriptures. They even did not dare to argue with Sunan because this would easily turn the interrogation into a theological discussion.

That would be a long discussion.

It is also easy to say the wrong thing, which may affect your reputation.

Blom is a warrior, so it doesn't matter if he has some deviations in his understanding of the classics, but they are high-ranking clergymen, and if they lose the debate, they will be in trouble.

Therefore, we cannot engage in detailed debates on the classics with ordinary people.

Moreover, Sunan’s quotation was very good, and the monks present also felt that what Sunan said... was actually in line with their cognition.

As long as we believe in the God of Storms, anything can happen, right?

What is there to doubt?

And the corpse that Mr. Borgia brought back did look like a wizard.

It’s just that the people of the Platinum Republic want to use some means to make the Benedictine elders confirm this matter again.

Originally, Borgia's inability to answer various details had caused everyone to become suspicious. Now, after hearing what Sunan said, these monks began to doubt whether they were really overthinking.

After all, it is very possible that a large number of church knights consumed a wave of wizards, and then Borgia took advantage of the situation.

Elder John blushed, sighed, then stood up on his own initiative and began to worship and confess.

Su Nan never thought that his use of church scriptures to challenge him would actually break down the old monk's defense.

Elder John sighed and said, "Over the years, I have indeed become more worldly. This is my fault. Indeed, it is never our own military strength that defeats the enemy, but our devout belief in the Lord of Storms."

"May I ask where you are from, Protector?"

Sunan said without any hesitation: "I am from Peter Territory. After our baron witnessed Mr. Borgia's heroic battle, he wanted to become his secular protector."

"Mr. Borgia has earned the respect of our Baron because of his bravery and piety."

On the high platform, the senior monks immediately began to discuss.

"I remember now. It's the Peter family. Old Baron Peter was very famous. I heard that the Peter family is different now. It has become stronger and can even control the surrounding baronies."

"Perhaps this is true. Why would Mr. Borgia need to deceive us? He even has the approval of the local baron."

At this time, Borgia's uncles, seeing that the situation had improved, immediately began to lobby everyone, having pretended to be dead.

"Borgia has just lost his family. He has no need to lie. His courage and piety do have the full support of the secular ruling family."

"What an outstanding personality. He also has the blood of the nobles of the God of Law. If he were the bishop, then the rebellion of the followers of the God of Law that is bothering us now might not exist."

"Now that you mention it, it is true. It is rare for Borgia to get the full support of the Peter family. Now he is still regarded as a hero of the church by the common people outside... His reputation is enough, and his bloodline and family background are also enough..."

Borgia's two competitors wanted to interrupt and say something at this time, but because they were just listeners and had no right to speak, they could only shut up helplessly.

The three elders of the Benedictine Order began an internal discussion.

Ten minutes later, Elder John announced the outcome of their discussion. "Borgia Frederick, we acknowledge that you are now in a state of mental confusion due to the fierce battles and the deaths of your comrades. Please accept my condolences, they have simply gone to the Heavenly Kingdom of the Lord of Storms."

"Now, after the interrogation, we have also recognized your achievement in killing the wizard, although you may have only completed the final work. But your piety and the fighting spirit that you can still maintain in desperate situations make you worthy of this honor."

"I declare the interrogation over."

After making his announcement, Elder John even nodded to Blom and walked over to whisper, "It can be seen that you are not only an excellent warrior, but also a scholar who is proficient in scriptures. Thank you for reminding me. Over the years, I have been influenced too much by my secular work and have become so mercenary."

"I actually believe that I must be more powerful than others in order to defeat them."

Su Nan was somewhat speechless due to his logic.

The problem is that in most cases in this world, you really can only defeat others if you are stronger than them in terms of force.

Su Nan had no choice but to nod slightly as a perfunctory response.

Sunan pulled Borgia out of the cathedral. "Let's go, my future bishop. After today's incident, the bishop's electoral college has also made a decision."

"You will be a bishop soon."

"Don't forget the agreement you made with the Peter family, my friend."

Borgia realized it later and said in a daze: "Did I win? It's that simple?"

Su Nan looked at him deeply. In fact, with the momentum he had built up for him, plus his family's original influence in this pastoral area, as long as he could handle it normally, victory would be that easy.

The priests who came from the Platinum Republic were originally suspected by everyone, while the highly respected Archbishop David Davis in the Achaian Diocese had the people's support as his greatest weapon. Unfortunately, after he helped Borgia and publicized his deeds of killing the wizard in Achaia, Archbishop Davis's greatest advantage was gone.

So, Borgia's position is now secure.

His father originally wanted to help him gain some merits, and now Sunan has helped his father do it.

When Borgia walked out of the church, he shuddered at the sight of the sunlight, and blurted out to Blom, whispering: "On the first day I became bishop, I asked the archbishop to help Peter's family upgrade the feudal level of titles and territories!"

"Moreover, I will also request the Archbishop of the Storm Church to upgrade the Maple Leaf Town of the Peter family to the special status of the most important trading city in the central part of the Storm Kingdom!"

(End of this chapter)

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