My incarnation is becoming a global calamity.

Chapter 171 A Critical Moment: Helping the Witch Fight the Church

With the report of the entire meeting and Eve's explanation, the king was able to clearly understand the trap the church had set.

They also understood that Su Tu's agreement to the church's request at the crucial moment was actually to help them get out of this predicament.

If he hadn't attended this meeting, the Empire would now be facing a public relations crisis.

Even the church's covert instigation could amplify this wave of public opinion, until it strips them bare.

Such a loss is absolutely unacceptable to the empire.

If the Church's plan succeeds, it means that the Empire will always be dominated by the Church.

Unless there is a next plan that can cause huge damage to the church, there is probably no hope of turning the tide.

It will only last for a few decades at most, and the empire will no longer be a monarchy, but will be replaced by divine right.

Although by then, he had already turned into a handful of dust.

But if it could be avoided, he would absolutely not allow such a situation to happen.

This is enough to show how important it was for Su Tu to agree to the church's seemingly unreasonable request at this meeting.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he saved the imperial power.

The king pondered what kind of reward he should give him.

But just then, there was a knock on the door, and the voice of the guard standing at the door, responsible for delivering information, slowly drifted in.

"Your Majesty, Princess Eve has sent someone to request an audience, saying she has important matters to report."

Upon hearing this, the king glanced down at the meeting report documents on the table, his brows furrowing slightly.

This document was actually delivered less than an hour ago.

Now Eve has sent someone with important intelligence, but it wasn't sent along with this document.

That means that what Eve is about to report just happened not long ago.

In fact, he had already given Eve the authority to handle things on her own; unless it was something extremely important, it wouldn't usually be sent to him.

It's worth noting that Eve could make the decision directly when discussing cooperation with the church, and then report back to him.

This could be described as a special privilege granted by the emperor, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he acted first and reported later.

But since it's been delivered here, it means this matter is very important.

It was so important that even a princess, who was granted power by the king, could not handle it on her own and could only send it over to the king for review.

The most classic example, of course, is the last time Eve proposed a plan to swindle the church.

Without the king's approval, the plan could not be carried out.

After all, it concerns the church, and a misstep could lead to a complete breakdown in relations, so naturally the king himself needs to make the decision.

There must be someone in charge of matters that could potentially lead to a falling out with the church.

He was the only one in the entire empire who was qualified to take on this position.

"Could this be another scheme to rip off the church?"

The king pondered to himself, but ordered his guards to let the person in so he could see what was going on.

Not long after the order was given, the door was opened, and a guard who had been following Eve walked in.

As before, he performed a deep bow before recounting the matter he wanted to report.

After he finished speaking, he did not linger there. After receiving confirmation from the king, he immediately turned and left.

He knew that the longer he stayed here, the more he might learn, and the more difficult it would be for him to survive in the end.

He had a friend who was in a similar situation; after delivering a message to the king, he mysteriously disappeared.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he vanished into thin air; in any case, I haven't seen him since.

Without a doubt, an "accident" must have happened on his way back after delivering the message, which cost him his life.

Knowing the danger of his job, the guard left early after giving his report, leaving the king alone in the office.

At that moment, his mind was racing, pondering the news his subordinate had just reported.

To be honest, this news was so shocking that it left his head spinning.

Even when the person reporting the news wanted to leave, he subconsciously waved his hand in agreement, without thinking about the aftermath.

But it doesn't matter, someone will naturally take care of the arrangements.

Now, all he needs to do is think carefully about how to deal with this discovered hiding place of the witch.

Judging from the message Eve sent, this matter should be from the witch-hunting agency.

Furthermore, they discovered a person named Rhys who was closely connected to the witch's hiding place.

He naturally knew who Rhys was.

He took the matter of those eight bodies related to the witch very seriously back then.

It was at that time that he handed the matter over to Eve to handle.

Unfortunately, there were no further leads, and the eight corpses were taken away by that guy named Rhys.

To be honest, he was still very angry during that period, and the surrounding high-ranking officials of the empire were also putting pressure on him.

If the Foolish Calamity doesn't occur later, then take the opportunity to establish the Calamity Squad and recruit these dukes' children into the team.

Otherwise, Eve would have been punished long ago instead of still being able to serve as the main person in charge of the reconnaissance team.

Not to mention this trip to the church to discuss cooperation between the two parties.

"However, it seems that Su Tu was involved in all of these things."

The king narrowed his eyes, seemingly feeling that Su Tu was behind many of the recent events.

However, he quickly stopped paying attention to this idea.

Anyway, this guy is the second son of the duke, so he poses no threat to the empire, whether from the perspective of status or bloodline.

The only thing we need to pay close attention to is his calamity status; we just need to prevent him from causing trouble within the empire.

As for the rest, as long as they don't harm the interests of the empire, they don't matter at all.

He didn't want to pay attention to Su Tu's affairs, but he was very concerned about one thing.

That is, the witch-hunting agency requested the Royal Scouts' "help".

Matters concerning witches are a very high priority for him, second only to matters of the church.

If one day, a witch asks him to cooperate in eradicating the church, he will agree without hesitation.

But if the church were to cooperate with him to eradicate all the witches in the world, then he would need to think it over carefully.

There was no other way; the number of powerful individuals in the empire was far fewer than that of the church, so he could only rely on the witch to keep the church occupied.

Once all the witches are eliminated, the Church's next target will be the Empire.

At that point, all pretense of propriety becomes meaningless, and both sides will directly confront each other head-on.

Therefore, the witches must not be completely eliminated before the empire cultivates enough powerful individuals.

Even at crucial moments, he can secretly intervene to help the witch.

He tapped his right index finger lightly on the table, making a thumping sound, while his thoughts raced through his mind.

After a while, the tapping on the table stopped abruptly, and he had already made up his mind.

"That's the only way..."

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