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Chapter 788: Only Strangers Will Be Happy
The Pope has become the boss, and the only people who will be happy about it are foreigners.

The actual power of the Holy Cross Empire is basically in the hands of the cardinals and families that have accumulated huge wealth. The Pope is just a symbol.

But the Pope symbolizes the faith of the Holy Cross itself.

He has no power, but he can lead the masses with just one word.

With such appeal, it doesn't matter whether you have actual power or not. Without the support of the people, even the king is just a nominal position.

If the Pope really becomes the BOSS, there will generally be only two situations.

The people successfully broke free from their deep-rooted trust in the Pope and saw through the Pope's true face. Then the wealthy families lurking in the Holy Cross Kingdom took advantage of the situation to rise up, declared themselves kings, and began a period of chaos and hegemony, in which the people suffered.

This is a good situation.

The terrible ending refers to what the devil Paine did to the Holy Cross Kingdom. The entire huge, ancient Holy Cross Kingdom was turned into a terrible cult nest occupying one-third of the continent.

No matter which situation it is, the problem cannot be solved by simply rushing in and killing the Pope.

"The current Pope is 105 years old. In the Holy Cross Church where the average age is 65, he is a real ancestor." Hebi spread his hands, his tone full of helplessness.

"He became the Pope when he was 60 years old. Now the backbone of the Holy Cross Church can be said to have grown up under the glory of the Pope."

"Even Anderson and Ryan, two extremely talented characters, chose to abandon their faith only after being greatly stimulated. Normal believers of the Holy Cross would usually collapse and give up thinking."

"Is it so exaggerated?" For Blaze, a native of the Giant Kingdom, he did not understand the value of faith.

"Do you know why the Holy Cross tolerates the existence of wealthy families who only pay lip service to the faith but actually have no faith at all, and even use it to exploit believers?"

"..." Blaze was silent for a while and placed his hand on the luminous magic tool. His hand cast a huge shadow in the room, and only where Herby was there was still a little light.

He is not that silly boy anymore, so he knows why.

Those wealthy families took advantage of people's faith and took away their wealth like harvesting the wool of sheep, but without harming their lives.

The poor life just now forced people to pursue the illusory candlelight and spiritual wealth, and gradually they got used to it.

The wealthy families and the Holy Cross Church demand wealth and status on one hand and the firm faith of the believers on the other.

At first glance, the Holy Cross Theocracy seems to be at a complete disadvantage, but considering Theresa, a remnant of the Age of Gods behind it, it is different. They maintain a mutually beneficial and win-win relationship.

Are the people caught in between the two victims? Not really, they were born and raised in such a living environment.

In the eyes of people from other regions, the custom of the Gaians being with their childhood sweethearts is also a bad habit and not free at all.

"This matter...cannot be solved by assassinating the Pope." "The Pope's appeal is enough to make believers continue to follow the Pope's words and deeds after his death."

"Then we can't tell strangers, at least not before we know the Pope's true identity."

The strangers were not very patient, so it would be fine to let them find the final boss step by step. But if they were told directly where the final boss was, the only thing they would think about was rushing over and killing the final boss.

If foreigners knew that the final boss was the much-anticipated Pope, a large number of foreigners would openly launch assassinations against the Holy City.

Fortunately, strangers are sometimes very slow-witted, not sensitive to some unusual events, and are easily diverted.

"Actually, I just happened to want to discuss something with you. Hermes's Traveling Hat is short of money."

[Hermes' Travel Cap] is following a straight line that will rise up the world's light wall, buying up towns, villages, and even castles along the way.

The amount of money required to do this is probably several times more than the mountains of gold and silver that Blazer dreamed of when he fell asleep. And this is actually a loss-making business. It is likely that [Hermes's Traveling Hat] will not be able to receive a direct return for decades.

"Then do you want me to take on some monster-killing commissions?" Blaze replied. The only way he could help was to kill the legendary monsters that were on the bounty list.

"Stupid! The bounty you got for defeating those monsters was paid by our guild. Even if you sold those materials, our guild would still be the one capable of purchasing them." Herbie sighed helplessly. The predicament encountered by [Hermes' Traveling Cap] was quite speechless.

As the largest chamber of commerce in the world, it controls the flow of almost every gold coin. Even the three major kingdoms are not richer than [Hermes's Traveling Hat].

But becoming the world's richest man also means maintaining the world's economic system. The seemingly astonishing wealth is mostly real estate that cannot be easily used.

Although the liquidity that can be deployed at will is still huge, it cannot withstand the current extravagant behavior.

"So... cough cough cough, we are in urgent need of some kind-hearted people, cough cough, those who are willing to work for free cough cough, or even for money... Oh, where can we find those great heroes... I'm so distressed, such good people can only come from another world..."

Herbie's big eyes moved quickly, and the smile on his face was a bright hint.

[Hermes's Traveling Hat] can withstand the burden of buying a city, but buying a city alone is not enough.

After the upheaval, on the one hand, the terrible environment brought monsters to invade the top world, and on the other hand, part of the top world entered the terrible environment and had to face attacks from monsters in an area twice its own size.

Therefore, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] not only bought the land, but also tried to build a defense project, which would cost dozens of times more than buying the land, and was almost impossible to complete.

It took several years for the Giant Kingdom to build the wall surrounding the Nemean Forest. Now, [Hermes's Traveling Hat] plans to directly build two walls across the world, and more walls will be built in the future in the face of large-scale monster invasions.

This horrifying project, which cannot even be described in the Arabian Nights or the dreams of fools, can be said to be left to future generations hundreds of years later, because it cannot be completed in hundreds of years.

Even the [Hermes' Traveling Hat] does not have such manpower and resources, unless the people doing these are strangers.

(End of this chapter)