Werewolf wizard

Chapter 148: The Combination of Religion and Secular Power, and Setting Off for the Gathering of the Petrified Witches

Due to the ongoing political turmoil, the Storm Church in the Achaia Diocese used a temporary bishop election system, spending two weeks on discussion and selection, ultimately confirming Borgia Friedrich as the local bishop.

On the same day, Borgia Friedrich, particularly grateful for Sunan Peter's help, immediately wrote a letter to Archbishop Mosilini in Storm Fortress, the capital city to the northeast, who was also the current Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, recommending that he elevate the Peter Baron family to an Earldom, and promote Maple Leaf Town into a central commercial city of the Storm Kingdom.

In this way, Borgia Friedrich was no longer the same as before, and even the Archbishop had to give him some consideration.

Generally speaking, as long as the bishop nominates a secular noble for elevation, it can basically be successfully elevated.

After all, the Storm Kingdom currently has 21 military districts, but only 7 dioceses.

Borgia is the bishop of one of the seven dioceses, and is an absolute high-ranking member of the Storm Church.

The military districts are the feudal system part, while the dioceses are the church system.

In this era, where the church and nobles hold power at the same time, there have always been two sets of systems for regional division.

One set is the territory of the feudal lord, and the other is the territory of the church.

The Storm Church is also a member of the Great Order Church.

The Eastern Orthodox Church originally believed that it was the orthodox church of the East, and was equal to the Great Order Church led by the Papal States.

It even believed that only the Eastern Orthodox Church could represent the Heavenly Order Gods in commanding all the churches of the Order Gods.

However, as the Eastern Human Empire was usurped and replaced by the Storm Kingdom, the Archbishop of the Storm Church also took over as the Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and on behalf of the Eastern Orthodox Church, formally submitted to the Papal States.

The Archbishop of the Storm Church and the Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church both submitted to the Pope of the Papal States.

The current Pope Innocent III also wants to use this method to make up for the great division of the Order God system churches caused by historical reasons, and to make the Great Order God system Church unified again.

In order to enhance his papal authority as Pope and suppress the kings and emperors of various countries.

Soon, the letter approved by the Archbishop was simultaneously delivered to Borgia and Peter's territories. Similarly, the Archbishop and the Storm Kingdom also approved the increase in the positioning of Maple Leaf Town.

Of course, this decision will definitely harm the interests of some people.

For example, harming the interests of the Samori family, the only Storm Earl in the Southern Ceres Military District.

But Borgia didn't care, because he knew that Sunan and the Peter family had extended a helping hand in his most difficult moment.

Borgia also knew that after he became a bishop, he would need the protection of secular allies even more.

He now belatedly realized how deep the hidden waters of Peter's territory were.

How 'lucky' he was to have such a powerful ally take the initiative to find him.

At the Lion Port of the Achaia Peninsula, Borgia led a hundred church soldiers and five knights, boarded a ship of the Achaia Diocese, preparing to go to Peter's territory.

But unlike the first time, when he went to Peter's territory with his father to show off his power.

Borgia went to Peter's territory this time, first, to thank Sunan, and second, to strengthen his relationship with Sunan.

He now realized that the Peter family probably had some unknown secrets, but he didn't care. Now, the most important thing to him was his own position as bishop, and even... a step further.

Therefore, the more powerful his allies were, the more beneficial it would be to him.

On the ship, Borgia chatted and laughed with Bloom, but in fact, he was mainly talking and Bloom was listening.

It wasn't that Bloom didn't want to talk, but as an old soldier, his culture was seriously insufficient. How could he compare eloquence with Borgia, who was cultivated by the Friedrich family and is now a bishop?

At most, he could compete with Borgia in swordsmanship, but it was unknown who could win or lose.

On the deck, Borgia said to Bloom with great interest: "Mr. Bloom, I originally thought you were just a solid and reliable guard, blocking countless assassinations for me along the way."

"But I really didn't expect you to be an orator as well. The last time you defended me in front of Elder Benedict, it was like the speakers in those city-states thousands of years ago in this land."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Bloom."

Bloom opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say, so he could only say, "Oh."

Borgia continued to ramble. "Now that I have become a bishop, I am going to Peter Baron Territory, no... Peter Earl Territory, to add glory to the Peter family."

"I suggested to the Archbishop that he legally make all the baronies near the Peter family loyal to Peter Earl on a legal level."

"Anyway, the Peter family's control over them is already very deep, and I don't think anyone will object."

"As for the obstructive... the Samori Earl family, I don't care about their life or death, let alone the fact that they are now in serious riots and famine."

Borgia now regarded himself as a staunch ally of the Peter family, and also fantasized that he could get the full support of the Peter family.

Therefore, he completely stood at Sunan's point of view and thought, completely ignoring how much damage his somewhat willful behavior would cause to the Samori Earl family.

Borgia was about to continue talking to Bloom when a laborer who was helping the church move goods on the deck of the ship suddenly had a ferocious expression on his face, then took out a dagger from inside his pants, and then stabbed Borgia Friedrich.

The church soldiers and church knights stood in the middle of the deck of the ship, while Borgia and Bloom stood on the deck at the bow of the ship, so the soldiers and knights all changed their expressions for a moment.

"There's an assassin!"

"Bishop, be careful..."

Borgia belatedly turned his head to look at the assassin who was ferociously stabbing towards him, his eyes filled with sinister intent. "I've already become a bishop, and there are still damned fellows who want to kill me, to free up my position for someone else."

"Is it those fools from the Platinum Republic!"

In the next moment, a Highborn Sword blocked Borgia's path, and the dagger of the assassin, disguised as a dockworker, could only strike the back of this famous sword from the Storm Kingdom, unable to penetrate further.

The assassin's pupils suddenly shrank. He was a knight carefully cultivated by the Platinum Republic, an Ocean Knight, and his specialization was assassination, so his sword speed was extremely fast.

He had finally found an opportunity to get close to Borgia, even using the Ocean Prayer: Wave Surge, which increased his burst speed and hand-eye coordination. In this hard-earned opportunity, he launched a sure-kill strike.

But it was blocked by an unremarkable old soldier beside Borgia, whose martial skills didn't seem very high, who was dressed sloppily, and whose expression was always lazy, who had anticipated the position and blocked the attack.

Brom's pupils partially transformed into the golden ringed pupils of a werewolf. He had a dog's tail grass in his mouth. "Oh, oh, you assassin are as patient as a monster. You've been lurking on the ship for three days, and only now do you make your move."

The assassin's pupils dilated. "What?"

So, the person truly responsible for Bishop Borgia's safety is this old soldier from the Peter family who always stays by his side?

This is why Bishop Borgia dares to stray far from the protection of the church's army!

Brom casually swung his sword and chopped off the assassin's head. At the same time, the corner of Brom's eye transformed into the bloodthirsty pupil of a mutated werewolf, but it vanished in a flash.

A werewolf's super hearing can easily hear the opponent's heartbeat and distinguish their identity from it.

Even if a werewolf warrior's hearing isn't as abnormal as a werewolf deacon's, how could this little newly initiated formal Ocean Knight assassin escape the notice of a three-time sublimated mutated werewolf warrior equivalent to a first-class wizard apprentice.

Even without transforming into a werewolf, Brom, in a partially transformed state, could still crush and easily kill this Ocean Knight.

Moreover, according to Souan's orders, Brom deliberately and intentionally probed Borgia's attitude, such as not hiding the fleeting pupils of a mutated werewolf in front of him.

The result was very satisfactory to Souan, who had been observing in the dark. Borgia directly ignored these abnormalities, pretending he hadn't noticed anything at all.

Borgia inspected the body on the ground, and at the same time, he cast a dissatisfied glance at the belated church soldiers and knights, then said to Brom in an admiring tone: "This is actually a formal Ocean Knight."

"Mr. Brom, the Highborn Sword is indeed very suitable for you. You killed an Ocean Knight with a single strike. With you by my side, protecting me, I can truly rest assured."

At this moment, Souan, thousands of miles away, directly controlled Brom's body and said to Borgia with a smile: "Of course."

"Your Excellency only needs to concentrate on doing the work of praying for the Peter family."

"The Peter family will guarantee your safety in military matters."

Borgia, who only wanted to climb to the upper echelons of the church, smiled with satisfaction at this, which was exactly what he wanted.

He had no interest in secular power at all.

He only wanted to become the most distinguished cleric among a group of clerics, to become a spiritual mentor to the world.

… …

At the same time, in Peter Territory, Souan took Wolf One and Wolf Two, and sat in a carriage driven by Vasilian, with two white-foreheaded horses pulling the carriage, heading towards the Savori Earl Territory.

The werewolves, converted from seventy-two hounds, were left in the territory with Pella and the old butler Warwick, as well as Mario Sacrificial Stone, Gagui Gargoyle, and Alexander Sacrificial Stone, and the Jinx swarm from the underworld.

Even if he wasn't in the territory, even if a group of warlocks dared to attack, they would suffer a great loss.

Similarly, those fools in the underworld seemed to have some big plans, gathering slaves on a large scale in an underground passage.

Souan didn't care much and directly ordered the swarm to attack.

He just wanted to limit the number of swarms to prevent the experiment from getting out of control.

Moreover, only by continuously using war for his scarab swarm experiments could he cultivate more powerful scarab swarms.

This was different from the Scarab Curse Valley group, who only liked to work behind closed doors, using a bunch of magic at home to cultivate scarabs in the direction they wanted.

Souan's idea of cultivating swarms was to use powerful reproduction to constantly produce new swarms, and under the large number of swarms, to find the suitable mutation direction of scarabs through high-intensity warfare.

Souan said to Vasilian, who was driving the carriage: "Vasilian, the speed can be faster. Don't worry about me being uncomfortable."

"I want to get to the petrified witch's witch gathering as soon as possible."

"After all, we don't know their specific attitude. Arriving there early can allow us to prepare more."

Vasilian said: "Yes."

So, the carriage speed increased.

At the same time, in the underground of Peter Territory, on the Drow Warrior Mountain, Shan, along with his lover, the fire dragon lizardman Molly Wood, had led the upper race army and ambushed in another side of the underground passage in advance, and deliberately gathered a large number of dwarves, lizardmen, cavemen and other slaves.

Shan on the Drow Warrior Mountain looked expectantly at the huge sound coming from the other side of the underground. "It doesn't sound like the marching sound of an army, what is it?"

"But finally I can find them."

"Fire Dragon Lizardmen, you are all semi-arcane races that can use dragon fire vomiting, and are one of the upper races in the underground city."

"Now is the moment for the creatures of our underground world to counterattack!"