Count of Wizards

"I am a priest of the Church of the Storm, praise the goddess!" Margaret raised her head slightly, looked at Connor, and whispered:

"Church of the Storm?" Hearing Margaret reveal her identity, Connor was startled, but he said immediately, "Praise the goddess, may the goddess be with me!"

The Church of the Storm and the Church of the Earth God are the two orthodox religions of the Kaman Empire. Apart from these two, any religious organization in Kaman is a cult. In the Kaman Empire, the nobles of the Kaman Empire represented by the royal family, the ruling class of capitalists, and the church are in a state of interdependence and mutual support, in which you have me, and I have you in such a state.

The church needs to abide by the religious laws of the empire and must not interfere in the internal affairs of the empire. At the same time, it is stipulated in the imperial constitution that the church not only enjoys tax exemptions, but also has the privilege of having a separate armed force. At the same time, the power change of the church is completely determined by the church. put one's oar in.

Among the two churches, the Church of the Storm is more powerful in all aspects compared to the Earth God Sect, which has a relatively mild doctrine. And on the west coast of the empire, within the traditional sphere of influence of the Church of the Storms, even the administration of the empire was influenced by them.

Connor remembered that George had told him that just two months ago Guacchettino, a famous textile merchant in Loen City, opened a porno shop of Constantine, the Bishop of the Church of Storms in Loen City, because of him at a certain banquet. Just kidding, hundreds of workers in his three factories were called by the Church of Storms to go on strike! At first, Guachettino, a textile businessman, was also a tough guy, and he kept standing upright without wanting to bow his head. However, the strike lasted for a full week, causing Guachettino's textile factory to lose a full 10,000 gold pounds.

Guachettino couldn't hold on anymore, and wanted to ask someone to talk to Constantine, but Constantine didn't like Guachettino at all, so Guachettino had no choice but to take off his clothes Clothes were in front of the church door of the Loen Storm Church. After kneeling all night, he managed to meet Constantine. As for the final result, Guachettino kissed Constantine in front of all his workers. Boots, and publicly donated 10,000 gold pounds to the Church of the Storm, the strike in his factory was quelled.

Although this incident ended with the church winning a big victory and severely slapping the capitalists in the face, it seriously intensified the conflict between the ruling class represented by the local capitalists and nobles in Ruen and the church. George quietly told Kang Na, the House of Commons of Loen City is secretly co-signing a letter to the headquarters of the Church of Storms located in the capital of the empire, the Bernabéu, requesting to replace Constantine as bishop and to replace the Church of Storms in Loen with a new bishop!

"Mr. Connor, are you also a believer of the goddess?" Connor just said it casually for the occasion, but Margaret seemed to be a little serious, and looked at Connor in surprise.

"I..." Just when Connor was hesitating, trying to organize his words and explain everything, the dance music played by the band in the banquet hall slowly fell, a handsome young man, He jumped to Connor's side, looked at Connor, looked at Margaret and said with a smile: "Connor, so you know Miss Margaret?"

"Master George, Mr. Connor and I just met!" Margaret smiled and explained to George, and then immediately said to Connor: "It's a pleasure to dance with a gentleman like Mr. Connor! After finishing speaking, Margaret took a deep look at Connor, and then drifted away.

"Connor, do you know? You are awesome! I wanted to introduce Margaret to you as a surprise, but I didn't expect you to give me a surprise!" Sitting in the dimly lit corner of the banquet hall On the sofa in the house, George hammered Connor's shoulder, winked and said:

Facing George's ridicule, Connor didn't care about it at all, he forced a happy smile on his face, thought for a while, picked up an orange from the table in front of him, and pretended to be careless while peeling the orange. He asked, "George, since this Margaret appeared at your father's birthday party, you should know where she came from, right?"

Hearing Connor ask this question, George stretched out his finger and pointed at Connor, with a meaningful smile on his face, "I knew Connor that you were the most philandering, and your darling Rebecca just disappeared. You just want to empathize with each other?"

Connor's action of peeling the orange froze for a moment, and he immediately became dumbfounded. George's brain circuit can always think of men and women, but it's good to think of George thinking so, so as to save himself from making up stories Going to deceive him, Connor didn't explain much, and stuffed the whole peeled orange into his mouth, Connor muttered, "Tell me, what is the origin of that angel..."

George carefully scanned the surroundings, and found that no one was paying attention to him and Connor, and immediately lowered his voice and whispered: "Remember what I told you: "Remember what I told you about Guachettino? ? "

Connor nodded, how could he forget such a thing.

"Half a month ago, seventeen nobles headed by the Marquess of Harry in the House of Lords and nineteen members of the House of Commons headed by the rich businessman Mr. Del, a total of thirty-six people, secretly jointly initiated a proposal to the Church of the Storms headquarters, suggesting that the Church of the Storms Dismiss Constantine. If the Church of Storms accepts their proposal, they will donate 100,000 pounds to the Church of Storms in the name of the two chambers of Ruen City. If the Church of Storms’ answer is no, then thirty-six All the properties under the councilor will stop donations to the Church of Storms indefinitely!" George tried his best to keep his voice calm, but Connor could still feel the excitement in his voice.

In the current era, the most important reason why the church can compete with the ruling class of the empire is that the majority of the lower classes trust them. Compared with the king who ruled them, the people are more willing to believe in the gods they believe in . But it is a pity that more than 90% of the sacred incarnations in the hearts of the people, the clergy who walk in the world following the will of the Storm Goddess, are thieves and prostitutes on the surface.

The donations from the nobles and capitalists to the Church of Storms are actually a protection fee to protect their factories, and the manor will not go on strike! And as the life of the clergy has become more and more extravagant in these years, they ask for more "donations" from capitalists and nobles every time, and every time they are more frequent!