Warlord: King of All Clans

Bishop Antonese, who is said to be over a hundred years old, does not look old. His hair and beard are all black, and he has a youthful and vigorous temperament.

Leo has always been wary of church members. To put it bluntly, he subconsciously treats them as villains.

But the feeling that the Holy Order Priest Anthony gave him was the same as that of the Holy Order Mage. Not only did he not feel a trace of malice, but he felt very friendly instead.

Although he was wearing a luxurious red bishop's robe, standing in front of Leo did not make him feel the slightest sense of inferiority or distance.

Leo is now a mid-level transcendent, his mental power is far stronger than that of ordinary people, and he also has a firm self-will, but he still cannot resist this silent affinity.

Seeing Leo coming in, Antonese smiled gently: "Leo Mundo, I've heard of you."

Leo felt like a little kid who had just met his biological father. He was filled with indescribable admiration and wanted to bow down in worship in the soft holy light.

He had only had this feeling when he met Master Bobak.

Ostara stretched out her hand, pressed it on Leo's shoulder, stared at Anthony and said, "Little old man! You knew I was coming, but you hid at home and didn't go out. Are you looking for a beating?"

After being interrupted by Ostara, Leo suddenly sobered up a little, and immediately realized that something was wrong, and immediately cursed inwardly, "Fuck!"

But he had a smile on his face, "Lord Antonisse, I am just a messenger, mainly to convey the will of the demigod Bobak, inviting you to come out of seclusion."

In the Imperial language, the word "will" is a very high-standard word that can only be used by emperors on earth and gods in heaven. Ordinary saints will not use the word "will" to express it.

Leo used this word just to give his opponent a small advantage.

Someone who is higher than you is telling you to do something.

Archbishop Antonisse smiled slightly, not embarrassed at all, and explained to Ostara first: "Dear Elf Queen, welcome to the human kingdom. Originally, I should have gone to see Her Majesty the Queen, but I have been busy with church affairs recently and cannot spare the time, so I have not been able to go. Please forgive me."

Ostara does not have the social attributes of humans. If she does, she is an elf. So she didn't listen to what he said at all. She just glared at the other person, ready to fight if they had a disagreement.

"I can't forgive you at all. I can't forgive you at all!"

But Ostara had little experience in climbing mountains, and not only did she fail to scare anyone, but she also looked like she was being cute.

It would be much better if it was Freya, because Freya is now a bad elf and can show real anger.

This is the flaw of the elves, they are too kind, have virtue but no authority, and are easily looked down upon by others.

So Ostara took action as soon as a disagreement occurred at the Ancestral God Peak in the North, and it was easy for her to capture able-bodied men. But when she arrived at the human capital, no one paid any attention to her.

The imperial capital is the center of the human race, and is ruled by three great saints, all of whom are powerful warriors with imposing combat capabilities.

Master Bobak did not allow the Elf Queen to use force. On the one hand, he was afraid of hurting innocent people. On the other hand, he was also afraid that the inexperienced Ostara would suffer.

Archbishop Antonisse just smiled and asked the two to sit down, "Please have some tea."

Leo had to step forward, "Lord Antonise, the Queen has been in the imperial capital for almost two months and has not been able to see you. The situation in the north is already very urgent and we urgently need your support."

"Demigod Bobak is guarding the gate of the Scourge, constantly defeating the undead army, but the death energy is still escaping and moving southward, rotting a large number of living corpses in the northern snowfields, and attacking the orcs' defense line."

"If no one helps Demigod Bobak block the source of the undead, more and more undead will move southward, eventually sweeping across the continent, and no one will be spared."

Antonisse remained noncommittal. The Church of Holy Light was not blind. There was also a high-ranking Archbishop of Holy Light in the North.

The Church of Holy Light knows much more about the invasion of the Undead than ordinary people in the South.

Although the undead appeared on the banks of the North Glacier from time to time and fought with the orc army, no undead army had ever broken through the orc territory and appeared before the humans in the north.

Even if he reached the Saint level, he was only a Saint of the human race. The survival of the beastman race had nothing to do with him.

The dead and the living are naturally hostile to each other, and undead creatures infected by the aura of death cannot survive for long in the kingdom of the living.

The premise for them to maintain their entity is that the aura of death permeates the earth, completely corrupting the air and land, turning it into a so-called withered land.

The corpses of living creatures in the withered land will be infected by the death energy and will eventually become the walking dead, also known as the Undead Legion.

But so far, there has been no sign of the Withered Land in the North.

Judging from the threat posed by the undead now, just like the several natural disasters in the thousand-year history of the Orlantis Empire, the upper limit is the northern border.

A thousand years have passed since the founding of the Orlantis Empire, and the people in the southern border have never seen the Undead Scourge. Their impression of them is not even as good as that of the orcs hundreds of years ago.

Seeing that Archbishop Antonese was smiling but saying nothing, Leo could only continue to persuade him, "My Lord Bishop, I know your concerns. The imperial capital is your diocese, and you are needed to take charge and prevent heretics from confusing people."

"But the reason why the Holy Light Church is so powerful is not because of one or two saints, but because of the faith of the masses."

"You are not in the imperial capital, but the Holy Light Church in the imperial capital is still a church."

"But without you at the Gate of Calamity, the influence of the Church of Holy Light will only decline sharply."

Many of his subtexts were left unspoken, but Antonisse understood them immediately.

The Church of Holy Light has a strong cohesive force in the southern border, and the imperial capital is the core area.

In the imperial capital, whether he has the saint rank or not, the Church of Holy Light has unparalleled influence.

But he is unwilling to go north, and public opinion will only grow louder and louder, seriously affecting the image of the Church of Holy Light.

Moreover, the prerequisite for him to go north was that he had to be accompanied by the Holy-level mage Francis.

The power represented by Francis is the emerging bourgeoisie of the empire. They are the group of people who are most concerned about the Holy Light Church, the so-called "heretics".

Even though both saints have left, the power in the imperial capital is still balanced and there will be no changes.

On the contrary, the emerging forces have lost the protection of the Saint Order and are at a greater disadvantage.

Perhaps the royal power will expand, but the royal family represents conservatism and stability and will not suddenly make any unusual moves.

There was no need for Rio to make these considerations, as Antonio himself was well aware of them.

But he had no intention of leaving the imperial capital. After exchanging pleasantries with Leo for a while, he prepared to see him off.

After the guests left, Archbishop Antonese returned to his seat, looked at the newspaper on the table, and suddenly pondered: "Is he the pillar of prosperity or the savior of the end of the world?"

"You are not old, but you are so arrogant."

"But, that's a very good point."

After leaving the Cathedral of Holy Light, Ostara comforted the silent Leo, "Leo, don't worry, he will agree to go north."

Leo was puzzled: "I don't think I persuaded him."

"This Archbishop of Holy Light doesn't seem like a bad guy!"

"Not bad? When we met just now, I almost fell into his trap!"

"Freya fell into your trap as soon as she met you. Are you also a bad person?"

Leo was stunned and couldn't refute for a moment.