Working Prophet.

Chapter 246 The Anxious Silvermoon Church

Winter in the West is colder than ever this year.

The branches of many trees in the forest were crushed by the snow, fell to the ground, and occasionally hit the carriage passing below, but most of the time, there were no pedestrians on the road.

Even the most spacious and busiest Triumph Avenue outside Yanxue City has become deserted now, with only a team of cursing mercenaries passing by, and three or two taciturn travelers passing by.

Without exception, they all wrapped their bodies tightly with thick cloaks, but even so, the deadly cold wind would still get into their cuffs, necklines and trouser legs, making them shiver with cold.

And those who stayed in the house honestly were also tortured by this ghostly weather.

The nobles are better off, although their stone fortresses are surprisingly cold in winter, but at least there are warm fireplaces for warmth.

But for those farmers and small artisans, the situation is much more severe.

The longhouse they lived in was drafty, and many of them could not afford firewood to keep warm, so they could only wear as thick as possible, and the family and livestock snuggled together.

Because of this period of time, Greenfield has welcomed many new residents, and it has also brought great challenges to the resettlement work.

Fortunately, the female lord now has enough money to recruit a group of craftsmen from Black Rock City to help the newcomers build their residences.

As for those who were too late to build a house, the girl allowed them to spend the night in her castle this winter despite Alfred's objection.

Ilea even listened to Li Yu's preaching with these people.

After returning from Rock Snow City, the new head of the Arias family kept his promise, and not long after, he announced to the outside world that he had given up the family's centuries-old belief in Pithia and converted to Saturday.

As soon as the news came out, it was no surprise that it was opposed by the Silver Moon Church. In addition, many nobles and even the girl's own subordinates advised her to think twice.

The common language teacher, Anton, even blocked the door of the girl's room where the government affairs were handled, tearfully persuading the female lord not to be bewitched by the alien gods, and to return to the embrace of the goddess. Seeing how he looked at that time, he was inferior to Miss Rabbit. Knelt down on the spot.

But this time Ilea's attitude was extremely firm, and she never compromised or made concessions.

And decided to hold the initiation ceremony half a month later.

If she is really allowed to successfully join the Shuangxiu Church, it will undoubtedly be another very serious blow to the reputation of the Silver Moon Church.

This is the first time in the thousands of years in the Western Territory that a lord has abandoned Pithea and switched to the arms of other gods, not to mention that the Arias family is still in the limelight and is no longer the small role it used to be.

Silvermoon Church obviously does not want to see such a scene happen.

In the past, when encountering such a situation, they would first send priests to contact the target lord and try to persuade the other party.

However, the Silvermoon Church has sent Ilea's friends and her teacher who taught her when she was studying in the temple to persuade her.

As a result, the former ended up ruined and ruined, while the latter tried hard and made a lot of promises, but still couldn't make the female lord change her mind.

Since the soft is not enough, it can only be hard.

Although the Silver Moon Church itself has no armed forces, they have many political allies. After thousands of years of operation, they have long been inextricably linked with the major families in the western region.

It is easy to put pressure on the Arias family through other nobles, but this time the situation is a little different.

There are quite a few people who are willing to spread the word for the Silver Moon Church, and most of the lords have expressed varying degrees of support for this matter, and some people have personally visited Ilea, hoping that the latter will change their minds, but their attitudes are very tactful .

There was no threat as the Silver Moon Church had hoped, even if it was just a hint.

Of course, the church also understands why. The female lord is now relying on the power of slaying the dragon, and not long ago she was fighting against the heir of the Figuerola family in Yanxue City, and sent the latter to the prison as she wished.

Naturally, the nobles in the western region did not want to offend her at this time.

And if the upper-level route fails, the Silver Moon Church will only have the option of mobilizing the lower-level people.

It's just that the last time they did it, it didn't work out very well.

That tragic lesson is still fresh in the memory of many people.

But doing nothing doesn't work either.

The believers of Pithia are still the majority in the green field, but with a series of recent incidents, many people have been shaken just like the female lord.

According to the news received by the Silvermoon Church, as early as when Ilea lifted the ban on the two-day church, the prophet named Merlin sent the first batch of priests called "Hughes" to start in Green The wild area absorbs believers.

Today, the activities of these Hughes are becoming more and more frequent.

And they seem no longer content to spread the faith of Saturday only in the domains of the Arias family, occasionally sneaking onto the domains of nearby lords.

If we don't come up with a countermeasure as soon as possible, the loss of Silver Moon Church's believers will definitely become more and more serious in the long run.

The seven high priests were obviously aware of the seriousness of the problem, so they put down what they were doing and met at Alberto's Great Temple to discuss a solution.

Among them, High Priest Reeves, the second oldest among the seven, was the last to arrive.

However, he did not go to the apse like the other high priests, but just stood in the front hall, staring fixedly at the large lead coffin in front of him. After a while, the high priest seemed to remember something sad and wailed burst into tears.

The other six high priests in the apse couldn't sit still when they heard the crying.

When he got up and walked out, he saw High Priest Reeves throwing himself on the holy coffin with a distraught look.

"High Priest Reeves, you are..." High Priest Hesiod, the most outspoken among the seven, asked.

"Woooooo...we lost the holy coffin of the high priest of Kaokas, let the holy coffin fall into the hands of that hateful foreigner, and let people build this fake holy coffin overnight, which is also true Forget it, we still have no conscience to say that what is false is true, and what is true is false.

"In this way, one day in the future, even if we welcome back the real holy coffin, we won't be able to put it here again. This is disrespectful to the High Priest Chaokas and the goddess."

High Priest Reeves became more and more sad as he spoke. He looked as if he was about to faint. He had to rely on someone to support him so that he could not completely collapse on the ground, but his wrinkled face was already full of The old man burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)