As is well known, the Karencia Empire did not allow any church to exist.

A country where imperial power is supreme will not allow any rebellious forces to grow in the shadows.

This is something that every emperor has done.

However, there are always extremely fanatical sects that, in order to infiltrate the empire's internal control, will use various methods to bewitch and brainwash innocent civilians.

They gather in the streets or in the shadows of the empire, seeking various reasons to recruit the poor or displaced into loyal followers of the sect.

Such transmission caused the church to spread rapidly, like a plague.

It spread rapidly, from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, growing at an alarming pace.

That was right when Aubrey had just ascended the throne.

Various religious sects suddenly rose up and raised their flags on the borders of the empire.

They rallied their followers, took up arms, and chanted slogans to overthrow the empire.

The loudest shouts came from the followers of the goddess of justice.

Because Aubrey had participated in countless battles and killed too many people.

This led the brainwashed followers of the Goddess of Justice to believe that Aubrey was a tyrannical ruler who only knew how to fight and kill.

If he were to become emperor, the entire country would likely be in turmoil.

The world will be in constant war because of him.

Therefore, the voices of the Church of Justice were very loud and their purpose was very clear: to rebel against the newly appointed Aubrey.

Unfortunately, they underestimated Aubrey's abilities.

Whenever an old emperor dies and a new emperor ascends the throne, there is always a period of constant chaos.

The civil and military officials will scrutinize the new emperor, while warlords across the country will continue to stir up trouble.

Unfortunately, the emperor who ascended the throne this time was Aubrey Saul.

At the age of seventeen, he single-handedly slew a dragon, creating an immortal legend for the entire empire.

As the most powerful emperor of the Karencia Empire, he himself was enough to be a legion.

His extraordinary power alone is enough to win the hearts and minds of countless people.

For several years, there was no chaos in various parts of the empire; on the contrary, the empire became even stronger under the extremely powerful military force.

During Aubrey's reign, the Empire never received a single war.

All the nations remained law-abiding, and it seemed that no one wanted to provoke this young lion.

Finally, after Aubrey's position stabilized.

He responded to the previous sectarian group.

Whichever sect shouts the loudest will naturally be the first to be hit on the head.

In just a few months, Aubrey purged all the believers who were spreading the sect within the Empire.

However, despite facing severe blows and even sacrificing their lives, these believers remained steadfast in their convictions and determined to cause trouble for Aubrey.

The church, with its 300,000 followers, was brewing an uprising on the border, which certainly put pressure on Aubrey.

This time, however, it did give Aubrey a real headache.

Because at that time, he was establishing diplomatic relations with other countries.

If you want to leave a good impression on the surrounding countries, then you can't continue to kill people on a large scale.

Because he had just become emperor, he could no longer arbitrarily and on a large scale exterminate believers; otherwise, the corpses would litter the ground, and the impact would be extremely negative.

While he was suffering from a headache, Duke Rivi had already led a legion of mages to the place where the church believers were hiding.

With the appearance of a war spell, the ashes of the believers and the ruins where they stood were completely crushed.

Three hundred thousand believers were all wiped out by Levi alone.

This is why, even now, Reeve and Aubrey remain very close brothers.

Because Revere was willing to sacrifice his own reputation to bring Aubrey extremely stable rule.

After many years, the matter of the Empire's annihilation of the Goddess Church has long been forgotten by the public.

Revi has always maintained a low profile, and this is further compounded by his status as an Imperial Duke.

Despite now having a daughter, he has not suffered any retaliatory punishment throughout this long period of time.

However, the incident still had a profound impact on the Duke of Riviera, so much so that he became more cautious after Erica's birth.

The principle of "if the lips are gone, the teeth will be cold" is something everyone understands.

The empire was never the only place where the Goddess Cult developed.

The Goddess Cult, which claims to have tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of members, is not just a figure of speech.

This also made Aubrey feel somewhat indebted to his brother.

If it weren't for that incident in the past, he could have been much more easygoing and composed in his behavior.

His daughter also did not need to be under his constant protection.

Fortunately, things are now moving in a positive direction.

Upon hearing the two senators speak in this way, a long-forgotten memory suddenly surfaced in Aubrey's mind, and with a sense of nostalgia, he became extremely interested in the matter:

"Do the two councilors mean believers in the Goddess of Justice?"

This drew Aurelion's attention, who was listening nearby.

Her attention was so focused on their discussion that she even forgot to blink, her concentration was astonishing.

Goddess of Justice?

She once stumbled into a room in the council's magical library by accident.

There, she saw the golden scales of the goddess of justice.

At that time, Aurelion felt that there must be some connection between the Mage Council and the Goddess of Justice.

And now, the answer to this mystery is finally about to be revealed.

Heim Horn smiled and looked at Aubrey:

"In reality, they should be the cultists who fanatically follow our goddess's teachings."

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