Putting aside the brief sigh, after two days of searching, Fang Zheng and Shi Dong left together after confirming that there was no problem with the Dark Swamp. Of course, the most important thing was to rely on Nymph's search ability. After all, the black technology produced by the little angel from Synapse was also top-notch in this regard.

Riding on Pegasus, everyone returned to the temple exhausted, but unfortunately, the grand welcome ceremony that Stone had expected did not take place. Only a few priests stationed in the temple came out to greet them. According to them, almost all the people in the temple had gone out to the Order Fortress. Fortunately, due to timely news, the situation in the Order Fortress has stabilized, at least there is no need to worry about being broken in a short time.

"A peaceful life..."

Sitting on the chair and looking at the scenery outside the window, Fang Zheng also let out a long breath. They were currently in the headquarters of the Temple in the Northern Alliance. Unlike the exquisite and beautiful architectural features of Xingyue City, the temple architecture here was also full of the fierceness and wildness of the northern characteristics.

The more Fang Zheng understood the Temple, the more he found that this organization was different from any religion he had in mind. In Fang Zheng's memory, no matter what religion it was, they always wanted to build their churches like they were printed out from the same mold. Not only that, they also wanted their believers to be printed out from the same mold... Well, from this perspective, in Fang Zheng's view, the so-called religions on earth are actually assembly line manufacturing factories, mass-producing puppet believers with the same ideas, mass-producing the same style of churches, mass-producing the same style of uniforms, and mass-producing priests with the same sexual fetishes...

And their doctrines are similar.

However, the temples in this world did not seem to be like this. Their temples were not similar to what Fang Zheng thought. On the contrary, the architecture of the northern temple looked no different from those ordinary northern-style buildings outside, except that it was larger and more eye-catching, and it had a temple logo on it. Judging from the appearance, Fang Zheng could not tell that this building had any blood relationship with the temple in Xingyue City.

I have to say that this temple has done a good job in adapting to local customs.

However, where there are people, there is the world.

Looking at the scenery outside, Fang Zheng couldn't help but narrow his eyes, recalling what Shi Dong had said to him before.

"You should know, kid, that great knights all have their own fiefs. Of course, only the Knight Commander can have a Knight Territory, and we great knights can only get a small town at most. But... in order to 'honor' your heroic sacrifice, the Bishops' Council couldn't be too harsh, so they made Yinhua Town your knight's fief. That place is a major transportation route, convenient and well-developed, and there's a lot of money, right? Originally, according to the records, you had already 'died in battle', and you had no descendants, so it was 'trusted' by the Bishops' Council, but now you're back... hehe, you know what I mean, right?"

Of course I understand.

Fang Zheng was a senior leader in his previous life, so he naturally knew how embarrassing this was. It was like he knew very well that a programmer could not possibly write a game engine that met the requirements, but he still let him do it, and announced publicly that he would be the chairman if he succeeded. As a result, the other party actually succeeded... Damn, did he still have the face to maintain his status as a leader?

But this is the right thing to do. It is normal for there to be power struggles in an organization. If everyone were to treat each other with respect... that would be horrible!

Perhaps for ordinary employees, a company with unity and harmony is the best. But for leaders, it would be too boring if there was no competition among the groups. In fact, Founder had stirred up trouble between the planning group and the human resources group more than once, and sometimes even dragged the programming group into it. Rather than forcing them to work hard, it is better to use this kind of competition to stimulate their sense of confrontation.

After all, if they are forced to work, they will resent the company regardless of the result, but if it is competition, they will only focus on their opponents and goals. And there are rewards and punishments, which is the reasonable allocation of resources.

Although the military power level in this world is much higher than that in Fang Zheng's world, there is actually no difference when it comes to personnel matters. Therefore, Fang Zheng is very aware that his current situation is not good. On the one hand, the bishops gave him a very wealthy town to show their "magnanimity", but everyone knows that he is dead and has no offspring, so for the bishops, this is just "pouring from the left hand to the right hand". On the one hand, he did not suffer any loss, and on the other hand, it showed that the bishops were "clear in rewards and punishments".

Of course, seeing how proud Shi Dong was when he talked about this, Fang Zheng knew that he must have played an ignominious role in it. Although Shi Dong kept complaining to himself, "Those old men don't believe you're still alive," Fang Zheng could probably guess that Shi Dong definitely thought that he could come back, so he deliberately induced such a result. Anyway, as long as he came back, the reward from the Bishops' Council would still be his!

After all, others didn't know his identity, so how could Shi Dong not know? Didn't he already think of himself as that Holy Spirit Knight?

Now……

“What a headache…”

Fang Zheng reached out and pressed his forehead. He was now waiting for the summons from the bishops. Although Shi Dong assured him that there was no problem, Fang Zheng knew that things were not as simple as Shi Dong thought. Humans are animals that seek benefits and avoid harm. Although Archbishop Karl also promised to say a few good words for him, the friendship of others alone was not enough.

More importantly, Fang Zheng himself was also somewhat hesitant about the next path forward.

Because Fang Zheng didn't particularly want to accept this reward.

For Shi Dong, this reward was a good thing, but Fang Zheng thought more deeply. Because if he accepted the reward, it would mean that his relationship with the Temple would be deepened.

Of course, if Fang Zheng wanted to put it bluntly, he was afraid that the Temple would send him to die.

This does not mean that the Temple wants to eliminate dissidents or deliberately send themselves to death. In fact, from the performance of Malte and Stone, Fang Zheng can see that the reason they can reach their current status is not only because of their strong strength, but also because of their awareness.

To put it in a more old-fashioned way, it means being willing to sacrifice one's life for a better life for the people and to preserve order!

In fact, this is also natural. If you want to join an organization and become a senior executive, you must obey the organization's leadership, uphold the organization's charter, and contribute your strength to the organization.

If Fang Zheng had grown up in this world and received the humanities education here, then perhaps he would have really had ideas in this regard.

But unfortunately... Fang Zheng is an outsider! He doesn't have the thought of dying for this world. Maybe as time goes by, he will gradually change his mind. But that is definitely not now!

Besides, most people in this world have blond hair and blue eyes, and they don’t seem to have any nostalgia for each other when meeting fellow countrymen.

So compared to Shi Dong, Fang Zheng actually didn't particularly want to accept the position and identity of the Great Knight - he really had no interest in sacrificing his life to save order.

But if he refused, it would definitely leave a bad impression on Stone and Malte. After all, they have different values ​​and live in different worlds. Of course, this is also Fang Zheng's own fault. If he had not joined the Temple to hide his identity, it would be fine. Now it has become like this... Who can he blame?

It must be Tokiomi's fault!

Fang Zheng silently cursed the guy who was nowhere to be found, and then he regained his thoughts. Of course, there was a way. If everything went well, he could achieve his goal. Now he just didn't know what the situation was inside the Bishops' Council. According to his own experience, well...

“Knock, knock.”

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, interrupting Fang Zheng's thoughts. He raised his head and glanced at the door.

"Come in."

“Crack.”

The door opened, and a nun walked in. She bowed respectfully to Fang Zheng and then spoke.

"Mr. Fang Zheng, the bishops are waiting for you."

"Okay, I got it, thank you."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng stood up and nodded to the nun with a smile. Then, he looked out the window - in the courtyard, Nymph was leaning against an evergreen tree, playing with a squirrel in her hands with a happy smile.

This is the expression a kid of this age should have.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng retracted his gaze and looked at the nun in front of him again.

"Please lead the way."

Perhaps because of the tense war situation on the front line, there were only three members of the Bishops who appeared in front of Fang Zheng this time. One of them was the vampire Bishop Carl, whom Fang Zheng had met before, and the other two were a fat round-faced man and a skinny bamboo pole. Since they had no intention of introducing themselves, don't blame Fang Zheng for giving them code names.

Fang Zheng walked into the hall, came in front of the three people, bowed to them, and the three people nodded. Then Skinny Bamboo Pole picked up a document in front of him, glanced at it, and then asked.

"You are the apprentice guardian knight of Xingyue City, Fang Zheng?"

"Yes."

Fang Zheng raised his head and answered while looking at the three people. Bishop Karl was very calm, and his skinny face looked serious. Only the fat round-faced man smiled and seemed very friendly, but Fang Zheng could keenly sense what was hidden under the other's smile.

In Fang Zheng's experience, when someone smiles at you for no reason, he or she either wants something from you or is hiding his or her true feelings.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng smiled slightly inwardly.

He already has an idea.