Chapter 259: The Crimson King's Decision and the White King's Plan to Go South

The atmosphere in the meeting room was solemn.

Everyone present has a dark history.

Especially the dark history of Elsa and Karin, which formed a conjugate constraint.

It's just that they couldn't say it directly on the spot.

In the end, Karin's political skills were superior.

Although Karin's political experience during her rule of the Torch Church was a complete failure, she is much more experienced than Elsa.

Karin stared at the people in the room, her palms pressed on the wooden table in the conference room: "Indeed, the Torch Church is no longer what it used to be. My title of Saint is just in name only."

"No!" Bishop Kahn refuted Karin's statement.

As a remnant of the old era, Bishop Kahn had fought head-on with the Nurturing Blood for a long time. In fact, Bishop Kahn missed the glory of the Torch Church more than Karin.

But he also knew that the Torch Church had become like this because of internal alienation and external changes, and that Karin's administrative methods were indeed problematic.

But Bishop Kahn sees nothing wrong in practicing the ideals of the Torch Church.

If Karin chose to compromise, to be tolerant, and to go with the flow, she would not have become the Crimson King in Bishop Kahn's mind.

When Karin was young, Bishop Kahn taught her for a period of time.

At least until now, Bishop Kahn doesn't think Karin has done anything wrong.

If the flames of the Torch Goddess are not used to cleanse evil, then what is it used for? To roast meat for those fat nobles?

Although Bishop Kahn actually has no objection to using the flames of the Torch Church to cook.

"I don't agree." Bishop Kahn said firmly in his old but powerful voice.

Karin's momentum weakened a little at this time.

After a pause, he said, "At least the Torch Church has split. In your situation, it's not my turn to come and clean it up."

"So why are you here?" Ellie asked as the administrator of the hideout. Ellie was a little nervous, which was unusual for her.

If it was a powerful top-level professional, Ellie could deal with it easily.

But a king coming here must be cautious.

Especially when Rand is indeed the leader of a cult, and this person is indeed a saint.

"This involves the follow-up plan of the Torch Church." Karin explained with a guilty conscience, "Anyway, I will stay here for a while."

Bishop Kahn almost guessed what Karin meant.

Karin had previously arranged for him to come here to study the principles of economic development, and now he probably plans to come here in person to learn more about it.

Now the Novices of the Torch Church are at least willing to support Karin if Karin is willing to reunite the Novices and rebuild the Holy City.

Without those greedy or indecisive insects, the Torch Church may not be able to return to its former glory, but it can still gain a foothold in this world.

"Given the current situation of the Torch Church, as long as you don't go too far, I can pretend not to see your evil." Karin finally got to the point.

"Then..." Ellie also stood up and stopped sitting in the chair in the conference room. "Let's just pretend that this meeting never happened? We won't interfere with your actions in the resort, but please don't hurt the ordinary people here. They are all innocent."

"Okay." Karin said expressionlessly, intending to approve Ellie's proposal.

Pretending nothing happened was quite beneficial to her.

She had no intention of hurting anyone here, and this way she could stay here for a while.

The only bad thing is that she can no longer escape.

Although I have not yet recovered my vision, I can now completely identify the time and place I am in.

Likewise, the long-abandoned responsibility of the Holy Maiden of the Torch Church also returned to her.

Although she had no idea what to do.

Now she has lost most of her power as the Crimson King and her vision. At the very least, she is certainly unable to destroy the utilitarian paladins who are going to build the new holy city.

She felt her strength was gradually recovering, but the progress was too slow, and the loss of her vision had also significantly weakened her combat capability.

After discussing some minor details, Karin walked to the door and said, "Then let's say goodbye."

Just when everyone felt relaxed, Karin said again: "Bishop Kahn, talk to me."

Bishop Kahn was helpless, he knew he could not escape.

Walking back onto the path to the hideout, the two walked down the stairs together.

This time, Karin didn't have to hide.

After walking for a while, Karin's expected questioning did not come.

Bishop Kahn twirled his gray and white beard, not understanding what Karin was thinking.

"Bishop Kahn." Karin spoke again, "Do you think we can replicate the economic model here?"

Karin did not question Bishop Kahn's position, but directly asked about the previous arrangements.

"There are many things we can learn from." Although Bishop Kahn had been dealing with the undead during this period, he did not neglect the task that Karin had given him at the beginning. "If we start all over again, the new Torch Church will definitely be better."

"Is it necessary?" Karin's voice was flat.

"Everything depends on you, Saint." Bishop Kahn replied without any hesitation.

There was another silence.

Karin stopped.

Then Bishop Kahn also stopped.

Karin and Bishop Kahn stopped at the stairs leading from the hideout to the resort.

Although Karin has lost her sight and her strength has been severely damaged, she is still in her prime at this age.

Although Kahn's hair and beard are not completely white, his originally jet-black hair and beard are now mostly white. In the past, this bishop contributed a lot to the Torch Church, and now, he is still - sophisticated.

Bishop Kahn is confident that he can rebuild the ruined Torch Church in the rest of his life. He believes that there are still enough Torch Church members who maintain their original aspirations and are willing to gather under the leadership of the Saint.

The flame of the Torch Goddess may be rekindled.

The sky gradually darkened, not because it was approaching dusk, but because dark clouds in the distance were gradually pushing towards us.

The sunny day turned into cloudy.

But Karin's brilliant blonde hair still shone beneath the dark clouds, like golden sunshine.

Karin could sense that Bishop Kahn's steps were a little unsteady.

Based on her understanding of Bishop Kahn, she naturally knew what Bishop Kahn was going to do.

Karin couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She was indeed brooding over her failure, and she was also somewhat obsessed with rebuilding the Torch Church.

But she wasn't going to do that.

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Let this old bishop, who is now old enough to retire, get back to work, and let the believers of the Torch Church who are scattered all over the world and who must have their own lives and stick to their original ideals gather again.

Making them bleed, toil, and pay a price that should not be paid by them.

If she was really sure and rebuilding the Torch Church was meaningful enough, she would have no choice but to do it.

But now, she herself is confused.

Karin didn't think it was necessary.

At least not right now.

Karin changed the subject: "So the Lord here, Lord Rand, is he really the one with the Nurturing Blood?"

"What?" Bishop Kahn's eyes widened again.

In less than half a day today, he had suffered several huge mental shocks.

So the Saint Lady appeared here because this Rand was that Rand? Bishop Kahn felt that his heart could not bear it for a moment.

Seeing Bishop Kahn so shocked, Karin was also a little surprised and asked, "Isn't that so?"

Bishop Kahn fell silent.

After thinking for a moment, he replied, "I have never seen that adult's face."

What was originally a normal thing now seems to be questionable.

At the same time, the ground shook again.

Deep in the earth, it seems to be roaring.

"What is this?" Karin asked.

"Something has happened underground in the ruins. It seems to be an iron golem." Bishop Kahn replied.

Karin didn't ask any more questions, nor did she stay any longer.

Continue walking towards the resort at the foot of the mountain.

There are too many mysteries here, but Karin surprisingly doesn't feel nervous. She decides to clean up her detective agency first. Now it seems that she doesn't need to close it immediately.

Let's take it one step at a time.

She retained her hostility towards evil, and if Rand was really the leader of an evil cult, she wouldn't mind taking action to eliminate it.

But who knows what the situation is?

A lot of absurd things have happened here. It might not be impossible for something to be even more absurd, right?

…

The White King felt helpless about his ministers' urging for marriage, and was also annoyed by the frequent blind date parties.

The key point is that she can't get angry about it, and she is really fed up with having women who are not as pretty as herself hanging around in front of her.

But recently her mood has finally improved a little.

As the road to Crescent Moon Territory was officially opened, the White King started the process of visiting Crescent Moon Territory.

This visit will be much more formal than the last one, and there are many things to prepare, so we haven't set off yet.

But now it's finally time to set off.

The ministers of the White Kingdom finally found out the reason why Prince Ellie had not appeared during this period of time.

It seems that he was arranged by the White King to exercise.

The ministers of the White Kingdom all knew about the affairs of the Crescent Moon Territory, the factories built in the White Kingdom during this period, and the trade with the Crescent Moon Territory.

All of these have injected some vitality into the White Country's originally relatively single economic system.

This greatly improved their evaluation of Prince Ellie.

I originally thought she was just a little girl hiding behind her brother, but now it seems that she also has extraordinary abilities.

At this time, many ministers also had ideas.

Prince Ellie is also unmarried, and it seems that the White King will not be able to find a princess of his dreams in a short time.

In that case, there is a possibility that Prince Ellie will be the heir to the White Kingdom.

And even if this possibility is not possible, Prince Ellie has noble bloodline and, now it seems, outstanding abilities.

They are also extremely good marriage partners.

(End of this chapter)