Chapter 179 Cathedral

Elvis rode in a carriage all the way to the cathedral in the city center.

The church looked very new from the outside. In order to match the growing influence of the Horn Bay Alliance, the church spent a huge amount of money to build this magnificent building next to the city center square of Niceburg.

Compared with the old church in the eastern part of the city, in addition to being more gorgeous, this new church covers a larger area and is taller. Its tallest building, the bell tower, is even taller than the government building used by the Alliance Council, the Golden Tower. In order to facilitate people to go up and down, the bell tower is also equipped with a hanging basket.

It will probably not be long before the landmark building of Niceburg will change from the Golden Tower to this cathedral.

Elvis got off the carriage and came to the gate of the church. He found a reward notice for finding clues to Lady Fanny posted nearby.

He shook his head mockingly.

"Huh! You never thought that the person you spent so much effort to find is in this church in the city center."

He continued to walk into the cathedral. The monks and believers he met along the way saluted him one after another, and Elvis returned the salutes one by one, without any arrogance as he had in the embassy just now.

A green bird flew up from his carriage. It turned around the door of the cathedral, as if hesitating whether to fly in through the gate.

It turned to the side of the cathedral and found that the windows on the wall were all open. Just when it was about to choose a window to fly in, Elvis came out from a small door next to it.

He turned around and walked towards the courtyard behind the church.

The bird turned around and flew towards the courtyard behind.

Bishop Elvis seemed to be in a good mood. He walked briskly into the courtyard. The courtyard was decorated quite elegantly, with flowers and plants planted all over the ground. It was a place for the clergy in the church to take a walk after dinner and cultivate their body and mind.

The bishop soon found the person he was looking for. A man also dressed in clergy clothing was feeding birds in the courtyard. He held a small box full of grains in his hand.

A large group of birds of various colors surrounded him, chirping and pecking at the grains he sprinkled on the ground from time to time.

Elvis said with a smile: "Sir Anthony, I can't find you in there, so I guess you are here to feed the birds again."

The other party did not turn around, still looking at the birds on the ground. Strangely enough, these birds were not afraid of him.

"How did the Grand Duchess react?"

"Humph! She said she would consider it. I gave her a deadline. If she hasn't agreed to our conditions by this time tomorrow, her family will be ruined."

"Alas~ You really don't have any sympathy for women. I heard that Her Highness Helen is a famous beauty in Jiaowan."

Elvis frowned. Such frivolous words should not come from a clergyman.

But the other party is an envoy from the Holy City, and he doesn't want to make the relationship awkward.

"For the glory of my Lord, I will find a way to overcome all the difficulties on the road, whether in reality or in spirit."

The man he called Anthony turned around and said in an admiring tone: "You are worthy of being Lord Elvis. With such a pious and capable bishop like you in Jiaowan, the glory of my Lord will surely shine on everyone here."

Elvis straightened his chest and accepted the other party's praise frankly, but he still had to be humble.

"No, no, if it weren't for the information brought by Sir Anthony, I would still be in the dark about the little tricks of the Alliance Council. To be honest, they were doing little tricks under my nose, and I didn't even notice it."

"Ah~" Anthony sighed.

Elvis was a little confused, "Why did you sigh?"

Anthony looked sad and angry.

"I'm sighing. There are devout servants like you who are committed to spreading the glory of the Lord, but there are quite a few people in the Holy City who are holding you back."

"Holding you back? What do you mean?"

"It's hard to explain!" Anthony's expression seemed to be defending Elvis.

"There are always such villains around His Holiness the Pope. They are critical of the witch hunt launched by Horn Bay and always accuse you of causing unnecessary troubles for the church."

Elvis' face quickly showed a hateful expression.

"Shameful traitors! Shameful heretics! They should all be tied to the stake and burned alive!"

In Elvis' heart, people with these two labels are more hateful than pagans and unbelievers. These guys will stab you in the back for no reason.

Anthony added fuel to the fire and said, "What's worse, some clergymen have proposed to "rehabilitate" the wizard group, on the grounds that the scriptures do not record that every wizard is evil..."

"Father in heaven! Almighty Lord!"

Elvis screamed in horror, and because of extreme anger, his whole body began to tremble.

The bishop pointed a finger at Anthony.

"You...what do you guys do all day long? Why do you allow such nonsense people to stay in the holy city? Why do you allow them to live in the world?"

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Seeing that the bishop was about to lose his balance, Anthony immediately stepped forward and supported him.

"Lord Elvis, we are powerless. The situation in the Holy City... how should I put it? It's a bit complicated, especially the Society of Reason, which is full of heresies every day, and the current Pope is a tolerant person..."

"Humph!"

Elvis snorted coldly, not knowing whether he was dissatisfied with the heretics in the Holy City or the Pope.

Anthony whispered in his ear: "We are now eagerly looking forward to an extremely pious saint to come to the Holy City to preside over the situation!"

Elvis heard the other party's words, and he looked at Anthony with an inquiring look.

Anthony smiled and whispered: "Archbishop Jiaowan is old, and a successor will soon be arranged. Has Lord Elvis ever thought about this?"

"I..."

Elvis suddenly became a little stuttering.

"If I can better serve the Lord of Light, I will certainly do my best."

"Then you have to trouble Lord Elvis. To be honest, I came here to secretly investigate the bishops in various places in Jiaowan and report their conduct to the Holy City Headquarters. Therefore, I can still have a say in the personnel arrangements in this regard."

This is more than just a say. Elvis' heart exploded all of a sudden.

"Sir Anthony... No, Lord Anthony, you..."

Anthony waved his hand.

"Don't do anything extra. I just appreciate the piety in your heart! Please do your best within the scope of your current duties."

"I swear!" Elvis raised his right hand with a solemn face.

"I will spread the glory of the Lord in the hearts of every Jiaowan person, and I will eradicate all the filth in Jiaowan!"