Chapter 80

This time, it was respectful!

Su Mo nodded slightly.

Cardinal Feilun said: "Holy Son, I have already received the oracle of the Goddess; since the Holy Son does not need a coronation ceremony, then from now on, I will serve the Holy Son as the official Holy Son, and as for the Holy Son's identity, I will keep it secret."

Generally speaking, when a new Saintess or holy son of the Holy See takes office, there is a coronation ceremony.

Similar to a king's coronation.

Saintess and holy sons are two power systems with the king.

One is royal power, and one represents divine power.

In the World of the Gods, divine power is definitely greater than royal power.

However, most of the time, as long as royal power does not overstep, divine power rarely interferes with royal power.

After all, gods do not hope that a kingdom that believes in them will fall into chaos.

As for letting the Holy See govern the country... that is also unrealistic.

Su Mo deliberately did not want a coronation ceremony.

He is not like other devout believers who truly want to be a holy son.

For him, through this method, being able to actually realize control over the Xinyue Holy See and being able to openly drive the power of the Xinyue Holy See for his own use is enough.

After controlling the Xinyue Holy See, and having the Xinyue Queen, who has already fallen in love with him, control the royal power.

The entire Xinyue Kingdom, at this moment, had already initially fallen into Su Mo's secret control.

This control is still preliminary, but Su Mo's operational space now is much, much larger than before.

Su Mo looked at Cardinal Feilun and said: "Cardinal Feilun, when there are outsiders in the future, you can just call me 'Count'."

Cardinal Feilun said: "Yes, Holy Son."

After the problem of address was finished, Su Mo said again: "Cardinal Feilun, you will retire in a few years, right?"

Cardinal Feilun nodded: "Yes, Holy Son."

Su Mo asked: "Have you chosen the successor for the bishop?"

Cardinal Feilun said: "It has already been chosen and is being cultivated in a secret place; this successor has also been recognized by the Goddess; he is more suitable to be a Cardinal than me; if possible, I hope I can retire early and give way to him."

"Oh?"

Su Mo showed a trace of interest: "What is the name of this successor? What special abilities does he have?"

Cardinal Feilun said: "His name is Lance; his talent is very outstanding; he is simply born for the bishop; as for special abilities, I can't see them, but as long as he appears in the church, and opens his mouth, all believers are incomparably convinced and supportive."

Lance!

Su Mo was no stranger to this name.

When he was probing the situation of the Wang Gong, he already knew it from those two palace guards.

This guy seems to be the protagonist cultivated by the core of the Holy See.

This guy's golden finger should be Silver-rank; just don't know what golden finger it is.

Being able to be selected as a core cultivation object by the Holy See in a short time, this protagonist is not simple.

It is not easy for ordinary villains to move him.

This time, without Su Mo, if Miles succeeded, it would be fine to kill all other protagonists.

But he could not move him.

Su Mo asked a few more questions, and Cardinal Feilun did not hide it and told Su Mo all the news he knew.

The place where Lance is being cultivated is still in the Royal Capital.

It's just that it is in the deepest part of the Holy See headquarters, in a special space opened up by the high-level magicians of the Holy See.

Even the Xinyue Queen rarely goes there.

Once cultivated, Lance will first be put down to be a regional bishop.

As long as the results are good, Lance will be promoted to be a bishop of a city, and then further become a Cardinal.

Finally, it is the position of Cardinal.

That is the position of Cardinal Feilun now.

The Xinyue Holy See has a total of ten Cardinals.

The Cardinal is unique, and there is only one Feilun.

In some Holy Sees, this position is called the Pope.

However, the Goddess of the New Moon did not establish the position of Pope; she did not wish for an "Emperor" to emerge within her own theocracy.

After understanding these circumstances, Su Mo decided to put this Lance aside to deal with later.

It would not be too late to settle the other protagonists in the royal capital first.

"By the way, I heard from the Saintess that you captured some demons. Did you manage to extract any information? This recent attack by the Demon Gods came about quite suspiciously."

Su Mo added.

Bishop Feilun nodded: "Hmm, it is indeed quite suspicious. Both Demon Gods emerged from within the royal capital, which indicates that someone initiated a large-scale blood sacrifice, but all traces at the scene were shattered, and we have yet to make any good discoveries."

After a pause, he added: "As for the demons, one can never get anything out of their mouths; they will not talk."

"My lord Bishop, there is a situation."

No sooner had Bishop Feilun finished speaking than a member of the clergy hurried over to report.

"What situation?"

Bishop Feilun asked.

The clergy member glanced at Su Mo, preparing to lean in and speak in a low voice.

Bishop Feilun said: "There is no need to avoid the Count; speak directly."

Only then did the clergy member say: "In the Inquisition, a jailer used a special method to make a demon, in a state of confusion, reveal the reason for this Demon God attack!"

Upon hearing this news, Bishop Feilun cheered repeatedly.

They had never given up on investigating the cause of this Demon God attack.

After all, Demon Gods appearing directly inside the royal capital was no small matter!

If it were not investigated clearly, what would they do if another wave came later?

It was just that when the Demon Gods emerged, the collision between the aura of the Demon Gods and the laws of the World of the Gods had shattered everything in the vicinity.

Not a single trace could be found.

They had dispatched a large number of experienced mages, divine spellcasters, and magic rune masters.

They had even mobilized some experts in solving cases.

Yet, there had been no results whatsoever.

The only deduction was that the person who organized this event possessed significant power!

It was absolutely not something an ordinary person could accomplish.

It was a very simple logic.

Where would an ordinary person find so many death-sworn soldiers?

To summon a Demon God through a blood sacrifice, one must have 999 death-sworn soldiers.

One short would be 1,000.

So many people, and death-sworn soldiers willing to die at that, were not easy to find.

Furthermore, two Demon Gods appeared in the royal capital, which meant two thousand death-sworn soldiers were needed.

Finding these death-sworn soldiers was one aspect.

On the other hand, it had to be done flawlessly.

Not only did they need the magic array to summon the Demon Gods, but they also had to conceal the commotion so that no one would notice.

Within the royal capital, those with the ability to do these things... were not many!

Some high-ranking nobles, such as Marquises and above, were all objects of suspicion.

There were also some wealthy merchants and the like.

However, without evidence, one could not just arrest people at random.

The influence of these nobles was not weak, and when facing a common threat, all the nobles liked to band together.