Chapter 354: Anthony, Are You Trying to Rebel!

Dyson listened to the voice coming from the teleportation array and responded timidly: "Yes, yes, yes, my lord, everything obeys your instructions."

Guli Anni's tone became somewhat suspicious: "You are a bit strange these few days, what happened?"

Dyson let his tone sound as depressed as possible: "I failed..."

Guli Anni naturally associated it with the recent action and endured the comfort: "It's not your responsibility. Who knew when Anthony won over the Dwarf King? This is the betrayal of the dwarves to their allies."

While comforting him, he had actually given Dyson a big cross in his heart, but who let him have no one to use for the time being? Pacify Dyson first, and then clean him up later.

Too incompetent. Since the retreat from the Land of Sinking, Dyson hadn't done anything successfully. No amount of excuses could cover up his incompetence.

The position of Bishop was not a position with fixed norms and models step by step. It needed to be constantly changed according to the changes of the times. There were only two standards for judging whether a Bishop was qualified: faith meta-power and taxes.

Even 'obedience' was not the most critical. Making the Bishop obey the Church's orders was the Pope's job. Even if he didn't obey the Church's orders, as long as the gods recognized it, no one would question anything.

This was also why Anthony split from the Holy Church but didn't cause a Holy War. Anthony could use divine power, meaning he hadn't betrayed the gods, and the gods hadn't sent down divine punishment, representing that he hadn't lost the recognition of the gods.

So this was just a power struggle under the recognition of the gods.

Excluding this factor, comparing faith meta-power and taxes, Anthony was undoubtedly extremely outstanding. Compared with him, Dyson was a piece of shit. Except for being obedient, he was useless.

If it wasn't for fear of the other party stepping on his head, Guli Anni would have wanted to hand over the Western Diocese to Anthony for management.

Having to pacify such an incompetent person against his will, Guli Anni felt as uncomfortable as swallowing a big toad.

According to his habits, incompetent people were to be sent to mine coal. The Holy Light ball teams previously organized by the Church had lost repeatedly, failing to even defeat a small duchy like Gangbei, so he had sent them all to mine coal, and they had yet to emerge to this day.

Dyson responded timidly: "Yes, yes, yes, my lord, everything obeys your instructions."

Hanging up the communication, Dyson breathed a sigh of relief. He had fooled him for the time being. During this period, he had refused to go to the Church several times with excuses, which had already made Guli Anni suspicious. If he didn't look 'depressed' again, how could he explain it?

However, this couldn't go on forever. He couldn't never see Guli Anni. Next time they met, as long as the other party checked his divine fire, he would be exposed.

What to do? Run away?

As soon as this thought came out, Dyson shook his head forcefully. He hadn't finished enjoying the things left by his predecessor. Running away at this time? Not reconciled.

If he didn't want to run away and didn't want to be exposed, then only the only way remained. But that must be discussed with Lord Anthony.

It was impossible to rely on himself. Just the dark lines Guli Anni arranged around him could tie him up to claim the bounty.

Interrupting the contact, Guli Anni's face was gloomy as he dialed another identifier. After a round of questioning, he interrupted the communication in doubt.

Even if Guli Anni had a few more brains, he wouldn't have thought that Dyson's substitute would be truer than his original body, because many times, the one appearing in front of others was just a substitute.

Even Guli Anni had seen the substitute and didn't notice any difference. I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to distinguish it without checking the divine fire.

Anthony hung up the communication with Dyson, and a crying-laughing expression appeared on his face: "This is fun. If the Church loses all dioceses and only has one city left, what name should it change to?"

Just after muttering, another communication request came from the teleportation array.

"This is the first time I've held such a busy meeting," Anthony smiled and connected the communication.

Previous plane safety meetings were all notified, agreed on a time, collectively went online to discuss, and then voted.

Now it's good. The meeting hasn't started yet, and the private connections haven't stopped. Anthony had already privately communicated with the Elf Queen, Bruske, and the Dwarf King. He just hung up Dyson's communication, and now who is calling?

Only Guli Anni and Di Deity Deity Diluni hadn't privately communicated. If this communication was called by Guli Anni, it would be fun.

Fortunately, such a fun thing didn't happen. After connecting, Di Deity Deity Diluni's voice came from the teleportation array: "Uh, Lord Anthony, what message do you want to inform by convening this meeting? Is there anything I need to do?"

"Oh, it turns out to be Alan Alan Bulu Star Lord. Hello, hello, too polite. I have received the care of Ms. Aobenli, so we are our own people..."

After a round of private connections, the plane safety meeting finally began.

Behind Anthony, Ang, Negris, Du Luo Ken, and Feiti lined up, intervening in the meeting through this method.

Anthony first said the situation of the 'new storm', which caused an uproar without any surprise, including Guli Anni.

"How does he know about the new storm? Light and Darkness Lord, did you notify him?" Guli Anni turned his head and asked.

Behind Guli Anni, a plain-looking middle-aged man stood there. If Ang was present, he could recognize that this was not the body that the mysterious person asked him to resurrect before?

The Light Surface projected onto the divine body shook his head and said expressionlessly: "No."

The shadow of the God of Light Surface cast on the ground also split his mouth and said: "No."

"Then where did he learn about the new storm? The stars are dim, the red star is shining, the thunder will eventually return? Which thunder?" Guli Anni asked.

"Titan Thunder," the God of Light Surface responded.

When they were communicating, the communication meeting was also noisy. Dwarf King Copper Hammer said excitedly: "Thunder Titan? Lei Shen? Is the Lei Shen about to return?"

"The stars are dim? How is it so similar to the phenomenon I saw when observing the stars? The data I observed in the Star Observation Tower, the brightness of the stars has indeed been continuously declining over the years. Could it be that the stars are dim refers to this matter?" Di Deity Deity Diluni said.

"Then what about the red star? If the proverb corresponds to the star signs, what about the red star? Did you see the red star?" Anthony asked.

"No, didn't see the red star. What about this new storm? What does it refer to? It can't be a meteor shower, right?" Di Deity Deity Diluni asked.

"Next, I want to talk about the storm. Please make a vow not to leak the content of today's meeting," Anthony said solemnly.

Guli Anni's complexion changed: "You want to talk about the gods? Anthony, no!"

Anthony naturally wouldn't listen to him, briefly and quickly telling the matter of the gods.

In fact, everyone had expectations and guesses. After all, the gods hadn't appeared for thousands of years.

But they didn't dare to be sure, because nine hundred years ago, the God of Arbitration had descended, and the God of Life had always protected the elves.

Everyone couldn't distinguish the difference between the God of Life and the gods, so they could only treat them consistently.

After listening to Anthony's narration, Di Deity Deity Diluni summarized: "So, a belief storm more than a thousand years ago destroyed most of the gods, and now, a new belief storm is coming again?"

"Yes," Anthony responded.

"Then does the belief storm have any impact on ordinary people? For example, a Truth Mage like me," Di Deity Deity Diluni asked.

Truth Mages are known as Truth Mage 'Gods'. Will the storm affect him?

Gelade asked urgently: "What about the God of Life? Does it have an impact on the God of Life? Has the storm already had an impact? The God of Life has been relatively quiet recently. Is it the impact of the storm?"

Anthony curled his lips, secretly thinking: Is that the impact of the storm? That's your God of Life running away.

Thinking like this in his heart, he couldn't say it in his mouth. Anthony said: "No, the belief storm will only affect those who possess divinity and divine fire."

Hearing this sentence, Guli Anni's heart skipped a beat, turned his head and asked urgently: "Light Surface Lord, will divine fire also be affected?"

The God of Light Surface shook his head blankly...

Guli Anni just breathed a sigh of relief, only to hear the God of Light Surface say: "Don't know."

Guli Anni almost spat out a mouthful of blood. It turned out that 'shaking his head' meant he didn't know.

Darkness emerged from the shadow: "What are you anxious about? You don't have divine fire."

Guli Anni smiled bitterly and unleashed his divine fire: "Ignited two days ago."

"Impossible, the movement of igniting divine fire is very big. Why didn't anyone feel it? In which plane did you ignite it?" Darkness asked suspiciously.

When Ang ignited divine fire, the Redemption in the deep cave at the bottom of the sea in the same plane could sense it. Basically, as long as they were in the same plane, the movement of igniting divine fire was very easy to be sensed by other gods.

Guli Anni ignited divine fire two days ago, but everyone didn't feel anything at all. Obviously, when he ignited divine fire, he was not in this plane, nor in the secret world where the God of Light and Darkness was.

"I was... wait a minute and talk about it." Guli Anni suddenly changed the subject, pointing to the teleportation array. Di Deity Deity Diluni was speaking.

Only heard Di Deity Deity Diluni say: "Then the situation now is that the belief storm a thousand years ago destroyed all the gods. It has no impact on ordinary people, so we don't need to care, right?"

The God of Light and Darkness couldn't care about Guli Anni changing the subject. Even Guli Anni himself couldn't care about anything else, shouting urgently: "No!"

"But I think Di Deity Deity Diluni's words make a lot of sense," Copper Hammer's voice sounded: "Since the gods had already fallen a thousand years ago, why do we still need to care about the belief storm? Shouldn't we welcome the return of the Lei Shen after the red star shines?"

The War God and the God of Forging of the dwarf race were both gone. Why worry about the belief storm? Instead, he should look forward to the thunder returning after the red star shines.

"I..." Guli Anni just wanted to speak, but was blocked by Copper Hammer: "Why? Do you want to block the return of the thunder? Our dwarf race will definitely fight to the end."

Eh, the meeting hasn't finished yet, are humans and dwarves going to have internal strife?

Di Deity Deity Diluni frowned, just wanting to maintain order, but heard Anthony say: "Alright, don't think too beautifully. The returning thunder is not necessarily your Lei Shen. What if it's not? If it's your Lei Shen, why not notify you directly?"

Copper Hammer was stunned instantly. He was excited because of the return of the thunder, so he didn't think so much. Now that he was reminded, it seemed: "Makes sense, but what if it's the real Lei Shen?"

"If it's the real Lei Shen, I guarantee he will return safely, but I will block the people he brings back. That way he will have to rely on your dwarf race again. Otherwise, if he brings a pile of Titans back, who will you listen to? You can have faith, but you need to master the initiative," Anthony said.

Several gasps sounded in the teleportation array. Di Deity Deity Diluni was even more amazed. This is the real sowing of discord, sowing discord between the dwarves and the Lei Shen.

Compared with Anthony, Guli Anni's previous sowing of discord was a bit too deliberate.

This is the most beneficial approach for the dwarf race. If it's not the Lei Shen, then block it. If it's the Lei Shen, then block the people the Lei Shen brings back. Otherwise, why should the dwarf race continue to receive the protection of the Lei Shen?

Except for being a bit disrespectful to the gods, everyone knew how Copper Hammer would choose. Sure enough, no sound came from the teleportation array. Silence at this time was equivalent to default.

After pacifying Copper Hammer, Anthony continued: "Not all gods have fallen. As far as I know, the God of Arbitration, the God of Light and Darkness, the God of Shadow, the God of Planting, the Goddess of Beauty, the Goddess of Redemption, the God of Balance, and the Goddess of Harvest are all still alive."

"What? Really?!!"

Guli Anni looked back at the God of Light Surface in shock. Darkness emerged from the shadow and asked in surprise: "Redemption and Balance are still alive? Why didn't you say so?"

Guli Anni said blankly: "I don't know."

"Then why does Anthony know? Who is the Pope? Your news is not as well-informed as his? What kind of Pope are you!" Darkness couldn't help but curse.

Guli Anni was speechless, weakly arguing: "He might also be talking nonsense."

The God of Darkness made a lot of sense. He was a dignified Pope, yet his news was not as well-informed as a Bishop. Who was the Pope?

But the problem was, among the three major dioceses, he could only control the Western Diocese now. His sphere of influence was not larger than Anthony's, and Dyson's ability was insufficient. It had been so long, and he hadn't been able to manage his own diocese well. It was very natural for the news to be blocked.

Anthony's voice continued: "The most urgent problem now is to deal with this belief storm, find a way to protect our gods, and let them not be harmed in the belief storm. For His Majesty Gelade and Lord Bruske, who the thunder returns with is the most important question."

"If the thunder just returns by itself, it is absolutely unnecessary to launch a belief storm first. We must integrate everyone's power to deal with this crisis, but everyone has seen the recent events."

Speaking of this, Anthony's voice became suddenly severe: "Guli Anni has no ability to integrate the power of the church at all. A famine almost starved millions of people in the Western Diocese."

"He is incompetent. Now, I formally initiate a vote at the meeting to deny Guli Anni's position as Pope of the Church of Light, and I will take over as Pope."

Guli Anni's anger almost rushed out of the teleportation array: "Anthony, are you trying to rebel!" ===== CHAPTER 355 =====