Chapter 319: The Arrival of the Church of Light!

"The Church of Light? This..." Knight Mi Gen and the others, upon hearing this, were all stunned, their faces immediately showing unease.

Gervas, however, looked curious. "What? Do you also know something about the Church of Light?"

Knight Mi Gen and the others confirmed that the servants were far enough away, then spoke cautiously: "My lord, we heard this from Lord Andrew and others while they were chatting!"

"They said that after the Church of Light established temples in some noble territories, the serfs in those places were bewitched and bribed by them, and later hardly listened to their own lords at all!"

"But the Church's power is so great that the nobles simply have no way to stop them..."

Clearly, the Church of Light had a notorious reputation.

Gervas nodded, offering no further comment.

Instead, he dismissed his subordinates and ordered the knights to fetch Knight Commander Lei Meng.

"Knight Mi Gen, Yiflan, you two stay and come with me!"

Immediately, Gervas led the two to the living room.

Soon, Lei Meng also arrived at the living room in a hurry.

"My lord, you summoned me?"

Seeing Knight Mi Gen and Yiflan already seated, Lei Meng was immediately curious.

"Exactly. Since everyone is here, let's get to the real matter!"

Having Lei Meng sit down as well, Gervas got to the point: "Lei Meng, just now Yiflan reported that a group containing members of the Church of Light has entered Storm Territory!"

"The Church of Light?" Lei Meng immediately frowned. "My lord, do we know their purpose?"

"Actually, I did receive advance word. Because of the two attacks by Dark Creatures, they have found a perfect excuse to enter the Southern Region!"

"And their plan is likely to build a temple in Storm Territory, because Storm Territory is one of the places closest to the Dark Creatures' lair!"

"Build a temple in Storm Territory? My lord, you must absolutely not agree. Although that is just a rumor..."

"But I feel that all nobles hate these religious charlatans, and there must be some reason for it!"

"Otherwise, why hasn't anyone heard of people hating the Church of the Nature God..." Knight Mi Gen immediately grew anxious and hurriedly offered advice and warning to Gervas.

But before Gervas could respond, Lei Meng shook his head and rejected Knight Mi Gen's suggestion first. "Knight Mi Gen, we cannot refuse. I heard that in the past, some nobles wanted to refuse, but the Church building temples has been permitted by Your Majesty the King!"

"Although there are regulations on the number, for example, only three or five can be built at a time, the locations can be chosen freely within a region!"

"This... then what should we do? Are we just going to let the Church of Light build a temple in Storm Territory?" After hearing this, Knight Mi Gen felt terrible.

As knights serving Gervas, the lord, they were the ones least willing to see Gervas's rule shaken.

Pausing for a moment, he suddenly had an idea: "My lord, how about we lure some more Dark Creatures here..."

Good heavens! Gervas thought, good heavens!

This guy is addicted to using Dark Creatures!

Anyone else hearing the words "Dark Creatures" would be half-dead with fear.

Yet you treat Dark Creatures like cattle and horses.

I bet even the Dark Creatures would cry if they heard this!

Gervas almost laughed. "Knight Mi Gen, are you planning to treat all the nobles of the kingdom as fools?"

"The previous two times were one thing, but if the Church's people arrive and immediately encounter a Dark Creature attack, even a fool wouldn't believe that's a coincidence!"

"Besides, have you forgotten? The Church of Light made its name by solving Dark Creature problems. Do you really think the same old methods can deal with them?"

Knight Mi Gen's face immediately fell; clearly, he understood what Gervas was saying.

"Enough! Don't worry anymore. Since I called you here, I already have a countermeasure!"

"R-really? My lord!" Knight Mi Gen instantly revived with full energy.

"Of course! Otherwise, why do you think I am so calm?"

"My lord, you are truly brilliant! Just tell us, what do you need us to do!"

Gervas wasted no time and began explaining his plan directly.

His plan was very simple: scare these Church folks away.

"Scare them away?" Everyone was confused.

"Exactly, scare them away!"

"Right now, we cannot actively refuse their idea of building a temple, but we can make them choose not to build the temple in Storm Territory themselves!"

"As for what reason would make them not voluntarily build a temple in Storm Territory, it is to make them feel that this place is unsafe!"

"The Church's people are also human; they are just people with faith, but that doesn't mean they are not afraid of death," Gervas explained slowly.

"But My lord, you just said they are not even afraid of Dark Creatures, so how can we scare them away?"

"Not being afraid of Dark Creatures doesn't mean they are not afraid of other things, such as alien races, such as magical beasts, or such as demons! Have you forgotten? Our Storm Territory was once the kingdom's famous land of death!"

"This..." The group seemed to understand, yet also felt something was still unclear.

"My lord, do you mean we should go lure these extremely threatening alien races, or magical beasts and demons?" Lei Meng's mind was faster, and he quickly grasped the key point.

"Exactly. However, I have already prepared the alien race: the Fishmen!"

It turned out that Gervas had sent Old John to sea this morning for exactly this purpose.

To have the Buwa Clan gather all tribal Fishmen and come to the Storm Territory coastline to help with the act.

"You don't need to worry about the demons either, because Zhuizue has discovered a group of demons that will attack Storm Territory today!"

"Now, we are just missing the magical beast!"

"My lord, do you want us to go find a magical beast? We will go right now. There are so many magical beasts in the Death Mountain Range; we will definitely complete the mission!" Knight Mi Gen understood now as well.

And the more he listened, the more he felt his lord's plan would likely succeed.

"No need to go into the Death Mountain Range to search so laboriously, because there is actually a very suitable magical beast right within our territory!"

"Within our territory? Is there one?"

"Of course there is. Have you forgotten the mother of the two little fire lizards?"

That iron-armored fire lizard, perhaps because it had lost its beloved offspring, did not leave the Black Pine Forest afterward.

Except for necessary outings to hunt, it had almost made that place its nest.

Gervas passed by several times, specifically riding Zuiyue to the sky above to investigate, and each time he spotted the mother lizard.

Hearing this, Knight Mi Gen and Lei Meng's eyes lit up.

The iron-armored fire lizard had reached the Third Tier; its strength was indeed not weak.

Because of its thick skin and massive body, it was absolutely a top-tier existence among the Third Tier.

"My lord, should we use the little lizard's scent to provoke it, just like last time?"

"No, this time I want to try cooperating with her on equal terms!"

"Cooperating on equal terms?"

More than half an hour later, outside the Black Pine Forest at the exit of the Death Mountain Range, everything seemed so familiar; the scene from that day when everyone secretly stole the little lizard while the iron-armored mother lizard fought a demon beast wolf was still vivid in their minds.

In the blink of an eye, the Storm Domain had now flourished and prospered.

The two little lizards had also gradually grown up.

And they seemed to have memories of the surrounding environment, or perhaps they smelled the mother lizard's aura; they actually began to chirp softly.

You must know, they had been very well-behaved all along the way.

After all,

"Little ones, have you remembered something? Don't rush; you will see your mother very soon. When that time comes, remember not to let your mother attack us and my lord!"

Knight Mi Gen and Lei Meng immediately comforted them.

"Roar, roar!"

The two little lizards could slightly sense Knight Mi Gen and Lei Meng's intentions through the contract; under the comfort, they gradually calmed down.

Just at that moment, Zuiyue descended from the sky.

"Let's go! The mother lizard is in the nest!"

Having spoken, Gervas led the two directly toward the depths of the Black Pine Forest.