When Jenn returned to the underground city and was happily counting his money, Locus, who was far away in the stronghold, was frowning.
In the end, the Valkyrie Duchy reported this matter to the Church of Holy Light, requesting them to pressure the Temple of War to hand over the murderer of the two nobles.
This time, the Valkyrie Duchy paid a heavy price. Two nobles were killed, and they were the strongest warriors of the Valkyrie Duchy. No country could tolerate this kind of thing.
Not only did they request the Church of Holy Light to hand over the murderer, but they also requested the Temple of War to punish them.
On the other hand, the War God Shrine definitely wouldn't agree. They had finally seen a glimmer of hope, and if they continued to soften their stance, they would really be finished.
So, facing the representative from the Church of Holy Light, even the Archbishop of Berson showed an unprecedented unyielding attitude, declaring that he would not hand over the murderer.
If the Valkyrie wanted to capture the murderer, then they would have to do it themselves!!
The uncompromising attitude of both sides gave the representative from the Church of Holy Light a headache. In the Klein Continent, the conflict between the secular world and the Temple had always existed, and the separation of church and state was born under this background. For the Church of Holy Light, they also wanted to rule the entire country, so that the glory of God could shine on the world.
However, it was absolutely impossible for the ruling class to accept such a plan. The Klein continent wasn't Earth, where one could praise God while killing and robbing without getting into any trouble. The gods here were real existences.
This also meant that once they believed in God, then their actions would have to conform to the teachings of the Church, or else they would be punished.
But how was this possible?
The people indeed needed kindness, fairness, and justice.
However, between countries, the political struggle for power and benefits, as well as opposing factions, was not something that could be done in the open.
Even if it was a wise ruler, his ascension to the throne would be aided by assassinations, threats, and groundless rumors.
And any political agreement was the result of both sides compromising.
It was not like saying that I am righteous and you are evil, so you must listen to my orders unconditionally, or else I will represent the moon to destroy you.
In this situation, either the Church of Holy Light overthrew the ruling class and established a religious country completely dominated by the Temple, or they could only separate from the ruling class.
After all, the nobles didn't necessarily need faith, but the believers had to follow the teachings of the gods.
And this was the main source of the conflict. The Valkyries looked at the problem from the perspective of political interests. For them, if they couldn't punish Jenn severely, then the trust of the Valkyrie nobles in them would be shaken, which would affect the foundation of the entire ruling class.
Therefore, they had to do this. Of course, it would be even better if they could suppress the War God Shrine while they were at it.
However, the Temple of the God of War looked at this issue from a religious point of view. According to the teachings of the God of War, what Jenn did was not against the rules.
Moreover, there was a reason for everything he did. Although it was a little tyrannical, if it weren't for the viscount's soldiers who wanted to kill him, things wouldn't have gotten to this point.
The most important thing was that Jenn received the War God's Divine Blessing. This meant that the Gods believed that he had done nothing wrong. Since the Gods said so, we naturally had to follow the Gods' will.
Your Valkyrie Duchy is nothing. Can it be greater than God?
If you really dare to say that, then you are blaspheming the Gods!!
Brothers, get ready for the Holy War!!
Both sides were at daggers drawn, and the Holy Church was stuck in the middle.
The facts on both sides were irrefutable. Zayen had killed hundreds of elite soldiers and even killed two nobles with his own hands. This was an undeniable fact. Everyone saw it with their own eyes and naturally could not deny it.
However, after that, he received the War God's Holy Light's Blessing in front of everyone. No matter if it was the Holy Knights or the mercenaries, they all saw it.
Moreover, there was also the Archbishop of Berson and Holy Knight Captain Locus's testimonies. This made the Holy Church feel quite troubled.
As believers, they definitely didn't dare to deny the Holy Light's Blessing. Although the War God Shrine was weak, they were still one of the Holy Church.
If they dared to deny the Holy Light's Blessing today, then tomorrow, others could also deny them the Holy Light's Blessing.
On this issue, all the shrines were bound together for good or bad. There was no room for discussion.
However, the Valkyrie Duchy's request was reasonable. They had lost so many soldiers and two nobles, so it was impossible for them to say that they didn't do anything.
The problem now was that both sides weren't willing to compromise. More importantly, the main culprit had disappeared.
According to Locus, Jenn went to the depths of the Underdark to explore and wouldn't be back for a while.
After the Valkyrie Duchy couldn't find Jenn, they gritted their teeth and sent an elite team to guard the portal.
According to their thinking, no matter where Jenn went, if he wanted to return to the surface, he would have to go through the portal. As long as they controlled the portal, they would be able to catch him.
Since the culprit was not around, the Holy Church finally decided not to get involved in this mess. After collecting information, they immediately retreated. The Church of the War God continued their mission in the Underdark, and the Valkyrie retracted their forces and stationed them outside the teleportation portal. All three parties, due to different considerations, adopted the method of 'delaying' to solve the problem, and it could be considered as a temporary result.
But for Locus, this wasn't a good thing.
Since the Valkyrie Duchy and the War God Shrine had completely fallen out, they naturally wouldn't help them anymore. On the contrary, they began to obstruct the War God Shrine.
For example, when the War God Shrine transported supplies to the underground, the Valkyrie Duchy only pretended to do it. But now, they had to "carefully" and "from the beginning to the end", as if they were afraid of bringing in dangerous goods.
Every time the supplies were transported, they had to be detained at various checkpoints for a few days before they could be transported. Moreover, many of the supplies were damaged by the enemy in the name of inspection, and almost couldn't be used anymore.
This made the people of the War God Shrine even angrier. If it wasn't for the Archbishop of Berson suppressing them, the Holy Knights would have already exploded and fought with those damn soldiers.
But this couldn't go on. Jenn didn't come back, and the others started to waver.
The Holy Knights were fine, their faith was firm. Since Jenn had received the blessing of the War God, he would definitely come back safely.
But the mercenaries weren't so firm. Things had gotten out of hand, and most of them knew about the mess between the Valkyrie Duchy and the War God Shrine. But they weren't afraid of the Valkyrie Duchy. Anyway, it didn't matter where they ate, they didn't need to care about the nobles.
But the turmoil during this period of time still made them suspicious and worried. Many of them suspected that Jenn might have died in the Underdark.
After all, the Underdark was so dangerous. As the saying goes, 'the more you climb, the more you meet the tiger'. Even if Zayen was very familiar with the Underdark, what if he encountered a terrifying and powerful monster or dragon?
Could it be that they were going to wait here forever?
As time passed, more and more rumors were spreading in the shop. Locus also knew that other than the mercenaries' worries, the Valkyrie Duchy also sent people to fan the flames.
They couldn't wait for the Temple to give up and leave, so that the Valkyrie Duchy could think of a way to deal with Jenn.
"Sigh …"
In fact, Locus didn't know what to do now. Jenn's disappearance during this period of time was a good thing and a bad thing at the same time.
To be honest, Locus also hoped that Jenn could return safely. It would be even better if he could find what they were looking for.
But on the other hand, when he thought about Jenn's return, the Temple would have to clash with the Valkyrie Duchy again.
No matter what, the War God Shrine was one of the Nine Saints. Of course, they had to follow the rules of the world.
If there were any mistakes on this issue, it would be troublesome if they really went to war with the Valkyrie Duchy.
Although the War God Shrine seemed to be cheering, they didn't have much of a background and didn't have much confidence in fighting. They were just pretending to show their attitude.
Knock, knock, knock.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door.
Locus frowned when he heard the knock. Could it be that the Holy Knights came to report that the people in the stronghold were unstable?
He almost lost all his hair because of this trivial matter.
Despite his complaints, Locus still raised his head and said.
"Come in."
Along with Locus's words, the door opened and a familiar figure appeared in front of him.
"It seems like you've been doing well, Knight Leader Locus. How was it?
Did everything go well? "
"Mr. Jenn?!"
Locus stood to his feet in astonishment at the sight of the young man who was clad in a gorgeous noble attire and wore an elegant smile.
"You're back?
Did everything go well? "
"Fortunately, I didn't let you down. Although the gray dwarves kept a tight watch on me, I still found some clues."
Facing Locus's question, Jenn nodded, walked to the table, and sat down.
Of course, he was not spouting nonsense. Through his experience in the City of Dark Elves, Zayen had more or less obtained detailed information about the Statues of the Saints from Matriarch Dina.
After returning, he used the [Evil Eye] to scan the entire Brandon Stone City from top to bottom and found the location of the Saint Statue.
And what Jenn was sure of was that if there were no problems, the War God Shrine and the Saint Statue that the Queen of Spiders needed should be the same thing.
This made things much more interesting.