After coming to an agreement with Jenn, Aili left Passus and hurried back to the White Tower.
Although resolving the historical issues left behind by the forsaken was also a thorny issue, Aili wasn't completely unconfident.
After all, the Church of Holy Light was considered Aili's territory. Hence, even though it was difficult, Aili was confident in pushing this matter forward.
"Do you really want to do this?
My child? "
The old man sat on the chair and gazed at the young lady before him. He tapped the pipe in his hand and lifted his head.
That pair of wise eyes shone with the brilliance of wisdom.
Upon hearing the old man's question, Aili nodded without hesitation.
"Yes, I have decided … I never thought that the forsaken would have such deep hatred for the Church of Holy Light. Of course, I know that the Church of Holy Light has done some wrong things, but this isn't an excuse to avoid it.
Because of our indifference, some innocent people have been seriously hurt.
They may never forgive us, let alone reconcile with us. But I think this is the first step that we have to take. No matter what, we have to let them see our sincerity.
If we can't even make such a sacrifice, what rights do we have to save this continent and its people?
If we don't even do what we can, then what else can we do? "
"…"
Upon hearing Aili's words, the old man didn't answer immediately. He reached out and tapped the pipe gently before letting out a sigh.
"In that case, do as you say. Those old fogeys in the Supreme Council aren't easy to convince. Do you know?
Aili, in fact, some people in the Supreme Council have begun to doubt if that girl is the true successor. They think that there is a need for that girl to come to the Supreme Council for an investigation … "
"And then they can lock her up as a matter of course?"
Aili was completely helpless against the old man's words.
"Sir Overlord has already thought of this. He has also told me that it doesn't matter to him whether Miss Irien is the Son of God or not. It's not like he begged us to accept Irien as his disciple.
We can deny that Miss Irene is the successor, and it won't be a loss to him. Anyway … "Aili paused, but decided to finish her sentence.
"Anyway … It's not his duty to save the world."
"Hehe …"
The old man chuckled.
"Yeah, those stubborn old fools don't understand the situation at all. In fact, it's not him who needs our help, but we need his help … I really want to meet this interesting little guy.
But for now, I have to stay here to prevent those guys from doing something stupid.
Allie, you have to understand that sometimes actions in the name of justice will not necessarily get the results they want. Now, facing the oppression of darkness and evil, some people are beginning to panic and panic. In their opinion, in order to win, in order to defeat evil, they should use all means to achieve this goal.
But … we have faith, but many people have begun to ignore the meaning and necessity of our existence. "
Hearing the old man's words, Aili nodded in agreement.
This was indeed the truth. As evil and darkness continued to spread, the higher-ups of the Holy Church began to voice their opinions.
Many people believed that it was necessary to immediately demonstrate to the public that they were strong enough to resist and even defeat the dark forces.
Otherwise, the Holy Church's reputation would take an incomparably heavy blow, and evil would take advantage of this to further expand.
And in order to achieve this goal, they had to make sacrifices.
Of course, this wasn't a wrong argument. But sometimes, their so-called 'sacrifices' were too extreme. Besides, it was fine if they were willing to sacrifice themselves, but to force others to do so … It crossed the bottom line of a cleric.
But at this moment, the old man seemed to recall something. He stretched out his finger and tapped on the table lightly.
"By the way, Allie, about the matter you mentioned earlier … The Seth Royal Court has made a decision. Thomas has been stripped of his prince status and will be imprisoned in Warford Manor forever … Do you understand what this means?"
"Seth isn't willing to let go just like that?"
Hearing until here, Ai Li couldn't help but be surprised.
Of course, she knew what the old man meant. In fact, after returning to the White Tower, Aili had been busy with two things. Apart from pushing for the Holy Church to bring order to the forsaken ones, she was also defending and explaining what Thomas had done in Passus.
In fact, after returning to Seth, Thomas had already reported the incident to the higher-ups, and in order to clear his name, he said a lot of bad things about Zayen and Parsus.
As the saintess, Aili couldn't just watch as Thomas pushed the blame to Jenn, which was why she stood up to refute his words.
But what Aili didn't expect was that the Holy Empire's Seth would actually make such a decision.
One had to know that Seth's decision wasn't as simple as a punishment. In fact, the meaning behind it was simple. 'I know our people have done something wrong and we have given him a punishment.
But this doesn't mean that we will stop here. Since we have done what we should, it's up to you now. '
Not to mention, Thomas being stripped of his prince status and imprisoned in the manor forever was the most severe punishment.
This showed how determined the Holy Empire's Seth was to deal with Passus.
"Yes."
The old man nodded in response to Aili's incredulous question.
"They have publicly requested for the overlord of Passus to head to the White City and apologize to Seth for what he has done … And just now, the overlord responded — 'I never apologize for the right things'."
"This is really …"
Hearing this, Aili was completely speechless.
She couldn't understand what the overlord was thinking at all.
What was the overlord of Passus thinking about?
Not only could Ailey not understand this problem, even the major factions of the Klein continent could not understand it.
They weren't fools. In fact, after Seth punished the unlucky worm, Thomas, and requested for Jenn to head to the White City, they knew that this was Seth's final warning. Besides, they were also clear that Seth was determined to use the overlord to establish his dominance.
If Jenn was willing to give in, Seth would be able to maintain his position as the leader of the Western Continent.
But if Jenn refused, Seth would have a reason to attack him. After all, they had dealt with the matter themselves and were standing on the moral high ground.
To many, the best solution for the overlord was to lower his head. After all, the Holy Empire was one of the two strongest countries on the Klein Continent with tens of millions of soldiers.
Passus was only a small territory, so how could it possibly go against Seth?
Of course, if Zayen chose to give in and go to the Holy White City, he would definitely have a hard time.
But as a man, he had no choice but to suffer when the odds were against him.
But to everyone's surprise, not only did Jenn not lower his head, but he also slapped Seth's face hard, causing it to swell up.
"I never apologize for the right things."
There was no need to think too much about the meaning of this sentence. Anyone could understand the meaning behind it.
And this way, Seth had no way out. If it couldn't respond to Rhode's request, where would the Holy Empire hide its face?
What reputation would it have left?
How was it supposed to compete with Coruncia?
That was why Seth's response to Jenn could only be described as furious. He publicly criticized Jenn's arrogant behavior and declared Passus to be the 'Empire's Enemy'. At the same time, Seth called for all his vassal countries to unite and teach Passus a lesson!
But it was a pity that reality slapped Seth's face hard once again.
Not long after Seth issued his summons, Seth's vassal states did indeed send their representatives to White City. However, these people weren't there to answer Seth's summons to join the alliance. On the contrary, they were there to complain.
That's right, complain.
Even though their tone was humble and respectful, all the representatives basically had the same meaning. Their armies had suffered too much in the battle against the Undead Army at the Chaos Coast. Although they hoped to respond to Seth's call to join the alliance, their military strength was too limited. Besides, they had also expended too much in the battle against the Undead Army, which was why they couldn't gather an army in a short time. Therefore, they supported Seth's call to join the alliance spiritually. But as for the army … Haha … You know.
This unexpected turn of events caught Seth off guard as he didn't expect things to turn out this way.
But in fact, it wasn't surprising for the vassal countries to express their stance. After all, their armies had indeed suffered huge losses in the battle against the Undead Army, which was a fact that couldn't be faked.
On the other hand, the main armies of these vassal countries were transported back by Jenn's Magic Fortress. Some of them were even the most important stabilizing pillars in their countries. If Jenn didn't transport them back, the ruling class of many countries wouldn't even be able to sit firmly on their throne.
Furthermore, the Church of Holy Church's actions in this matter were very thought-provoking. They did not cooperate with the Holy Empire's Seth's actions as everyone had expected. On the contrary, the Church of Holy Church clearly announced that this was a dispute between Seth and Passus, and that it was inconvenient for them to intervene.
This also limited the entire conflict between the two forces and wouldn't be a battle between justice and evil.
This way, the various countries didn't need to worry about their stance on who they supported or not.
Moreover, they were indebted to Jenn. Without the threat of the Holy Church's moral sledgehammer, they knew what to do.
Moreover, these vassal countries were a group of people who had the most experience with Jenn's Magic Fortress. Anyone with a brain could imagine that if Passus was attacked, Jenn would definitely summon the Magic Fortress. When that happened … wouldn't they still be dead?
It was due to this reason that although many vassal countries' responded 'to Seth's call, none of them actually sent troops.
This made Seth's position instantly awkward.