Chapter 514 The Church

Chapter 514 The Church
“This is indeed the worst possible.”

MacDonald’s heart twitched.

If, as he said, the present of the Tenth Calamity symbolized an invasion, rather than referring specifically to any enemy, then the encompassing scope was even greater.

Aldrich let himself be startled by this conjecture as well.

“So! We must prepare a strong force to deal with the worst.”

Seeing the two men in near stupor, Maester Jarvie said aloud, his middle voice bringing the two men back to their senses.

“Yarvi is right, we must strengthen our forces.”

At the reminder of his schoolmate, the sparkle returned to Aldrich’s eyes.

He said, “Lord MacDonald, now we will tell you the main topic of this conversation today.”

By the time the conversation between the three was underway, MacDonald actually knew most of the inside story.

The fight for the succession of the throne, the origin of His Highness Antonio, that mysterious wizard organization, the White Tower that abandoned neutrality, the legendary Demon Race, and the terrifying prophecy of doom.

He had already strung these things together.

“As your mind should be able to think right now.”

Aldrich said, sincerity now in his tone.

“The White Tower abandoned the neutrality it had always abided by in politics and joined this battle for the throne so that it could build a formidable force. The most convenient and effective way to do so – a decision we made after much deliberation – is to join forces with the wizards, so we chose His Highness Antonio, who has a great affinity with the wizarding world. Of course, I do not deny that my friendship with His Highness Antonio’s maternal grandfather, Sico Hewitt, had a great influence on my choice. But ……”

“No matter what, it has to be recognized that wizards wield powerful forces that are hard for mortals to reach, and if the ones who invade our human world are the legendary Demon Race, and if the Demon Race really possesses all sorts of bizarre abilities as the legends say, then the best weapon that our human side can use to fight against them is the wizards, as the saying goes – -defeat magic with magic.”

“And as you know, the wizards have a very poor image in the secular world, due to the church’s long-standing public opinion, they have always been misunderstood and even feared by the world, and every wizard must carefully hide their identity in order to survive, but they also want to walk under the sunlight openly and honestly, so… …”

MacDonald understood as soon as he heard it, “The White Tower craves power, and the wizards crave identities that can be publicized ……”

“Yes, we hit it off.”

Aldrich nodded to him in confirmation, he paused and looked at MacDonald, no expression of disgust or anger appeared on the other man’s face, so he continued reassuringly, “Lord MacDonald, do you know how the child in your care was rescued?”

“You mean Jonny?”

MacDonald was startled, then reacted, since the White Tower was on His Highness Antonio’s side, there was naturally nothing strange about knowing about this matter, perhaps it was this wise man in front of him who gave His Highness the idea to rescue Jonny.

Regarding how His Highness Antonio’s men rescued Joanie that night, MacDonald also asked, but His Highness only said inarticulately that he would tell him when the time was right.

Was it finally the right time now?
“Yes, Lord MacDonald, it is that very boy. Now I might as well be plain with you, it was the wizards of the Secret Society who rescued Joanie, used the magical powers at their disposal to break through the heavy guards, got Joanie’s location again from the head of a powerful, highly trained assassin, and ultimately rescued the boy, and did a good job of hiding their actions from the world.”

“It couldn’t have been done so so perfectly if it had been sent by a commoner – and I mean a commoner as opposed to a wizard – a commoner either wouldn’t have been able to break through the heavy guards or wouldn’t have been able to do it unnoticed, and most likely probably can’t do either.”

After hearing Maester Aldrich’s description, MacDonald nodded inwardly in agreement.

“Lord MacDonald.” Aldrich asked, “Do you think what the White Tower is doing is right?” MacDonald stroked his beard and answered honestly, “I can’t dispute that, at least.”

“You hold no worldly prejudices against spellcasters – that’s what wizards call themselves?”

“Oh, specifically, at least I have no prejudice against their abilities, just as there is no such thing as a good or evil weapon, it’s whether the person using it is good or evil that matters.”

“But ……” McDonald questioned, “If it’s just a small team, it’s okay to go for a little assassination or sabotage, if it’s a large-scale army battle, it seems a bit inadequate. ”

“That’s why …… “Yarvi picked up, he stretched out his right hand in mid-air and clenched it into a fist, “We need to use the national level power as a support to build an army of wizards, as a way of fighting against the upcoming powerful enemies.”

“An army of sorcerers?”

Yarvi’s words made MacDonald feel very incredible.

This type of existence was a near-legendary existence in itself, and to form an entire army?

Not to mention ……

“The Church, or the Holy See, could they allow it?”

MacDonald thought of the most crucial question.

“Heh. Of course they won’t allow it.”

Aldrich laughed coldly, a hint of grimness in his laughter.

“The Church will be the biggest stumbling block in our way.”

Yarvi chimed in, “This stumbling block must be cleared.”

Cleaning out the church as a stumbling block?
Even though after going inside the White Tower, MacDonald had gained enough shock for the day, he was still overwhelmed by the words of the two maesters at this moment.

To the people of this country, the Church of Gabella was the representative of the gods on earth, not to mention that behind the Church there was the Holy See, which was already no different from a powerful country – it would be more appropriate to call it the Papal States.

“Do you …… mean what you say?”

MacDonald asked the two maesters with incredulity on his face.

“Of course, my Lord Marshal. I won’t hide it from you, you know that the Grand Prince is backed by the Diaz family, but who is behind the Diaz family? To tell you the truth, it’s the Church of Gabella that’s supporting them. No matter what, we must face the behemoth that is the Gabella Church, which is a …… huge stone.”

“What?” Aldrich saw the flash of hesitation in MacDonald’s eyes, “Could it be that Lord Marshal’s loyalty is beginning to waver?”

“You!”

MacDonald was furious.

(End of chapter)