Chapter 729 Thoughts of the Church (Second Update)
The holy city of Reims, in the papal study.
"Live broadcast of the Rentat Music Festival?" Benedict III looked at the cardinal opposite and repeated the news he reported, obviously a little unable to understand that this level of information could be sent to him.
As if feeling Benedict III's displeasure, the cardinal broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, and he was so nervous that he actually said one less key sentence: "In return to the Pope's crown, this live broadcast is not a live broadcast in the municipal square like the Aalto Music Festival, but a live broadcast in the entire four countries of the Straits and some cities in the Beidi Coastal Corridor, which makes the number of people watching the Rentat Music Festival in the millions."
"Ultra-long-range image transmission...... With the help of artificial planets?" Benedict III naturally understood that the live broadcast from the cardinal's mouth was not just a sound broadcast, so he knew a lot about arcane and thought of artificial planets for the first time, and only they could take on similar needs at present, unless the Magic Council was determined to go bankrupt and arranged sound and image transmission arrays everywhere, as the church had done in the past.
The cardinal lowered his head: "Yes, according to the Night's Watch's intelligence, the Magic Council did use artificial planets as a transit point."
The mid-level magicians who set up the "curtain" made the "artificial planet" shine to varying degrees during the final debugging, sprinkling bright light and creating a strange scene - with their level of strength, this is unavoidable, so the night watchman with basic magical knowledge judged that this "music festival live broadcast" used the "artificial planet".
Benedict III's face became dark, and he took the urgent information from the cardinal's hand and flipped through it seriously.
"Your Majesty, although the magic circle of this 'live broadcast' is not a constant type, nor is it an alchemical item, and it loses its effect after using it a few times, but this method will definitely be gradually determined by the Magic Council, which will cause the believers in the four countries of the Strait and the Northern Land Coastal Corridor to waver, which is not conducive to our future counterattack." The cardinal was worried about the development of the church and said boldly.
Benedict III put down the information, and the expression on his face was as deep as the sea, making it impossible to judge his true thoughts: "Just to shake the faithful? The music festival held in Rentat was broadcast live almost simultaneously in cities at different distances, with sound, video, and even the general public could enjoy it, not just the great nobility...... There are many, many things behind such things, and they are definitely not something that can be summed up by the simple wavering of believers."
"I am stupid and unable to understand the Lord's prompts." The cardinal trembled slightly with fright, he still wanted to be appreciated by the Pope's crown too much, and this greed affected his judgment, and he spoke rashly when he shouldn't.
Benedict III nodded slightly and continued: "Of course, the most important influence for us is indeed the wavering of the faithful, the magicians use enjoyment, luxury, indulgence and the lizard-like colorful world to lure people into depravity, so that they are no longer as simple as they were hundreds of years ago, lose their hearts, and make the world sewage, but the more this happens, the more we need to uphold the teachings of the Lord and save every lamb who still has a little bit of kindness and brilliance in his heart."
"This is a difficult and dangerous road, every clergyman must be prepared for martyrdom, are you ready?"
The cardinal was affirmed, and his heart was excited, and he drew a cross on his chest: "Only the truth endures!"
"Convey my order to convene an emergency meeting of the College of Cardinals." Benedict III sighed mercifully and mercifully.
Half an hour later, except for those who were temporarily out, unable to receive news and guarding important areas, and were unable to leave for a while, the rest of the members of the cardinal conference gathered in the Great Light Hall.
Before Pope Benedict III came out with the platinum scepter, they had already learned about the theme of this meeting from the cardinal's announcement.
"Under the Pope, artificial planets are extremely harmful, and we must concentrate on destroying them completely, and we can no longer counteract and look for opportunities to combine as before." Although he does not study arcane arts like a cardinal, from the perspective of a bystander, he can see more clearly the dangers of artificial planets to the Lord, the Church, and faith.
After the "launch" of the second artificial planet, the church tried a variety of countermeasures and strikes, but the effect was not very good, the current result was the destruction of two artificial planets, affecting their "snooping" of important cities such as the holy city of Reims, and after Lucian proposed the theory of general relativity, the Magic Council had artificial planets enter orbit every year, so they could afford such losses.
Saint Mary was a brown-haired girl with a calm expression, but she was at least three hundred years old, and she said softly: "For the Magic Council, the creation and launch of artificial planets is not a very difficult task, even if we concentrate on killing one, they will be able to launch several more in less than a year."
"Moreover, the current Magic Council, except for no gods, has almost no gap in overall strength with us, we can concentrate our forces to attack, can't they concentrate their forces to counterattack? Can we still withstand the consumption of such an all-out war? The heretics of the north, the evil creatures of the dark mountains are watching us, waiting for us to make mistakes."
"Angel of the Wind" Estilla said through Maria's words: "The Magic Council publicly broadcast Lucian Evans' "Valkyrie" on a large scale this time, will you not expect our reaction? Maybe this is another trap for them, maybe they are waiting for us to concentrate on destroying the orbiting planet!"
"What should I do? Can you fire similar items and use our 'Eye of God' against the magician's 'artificial planet'?" "Divine Radiance" Beria was not satisfied with their difficult and difficult excuse, and he always had to make feasible suggestions!
The new Cardinal Philip said: "Making similar items directly is not our strong suit, but we can find a way to capture an artificial planet. As long as it takes time, we should be able to imitate it, and when the time comes, we who can receive the Lord's gift will create items that will be more offensive and creative than artificial planets in orbit!"
In terms of borrowing power, past experience shows that magic is more convenient than magic, because "gods" are everywhere, even on orbits, unlike magicians, in addition to casting spells with their own spiritual power, when using forces such as gravity and solar heat, they all need constant magic circles or the entire magic tower to assist, and this makes the attack power of artificial planets obviously insufficient - if you make an artificial planet into a near-legendary item, the cost is too high to reflect the numerical advantage.
That's why the Magic Council attaches so much importance to fission reactors and planned controlled nuclear fusion, and if they can be miniaturized, it will completely flatten the gap between magic and magic in this regard.
"This requires a complete and safe plan, and we can't fall into the trap of the Magic Council." After Melmos approved Philip's opinion, his attitude became cautious and less aggressive.
"It's good, everyone has shown piety to the Lord." Benedict III made the final decision, allowing Mary, Melmos, Philip and other members of the cardinal conference to draw up a plan.
Another cardinal, Inez, drew a cross and added: "But we can't relax the destruction of artificial planets, otherwise the Magic Council will launch a few every year, and one day the entire blue sky will be covered with artificial planets, and the sun will never be seen again!"
Although this idea was comical, every member of the College of Cardinals couldn't help but take a breath.
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Inside St. Ivan Castle, Pope Berkovsky and Emperor Romanov of the Shahran Empire both received news from their respective intelligence officers, and then, almost at the same time, they raised their heads and looked at the blue sky outside the window, as if they saw the artificial planets through the blue sky and white clouds.
They had no doubts about the strategic significance of the artificial planet, but sighed at the same time, because there was no way to make it, and they wanted to capture one and were worried that they would fall into the trap of the Magic Council, and they could not confront the Magic Council while facing the oppression of the Southern Church.
Therefore, they must wait patiently for the opportunity, as long as they capture one without causing a large-scale battle, the Magic Council can only grit their teeth and admit it, because they are also unable to rashly attack themselves and other forces in an all-out battle against the Southern Church, which will make the Southern Church ecstatic.
Within the Dark Mountains, a flashy and extravagant castle towers over the edge of a cliff, mostly made of gold, enough to attract the drooling of dragons.
A strange man with a cigar in his mouth leaned lazily on a high-backed chair, looked at the butler in front of him and said, "What you said is very interesting, it would be nice if the live broadcast items of the Magic Council could be smaller, so that I can see all kinds of interesting things in the castle, which is really a good thing for a vampire like me who is too lazy to go out."
"Your Excellency, even with this kind of item, if you want to see interesting things, you have to rely on the Magic Council's radio station." The butler replied seriously.
"Don't worry, since the Magic Council has reached this level, it will definitely continue to do it, if their station lacks resources, I can sponsor it, doesn't Rhine have a good relationship with Lucian Evans? Through his words, the old guy can't lose his temper with me." The vampire prince waved his hand.
"I heard that Your Excellency the Observer accompanied the First Ancestor to the Necromancer once." The butler talked about another thing.
The vampire prince was silent for a moment, then sneered: "It's time for the old guy to be angry again."
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Allinge, Sky Radio.
After the successful conclusion of the Rentat Music Festival, Lucian made a special trip here to thank the arcanists in charge of the broadcast, and Heidi, who was curious about the "live broadcast", also "mixed" with him.
"Lord Evans, this is our job, there is no need to thank us, but the letters from listeners in the past few days have unanimously requested that we continue to maintain similar live broadcasts in the future, hoping that our radio programs will no longer have only sound, what should we do?" Louise said distressedly.
Lucian smiled and said: "Prime Minister Russell, Duke James and other nobles have expressed similar meanings, but this is not a problem that can be solved by arranging a magic radio and adding a speaker.
"So, we need time to complete and simplify similar alchemical items, and you can repeat my words truthfully to the listeners, not only in the square in the near future, but also in your own home."
"In the near future?" Samantha said suspiciously, there seemed to be no research in this area before.
Lucian pointed to Heidi next to him: "Some of her research results on artificial intelligence can be directly converted, such as tubes and picture screens, so whether they can complete similar alchemy items as soon as possible depends on the efforts of their research team."
"Me?" Heidi pointed to her nose, looking dazed, she had previously focused on "artificial intelligence" and forgot about the application of edge research.
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Kingdom of Dumut, capital of Hamina.
Katrina walked down the bustling street, surrounded by mostly dwarves who were only up to her waist, but there were also merchants who came to do business, so she was not watched.
"It's not suitable during the day, come back at night to place the items given by the teacher......" Looking at the crowd outside the temple, Katrina made a rational judgment, although she didn't understand why the teacher did this, but she still prepared carefully to complete the explanation.
There is one thing, the next chapter may be late, so don't wait, get up tomorrow morning and watch it~
(End of this chapter)