Conflicts Among Multiple Races

While the Commoner Army continued to grow, the Northern Church was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

The royal family had every reason to guard against the Church, because quite a few people among its upper ranks were indeed considering replacing the monarchy.

"How is it? Did those rebels retaliate against the nobles?"

"No, Your Holiness. It seems they are not sure who was behind it, so they have not immediately launched a large-scale war."

"This cannot be delayed any longer. If we keep dragging it out, the rebels may become a problem too difficult to resolve. Have everyone in the Inquisition make their preparations."

They needed to eliminate the rebel leader within this year. Afterward, they could naturally take over that army, while churches throughout the empire rose up in unison. If they succeeded, divine authority would completely replace Imperial Power.

The nation's highest authority and religion would become fully unified.

Mel's newly established intelligence network was also gathering information from all sides. According to what he had learned, someone had recently been repeatedly probing for information about him.

Other than the two factions within the empire, the only ones who would do such a thing were the Church.

After all, the Southern Church had successfully replaced Exar. He had no favorable impression of the Church to begin with; he had not believed in religion in his previous life either, much less after coming to another world.

"Saik, do you know much about the Church?"

"My lord, do you have something in mind?"

"I was merely considering whether the Church ought to exist at all, and how it should be treated."

Even in his previous life, something like religion could not be completely eradicated. Even after going through the harshest periods of religious suppression, religion had