Assessing the Intelligence on Faith Order Headquarters
Victor cut to the chase. "Keledu, what's your take on the current situation at the Faith Order Headquarters?"
Can you trust Mr. Mizhene, your former confidant and close confidant?
After speaking, Victor handed over all the intelligence about the Faith Order Headquarters that had been circulating recently to Keledu, and then asked a few other questions. Keledu did not answer immediately, but instead looked through the documents.
A dozen minutes later, Keledu finished reading the documents and looked up at Victor: "Duke Grace, there shouldn't be any major changes at the Faith Order Headquarters. All the evidence currently indicates that the Faith Order is still functioning normally."
Although the Faith Order Leader did not appear, it did not affect the power structure within the Faith Order.
Based on my understanding of those colleagues, they are still handling the affairs of the Faith Order to the established rules of conduct, so I believe that His Faith Order Leader's health should be fine.
The Faith Order Leader is most likely unable to appear temporarily because he is presiding over a special ceremony.
However, whatever happens won't have a significant impact, since my colleagues manage the vast majority of the Faith Order's daily affairs.
As for my former subordinate, Mizhene, I think he is still loyal to me, but his mindset may be somewhat conflicted now.
After all, in his view, what he was doing now might involve betraying the Faith Order, and he couldn't easily come to terms with it; the child was still stubborn.
If possible, I would like to give him a little more time, or I think Viscount Santos may have his own ideas and choose to bypass Mizhene.
There's another thing I think will cause trouble when the Faith Order takes in these Barbarian Tribes immigrants.
After all, the spring hunt was just around the corner, a very important festival for most Barbarians.
Due to the rules of conduct, the Faith Order generally does not conduct spring hunts.
According to the Faith Order's precepts, this period is when animals on the grasslands reproduce and thrive, and since the animals have just survived the harsh winter, large-scale hunting should not be carried out at this time.
But most Barbarian Tribes couldn't understand this.
If these newly Faith Order Barbarians cannot participate in the spring hunt, they will definitely be dissatisfied with the way the Faith Order handles things, which will lead to a further explosion of the previously accumulated contradictions, and then chaos will break out within the Faith Order.
The Expeditionary Army can observe for a few days before taking further action.
Victor nodded after listening to Keledu's words; he agreed with Keledu's judgment.
As for the precepts set by the Faith Order, Victor believed that there were certain scientific principles behind them, but they were more of a test of loyalty.
The Faith Order restricted the Barbarians' access to food through its rules, requiring them to rely on the Faith Order to provide them with superior seeds and technology. This strengthened the Barbarians believers' loyalty to the Faith Order —a classic example of a calculated strategy. Victor greatly admired the cult Faith Order Leader established these rules.
Keledu's judgment was correct. Those Barbarians who had just been accepted by the Faith Order were still unable to break free from their carefree life on the grasslands, and they might not be able to accept the Faith Order's strict way of life.
Therefore, under these circumstances, there is a high probability that further conflict will arise between the new Barbarians immigrants and the Faith Order.
In the past, the Faith Order could handle such conflicts with a clear conscience, since the Faith Order itself had absolute military power over these Barbarians. By using both soft and hard tactics, the Barbarians would quickly submit.
But now, Victor's Expeditionary Army is watching us from afar, and it would be very bad if something went wrong at this time.
Of course, the Faith Order was unaware of the Expeditionary Army's existence. If trouble were to break out within the Faith Order, the Expeditionary Army could launch a surprise attack while the Faith Order was in disarray, which would be far more effective.