The five archbishops in the Space Temple watched the battle from afar through divine arts, and sorrow filled their hearts.
An enemy the temples could not handle had been instantly slain by noble knights. How could the temples continue to claim the role of leaders with such a gap between them?
"Archbishop Ambrose, we must begin planning to curb the nobles' development!" Archbishop Julian said gravely.
The archbishops had discussed this issue many times before, yet they had never put anything into action. There were many considerations involved, but by this day, they could no longer afford to ignore it.
In just a few short years, nearly thirty Legendary knights had emerged. If this continued, the power of the noble knights would expand at an alarming rate.
The Five Great Temples had no way to suppress the noble knights in terms of basic combat strength. Under God's Great World's principle that strength reigned supreme, the temples could no longer command the noble knights by decree, and their influence over the Supreme Council would fall to an extremely low level.
Archbishop Julian could even imagine a day when the temples would need to beg noble knights for help.
And the noble knights might refuse the temples' requests, while the temples could do nothing about it.
"We were far too lenient in our management of the nobles before. It will not be easy to change that in a short time. We need to formulate a long-term plan!" Archbishop Ambrose said with a nod.
"With Lord Arthur around, we must carefully consider the consequences of any action we take against the nobles!" Archbishop Barney said hesitantly.
Archbishop Barney was not speaking up for the nobles. He was merely stating the truth.
Though he had a good relationship with Speaker Gould, he would never