Since Norton decided to take a two-pronged approach, he has begun reforming the Church.
The nobles who had been turned into Third-Generation Vampire were all banished. Guided by the Low-Ranking Bishop Good, Norton allowed them to leave Lino City and go to any city they wanted to develop their careers in.
Although Third-Generation Vampire cannot reproduce, the Low-Ranking Bishop Good is a Second-Generation Vampire. With him around, these released Vampire will not easily become extinct.
Of course, whether or not the Vampire become extinct is irrelevant to Norton. What he wants is to release the vampires and let people come into contact with these New-Type Vampire so that, over a long period of time, the image of the New-Type Vampire can gradually replace that of the old-style Vampire.
In addition, the Church of Lino City began to recruit new priests on a large scale. There were no issues with age or gender; as long as one applied, one would be selected. However, once selected, one would be completely detached from worldly affairs. The only benefit was that one could become Church member and would not have to do manual labor.
As soon as registration began, the poor of Lino City.
Although the Church's current measures ensure they have enough to eat, who wouldn't want the opportunity to shirk their responsibilities?
A group of poor people with ill intentions entered the Church, and the Church really accepted them all!
Before long, they were dressed in the white robes that symbolized the Church, but from then on, no one could see them during the day.
Combined with the rumors circulating recently, the number of applicants finally began to gradually decrease.
As time went by, Lino City finally entered a period of steady development.
In the year 2232 of the papacy, two years had passed since the Papal State declared war on the surrounding countries.
News finally came from the front lines, where there had been no word for a long time.
Thanks to the Papal State 'Holy See centralized system, its control over local areas was far superior to that of the major vassal states. As a result, the Papal State quickly mobilized 200,000 impoverished soldiers to the battlefield and launched a ruthless invasion of the surrounding small countries.
The vast differences between centralized and feudal systems were immediately apparent.
While the emperor of the Boya Empire was still dealing with various lords and unsure of what to do, the soldiers of the Papal State had already arrived at his home.
The fundamental purpose of the newly appointed Pope Adam in launching this war is to deplete the vitality of all the nations in the Southern Continent!
Therefore, the Papal State did not supervise its soldiers at all, and the entire Papal State army completely degenerated into true bandits, burning, killing, looting, raping, and committing all kinds of evil deeds. These people, who were almost starving to death in their own country, were organized and then released their inner evils without any restraint. Wherever they went, they practically scraped the ground clean.
Men, regardless of age, were all killed; women, regardless of age, were all murdered. The poor of the Papal State were not picky at all; as long as it was a woman, they would take her.
As for other wealth, whether it was gold, silver, jewelry, or pots and pans, as long as it was usable, they took it all with them, bag after bag.
Having been terrified of poverty and having their desires severely suppressed, they've now seized the opportunity and have lost even the most basic humanity!
As one poor person after another brought back their looted wealth in large and small bags, and as the joy of the front lines became known to the people of the Papal State, even the poor people of the Papal State who were originally afraid to go to the battlefield couldn't hold back any longer.
In just two years, the Papal State conscripted 400,000 poor people into the battlefield, and that's only those who were registered; there were many more who weren't.
To save the Papal State's manpower and resources, the poor people who flocked to the battlefield were not registered or given supplies. In short: if you want to rob, go and rob yourself!
They can plunder as much as they want, and if they want it back, they only need to hand over 50% of their wealth to return home.
Don't you want to come back?
That's fine too. Anyway, you had no other way to survive in the past besides robbery and murder. Staying there and not coming back would just be a continuous scourge.
The Papal State ' tactics are utterly shameless. These 400,000 people are not soldiers at all, but 400,000 criminals with no moral compass.
It wasn't that the various vassal states hadn't organized soldiers to defend against them, but rather that proper military measures were simply futile.
This army of poor people never confronted them head-on. As soon as the army arrived, they ran away to other places to continue their evil deeds.
You can't catch them all, you can't beat them, you can't catch them, and you can't even catch them. They can even stand among the beggars in their own country and you can't tell who's who!
The various kingdoms, large and small, that were loyal to the Boya Empire suffered heavy losses, and the large-scale rebellion, which involved 400,000 people, would require an additional number of security personnel to suppress.
Finally, the emperor of the Boya Empire realized that if he wanted to counter the Papal State ' shameless tactics, he either had to use the same tactics or directly organize a large army to oppress the Papal State!
But a lord's kingdom is different from a papal palace; slaves are the lords' wealth! How could they possibly release these slaves to serve as expendable troops? If they all died, where would they get the land to cultivate?
Moreover, if we let them rob, who would want to be a slave after they all become rich? There are already enough lords; no lord wants any new lord to be born.
There was no other way but to send a large army to the border.
With the Boya Empire's royal family finally formulating a large-scale war plan, they aimed to deliver a fatal blow to the Papal Palace regime.
Meanwhile, within the Papal State, legends of a terrifying creature began to circulate widely.
"Have you heard? Someone died in that village over there! They were bitten on the neck and had all their blood drained! Could this be one of those Vampire they've been going crazy with lately?"
"What? Damn it, wasn't this just a rumor? How did it become true?"
"Oh dear, rumors, my foot! There have already been over a dozen cases of Vampire attacks in Joseph City! Damn it, the entire Joseph City is under lockdown, and who knew these things would run into our little village? What are we going to do?!"
"What should we do? We must hurry to Joseph City Church!"
Two years later, the Vampire Norton released finally began to show results.
Perhaps some Vampire have hidden themselves away, too afraid to confront the Church directly.
However, there are always some people who become arrogant and overconfident after thinking they have gained superpowers.
Relying on their power, they wreaked havoc in various cities, frantically sucking human blood and completely transforming themselves from humans into demons. But in doing so, they gradually made a name for themselves as New-Type Vampire.
This coincided with Norton's idea.
However, after the Church launched a campaign to hunt down and kill these New-Type Vampire, their numbers did not seem to decrease, but rather increased day by day.
It gives the impression that it's about to unleash Vampire scourge.