Chapter 164: Ancient Returns (1/2)
[Radiant Sun God Church, Prayer Room Gates]
A group of Neutral Archbishops, followed by Fardin and Martin, entered the open hall in front of the statue of the Radiant Sun God and looked at the chaotic crowd that was constantly shouting and fighting with each other.
The Holy knights tried to prevent the crowd from breaking into the prayer room, while they were constantly trying to push through.
Looking around, they saw a man who had been beaten so badly that his whole body was covered with brushes and torn clothes.
Another person was bleeding heavily from his nose with broken teeth while one was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
Another person was bleeding heavily from his nose with broken teeth, nearby another one was lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
These were just a few of the cases.
Upon seeing the condition of the people, the Archbishop was astonished. This was the first time they had witnessed such a brutal scenario within the perimeter of the Church of the Radiant Sun God.
The area didn't look like a place for worship; instead, it became a fighting ring with no rules, without any real sense of consciousness and ethics.
The Archbishop of the neutral group could no longer tolerate this and stepped forward to prevent the people from fighting each other.
Stop, stop this madness now! What are you all doing? It is not a place for such behavior, these actions are unacceptable inside the Church” shouted the Archbishop at the peak of his voice.
Hearing the powerful shout, people stopped for a moment and looked towards the Archbishop.
They looked at him with anger and displeased expression but nobody dared to speak up.
Everyone knows that the Archbishop is on a completely different level than the knights and nuns they have opposed until now.
Out of blue, a stone was thrown at the Archbishop, he reacted quickly, catching the stone before it hit him.
”Archbishop Julian, if you have so much power to shout, why don't you use that power to cure more patients?” said a young man with designer clothes.
Archbishop Julian's eyes became sharp at the sight of the youth.
He knows very well about this man. The only disciple of Conon Dionysius, one of the famous physicians, who was forced to leave the capital three years ago due to the handy work of Archbishop Garfield.
Turning his head, he saw many other medics and doctors hiding in the crowd with local merchants and artists. All of these guys have suffered from the actions of Archbishop Garfield, or indirectly suffered losses due to the actions of the Church, at some point of time.
Other archbishops noticed this as well. They were finally able to find the reason why the planned action turned into a real riot.
'They are the culprits, they provoke ordinary citizens and force them to fight with believers for their selfish interests.
Hearing the cry of the young man, others also began to shout.
”Yes! What have you been doing since this morning? I heard that you have increased the cost of your treatment for no reason. Why did you do this?”
”Why argue with them? They are just money-hungry people. Even after they get such a large donation every year from us believers. We still have to pay for the treatment”
”Yes, they forced all the doctors to leave the capital. If not for that, why would ordinary people come to the church just for minor treatment?”
More and more people started to speak up. The expression on the face of the Archbishops became ugly. They couldn't decide how to handle the situation. Should they tell them that they are all still exhausted after using almost all of their magical power? The easiest way to suppress them was to use magical pressure. But their current mental strength was exhausted and with still recovering magical power they can't use it. Every magic-user knows that magical pressure is created by a combination of concentrated magical power that they possess with the addition of their mental strength.
Moreover, using the power of magical pressure on ordinary citizens will be against their principles as well as the ideology of the Radiant Sun God religion. Later, they will have to explain to Emperor Joseph personally why they did so.
They are currently at a crossroad that has no valid path. The only thing they can do at the moment is to explain to them the concept of using magic spells. But explaining the world of magic-users in the current situation to an angry crowd of ordinary citizens is simply absurd, not to mention how many people will understand it.