I Don't Agree to the Terms-Chapter 1060 - 557: The Dawn Expeditionary Army Is Being Formed
The two archbishops of the Judgement Hall and Discipline Office had subtle changes in their expressions, clearly dissatisfied with the Pope's approach, but they did not express it.
They wanted to stop it but had no reason to do so.
Actually, if they wanted to stop it, it was possible. It was just about electing a commander for the Expeditionary Army, meaning not only the Expeditionary Army but also the Expeditionary Institute would be rebuilt.
With this move, many conflicts and unnecessary consumption would be greatly reduced.
Unfortunately, the two of them had no such idea at all, and neither did any of the bishops in the Supreme Conference Hall.
Why should they share the extra rights they could get with others, just to make the Dawn Church better? That's nonsense. If they really had such an idea, the original Expeditionary Army and Institute wouldn't have been disbanded.
The Pope glanced at the expressions of the two archbishops from the Judgement Hall and Discipline Office, and then assigned them positions, though all on the logistical side. The rights may be significant, but they are nothing in front of military power; the only advantage is the considerable benefits.
This was to appease the two of them, as he himself eats meat, he had to let others drink some soup.
Otherwise, if really nothing was given, even if the Expeditionary Army was rebuilt, problems would arise, and the two might trip him up, or worse, ensure the Expeditionary Army could not be rebuilt.
In the Pope's eyes, as long as he held military power, these two could never rise again. Giving them benefits to make them accept their fate and stop opposing him was naturally the best outcome.
Subjugating these two was far more valuable than killing them.
He could also indirectly control the Judgement Hall and Discipline Office through them, making the entire Dawn Church as solid as a rock.
The plan was good, but implementing it was not easy, and simply subduing these two old foxes was very difficult.
After a round of distribution, the entire Expeditionary Army hadn't even been formed yet, and all the rights had already become the possessions of the church's upper echelons.
Now there's only one important matter left.
Who will do the work?
Indeed, everyone only took the benefits, and the task had not been distributed.
In other words, no one was responsible for how to form or who would form it.
Whoever the Pope found, everyone had an excuse to shirk, resulting in having planned how to divide the cake, but the cake wasn't even made yet.
Everyone was thinking of enjoying the fruits rather than really doing the work.
Fortunately, since the benefits were divided, the most acute conflict didn't exist; whoever ended up working would just be unlucky.
After another ten days or half a month's wrangling, it should be solved.
The problem with the Thorny Lion's domain? This is not urgent since, even if everyone dies there, it has nothing to do with them; they have no interests at stake.
As for the curse of the so-called Mud Legs Wizard during evangelism, they also didn't care. Mud Legs is just Mud Legs, only limited to remote territories, how could they possibly come to their Dawn Holy City.
Get the current benefits first, and talk about future matters later.
Moreover, what if in a few days they awaken their magic power bloodline and directly meditate to become a Wizard, then they would grasp such power, making them even less afraid.
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"This group of people in the Dawn Church is really..." Gu Shanhai also noticed the situation with this group, changing from the originally determined plan to resolve the issue with the Thorny Lion's domain to a cake-dividing conference, followed by a lengthy wrangle.
According to this situation, if the Expeditionary Army were truly to go to the Thorny Lion's domain to resolve the issue, it would take at least six months to a year.
Once the Expeditionary Army is formed, it must be trained, and the training process will certainly consume various resources.
Resources would end up in the pockets of archbishops and bishops, and might come out, but through layers of skimming, only one percent might remain with the Expeditionary Army.
Maybe even the Pope would take his share.
So whether proper training could be carried out and what the quality would be afterwards, Gu Shanhai could already foresee.
And given the character of this group, about ninety percent of the Expeditionary Army would likely be filled with noble offspring.
Although the majority of people in the church are nobles, joining the church isn't that easy. The restructuring of the Expeditionary Army essentially creates many church positions that nobles wouldn't pass up this great opportunity to cram in their people.
As for the fighting, leaving ten percent should suffice; at that point, just put some Knights in.
The personnel structure of the Expeditionary Army may end up with nine leaders idling and only one person doing all the work.
"You have to admit, the church being as powerful as it is today is entirely due to its alliance with the nobility and the solid foundation laid in the past." Gu Shanhai couldn't help but comment.
To this day, no one opposes, which only shows their brainwashing of ordinary people was incredibly effective.
Otherwise, they would have long been destroyed.
After all, who can bear such oppression? If someone raises an arm, it could turn into a massive uprising.
Unfortunately, there's no one capable of waving that arm, leading to the wizard world now being like a stagnant pool.
"Once the so-called Expeditionary Army is finally built, the yellow flowers would have already cooled."
The Thorny Lion's domain has turned into a terrifying hell, with a group of powerful madmen roaming the territory.
Even if they are all women, gender completely isn't an issue, it is just a convenience for becoming stronger.
"Based on the current development pace, by the time the Expeditionary Army is successfully formed, the deranged Magic Girls would have already attacked the Dawn Holy City, publicly humiliating the Pope, archbishops, and bishops by hanging them from the city walls."
"Not developing military strength, instead, arguing over power and profit, I couldn't have imagined before seeing it that the predecessor of the Wizard World would be in such a farcical state."
Gu Shanhai found it amusing; this contradiction left him helplessly amused.
"Forget it, regardless of them, I'll continue with my own plan."
After entrusting Little White with the enrollment matters of Hogwarts Witchcraft Academy, Gu Shanhai started another plan.
The Celestial Research Plan, also known as the Magic Tide Research Plan.
The protagonist ruined, waiting to foster a new protagonist, definitely requires researching the relationship between magic tides and celestial bodies, anticipation in obtaining leaves of the World Tree in advance to use as an anchor, initiating his bug-exploiting plan.
Otherwise, if he truly waited for the High Magic Era to come slowly, it would take at least a thousand years.
A thousand years is the most conservative time estimate; in the longer term, it could take at least ten thousand years to reach the peak of the magic tides.
Waiting certainly isn't an option for that long, so Gu Shanhai could only find a way to get it earlier.
Therefore, conducting targeted research is also a way to solve it.
Moreover, this in itself is also valuable, with the connections between celestial bodies and magic tides, as well as the magic bloodline and various other worlds.
If he could obtain the coordinates of other worlds from celestial bodies, Gu Shanhai could also employ these methods to enter other worlds.
In the past world development of the Wizard World, all community worlds had long been devoured by the Wizard World, so there were no other existing worlds, and naturally, community worlds turned into a major world.
Now it's different, the Wizard World has not yet emerged, it's still a small world, indicating that Gu Shanhai could still make a profit from these worlds.
The core of the community worlds should be a certain celestial body, which is also the source bringing about the magic tides.
What exactly a celestial body is, Gu Shanhai didn't really know either; by the time the Wizard World opened up in the past, it was just something recorded in literature, and the magic tides came to be constant at their peak value, turning into a sea of magic.
At that time, even if Gu Shanhai wanted to study, there was nowhere to study.
"As long as the observation problem is solved, the subsequent projects can unfold; otherwise, without even being able to observe, what is there to research."
What Gu Shanhai was set to accomplish was locating celestial bodies and magic tides. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Sure enough, the issue of celestial bodies wasn't so easily resolved, after all, magic tides are brought about by the convergence of celestial bodies. Now they are merely just touching places, not yet converging, thus magic tides have only just arrived, at the early low magic stage.
If he wants further research, he needs enough data.
For instance, using the magic power bloodline as a springboard.
