Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Autumn 1445

It is autumn again. The temperature begins to drop gradually. The cold air from the north begins to move southward with the autumn rain. The long-term humid environment has brought about the season when diseases are more frequent.

As the cold air moved south, John moved his office location to the Count of Franche-Comté Castle. After decades of construction, the heating and water supply systems here were very complete, better than the castle John had in the forest.

Drinking warm grape juice, John began to think about how to welcome the bishop of the French Royal Hall, and he also talked with local priests for this purpose.

According to a local priest, the bishop of a region is selected from the country where he is located, and the decision is mainly made by the country's seminary and church. The list is then passed to the Pope's Office, which, after discussion, conveys the permission and the bishop can take office.

There is no such problem for priests. Generally, when there is a vacancy for a local priest, the bishop reports directly to the archbishop, and graduates from the local seminary are dispatched to take up the position.

Of course, there are special cases. For example, if the local belief was not the God of Light before, the King's Office would send the local bishop and a team of knights to spread the belief and suppress other local religions. However, if the local area is stable, local priests should still be selected as bishops. It will be more effective for the leaders of the same ethnic group to manage their own ethnic group. The King's Office is not stupid.

However, the situation on Yoda's side is different at the moment. There is one difference between their Church of Light and the Hall of the King of Popes. Their monarch is an angel transformed from the God of Light and will return to heaven after death. This is something the Hall of the King of Popes cannot tolerate at all. Once they say that your monarch is an angel, they will ask if they have obtained the consent of my Hall of the King of Popes. So the situation between the two sides is particularly tense.

However, the Hall of the King of Law still did not dare to try Emperor Yoda, because there were pagans to his east. If he was convicted of heresy, it would be bad if he reached a blasphemous alliance with the pagan country.

So while thinking, John ordered people to prepare the carriage and go to the church construction site.

After about an hour of bumpy ride in the carriage, John arrived at the site where the church was to be built.

This place has a wide view and a river flows nearby. A building about 40 meters high stands on the construction site. The main part of the church has been built, and all that remains is to install various glass, sculptures, and crosses.

There is also a small estate next to it, which is used to grow grapes. It is equipped with a house, a field, a winemaking workshop and a storage room.

Looking at the construction site, John was also thinking about how to welcome the new bishop so that he could say more good things to the King of France.

However, the French King's Hall far south of Midland was also discussing this matter.

"According to the report and evidence from the Knights of the Angel's Sword, the local cultists have all been killed. The local lord, John Hohenzollern, executed some of the cultists by burning them at the stake, and others were buried in a pit and burned on the spot after being executed."

As a bishop read out Lusitan's report, some of the clergy present felt fear, while others felt incredible.

"I have a question. In the past, no matter how fierce the fighting was, there would be cultists captured and sent to the King's Hall for trial. But this time, there is not a single living cultist?" one of them asked.

"I can answer this." Lusitan said on the side.

"When we got there, the war was over. Governor John showed us a mountain of burnt cultist skulls and cultist bodies that were ready to be burned. I brought back a truckload of bodies and weapons as evidence and handed them over to the Inquisition. After inspection, they confirmed that all the bodies were from cultists. Here's the document."

As the document was circulated among those present, everyone was convinced that there had indeed been a large number of cultists in the area.

"Then how can we prove that the local cultists have been eradicated? Now it has been confirmed that there are a large number of cultists here. What if there are some left?" asked another person.

Lusitan thought for a moment and said, "I don't know if there are any cultists left, but after I entered the County of Franche-Comté, I clearly felt that the local security was much better than other places in Midland. I also talked to Governor John about the cultists. According to Governor John, I think he is a very pious person to God. Most lords would not dare to attack if they encountered so many cultists."

Seeing that everyone still didn't believe him, Lusitan took out something wrapped in cloth, placed it on the central table and opened it, revealing a charred head, which scared everyone.

"The owner of this head was a cultist. Governor John executed him and hundreds of cultists and cut off their heads, piled them together and burned them. He successfully intimidated the local cultists. The military chaplain can testify to this."

At this time, the Dharma King sitting on the upper throne slowly said: "Is that so?"

The chaplain of the army quickly said: "That's right. I also saw those burned heads and the large pits filled with the corpses of the cultists."

The King of France nodded with satisfaction and said, "Well, this Governor John is really a devout man. It seems that what Archbishop Balden said is right. This John is indeed someone worth winning over."

After hearing this, the people present immediately began to flatter him:

"Yes, he is a truly pious general."

"Yeah yeah."

……

After flattering the emperor, the king began to ask everyone:

"If there is no problem with the cultists, then let's move on to the next topic. Was Bishop Franche-Comté transferred from the French King's Palace or from Midland?"

"I think we should appoint people directly from the local area, so that we can expand the influence of the church in the eastern Midlands."

"I don't think it's appropriate. Although John currently seems to be a local earl, he is also the governor of Midland and belongs to the court faction. If we insert him directly and ostentatiously, the King of Midland will definitely find out."

……

While everyone was arguing, someone said, "We can choose Midland clergy, or Midlanders who are studying in the seminary of the King's Hall and are pro-French Hall."

Indeed, as long as they are loyal enough to the French King's Office, anyone can be sent.

"Then give me some information about the outstanding students who are about to graduate from the Theological Seminary of the King's Office." After listening to this, the King of France sent someone to ask the dean for a list for the bishops present to choose from.

Soon the list came, recording the information of the first ten students who were about to graduate.

"The first place is good in everything except that he is not from Midland."

"The second place goes to the Southern Kingdom."

"The third Midlander, but according to the information he is a little difficult to control."

"How about this one, this student named Mozgus, he is from Midland and is loyal to the French King's Office."

"Hmm..." The King of France took a look at his information. This student named Mozgus was good in every way and hated pagans and cultists very much...

"Forget about this. We already have John who is responsible for eradicating the cultists. This student will be sent to the Inquisition in the future." The King of France said that good steel should be used where it is needed most. It would be enough to have one leader in a place who can eliminate the cultists. Having too many would be detrimental to the work.

Then there were only a few left in the end, and after a lot of selection, no one was able to pick the right person.

When the King of France saw that there was no suitable candidate, he had no choice but to send an envoy to Wendam to let the Archbishop make the decision.