Phoenix

The two priests looked at each other, and Yves spoke first: "William, this is Malthus, the bishop's messenger and my fellow student in the seminary for many years, who has come to bring you good news this time."

Malthus followed and said, "William, would you like to go with me to the 'Cathedral of the Assumption of the San Virgin' in Phoenix City to learn how to become a shepherd of the Lord?"

To this William has no reluctance, immediately nodded, said: "All thanks to God's grace, I can stand here to speak with you two, if I can help God spread grace and majesty, then I am obliged to do so."

Malthus was very satisfied with this and instructed the friars who were following him to hand over William's data file to the church in Kahn village, and he would bring it to the 'Cathedral of the Assumption of the San Virgin' for preservation.

In the future, if William can be promoted to priest, bishop or even high bishop, these files will play a very important role in the church's judgment of him.

Of course, what he did not know was that William was not a follower of Polenesius at all, he just coveted the occupation of 'ascetic friar' which had the most MPs in the primary occupation and prepared in advance for the inauguration of the next occupation.

That night, Yves hosted a banquet for Malthus in the meadow behind the church, with unlimited red wine and bacon provided to the guests. William also had a rare opportunity to eat something good in the game, without having to nibble on the sour pastry like cement.

The next morning, Malthus took William aboard a spacious four-wheeled carriage, a ride to the largest nearby city, Phoenix.

As soon as he entered the carriage, William smelled a strange fragrance, and at the same time, he received a system alert: "You have inhaled the smoke of the benzoin and have gained a temporary buff: Aura of calmness (2H)."

Noticing that William had discovered the secret of incense, Malthus explained, "This incense is made of benzoin and some other spices, it can promote the priests' quick thinking, in the future, if you can also get your own carriage, the same will be equipped with this incense."

William shook his head and said, "If all sit in the wagon, who will spread the glory? If I don't go to austerity, who will go to austerity?"

Hearing William refute himself, Malthus did not get angry, but praised: "Polenesius favors ascetics alone among the shepherds of the earth, precisely because you spread the most glory. Half of all the high ranking bishops nowadays are ascetics promoted."

Apparently seeing that William was somewhat unimpressed with the luxury of the church, Malthus changed the subject and said, "William you used to be a traveler, you should also be aware that the administration within the city of Phoenix is basically no different from that of other cities in the human kingdom."

He thought a little and added: "One to watch out for is the administrator of Phoenix, Baron Blair Monroe, who is a staunch monarchist and has been trying to weaken the Church's influence in the province, but you don't have to worry, there are already high-ranking bishops of the same provincial origin who have noticed this matter and are communicating with the royal family."

"In addition," said here, he showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, "the thieves in the city is rampant, be more careful."

William nodded steadily, those people he knew were not thieves at all, but puppet organizations established by the Brotherhood of Stonemasons' spies in the current area, essentially cults that worshiped the gods of the underground world.

These resilient organizations persisted until long after and were only purged by the players when the Heavenly Feathers began its full takeover of the human kingdom.

Because of a misjudgment of the form, the city's administrator and his guards were never able to root them out, and even if they did, they would soon be annoyed to find that they had sprung up again from nowhere.

And the local church out of respect for the tradition of local political independence, most look on coldly as a bystander, so there is this 'cut off a head, grow two heads' embarrassing situation.

But William remembered his special status as a friar of the Coronal Church at this time, and secretly took this matter to heart.

When he becomes a priest, after a certain power, it is possible to consider personally lead people to clean up these cults, the reward for such tasks is generally extremely generous.

After that, Malthus introduced some other organizations in the city to William, such as the union of various professions, the local cathedrals of other positive gods, and the consulate of the Dwarf Kingdom.

As a city at the border of human kingdom and dwarf kingdom, Phoenix was originally established to cooperate with dwarves to develop the abundant local mineral resources.

Now that so many years have passed, the local Dwarven descendants of Phoenix have also become an uncut part of the city, and the Dwarven Kingdom Consulate has become more important than the consulates of other major cities, second only to the Dwarven Embassy in the capital.

The road trip afterwards was also spent in casual conversation between William and Malthus.

Malthus was amazed to find that the young man had a mature talk and excellent knowledge that did not match his age. Many of the places or events that he had only read about or heard about in books, he seemed to have experienced firsthand during the journey, and recounted them as if he had been there.

This helped William really earn some respect from the powerful bishop's mouthpiece, and Malthus gave him an address, inviting him to stop by for tea more often in the future. Even if he wasn't there, the butler would entertain William warmly as he had instructed.

The carriage did not send William directly into the city of Phoenix, but slowly drove into the outskirts of the city between a villa, and finally stopped in front of a small, quiet two-story building.

This small building is not large, surrounded by the same not large garden and other buildings separated.

After Malthus got out of the car, he introduced to William: "This is the free housing provided by the church for the friars, although it is a bit far from the city, but it is better than the environment, and everything inside is also complete."

"The Church's funds in this parish is really a bit tight, can only first condescend to live outside the city," Malthus scratched his cheek, quite a bit embarrassed, "but you do not worry, as long as you can become a priest as soon as possible, you can move to the city to live in those houses belonging to the priests. "

William looked at this small cottage, just located in the corner of the block, only the south and the east have neighbors, the west is some green landscape, the whole block and the outside isolated, the north is a river flowing through here, not particularly large, but the water is clear, the developers here are also adapted to the local situation, do some landscape with it.

Although the specifications of the houses are the same, but Malthus obviously pay more attention to William some, personally helped him choose a more beautiful scenery, the environment is more quiet houses.