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As it turned out, Serati’s connection was someone already familiar to Karnak and Varos.
“You’ve got Mr. Alius, don’t you?”
Of course, there was a reason the two had dismissed Alius from the start.
“Isn’t the King’s Order directly under the royal family?”
“Isn’t it completely separate from the church?”
Serati corrected their misunderstanding.
“It’s true that the King’s Order is an independent organization, but that doesn’t mean it has no connection to the church.”
No matter how much the royal families wanted to hunt heretics on their own, they couldn’t completely exclude the church. Powerful priests were essential for dealing with necromancers. For this reason, the royal families of each kingdom wanted high-ranking priests from the churches of the seven goddesses to work under their direct authority.
Naturally, the Church was initially resistant. The authority to conduct inquisitions was meant to be carried out in the name of the great goddesses. Only clergy were qualified to fulfill this sacred duty. But now the suggestion was to give that authority to laypeople and even assign priests to work as their subordinates? This clashed with their doctrine in many ways.
Unsurprisingly, there had been significant opposition from fundamentalists. However, reality couldn’t be ignored. The churches were already overwhelmed by the sheer number of necromancer-related...
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