After Fandi finished talking to Seer about the Arya Empire, Fandi asked Seer about the Holy Sect of the Manlu Empire.
It turned out that the Holy Sect originated from the Holy Mountain of the Manlu Empire. Currently, it was the second most powerful Magic Legion in the Manlu Empire. Originally, the main force of the Manlu Empire was the Royal Mage Legion, which was made up of the country's magic elites. The mages in the Royal Mage Legion were all selected by the Mage Guild and were very powerful.
The Guild of Magic was made up of five elders. They were responsible for handling different matters in the guild. Fandi's teacher, Seer, was one of the elders of the Guild of Magic. His responsibility was to nurture new magic talents in the Imperial Magic Academy.
Every five years, the students who successfully graduated from the Royal Magic Academy would become the reserve army of the Royal Mage Legion, which would be used in case of a war in the future.
However, this situation was changed by the king after the Holy Sect appeared. The Holy Sect was originally a small religion that wasn't very active in the Manlu Empire. It was completely useless against the huge Manlu Empire. However, it was unknown when this Sacred Sect had gradually become stronger in just a hundred years. The number of followers had increased from a thousand to one-third of the Manlu Empire's population.
This wasn't scary enough. The most surprising thing was that there were many magic masters hidden in the Holy Sect. At that time, the king of the Manlu Empire had killed the Holy Sect out of fear of its growing strength. They also announced that the Holy Sect was an evil sect, hoping that people would leave the clutches of the Holy Sect and weaken its strength. However, the reality was not satisfactory.
Not only did the Manlu Empire's actions not deal any damage to the Holy Sect, but they also angered the Holy Sect's disciples. It further stimulated the Manlu Empire's actions. When the King of Manlu Empire saw this, he immediately sent out the Royal Mage Legion to attack the Holy Sect's headquarters, Holy Mountain. Initially, the Royal Mage Legion had the upper hand. However, the situation changed completely when the reclusive magic experts of the Holy Church appeared.
At that time, the three strongest elders of the Sacred Sect had cast a fire forbidden spell at the same time. He had actually defeated the Royal Mage Legion in one fell swoop. This caused the upper echelons of the Manlu Empire to panic, because the Royal Mage Legion was lacking talents at that time. The country was also about to face the invasion of the demon and beast races. If the elites of the Royal Mage Legion were all dead, how could the Empire resist the invasion of the enemy? Therefore, the Manlu Empire immediately sent an envoy to talk to the Holy Sect Master the day after this incident.
After a discussion between the higher-ups of Manlu and the Holy Sect Leader, both sides agreed to merge the Holy Sect into the regular army of the Manlu Empire, officially becoming the second most powerful army in the Manlu Empire. On the other hand, the Holy Sect's leader had been an important minister of the country for generations, accepting all military orders from the Manlu Empire. This action also benefited the believers of the Holy Sect greatly, and it had many benefits in the country. This caused the number of believers of the Holy Sect to rise sharply, until it was now half of the population of the Manlu Empire.
On the surface, cooperating with the Sacred Sect was a good thing, but internally, it was not. Although the Holy Sect's disciples were powerful, they had reduced the pressure on the Royal Mage Legion. However, this brought another problem. If the Holy Sect continued to be so powerful, what was the value of the existence of the Royal Mage Legion? Who could guarantee the eternal loyalty of the Sacred Sect?
Even the previous king had no way to solve this problem, and it had been troubling the kings of the Manlu Empire for generations. What gave the higher-ups the biggest headache was that the Holy Sect's believers often used their identity as believers to bully other citizens, completely destroying the original image of the Holy Sect. The Holy Sect was one of the official armies of the Manlu Empire. When war broke out in the empire, the Sacred Sect had to listen to the monarch's orders unconditionally and protect the safety of the empire. This was the role of the Sacred Sect.
However, the current Holy Sect had become an evil cult that terrified the commoners, an evil sect that bullied the commoners.
Although the higher-ups of the Manlu Empire were very dissatisfied with this, they did not do anything because of the Holy Sect's power and influence. Although some of the ministers treated the evil deeds of the Holy Sect as nothing, it did not mean that the other ministers would do the same. The ministers who opposed the existence of the Holy Sect were led by the Empire's second Supreme Magister, Xing Daowen. Opposing the existence of the Holy Sect and accusing them of evil deeds that were not tolerated by the heavens, they demanded that the Holy Sect be removed from the regular army.
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