Chapter 288: The Great Purge (VII)
Verdin followed the nun deeper into the church and came to the quiet back of the church.

After passing through a corridor, the nun stopped in front of an ordinary door.

Then she pushed open the door, made way, and said.

"My lord, please."

Verdin nodded slightly, without fear, and strode in.

In the room, the bishop was silently flipping through a religious book. Only after Verdin walked into the room did he slowly close the book.

The bishop stretched out his hand, pointed to the empty space in front of him, and spoke.

"Sir, please take a seat."

Hearing his words, Verdin bowed politely, walked up to him, and sat down calmly.

Vertin looked at the Pantheon Bishop in front of him and spoke.

"Your Excellency the Bishop, you asked me to meet you, but what is it?"

The bishop raised his head slightly and said.

"I understand what you mean. Except for this church, I am willing to hand over all the church's land and property here."

Veldin shook his head and said.

"not enough."

"Send away all those who are attached to the church."

"not enough."

"Church members register."

"not enough."

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After being rejected several times by Virtin, the bishop fell silent.

Veldin smiled and said.

"Your Excellency, the committee's conditions have never been deliberately hidden. Why are you testing me here? I have no right to negotiate with you."

The bishop sighed and said.

"The Pantheon will not submit to any regime."

"Hasn't he surrendered to the Silver Empire before? It shouldn't be a big deal to surrender again."

Veldin said calmly.

"Since you can all accept the conditions of inviting Littorio in as the main god, why can't you accept our conditions?"

"As long as it does not violate the committee's regulations, the committee will not interfere too much with your beliefs."

"They are just some restrictions. If you are unwilling to accept them, then I believe the Bishop is also aware of the consequences."

According to the notice issued by the committee, if these church beliefs refuse to accept the committee's conditions, then they must either get out and leave the committee's territory, or die like other country families.

Hearing what Veltin said, the bishop raised his head, looked at Veltin and said.

"What if I don't accept it and don't leave?"

"You may try it."

Veldin smiled slightly and said calmly.

So many people have been killed, so it doesn't matter if we kill a church.

The bishop sighed, took out a piece of paper from a book beside him, and silently handed it to Verdin.

This is an application to invite the management department. It seems that the bishop has already made preparations for compromise.

Verdin took the application, checked it and put it away before standing up.

"I'm glad you made the wise choice."

After saying this, Verdin left the room, leaving the bishop alone in the room in silence.

As for the church, the committee will not wipe it out as they did with the big families in the country. After all, the church is still of some use. Under the current circumstances, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages. If they are obedient, it is not impossible to keep it.

As long as all land, properties, and dependent populations are handed over, all members of the church need to be registered, and in the future, any recruitment of new members and various religious activities must be approved by the management department before they can be recruited and held normally.

Moreover, church members are prohibited from interfering in any matters other than religious matters.

Things like judging good and sin, holding religious courts and lynchings, interfering with or even manipulating the operation of Qingshi Town, etc., are no longer allowed.

Vertin walked out of the church, and the disguised soldiers beside him came over.

"Everything goes well, let's call it a day."

Veldin said calmly.

Afterwards, Vertin left the church with dozens of soldiers.

After the Pantheon Church in Bluestone Town surrendered, Bluestone Town was smoothly and completely brought under the control of the committee without causing any further killings.

In addition to these ordinary villages and towns that have no resistance to the committee, some villages and towns occupied by local factions or controlled by local separatist forces are not so easy to take over.

Chahar was galloping at full speed with a cavalry of a thousand men.

After receiving the news from the local faction, the mobile team commanded by Chahar immediately took action, rushing towards the village where the local faction was located day and night.

Due to the widespread use of communication devices, almost every thousand households in the army are equipped with portable communication devices.

Therefore, Chahar was able to maintain contact with the headquarters.

Once the advance cavalry sent by either side is killed, as soon as he is resurrected and the news spreads, Chahar will be able to quickly locate the enemy's position and take decisive action.

Relying on this fishing tactic, Chahar has led his troops to annihilate more than a dozen bandit nests lurking in the mountains, and captured several villages and towns controlled by local factions. The price he paid was the death of nearly twenty advance cavalrymen, who returned to the Fountain of Life to wait for resurrection.

After quickly passing through the woods, Chahar saw a small village in the distance.

From afar, the villagers were busy working on the fields, and the village in front of us looked like a small village that could be seen everywhere.

Although Chahar couldn't see any problems after a quick glance, he believed the information conveyed by the command center. Therefore, without hesitation, he led the cavalry squad behind him to charge at the ordinary village in front of him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

With the sound of horses' hooves hitting the ground, the thousand-man cavalry team turned into a sharp arrow and rushed straight towards the village not far away.

Under Chahar's undisguised murderous intention, the people in the village immediately noticed the situation on Chahar's side.

The farmers working on the fields dispersed and made way for the passage.

In the village, amidst bursts of noise and crying, panicked soldiers appeared at the entrance of the village and gathered.

However, the soldiers gathered at the entrance of the village were frightened when they saw the charging cavalry and quickly hid in the nearest houses.

Chahar arrived too quickly and they had no time to prepare to fight the cavalry.

It had only been a few days since they had devised a plan to surround and kill a cavalry vanguard. How could the committee directly mobilize a cavalry team to hunt them down?
Shouldn't they send some more people to check the situation? Should they wait until they kill the small team sent over and build up defenses before sending a large force? How could they directly mobilize such a heavyweight force?

That doesn't make sense.

If it was a normal situation, then it would be true. The committee had limited mobile forces deployed in this area, and would not easily mobilize them if there was insufficient intelligence.

But the problem is that the advance cavalry who died here provided sufficient intelligence after resurrection, which was enough for the committee to locate them.

(End of this chapter)