Chapter 393 Incorporation
After the Four Saints and One Team were all arrested, they quickly and honestly told everything they had done.

Therefore, after learning about the huge scale of the Four Saints, orders from the Administrative Department were issued from Tianqi to all parts of the committee.

After receiving the order, various places of the committee immediately dispatched city defense forces to capture and blockade the Four Saints and One Team in various places of the committee.

Although the Four Holy Ones is an illegal belief, unlike those cults that dare to defy the committee, as a religious group that believes in Roland, they are basically familiar with the [Golden Law] and all the decrees issued by Roland.

Therefore, facing the heavy blow from the committee, the Four Saints and One teams from all over the committee did not resist and accepted the arrest very obediently.

However, religious figures were still okay, but some of the believers they developed caused some noise and formed wave after wave of begging teams.

This is not the most serious point. The more serious point is that as the committee investigated in depth, the committee investigators found that the believers of the Four Holy Ones were not just ordinary Donnar people, but also a large number of Sinnar people had converted to the Four Holy Ones.

In addition to humans, half-elves, halflings, dwarves, and goblins have all discovered the religious teams and believers of the Four Holy Ones.

In addition, since Roland did not absorb the nobles of Donnar, the administrative and military systems of the committee were mainly composed of ordinary people, considering that they would have some beliefs to a certain extent.

Therefore, within the committee, even believers can participate in politics and the military. Moreover, due to the need for the committee to expand, as long as they are not believers defined as cultists, it does not matter even if they believe in illegal beliefs.

Therefore, the scene that Roland could not hold back the most appeared. A large number of grassroots officials, city defense forces and even stationed soldiers in various places of the committee believed in the Four Saints.

Even some city officials and committee members believed in the Four Saints.

It can be said that the Four Saints have taken root in the committee.

Although it is not impossible for Roland to eliminate them if he wants to, the cost may cause great turmoil within the committee, and the administrative and military systems that have just been developed in recent years may be severely damaged.

Roland rubbed his temple and sighed slightly helplessly.

Idol worship is unacceptable.

Although Roland had anticipated the emergence of a belief in his own personal cult, after all, Roland had read the script.

One of the major reasons for the religious reform that would sweep the world in the future was the emergence of a large number of heroes, even legends, in various countries.

The worship of heroes and legends gave rise to new beliefs, which conflicted with old ones.

The wave of religious reform was set off against the backdrop of the rise of various countries and the constant conflict between their national interests and religious interests.

So, taking this into consideration, as a recognized legend in East and West Nar, Roland anticipated the emergence of a personal cult around himself.

In this regard, Roland made many contingency plans. No matter what the situation was, suppression, disbanding, lurking, or destruction, there was always a plan that could kill the newborn faith in the cradle.

However, Roland had never expected that the Four Saints and One would appear without any movement, which gave him a big surprise.

With such a large scale, how can Roland handle it?
Do I have to publicly clarify that I am not a legend?
Roland pondered the idea.

After Roland killed Kan'ozu, many people in both Donnar and Sinnar believed that Roland was a legend.

Roland neither confirmed nor denied this. After all, being labeled as a legend would benefit both Roland and the committee. So, until now, except for Hela, everyone in the committee regarded Roland as a legend.

Perhaps publicly clarifying his true strength could weaken the Four Saints?

Roland thought about it and felt that this was unlikely, mainly because even if he clarified it publicly, they might not believe it, and even if they believed it, they would not necessarily give up their faith.

If only they were not so honest and could resist with force.

Roland was thinking about it. If a large number of religious people rebelled against the committee when the committee was arresting the Four Saints, Roland could also make up his mind to use violence to remove these rebels.

But the problem is, they are too honest.

Roland's bottom line didn't allow him to hit them hard.

But, how to deal with it if we don’t use strong force?

Beside Roland, Hela was reading through the contents of the Faith of the Four Saints that the committee had confiscated.

She originally had no good feelings towards the Four Saints, but after seeing the Four Saints praising Roland, her attitude softened a little.

Although their belief is illegal, their vision is still quite good.

Hela looked at the great and glorious Roland they wrote, who was full of holiness, and then glanced at Roland who was a little distressed beside her, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly.

Different from what the Four Saints wrote, Hela truly understood Roland. He was not as holy and great as described in the doctrine. He would be disappointed, frustrated, distressed, and would give up.

However, only Hela could see this side of him. Roland's external performance was as perfect as possible.

For example, right now, Roland, who seems to be able to handle everything with ease in the eyes of outsiders, is troubled by the matter of the Four Saints.

So cute.

Humph, you can only see Roland's superficial appearance. Only she can see Roland's private appearance.

win!
Just when Hela felt that she had won again and again.

"It's so troublesome."

Roland looked at the information about the Four Saints in front of him, supported his head with both hands, and said weakly.

Hearing Roland's words, Hela also smiled and moved closer to him, speaking softly.

"Isn't that good? Littorio can call himself the God of All Gods. I think Roland is much better than him. The Pantheon can spread throughout the Silver Empire, so why can't you?"

"It's hard to say. The Four Saints are exaggerating too much. It's embarrassing to watch. I don't deserve these titles."

Roland shook his head and said.

Hela tilted her head and spoke with certainty.

"I think Roland deserves it."

"What are you talking about?"

Hearing what Hela said, Roland reached out his hand, poked Hela's cheek, and said unhappily.

"Forget about them, you still don't know me?"

"The Silver Empire is not as good as our committee. They can blow Littorio up like that, so why can't you? Besides, the committee also needs a state religion, right? If there is nothing wrong with the Four Saints in One, why not choose this one?"

Hela did not resist, and let Roland poke her cheek, and continued. "I know Roland doesn't like this, but the ordinary people in the committee always need a spiritual sustenance, why can't it be you? You also know that even if the Four Saints are disbanded, there will still be many people who worship and believe in you."

"Instead of letting them develop wildly, we should take this opportunity to regulate them properly."

"You told me that each era has its own mission. Roland doesn't like religion, but didn't he still keep it? You also know that religion cannot be eliminated in this era."

"In that case, instead of letting those churches take control of religious power, why don't you take action yourself? No matter what, with you watching over them, the Four Saints will not be that bad."

Listening to Hela's words, Roland was silent for a while, then gently pinched Hela's face and said.

“I don’t think I can do that.”

"Doctrine can be changed. I believe the Four Saints and One will be happy to modify the doctrine according to your order."

Hela stretched out her hands, held Roland's other hand, and said with a smile.

"You are the object of their faith, and the final right to interpret the doctrine is always in your hands."

"Of course, if Roland doesn't want to, then we have to act quickly, kill all the members of the Four Saints, and force the believers to convert. If they don't change their beliefs, we'll replace them. Otherwise, the Four Saints will become bigger and bigger."

Roland pursed his lips and said.

"A little too extreme."

"There are only two choices, right? Either recruit or destroy."

Hela grabbed Roland's warm hand, put it on her cold cheek, rubbed his hand, and said.

Roland sighed, rubbed Hela's cheeks with both hands, and said unhappily.

"It's really troublesome. It's all the fault of the management. If they had discovered it earlier, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

After saying this, Roland withdrew his hands and said helplessly.

"Recruit them. We can't really kill them."

Hela smiled, leaned close to Roland's ear and said.

"The savior of Donnar, the legend who killed Kan'ozu, the hero who drove away the green tide, the son of the world who descended from the sky, the lord of order who quelled chaos, the symbol of dominance and victory, the lord of the army, the chairman of the war council, the legend of mankind, the protector of halflings, the acknowledger of the dwarf crown, the enlightener of goblins, the protector of billions of lives."

"Stop reading, stop reading, there's not enough space for so many people to stand here."

Roland couldn't hold back when Hela whispered in his ear the title that the people on the committee had given him.

When Roland was the only one who knew these titles in private, he could still feel happy secretly, but when they came from the mouth of the person he was most familiar with and closest to, he could hardly hold back.

Seeing Roland's helpless expression, Hela also took a step back with a smile.

Roland rolled his eyes at Hela and said.

"I have no interest in these false names. If you praise someone too much, he will fall to the ground sooner or later. I am not such a great person. I just don't like this world in general. I just want to have a clear mind."

"I don't care about these nonsense titles at all."

"I hope that the choice of assimilation is the right one. I just hope that after thousands of years, when I am completely gone, the young people of that time will remember me and will not point at my name and call me a feudal superstitious person."

As Roland spoke, he also wrote down the order to recruit the Four Saints.

Looking at the administrative order in front of him, Roland hesitated for a moment, but still issued the order.

As Roland's order was issued, the War Council's efficient administrative system quickly and thoroughly implemented his order. The management department quickly passed the inspection and review, and the Four Saints and One Church officially became the legal belief of the War Council.

Roland did not intend to make the Four Saints Church the state religion of the committee, nor did he intend to make it the only church of the committee. He only intended to use it to integrate the personal worship of Roland within the committee to avoid similar situations like the Four Saints Church in the future.

As for the teachings of the Four Saints, Roland also wanted to overhaul them. They were mixed with concepts of gods from the faith of the Pantheon of Sinar, and Roland wanted to eliminate them all. The limit of what Roland could accept was the traditional knight faith similar to that of Donnar.

The virtue of persuading people to do good is indispensable, myths and legends can be replaced, but idolatry, especially the idolatry of living people, is unacceptable.

There is no need to spend so much time describing Roland's great achievements. It would be better to emphasize his virtues.

Blind superstition is wrong; rationality, materialism, science and secularism are the right way.

There is no omniscient and omnipotent god. Roland is just an ordinary extraordinary person. All his great achievements are not only the credit of Roland, but also the result of the joint efforts of all the people in the committee.

As long as you study hard and make progress every day, anyone can become the next Roland.

You can worship Roland, but you don’t have to worship him as a god. You have to learn and understand him rationally instead of just kneeling down and praying mindlessly.

Roland looked at the doctrine revision plan he had initially decided on, and he felt that it looked familiar. Why did it feel like he was writing about the Imperial Truth?

After thinking about it, Roland added the concepts of magic and soul, affirming the power of the mind and the existence of legends and miracles.

Hey, this feels different.

After the sense of déjà vu disappeared, Roland also looked through the information of other churches and continued to stitch the information in them into his own modification plan according to his own ideas.

At the same time, the committee also asked the arrested Four Saints and One Religious personnel from various places to elect representatives to prepare to go to Tianqi to attend the religious conference initiated by Roland.

The Four Saints and One Church must be firmly in Roland's hands, and the doctrines of the four faiths must also be modified according to Roland's requirements.

This is the requirement proposed by Roland for the Four Saints and One to become a regular member.

The members of the Four Saints and One in various places were all ecstatic about this, and it basically did not cause much commotion. Most of the members agreed with Roland's request to revise the doctrine. After all, doctrines can be changed. Anyway, in order to exploit loopholes in the Golden Law, they often change their doctrines, so there is no problem in changing it now.

As for the few members who have other ideas and hold opposing attitudes, their opinions do not matter in the face of the iron fist of the committee.

With the efficient operation of the committee, representatives from the Four Saints and One members from various places were quickly selected and sent to Apocalypse to prepare for the meeting.

On July 1st, the first Four Saints and One Conference was officially held in secret in the meeting room of the Apocalypse Management Department.

In the spacious conference room, Roland sat in the center, and Hela stood behind him. The two of them watched silently as representatives from all over the world took their seats.

After all the representatives were in place, the conference was officially convened, and then Roland began to speak.

“First of all, I am not God”

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