Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence-Chapter 381 - 164: So This Is Youth—A Gang Crime, After All

As Oliver said, Her Majesty Virena is the Goddess of Knowledge and Justice.

Their church’s motto is "Speak the truth. Speak the reality."

The church’s emblem is a downward-pointing longsword combined with a horizontal scale pattern, using the scale as the sword’s mantle, extending to the sides, with two golden plates symbolizing justice and balance.

Among the gods, some myths portray Virena as Mole’s bride. Though at first glance this might seem like an unlikely pairing, they are united by the common theme of "judgment." They simply oversee different aspects of the same concept. Mole judges the dead, while Virena judges the living.

There are even myths that say she is the mother of the Healing and Compassion Goddess Shalya and the Sun Goddess Violet. She is a resilient and serious goddess, a force of mercy, and many appeal to her to escape tyrannical rule.

People of the Shalya Church recognize this myth, but the followers of Her Majesty Violet scoff at it, considering it nonsense. Because the followers of the Fiery Sun Church believe that Violet ascended from mortal to divine.

At this point, the Fiery Sun Church followers have tense relations with the Empire’s National Church of Redema, as the latter believes that only the Human Emperor Redema ascended from human to divine. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Regardless, these three goddesses have subtly formed an alliance in the Empire’s south compared to the Empire’s north, where violent and savage male divine spirits like Yurik, Redema, Bear God, etc., prevail. One shared characteristic of these three divine spirits is that they relatively respect knowledge and wisdom.

Especially Virena Church, their sect is inclined to run and fund universities to promote learning and education.

Different organizations within the Virena Church may have different motives, but one thing unites the different sects: the preservation of knowledge. They are committed to acquiring works on any subject, collecting this knowledge in their vast libraries, where they can return some of this knowledge to the communities they support.

Because the sect is so dedicated to preserving knowledge, Chaos invasions are especially terrifying to Virena followers. Every war brings destruction, obliterating treasure troves of knowledge and robbing humanity of generations of accumulated knowledge. Therefore, when such threats arise, Virena followers swiftly help the Empire organize defenses, rushing to the front lines to move scrolls and tomes to safety, even crossing the path of screaming wounded.

As a direct result of their obsession with knowledge, worship of Virena often finds itself as the center of controversy more readily than other competing sects. Among some of the more radical clergy in this sect, there is a belief that all written works, regardless of content, deserve protection. This viewpoint puts the sect at odds with witch hunters, particularly the Empire’s National Church of Redema, whose followers hope to see these heretical scriptures thrown into purifying flames. This is a major point of contention within the sect, but it is also a disagreement that Virena followers are willing to set aside to protect the sect’s highest interests.

Thus, from various perspectives, the Virena Church is the perfect ally for the Hesse Territory, an alliance that could even last until Su Li impacts the throne.

Among the electors, those who are devotees of the Virena Church are sure to support Su Li.

So if Su Li were to unite the Border Prince’s Territory, it would equate to holding three votes because the Sun Goddess Church would certainly support Su Li.

However, it is worth mentioning that, lacking absolute violence, the Shalya Church and Virena Church have no voting rights among the electors.

The Empire’s National Church holds three votes, the Yurik Church holds two votes, and the Sun Goddess Church has recently acquired one vote.

The Empire essentially still advocates violence; forces that hold military power and possess superior combat strength are deemed fit to decide the Empire’s future course.

And the elector who believes in the Virena Church is exactly the territory of the Grand Prince of Sulande!

So after Oliver introduced Virena, Su Li looked at him with interest and said, "Let’s be open about it; you’ve been sounding alarmist from the start because of the white terror in Sulande Province, haven’t you?"

Oliver adjusted his collar and calmly said, "Exactly. Lord, you probably don’t know that a white terror is about to descend on your head, at least four Divine Chosen will launch an assassination on your castle members tonight."

After saying that, Oliver awaited everyone’s panic and dismay.

No one can face an assassination by four Divine Chosen without being moved, not even those of legendary level!

In the absence of the Holy Sanctuary, legendary levels are the highest combat power on the continent.

Four Divine Chosen Assassins suddenly attacking, unprepared, even legendary levels are at risk of falling.

Yet Oliver had arranged his collar to perfection, only to find that upon hearing such alarming news, all the surrounding knights remained indifferent, as if what was coming were not four Divine Chosen but four petty thieves!

So Oliver smiled and said, "Looks like the rumor that Lord, you are the All-Knowing Informant of the Hesse Territory is true."

Su Li, equally calmly, looked at him and said, "And you, Divine Chosen, should honestly mention your purpose for coming. As Virena’s Divine Chosen, have you also been swept into the white terror wave of Sulande Province?"