Chapter 288: The Priority is Reversed! (3k)

Patriarch Glenn personally walked out of the manor he used to save his life.

After dispersing the guards on guard, Patriarch Glenn welcomed Moon into the manor with a smile on his face.

In his room.

Patriarch Glenn dispersed his guards and left only himself and Moon in the house.

The furnishings in the room are very exquisite, with a perfect combination of luxury and low-key everywhere.

It is a staggering expense that only the upper class can see.

Patriarch Glenn also took the opportunity to observe Moon's expression.

He wanted to use this to judge the other party's position on their side.

But what made him helpless was that the other party did not respond at all.

He couldn't see anything at all.

He could only shrug his shoulders, take out a bottle of wine from his cabinet and say:

"As for the top-quality wine from Mars City, although it is not a very precious wine, the environment there is very suitable for making wine, so the taste of this wine is very good."

"Do you want to try this or change it?"

Moen glanced at him and said:

"I don't drink."

Patriarch Glenn smiled and said:

"Are you afraid that I will poison you? Then take your head to the Holy City to claim the reward?"

Moen also looked at him with a smile and said:

"My subordinates have forbidden me to drink because His Excellency the Second Cardinal does not like drinking."

As Moon mentioned the name of the second cardinal, the bottle of wine in Patriarch Glenn's hand fell to the ground instantly.

As the bottle shattered, he screamed:

"Guards, guards!"

This guy is the Second Cardinal’s man. He is not here to negotiate, he is here to kill me!

This was Patriarch Glenn's only thought at the moment.

But before the guards really rushed in.

An impatient voice came from the floor-length mirror that he had deliberately covered with a layer of silk cloth:

"Shut up, you useless idiot!"

After hearing who the voice came from, Patriarch Glenn immediately covered his mouth tightly. It was obvious that the fear brought to him by the assassin was far less than that brought by the owner of the voice.

The white silk cloth that was deliberately put on the cover also fell to the ground as the sound was uttered.

Only then did Moon see the owner of this voice.

He was wearing a crimson bishop's robe, a color reserved for cardinals.

He himself is very young, at least relative to his status.

He looks to be just over forty years old.

This is the real person that Moon wants to visit this time—Gorin Ryan, the sixteenth in line of the College of Cardinals and the last in the seat.

Moon looked at the other person, and the other person also looked at Moon with interest.

After a moment, Cardinal Goering asked Moon:

"How did you know I was watching?"

He knew very well that Moon's words just now were just a response to his subordinate's words.

Glenn wanted to laugh at the other party, but the other party made Glenn a joke.

The gap in rank is really too big.

He was actually outdone as soon as we met.

This made Cardinal Goering begin to doubt what kind of rubbish he had recruited to work under him.

As for why he was so sure, it was because he discovered that the other party knew he was watching from the very beginning.

Otherwise, the other party would not look at the covered floor-to-ceiling mirror at first sight when coming in.

Without waiting for Moon to answer, Cardinal Goering asked himself:
"Do you recognize what this mirror is?"

Moon answered truthfully:

"No."

Goering became more curious:

"Then how did you know I was watching? Don't tell me I'm just being sentimental."

Moen said directly:

"Because the cover your Patriarch made is a bit crude. The floor-length mirror placed in this position is obviously often used, but it is deliberately covered."

"The most important thing is that he is so afraid of death that he actually sent the guards away to meet with me, an outsider who cannot be trusted, alone."

"The latter means he is not the protagonist, because there is another person of higher status who wants to meet me alone."

"And the former basically means that you are looking at me from across the mirror. Do you think what I said makes sense?"

Goering looked at Patriarch Glenn, who had finally reacted, with more disdain.

After the other party bowed his head in shame, he smiled at Mo En and said:

"Perfect, you make me look forward to the cooperation you mentioned. So, tell me, what do you want and what can you give me?" "You went to such great lengths to kill a great patriarch, you must have a big plan, right?"

Moen smiled and said:

"It wasn't a big deal, I just killed him on the way."

This remark made Patriarch Glenn loosen his collar which seemed to be getting tighter and tighter, and also made Cardinal Goering stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter.

"Very good, very good, you are making me look forward to it more and more, so please answer my questions quickly."

Moon asked back:
"Before I answer, I need you to answer why you are so impatient."

The smile on his face froze slightly. After a moment, he put away all his expressions and said to Moon:

"You really surprised me. Normally, shouldn't you seize this hard-earned opportunity?"

Moen raised his head and smiled:

"Normally, someone of your level wouldn't approach me so hastily, but here you are."

"So let me guess. In order to deal with the death of a great patriarch and the vacant position of Rodgrens, I'm afraid one or even several cardinals will come directly from your church."

"Then, you, Golin Ryan, the youngest cardinal in the Storm Church in three thousand years. Everyone thinks you have a bright future, and even thinks you will become the Pope."

Goering spread his hands and said:

"So? This is something that everyone knows. What do you want to say?"

Moon looked at him playfully and said:
"You are not actually the youngest cardinal in the past three thousand years. You are the youngest cardinal since the death of King Lionheart, because the cardinals younger than you before you were just sons who inherited their fathers' positions."

"You are the only one who has made it on your own."

"This is a great honor, but also a great danger. Because before you, there were countless people who were better than you but never achieved what you have."

"Are they really inferior to you? No, they just know that taking steady steps is the safest approach, because the church has long been dominated by factions and bloodlines after years of accumulation. Such a place does not allow outsiders to run too fast."

"Anyway, they can become immortals. Compared to their long lives, the waiting and efforts ahead are nothing. So they are willing to use their time to exchange for better things."

At this point, Goering felt as if Morn's eyes pierced through him, which made him feel uneasy as if the situation was beginning to get out of control.

The other party's voice continued:

"But you went up there. You must have enemies everywhere. You are only glorious on the surface, after all, you are in such an important place as Rodgrens."

"Although you have someone of your own here, he is such a loser that you inserted yourself into the group."

“It works, but only barely.”

Among the three patriarchs, only Patriarch Glenn had no army, and his face instantly turned pale.

The other party's insults were very unpleasant, but he had no way to refute them.

There was still no change in Goering's expression.

But his slightly gloomy eyes also showed that Moon was absolutely right.

What surprised him even more was that the other party actually smiled at him:
"Let me guess again. When you first came in, you must have clearly seen that you urgently needed to change. It was at this time that a mysterious force assassinated Patriarch Rodgrens."

"And they took the initiative to contact you!"

"Your Excellency Cardinal Goering, you were born as an ordinary church noble, but you have come this far. In addition to your powerful abilities, you must also have an almost insane courage."

"So, you must have felt that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and you began to make plans impatiently, because you need to seize this opportunity to gain a firm foothold and even grab more!"

"If I'm not mistaken."

With a smile in his eyes, Morn said to Goering with a frost that was almost condensed into substance:

"Have you already joined a cardinal who holds a very high seat? You are really decisive. Although it is the last seat, this is something that has never happened before. After all, the other cardinals are just allies rather than subordinates, because everyone is on the same level."

Goering said nothing, his face remained calm, but he was filled with horror.

How did I get seen through?

Moon had already changed from standing to sitting. He sat directly opposite the floor-length mirror and said to Goering opposite him:
"Rodgrens was previously in the First Seat, and someone like you must have chosen him. After all, he is the best choice who is closest to the Pope and is most likely to lose sight of others because of this position."

"I don't know how many people your church plans to bring, but the First Seat must be here, right? You want us to kill him?"

"My answer is of course I would love to do it, but what can you give us?"

As Moon's voice fell, Patriarch Glenn was completely stunned.

No, this is a reversal of the host and the guest? !
But Goering in the floor-to-ceiling mirror laughed, a very sarcastic laugh.

He looked at Mo En with pity and said:
"Oh my god, your reasoning is so brilliant that it surprises me, but you are really too stupid. No, I should say you are too confident. You are so confident that you can speak so firmly even if your mouth is full of nonsense."

Before he could continue, Moon interrupted him impatiently:

"Stop the show, this is so clownish."

Goering also said impatiently:

"It's you who's the clown, sir."

Mo En sighed, looked at him with pity and said:

"Cardinal Goering, may I ask why do you think we found you?"

Goering first smiled disdainfully, then slowly stood up with his eyes wide open.

Moon sat opposite him and said to him coldly:

"Because we have been waiting for you here, the youngest cardinal in the history of the Church of Storms."

When Moon said the last half of the sentence with sarcasm.

The priorities between the two sides have truly been reversed.

The key to the holy city of Camelot has been completely obtained by Moon.

(End of this chapter)