(The strong sea monster leader adds update 9)

Even relocating a city the size of the Glory Holy City requires time, planning, and strong personnel and material support.

Even though this huge glorious holy city is not like Nevis, which is composed of magicians at the top, various researchers in the middle, and businessmen, producers and other civilians at the bottom, its scale is definitely not smaller than Nevis.

The Pope, all high-ranking clergy below the Pope, subordinates, assistants, attendants, students of high-ranking clergy. Various functional units, such as the Holy Knights, the Inquisition, the Dervishes, etc.;

Various research institutions, such as the one that got into trouble this time;

Various seminaries to train young priests, knight academies to train paladins;

As well as a large number of pilgrims, pilgrims' entourage, various nobles who come to the Holy City looking for opportunities, nobles' entourage, servants who look after the houses of the big nobles who come regularly for Hajj, etc.;

Of course, there are also furriers, shoemakers, tailors, jewelry merchants, cooks, butchers, wine merchants, milkmen, prostitutes...

Various and endless occupations, as long as you can think of them, they will definitely appear. Added together from top to bottom, the number of people fluctuates between 1 million and 1.2 million all year round——

Even if we don't take into account the people who died on the day of the explosion, and the people who died one after another, leaving all their corpses in the Holy City, there are still about 800,000 or 900,000 people who need to be evacuated and relocated.

Eight or nine hundred thousand!

There are so many people, food, drink, accommodation, medical treatment. Where will they be arranged after they are evacuated, what occupations they will engage in, where will the capital for their occupations come from, and even how will they be buried if they die in the middle of the night...

Just a cursory thought about these problems gave the Pope a splitting headache. He wished that the triple crown had grown thorns and pierced his brain one by one. Not only that, but there were also a large number of difficult problems that were constantly being presented to him.

Go to him:

"Your Majesty! It's impossible to evacuate them all within ten days! It's completely impossible!"

"How could it not be possible?" The Pope frowned. Given the size of the city of Nevis, half a day would be enough to walk from the center to the outside of the city.

Even if the carrying capacity of the streets is taken into consideration and the civilians are arranged to set off in batches, two days is enough anyway.

And the time he gave was ten days! Ten days!

"There are goods to be transported! There are so many holy objects in the Glory Cathedral, why don't we just leave them all here and not take them away!"

"Then..."

"We have to take things with us, and others also have to take things with them! Your Majesty, those guys want to carry their houses with them!"

The pots and jars at home, the wine in the cellar, the bacon on the rafters, the wheat and flour in the warehouse...

The rich have rich things to take with them, and it would be a pity even if they crush the livestock to death——

God knows that during the first wave of explosions and after the explosion, half of the horses, donkeys, and mules had died one after another, and the remaining half were also sick...

Not to mention, most of the civilians still shed tears without seeing the coffin, crying and shouting and refusing to leave:

This is the place where my ancestors have lived for generations, this is where my family’s grave is, the old man in the family is dying and can’t walk, I am sick and can’t walk...

Pope: “…”

To be honest, he really wanted to send the Holy Knights, priests, and soldiers out to force these civilians away. However, using force would definitely cause casualties, and the casualties would definitely be considerable;

After all, he is still his subject, and at least he is still his loyal believer. If possible, he does not want to cause too much resentment and death.

These people have withdrawn, but we still expect them to testify that the Holy See did not commit a massacre in the Holy City!

"...Use all the clergy, and move those who can move." He rubbed his forehead in annoyance:

"To call, to inspire, to organize. It's not like there are no spells to inspire believers in divine arts. Just use divine spells and lead them away——

Think about the deeds of the saints who parted the sea and led the people to migrate, let us repeat the miracle again!"

"yes!"

"yes!"

The cardinals in red, the bishops, the hurriedly arriving paladins, and the ascetic monks all bowed their heads and saluted. [Unsullied Walker] Sigifrey was the first to stand up:

"I will take the people down! I will take all the ascetics down, and then allocate some of the monks to me. The time has come to shepherd the Lord's sheep!"

He walked out of the meeting hall with his head held high. Soon, the elder's voice sounded loudly outside the meeting hall:

"The Lord led their way in a pillar of cloud by day, and gave them light by night in a pillar of fire, so that they could walk day and night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never departed from the presence of the people..."

The footsteps changed from chaos to order, one after another, quickly following. Then, [Pale Sword], [Hand of Mercy], those legends with noble moral character, who came back to face the disaster, went out one after another:

"I'm in charge of Nancheng..."

"I am a knight. I have the strongest physique. I am in charge of the North City! All the knights are under my command. If you give me another thousand soldiers, I will bring out as many people as possible!"

"He who trusts in wealth will fall, but the righteous will flourish... Put down your treasures! Lay them all down! Follow me!"

“The Lord will give you meat to eat in the evening, and food to satisfy you in the morning. For He has heard all your murmurings against the Lord... What the Lord promised you in the past will be fulfilled by the Lord’s servants!”

"Strike the rock, and water will come out of the rock so that the people can drink... Bring only the most basic supplies! Servants of the Lord will keep you from hunger, thirst and cold!"

Paragraph after paragraph, scriptures recited loudly. Word after sentence, commands with confidence and power. Echoed in the glorious holy city and among the civilians in the city.

The ascetics held their wooden staffs high, the paladins held their spears high, and the nuns held their headscarves high. The heads of the sticks, the tips of the spears, and the headscarves exuded a clean radiance, making everyone look up.

Can be seen.

Accompanied by the light and chanting, people quietly put down their belongings, walked out of their houses and from various ruins, and lined up in front of the light.

They looked up at the light on the heads of staffs, spear points and turbans, supported the old and young, and followed the steps.

Viewed from a high altitude, people line up in a long queue, meandering like black snakes. They don’t say a word when they fall, they don’t speak when they bleed, they get up expressionlessly, join the queue, and continue moving forward...

The priests, especially the high-level priests at the legendary level and those close to the legendary level, went out in person and used spells regardless of the cost, and the effects were outstanding.

At least, those who refused to leave, those who refused to put down their property, and those who were suffering from illnesses, all walked out obediently under the power of magic;

There was no crowding, no stampeding, no pushing. No shouting to go back, no shouting about "my money..." "my cattle..." "my wine..."

Of course, the teams led by low-level clerics and ordinary soldiers are not in such good order. However, high-level clergymen come around from time to time and add spells, which is enough to keep the team moving forward quietly——

A legendary priest is enough to cast large-scale spells similar to "Group Command" for 10,000 people within an hour. He only leads a few hundred people at a time. For them, their power is completely overflowing...

With these legends taking the lead, the retreat speed immediately became much faster.

In order to evacuate millions of people from the Glorious Holy City and move them to a place thirty miles away from the edge of the city, the Pope originally gave him ten days. As a result, within three days, the people who could move around on their own and those with vehicles were removed.

All those who could be loaded were evacuated.

As for those who are too sick to move, although it is cruel, maybe trying to evacuate them may not be a good thing for them...

It must be said that the extremely high density of priests in the Glory Holy City really helped a lot at this time.

There were legends and high-level clergy to help evacuate people, there were a lot of low-level monks who had read books and could write and do math to help set up the camp and arrange for the evacuation of the refugees, and there were mid-level clergy to help provide logistics——

No food?

no water?

Holy Communion, on!

How can a level 5 priest cast the Holy Communion spell once and feed hundreds of people? And a level 5 priest can cast the Holy Communion spell more than once or twice a day?

And the water-making technique is a low-level magic among low-level magics. As long as a priest can do it at will. Of course, the efficiency may not be as high as that of the priest of the Spring Water Temple, but it doesn't mean that it can't be done...

"Thank you for your hard work." Three days later, with a tired face, the Pope entertained all the legends in a tent by the lake. The so-called banquet consisted of a piece of unleavened bread, a pinch of salt, and a glass of water for each person——

The people are all suffering, and they, the high-ranking clergy, must pretend to share the joys and sorrows with the Lamb of the Lord, even if they are just pretending.

Especially in this great retreat, there were several legends who made great efforts, all of whom were famous for their high moral standards. They were all exhausted. They worked day and night to guide the people on foot. Everyone was so tired that they lost weight.

Circles, cheeks sunken deeply.

Even if the Pope just wants to say "I stand with you and I am worthy to be in charge of the Holy See", he will go to the front line with these legends to inspire and appease the people so that they can no longer live too luxuriously.

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"So far, the suffering people have basically withdrawn from the Holy City, and our first crisis has been successfully overcome." After eating a piece of unleavened bread and drinking half a glass of water, the Pope raised his wooden cup and spoke to those around him.

The legends paid tribute:

"But going forward, the Holy See is still facing a deep crisis and a lot of challenges. Now, we need to face the second question:

How to maintain the legitimacy of the Holy See? In other words, how to maintain the majesty of the Holy See before the Lamb of the Lord?”

Several legendary priests who came back from other places kept their faces solemn and remained silent. Firstly, they were tired, and secondly, they were too embarrassed to try to find ways to lie. However, the chief judge looked at this and that, and softly recited a scripture:

“I will harden the heart of my enemy, says the Lord, and he will pursue my Lamb, and I will be glorified in him and in all his host, and my enemies will know that I am the only Lord.”

Seven or eight pairs of eyes moved over. The chief referee lowered his head slightly and said in a calm and gentle voice:

"If there are hungry wolves watching outside, the Lord's lambs will naturally gather around the shepherd. - As long as such a hungry wolf is found, the Lord's lambs will naturally not show their hooves and horns to the shepherds."

"So, what you are saying is that we need to find an enemy to attack? - Is the enemy you selected the Magic Council?"

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Chapter completed!