I, transformed into a vampire girl, sparked the Industrial Revolution.

Chapter 231 Sin by the Goddess's Side

"The faith that His children will rely on when they walk on the earth is not the rejection of the world He created."

"When He created His children, He desired that His children would deeply understand the world He created with love. He desired that His children would bring fire, that His offspring would build towers, and that we would live in a heavenly kingdom on earth, as a supplement to the children who could no longer embrace Him."

"Brothers and sisters, this is the true interpretation of the holy book, this is the true wish of the Goddess. The Goddess is infinitely merciful, would she want us to live in a hellish world?"

The saint understood many things. After his trip to Brittany, he was amazed by the rapid development of Brittany with the support of the demons. He was astonished by the huge cities that had sprung up. After the meeting, he traveled there for two and a half weeks due to the ship. He saw firsthand the lives of the people there, the believers and the non-believers, all living together in one city.

He saw demon workers building walls for the church, and the bishop passing under the scaffolding, the two not interfering with each other. He saw believers going in and out of those magnificent supermarkets, and he even saw the believers of the Brittany church debating natural doctrines in the University of Brittany.

This was not allowed under church grounds, and it was a scene that would never happen. What surprised him even more and completely overturned his imagination was the baptism of a demon cultist.

Just like in the legend of the Tower of Babel, there, people no longer hate or antagonize each other. But when he returned to the church, even though the archbishop personally greeted him, he did not feel at ease at all.

Even when he took his first breath of air from the Sacred Peninsula, he still felt that the air in Brittany was much sweeter.

After reporting to the church, he locked himself in his room for several days, repeatedly recalling what he had seen and what the church had told him. After much thought, he remembered Alice, the one he admired, the former hero.

He remembered what he had said, he knew about the heavy taxes levied on the church, and he began to discover the extent of the church's corruption was beyond imagination. He searched for the former hero's writings in the secret basement.

He did find something; a few words were like a blessing to him.

So he left the Holy City and went to remote rural areas and remote cities. He witnessed the evil deeds of the paladins and the holy army. Outside the Holy City, the church, the holy army, and the paladins had borne a sinful fruit.

This was the first time he had ever wanted to wield a weapon against armor engraved with crosses.

"Goddess, please forgive your child. The evil you saw was not from those demons, but right here, at your sacred feet."

As the saint began to interact more and more with the common people, he began to discover that, compared to the upper echelons of the church, these ordinary people were mostly not devout, but they were not as greedy as those fat-headed bishops. Moreover, were those bishops and priests really devout?

Saint began to increasingly use the guise of "developing military industry" to reach out to the lower classes. He started to come into contact with organizations that were once regarded as "traitors and vanguards of the demon race," including the "Roman Restoration Army."

Indeed, according to ancient texts sealed by the Church, the so-called Sacred Peninsula should actually be called the Roman Peninsula.

Before the Dark Ages and the Age of Light, this place was home to a human kingdom—the Roman Empire.

The Roman Restoration Army survived tenaciously in the cracks between the Church and the people born on the peninsula, living in the wilderness, forests and caves, and hiding themselves in the towns.

As the saint established a "new industrial zone" in the remote city of Naples, he began to make contact with the Restoration Army. Despite considerable misunderstandings, they reached a consensus.

Overthrowing the Papacy's rule became a consensus between the saints and the Restoration Army. No one knows the details of their discussions, but from then on, people noticed that a handmaid named "Catherine" appeared beside the saints.

Only the saints knew that this Katris was the second-in-command of the Restoration Army and was ranked high on the church's wanted list. However, the church, lacking photography skills, usually made the wanted list somewhat abstract. This Miss Katris had bombed many churches, and the number of paladins who died under her command could cover an entire cathedral.

She now stood behind the saints, listening to them explain religious doctrines to the people—these doctrines had been instilled in them since childhood, and even she had to admit that in a region where the church's rule was so firmly established, it was impossible to suddenly abandon religion.

However, the definition of faith can be reinterpreted, thereby undermining the mindset of the church, and they need more power.

All of this will take time. The power of the Church has not yet weakened, and the saints know this well. It is written in the book left by the former hero:

"The purpose of war—to preserve oneself and annihilate the enemy—is the essence of war and the basis for all war operations. From technical actions to strategic actions, this essence is always upheld. The purpose of war is the fundamental principle of war, and all technical, tactical, operational, and strategic principles are inseparable from it."

Everything the saint did was to strengthen his own power and weaken the church's power in the grassroots areas. He discovered that Napoli, where the former hero had lived for several months, was precisely the place where the church was most dissatisfied.

Traces left by the former hero are everywhere, and some local dignitaries are constantly talking about the legacy left by the former hero. This seemingly remote town is actually one of the most industrially and commercially developed cities outside of the Holy City.

“That’s right, Napoli is an important base for us—you know that word? Great, we must rely on the merchants, workshop owners, capitalists in the city, and my forces in the Holy City Industrial Zone.”

The saint spoke to Katris, who nodded. Although she didn't fully trust the saint, she still transferred some of the organization's forces to Naples.