Although Adam did not ask for the reason and directly issued the punishment, no one around was unconvinced. They all stopped arguing and went to the military justice department in their respective camps to receive their punishment.
Conflicts like this had occurred more than once in the past. As long as there was no physical violence, then it only needed to be punished according to past precedents.
Although Adam really wanted to solve this problem before he left office, he ultimately gave up, because this was not just an internal military problem, but also involved two religions.
Initially, the Chosen Legion transferred to Calamity City were all Seven Gods believers. However, many soldiers later converted to the god of calamity because, in their view, the god of calamity was closer to the object of their allegiance.
In recent years, the Chosen Legion in Calamity City had also recruited many warriors in the Disputed Lands and the Free Trade City States. Most of these warriors were followers of the god of calamity. The ratio of Seven Gods believers to Calamity believers within the Legion changed from the initial nine to one, to the current four to six, and conflicts between the two sides due to different faiths gradually increased.
In fact, the main reason for the conflict was that the Seven Gods believers believed Lynd was the Chosen of the Seven, and since the god of calamity's faith originated from Lynd, the god of calamity was inherently inferior to the Seven Gods.
Followers of the god of calamity naturally would not want their worshipped deity to be inferior. They could only sophistically claim that Lynd was the Chosen of God, and the Seven Gods only occupied a part, while the god of calamity also occupied a part. Therefore, there was no hierarchy between the god of calamity and the Seven Gods, and the most favorable evidence for this sophistry was that the storm god Church also regarded Lynd as the incarnation of the storm god.
After resolving the conflict, Adam Hightower returned to his office and, as usual, recorded the conflict, placing it in the incident file to be submitted back to Summerhall's Military and Political Department.
Adam Hightower merely treated this faith-based conflict as a routine incident, but in Summerhall, this matter had already been placed on Lynd's desk, and Lynd had called all the Commander-level officers of the Summerhall Chosen Legion who were not on duty to the castle to hold a meeting about it.
"Sir, what is there to discuss? Those heathens should not defile the Seven Gods' Chosen Legion; they should all be expelled." Commander Brandon Riverrun of the Father Legion within the Chosen Legion was an extremely devout Seven Gods believer. He was originally a Captain of the Chosen of God, but when the Chosen Legion expanded, he was assigned to the Chosen Legion to serve as the Commander of the Father Legion.
After its second expansion, the Chosen Legion's standing army had reached thirty-five thousand men, with a reserve force of thirty thousand, and including auxiliary troops, the total strength was approximately eighty to ninety thousand.
To facilitate management, Lynd divided the thirty-five thousand men of the standing army into seven different five-thousand-man legions, named after the Seven Gods.
For example, the Father, Mother, Smith, and Crone legions were all commanded by elites from the Chosen of God, but the Commanders of the Maiden, Stranger, and Warrior legions were not all Seven Gods believers.
"Lord Brandon, don't forget, the people you call heathens are also warriors loyal to Lord Linde, and many of them have followed Lord Linde for many years, achieving far more military merits than any of you present." Commander Hassan Molaire of the Stranger Legion looked coldly at Brandon Riverrun and said in a deep voice, "There's one thing I think you've misunderstood. The Chosen Legion's allegiance is to Prince Linde, not the Seven Gods. The Chosen Legion is not the Seven Gods Church's ecclesiastical army. Please do not handle Legion affairs through the lens of religious belief."
Hassan Molaire was not from Westeros but from Braavos; he was the singer who played the violin by the Moon Pool that day.
The main reason he came to Summerhall was that he was attracted by the song now called'Storm Overture.' In his words, he was 'inspired' by Lynd.
He was originally a Water Dancer swordmaster, and after joining the Chosen Legion, he quickly distinguished himself. He then completed various trials and was selected to become the Commander of the Stranger Legion a year ago.
Unlike Brandon Riverrun, he believed in the Thousand-Faced God. In his view, the Stranger was an avatar of the Thousand-Faced God, and he even regarded Lynd as an incarnation of the Thousand-Faced God, because Lynd had too many identities: the storm god, the god of calamity, the Seven Gods, and even the Night Lion faith was related to him. This perfectly aligned with the Thousand-Faced God's myriad avatars.
And the reason he was chosen to be the Commander of the Stranger was precisely to use him to balance the influence of the Seven Gods faith within the Chosen Legion.
This was not the first time Hassan Molaire had contradicted Brandon Riverrun, and as before, he seized upon the painful point in Brandon's words and struck hard.
Brandon Riverrun's face instantly changed upon hearing this. He looked worriedly at Lynd on the seat. He knew very well that if Lynd believed his loyalty was entirely directed towards the Seven Gods faith, he might lose his Commander position. Therefore, he vehemently defended himself, loudly proclaiming his loyalty to Lynd.
However, what he didn't know was that Lynd was not listening to his defense at all at this moment; his thoughts had already drifted elsewhere.
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