The army that neglects training during peacetime, takes ghost salaries, and relies on serfs to fill ranks during war is evidently incapable of bearing the responsibility of defending the city.
The city belongs to the Clergy, but our lives belong to ourselves. No one needs to sacrifice their lives for the Clergy's glory.
Anyway, as the war progresses, deserters are everywhere. Even if responsibility were pursued, enforcement would be impossible.
After all, isn't the Papal State rotting away?
The first batch of officers who fled were nominally executed, but in practice, they merely adopted new identities and continued their lives.
"This war has been too easy; do you think the enemy might be plotting something against us?"
Count Orlan said hesitantly.
Compared to the bloodthirsty Orcs, the Church Army is unbelievably easy to bully.
