After Becoming The Tyrant

Sensing that someone entered, the black dragon turned its head and stared at the person who entered with its ferocious golden eyes. The dragon wings flapped and blew a foul-smelling gust of wind, and the flesh and bones of cattle, sheep and animals in the wind smashed towards the white-robed monk's head and face.

The white-robed monk held the cross on his chest, and released a faint layer of light to block the stolen goods.Holding a torch, he walked along the edge of the huge underground cave, admiring the evil dragon that was kept in captivity underground.It was originally just a rock-like egg, which was brought back from the extreme north by the holy court in a special way after the glacier, and it was hatched by secret methods for nearly 300 years.

It is a pity that, on the one hand, because the legendary era has come to an end, on the other hand, this is only a mixed-blood descendant of a real dragon, and the black dragon is far inferior to the legendary evil dragon.

a replica.

A replica that has been shrunk countless times.

"The back of the evil dragon in the legendary era is like an ancient mountain range when it crawls." The white-robed monk sighed to himself, "I really want to see what a huge and amazing creation it is."

The black dragon had gradually calmed down. The white-robed monk approached the iron chain and put his hand on the mechanism.

"Since you are a dragon slayer, why don't you slay the evil dragon again?"

he said, with an odd smile in his voice.

………………

Legrand, the Rose Palace.

The suggestion given by the witch leader to attack the "House of the Pope" was similar to the devil's last warning before leaving. The king did not express any attitude towards it at the time, but after the hunting was over, the head of internal affairs immediately summoned Ann at the order of the king. Dean Neil.

Or should it be called "Archbishop Anil".

He had been appointed Archbishop of St. Wythe by the King not long before.

While the king summoned Archbishop Anil, the witch leader went into hiding temporarily.Although the king protected them, as a witch, she was always reluctant to meet the priests.Especially, to the dark world, the name of Father Anil is much louder than the bishop of the Twelve Sanctuaries of the Holy Court.

"House of the Pope."

Hearing the king's inquiry, Archbishop Anil pondered for a while, and then explained it carefully to the king.

The so-called "pope's house" means that the pope enjoys absolute authority on all religious issues. The pope is the head of the family and all believers must obey him. [1]

"The pope is the sovereign of the spiritual world," said the king thoughtfully, probably guessing something.

He didn't continue this topic, but instead asked Archbishop Anil about the miracles of the Holy Empire and the progress of the religious reform in Legrand today.

After the famous "legrand jurisprudence dispute", a group of theologians and scholars gathered at the Gray Eagle Tavern in Mezl City, where they held the first discussion on Legrand's church reform.Later, when the Holy Court launched the "Hall of Truth" on the other side of the Abyss Strait, General John presided over the Legrand religious meeting ordered by the king almost tit for tat.

In the Legrand Jurisprudence Controversy, the Legrand Church lost its judicial power, and in this first religious reform meeting, this point was further based on the "Book of Obedience to the Law of the Faculty" It was fixed by means of the Prohibition of Appeals.On the surface, the "No Appeal Order" refers to the prohibition of bypassing the royal court and directly submitting lawsuits to the Holy Court.

In reality, however, it was a much more radical split.

It completely separated the Church of Legrand from the church that had become the Holy Empire.Not only completely severed the judicial connection between Legrand and the Holy Court, but also canceled Legrand's tribute to the Holy Court incidentally.

"It's hard to imagine that the implementation of the Prohibition of Appeal Order has gone so smoothly."

Archbishop Anil said in a low voice that although he is not good at political affairs, he still has some basic understanding.When the anti-suit injunction was voted on, it was passed at an astonishing speed. Even representatives of some great lords temporarily remained neutral in front of it, and the support rate of the lower-level members was even more astonishingly high.

"I thought you knew why, Mr. Bishop." The king chuckled in a low voice, leaning back on the chair, reminding Archbishop Anil, "You should be very clear about the court proceedings."

Archbishop Anil was silent for a while, with a sad expression on his face.

The king tapped the handrail with his fingertips unhurriedly, and there was still a pile of files he had read on his desk. If he wanted to target the enemy, he had to make the enemy understand himself better.And the understanding of the Holy Court is the king's assurance that the Reformation Conference proposed the "Ban Appellation Order".

He knew it would be supported.

Because the corruption and procrastination of the Holy See Pontifical Court is notorious.

In name, the Holy See is the highest court of the entire church, but in fact, the Holy See has taken many cases that could have been resolved in the courts of bishops and county bishops into its own hands.Even the local lords who did not support the king were particularly dissatisfied with this point.To some extent, it also divided a large part of the economic income of the local lord's court.On the other hand, every lawsuit directly submitted from various countries to the Pontifical Academy needs to go through countless hands, and every time it passes through a pair of hands, a corresponding "unwritten fee" must be paid. , and many more additional bribes. [2]

Even aristocrats with considerable income could hardly bear this kind of exploitation.

Some people have done statistics, and the remuneration for the summary of the case alone is as high as dozens of times the official fee[3].

In addition, the cumbersomeness of ecclesiastical court procedures has become a notorious laughing stock.

A slang joke makes this point perfectly.It speaks of a prosecutor who went to the Holy See court to file the case.His wife waited for several years, but couldn't wait for her husband to come back, so she couldn't bear it and asked the prosecutor's friends.The friend congratulated her: "God bless you! Your good husband has run through all the office rooms! He can go home after finishing the briefing next month!"[4]

As for the second point in the "Prohibition of Appeal", the termination of the payment of tribute to the Holy Court.

——In this world, is there really someone who sincerely hands over his money for nothing?

It doesn't matter how many people believe Bishop Anil's "Piety lies in faith", although this reform is called "religion" in the name, it is actually just a re-division of interests.

No one will refuse to receive benefits, as long as the benefits are not cut from them.

Bishop Anil finished his statement about the religious meeting, and at the same time he asked the king something that puzzled him: "How did you manage to make the miracles of the Holy Court have such little influence on Legrand? Your Majesty .”

It is normal for someone like him who knows the secrets of the Holy Court not to believe in the so-called "miracle oracle" of the Holy Court, but the impact of the miracles of the Holy Court on ordinary people in Legrand is greater than he imagined much smaller.

Bishop Anil was prepared to face stronger resistance from the people after the miracle, but the result was unexpected.

"Because I didn't witness it with my own eyes after all." The king replied, after a pause, he added meaningfully, "Besides, they chose to use the Black Death."

Bishop Anil's doubts are also the doubts of the witch leader.

After arriving in Legrand, the witches stayed at Legrand No. [-] Pathological Research Institute, and all they came into contact with were lunatics in the eyes of normal people.Therefore, they subconsciously believe that the indifference of the people in the research institute to miracles is due to their own abnormality—hell, there are people who are eager to study the difference between angels and humans.

But in the heart of the witches, they subconsciously believe that normal people have a different attitude towards miracles.

On the way to escape from the Holy Empire, they met many fanatics who were more terrifying than the judges of the Holy Court.

Legrand, however, was completely different.

Crosses are not everywhere, people do not kneel outside churches in groups, and indulgences are almost extinct.Walking on the street, you won't hear people proclaiming "oracles" loudly every so often.Neither the midwife nor the widow looked sad and worried that they would be dragged out at any time and be accused of being a witch.There are even a group of scholars haunting various taverns, loudly criticizing and mocking the records of the "Hall of Truth" that came back from the other side of the Abyss Strait...

Everything here shocked and awed the witch.

She felt that she had stepped into a very different country.

Finally, after seeing a scholar giving a speech on the street and the crowd dispersed, she couldn't help walking over and asking her own questions.

The scholar glanced at her in surprise, and then replied in a natural tone: "But, what does Blacy's miracle have to do with Legrand?"

"But..." The witch was dumbfounded by this answer. She always felt that something was wrong, but it seemed that there was nothing wrong.

Seeing her sluggish look, the scholar thought for a while, and answered his opinion carefully: "The Pope said that the Black Death was the punishment of the Holy Lord to people. The Holy Lord forgave the world, so the angel came. However, as early as the angel came Before, our Majesty had expelled the Black Death in the southeast and made death bow down. Then, isn’t Your Majesty, who solved the Black Death earlier than the Holy Court, a representative of God’s will closer than the Pope?”

The witch finally understood why.

——Holy Court wants to use the influence of the Black Death to expand, so as to establish the Holy Empire more smoothly.And this just made it lose its sacred halo in the eyes of the people of Legrand, because the king of Legrand solved the Black Death earlier than the Holy Court.

She couldn't help but smile gloatingly.

The scholar rolled up his blueprint and was about to leave. The witch saw dense oval trajectories and spheres drawn on the blueprint, and asked curiously what it was.

"Oh, this!" Mentioning his blueprint, the scholar's interest immediately rose, "This is the celestial orbit I simulated, those guys in the Hall of Truth are so stupid to claim that the heliocentric theory is wrong, but the truth is not They look like that! It's a pity, I originally wanted to visit Mr. Tia, I had a correspondence with him, and his research progress in this area is much faster than mine, but it doesn't matter!"

Scholars are in high spirits.

"I believe that I can also take off the sun!"

The author has something to say: Legrand people: What does Blacy's miracle have to do with me, Legrand.jpg

[1] Quoted from "History of the Reformation"

[2] Same as [1]

[3] Before the Reformation, the Pope's court proceedings had to be recorded, but the remuneration for briefing was as high as 24-41 times the official fee.

[4] The Roman Church before the Reformation had become a court, but not the most respected kind, where the sale of dispensations and immunities and the purchase of priesthoods were conducted.But the plaintiff has to keep running from one office to another with the complaint in hand.