After Becoming The Tyrant

"No, not necessarily His resurrection."

Lightning split the night, the sky and the earth turned white, and the king's face was as cold as a plaster statue in the light of the thunder.He put the holy book on the table, and there was an inexplicable chill in his tone.

"Those who betrayed once will never be stingy about betraying the second time. Since they have already tasted the sweetness of extraordinary ability, and thus are majestic and unique in this land, then...why wouldn't they think of replacing it?" Of?"

The easiest thing to forget is awe, and the easiest thing to breed is ambition.

"The original holy court did not have the concept of the pope having universal power." The king pressed his fingertips together, and his memory has always been amazing. When Earl Wally talked with the king several times, he was surprised to find that the king's familiarity with history was not inferior. For any outstanding historian, "Bishop Anil once mentioned that the missionary slogan of the Holy See when it was first established was 'Build the city of the Holy Lord on the ground', and the city on the ground is the embryonic form of the Kingdom of God. This At that time, all rights in the teachings of the Holy Court belonged to Saints Peter and the Holy Lord."

"The rise of the pope's power has been a gradual process."

Earl Wally spent most of his life studying the history of the Holy Court, and the king quickly reacted as soon as he was mentioned.

"At the beginning, the teachings of the holy court emphasized the worship of the dignity and power of the Holy Lord, as well as the doomsday and universal outlook. However, in the sixth century, the importance of the pope and the power he possessed began to rise. Just Like cultivating theologians, they also carefully cultivated a group of eloquent jurists, and by the seventh century, when the first "Lucato's Decree" was promulgated, they began to propagate that the secular kingship had been subordinated to the pope."

"Before that, the secular kings were the incarnation of the Holy Lord in the world, and they were the same representatives as them."

said the king.

"In the early days, only the jurists of the church advocated and supported the pope's universal supreme power. But soon, the theological circles also began to try to prove this. They based the contract between God and man in the holy book, claiming that according to the The "creator who will exist forever in the present, the present, and the future" stipulates that the monarch must obey the priests[1], and the excommunication order was born from this time. However, there are logical problems in the excommunication order itself-the same as the incarnation of the Holy Lord, Where does the pope have the right to punish the monarch?" Earl Warry spoke quickly, "Starting from Lucado's decree collection, the subsequent decree collection has become more and more powerful. The pope's universal supreme power, what did they do? Arrived?"

"The concept of purgatory and intermediaries."

The concept of purgatory requires people to believe in the holy court, and the intermediary role played by the clergy in the right of redemption and the role of guides at the gate of the kingdom of God allow them to subtly transfer this part of power to themselves in the name of God.With the development of the internal order of the holy court, the rudiment of a kingdom of God system appeared along with the bishop system, and inevitably, power was concentrated at the top of the system—the Pope.

"He personally taught his believers how to steal his authority."

said the king softly.

This is really a great irony.

The Holy Master steals power from history and wants to use it to resurrect.The Pope and the Holy Court steal power from the Holy Lord to sit atop the secular throne.

The cycle of fate, like an ancient curse, the betrayer must be betrayed.

If the conversation between the king and Earl Wally tonight was known to the world, countless people would lose their spiritual sustenance overnight and be in a state of panic.The gods who saved the world are fake, history has been tampered with, and beliefs have been used... The solid spiritual empire collapsed in a conversation, leaving only the cold and cruel truth.

"Although the Holy Empire has been established, the Holy Master may not wake up—there is one person in this world who is more unwilling than us to allow the gods to truly recover."

Lord Wally's clothes were once again drenched with cold sweat from this conversation.

The king's pale fingertips caressed the bone ring on his hand.

He was thinking about other things, about "Law".

The incompleteness of the law made it possible for the mysterious power to intervene in the history of mankind hidden in the dark before the Millennium Kingdom began.Half of the incomplete part of the law is in the hands of the Serpent of the World. It betrayed in the "Battle of Twilight" and intercepted part of the fruits of victory in the war.This half-broken law allows it to hide in the cemetery of the gods to absorb power.

Then, there should be half of it, and who owns the incomplete half of the law?

"Theolde."

The king whispered, as if answering Lord Wally's words, and as if talking to himself.

………………

Siolde walked in the city of Colin.

These days, the atmosphere in Colin City has been tense, although Theolde restrained the Knights of the Temple, and did not allow the massacre of Kossoya to be staged here.However, the relationship between knights and citizens is still full of gunpowder, and conflicts may break out at any time.

"I know that within the Holy Court, there have been many different voices on this Holy Army movement. Some people think that I am too aggressive, and some people think that the time has not come."

Theold stood in front of Morse University in Collin City, looking up slightly at the college's arched stone pillar door carved with rose flowers.

"Your Majesty's long-term vision is beyond our comprehension."

Accompanying Theold for a walk was a Holy Court bishop who had crossed the Abyss Strait, and he was also a messenger, carrying a secret letter from Holy Spirit Bay.However, after Pope Theolde learned of his arrival, he was not in a hurry to get a secret letter from him, but instead invited him to walk around the city of Colin together.

Since the establishment of the Holy Empire, there has been a delicate relationship between the Holy Court and the empire.

Nominally, the Holy Court and the Holy Empire are equivalent.But in fact, the Twelve Sanctuaries of the Holy Court and the original systems have not been fully integrated into the Holy Empire.Although the relationship between the two is still very close, as long as the holy city of Holy Spirit Bay still exists, there will naturally be a separation point of interest between the holy city system and the holy empire system.

Even, in the elders' house of the holy court, some elders thought that the whole holy court had been fooled by Siolde.

Theolde took away the elite bones of the Holy Court and created a new shell called "Holy Empire" on the land of Bracy.Between the new shell and the old body, he is the only one who benefits, not the Holy Court.It's just that Theolde's personal prestige in the Holy Court is too high, and this kind of voice was suppressed before.

However, when Siolde led the Holy Court's elite to attack Legrand, while Holy Spirit Bay was struggling to deal with the attack of the Nujin Empire led by Hull, this different voice came up again.

The presence of the Bishop of the Holy Court as a messenger is a representative of this voice.

The Bishop of the Holy See is aware of the role he plays, but he is not a fool. The record of Siolde heard by Legrand all the way is enough for him to know that he is facing a Pope who is at the peak of power unprecedented in the history of the Holy See. —and also the emperor.

In the face of Theold's words, he carefully organized his words.

Siolde smiled slightly: "All the way, you looked at these towns and these academies rising in Legrand, what did you see?"

"I see heresy and irreverence to God."

The Bishop of the Holy Court replied.

This sentence comes from the heart, not empty words.

In his opinion, Legrand is simply a land of mud worthy of hell, where commerce flourishes, and Legrand's monarchs encourage it.What is taught in the college is not theology, but science. The heliocentric theory, which has been defined as fallacy and heresy in the "Hall of Truth", is widely spread here. What hangs in the gallery is not the Holy Spirit and angels, but some ordinary mortals...

Evil breeds here, and the believers here don't even recognize the teachings of the Holy See. They are indeed a group of heretics who call themselves "believers".

"But I see the vitality, the vitality. This is a country that is so old, yet so young."

Siolde looked at the arch of the university, looked at the rose reliefs and said slowly.

"The War of Retribution tore her apart, the greatest victory of the Holy Court and the greatest defeat of the Holy Court - it should have destroyed her completely long ago. Blacy's expedition after expedition could not break her, our sermons Master can't change her but is changed by her. By the time we finally paid attention to her, she has become stronger again."

"Strong enough to confront the 20 Holy Army head-on."

Siolde's voice suddenly became harsh.

He has always been very gentle, but when the fatherly gentleness recedes from him, what is revealed is the cold majesty like an emperor.

The Bishop of the Holy Court only felt that in his eyes, he was in an abyss.

"Legrand only has this kind of castle. It has tens of thousands of troops, but it can withstand 20 troops. And our holy court has twelve sanctuaries built over a thousand years, and each sanctuary is an indestructible castle. A military fortress like this. Such a holy court, but it can’t support the attack of a group of herdsmen?” Theolde’s voice was soft, “I’m very disappointed.”

The back of the bishop of the holy court was soaked with sweat.

He handed over the letter to the Pope, drafted a speech representing the meaning of the House of Elders, and left in a daze before he could say a word.

Sissian turned from the shadows to the side of Theolde, and asked the Pope in a low voice if he wanted the Holy Court guest to die in disbelief on the way back.

Theold shook his head and opened the letter.

Not surprisingly, the letter contained the corrupt elders in Holy Spirit Bay, intending him to send the Templar Knights back.

Siolde tore up the letter casually, letting the wind blow it away.

"It was a mistake to let them stay during the purge." Sisian couldn't help but say.

"A group of rotten bugs that are useless, neither useful nor wrong." Theolde said, he raised his head, looked at the city of Colin in the morning light, and saw that the Knights of the Temple had to patrol the city in full armor. , "These days, I finally understand one thing. The year William III died, I made the most fatal mistake."

Sisian looked at Theolde in astonishment.

In his heart, Theolde is a figure who is almost on par with the gods. He once thought that it would be impossible for him to see the day when this person made a mistake in his life.No matter what, it can be used by him, but today Theolde personally said that he made a fatal mistake.

"William III and the Duke of Buckingham are the craziest gamblers in the world."

Siold said.

They have crafted one of the most daring lies to deceive everyone.

Poole, Poole.

There is no King Purlan I of the Legrand Empire in this world at all.