Scepter of Thorns

From the moment he was appointed as an envoy, Edward was suppressing his anger.The pope's position, which he had worked so hard to obtain, was forced to be given to others by himself, and his plan and the treaty with the demons could not be implemented. Bit quarreled.

The intervention of the royal family was the last straw that broke the camel's back. It is true that theocratic power and imperial power are incompatible, but both sides have their own rules, and they suppress and balance each other to maintain the normal operation of the empire.Because of the Holy See's temporary weakness and overstepping, there is no room for maneuver in this kind of thing.

At this time, the other party foolishly revealed a flaw.

"His Royal Highness Prince Monkey." He said, his eyes dimmed, "I want to know who 'we' refers to."

Fran was taken aback.

Whether it is the Holy See or the royal family, making friends with close officials is undoubtedly the most intolerable point.People who originally performed their duties suddenly got mixed together at a relatively special time, and the purpose was so strong that the ruler had to guard against it.Especially those with complex identities and those with strong personal power.The former Pope was still there, and the former Holy Son had been recommended by a group of people as the new Holy Son just after his death. At the same time, because the royal family was unclear, their purpose was very doubtful.

Did he take himself, the Pope, seriously?

But Fran's reaction was very quick. He bypassed the question and said: "The royal family is always paying attention to the new batch of outstanding talents in the Holy See. Conns' record of ruling against dark creatures is unprecedented. The Holy Son must have his excellence, he has the virtues of chivalry, and the person who serves as Pope should be excellent enough, isn't he?"

"Yes." He said, "but the correct evaluation of a person is not based on his current level, but his potential. And it is not me who chooses Mufujie, but God's will."

The envoy standing on the altar like a statue suddenly raised his head.Edward ignored him, and let go of his grip on the scepter.

Under the gaze of the audience, the scepter flew steadily over Conns and stopped in front of Mufujie.Mufujie stretched out his hand tentatively, and then caught the heavy thing.

The dust has settled.

"Actually, Mufujie did not disappoint me." Edward ended the debate with one sentence, applause sounded under his signal, Fran and Sariel barely smiled, and congratulated the birth of the new pope.

Conns congratulated Mufujie with a strong smile. Although Fran and Sariel were unwilling, they were not too worried.In fact, they were not afraid of Mufujie becoming the pope at all, because after Edward left, he had enough time, enough strength and enough status to pull him down from the throne.

The choice of the scepter is only a small spell. Mufujie's bright talent is much higher than that of Conns, but he is not good at expressing himself.In fact, as long as someone has held this thorny scepter, they will find that it has obvious phototaxis, and there is nothing very special about it.

——And even if someone knew, he couldn't say it, because of "the glory of the Lord God."

However, Edward still can't relax, because this is superficial, and once he leaves the Holy See, he will inevitably mess up.He had disclosed to all his people in the Holy See about Mufujie's succession in advance, and the handover would be more convenient and less likely to cause trouble.

After he left, the former ministers headed by Augustine will firmly hold Conns on the charge of "associating with close ministers" and strive to abolish him as the Son of God. Mufujie's personal armed light arrow will be controlled by Mu Fujie, and he will inherit those gold coins.

And that's not enough.

Conns is not so easy to defeat, the lord of the palace is also gaining a lot of power in the Holy See, and his old ministers will not recognize the new lord so quickly, financial resources are still too lacking, if Mu Fujie wants to secure the throne of the Pope, he The things he has to go through and the choices he has to make are much more difficult, but he will also be much more mature than he is now.

So Edward didn't clean it up for him himself.He was just betting, and now he put all his chips on Mu Fujie, because he was more optimistic about Mu Fujie.And there will be a fierce battle between Mufujie and Conns. There are thousands of intricate relationships behind them, and the one who wins in the end will be the most suitable person to become Pope.

And after that, even if everything is lost, it has nothing to do with him.

Light, rich light.Edward half closed his eyes, his eyelashes casting a small shadow.He stands here again, and the back of the cross will have a new name engraved on the top, and the light will have another person to inherit it.

At the same time, Mufujie will accept the adoration with nervous and excited emotions; Conns is jealous of him but has to bow his noble head; Fran and Sariel will leave the altar in a huff Report to the cabinet; Augustine will use scrutiny to judge whether the newly appointed Pope is eligible for all his loyalty; and he himself will use a smile to hide the sharp resentment in his heart like a dagger and leave with the envoy.

Some see hope, some don't.

The surroundings went dark again, and when people's sights returned to normal, there were no traces of the two on the altar.

Edward realized that he was in a black and white world at this time. The envoy clicked on his forehead, and the emblem of the thorny scepter suddenly appeared.He was dragged by the envoy through a tortuous road and arrived in front of a ladder.

[Go up. 】

The oracle left this sentence and disappeared.Edward twitched the corners of his mouth and began to walk up step by step.

There is no light element in this world, which means he cannot use magic.Edward estimated that he had already walked more than ten floors, because his physical strength obviously couldn't keep up, so he rested for a while leaning on the handrail.The sky ladder was surrounded by thick clouds, and the air was slightly humid, much like the place where the gods stayed in his dream.

After going up to the seventh and eighth floors again, Edward wiped the sweat from his forehead and rested for a while.In fact, he didn't want to go up at all, because according to his estimate, the stairs would not be completed without climbing for a day, so he simply took off his cumbersome clothes, leaving only two close-fitting clothes, and then hung one of the clothes he took off on the On the stairs, throw the rest down.

The clothes that fell into the clouds disappeared quickly, and Edward was rather disappointed. He thought something interesting would happen, but nothing happened.

When he reached the top of the stairs, the envoy stood beside him and waited for him. Edward saw the appearance of the envoy clearly. He was a very handsome young man with blond hair and blue eyes. He could not be said to be good-looking, but he was pleasing to the eye.

"I'll take you to the room." He had a standard accent, and Edward followed him to a palace that was also black and white, and then he heard the young man say with disgust: "I really don't see how you are worthy of being an envoy of God." gone."

His little face was round and round, and his eyes were wide open.Edward wanted to laugh inexplicably, so he looked down at him with his height advantage: "That's the reason."

----Chapter8. Struggle & End----

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Shou Jun is teasing Xiao Sao Nian~ Every time I see the number of collections, I will suffer a fatal blow.