Chapter 606 The struggle between theocracy and kingship(1/2)
Sean dug out some things from the mouth of the God of Death, such as bubble cosmology, elemental tides, and plane laws, and generally shared them with Sophia Liya.
There is no need to keep this kind of theoretical speculation secret.
Sean originally wanted to wait until after marriage to let Princess Sophia learn the system, but now he can only put it on the agenda.
Sophia Liya is one of the most broad-minded people in the world. Faced with this brand-new doctrine and theory, she is still dumbfounded. This is no longer simply incredible.
"Do you believe everything the other party said is true?" Princess Sophia asked after a while.
"I know this sounds hard to believe, but everything happening on the entire continent is pointing in this direction. Otherwise, how can you explain the fact that the magic energy is getting richer? Why are there so many magical beasts in various places? First, one
The God of Death, and then a true messenger of the Holy See, why didn't they show up earlier or later, but why did they appear together at this time?" Sean asked the question without answering.
Sean did not wait for Sophia Liya to react, and continued: "In recent times, I have learned a truth, that is, some things in legends and history books should be viewed with a questioning attitude. Now I can't see them.
It doesn't mean it didn't exist before, and it doesn't mean it won't happen in the future.
The Holy See has been promoting demons and the threat of demons for a long time, and there must be its own reasons for this.
There are no traces of demons or devils in the Ashan continent, which does not mean that there are none outside this continent, or even that they do not originate from this world.
According to the bubble cosmology, the higher the concentration of magic energy, the closer the distance between the two worlds, the heavier the mutual influence, and the thinner the plane barrier. When it is weak to a certain extent, things in the other world will cross the boundary.
It’s not certain if you come.”
"Absurd, this is so absurd. Are you sure you are not telling a legend?" Princess Regent Sophia shook her head repeatedly, still unable to believe everything Sean said.
Sophia Liya is different from the senior leaders of the Yongye Army. She has not experienced the earth-shaking changes brought about by Sean in the past year, nor has she witnessed the monster and terror of the God of Death with her own eyes. She questions everything Sean said.
heavier.
But there are some things that, out of confidentiality, Sean can't explain clearly to Princess Sophia now.
"You don't need to completely believe it, but you can't completely disbelieve it either." Sean didn't force it. No matter who it was, it would take some time to digest when so much news was suddenly stuffed into their mind.
"My mind is a little confused. Let me be alone for a while to think." Sophia Liya said, rubbing her forehead.
"After the beginning of spring, we will launch an offensive against the Kentana barbarians on the eastern front to completely eliminate the internal troubles. We will not be able to provide you with any strong support for at least half a year. When you make a decision, you'd better keep this in mind
After considering it, one thing is for sure, no matter what decision you make, I will stand behind you and support you." Sean made his attitude clear to Sophia Liya in advance.
Sean is not sensitive at all towards the Holy See.
He was not opposed to faith, as can be seen from his treatment of Darnell's Protestantism.
Nine times out of ten things in the world are not what you want.
It is understandable that people always need to find spiritual support and support when they are vulnerable.
But he doesn't like the Holy See's model of faith mixed with too much politics. For a territory, they are a cancer of governance. Just look at the state of the Lancelot royal family.
Now that there are so-called messengers of the true God with unknown circumstances mixed in, it becomes even more difficult.
If it is allowed to grow wildly, it is almost inevitable that it will be on the opposite side with the leader of the Yongye Army.
To be more precise, it is inevitable to go against all military leaders.
Unless those military leaders allow an additional divine power to emerge from above and accept the rule of the Holy See.
"Thank you!" Sophia Liya gently held Sean's hand, "Thanks to you this time."
"We two don't need to be so polite." Sean smiled.
This year has been a troubled year for the Byron Alliance. The huge army of Theodin Empire has not yet arrived, but the Holy See's faith plague has spread at a terrifying speed.
Sean's prediction was correct. Only the low-level lords and nobles who really fell into the arms of the Holy See were strongly hostile to them. The real big nobles were strongly hostile to them, especially the several military leaders and grand ducal families. Among them, the Gemini Peninsula and the Carthusian military leaders who were behind the witch secret meeting
The Kingsley family is the most.
The former two represent the will of the witches' secret society, while the latter is afraid of becoming a puppet of the Holy See.
In order to save the Eastern Conquest Army trapped in Brothers' Port, Archduke Buck was in a hurry and sought medical treatment. He used the power of the Holy See to put pressure on the Lancelot royal family and influence the decision-making of the Yongye military leaders in a roundabout way.
It is unclear how much help the Holy See provided to the Kingsley family, but the lingering poison left by the agreement between the two parties is still there, at least for the Kingsley family.
Their mining slave system is inherently incompatible with the doctrine of the Holy See. No matter how it is improved, it cannot change the fact that their status is unequal.
The wider the spread of the Holy See's faith, the greater the number of mining slaves affected, and the stronger the various resistances.
Archduke Buck only built five churches as he had promised, then stopped them and left them there in ruins.
The rest use various excuses to delay.
Anyway, this kind of promise is empty talk.
Now, suddenly, a new pope appears. He is a messenger of the true God and a member of the Holy Power. He is also preparing to preach in front of the Carthusian army.
Archduke Buck knew he was going to suffer as soon as he heard this. If he ignored this matter, the entire Carthusian military system would be in jeopardy.
But there was no way to stop this thing by just relying on his own strength. At this time, the first thing he thought of was naturally the Lancelot royal family.
The first person that Archduke Buck contacted was not Princess Regent Sophilia, but Prince Laurie. After discovering that Prince Laurie showed an abnormal state of support for the Holy See, he turned to Princess Regent Sophilia.
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This is another game of royal power and divine power.
This time the momentum of theocracy was obviously greater, and the persecuting ruling classes of the Byronic League had to unite to jointly resist the attack from faith.
The ruling class of the Byron Alliance is not without the power to fight back. After all, faith cannot fill the bellies of these believers. Once they unite to block the Holy Ether Church, those believers will have to choose between faith and filling their bellies.
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It is also a disaster for the Holy See.
Unless one party is determined to defeat the enemy and prepare for an all-out war, it will inevitably fall into political negotiations after a period of stalemate.
Although the Holy Ether Church has the True God Messenger and the new Holy Power, the time it took to obtain it is still short. The new Pope St. George has just come to the forefront, and the foundation is not yet stable. At this stage, it mainly focuses on stabilizing its rule and expanding its influence. It definitely does not want to start a war.
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Neither the Lancelot royal family nor the Kingsley family will be able to muster up such courage in a short time. Risking their own territory being destroyed, they will go into full-scale war with the Holy See of Saint Ether. After all, this is a civil war, even if they win.
, what is harmed is also the people under the rule.
They are even more uncertain as to how many devout believers there are in their army who belong to the Holy See. Once a fight breaks out, it would be terrible if they suddenly switch sides to the Holy See.
This is the most troublesome aspect of the Holy Ether Church compared to foreign enemies such as Odin orcs.
One thing is certain, the more peaceful political environment of the Byron League is gone forever.
Only Prince Laurie would foolishly believe that the divine power and royal power can be unified when there are already two completely different interest groups.
No one is willing to give up his vested interests, even if he is a man of two generations and thinks he has no nostalgia for rights. Sean, who was still thinking about building a democratic system at the beginning, is not so free and easy. Who dares to try to lead the Eternal Night Army now?
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The dispute between royal power and divine power will only intensify, and it is not impossible that the dispute will eventually be resolved by force.
Before that, the Yongye Army Leader must make full preparations.
The first thing to solve is naturally the problem of the Kentana barbarians.
The Kentana barbarians have begun to make plans to attack the leader of the Yongye Army.
The output on the tundra grassland is not enough to support the consumption of the entire Kentana barbarians.
Their huge size means that they usually consume far more food to maintain their bodies than ordinary people. The total consumption of a hundred thousand Kentana barbarians is equivalent to one million Andis people. This is a bit exaggerated, but it is equivalent to thirty or forty people.
Everything is true.
These Kentana barbarians have little management experience and have no idea what it means to uniformly allocate supplies and survive difficult times frugally.
As a result, just two-thirds of the way through the cold winter, their food supply had already bottomed out.
The two Kentana barbarian tribes are in the same situation, and there is little point in attacking each other. They can only focus on the outside of the Kentana Icefield - they had previously transported some food to their Eternal Night Army in order to appease and establish relations.
collar.
Just like what the Yongye Army was worried about before taking the lead, for a race that advocates strength, if you don't show them strong force first, even if you show good intentions, you will just be beating a dog and attracting their prying eyes.
Before the cold winter had passed, two tribes of Kentana barbarians had already begun to gather on a large scale towards the eastern reaches of the Andes Mountains.
The freezing weather has little impact on them. After all, their living environment is frozen for most of the time, and they have long been accustomed to this lifestyle. Their physical condition has adapted to this situation to a certain extent.
According to the research of the Yongye Army Leader, the frost resistance of Kentana barbarians is obviously higher than that of ordinary people.
Furthermore, since the Kentana barbarians are not hampered by supplies, they cannot be expected to maintain an organized movement as an army.
After entering the mobile state, except for a very few, most of them will return to the family and tribal state.
At this time, the army led by the Yongye Army had already assembled in the ruins forts. The marshals and generals had gathered in the military operations room and had a heated discussion over the military map.
"I think it's a good thing that the Kentana barbarians took the initiative to fight. Compared to fighting them on the tundra steppe, fighting them in the east is more beneficial to us. Firstly, our supply lines don't have to be stretched like this.
Secondly, it is easier to use the terrain to defeat them one by one." Marshal Diklong pointed at the military map and said, "If we get into a large-scale chaos on the tundra grassland, it will be difficult to control the casualties of both the enemy and ourselves."
During this period, the Lord's Guards had been assisting Marshal McGee's First Army in capturing the Kentana barbarians captives on the tundra steppe.
He has a deeper understanding of the frontal combat capabilities of these barbarians from the wilderness.
Even with the use of brand-new combat skills, when the soldiers of the Eternal Night Army faced off against the Kentana barbarians, their winning rate in a single duel would not exceed 30%.
This is despite the equipment and training gaps.
To be continued...