City of Light, Holy See.
Xu Shuo had just finished reading the Pope's little notes and had a general understanding of the grudges between the Illuminati Cult and the San Valo Empire, when the acolyte sent another jade medal from the Knights of the Sun.
What kind of knights can't they just finish the matter once and for all?
Xu Shuo waved back the teaching attendant who ran back and forth three times, and his spiritual power penetrated into the jade tablet.
A large paragraph of text floated in front of me. Judging from the tone of the words, it seemed to be the narrative of the crew members who discovered the Black Dragon Island.
At the end, there is a report from the leader of the Sun Knights himself, asking the Pope how to deal with the follow-up of Black Dragon Island, and that the news of Black Dragon Island has been leaked. By the way, he asked the Holy See if there is any support.
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows slightly as he read this sentence.
If he hadn't just obtained the Pope's memory, there's a high probability that he wouldn't have found anything wrong with this passage.
But in fact, all members of the Sun Knights are in the city-state of Turnus, and the Pope only gave this task to his most trusted Sun Knights.
Therefore, there is no mention of foreign aid at all. The chief of the Knights must also understand this problem.
Can't catch it?
Come and see me.
But if you can ask this question, it is definitely not because the chief of the knights has rebelled. It is most likely that the player is testing something.
Moreover, the other party was also very careful with his words and did not directly indicate that it was the Knights of the Sun who needed support. If the Pope asked about it, he could use other reasons to smooth things over.
It seems that his most loyal chief knight has become a player.
It's almost tantamount to rebellion.
Xu Shuo complained to the other side, took the jade token, turned around and left from the back door of the palace, and came to a magnificent and spacious hall.
There is golden light everywhere, adding a shocking color to his gray-white world.
Under the light, he could clearly see the color of the wall, the color of the carved patterns on the pillars, and the color of the sky outside the window.
All of this depends on the gift of light.
The Pope is a native of Guangming City.
His eyesight has been weak since he was born, and he has been unable to see things. When he grew up, he could see things a little more clearly, but he could only see gray and white colors. He had no idea what the colorful colors others mentioned were.
But after the mother's advice, the child did not dare to reveal his special characteristics, fearing that he would be treated as an evil thing and be dealt with by the Holy See, so he grew up in fear and contempt.
It wasn't until he was eight years old that he went to the church to be baptized by the God of Light - a blessing that every free citizen of Guangming City would receive since childhood.
That day, the child saw a golden light.
Since then, a fanatical believer of the God of Light appeared who worshiped the God of Light crazily, and in order to serve his own god, he attempted to usurp the faith of all humans, and even wanted to become the emperor.
Ambition can make people grow, especially a person who has been different from ordinary people since childhood.
So the child became the Pope of Light today.
On the first day he became pope, he began to deploy a plan to annex the San Varo Empire, and Black Dragon Island was the first step.
The giant dragon clan is a strange race. They have no spirit or belief. They rely on the power of their own blood to inherit and evolve. Therefore, they have extremely powerful flesh and blood power and are the most powerful race in the world.
Thousands of years ago, the dragon clan helped the elves.
Thousands of years later, the Pope wanted it to defect.
…
Xu Shuo walked through the long corridor filled with light, entered the rear hall where a huge sculpture of the God of Light stood, and stood in the formation below the sculpture.
The jade token in his hand turned into points of light and dissipated, and a new jade token condensed and appeared, then submerged into the formation at his feet.
After passing the order, Xu Shuo stood in the empty hall, looking up at the huge sculpture about twenty meters high beside him.
There is also a statue of the God of Light in the center of Guangming City, just behind the Holy See. It is forty or fifty meters high and can be seen from any corner of Guangming City.
As for the one in the Papal Palace, it was built by the pope himself, who is an avid fan.
Xu Shuo used his excellent eyesight to examine the face of the statue, but he didn't know whether the gods had unknown faces, so the statue did not accurately carve out her facial features, but only had the outline of a lake.
And there seems to be nothing sacred about this sculpture.
In fact, in the Pope's memory, he has never seen the God of Light truly perform miracles. Even when he was crowned, he was not able to come into contact with the God of Light, but the power of faith poured into his body.
The only thing here that can be called a miracle is probably the sun crown at the top of the Holy See that always shines, and the light allows him to see other colors.
This is why the Pope truly admires the God of Light.
but now……
Xu Shuo thought to himself that now, the most loyal fanatic believer of the God of Light was almost a traitor.
Although what he is about to do is also like a fanatic.
Xu Shuo took a look at the Pope's plan.
In addition to arranging for the Sun Knights to search for Black Dragon Island in the waters of Tunus, the Holy See also attracted Princess Teresa of the Saint Varo royal family and the Silver Duke on the border of Northland.
Princess Teresa was in poor health when she was a child and was sent to a farm to recuperate. The Holy See was the princess who came into contact with her at that time.
Eyeliner should be cultivated from an early age.
And in order to make this chess piece more loyal to the God of Light, when the princess was eight years old, the Knights of the Sun boldly stole the princess for a day under the order of the Pope, and sent her to the Holy See of Light to receive the blessing from the Pope himself.
The blessing not only restored the princess' health, but also made her fall in love with the Pope even more.
Hmm...admire the Pope.
This innocent little loli was completely deceived by an eighty-year-old veteran.
Each pope can serve for two to three hundred years, so this is not because his role is different from ordinary people, but that the pope who has been crowned by the God of Light is different from ordinary people.
The Pope was crowned when he was sixty years old. In an instant, he changed from a handsome old man with gray hair to a handsome young man.
Therefore, the Pope, who had been planning to annex the San Valo Empire since the day he took office, had actually been secretly planning it for decades.
Teresa was the right chess piece he had finally waited for.
Xu Shuo looked through the character's memory, then condensed a jade token and teleported it out through the formation at his feet.
After passing the instructions to Teresa, he also passed on a jade token to Duke Silver.
You can't treat them differently.
Oh, and I forgot about the Knights of the Sun.
After Xu Shuo thought about it, he replied: [No need to pay attention, send someone to Black Dragon Island first. ]
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After the war a thousand years ago, the dragon clan suffered serious losses. Over the course of a thousand years, it gradually disappeared from history and became a legendary species together with the elves.
Now, no one has seen elves and dragons for hundreds of years.
But the Pope was sure that the dragon was not extinct yet, and he did not believe that the cunning elves had also died and disappeared.
Legend has it that dragons live on islands floating in the sea.
The Black Dragon Island is just one of the inhabited islands, but the reason why I chose to look for the Black Dragon Island is mainly because there are still stories and rumors about the Black Dragon Island in the Turnus Sea.
As for other islands, there are not many relevant records left today.
The Pope had no other dragon to look for, so he looked for the black dragon.
As for how to persuade Black Dragon to agree to cooperate after finding it?
The matter may require the Pope's personal intervention.
However, the Pope of Light has never left the City of Light, and for the safety of the Pope, the bishops will not let him leave the City of Light.
I just don’t know if Black Dragon is willing to come over.
When Xu Shuo was thinking about this, his heart suddenly moved, and he felt another request from the teaching attendant at the palace door.
This has been done four times, right?
The game had only started a short time ago, and before the situation was clear, the group of players started to make crazy troubles.
…
This time the door opens.
The teacher was very nervous.
He seemed to feel that it was inappropriate for him to bother the Pope over and over again, but he had to inform the Pope of those things.
"What's up?"
A cold and quiet voice fell above the head, and the priest kneeling at the door did not dare to raise his head and look directly at the Pope.
He bowed his head and said respectfully: "Saint Walowald XVIII suddenly fell ill and is no longer able to govern. I would like to ask the Pope to go to the royal capital to crown His Highness Simon Wald."
Xu Shuo narrowed his eyes slightly under his hood to cover his brows.
The authority of the Holy See of Light in the empire is extremely high, and this is not said casually.
When the king of the San Valo Empire succeeds to the throne, he needs the Pope's personal blessing and coronation, but in the past, the king himself came to Guangming City for the coronation ceremony.
From this, we can already see the high status of the Pope.
In past history, there were even kings who, after offending the Holy See, rushed all the way from the royal capital to Guangming City to kneel down and atone for their sins.
Over the course of thousands of years, the Holy See and the Empire could not always live in peace, and there had been many frictions and disputes.
However, after Walder XIII complained to the Holy See, the empire could no longer get rid of the influence of the Holy See, nor could it stop the spread of theocracy in the empire, and even completely became a theocratic kingdom.
Therefore, it cannot be said that there is no problem for Wald XVIII to be invited to attend.
All I can say is that there is a huge problem!
Hongmen Banquet?
But if the Pope refuses to go to the Royal Capital, I am afraid that His Highness Simon will not come to Guangming City to be crowned himself, but will pass over the Holy See and succeed as Walder XIX.
This is blatant contempt for divine authority!
And the impact that will happen after this is nothing more than the reappearance of Wald XIII's rebellion, and the successor king will come back to apologize again.
The king had to do this because the Holy See of Light would let him know what "public opinion" was.
certainly--
It's all based in the real world.
In the game world, players don't care about the future consequences at all. They just walk away after the incident. This is to rely on something without fear.
The game is over and the flood is over.
Xu Shuo pondered to himself without saying a word, and looked at his side mission: [Kill King San Vallo. 】
He was suddenly curious.
If the throne is successfully passed on, should we kill the previous one or the current one?
If there is no text trap, it should be the current one, right?
Or just kill them all?
He was silent for a long time, which made the aide sitting at the door with his head bowed became more and more frightened. He clenched his fists nervously, thinking that the Pope must be angry.
No one can bear the wrath of the pope.
Probably only Wald XVIII died.
Xu Shuo noticed his mood swings and suddenly said, "What would the priest say?"
The Priesthood of the Holy See of Light is composed of ten bishops, who mainly assist the Pope in handling the political affairs of the Holy See of Light. All actions of the Holy See are supervised and executed by the Priesthood, including all priests under its command.
If you want to worry about the priests eclipsing the pope, you don't have to. Every pope is elected from the bishops.
Moreover, there has never been a case in history of a pope being overthrown by the priesthood.
Every pope dies.
Unlike the bloody turmoil that preceded each succession of the Saint Varo royal family, the succession of the Holy See of Light was awe-inspiring and harmonious.
You know, all of this depends on the God of Light.
Let the Pope leave Guangming City and travel thousands of kilometers to the royal capital to crown the new king. These things will make the free people in Guangming City laugh.
——Because it sounds impossible.
However, the priests did not directly block this ridiculous request, but asked the priests to come over and report to him. Xu Shuo wanted to know what those old guys were thinking.
The priest said nervously: "The Overlords said that it all depends on your wishes. If you go, they will arrange all the knights of the Holy See of Light to escort you there. If you don't go, you don't need to pay attention."
Xu Shuo raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He got it.
The zealot Pope thinks he has a well-hidden grand plan - in fact, the priesthood has known about it for a long time, and is secretly cooperating with his actions.
The priests also knew that the Pope wanted to find Black Dragon Island, but the reason given by the Pope was just that he was curious about the existence of Black Dragon.
The priests just believed it on the surface.
But which bishop is not a human being?
It's just that their ideals probably coincide with the Pope's, or in other words, they don't mind subduing the entire empire's faith for the God of Light.
And to become the true pope, King San Varro must die.
No matter who he is, he will die.
Even in this battle between divine power and royal power, all the bloodlines of the Saint Varo royal family that may succeed to the throne may not be able to stay.
Therefore, the priest will say on the surface that "all the knights of the Holy See will escort you to crown the king", but in fact it means "all the knights of the Holy See will follow you to get the king's head."
There is no need for Guangming City to stay behind.
After taking over the San Valo royal family, there is no problem in rebuilding as many cities of light as possible. The priesthood is not as stale as it seems on the surface.
But since the priests can discover this, there is a high probability that the Saint Varro royal family will also notice it. Perhaps the royal family has already deployed a plan to destroy the Holy See.
This is a precursor to war.
Both the Empire and the Holy See had a tacit understanding.
All that's missing is an opportunity to explode.
Xu Shuo tapped his fingers lightly on his pocket and chuckled: "It's a long way to the royal capital. It will take about ten days for us to get there from now on. Please let the Saint Varo royal family get ready."
The acolyte was startled, and he opened his mouth, subconsciously trying to persuade the Pope not to be so self-deprecating.
But he quickly realized that he was not qualified to comment on any of the Pope's decisions, so he promptly shut up his almost offensive mouth and hurriedly retreated.
After the teaching attendants retreated, Xu Shuo was not in a hurry to close the palace door.
He walked out of the dormitory, sat in the hall and waited for a while. After a while, he saw an old man wearing medium gray clerical robes walking over.
After seeing the Pope sitting at the head of the hall from a distance, the Patriarch bowed in that direction and saluted. After entering the hall, he saluted again under the head of the hall.
"His Holiness the Pope."
"You know we want to be emperor?"
Xu Shuo asked directly before the saluting Archbishop could stand upright, and then he saw the elderly man's body tilted.
The Archbishop sighed helplessly: "There are two factions in the priesthood, and I am the one who disagrees with it. Your Holiness, this matter..."
"Yes, I will go with your arrangement. If you don't agree, I will go by myself." Xu Shuo interrupted him directly.
"..." The Archbishop.
This Pope is very difficult to lead.
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