The hierarchy within the Holy Aether Holy See, although not as strict as that of the lords and nobles, is also different.

As the Holy See grew, the internal structure began to move closer to the clear hierarchy of lords and nobles, especially the targeted Cardinal of St. George, who was notoriously focused on this.

"Keeping your oath is not in conflict with participating in the celebration for His Majesty the Pope, Your Excellency Bishop Enocco, is it not the same as breaking the barrier and coming in person?" Cardinal St. George did not fight back directly, but said with a deep meaning.

It's all a thousand-year-old fox, so don't play fasting.

Everyone knows why they are here.

His Majesty Deert has been in power for a full century, which means that he is old enough, old enough that even as a double peak, he has passed the most glorious period of his life, and his physical strength has entered a serious decline.

Both champion knights and warlocks have a longer life than ordinary people, but far from the level of immortality.

In historical records, the longest-lived warlock only lived to be one hundred and seventy-two years old, and this year, His Majesty Delt is seven out of one hundred and fifty, and has entered the ranks of high life.

There is a common phenomenon of such a situation in which life expectancy is extended due to cultivation.

That's when the body is at its peak, the body ages very slowly, and many champion knights and mastery warlocks will maintain the same appearance for decades.

The Great Elder of the Crocodile Clan, Nitia, was over one hundred and thirty years old, but her appearance was younger than that of an ordinary woman in her fifties and sixties.

But once they enter a period of decline, they will age much faster than ordinary people, both internally and externally, usually not more than 20 years.

Although Pope Dert has created a lot of unprecedented brilliance, it seems that there is no way to continue to forge glory on it, and his body has begun to show signs of aging, and the time for the summoning of the true god is getting closer and closer.

In the last decade or so, Pope Delt has decentralized, and most of the affairs of the dioceses have been entrusted to the cardinals.

I don't need to say much about what this means, right?

That's right.

It's a change of power.

And it's a very special change of rights.

Whether it is those royal grand ducal families, or ordinary lords and nobles, the change of rights follows the rules of blood inheritance, and there are strict and strict laws for the first heir and the second heir in line.

The Holy See is different, its rights are not hereditary, but are contested from among cardinals.

There are many reasons why this is the case.

There are two main points.

The first point is naturally because it is a faith organization, and the God of truth is its real master, even the pope, who exists to serve God, but is one of many servants who shepherd the sheep on behalf of the true God, at least nominally.

Whether you can sit in this position or not is naturally not because of whether the blood is noble or not, but whether the belief is pious or not.

However, it is difficult to quantify such a thing, so it is generally reflected in how much contribution has been made to the true God and to the Holy See, and how many believers have supported and recognized it.

The second point is that although the Holy See does not prohibit marriage, many devout believers will make a vow of purity and dedicate their lives completely to their gods, and this situation is more common the higher the level.

His Majesty Pope Delt did not take a vow of purification, but his son did.

What's more, his son did not awaken to become a god, nor did he enter the realm of champion knights, and died half a century ago.

In this case, the election system is more reliable than the hereditary system, and it is not prone to disconnection and chaos.

When Pope Dert was just entering his aging period, the Holy See didn't seem to be aware of it from top to bottom.

Because he reigned for so long, that many people forgot that the pope had a change of throne, until he began to take the initiative to delegate power.

The cardinals suddenly realized this, and the panic at the beginning can be imagined.

As time went on, the Pope Dert's body became more and more intense, and the Holy See as a whole was in a state of turmoil.

It was against this political background that Princess Regent Sophia liquidated the land of the Holy Aether Holy See, and Pope Delt acquiesced in the matter at the time, which involved very complex interests and considerations.

Due to the high degree of overlap between the main body of the Holy See and the royal family of Lancelot, the core is in the plains of Asia Minor, in the past half century, because of land reasons, the conflict between the two sides has been severe, because of this quarrel, it is a matter of time.

Pope Delt was not only a devout man, but also a qualified statesman, and knew this very well, and he could use the prestige he had built up over the past century to force the matter down.

But what about after you have been called by the true God?

At that time, even if the change of power goes smoothly, it is still inevitable that the Holy See will fall into chaos.

At that time, the princess regent was in the prime of life, her political skills would become more mature, and her ambitions would become greater.

Rather than this, it is better to solve this problem while she is in power, and the young princess will not do too much, even if there is a problem, she can be shocked.

In fact, the land liquidation of the Holy Aether Holy See by the Lancelot royal family is mostly a loss of future interests, and it does not have much impact on the Holy Aether Holy See as a whole.

The anger of the cultists because of the damage to their interests was led to the Lancelot royal family by the cruel Pope Delt, who portrayed the Holy See as innocent victims like them.

The success of any political manoeuvre will not be a one-sided reason.

The first brilliant thing that Princess Regent did back then was no exception, that is, I don't know if she was a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, or did she see this, and knew that Pope Dert would compromise out of this concern?

If it is the former, it can only be said that she was unlucky, did the right thing at the right time, and thus achieved the ultimate success.

If it's the latter, it's a bit against the sky.

Since then, the relationship between these cardinals has become very strained, especially those who are considered to be the strongest contenders for the next pope.

Right now, these two, the cardinal who is full of gunpowder with one mouth, are among the strongest contenders.

Cardinal Inoco is old enough, although there are no commendable brilliant things in his life, but there is nothing wrong with him, he is known for his steadiness, and the diocese in charge is the core area of Valesta, the royal capital, and his support is naturally quite large.

St. George is a well-known genius, born in the Holy See, raised in the Holy See, with many resumes at a young age, and his life trajectory is similar to that of Pope Delt in many places, just short of the title of a prophetic son.

Rao is so, within the Holy See, there is still a second Delt, which can be seen from the fact that he was just over fifty years old and was able to put a holy word in front of his name.

Those who do not have the corresponding merits and the same words and deeds for decades have no such qualifications.

The only thing he lacks compared to Cardinal Enocco is probably in the management and seniority of the diocese.

Therefore, he found another shortcut, wanting to solve the consular side of the Manyu Army, so that the large-scale presence of the Holy See power as a qualification to help him reach the top.

Where did you think that there are too many forces eyeing the Manyu army leader, and now it has become a rotten swamp, dragging him up and down.

"Your Excellency Bishop George, His Majesty the Pope has a please. A papal attendant trotted over.

Originally, Cardinal Enocco didn't feel anything, but St. George deliberately or unintentionally threw a glance at him, which provoked his anger, and couldn't help asking: "I came first, why did His Majesty the Pope summon him first?"

"I'm sorry, I don't know, Your Excellency, I'm just carrying out His Majesty's orders. The pope's attendant said apologetically, "If His Majesty the Pope summons you, I will let you know as soon as possible." ”

"Hmph!" Cardinal Enoc snorted, turned his face away, and did not continue to talk, and when he asked, he already regretted it, because it did not change anything, but made him more embarrassed.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you in the Oracle Hall, and I ask Your Excellency the Bishop to go in on your own. The papal attendant led St. George to a quaint doorway.

This gate is not large, but the shape is simple, full of a thick sense of history, and it is engraved with various mysterious god patterns.

If Grand Duke Buck, the current head of the Kingsley family, was here, he would have found that this gate and the battle artifact storage room in the Kingsley family's catacombs were similar, and all the flashes on it were spell energy fluctuations.

It's just that the gate magic energy of the Kingsley family's catacombs is biased towards the earth system, and the one in front of him is a pure light system, standing in front of it, there is an illusion that there is nothing to hide, as if the secrets of the heart are all illuminated.

This gate is also famous in the Holy See, called the Eye of God.

As the name suggests, in front of it, all people have nothing to hide, especially those sinners, many confess their sins directly in front of it.

What made it famous was that it had unearthed many ill-intentioned people for the Holy See.

The shadow of the name tree of man.

If there is too much information about any thing, the fake one will give people strong psychological pressure, not to mention that the divine pattern engraved on this gate is related to the magic energy, which is even more mysterious.

In addition, there is a ghost in my heart, so if I don't come here, I may not really admit myself.

It was not the first time that St. George had stood in front of the Eye of the True God, but it was the first time that he felt a sense of strangeness, and although it was fleeting, he was still keenly grasped, and he couldn't help but ask himself, could it be that he was selfish?

Everything he does is for the sake of the Holy See, and he has nothing to fear.

St. George once again strengthened his heart and silently told himself in his heart.

Including the struggle for the position of the pope, not for their own selfishness, but to ensure that the prosperity of the Holy See remains.

It would be a disaster for the Holy See if the power fell to a person like Enocco, who was entangled with the Lancelot royal family and had more politicians than faith.

St. George considered himself to have faith in the true God and affection for the Holy See that was unsurpassed among his contemporaries.

While others were indulging in vanity, he was learning everything about the Holy See.

While they sank into the sea of power, he was working for the expansion of the Holy See.

St. George did not show any strangeness in his heart, and used the tidying of his clothes as a cover.

In the eyes of the pope's close attendant, this was an important tribute to the summons of His Majesty the Pope.

St. George slammed the door lightly.

As soon as there was a knock on the door, an answer came from inside, "The door is open, come in." There was an old age in his voice that could not be concealed.

St. George pushed the door in, and a more intense spell energy rushed to his face, pure light energy, making people feel like they couldn't open their eyes, but this feeling didn't last long, and they quickly got used to it.

It is the closest place to God, and the power of God is so strong.

It's no wonder that the voice of the true God is easier to hear here than anywhere else.

Seeing the surrounding situation clearly, St. George couldn't help but be taken aback, and said in a lost voice: "Your Majesty, you are ......"

The last time we met, although Pope Delt had already shown his old age, he had gone from the prime of his forties and fifties to his seventies and eighties, which was not particularly obvious.

But at this time, the Dert Pope's hair was white, his skin was loose, his age spots were dense, and he exuded a decadent aura from the inside out, and in St. George's memory, the waist that had been straight also showed an arc, which was simply unimaginable for a double pinnacle.

"Don't be sad, my child, you should be happy for me, I am one step closer to the true God, this is something I have dreamed of for many years, I will be reunited with my family by the side of the true God, they must be in a hurry. There was an indescribable kindness in Pope Delt's voice, a sense of déjà vu in his family.

His voice is quite recognizable, and just by hearing it, the image of a kind elder jumps into his mind.

There is usually a certain difference between the voice and the look.

Most of the looks are far less than the imagination that the sound brings, which can cause a sense of great disappointment.

Pope Delt belonged to that minority, and it was evident from the outline of his physiognomy that he must have been very handsome in his youth.

The current old face not only did not subtract points for him, but added points, which is very consistent with the kindness in his voice, and there is a feeling that he should have come out of his imagination.

Pope Dert obviously knew what St. George was surprised about, but instead of being annoyed, he came back to comfort him with a serene expression.

"But...... But it's too fast. St. George still couldn't accept that the Pope, who was as kind as his father, was going to leave him forever.

"Everything has a price, including listening to God's voice, and I'm already a long-lived person. Instead of dwelling on this issue, Pope Delt asked an irrelevant question, "What do you know about the Commander of the Eternal Night and Baron Sean?"

"The Eternal Night Commander and Baron Sean?" St. George was stunned for a few seconds, and it took a few seconds to react.

Why did Pope Delt suddenly pay attention to that alien barbarian?

Although the Eternal Night Army is named after the Champion Leader, it still can't change the identity of the barbarians.

He's still a real joke in the Byron Union.

Although they were always behind the complex political landscape of the Manyu military leaders, St. George did not take them to heart.

Like most people, St. George's gaze on the Eternal Night Leader did not jump.

In the Manyu Army, he regarded his biggest rivals as Viscount Philip and Countess Angie Bena, and later stood behind them for the Lancelot royal family and witches.

However, given that it is not easy for Pope Dert to ask the question himself, it would be foolish to answer it that way.