At the moment when Bishop Gavin said this, Pope Enhill's eyes suddenly darkened, and an undisguised murderous aura flashed in his eyes. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

If the previous quarrel between Bishop Gavin and Bishop Matthew can be attributed to Bishop Gavin, who just didn't want to kill the gods, in fact, he was still loyal to Pope Enhill in his heart. At this moment, Bishop Gavin's statement undoubtedly only shows one thing, that is, the cardinal does not only want to protect the Divine Favor, but also wants the Divine Favor to exert greater influence in the Church of Light.

And this is precisely what Pope Enhill could not tolerate. In other words, from the moment he uttered these two words, Bishop Gavin had already broken with the Pope completely.

"Good." The glint in the pope's cloudy eyes only flickered, and after an instant he regained his composure: "In that case, then according to the custom, vote." ”

Since the first Pope Shini I and the founding emperor of the Spanny Empire, Charles the Great, were not only close friends with each other, but also opposed the excessive concentration of power, there is an interesting provision in the laws of the Church of Light - if any cardinal objects to the pope's order, all cardinals must vote on the pope's order, and if more than half of the people disagree, the pope's order will be rejected until more than half of them agree.

In fact, while this rule may seem to give the Cardinal Conference more power than the Pope, it is not.

First of all, the office of pope, although tenured, is not hereditary. When the previous pope died, the twelve cardinals had to elect a new pope among the candidates, and the condition for being elected was simple - to obtain more than half of the cardinal votes.

In other words, the popes, who ascend to the throne with the support of more than half of the cardinals, are unlikely to issue orders that are overwhelmingly opposed by more than half of the cardinals. Thus, although this ordinance has always been written in the laws of the Church of Light, in fact cardinals have succeeded in rejecting papal orders very few times.

And because the current Pope Enhill is very cruel and violent, there have been cardinals who have repeatedly come out to oppose his rule during his decades of reign, but these bishops have all suffered defeats, and many have even ended up unhappy. So in recent years, no cardinal has dared to speak out against Pope Enhill again, until today.

What was the result of Gavin, the forty-second cardinal who challenged the authority of the pope?

The vote began.

Bishop Gavin secretly calculated in his mind that although Bishop Matthew was dismissed and there were only eleven cardinals present, according to the law, Bishop Gavin still needed seven votes to exceed half of the total votes, so as to successfully reject the Pope's order.

"I support His Majesty's orders." "I support it." "I support it too." Three cardinals, including the cardinal who had just made the proposal, expressed their support for the pope at the same time.

"I'm against it." Bishop Gavin said in a deep voice, looking at several of his allies. Two of the same bishops almost immediately sided with Bishop Gavin, making the look on Pope Enhill's face even darker.

But when Pope Enshir also thought about it in his heart, the old man's face immediately turned cloudy again. Now that the votes are three to three, and the number of bishops present is eleven, it is easy to figure out that there are still five bishops who did not vote. And if Bishop Gavin wants to get seven votes, he must get at least four votes from the five bishops who are still hesitating, which is simply impossible in the eyes of Pope Enhill.

In fact, except for Bishop Gavin, who was promoted to fill the vacancy because there was really no one available, the other bishops can almost all be said to be the people of Pope Enhill, and they will more or less have some very important handles in the hands of Pope Enhill. So in the eyes of Pope Enhill, it was actually a very shocking thing for him to have two "traitors" on the side of Bishop Gavin this time.

His Majesty the Pope secretly made up his mind that after this period of time had passed, he would slowly eradicate these three "traitors", including Bishop Gavin, one by one, so that everyone who thought he was old would know that as long as he didn't die for a day, the Church of Light would only have the voice of Pope Enhill!

But Pope Enhill seems to have overlooked the fact that sometimes the very attitude of "hesitation" is enough to say a lot.

Bishop Gavin took a deep breath and cast his hopeful gaze on the cardinals who had not yet made a decision. The result of this vote is not actually unexpected by Bishop Gavin, in fact, before leaving for Varna City to find the Divine Favor, Bishop Gavin has secretly communicated with all the bishops who are not dead on the side of the Pope.

According to the feedback that Bishop Gavin received during these exchanges, most cardinals were actually very dissatisfied with the Pope's arbitrary attitude over the years, which completely treated the cardinals as lackeys. It's just that it's one thing to be unhappy, and it's another thing to be able to stand up and express these dissatisfactions. And it is even more difficult to stand up against a tyrant who has never hesitated to inflict harm on his opponents by all means.

However, Bishop Gavin could not wait until he was more certain, the appearance of the Divine Favor was itself a blow to the authority of Pope Enhill, and the defeat of Bishop Matthew had dealt another blow to the authority of the Pope, and if Bishop Gavin could successfully dismiss the Pope's order at this moment, this series of failures would make the Pope's authority crumbling like an old and decaying building.

This may not be the most likely chance of success, but it must be the most fatal one. Bishop Gavin believed this, and was convinced that the other bishops would see this and choose to take their side.

At this moment, the two bishops, who had not expressed their opinions, raised their heads at the same time and said the answer in unison: "I am against it." "Against."

Bishop Gavin's expression was lifted when he heard this, and with the addition of these two votes, the number of votes has now become five to three, which undoubtedly greatly increases Bishop Gavin's hope of victory.

This result was obviously very unexpected by Pope Enshier, which made His Majesty the Pope almost uncontrollably show an extremely obvious anger, and he couldn't help but snort heavily, and the murderous intent on his face became even thicker. If the previous three votes only made the Pope feel a little unhappy, then now that the five votes are close to half, it is impossible for the Pope to sit firmly on the Diaoyu Tai anymore, so many opponents suddenly appeared, so that His Majesty the Pope suddenly smelled a hint of imminent threat.

Just when the mood of both sides was fluctuating because of the votes, another cardinal made a decision: "I support His Majesty's order. ”

Five to four.

Bishop Gavin couldn't help but sigh, but he immediately picked up his spirits and looked at the last two bishops. With the support of these two bishops, Bishop Gavin will still be able to obtain more than half of the seven votes.

After a long silence, another cardinal decided: "I'm against it. After saying this, the sweaty cardinal leaned heavily on the back of his chair, as if he had completely lost his strength.

Six to four.

Only the last cardinal had yet to make a decision, and all eyes were on the cardinal named Jeffrey, waiting for him to make a final decision as he frowned and pondered.

The atmosphere in the entire hall was so solemn that even the air seemed to freeze, except for the sound of breathing, which seemed to be a little heavy due to nervousness, and even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

It seemed like only a few minutes, and what seemed like a full century had passed, that Bishop Geoffrey finally raised his head with a serious face and made his final decision.

"I disagree with you, His Majesty the Pope."

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