Suddenly there was a burst of thunder in the sky, and blinding lightning pierced the dark sky, and the wind howled fiercely, sending out a whimper like a devil's howl.

The raindrops gradually dripped down, starting with just a few drops and gradually developing into a downpour over time.

William pushed open the window and felt the power of the violent heaven and earth outside, and at the age of thirty-eight this year, he felt more and more the loss of his life force.

He froze and didn't look into the distance, as if he wanted to see the sun above the sky through the dark hellish weather.

With the kingdom on the right track, he doesn't have as many things to deal with as before, but on the other hand, there are a lot more choices between countries.

The Empire of Rodland has repeatedly openly invited the Kingdom of Lorik, hoping to use the relationship between the two young men to become a military alliance.

However, William refused every time, and now that William's strength has developed, he is no longer afraid of the two behemoths of the Church and the Rhodeland Empire.

His attitudes and practices began to lean toward neutrality, and since William did not stand up in a conflict between the Empire and the Church a year ago, the Church knew that the Kingdom of Lorik had drifted away from them.

Although the Church's policy was not to collect money in the Kingdom of Lorik, William's ability to establish a good relationship with the Sect led to many monks collecting money in the Kingdom.

Although William didn't say it when he was short of strength before, he brought it up a year ago, intentionally or unintentionally.

The Rhoderan Empire also sensed that there was a gap between the Kingdom of Lorik and the Church, so it was also desperately trying to win over the Kingdom of Lorik and unite with them.

As the emperor of the continent's most powerful country, Grein didn't want someone to point fingers above his head, they were not like the Kingdom of Lorik, which was founded on the basis of the Kingdom of Tskema, and the influence of the church was not very deep.

Although the inhabitants are also saints, they are rarely instigated by the church, and they are rarely at the mercy of the church, except for the occasional prayer trip.

But the Rodland Empire was different, the previous Rodland was divided, and the inhabitants of the Rodland Empire were placed their spirit on religion due to the years of war, so their inhabitants were very obedient to the church.

Although the Rhoderan Empire has been weakening the power of the Church in the country in recent years, the lower inhabitants of the country still believe that divine power is higher than royal power, rather than the supremacy of the monarchy as in the Kingdom of Lorik.

This is the reason for the discord between the Empire of Rhodeland and the Church, although the former Kingdom of Tskema also resisted the Church, but never dared to oppose the Church in the open, so the Church could not deal with the Kingdom of Tskema.

But the Rhodesan Empire is different, their strength is too strong, and they dare to stand up to the church on the surface, which is why the church is so hostile to them.

Many countries have seen the current situation, there must be a war between the Church and the Rhoderan Empire, the Church wins, and the Rhodeland Empire falls apart again.

If the Empire wins, then the Church will lose its monopoly on the continent, at least until the Empire of Rodland weakens.

Many countries have begun to take sides, with the exception of some western countries, and basically eighty percent of countries have begun to take sides on both sides.

It is already clear that a war will break out within three years.

But William hadn't decided to take sides yet, so he didn't want to get involved in the war between the two sides.

Although he knew that he couldn't be a wall-riding faction at the beginning, but now the situation is different, even as a wall-riding faction, both sides can't help him.

Even if the two of them joined forces to destroy William, they would have to suffer huge losses, and they might not be able to destroy the Kingdom of Lorik.

Therefore, for the current kingdom of Lorik, being a neutral faction is the best choice.

Charlemagne already had a great deal of influence in his fiefdom, although it was not as good as Denlenburg under William, but it also developed very well.

Every year he can provide him with a batch of quite objective wealth, which makes his position as the crown prince as stable as Mount Tai.

It is worth mentioning that Richard has been staying in the Kingdom of Arishera lately.

He has not left the Kingdom of Arisera since the end of the Holy War three years ago, and has now become a vassal of the Kingdom of Arisera, commanding a large number of armies of the Kingdom of Arisera.

He has become a powerful vassal of the kingdom of Arisla, and is said to have a hot fight with the only daughter of Bedwin IV, and seems to have the intention of talking about marriage.

And Bedwin IV himself does not seem to have any objections, as his daughter, Surarisha is the only child of Bedwin IV.

Ever since he had leprosy a long time ago, he had been wrapped in a mask, and had even remained ascetic all the time, so that of course he would not have any offspring.

Thus, Sularissa is by far the only heir to the throne of Bedwin IV and the only legitimate ruler of the country in the future.

If she marries Richard, then the position of king will fall to Richard.

However, although Bedwin IV himself had no objections, most of his vassals were opposers.

An illegitimate son with a lowly bloodline wants to marry a princess of his own country, which is unacceptable to most vassals.

In addition, the young nobles also coveted Sularisha, whether it was her beauty or status, as well as the benefits of marrying her, he was the goal of all young nobles.

But she had a hot fight with the illegitimate son of a king from the kingdom of Lorik, much to the displeasure of many.

Coupled with the fact that he himself has great strength and is still a general who commands a large number of troops in the Kingdom of Arisella, this also makes many people feel jealous.

However, no one could surpass him militarily, and although he was William's illegitimate son, William never failed to value him.

He had a brigade of royal troops and a banner team of fifty Iron Cross Knights by his side, which was already very strong for those lords, not to mention that he himself had recruited troops and knights, which was an irresistible force for those who opposed them.

So the youthful love between the two young people has continued to this day.

William didn't expect his son to be able to establish such a feat anywhere, although it was not as good as Charlemagne, but Charlemagne was the crown prince of the Kingdom of Lorique after all, and the resources obtained by the two sides were different, so such a gap in grades was nothing.

At this time, on the other side, after three years of controversy and discussion, the Emperor of the Norweed Empire finally got the tribal leaders and decided to officially send troops to the Holy Sect Continent.

Although their warships are not very cashy, they can still go to sea, and there are many supply lines along the way, so even if they send troops, they will not lose much.