Chapter 871: The Church

Two days later, the enthronement ceremony took place as scheduled. It's just that the first order of Empress Arran, who sat on the throne, was not to announce an amnesty to the world or anything like that, but to launch a war against the Yetis Empire. The reason is naturally very strong, the Yates Empire assassinated their Emperor Wigley, the crime is extremely heinous, and the Holy Empire of Elan will launch an all-powerful counterattack and retaliation without limits.

This order was given to the support of the whole country. Everyone supports the new empress's war this time, and I have to say that this public opinion backlash is indeed powerful enough, directly helping this side solve all the war mobilization problems, and the whole country, with the help of the Yates Empire, twisted into a rope and began to prepare for war.

As soon as the enthronement ceremony ended, Arlan here began to get busy immediately, and Linton also had a lot of more things, but before he could start to deal with it, Pope San Reno came directly to the door. Saint Reno came here to give the new crown ceremony, and it is a tradition for the pope to bring the crown to the emperor, after all, the pope is the agent of the God of Light, and giving you the crown gift means that your imperial power is given by God, and of course it also reflects the authority of the church. However, Pope San Reno knew very well in his heart that the first person to be found after the enthronement ceremony was not Arran, but Linton. In his eyes, Linton was the de facto controller of the empire.

San Reno came to Linton mainly for two things, the first is the incident caused by Prince Marcus before, and on the other hand, it is also the problem of the war after that. Needless to say, Marcus's matter involves the Cthulhu Church, so he naturally wants to ask Linton, the inheritor of the Book of Seals, what he thinks, and on the other side, the war is also extraordinary, and it has a great impact on the church.

The difference between this war and previous wars lies in the word unlimited. As I said before, the Holy Rank generally does not participate in wars, the lethality is too great, and it is generally used as a role similar to nuclear deterrence. However, this war is obviously not ordinary, the Yates Empire assassinated the emperor of the Holy Empire of Ilan, so do you think the land reparation or something like that is over? Therefore, what Yalan directly announced on his side is an unlimited war, which probably means that it will not be over until you destroy the country and your clan.

In such a war, the holy level cannot stay out of it, so it is obvious that the holy level will participate in this war. Of course, not all saint-level will participate, and some saint-level don't want to participate in the war in the first place, even if it is a saint-level enshrined in this country, but what does it have to do with them when the ants below are fighting around? Of course, there are also saint-level people who will participate, after all, the saint-level is also promoted by ordinary people.

How to deal with it, generally speaking, before the war, the Saint-level Association will issue a notice to recall the Saint-level of these two countries, if you don't want to participate, just go back to the headquarters of the Saint-level Association, and no one dares to say anything. The attitude of the person who did not come back was also very clear, since he decided to participate in the war, then even if he fell, the Saint-level Association would not say anything. Of course, even if you participate in the war, you can't be too presumptuous, such as directly slaughtering the city or something, and killing too many civilians, and then the Saint-level Association will still put you on the danger list to crusade.

The participation of the saint-level in the war will naturally make the number of war deaths rise rapidly, and it is very likely to evolve into a full-scale war on the entire continent, after all, both countries are big empires within the human race, and what if their allies join the war in the future, what if other forces interfere. And this matter naturally also involves the interests of the Church of Light, after all, the two human empires are their followers, and San Reno naturally can't stay out of it.

"I already know the situation in the northern lands, anyway, I didn't come in the direction of my country, since I went to the north, I didn't interfere, His Majesty the Pope won't blame me for this matter." Linton said.

"Of course, of course, the person who summoned these dark creatures himself is also the prince of the Yates Empire, so it can be said that he has done it himself." Saint Reno said, "But our church can't stand idly by in this matter, and please understand the Sword Saint." ”

"How's the investigation into the church of Cthulhu?" Linton asked.

"At present, the Emperor of the Yates Empire says that he does not know anything about this matter, and it is obvious that he intends to push it clean." San Reno said.

"Of course, if I did, I would do the same." Linton said.

"Originally, I wanted to ask the Sword Master-sama to take a look at the situation, but now it's obviously ......"

"Then I didn't see it, and I would say that they are all members of the Cthulhu Church." Linton smiled and said, "After all, they are my enemies now, and the Pope won't believe what I say." ”

"I'm sure the Sword Saint shouldn't have the bother to lie about this." Saint Reno said, "But now that the two countries have officially declared war, Lord Sword, as a royal match, really can't meet each other." ”

"Why?" Linton asked, a little strangely.

"Huh?" San Reno was slightly stunned, "This...... The two countries have officially declared war, if they want to meet...... Then the Sword Saint is not going to ......"

"Oh, okay, I'll just run." Linton nodded directly.

"Huh?" Linton's answer made San Reno a little unable to deal with it, under normal circumstances, even if you are a person from the Holy See to identify whether the other party is from the Cthulhu Church, it is impossible to really go to the Yetis Empire to check, let's not talk about whether it is useful for you to go, after all, you are a person from an enemy country, and you say that he is a member of the Cthulhu Church, will the other party immediately recognize it? Even if you do, you can quibble right away. And if you go, can you come back? Aren't you afraid of being detained?

"That'...... That ......" San Reno looked confused, and he didn't know how to answer. Linton looked at San Reno's anxious face, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, His Majesty the Pope is still worried that I am lying......"

"No, it's not like that." San Reno here said immediately, although it was indeed a polite word just now, but now there is no way to recognize it directly, San Reno is just a compliment, I didn't expect Linton to really take it seriously.

"His Majesty the Pope still understands me, and I really don't care to lie in this matter." Linton said, "Since His Majesty the Pope wants me to go and see it, this will help me, after all, I have been taken care of by you before." ”

"Huh? Wait a minute...... The ...... "San Reno didn't even know what to say, they really didn't want Linton to see it." Don't think that if you are a saint or the royal family of the Holy Empire of Ilan, the other party will not move you, this is an unlimited war declared by yourself, and it is already unlimited, it is too normal to directly detain or kill you.

"Your Excellency wants us to go into the water?" San Reno thought for a moment and suddenly asked.

It is very simple for San Reno to think so, after all, what Linton said meant to investigate the affairs of the Church of Cthulhu on behalf of the investigators of the Holy See, so his identity was naturally a member of the Church of Light at that time. It's just that Linton's identity is estimated to be unconcealable, what will happen if the Yetis Empire knows about it, and San Reno feels that the other party still has a great possibility of directly detaining people, who can hold it back. As soon as the Yetis Empire made a move, it was equivalent to saying that it had also done something to the church, so St. Reno felt that Linton was trying to pull them into the water.

"If I say yes, what is your church's answer?" Linton asked as he straightened up suddenly.

"Lord Sword Saint, our church has always adhered to a neutral attitude, and we don't want to participate in the struggle between the three great empires of the human race." San Reno also replied solemnly.

"I see, then I understand." Linton nodded, "Rest assured, our empire will continue to respect the Church of Light, and government affairs will not be affected in the future, and please rest assured that His Majesty the Pope." ”

How can San Reno rest assured, Linton said that normal government affairs will not be affected, so will private exchanges be not, Linton means that in the future, except for normal government affairs, don't come to him. But the problem is that Linton is the holder of the Book of Seals, and there are still a lot of things that the Holy See needs Linton's help with, but their holders of the Book of Seals haven't even learned how to feel the aura of darkness so far, how can this be played.

"Does His Majesty feel that the division of the Human Empire into three is a good thing for the Church of Light?" Linton said, "The three empires constrained each other, and the pope played a coordinating role in the middle, which could not only reflect the authority of the church, but also ensure that the imperial power would not be too great, as the popes of the past have done." ”

“…… Please be cautious when you say it again. San Reno said solemnly.

"It's true that in terms of these years, the current plan of the Church of Light is still doing well, but after so many years of development, do you think that in the territory of the human race, do you need to continue to emphasize the importance of the Church of Light? Is it true that if one of the three empires is gone, the Church of Light will fall? Linton said, "The church's policy over the past hundred years has indeed made the church's position very stable, but you can also see the limit of this policy, that is, the Church of Light can only develop in the territory of the human race, and cannot expand at all. ”

"So what do you mean ......" San Reno did not directly refute, but tried to ask.

"Only a unified country can develop outward, and it can continue to spread by relying on the Bright Church of the Terran Empire." Linton said lightly.

San Reno frowned, he already understood what Linton meant, but what he said made him a little confused, and he didn't think about what to do for a while.

"If His Majesty the Pope can't decide now, I don't think you'll have to stop observing." Linton smiled and said, "Since the church doesn't want to take me there, then I'll go myself, anyway, tomorrow the mission will go to hand over the war letter, and I will deliver it on behalf of the empire, after all, I really like to declare war." ”