No matter how sad the clergy of the White Church were, the question of who would take on the next pope in the event of the death of the previous pope was quickly brought to the table. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At this moment, the people of the Wang Party suddenly couldn't sit still.

Over the years, the reason why the people of the royal party have been able to suppress the people of the Holy White Church under the banner of the Holy King is only because the pope of the Holy White Church is in a coma, and the entire church is leaderless.

However, once the new pope is on the throne, it is naturally impossible for the cardinals of the Holy White Church to let the descendants of the Holy King ride on their heads.

It is obviously imperative to return power to the Pope!

And the people of the royal party naturally cannot obediently hand over this power.

Ten years ago, they might have been able to endure it. But now that the sweetness has been tasted, it is obviously impossible to make the people of the royal party obediently hand over the power in their hands!

Just when this contradiction was about to lead to a head-on conflict, Archbishop St. Anthony suddenly stood up and said lightly: "The new pope has not yet been decided, what are you all anxious about?" ”

With the words of Archbishop St. Anthony, everyone's eyes suddenly turned to the focus of the contradiction - the papal throne.

However, the attempt of the royal party to meddle in the "selection of the pope" caused a violent backlash from the Holy White Church!

You know, the White Church is not monolithic. The clergy, such as fanatics and ascetics, were not very interested in the high Pope. This type of person is usually concerned with promoting faith in the "Lord of Light", increasing the level of devotion to their faith, and strengthening their hearts through penance...... Instead of obeying the Pope's orders to carry out any tasks!

However, when the royal party tried to meddle in the internal affairs of the Holy White Church, these clergymen, who had originally belonged to the neutral faction, could not sit still.

Beginning with a violent and legendary ascetic beating up a bishop who leaned towards the royal faction, the neutrals and conservatives subordinate to the pope joined forces to purge the entire Holy White Church of the so-called "reformers" who leaned towards the royal party.

It wasn't until the entire Holy White Church had been purged out of the clergy who had been bribed or ideologically inclined to the royal party that the royal party reacted - they had been trapped!

Unfortunately, this time has already been completed......

Just when the royal party was so remorseful that they wanted to hit the wall, Archbishop St. Anthony convened a meeting on the election of the new pope.

This time, not only the original conservative members joined, but even the neutral members who had just beaten up the reformers also took advantage of the situation.

In a very dimly lit conference room lit only by a few candles, the clergy present at the meeting, after three full days of discussion, finally decided on the final candidate.

That is, the little Pope now!

"In order to appease those people in the royal party, Archbishop St. Anthony quietly released the news, saying that the reason why they chose the young me to be the pope is to give the people of the royal party a step down."

The helpless little pope smiled bitterly and said: "After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, even if I am young and ignorant, even if I successfully become the pope of this generation, it will take several years before I can gradually take over the entire Holy White Church." But in fact, because of the participation of the neutral clergy in the election process, now that the reformers have been emptied, my appointment can be said to be the result of all expectations! There is no question of how many years I need to grow before I can take over the whole Holy White Church! ”

In other words, the whole of the Holy White Church is indeed completely united under the command of this little pope.

"However, no matter whether the people of the royal party can see through this or not, there will be a battle between our Holy White Church and them sooner or later."

After shaking his head a little helplessly, the little pope said with a wry smile: "What I'm worried about is that at this juncture, if they suddenly attack, it is very likely to affect the overall situation." ”

Hearing the little pope say this, Karene and Aisha's faces also tightened.

Once the Holy White Church and the royal party clashed, and the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine fell into civil strife, the United Kingdom of Malte would obviously have to face the attack of the Mantes Empire alone!

"It's just internal worries, and there are external troubles."

After a long sigh, the little Pope continued: "In the same situation as yours, the plague of the barbarians in the north of our Rhine Holy Kingdom has also tended to become more and more serious in recent years. Therefore, a large part of our domestic forces have to be deployed in the northern border area to deal with the attack of those barbarians. ”

The barbarians in the mouth of the little pope are the barbarians who live on the permafrost ice fields of the north. These barbarians, known as barbarians, are all uncivilized savages, and they still live a life of cutting hair and drinking blood.

Before the food in the Northland was scarce, these barbarians would attack the northern regions of the Rhine Kingdom, the United Kingdom of Malte, and other countries in large groups in order to loot enough supplies for life.

By the way, Isabella Snow, the Archduke of the North of the United Kingdom of Malte and a female archduke like Karen, is a heroine who is famous for her iron-blooded methods in battles with barbarians!

It was precisely because of this archduchess that the United Kingdom of Malte, whose northern border was much longer than the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine, did not have to worry about the barbarians in the north.

"I really envy you."

The little Pope said very seriously, "There is that Frost Queen guarding the north, so you don't have to worry about the barbarians in the north at all. And we are different, in order to deal with the invasion of the barbarians, one of our three major knight orders has been stationed in the north all year round. But even so, the Northern Fortress often needs our support. ”

Although they are only uncivilized barbarians, the barbarians of the north have always been brave. In a one-on-one situation, it is very difficult for an ordinary beginner professional to defeat a brute. Therefore, the knight order stationed in the northern border area of the Rhine Holy Kingdom has been under considerable pressure all along.

Of course, if it can hold on to this day, this knight order stationed in the north has already become the strongest knight order in the Rhine Holy Kingdom.

"In this way, if you exclude the knight order that is guarding in the north, and the second knight order that has been stationed in the Holy Capital, only the Silver Knights led by Knight Captain Roland can move freely in our Rhine Holy Kingdom!"

The little Pope with a little worry on his face said slowly: "In this case, if we break out into a conflict with the people of the Royal Party, our last knight order will have to take action!" In this way, if the Mantes Empire happens to attack you at this time, we will not be able to send reinforcements......"

"That's right......"

Hearing the little Pope say this, Karene and Aisha also frowned.

Judging from this situation, even if the United Kingdom of Malte succeeds in forming an alliance with the Rhine Holy Kingdom, I am afraid that it will not receive much support in terms of troops.

"If that happens, then you can send some pastors to us!"

Karen, who came back to her senses, said very naturally: "As long as the priest is fine, the more the better!" ”

"Just the priest?"

The little Pope tilted his head a little confused: "If it's a mid- or low-level priest, they don't have much offensive magic skills, and they can't be considered combat power at all!" ”

"No, we don't need armed priests."

Karen, however, smiled and shook her head: "It's an ordinary priest who is good at healing and assisting!" ”

Karen, who has been on the battlefield, knows very well that with the support of the priests, even ordinary warriors can burst out with considerable strength.

"Pastor's words, we've got a lot."

The little pope nodded and shook his head again: "However, there is still a gap in the number of troops, what should you do about this problem?" ”

Unconsciously, the little Pope, who originally just wanted to complain about his grievances, actually began to discuss with Kalian.

"In fact, we don't need to worry about this aspect of the problem!"

At this moment, Aisha interjected and said, "It is true that in the last war with the Mantes Empire, we did lose a lot of troops, but none of the generals stationed in the south would think that this was a problem!" ”

"Huh?"

The little pope looked surprised.

"We have a lot of mercenaries and adventurers!"

Aisha explained with a smile: "All mercenary groups have signed an agreement with the mercenary guild at the beginning of their establishment. The content of the agreement was that once there was a war in the local area, and the local lord could not hold on to it and issued a general mobilization order, all local mercenary regiments must be temporarily transformed into reserve regiments and obey the orders of the local lord! ”

"In other words, if Kalian, as the Grand Duke of Flame, issues a general mobilization order, we will immediately be able to have hundreds of thousands of available troops out of thin air!"

"Mercenaries, and adventurers......"

The little Pope looked thoughtful: "But, if I'm not mistaken, the discipline of mercenaries and adventurers is a big problem, right?" ”

"Hmm."

After nodding with a wry smile, Aisha explained, "Indeed, the so-called mercenaries are just some stragglers. Although the discipline of the adventurers is much better, they have long been accustomed to this way of acting in small squads, and the way of forming a legion for large-scale group warfare is not suitable for them. Therefore, mercenaries and adventurers are not qualified troops. ”

"Na ......"

The little pope with puzzled eyes just looked at Aisha so stupidly, and almost asked directly, "Are you stupid?"

You know, the kind of "general mobilization order" that Aisha is talking about is not without any cost. While conscripting mercenaries and adventurers into the militia, the local lords had to treat them as their own soldiers and had to pay them enough food and pay!

If the local lord does not have enough money or supplies, the mercenaries and adventurers can refuse the mobilization order.

Do you want the horses to run, but you want the horses not to eat grass? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world!

Even if the lords were able to come up with enough money, they would only get a group of unorganized and undisciplined soldiers who could only eat, drink, sleep, and escape, which would be a great loss in the eyes of the little pope.

"That's why Sister Karen's reason for asking you to be a priest is like that."

Aisha smiled and said, "In fact, the mercenaries and adventurers are not most afraid of death, but of disability!" ”

If the mercenaries and adventurers are unfortunately killed in the course of a mission, in addition to the mercenary guild or the adventurer's guild will give a pension, the mercenary group or adventurer group they belong to will also give a subsidy!

Therefore, in terms of measures to relieve the worries of mercenaries and adventurers, the mercenary guild and the adventurer's guild still do a good job. As long as the victim is not so unlucky that the whole group dies, his family can live a good life with this pension and subsidy.

However, if the mercenary or adventurer is only unfortunately disabled, the situation is different.

Although the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild will still give a certain amount of subsidies, this is definitely not comparable to the pension given when the person is killed! So a little bit of money, not to mention that the families of the parties concerned can live a good life, and even the cost of letting the parties treat their injuries by themselves may not be enough!

Therefore, in the Mercenary Guild and the Adventurer's Guild, it is common to see some mercenaries or adventurers who have lost their arms and legs and are still working hard to carry out their tasks......

"As long as there is a mercenary group or an adventure group that has hired a priest, you should be able to understand that if there is such a priest in the team, their casualty rate will plummet!"

Aisha said very seriously: "In this case, although they will still have some problems in terms of discipline, their morale is definitely high enough!" At least there won't be that kind of cowardice before fighting! ”

"In addition, the purpose of our recruitment of these mercenaries and adventurers is not to allow them to confront the enemy army head-on."

Karin added, "We will give them separate tasks, let the adventurers sneak up on the enemy's food convoys and granaries, and the mercenaries will be responsible for sneaking up on the enemy at night and so on. In a word, let them be responsible for pinning down the enemy forces from the flank, and that's it. ”

Of course, there may be some mercenary groups and adventure groups that can't even do this kind of thing, and these scum will naturally be cleaned up by Kalian.

Even if she was willing to pay such a large amount of money, Karen would never want to see all her subordinates be waste.