Lost......

On the surface, the Thunder Grand Duke was just an old face, but in fact, he had already let out a long sigh in his heart, and his chest was even more mixed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Back when the previous Grand Duke of Flame was still alive, he had actually felt similar many times. But there has never been a failure that has made the Grand Duke of Thunder feel full of frustration and a faint sense of powerlessness!

Every time he lost to the Flame Grand Duke before, the Thunder Grand Duke's heart was full of dissatisfaction. Because in his opinion, he and the Grand Duke of Flame are not much different in strength. And what the Grand Duke of Flame can do, he can also do, so when facing the former Grand Duke of Flame, the Grand Duke of Thunder has never been outdone.

But this time, the situation is completely different.

In terms of strength, even though the current Karen has been able to fight with some newcomers to the legend, it is still not comparable to the Thunder Grand Duke who is an old legendary powerhouse, so the Thunder Grand Duke has never taken Karen very seriously.

After all, this world is respected by strength.

But when it comes to eloquence, the sum of the ten Thunder Grand Dukes is probably not as good as one Kalian!

Therefore, when Karen was talking to the little Pope, the heart of the Thunder Grand Duke, who could only watch from the side, was actually full of helplessness.

There was no way, the Thunder Grand Duke, who had a stupid mouth, couldn't find a chance to interject, so he kept sitting next to him sulking.

It wasn't until Karen was about to discuss the specific items on the covenant with the little Pope and others that the Grand Duke of Thunder found an opportunity to interject and took the opportunity to say the previous question.

However, the Grand Duke of Thunder at that time knew very well in his heart that in this regard, he was probably not as good as Kalian.

So when the little Pope said that he would choose Karen to be the representative of Marte's side, the Archduke of Thunder just felt a little depressed in his heart. As for emotions such as anger and unwillingness, there is no such thing as anger at all.

However, at this time, he was unhappy, but he subconsciously clenched his fists tightly, and this was noticed by Kalian.

"Grand Duke of Thunder, if you ......"

Karen said very seriously, but before she could begin her words, she was interrupted by the Grand Duke of Thunder.

"Nope! I, Robert Fallon, have always been willing to gamble and lose! ”

After saying such a sentence angrily, Grand Duke Thunder, who didn't know what Karen wanted to say, got up and left here, and his entourage naturally left with him.

This made Kalian helpless for a while: she actually wanted to give up the position of representative to the Grand Duke of Thunder.

My family knows my own business. Karen knew very well that although Aisha had a little experience in large-scale commanding, the two of them were definitely not as good as the old and strong Grand Duke of Thunder in this regard.

However, since the supreme commander of the Mantes Empire has always been held by the Flame Grand Dukes of the past dynasties, it is not easy for Karen to give up this position directly.

But now the situation is different, and through this performance, Karene has proven her ability. Therefore, even if she gives up the position of Supreme Commander to the Grand Duke of Thunder now, it doesn't matter much.

After all, she was the one who won this time!

With this performance, even if Karen handed over the position of Supreme Commander to the Grand Duke of Thunder after this, the opponents of the clan would not be able to make any trouble.

However, what Karen didn't expect was that Grand Duke Thunder didn't give her a chance to speak at all, so she directly agreed to the matter. In this way, it is difficult for Karen to give up this position of supreme commander to him.

If the proud Grand Duke of Thunder thinks that Kalian is giving him charity, then the Grand Duke of Thunder is likely to be angry!

Therefore, Karen, who didn't want to make this matter worse, could only sigh secretly, completely eliminated these distractions, and began to discuss with the little Pope.

Since both parties have a desire to form an alliance, the atmosphere during the negotiations has always been harmonious. After Karen and the Pope had decided on the most important conditions, the rest of the rules were left to their retinue to negotiate.

After leaving the minutiae to the others, the little Pope invited Karen to walk around the city of Santa Utopia.

Kalian, who was already light, naturally agreed, and she didn't bring other entourage, but just took a little girlfriend Aisha and the little Pope to go around.

Of course, Kalian, who is defenseless on the surface, actually knows very well that after she pulls Aisha, Dio, who is responsible for protecting Aisha, will definitely follow secretly, so there is definitely no need to worry about the safety of the two of them.

As the little Pope of the Snake of the Land, he didn't have to worry about this aspect, and he took the initiative to invite Kalian, and he only brought his friend Lai.

The group of four walked and chatted as they walked around the city of Santa Utopia.

Even though there were so many murders in the city some time ago, the atmosphere in the whole city of Santa Utopia was still quite harmonious.

The faces of those pedestrians who come and go are quiet and indifferent.

However, the little pope who looked at all this had a faint sadness on his face.

"Do you have something on your mind?"

Karen, who noticed this, thought about it for a moment, but said decisively: "If you don't mind, tell us about it, right?" ”

“…… It's good. ”

After a moment of silence, the little pope nodded: "Actually, although our Rhine Holy Kingdom looks very beautiful, it is full of internal and external troubles!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Lay, who was standing behind the little Pope, reminded with some uneasiness: "This kind of thing is not suitable to talk to this Flame Grand Duke, right?" ”

"No, Rai, you don't understand!"

The little Pope shook his head and said solemnly, "Actually, I think the Flame Grand Duke, who is about to become our ally, is very trustworthy!" At least much more trustworthy than some of us in the church! ”

Hearing the little Pope say this, although Lay's face was still a little bitter, he didn't speak again.

After getting rid of his little friends, the little pope said to Karen with a calm face: "Two, don't you wonder why I, who took over as the new pope, am I so young?" ”

Karene and Aisha looked curious, in fact, this kind of doubt had already existed when they first met the little Pope.

After all, that's not very logical, is it?

"In fact, it's a compromise!"

After sighing, the little pope said helplessly: "A compromise between divine power and imperial power!" ”

"Hiss......"

Just hearing such a sentence, Karene and Aisha subconsciously gasped. The two of them, who are not stupid, realized that the little Pope was probably about to break some fierce news.

"As early as the establishment of the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine, there were actually some opposing voices in the country."

Ignoring Karene and Aisha's expressions, the little Pope recounted to himself: "Those opponents believe that our Holy Kingdom of the Rhine should never be ruled by the Pope, but by the descendants of His Majesty the Holy King! And the faction formed by these opponents is what we commonly call the royal party! ”

Compared with other large and small countries, the system of the holy kingdom of the Rhine is the most special kind - the integration of church and state. The supreme ruler of the country is the Pope, who is also the supreme leader of the Holy White Church!

In fact, there have always been various voices of dissatisfaction with this system within the Rhine Holy Kingdom. And the people who felt the most dissatisfied were actually the group of people led by those nobles in the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine.

Because of the unity of church and state, the ascent channel of these nobles was naturally cut off: if they wanted to improve their social status or expand their territory, these nobles had to join the Holy White Church and become a believer.

However, the path of promotion in the White Church is based on whether the faith is pious enough. And the reason why those nobles who are hungry for profit join the Holy White Church is because their motives are not pure, how can they have "pious faith"?

Therefore, these nobles who are not religious enough are naturally excluded by the clergy of the Holy White Church.

The nobles who found that this way was not going to give up, and they quickly thought of a solution: just like the United Kingdom of Malte, find a descendant of the Holy King to fight the pope of the Holy White Church!

In any case, the original Holy King was the nominal co-lord of the entire Spera continent, so even the Pope of the Holy White Church had to show respect for the descendants of the Holy King in public.

Therefore, relying on the banner of the Holy King, those people of the royal party were not only not exterminated by the Holy White Church, but also lived more and more nourishing.

"Originally, for our Holy White Church, the people of the royal party were just ringworm scabies, so their activities have never attracted the attention of successive popes."

After smiling bitterly, the little pope said, "However, this situation suddenly changed in the previous generation of popes. ”

"During his last public tour of the entire Rhine Kingdom, the former pope was suddenly assassinated. The killer didn't succeed in killing the previous pope, but he succeeded in leaving a curse on the pope! ”

"Even with the power of the Pope and the cardinals, they have nothing to do with that curse, and can only watch as the previous Pope weakens day by day, and finally begins to fall unconscious!"

"The previous pope was in a coma for ten years."

"Taking advantage of this opportunity, the people of the royal party suddenly attacked, and forcibly elected the descendants of the holy king to power on the grounds that the pope could not govern."

"Their actions should have been unsuccessful. However, due to the coma of the previous pope, the entire Holy White Church was thrown into chaos, and with the help of some bishops, the people of the royal party really succeeded! ”

"Wait! Why haven't we heard of this at all? ”

When they heard this, Karen's and Aisha's eyes widened suddenly, and Karen's eyes widened even more directly.

According to common sense, it is impossible for such a big matter to be unheard of at all, not to mention that the spies of the United Kingdom of Malte and the Mantes Empire are not a bunch of rice buckets, and they should not even be able to find out a little news!

"The reason is actually very simple, because after the previous pope fell into a coma, the people of the royal party took the initiative to come to the door and successfully persuaded the vast majority of cardinals on the grounds that the Rhine could not fall into turmoil."

The little pope smiled bitterly and said: "In the case that all the insiders have not leaked the slightest rumor, and there are people who specially pretend to be the former pope to come out and walk around, it is naturally impossible for you to find out about this news." And after the descendant of that holy king came to power, for a long time he issued various orders in the name of the pope. So even people in our country are not aware of any problems. ”

Not to mention whether the cardinals who agreed to keep it secret are brain-dead, they are obviously true patriots from the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine, so they agreed to their "proposal" for the sake of the stability of the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine, knowing that the people of the royal party actually have bad intentions.

But after that, these cardinals are trying to maintain order in the Holy Kingdom of the Rhine on the one hand, and on the other hand, they are doing their best to save the former pope.

Sadly, they failed......

And the members of the royal party who successfully took the stage did not have a fever in their brains because of this success, and they regarded the Rhine Holy Kingdom as something in their pockets, on the one hand, they began to quietly suppress the Holy White Church, and on the other hand, they were also trying to maintain the stability of the Rhine Holy Kingdom.

Therefore, during the period when the previous pope was in a coma, there was no turmoil in the Rhine Holy Kingdom, but because of the sincere cooperation between the two sides, it ushered in a full decade of prosperity and development.

In this way, in the past ten years, the people of the royal party have continued to encroach on the power of the Holy White Pope. Even now, their power can be said to be equal to that of the Holy White Church. ”

When he said this, the little pope suddenly closed his eyes: "But at this moment, the former pope, who had been in a coma for ten years, died suddenly. ”

People in the royal party may suspect that the death of the previous pope was the work of the people of the Holy White Church. But as a member of the Holy White Church, the little Pope knows very well that the death of the previous Pope has absolutely nothing to do with the people of the Holy White Church!

This is because the prestige of the previous pope in the White Church is very high. Even after a full decade in a coma, there are still many cardinals who are constantly trying to revive him. And after the previous pope finally couldn't hold on anymore and completely swallowed his last breath, many clergy fainted because of excessive sadness......

"In any case, with the death of the previous pope, the contradiction between our Holy White Church and the royal party has been completely put on the table."

At this point, the little pope clenched his fists tightly.