Chapter 540: Clifford's Persuasion
The meaning of King Rex's words has been very obvious, and it has been very vaguely said that Clifford, as a high priest, should not do anything beyond his duty, let alone act as a spokesman for one of the parties in the war between humans. Although as the Grand Priest of the Dawn Temple of the Arrow Empire, it is impossible to be completely insulated from politics, but it is a bit too much to intervene so deeply, and it is far beyond the duty of a great priest.
The Clifford Archpriest didn't say anything to King Rex's secret accusation, but just smiled slightly: "King Rex, we have now reached an era of great changes unseen in a thousand years, in this era, the old system is very likely to be overturned, and those of us who are in power from above, whether it is the king of the mortal world or the spokesman of the gods, as long as we are not careful to make a slight mistake in this tide, we may lose everything we have." Therefore, I am afraid that the past experience and rules will become a hindrance to our actions, and we can be more flexible and ignore those rotten rules and precepts. β
After listening to the words of Archpriest Clifford, King Rex felt even more amused: "A great change unseen in a thousand years? Archpriest Clifford, are you too alarmist? But what you said is not bad, the day when the soldiers and horses of my Soloran Kingdom enter the city of Yamlit, the Elok Empire, the overlord of this continent for nearly a thousand years, may be destroyed, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this is a great change unseen in a thousand years. As he spoke, Rex's face was filled with mockery and disdain for Archpriest Clifford.
Grand Priest Clifford did not change much after listening to Prince Rex's taunts about himself, and he knew that it was not so easy to convince the competitive and conceited king this time, especially when he was in a big advantage: "Your Majesty now thinks that your army has a great advantage, so you can naturally ignore me, but I don't think the situation is as optimistic as Your Majesty thinks, especially this unexpected victory at the moment, I would like to ask Your Majesty, Whose victory do you think this is? Is it yours, Your Majesty? Count Cecil, perhaps, your vassal? β
King Rex was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he never thought that Archpriest Clifford would speak like this. For a while, he couldn't figure out what the High Priest meant by this, but King Rex knew that the High Priest Clifford was cunning and would never say this to him for no reason. He couldn't help but think of Cecil's fire with the Grand Knight of Bartlet, and he couldn't help but be vigilant in his heart. But just this matter, Clifford Archpriest wants to provoke the relationship between himself and Cecil, Clifford Archpriest is too naΓ―ve, no matter how dissatisfied he is with Cecil, he will not negotiate peace with the Elluk Empire because of this matter, now it is the time to employ people, even if he is dissatisfied with Cecil, he will benefit him, he may settle accounts with him afterwards, but he will never let the Elluk Empire get any benefits.
"Count Cecil is the most loyal paladin under my command, he obeys my orders and fights for me, his victory is of course my victory, there is no doubt about it, especially now, he is advancing into the depths of your Iruk Empire according to my orders, I advise you to find a way to deal with him, otherwise he is likely to directly attack the city of Amrit and destroy your Elok Empire, Clifford High Priest, if you are really worried about the safety of your empire, you should return to the city of Amrit now to strengthen the city's garrison, Instead of sowing discord between our monarchs and ministers here. King Rex said.
Listening to King Rex's high-sounding truth, Grand Priest Clifford smiled bitterly: "It seems that His Majesty the King didn't understand what I meant, I don't know if the King has ever thought about why Cecil achieved such a victory?" What is the reason behind this victory? Why is it that his forces are only a fraction of the strength of the Duke of Sartoras, the mid-line general of our Illuk Empire, and he can win the battle? Why did I get up and come here to beg for peace before he triumphed? With that, Archpriest Clifford gave King Rex a silent look, his eyes full of helplessness and amusement.
Only then did King Rex recall that as a representative of the peace conference, Archpriest Clifford had indeed arrived a little early. After Cecil won the battlefield, he also sent messengers to send the information here without stopping, and the Clifford Archpriest came from the city of Yamlit, and it would never be faster than the messenger, that is to say, Clifford knew that Cecil would win this battle before he came, as if he knew that the Erruk Empire would not be able to stop Cecil, which really made King Rex not expect, he looked at Clifford Archpriest and wanted to hear what he said next, so he might as well listen to what he said, and then make plans after listening.
The High Priest of Clifford saw King Rex looking at him, and looked forward to what he had said, knowing that what he had just said had had an effect, and that he must now draw King Rex into his camp while the iron was hot, and that it would be too late for anything. So he took out a crystal ball and said to King Rex: "Your Majesty, let's enjoy a battle first, this is a skirmish battle between your paladin Count Cecil and the Duke of Sartoas three days before he won the big battle, although the scale of the battle is not large, but the specifications are absolutely high-end, Your Majesty, you had better be mentally prepared, don't be frightened by the level of this battle." β
Hearing what Archpriest Clifford said was so wicked, King Rex was curious: "Oh? The widow is interested in seeing what kind of battle can scare me, I haven't been scared since I went out into battle for the first time at the age of 13, and if there is a battle that can scare me, I would like to thank you, Your Excellency. β
Seeing that King Rex took what he said inappropriately, Grand Priest Clifford could only smile helplessly, he knew that what His Majesty the King said was also reasonable, King Rex was already a battle-hardened general when he was a prince, and there were hundreds of battles large and small, no matter how ordinary the concept was, there was really no battlefield scene that could have any impact on him, even if it was a battle of millions of people, the king would probably collapse and remain unchanged.