Chapter 4: The Embarrassment of the Holy See
The king's conversation with Weimar lasted nearly five hours, and even the time for lunch was taken, which made Guining very anxious
After sending Weimar away, Duris did not seem to have recovered from the atmosphere of the conversation, and he said to the guards: It seems that I understand too little about the central Church, and then shook his head and fell into deep thought
Although the guards did not know the content of the king's conversation with the political prisoner, they even used their toes to think that it must have something to do with the Holy See
After a half-hour postponement, the afternoon celebration and award ceremony was held as scheduled
The first half of the conference was lackluster, mainly to commend the soldiers for their exploits in the attack on the Orc Kingdom and the Kingdom of St. Olufe, and to reward the soldiers, the titles of the nobles were promoted, and the civilian soldiers were rewarded with material rewards, and all the soldiers cheered in unison and praised our king
Then the conference entered the second half, and Duris finally responded to and countered the international community's accusations against him for invading the kingdom of St. Auluffy, causing another uproar in international public opinion
He cited evidence to counter-claim that the Kingdom of St. Auluffi and the Orcs secretly colluded to prepare a joint invasion of the Kingdom of Pole, and that the Kingdom of Pole was only for the purpose of self-defense, and successively carried out preemptive strikes against the Orc Kingdom and the Kingdom of St. Auluffy, and at the same time, he asked the intelligence officer to come up with a copy of the secret agreement signed between the Emissary of St. Auluffi and the Orc Khan, the contents of which are mainly: St. Auluffie and the Shamania jointly launched a military attack on the Pole Kingdom, and the Orcs invaded the Pole Kingdom from the south, and then St. Oluffi sent troops from the west to help the Poles resist the Orc invasion under the pretext of forcibly entering the territory of Pole, forcing the Pole Kingdom to accept the extortion proposed by Saint Oluffi, and after the fact, the Orcs could receive a large amount of gold, food, and the remuneration of the captured Pole people as slaves
In order to increase his persuasiveness, Duris also asked several captured St. Auluffie envoys to confess on the spot, some of whom were captured by the Poules after the capture of the Fury Fortress, and others that were handed over directly to the Pohler army by the Bloodaxe tribe after a secret agreement was reached between Dollis and Aka Bloodaxe
Although the Pole Kingdom does not listen to the words of the Central Church very much, but it is also a human country that believes in the Holy Light Sect, and the Holy Olufi Kingdom actually colludes with foreign races of different faiths to invade the Pole Kingdom that also believes in the Holy Light Sect, which is already a big crime in the Holy Light Sect society, and Duris also provided sufficient human and material evidence, so that all the fingers are pointed at the Holy Olufi Kingdom, which was originally the victim, and the Poller Kingdom has changed from the original invader to a defender who defends his sovereignty and the interests of all mankind
In this regard, the public opinion of various countries is silent, so that the monarchs of various countries who are ready to intervene militarily in Pole on the grounds of righteousness are at a loss, everyone knows that the so-called Holy Aluphi Kingdom is just a puppet of the Pope, not so much that the Holy Alufe Kingdom colludes with the orcs, in fact, it is the collusion between the Central Holy See and the Orcs, which is a shocking thing for all countries that believe in the Holy Light Religion, of course, Duris did not directly point the finger at the central Holy See, he just blamed all the crimes on the authorities of the Holy Alufe Kingdom, but did not mention the role played by the Holy See in the politics of this kingdom, and avoided direct confrontation with the Holy See
It's just that although this slap of Duris was aimed at the kingdom of St. Olufe, it actually hit the Holy See in the face hard
In order to save St. Auluffie's embarrassment and avoid falling into embarrassment at the same time, the Holy See once again played the trick of manipulating public opinion, and they communicated with the port of St. Sisa, and the central church operated the port of St. Cesar behind the back, stood at the front desk, and in the face of the human and material evidence provided by the Poeller side, they adopted the method of refusing to admit it, they said that the secret treaty presented by Duris was forged, and the several witnesses provided by the Pole side were not officials of St. Auluffie at all, but actors hired by the Pole Kingdom, and the papal Dominion also gave implicit support to the remarks of the port of St. Cesar
With the leadership of the Central Church again, public opinion in various countries was once again active, and the verbal and written attacks against the kingdoms of Duris and Pole reappeared, but a few days later, a major event occurred that made the Holy See and international public opinion completely dumb
On August 15, 1686, the orcs, led by the Khan's Blood Axe tribe, formed an orc alliance to invade the kingdom of St. Auluffi from the south, and captured one-fifth of the territory of the kingdom of St. Auluffie in a few days, until they came into contact with the front line of the southern army of the Poyler army, and the reason for the orcs to invade the kingdom of St. Auluffie this time was quite simple: they demanded that St. Auluffie fulfill the promise
The orcs craned their necks and shouted that they had made an agreement with the envoys of the kingdom of St. Auluffie to flank the kingdom of Pole on both sides in exchange for the gold, food and slave rewards provided by St. Auluffy, but before the plan could be implemented, the shamania was attacked by the Pole army, which caused heavy losses to the orcs but received nothing in return, so the orc army must come in person to get back the gold, food and slaves that St. Auluffie had promised as compensation for the damage and losses suffered in the war
If the human and physical evidence provided by the Pole side is forged, then the actions of the orcs give the most direct proof: the kingdom of St. Auluffie has completely become the target of public criticism, although under the strong suppression of the Holy See, the official public opinion of various countries does not dare to criticize St. Auluffie too much, but the people's accusations against St. Auluffie are like overturning the sea, and the monarchs of various countries have to cancel their plans to send the so-called volunteers into the territory of St. Auluffie to resist the invasion of Pole
This time, the kingdom of St. Auluffie was completely shooting itself in the foot
Papal Basilica of St. Papal Island
Boom - from the Pope's bedroom came the sound of silverware being slammed to the floor again
Sistus, the chief inquisitor of the Inquisition, came to the front of the bedroom, and a blessed knight who was a member of the papal guard stopped him: "Chief Inquisitor, you better not go in."
Is His Majesty the Pope still losing his temper, Sixtus asked
Yes, the blessed knight said helplessly, and he broke all the silver utensils in the room
Sixtus also sighed helplessly, as the Pope of God incarnation, actually had such a big temper, I am afraid it is very rare in the history of the Holy Light Sect
Just then, the abominable Duris heard the roar of Pope Frio I in the bedroom, followed by a series of broken silverware
Looks like I'd better come back tomorrow, seeing this formation, Sixtus turned around and was about to leave
Pope Sixtus's voice stopped the Attorney-General from leaving, and since he had come, he had something to say
His Majesty turned around twice and said respectfully to the Pope through the door, and said that Lilith had been brought back safely.