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In the depths of the night, in the Pope's study in the city of Sycred. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"That's what Sean Sterling said? As long as the Holy See surrenders its rights, it can continue to exist?! A yellow-clothed archbishop asked in surprise.

"Will we be guilty? Will he sanction us? Another yellow-clothed archbishop asked.

"What about our possessions? He's not going to confiscate the property we've built up over the years, is he? The yellow-clothed archbishop's eyes were full of apprehension.

It's just that in the face of the continuous questions of the yellow-clothed archbishops, Heinrich, who was already dying at this time, just replied: "The Holy See will exist, and others don't know." ”

"Don't know?!"

The yellow-clothed archbishops looked at each other, each of them had a clean buttocks, and if Charlie Andris had settled the score, they probably wouldn't have been able to eat and walk around.

"Your Majesty, I think it's better to ask more clearly about this peace discussion!" Archbishop Harris in yellow admonished Byron V, who was sitting behind his desk and not saying a word.

Byron V turned his bloodshot eyes to Harris and asked in an unkind tone, "Did I say I wanted to make peace?!" And where is this 'peace'? This is clearly surrender! Let the 'theocracy' surrender to secular power! ”

Archbishop Harris shrunk his neck in fright, afraid to speak.

Although Byron V's mood is somewhat understandable now, but the matter has come to this, is there any way out for them if they do not surrender?

King Braderick Perkins, the Supreme Commander of the Papal Coalition, said with a bitter face: "But if we don't negotiate peace, will we all die here?" ”

Ever since Heinrich brought back the news of the total destruction of the Templar Order, Bradrick was on the verge of collapse and lost the Templar Order. Right now, there is only the Templar mage legion left in the city of Sekrid, but how can these mage masters be able to defend the city walls on the first line? I'm afraid that as soon as he passed on the order, the pampered mages and uncles should mutiny!

Although the Knights Templar and the Templar War Mage Legion are both direct forces of the Holy See, compared to the more tame former, the Templar War Mage Legion is a thorn in the head, and I don't know anything else, anyway, whoever dares to use them as lowly knights, they will turn against whom!

Byron V's face was very ugly, how could he not know the temperament of the Templar mage legion, but apart from this force, he could not take out the regular army that had already been armed.

"The matter of defending the city can mobilize the citizens in the city to do it, after all, this is their home, who will they guard if they don't protect it?" Byron V said assumedly.

"Can the militia defend the city?" King Bradrick immediately covered his face, what is the use of a group of ordinary people who have not undergone formal training and are temporarily requisitioned? I'm afraid I'll be scared when I see blood, right?

Byron V obviously knew that he had said something stupid, and he changed the subject with an unnatural expression: "David, don't you usually have a lot of schemes?" Give me an idea now! ”

Old King David was actually at a loss at this time, and when he heard His Majesty the Pope call names, he smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, 'in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy will be useless'."

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"But I can't surrender! I can't let the divine power bow to the worldly power in my hands! Byron V roared.

Old King David sighed and didn't say anything more, Byron V took his name too seriously, and it seemed that he would not agree to "peace" anyway.

At this moment, Walter Heinrich, who had been standing at the bottom of the study, suddenly fell down without saying a word, startling everyone!

"What's wrong with him?!" Byron V asked, pointing to the fallen Heinrich.

Before he could speak, someone had already gone to check Heinrich's state, and when he asked, the man immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Head Heinrich has returned to the arms of the goddess!" ”

"Bullshit!" Hearing this, His Majesty the Pope burst into foul language, "This sinner! Having lost the last reliable force in the hands of the Holy See, how could someone like him go to heaven and return to the arms of the goddess?! ”

In fact, the failure to kill Heinrich with his own hands, or to give the order to torture him, was what Byron V regretted.

"Your Majesty, Head Heinrich has actually done his best." King Bradrick was aware of the war situation at that time and said a fair word for Heinrich.

It's just that Byron V has lost his mind at this time: "Bullshit! It's all bullshit! Failure is sin! If you bury the Knights Templar, you should go to hell! ”

King Bradric frowned, but did not continue to speak for Heinrich.

The study meeting ended in vain, Pope Byron V could not accept the surrender to Charles Andris in any case, and no one could think of a solution to the crisis.

But what Byron V didn't know was that after leaving his study, the yellow-clothed archbishop and the kings did not disperse, but gathered together again in secret.

Byron V's brain, Old King David said with a cold expression: "Since Byron V doesn't want an ugly posthumous name, then we won't let him bear this reputation." ”

"You mean ......?!" Everyone involved in the secret meeting looked at him in shock.

Old King David said with a blank face: "His Majesty the Pope is not in good health, and he has been stimulated by bad news and defeat for more than a year, and the fall of the Knights Templar has aggravated his condition, which eventually led to his violent death tonight. ”

"This is a rebellion!" There was a timid yellow-clothed archbishop who said with his tongue out.

"If it succeeds, it won't!" David glanced at the man, his gaze like a knife, "Allen, aren't you participating?" ”

The man shuddered from David's gaze, but fortunately he was not stupid, and immediately said, "Participate!" Naturally, I was going to participate! ”

"That's right!" David sneered and glanced at everyone: "If you want to save your lives and property, you can't continue to fight with Charlie Andris, and His Majesty the Pope, who refuses to negotiate peace and has nothing to do, is the biggest obstacle for you to preserve all this, if he doesn't die, you will lose everything!" I believe that you can all figure this truth clearly! ”

Everyone nodded.

"But that creates a problem." King Bradéric said, "Then who will be the Pope of Trust?!" ”

"The sons and illegitimate sons of Byron V will not do it." David thought for a moment and said, "Candidates can only be selected from among the archbishops present!" ”

Hearing him say this, all the archbishops looked at each other. None of the people present were fools, and they all knew that this position was not good, and whoever sat on it would have to bear the infamy of the ages, although they were all more actual than Byron V, and they didn't value fame very much, but if this infamy could not be borne by themselves, it would be good......

Driven by this thought, all the yellow-clothed archbishops present remained silent, but kept squinting at their colleagues from the corners of their eyes.

It's just that although none of the archbishops want to bear the infamy, the kings are not interested in waiting for them to make their own decisions!

"Harris, that's you! You are the next Pope! King Bradrick called out.

"Bradric, you narrow-minded villain! Whoever loves to do this Pope will do it, and I won't do it anyway! As soon as Bradrick called his name, Archbishop Harris immediately scolded angrily, knowing that Bradric was holding a grudge against him the other day.

"Don't want to be the Pope? Then you go to die! Seeing that the other party rejected him, Bradrick immediately pulled out the sword at his waist and stepped forward and stabbed Harris in the stomach!

"You're ......!" Archbishop Harris opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, raising a trembling finger to point at King Bradrick.

However, King Bradric was not interested in listening to the dying man cursing himself, and he suddenly turned the hilt of his sword, and the words that Archbishop Harris was about to say were choked in his stomach with severe pain!

"Humph!" Immediately afterward, King Bradic kicked Harris and drew his sword.

When Harris fell to the ground, his eyes rolled and he died instantly.

"Now whoever I let be the pope, who dares to spit out a 'no' word, this is the end!" King Bradrick said fiercely.

The archbishops all looked at him in silence, they all understood that after the "peace", they were destined to be only religious leaders, and they had lost their equal status with the kings who held military and political power.

To borrow a famous saying from Donglu: Now it is already a man-made knife, and I am a fish!