"This ......"

As soon as Rod's consciousness merged into the crystal to accept the information in it, he saw that Rod's face changed slightly, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

With Rod's current state of mind, there are few things that make him so distracted, which also shows the importance of the message conveyed in the crystal.

"When did this happen?"

After a moment, Rhodes put down the crystal in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, rubbed his temples, was silent for a moment, and then asked Jerf beside him.

"Lord Pope, according to the news from Seke, combined with some clues we have obtained earlier, the trading cooperation between the Dragon Overlord Empire and the Light Empire and the Sea Clan should have started eight months ago. ”

Gerf was prepared, and he had already spoken out after Rhodes' questioning.

It's just that Jelf's face is a little bad.

"Eight months ago? Could it be that this time has been silent for so long, it turns out that there is something else. ”

Hearing this, Rhodes was silent for a moment, and muttered softly in his mouth,

"The movements were so swift and stealthy that I didn't even notice them, and it seemed that I was underestimating them. ”

When the words fell, I saw that Rhodes opened his eyes slightly, and the essence flickered, mixed with shocking coercion.

The information in the crystal was indeed quite important, and it was not expected by Rod.

It turned out that after Seke was canonized by Rhodes as the king of the East China Sea, he did effectively integrate the sea tribes in the waters around the Oakland Empire, and set up the royal capital and a Taoist church with a very maritime style in the name of the king, which greatly enhanced his rule over the East China Sea, and his prestige also reached a very high level.

However, Seck's actions also stimulated the ambitions of the Sea Tribes in the other seas, and they also wanted to unify the Sea Tribes and become the royal family of the seas like Seck, so they began to annex the weaker Sea Tribes nearby, which led to unprecedented civil strife in the seas.

The four seas of the European continent, the East Sea, the West Sea, the North Sea, and the South Sea, except for the East China Sea, which has been unified by Seke, and the West Sea, which became the Sea of Death for unknown reasons 10,000 years ago, the rest of the North Sea and the South China Sea are in chaos.

There were even many Hai tribe envoys who took the initiative to find the Dragon Empire and the Light Empire along the coast, intending to follow the relationship and methods between Taoism and Seke, and preach in the name of the Dragon God and the Light God.

At first, the Dragon Empire and the Bright Empire were still suspicious, because the ocean has always been an area ignored by the sect, and they were not aware of the arrangement of Taoism in the ocean, but under the guidance of these Sea Tribe's envoys, they knew about Taoism's actions in the ocean, and agreed to cooperate with the Sea Clan after weighing the pros and cons.

Although the initial effect was far less powerful than that of Taoism, on the basis of the Dragon Empire and the Light Empire secretly providing combat power, the Sea Clans supported by these two empires undoubtedly far surpassed the other Sea Clans in terms of strength, and their methods were much rougher than Seke, and the speed of conquest was quite fast.

In just a few months, the Sea Dragon Clan supported by the Dragon Empire and the Dragon God Sect has conquered half of the North Sea, while the Giant Ao Lord supported by the Bright Empire and the Bright Sect has conquered two-thirds of the South China Sea, and the speed is truly terrifying.

Not only that, in order to speed up the unification of the North Sea and the South China Sea, the Dragon Overlord Empire and the Dragon God Cult canonized Triliushi, the king of the Sea Dragon Clan, as the King of the North Sea in the name of the Dragon God, and the Light Empire and the Light Sect canonized the King of the Juao Clan, Brino, as the King of the South China Sea in the name of the Light God.

Although this kind of plagiarism and imitation is a bit shameless, it really plays a considerable role, and the speed of conquest of the Sea Dragon Clan and the Giant Ao Lord is even more amazing.

After knowing that the Sect had unified the East China Sea, in order to prevent the news of their cooperation with the Sea Clan from leaking, their cooperation with the Sea Clan was carried out in secret, including the provision of combat power, the trading of resources, and even the canonization of the names of the kings of the Sea Dragon Clan and the Juao Clan, the two sects each sent their archbishops to the sea area to carry out the canonization ceremony, and also controlled the scope of publicity.

Although the intelligence agents placed by the Daoists in the two empires had caught some clues, the Dragon God Sect and the Light Sect were quite cautious this time, and the collection of intelligence was quite slow, and the information collected was also fragmented. In addition, the Dragon God Cult and the Light Sect have never had any contact with the Sea Clan, so they have not been able to truly connect these clues.

Half a month ago, Seke planned to take advantage of the civil strife in the sea to expand into the South China Sea, but in the process of conquering the Seal Clan, he accidentally learned the news that the king of the Giant Ao Tribe, Brino, was canonized as king.

Not only that, after figuring out the cooperation between the Juao Clan and the Illuminati, Seke thought of the civil strife that occurred in Beihai, and was worried that something would happen in Beihai, so he hurriedly sent someone to investigate, and the result was that he also got the news that Triliusch, the king of the Sea Dragon Clan, was canonized as the king of Beihai.

Therefore, Seck hurriedly compiled the information and sent it to the Xuandao Cathedral through the transmission crystal.

"Your Excellency, the actions of the Cult of Light and the Dragon God Cult are indeed hidden, and if it weren't for Lord Seker to find out, I'm afraid we would only have known until the North Sea and the South China Sea were unified. ”

Looking at Rod, Jelf was silent for a moment, his face was a little gloomy, and his mouth said slowly,

"I and the members of the Ministry of Intelligence are guilty, please punish me!"

After saying that, I saw Jelf kneeling down on one knee towards Rod, his face full of respect and shame.

The Council has many departments under its control, the Intelligence Department is a department that has been established after Rhodes became the Pope, and is managed by Jelf, this time the failure to obtain information on the cooperation between the Illuminati and the Dragon God Cult and the Sea Clan in time has led to chaos in the North Sea and the South China Sea, which has made it more difficult for Seke to expand the issue, and most of the responsibility will naturally fall on the head of the Intelligence Department.

"Get up. ”

Rod slowly got up, walked over to Gerf and helped him up, and said slowly,

"Jelf, shame is the only way to be brave. ”

"Yes. ”

Jelf's body trembled slightly, and he stood up respectfully in response, without saying more.

"Sooner or later, our actions in the ocean will be known to the Cult of Light and the Cult of the Dragon God, and sooner or later they will react, the difference now is only that the other party's deployment in the North Sea and the South China Sea has given them a slight advantage. ”

Rhodes looked at the incomparably large world map on one side of the papal hall, his eyes glittered, and after a moment, his lips squirmed,

"The ocean must be unified by my Taoism!"