Chapter 144: Negotiation
"Are you Nine-Ring White Pagoda really going to officially start a war with the Holy See of Light?" Looking at Douglas with an indifferent face, Benedict II couldn't help but say the same lines as Morfa before. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In fact, it is normal for this situation to occur, and the Bright Sect has become the largest force in mankind for thousands of years. Even after the Twilight War, when the Holy See of Light was at its weakest, in terms of hard power alone, the Holy See of Light was still the first of the human race. In addition, the Holy See of Light has worked hard for hundreds of years, and its strength has gradually returned to its peak state, but the main opponent of the year, the Human Kingdom Alliance, has become a plate of scattered sand because of the problem of internal cohesion, and the civil war is imminent, so in the hearts of the Holy See of Light, there is a mentality of who else in the world will give up. Both Morfa and Pope Benedict II subconsciously believed that no other force really dared to fight hard with the Holy See of Light. When there are forces that show hostility, they directly want to threaten war.
"Sure enough, I'm still so arrogant! To be honest, if you Bright Sect dare to go to war, I don't mind fighting you. Douglas looked at Benedict II, who looked angry, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and said coldly.
The power of the Bright Sect is indeed strong, but the Nine Rings White Pagoda is definitely not weak. At the time of the Twilight War, the Nine Rings White Tower was resisted and suppressed by all sides because of the identity of the Arcane Empire's relics, although the background is not weak, but the combat power that can be used is very limited, especially in terms of legendary power, only the previous Speaker Carres, and Douglas, who has just stepped into the legendary level, and Quinniel. Therefore, it was necessary to unite the forces of all sides, and even with the help of the deterrence of the elves, to defeat the Holy See of Light, which was in full swing at that time.
However, after hundreds of years of development, the Nine Rings White Pagoda has not only developed rapidly in its own strength, but also gradually integrated into human society with the help of the trade of alchemy items and magical equipment. Although the identity of the Arcane Empire's relics still poses a certain restriction to the Nine Rings White Tower, the impact is not great.
The strength that the Nine Rings White Tower can use now is far from being comparable to the Battle of Twilight. In addition to Dogrice, whose strength is unfathomable enough to compete with the Pope of Light, there are also two high-level legends, Quinnier and Anthony, who are enough to compete with the head of the Cardinal Conference and the president of the Presbyterian Church.
As for the ordinary legend, in addition to the four legendary casters of the Nine-Ring White Tower itself, the Nine-Ring White Tower can also summon and hire a group of legendary professionals like the Black Cloak. Even if it is inferior to the Holy See of Light, the gap is not very large. Coupled with the magic legion that has been roughly formed after imitating the training of the Arcane Empire over the years, the Nine Rings White Tower is not afraid of being feared by all parties, and it is impossible for the Holy See of Light to go all out.
"Speaker Douglas is so confident, do you think that it is still hundreds of years ago, before the Twilight War? Douglas's unconcerned reaction was slightly unexpected by Benedict II, but the Pope of Light did not give up and continued to threaten.
"Of course, the current situation is not like before the Twilight War, and the Human Kingdom Alliance is indeed taking care of itself. Douglas said lightly: "But this time, we are not prepared to count on them. As long as you Bright Sect dare to go to war, our Nine Ring White Pagoda family will follow. ā
Hearing Douglas's words, not only Murfa was dumbfounded, but even Andrea had a shocked look on her face. In the impression of others, the Nine Rings White Pagoda dared to argue with the Holy See of Light, largely because the Holy See of Light was feared by all sides, and once it made a move, it was easy to be besieged and contained by other forces. But now, judging by the attitude shown by Douglas, it seems that he is confident that he can go head-to-head with the Holy See of Light. Therefore, not only Molfa on the side of the Holy See of Light was shocked, but even Andrea, an internal member of the Nine Rings White Tower, was a little incredulous.
However, compared to Molfa and Andrea, who were shocked or unconvinced, Benedict II's expression became extremely solemn. As the current pope, Benedict II not only inherited the demigod power inherited by successive popes, but also inherited all the confidential information of the Holy See of Light. Only Benedict II knew that the White Tower of the Nine Rings, as the remnant of the Arcane Empire, had enough background to confront the Holy See of Light. And now Benedict II can't be sure, but whether the foundation of the White Pagoda of the Nine Rings can be used. Is Douglas really confident, or is he bluffing himself?
"It seems that Speaker Douglas is very confident! I just wonder which predecessor of the Arcane Empire era woke up and gave Speaker Douglas such a lot of confidence?" asked Benedict II tentatively after thinking for a long time.
According to the information gathered by the Holy See of Light, although the Arcane Empire was destroyed back then, its strength was strong enough to suppress many gods, and the demonic Arcane Empire Emperor also sacrificed to seal the Demon Tide, but the immortal level existence of the Arcane Empire did not all die. Under the orders of the Arcane Emperor, many top-level spellcasters with a level of more than 30 sealed themselves in advance and fell into a deep sleep, in order to protect the inheritance of the human race when the demon tide rises again.
As the remnant of the Arcane Empire, the Nine-Ring White Tower not only has part of the Arcane Empire's inheritance, but there must also be sleeping immortal powerhouses in the Truth Island. If it is the immortal powerhouse of the Arcane Empire era who wakes up and regains his strength, then it is really difficult to say whether the Bright Sect and the Nine Rings White Tower will go to war.
Regarding the final hole card of the Nine Rings White Tower, of course, Douglas could not be directly exposed to the Holy See of Light, so Douglas just smiled slightly, and then said lightly: "Hehe, guess." ā
Looking at Douglas's smiling face, Benedict II's face twitched slightly, but in the end he did not get angry directly.
In the past few thousand years, the main reason why the Holy See of Light has been able to be so beautiful and coerce the major forces is that when the Emperor of the Arcane Empire sealed the Demon Tide, he modified the origin law of the Ymir Continent, not only making it impossible for gods, demons, devils and other forces to directly enter the Ymir Continent, but also limiting the limit of the power that the laws of the Ymir Continent can accommodate to the thirtieth level below the immortal level. All powerful beings above level 30 are either obliterated by the rules, or sealed by the rules and fall into a deep sleep, or escape from the world of Ymir.
In this case, the God of Light, who played a special role in the fall of the Arcane Empire, bypassed some of the seals through special means. With the help of his powerful divine power, he forcibly promoted the Pope of the Holy See of Light to the realm of demigods.
In this way, in the case of the lack of immortal power of other forces, the Bright Sect has a demigod in charge, even if this demigod is just a 'consumable' that has long been forcibly used by divine power, but the development of the Bright Sect is still invincible, and it has gradually become the largest force of the human race, and even before the Twilight War, the idea of unifying the entire continent was born.
In fact, if it weren't for the fact that there was a great druid in the elven clan who had inherited the relics of the god of nature, was able to break through some of the sealing effects of the Arcane Emperor, and maintained the power of the demigod level, and the Holy See of Light was too arrogant at that time, and directly announced the ambition of unifying the continent, which angered the Church of the Gods and the major alien races, maybe the Holy See of Light would really be able to complete the great cause of unifying the human race of the Ymir continent and even the entire continent.
And with the passage of time, the seal set up by the original Arcane Empire Emperor is weakening little by little, and the demon tide that was sealed at the beginning will reappear on the Ymir Continent with a more ferocious attitude. The thirty-level strength limit set by the Arcane Emperor at the beginning will also be loosened. Those demigods who are sleeping, or hiding in special half-planes, the immortal ranks, will also return to the Ymir continent step by step.
In this case, although the Bright Sect has long been prepared and has its own hidden methods, it is no longer realistic to want to dominate the world as before. Especially now, the Holy See of Light is not fully ready. If the Nine Rings White Tower really has an immortal level existence awakened, with the strength of those old antiques in the Arcane Empire era, Benedict II, the 'strongest demigod', really doesn't have to be an opponent.
"The Heart of Light Ring can be temporarily handed over to Speaker Douglas for safekeeping, but the Elson Kingdom must be handed over to the Holy See of Light. That's my bottom line. After weighing it for a long time, Benedict II said with a solemn expression.
In the context of the imminent rise of the Demon Tide, in fact, as long as he has a top-level inheritance and knows that the Emperor of the Arcane Empire sealed the Demon Tide, the leader of the hidden power, is preparing to deal with the Demon Tide. After all, every era in which the magic tide surges is an era of large-scale reshuffling of major forces. Some forces will rise in the demon tide and become the overlords of the new era, while others will completely disappear due to lack of strength. In the face of such a huge crisis, no one wants to be a victim, so they all try to improve their strength as much as possible.
However, for each faction, the method of improving its own strength is also different. Some forces choose to accumulate silently and reduce their consumption, such as the elves and mountain dwarves who have always been far away from the strife on the continent, only protect themselves, and do not expand.
There are also forces that choose to swallow up the enemy and expand wildly, such as the marigolds and the kingdom of Perburg. Both forces know that the demon tide is coming, so they both want to defeat each other as soon as possible, and then unite the forces of the Human Kingdom Alliance and unite them into a single group to deal with future crises. Although this approach is extremely risky and likely to lose both, it is a helpless and inevitable choice for the two families who do not want to succumb to each other.
Originally, the Bright Sect's plan to deal with the demon tide was to gradually expand and gradually improve its foundation. There is no intention of fighting to the death with other forces. Especially in the face of such a powerful force as the Nine Rings White Tower, the Bright Sect was not sure of defeating the other party. And even if he wins, there will not be much benefit, it will only consume his own accumulation of reserves, so after weighing, Benedict II finally gave up the idea of going to war and took a step back.
"I'm sorry, but this time we won, so the Kingdom of Elson will also belong to us. Douglas said lightly: "Now is not the time when even if your Bright Sect is defeated, you can rely on your strong strength to get some benefits. You, the strongest demigod, don't have this face anymore. ā