Dublin, Ireland

The energy of the explosion of the dragon charm rushed out, and the Viking soldiers retreated one after another under the expression of unwillingness, as the overlord of Northern Europe, how could the Norwegians of Scandinavia have suffered such humiliation, even Denmark, the former boss of the Viking Empire, in this era, is also subservient to their Kingdom of Norway, even the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire has a headache for them Norwegian warriors, not to mention Britain, which was once their colony, and Ireland.

Only now it's over, it's all over, and the hero who led them to the north and south and plundered everywhere, just as Harald, the living king of Odin, has been killed by the enemy's arrow on the way to conquer Britain.

Their king was dead, and their warriors who were still in Ireland were instantly reduced to rootless duckweed, and it was undoubtedly a dark day for them, an unusually dark day.

"Your Excellency, now that these Vikings have retreated to St. Patrick's Cathedral, if we attack it now, I am afraid they will burn this church to the ground, and then there will be no place for you to be crowned."

William rode on a white horse, held the dragon charm in his palm, looked at the dragon charm that was burning in his palm, and looked ahead again, inside were the few Norwegian warriors who were still resisting, occupying the cathedral, bright torches lit, chanting "Valhalla" to each other, this is the final destination of the heroes of Norse mythology, as if calling the name of Valhalla, so that they can also enter Valhalla.

William's beautiful blonde hair hung down on his head, the silver-like magma-like red armor showed a red glow in the night, and the emerald eyes were extraordinarily beautiful, just like King Arthur II, he touched the holy sword that had been broken by himself, and looked at the girl who was also riding a horse but wearing a black nun's dress and couldn't help but say, "Then what does Miss Morgan Le Fay suggest about the current situation?" ”

It was not Mr. Greene or Lily who accompanied him, but the legendary half-sister of King Arthur, a brilliant witch Morgan Lefay, whose magic once forced King Arthur to kill his own children, and thus buried King Arthur's Camelot empire, and then on another level she was King Arthur's coffin bearer, guardian.

King Arthur came to Avalon to heal his body injuries after being seriously injured in the Battle of the Sword Railing, and King Arthur never stepped out of Avalon, so King Arthur's sister Morgan Le Fay acted as King Arthur's messenger and delivered messages to her.

"St. Patrick's Church is important, but that doesn't mean it can't be crowned without it." William said as a matter of course.

From a very early on, when Constantine the Great of the Roman Empire decided to convert to Christ, in order to become emperor, it was necessary not only to perform an enthronement ceremony, but also a coronation ceremony, one in a political sense and the other in a religious sense.

This seems to be the same as the emperor of the East, there is no obvious difference between the two, the emperor of the East to ascend the throne not only needs to be supported by countless ministers in the court, hold an enthronement ceremony to become the emperor, but also hold a ceremony to worship the heavens after becoming the emperor, and declare to heaven that he has become the son of heaven.

For example, the father of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great, King Henry I of East Francia, only performed the enthronement ceremony, and refused to hold anointing or other religious ceremonies, so the pope at that time gave Henry a title, "between the stalks", which means that King Henry I was not recognized by God and did not belong to the legitimate king in the religious sense.

If William wanted to avoid such embarrassment as Henry I, he would not only run to the royal palace, that is, the Vikings in Ireland to hold the enthronement ceremony and proclaim himself a king with the support of his own knights, but also need to be crowned by the highest bishop of Ireland at St. Patrick's Cathedral, only then would William be a legitimate king in the secular and religious sense.

"I could have done the coronation ceremony at the Holy Trinity Cathedral. The tradition was also founded by me, the founder of the dynasty. William said ambitiously, and in fact the subtext of this statement was that the Kingdom of Ireland was in fact a Viking colony, so he helped the rich country of Ireland, and he could have done it in his own way, without minding the old rules, and perhaps this would have become a common practice in future generations.

For example, the seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire can only elect the king of Germany, and if the king wants to become the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, he must take a large army to Italy to fight the autumn breeze, and then the pope himself will hold the coronation ceremony for the emperor in Rome, only in this way can the German king become the Holy Roman Emperor.

The earliest source of this practice is that the Pope put the crown of the Roman Emperor on Charlemagne of the Frankish kingdom.

The same is true of the kings of France, because the kings of France have been crowned in the Cathedral of Reims, so once the king of France is not crowned in the Cathedral of Reims, then he will not be considered the true king of France.

A person and a nobleman can claim their inheritance or sovereignty over a certain kingdom, but these claims are more or less based on history, and if you want to become an emperor, you must come up with a source of legitimacy that you can become an emperor, otherwise the nobles will not recognize it.

In the legal system of the Holy Roman Empire, as long as they can be voted by more than half of the votes of the seven electors, not only Germans, but also Frenchmen, Spaniards, British, even the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, or the Roman sultan of Ansman Turkey, can become the king of Germany and be crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

Napoleon was able to obtain the title of emperor because he defeated the Holy Roman Empire in the war against Austria and ordered it to be dissolved, so that the title of "Holy Roman Empire" emperor was vacant, and then the pope was crowned by force, so he became a politically and religiously legitimate emperor.

William is not Irish, nor does he have former Irish royal blood. Although William won the favor of the Irish goddess of kingship and could directly ascend the throne as the king of Ireland, what era was it before, what era is it now, Ireland was ruled by pagan Celtic gods in the past, and now countless people in Ireland believe in Jesus Christ, so William's legitimacy ultimately needs to be sought from Christianity.

It's just who is qualified to crown William, the king of Ireland.

"If the Vikings are not willing to surrender, then destroy them for me."

William waved his hand, mobilizing the magic of the dragon charm, the corpses on the road ahead were stacked together and the blood stains were blurred, even though the Viking warriors chanted the name of "Valhalla", the magic of the dragon charm was still as invincible as a powerful explosive, when Nobel had not yet invented high explosives, William used the power of the dragon charm in the war, although it could not be said to be invincible in a small-scale battle, but it could also be said to be invincible.

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Holy Trinity Church, his other name is Christ Cathedral Dublin, is one of the oldest churches in Ireland.

In the sixth century B.C., the Celts invaded Ireland, and although they formed a unified script and language, and established at least five small kingdoms, they were never unified, and in the heroic age of Ireland, the hero Finn was the leader of the Fiona warrior regiment and the king of Fiona, but he was loyal to the supreme king of Ireland, and the Roman Empire did not include this small island under its rule.

In 432, St. Patrick came to Ireland to spread Christianity and Roman culture, and the modern Irish state took shape. It's just that the rudiments of this state were quite fragile, turbulent and unstable in the Middle Ages.

Therefore, what William wanted to be was not an ordinary king of a tribal leader, let alone an ordinary king, nor the nominal supreme monarch of Ireland, but the king of Ireland as a whole.

"I am going to be crowned King of Ireland this day in the Church of the Holy Trinity, in the presence of the Holy Father, the Holy Son, the Holy Spirit, and the Virgin Mary, and all the angels Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, etc., and St. Peter, St. John, and St. Patrick, and so on."

William nodded to his master, looked at the golden crown adorned with diamonds, and the lucky clover with the Irish symbol on it, and then looked at the local Irish "nobles" who had been invited by him, William had a big surprise ready for them.

Master Miller nodded and greeted William, as a master blacksmith, he and his disciples were not only good at making agricultural tools, but also well-made weapons, but building a crown was the first time for him that a big girl had been in a sedan chair.

Master Miller looked at the beautiful golden crown, which even shone holyly in the sunlight, although he knew that this was not the real holy light, but a small skill in his own forging skills, but it was undeniable that he did see the concept of royal power and the sacrosanctity of kings in this crown made by his own hands.

I'm about to be crowned king, and whoever of you is for it and who of you is against.

William's cold words came out directly, shocking all the nobles present, this young man who drove away the Vikings and announced that he wanted to restore the Kingdom of Ireland obviously has quite a strong force, so some of the nobles have bad intentions to think to themselves, even if this young man becomes a king, he may not be able to be a few days, once the Vikings come back, maybe William's head may be lost.

It's just that now William obviously has the power to make them lose their heads, so they are silent one by one, they don't say anything, they don't support it or not, they don't speak.

In case they support William at this time, then the Vikings will fight back, and what should they do as "traitors", everyone is not optimistic about the teenager in front of them, especially the nobles who have deeply cooperated with the Vikings.

If you want them to support William, you can't do it, but if you want them to oppose William, then you can't do it either.

"Since you don't speak, then you all say silence, then I don't object to me being king, and you all express your allegiance to me."

William's words were tinged with teasing, the relationship between the Irish nobles and the Vikings had always been so unclear, and as a king with not too much legitimacy, he didn't want to threaten his rule by causing turmoil in the country by cleaning up these nobles.

Therefore, they can only use softer means to deal with them, these nobles support themselves, they are unwilling, but they dare not show it, because they want to stand up against themselves, and it is impossible to create a rebellion against William, their interests are not aligned, and their attitude towards themselves and the Vikings is full of weakness and compromise, so it is completely useful to reform.

The Bishop of Dublin looked at William coldly, although William had a large number of troops, but two or three hundred people could not sit on the throne anyway, so although he was now William's prisoner, he still showed his integrity and refused to put on the Irish crown for the unknown foreigner in front of him.

William looked at the Irish bishop who was not in the oil and salt, and then looked at the priest on the side, but the other party did not dare to face William's gaze, and carefully looked away, obviously they did not agree with the legitimacy of the throne of William, who drove away the Vikings and seized Dublin by force, and wanted to be crowned king.

William was angry in his heart, he wanted to pull out the holy sword to prove his destiny, but the holy sword of dawn was only a holy sword within the scope of the Holy Roman Empire, and it would not be popular if it was out of the scope of the Holy Roman Empire, just like the British would never admit that the girl Joan of Arc was inspired by the Archangel Michael to defend France and fight against the British, let alone recognize that Joan of Arc was a saint and always insisted on the view that she was a witch.

If you just catch a priest who is not qualified to crown the king to crown the king, then the person who will be ridiculed will definitely not be a priest, but a king, so William fell into a dilemma for a while, William wanted to be a king, but he was not qualified to accept the coronation.

"On the basis of the grace of God and the divine law of succession, God bestowed upon William Pendragon the crown of King of Ireland, God bless the Irish, and protect the Irish King William."

A monk with a shaved head and dressed as a missionary walked in from outside the church, and his voice was resounding, and he said to William, drawing a cross slightly on his chest, and saying, "By the name of God, to guard the will of God, he will honor you, and he will take the crown away from your head and give you glory, so it is not me who crowns you, not anyone present, but God." ”

The missionary took the crown held by Master Miller in his hand, then raised his hands and placed the crown on William's head in an unexpected way, "Your Majesty, King of Ireland, William, I am sincerely glad to see you. ”

"All will comes from God, and God has given me this noble crown, and from now on I will fulfill my duty as king, and I ask all of you to pray in the name of God and the Lord Christ for allegiance to your king."

William drew his holy sword and aimed it at all the nobles present, and with his words, the knights who followed him knelt down one after another, and the nobles and priests were still unmoved, "Is a mere missionary also qualified to crown the king?" ”

"Of course a missionary can't, but what about a missionary who is a saint?" Master Miller smiled lightly, "Long time no see, esteemed saint, patron saint of Ireland, His Excellency St. Patrick. ”