The young emperor spoke more and more hurriedly, but the voice became deeper and lower, and gradually "his eyes were full of thick haze, and at the end, his eyes flashed with a faint sense of chilling madness."

"I am the emperor, the emperor of this empire, the supreme and supreme existence of this empire, and the ...... of the lord of this country" When he said this, Garcia's tone carried a strange and even heavy and disgusting flavor.

He sneered: "My father has paved all the roads for me, and even he has thought of every step of the plan and made arrangements, although the current situation is dangerous, as long as I carefully follow the path left by my father, at least more than half of the certainty can persist until the day when the situation improves...... But all of this was arranged by him, all of it, every step of the way! I became the emperor, but it made me feel as if he was still alive!"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the empty chair next to the dining table, the expression on his face was faintly distorted and hideous.

"As I stood here, I felt as if he was still sitting in this chair, with a knife in hand, cutting beef, and in his peculiar arrogant tone, giving orders, deciding everything, and deciding everything, damn it, everything! I was the crown prince, but he never really believed me, no, or rather, this old man had never trusted anyone! He will always trust only himself, in his own arrogant and stupid decisions!"

The young emperor suddenly became furious, he clenched his fists, and looked at the shadow in the corner: "Do you know! What a great effort I have put into the 13th Corps! When I first went there, I lived in the same barracks as ordinary soldiers, ate those rough and unpalatable food, went out with them every day, and crawled back to the bed every night when I was so tired that I was like a dead dog, and when I woke up the next day, my whole body hurt so much that I almost fell apart!" I have put so much thought into it just to establish some influence that belongs to me in this iron army! I am even close to doing it! In the 13th Corps, most of the middle and lower-ranking officers have a good impression of me, and even Ruhr has begun to look at me differently! The 13th Corps came to the outside of the imperial capital, and in the first battle with the rebels, I personally took off my shirt, did not avoid arrows in front of the battlefield, and beat the drums to the soldiers! Tens of thousands of people saw me, and I could feel the gratitude and reverence in the eyes of the soldiers! Damn, I'm almost done! If I was given time to defend and do what I wanted to do, "I'm sure I'll be able to build up loyalty from all over this army!!" But because of him! His damned, arrogant, self-righteous decisions! All my months of hard work have been in vain! An army that might have been loyal to me is going to be buried in vain because of the worries in his head! How did he ask me what I meant? If he wanted to give me this empire?!! ”

With such a roar, Garcia's forehead was bulging, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was almost about to erupt into fire.

Finally, after a long time, he gradually calmed down, let out a long breath, and glanced at the corner: "Don't you have anything to say?"

The middle-aged man in the corner raised his hand and said coldly: "I'm just a shadow...... And, enough of what I've said today...... Your Majesty. ”

The last sentence of "Your Majesty", he seemed to have a bit of mockery in his tone, and then the middle-aged man stood quietly in the corner and said no more.

Garcia turned his head and looked at the table, his eyes showing more and more disgust.

"Someone. ”

As soon as the emperor called, the palace was opened, and several servants and messengers in linen robes ran in with their heads down.

Garcia pointed to the dining table and chair, and said in a cold tone: "I don't want to see this table, and this chair...... And these things, everything in this room, the shelves, the cabinets, and the lampstand hanging on the wall......"

The young emperor's voice was cold, which made the court attendants standing in front of him tremble a little, and one of the court attendants raised his head: "Your Majesty, then these things must be one by one, eleven and eleven"

"When they were carried out, they were all burned. The coronation of the new emperor is probably the most humble ceremony in the empire in hundreds of years, and it was only hastily completed in the Hagia Sophia, and the pope of the empire personally put the crown on the new emperor, handed over the scepter, and gave blessings at the same time.

There was no salute, no grand procession, and even as His Majesty the Emperor put on his crown, the rumbling of war drums and the sound of fighting could be heard outside the city.

The old emperor died and the new emperor was crowned, and the civilians in the city of Osgilia were only deeply frightened, but with the full efforts of the old prime minister and Adric and others, the situation was still barely stable.

The fleet at sea was also cannon fired outside the harbor area that night, supposedly driving away several rebel ships that were trying to approach the harbor at night.

With Minvan's army in the city and a powerful fleet at sea, the civilians of Osgilia still have some hope.

In the past few days after the coronation of the new emperor, the rebels outside the city seemed to be attacking the city more and more urgently, as if they wanted to take advantage of the change of imperial power in the city to take advantage of this panicked opportunity, but they were driven back by the defenders again and again, and at the most intense time, even Adric himself stood on the city wall to command.

And the first thing the new emperor did after his coronation was to immediately have an urgent meeting with the Grand Pope.

Only a few important ministers of the empire knew that His Majesty Garcia once again made a request to the Grand Pope, asking the Imperial Academy of Magic to give an order to let the magicians participate in the war and assist the Emperor ** team to quell the rebellion! However, this request was once again rejected by the Grand Pope...... When the old emperor was alive before, he made a similar request, but he did not get the approval of the Great Pope.

These goddamn sticks.

The reason for the Church is simple: the Church should not meddle in secular power struggles, unless it is a matter of faith, and if it is a holy war against the pagans of Bang-Odin in the north, "then the Church is naturally duty-bound, but now the two sides of the war are "the people of God" (the Pope's original words), so it is inconvenient for the Church to intervene.

This reason is undoubtedly lame, because since the emperor is considered to be the spokesman of the gods in the world, then since when the emperor is crowned, the Pope personally gives blessings and recognition, which is a religious recognition of the legitimacy of the emperor, then since there are people who challenge this legitimate imperial power The Church should stand up and defend its full strength.

"These magic sticks are just waiting for the price to be sold. ”

It is said that after the meeting that day, His Majesty Garcia walked out of the church with a very ugly face:

"These old gods, for them, whoever becomes the emperor is always inseparable from them, hum......

Maybe Hughes and those guys had already made some promises to them. ”

To be honest, the Church of the Empire has never been closely related to the royal family, and the reason is simple, throughout the history of the Byzantine Empire for thousands of years, the Church has been suppressed to the death.

If we look back at history, we can find that before the establishment of the Byzantine Empire, the power of the Church was still huge in the south of the continent, and at that time, large and small kingdoms maintained respect for the Church, and even the succession to the throne of the king had to be recognized by the Church before it could take effect, and even in some weak kingdoms, the Church still had a certain right to levy taxes! At that time, the headquarters of the Church even had a territory close to the size of a county as the direct diocese of the Pope.

But after the Byzantine Empire unified the southern part of the continent, it all came to an end.

The founding emperor was eloquent and strategic, and the empire was built. The first thing he did after his establishment was to establish the status of divine power and imperial power...... Although the Church is still recognized as the only religion in the empire, the Church no longer has its own diocesan territory and no longer has its own right to tax! It can be said that the Church no longer has any capital to meddle in secular power. Instead, it was completely raised high and used as a spiritual ornament.

The church is not allowed to own its own land, it is not allowed to own its own property, it is not allowed to run any industry, the church is the church, it is sacred, it is a place to serve the gods.

These decrees have completely strangled the possibility of the expansion of theocracy from the root.

To this day, the only thing that can still be done is a leader of the Magic Guild. But it seems that this leader does not seem to be very powerful.

Even a little more viciously speculated, perhaps the people who most wanted the fall of the Byzantine royal family were the high-ranking gods who guarded the Hagia Sophia......

Philip sat on his horse, already a little shaky. The horse under the crotch was already very unbearable, and white foam was spewing out of its mouth and nose all the way, and the speed of running was getting slower and slower in this rugged mountain road.

Philip barely kept his eyes open, but his whole body was so sore that he almost fell apart.

Especially since he was injured again the other day.

In the hotel between the corners, I met the girl who claimed to be Char-sama, and got into a fight with the guy with the long scissors.

Unfortunately, after the two girls ran away, Philip never caught up with him...... He was so injured by Dax's blow that he vomited blood on the spot.

After that, he even fell into a coma, but fortunately, the owner of the hotel thanked Char and others for helping him get rid of the kindness of Miss Nene who robbed his relatives, and took good care of Philip.

Philip woke up in a coma for a long time, but he couldn't find Dax and the others anymore, and he was not only angry, but also a little worried, what happened to the girl who claimed to be Char-sama's woman.

But then Philip didn't dare to delay here...... After all, a woman is just a woman, and Lord Char gave him such a more important thing that was not completed! Philip deeply knows the importance of this matter, and the reason why he made a move before was because he happened to meet it, so naturally he couldn't sit idly by, but now that he missed it, then he still has more important things to do, and there is no reason to delay the business and go back one by one, and Lord Char will not blame himself for it.

Philip didn't have time to recuperate, so he immediately supported the injury and continued to travel.

Feeding out of the corner to the south, trekking all the way, it took a few days to get out of the border of Esria County, but further south, after leaving Esria County, even if you entered the Armenian Military District, this is the lair of Hughes, one of the leaders of the rebel army, I am afraid that this road is not so easy to walk.

Philip could only avoid the main road as much as possible, choose a remote path to walk, and in order to grab speed, he hurried day and night, his body gradually weakened, and the pain recurred, but he just gritted his teeth and persevered. Philip was very utilitarian in his heart, and he knew very well that whether he could establish himself in the small group under Char depended on whether he could complete his mission beautifully this time! Therefore, this guy actually tried his best, regardless of his own injuries, forced to hurry, and even was so tired that he almost vomited blood.

That evening, Philip was walking on a mountain road...... This is already the territory of the Armenian Military District, near the southwest.

The Armenian Military District produces iron ore, and the mountain is the most mountainous, and this path is in the mountains, and it is very (8 secluded, few people know that Philip paid the price of a gold coin to find a hunter in the mountains from a village he had passed by before.

This mountain road happens to pass by an abandoned iron ore mining area, but it can go straight to the mountain of Sukata, which is closer than the main road.

In the evening, Philip did not have time to eat, and his dry food was exhausted, but he barely drank a half-full with a water bag, and for fear that he would fall off the horse due to his weakness, Philip tied his legs to the saddle with a rope. The road was bumpy, constantly pulling the wounds on his body, and the pain made Philip's face white.

As he was walking through a bend in front of him, Philip was in a daze, when he suddenly heard a short whistle in his ears! He woke up suddenly, and his eyes widened suddenly, but it was too late! A net fell down and covered him inside, and then the horse under his crotch suddenly went forward!$ went down, and it turned out that the horse's hooves were tripped by a rope that lay across the ground! Philip was already weak, and even more so because his legs were tied to the saddle, he couldn't dodge, and he was in a hurry!$On the ground, he fell dizzy, and in a hurry he pulled out a short sword and cut the rope on the saddle fiercely, but several figures had already pounced on the left and right, and seven or eight hands held themselves firmly, and then the cold blade was added to Philip's neck! Thief? Philip's heart moved, but then he saw a figure holding a sword, and stabbed it fiercely towards his heart! Philip sighed in his heart, only hated that he actually died here, but his body was held down, and he could only close his eyes and wait for death.

But at this time, I suddenly heard a cold voice: "Wait a minute!