Volume 2 Chapter 1 A New Beginning
In the year 3437 of the continental calendar, the people of the Holy See like to use the continental calendar, because it is calculated from the year of the founding of the Holy See, and it is also after the Great War of the Gods. Whether it is really the end of the War of the Gods for more than 3,000 years or whether it was used by the Holy See to flaunt its long history, the inhabitants of the continent have no way to verify, anyway, the people of the empire do not recognize this, which can be seen from the fact that they do not use the continental calendar but use the imperial calendar, the imperial calendar is that every emperor of the empire succeeded to the throne and began to calculate after his own imperial name, so it is now the 51st year of the imperial calendar Dere III.
In the past year, the mainland can be described as a rare bustle in the past hundred years, the Holy See, which has not shown miracles for a long time, suddenly issued an oracle, not only deposing the previous pope, but also saying that he had fallen and become a heretic, and then named the current archbishop St. Karl as the new pope, and then the first papal decree issued by the new pope turned out to be the start of the holy war. By the time the empire reacted, the Holy See's vanguard army of 500,000 had already been assembled, but this was not the most angry for the empire. The most infuriating thing is that the Empire's allies, the Kipan tribe, have turned into allies of the Holy See at this moment, and they have also gathered 300,000 troops to wait for the day.
The only thing that makes the empire feel fortunate is that the loosening of the rules of the continent has allowed countless top professionals to break through, and almost seventy percent of the professionals in the whole continent are people belonging to the empire, which has made the empire's strength soar, even if it joins forces with the Holy See and the Kripan tribe, it will not appear too weak.
But Benjamin Direalo, the initiator of this series of changes, was unaware at this time, he was standing on a high mountain peak and looking down, accompanied by two men besides Yu'er, one was the former Pope Giza, who was designated a heretic by the Holy See and said that he had fallen, and the other was the true fallen priest of the Holy See Knights, Lufasi.
"It's all set. Benjamin didn't look back, and said lightly as if he was = talking to himself.
"Yes, master. Lu Fasi replied respectfully.
"Then go ahead with the plan. Benjamin turned his head slightly this time and said to Kiza.
"Okay. Kisa nodded, and didn't say much, as if he was watching something as intently as Benjamin.
Hearing the two agree, Lu Faxi's face showed a look of embarrassment, his lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound, but his face looked a little helpless.
"Say whatever you want, you are about to become the pope of the new papal see, and you must have the momentum of a pope. Kisa saw that Lufasi was about to say something, so she helped him bring it up, and by the way, he also mentioned him.
"Say it. Benjamin nodded expressionlessly.
At this time, Lu Faxi dared to speak: "Master, the envoys of the empire have already told me many times that they want to hold the ceremony of the establishment of the Holy See in the imperial capital, and they also want the emperor to come forward to preside over the ceremony of canonizing the pope. ”
"You don't have to worry about this matter, Sophia has already gone to the imperial capital, and it is estimated that there will be a result soon. Benjamin waved his hand and said, Lufasi didn't say anything more, and the three of them stayed at the top of the hill for a while before returning to the city of Direalo.
At this time, the city of Direano was completely different, and in terms of overall scale alone, it was no longer inferior to the imperial capital of Bucandirea, let alone other towns. It's been almost a year since Benjamin came back from a coma, and the construction of the city of Direano began after Benjamin was taken away by Regulus Nach, and it has been almost three years now, and now it has finally been fully completed.
As the headquarters of the new Holy See, the city of Direano began to be built according to the standards of the Holy Land from the beginning, not only including the original city of Havaca, but also several surrounding towns, which can be regarded as the overall scope of the city of Direano. The new papacy completely occupies all the places of Havarca, and this is only a part, the main temple was finally built on the top of the hill on the left side of Havaca, but the whole mountain has been completely connected to the city of Direano, and it feels like the city of Direano is built on the mountain.
While the town of Havaca was surrounded by mountains on two sides and facing the sea, Direano has built a complete fortification of the mountains on one side, a temple on the other side, and a large port on the seaside and the residential area of the new city on the seaside. The entire city of Direano is divided into three parts, the residential area, the administrative area, and the temple exclusion area. Among them, the forbidden area of the temple is the most, and the mountains that are not connected are already close to the sum of the other two districts.
At this time, Benjamin and others were walking in the residential area, and the passers-by all saluted Lu Faxi, everyone knew that this Pope who was about to become the new Holy See, it was said that the power would be greater than the power of the city lord, after all, this would be the headquarters of the New Holy See. What outsiders don't know is that Sophia returned to the imperial capital this time to separate Direano from the empire, and she will be in charge of this place as the county lord, as well as several towns adjacent to it. Ordinary people only knew that this would become the headquarters of the new Holy See, but this was still part of the territory of the Empire, so they often discussed in private about comparing the city lord and the pope here, because it was a matter of their own lives.
Walking on the road, Lu Faxi couldn't stop nodding and greeting passers-by, as if he had the bearing of some superiors, and Benjamin and Kissa had already covered their faces at this time, after all, Benjamin would be born as a god, and Kissa would also be accompanied as a servant god, so it was better to avoid premature exposure to ordinary people, so as to save any unnecessary trouble caused by the time.
After the few people returned to the temple, before they could sit down, they saw Sklell rushing in in a hurry, shouting as they walked:
"Has Sophia sent back any news, and how did my family hear that she would accept the Emperor's canonization?"
Benjamin looked at Sklell with some puzzlement and asked:
"Sophia hasn't heard from her yet, how did your family get this news?"
"Really?" Sclair looked at Benjamin with some disbelief, and after seeing that Benjamin didn't seem to lie to himself, he continued, "It was the prince who told me about his family. ”
"This prince again?" Benjamin's eyebrows rose slightly, a sign of his displeasure, but he quickly returned to normal, looked at Sklell and continued, "There is no news from Sophia yet, and do you think I will accept this canonization?"
"That's right. Sclair nodded as if he understood, and said, "It's true that no one can canonize it." In this way, I will be relieved, otherwise I will not be able to explain to my family. ”
"Don't worry, everything will not change as planned, and now we are waiting for news from Sophia. ”
While he was talking, Bédrick suddenly rushed in, and said with a somewhat ugly face:
"Sophia has sent a message, let's rush to the imperial capital as soon as possible, the prince has launched a coup d'état......"