A group of people sat together and discussed for a long time, but could not find any clue at all. This was mainly because the information they received was too little. It was only a few sentences and no details at all. How could they predict the development of the future situation? As for the deduction, of course this is not to blame for the incompetence of Cassano's intelligence system. In fact, now Senat's ruling area has completely begun to implement a cold-blooded military control system. Joint protection is carried out in the villages and towns under his control. If one person gets into trouble, the whole family will be executed. If a family is in trouble, the entire village will tithe one person out of ten people and kill them. Once an outsider is discovered, he will be executed immediately. Under this bloody butcher knife, Cassano has no way to plant any spies in a short time. , many of the communication channels previously arranged by the imperial capital have also been cut off. If Senat had not needed a large number of caravans to provide many necessities to his territory, I am afraid that no one would have been able to enter or leave the areas he controlled.
Senat's rule cannot last forever, but it can produce extraordinary effects in a short period of time. The emergence of the undead army has greatly restricted the power of the imperial capital, causing the situation on the mainland to fall into a stalemate. : The Holy Alliance coalition forces were not absolutely sure to launch a decisive battle against the Undead Army, and the Undead Army did not desperately expand its scale, causing the Holy Alliance to launch an attack at all costs. When they were in a stalemate, Senat was caught in the middle and got some breathing space. Chance,
Compared with a few years ago when the Imperial City was struggling under the attack from three sides including Senat, it must be said that everyone's situation has just changed their positions now. The orcs fled north and the Clay tribe fled westward. Senat was left to breathe, and the Imperial Capital's soldiers were on the front line. Invincible, this is also the reason why the undead army suddenly intervened in the mainland, because once the imperial capital reunifies the continent, the demigod lich will have to wait for hundreds of years in the hope of another better opportunity.
Seeing that the discussion had no results, Ryan sighed. He now knew why Red was in such a depressed mood. It was not only a blow to a person's self-confidence, but also the feeling that he was sorry for the teacher Ibel's instructions. Giving up on oneself, everyone present was naturally very dissatisfied with this ending, but no one had a better solution, so the entire meeting hall fell into silence.
Suddenly, Sophie's voice broke the silence: "Master Ryan, why don't you let me go to Seike City? With my strength, I may be able to gain a foothold there. If I can collect important information, I will definitely... "
"No need." Ryan simply rejected Sophie's proposal, and used a very lame reason: "The Imperial City will send people to do these things, there is no need for us to waste our energy on this."
"But..." Sophie was about to argue a few words, but she saw Fulia making a gesture towards her, so Sophie closed her mouth and became quiet, while Fulia slowly spoke: " Regarding the matter of collecting intelligence from the enemy, I think the Imperial City will indeed do a better job than us, so why not just follow Ryan's wishes, but now that Senat and Ferdinand of the Light Church are colluding together, I'm afraid there will be some It’s troublesome.”
"Trouble." Ryan was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but thinking that Fulia had inherited the memories of past elf queens and was enough to be his teacher in this regard, he humbly asked for advice: "What impact does it have on the current situation? What should we do? How to do it."
"I have to say that Senat is a hero." Fulia started with this sentence and began to state her point of view: "Victor hates nobles, Orlando is limited by his own beliefs, and Faras's weakness is you , and your weakness is all the people around you, but Senat does not have that. In order to achieve his own goal, he can sell everything, including his own soul."
"Such a figure may not be the supreme ruler of this continent in the history of mankind, but he will definitely be a powerful person in power. He stands at the pinnacle of power and looks down on everything, trying to make everything in front of him change according to his will, but he I don’t know that even the supreme gods can’t do this at all, because gods also have to abide by the rules of a plane, at least they will not let their true bodies come here.”
"So far, Senat's weakness is his identity. In any case, he was once a member of the Holy Alliance Empire. After he deserted this empire, he also assumed the title of rebel. This is very important for the ambitious It is very disadvantageous for Senat, but there is no way to change it for a while."
"Now Senat has begun to openly support Ferdinand of the Church of Light. If my guess is correct, he probably hopes to cause a split within the Church of Light, one of the solid cornerstones of the Holy Alliance Empire. If the Church of Light splits, the strength of the empire will be greatly affected. will be greatly weakened, which is also very good news for the Army of the Undead. If this plan can succeed, Senat will fully support the forces of the Church of Light that favor him, and at the same time try his best to suppress them. Those forces that tend to favor the imperial capital.”
"But, Freya, why does Senat attract those cardinals? He is at an absolute disadvantage now, and there is an army of the undead behind him. I can't think of anything that can attract those gods. The believers are leaning towards Senat, who has tendencies towards the undead army." Ryan said,
"Yes, maybe this is the reason why Red is so decadent, because he has probably guessed Senat's methods, but he is unable to change everything." Fulia sighed and slowly said the answer: " Don’t forget, a long time ago, well, to be precise, before Alexander’s Third Empire, the highest authority on the continent was not a noble monarch, but His Majesty the Pope of the Church of Light. However, when Andrew forced After unifying most of the continent, the power of the Church of Light began to slowly weaken, and the last Pope Francis II was escorted by Andrew from the Holy See to the coronation ceremony of King Alexander, and personally brought Andrew a The redbud crown symbolizes power."
"Ah." Ryan had never heard of this period of history. He did not expect that his senior Andrew would have such a majestic side. This inevitably made him miss the time when he met Andrew's soul in the tomb.
"The coronation ceremony of Alexander also led to the decline of divine power in this dimension. After the death of the last Pope Francis II, under Andrew's instruction, no suitable successor was selected, and he could only temporarily use the name of the archbishop. The position of deputy is also the origin of the current position of archbishop.”
"Therefore, the destruction of Alexander's Third Reich may not have been caused only by the Legion of the Undead. Perhaps the Church of Light also prayed for a role in fueling the flames during this period. Otherwise, how could the great lich Nicholas have not been reversed and transformed into a human being? Appearing next to Andrew and becoming his chief magician, there would be no chance of Catherine's transformation and the sudden severance of the entire Andrew bloodline."
After Fulia said this in one breath, she found that except for Ryan, everyone else was completely stunned. This kind of ancient secret may have been completely stopped in the human world, but Fulia, who has the memory of all the elf queens, But Liya still knew everything clearly, and Ryan already knew a lot about Andrew and Catherine's past, so the news was not very sudden for him, and through Felia's description, Ryan suddenly guessed that Senat The best way to win over the Light Church,
"Re-establish the Pope." Ryan slowly spit out these four words, which also awakened others present.
"That's right, compared to restoring the honor of the Church of Light in the most prosperous period of this continent, a mere rebel leader and even the figure of the undead army that has been vaguely revealed behind him are nothing at all. Even in the hearts of these clergymen, You will comfort yourself in this way, after cooperating with these heretics and re-establishing the Pope, the Church of Light can have more powerful power, and can also deal with the undead army, right?"
After listening to Freya's words, Ryan tilted his head and thought for a while, and suddenly added: "In fact, neither Senat nor the Army of the Undead can personally support a force that they cannot control, so I think this newly established pope must only It may be a puppet, but it can greatly confuse the public. As Freya said just now, the coronation of kings in the past could only be officially recognized with the approval of the church. Now Senat coronates himself with the Pope. In a sense, he is no longer a rebel leader, but an imperial king who can be on an equal footing with the Holy Alliance Empire."
"Yes, Reid must have known this, but he can't do anything now because he knows very well how attractive the position of the Pope is to those cardinals, and the Imperial City will never agree to such a request. ." Fulia became the protagonist of tonight's meeting. She pointedly pointed out: "The Church of Light has already had internal cracks, coupled with the huge temptation of external interests, except for a few who can really see everything clearly. People, I am afraid that the vast majority of members of the Church of Light will fall to Senat’s side.”
"Ryan, this can be regarded as a critical moment of life and death for the Church of Light. However, at this time, Red has no way to prove the legitimacy of his power. The only thing he can do is to be a bystander, an inheritor. Ibel's legacy, the archbishop who hoped to revitalize the Church of Light, suddenly found that everything he owned no longer existed. Even his last bit of spiritual sustenance, the archbishop's identity inherited from his teacher Ibel, was likely to be lost. As a result, he became destitute and this 'power crisis' is probably the biggest reason for Reid's current decadence."