Including Speaker Gould and the demigod Arthur, there are a total of 83 members of the Supreme Council of the Divine World. In recent years, after the demigod Arthur's killing, the number of top nobles has been constantly changing.
With the addition of Lord Harlow, the number of members of the Supreme Council is the smallest in recent years.
In the past, if you want to increase the number of members of the Supreme Council, it is estimated that it will take decades or even hundreds of years for new top nobles to emerge.
The emergence of top nobles is not easy, it requires enough meritorious deeds, the deeds are so great that the temple has to agree to promote the title, and pay the price of a planet as a territory.
Even if Lord Harlow and the other twelve knights rescued the entire high-level of the Supreme Council together, and performed outstanding feats in the war with the Zerg at that time, in the end, only Lord Harlow was sealed. The duke became a top nobleman.
The top nobles are representatives of the nobles of the great world belonging to the gods. The top nobles have a lot of power. They can formulate their own laws and exercise all powers in the planets they own.
At the same time, they can also submit proposals to the Supreme Council, participate in the discussion of various major affairs, and are the secular managers of the divine world.
Every top noble is the pinnacle of the nobles of the great world of the gods, and the position of the top nobles is at most ninety-nine.
However, since the establishment of the aristocratic class in the great world of the gods, the number of top-level nobles has rarely reached ninety-nine. This is also related to the temple's efforts to reduce the number of top-level nobles.
This time, the temple rewarded twelve dukes at once, increasing the number of councilors to ninety-five, so the nobles could see that this was a gesture of favor from the temple to the demigod Arthur.
Reaching the status and strength of the demigod Arthur, there is nothing in the world that can reward him.
The temple can only ease the relationship with the demigod Arthur in an indirect way, by rewarding the subordinates of the demigod Arthur.
After the announcement, Archbishop McIntyre glanced at the demigod Arthur.
After seeing the smile on the demigod Arthur's face, Archbishop McIntyre breathed a sigh of relief.
In the eyes of Archbishop McIntyre, the demigod Arthur is still satisfied with this reward.
Standing beside Archbishop McIntyre, Speaker Gould also had a happy expression on his face.
Why is the relationship between Speaker Gould and the demigod Arthur so harmonious? The most important point is that there has never been any conflict of interest between them. In addition, almost everything about Speaker Gould is given by the demigod Arthur. Yes, this makes the relationship between the two parties even closer.
The demigod Arthur has never had any demands for power. In fact, if he is willing, the nobles of the world of gods will follow his lead.
But the demigod Arthur only cares about his own cultivation. In Gould's mind, this may be the reason why the demigod Arthur's strength has improved so quickly.
The Supreme Council has added twelve top nobles, and they are also top nobles with legendary strength, but this not only did not reduce the power in the hands of Speaker Gould, but increased the power of Speaker Gould in the Supreme Council.
The twelve newly added MPs are absolutely on the side of Speaker Gould 100%.
You must know that during the war, these twelve legendary knights were protecting Speaker Gould with their lives, even the demigod 'Holy Spirit Knight'.
Twelve legendary knights flew into the arena, and they accepted the nobility certificates handed over by Archbishop McIntyre.
When receiving the nobility certification documents, the twelve legendary knights did not kneel down, let alone take an oath.
Archbishop McIntyre also seemed to have forgotten this paragraph, even though the nearly two hundred honored nobles had just performed a one-knee salute and sworn an oath to the gods.
"Demigod Arthur, I won't give out the spiritual fruit rewards for these twelve new lords!" Speaker Gould said with a smile after completing the rewards.
All the top nobles laughed, they all understood what Speaker Gould meant.
Because they all know that there are only two places in the divine world where there are spiritual fruits, one is the temple, and the other is the demigod Arthur.
As for the reward issued by the Supreme Council this time, it goes without saying that Speaker Gould must have received it from the demigod Arthur. As far as they know, the temple does not have such a big hand.
The most important thing is that the Supreme Council has twelve more legendary knights, plus Lord Harlow who has just revealed his strength this time, which means that the number of legendary knights in the Supreme Council has reached as many as twenty-eight.
The Supreme Council also has the demigod Arthur, the black dragon Alexis of the demigod Arthur, and two god-level combat powers that are said to be mobilizable.
At present, the real strength of the Supreme Council is no worse than that of any temple, but the five temples are integrated, and the five temples cannot be viewed separately.
David also couldn't help laughing. Speaker Gould's words dissipated a lot of the atmosphere caused by Archbishop McIntyre's generous reward of twelve lords at once.
Speaker Gould is trying his best to reduce the influence of the temple. It is estimated that if this reward is not carried out in the name of the gods, he will not let the people of the temple participate.
The reward ceremony lasted for a day, mainly because there were too many nobles who were rewarded this time.
The award ended in the evening, the nobles who watched the ceremony withdrew, and Archbishop McIntyre also left Shining Star immediately after the end of the award.
In the entire Supreme Council chamber, there are only ninety-five members left.
"Members, the topic we are discussing next is a bit heavy. I think everyone knows that in just one year, when I accepted the mission of the temple, I came close to death no less than three times.
Twice of them were intentional by the temple, they just wanted my life.
Why does the temple want my life? It is because the current Supreme Council is leading the nobles to improve their own strength, so that we have more right to speak and can say no to the temple.
It's not just me, I was just lucky, more nobles didn't have my luck, noble knights fell one by one.
We don't want to be sacrificed by the temple. In every battle, every most dangerous place, every deadly situation, the temple will let the noble knights step forward, and they will succeed in the end. "Speaker Gould said in a deep voice.
All the councilors knew in their hearts that the temple's methods of suppressing nobles had never stopped.
Especially when legendary knights appeared among the nobles, the suppression became even more obvious.
Noble knights are not afraid of facing the enemy. They need to use their weapons and blood to obtain their own merits and honor for themselves and their family.
But the noble knights were worried that with such a temple behind them, how could they fight with peace of mind.
This is why there is a huge conflict between the temple and the nobles. The temple is only a representative of the gods, not a god, and has no right to send noble knights to death, or even use conspiracy to kill noble knights behind their backs.
"I need everyone's support. We need to say no to the temple. We need the right to participate in the mission. We need to take the lead in the mission. Only in this way can we guarantee that the lives of every noble knight will not be framed by conspirators!" Gu Chancellor Ed continued.
To be honest, the interior of the nobility is extremely complicated. Even if Speaker Gould established the "Dawn Alliance" and drew the top fourteen top-level noble families into it, he still could not gain absolute power in the Supreme Council.
Nobles have more or less connections with the five great temples, and it is impossible to break these connections all at once.
However, Speaker Gould is confident that this time he will be able to obtain the unanimous opinion of the House of Representatives.
Because the Supreme Council has the combat power to fight against the gods, the existence of the demigod Arthur gave the Supreme Council confidence.
"The following proposal will be voted on, and the method of voting is public voting on the spot!" Speaker Gould said with a smile.
As the speaker of the Supreme Council, Gould has the power to decide how to vote.
On-the-spot public voting is the most transparent, and the more than 90 congressmen present can immediately know the result of the vote through on-site voting.
There can be no problems with this method, and it is the fairest way to vote in normal times.
But this time is different. There is a huge difference between this voting and the previous one, that is, the presence of the demigod Arthur.
"The Hopkinson family agrees with Speaker Gould's proposal. The lives of our noble knights are not pawns that the temple will consume at will!" Lord Ludwig was the first to raise his hand and said.
"The Fish family agrees to Speaker Gould's proposal!" Lord Daryl then raised his hand and said.
Afterwards, the other legendary lords of the Dawn Alliance agreed one after another. They had an alliance relationship with Speaker Gould, and this proposal was discussed long before the Supreme Council meeting.
This is also a matter related to the vital interests of the legendary lords. You must know that the first thing the temple will deal with is the legendary noble knights.
The actions of the temple several times in a row have shown this point, and now the legendary knights don't dare to trust the temple anymore.
David's mind moved, and his thirteen legendary lord clones also raised their hands, expressing their support for the proposal.
All the legendary lords of the Supreme Council agreed to the proposal, and then the rest of the lords raised their hands.
Even those lords with unusual thoughts raised their hands and agreed to the proposal after hesitating for a while.
These unusually thoughtful lords had to agree to oppose Speaker Gould's proposal in front of the demigod Arthur. To be honest, they didn't have the courage.
The lords were even more annoyed by Speaker Gould, who obviously took advantage of the influence of the demigod Arthur, otherwise why would he make this proposal while the demigod Arthur was attending the meeting.
The demigod Arthur seldom participated in the meetings of the Supreme Council. Now that he was sitting here, no one wanted to be hated by him.
Not to mention that the black dragon Alexis is lying on the shoulders of the demigod Arthur, which puts even more pressure on the unusually thoughtful lord.
None of the lords present objected, and all raised their hands.
"The Luce family supports Speaker Gould's proposal!" David finally said with a smile and raised his hand.
To be honest, if he hadn't been held back by Speaker Gould, he would have returned to Gami star long ago. From his perspective, the political affairs of the Supreme Council did not arouse his interest at all.
"Very well, all the members of the Supreme Council agreed to my proposal. In the future, the tasks of the temple must be handed over to the Supreme Council and be led by the Supreme Council. I will send the resolution of the Supreme Council to the Five Great Temples and inform the Five Great Temples of our decision. !” Speaker Gould said with a wave.
Speaker Gould really took advantage of the demigod Arthur, taking the opportunity of the demigod Arthur here, to raise this issue that is usually difficult to pass unanimously.
With this topic as the basis, the relationship with the temple will have a criterion later, which is also an important change in the relationship between the Supreme Council and the temple.
How did Speaker Gould get angry before, but he couldn't decide the relationship between the Supreme Council and the temple. The speaker didn't have the power to make a decision with one word. The speaker was more of an organizer, a manager of ordinary affairs.
On major matters, Speaker Gould must obtain the consent of all members of the council. The more important the matter, the higher the voting percentage.
Now that a decision has been reached, no lord in the Supreme Council will dare to oppose it, which will offend all the members and be excluded from the top nobles.
"Members, there is one more thing I want to announce. There is still some spirit fruit left over that I raised from the demigod Arthur, so I decided that all the councilors who participated in this battle, each with a piece of spirit fruit, will make a contribution to the battle. Councilors with more than one achievement can receive two spiritual fruits, and the main legendary lords in this battle will each receive five spiritual fruits.
After the meeting, please go to the warehouse to receive your spiritual fruits! "Speaker Gould glanced at David, then said with a smile.
As soon as Speaker Gould finished speaking, all the lords at the scene became excited.
For this big world battle, except for a very few top nobles, all the others participated.
Therefore, most of the top nobles here can receive at least one spiritual fruit, and a good use of spiritual fruit is equivalent to a Templar.
The top nobles will not dislike the fact that there are many Templars in the family. Normally, there are only one or two Templars in the top noble families.
The powerful top nobles only have three or four Templars, and almost no family can train more than five Templars.
The main reason for this is resources, the resources needed by the five Templars cannot be supported even by powerful top nobles.
David felt a little helpless. He realized that it was definitely a mistake to ask Speaker Gould to go to the legend of Annabelle to get the spiritual fruit.
Because the relationship between Annabella Legend and Speaker Gould is very close, David looked at the spiritual fruits rewarded this time, and estimated that all the spiritual fruits he gave to Annabella Legend for daily life fell to Gould Speaker's hands.
Of course, David didn't mean to be angry. It is definitely a good thing to be able to improve the overall strength of the nobles of the divine world and enable noble knights to fight against the five temples.
(end of this chapter)