Throne of the North - Chapter 448

King McReynolds’ words puzzled Ryan, but from the literal meaning, this matter seemed a bit scary.

“People cannot become gods. Magicians never believe such words. The ultimate goal of any magician is to master the magic of killing gods.”

“If you want to kill them, you must understand why they are great.”

King McReynolds’ voice was sometimes far away and sometimes near, and his soul seemed to be far away from this palace.

“Then, did you succeed?”

Ryan felt that the legendary magician in front of him might be a little scary.

“Not yet, if I succeed, I will become a demigod.”

“The life that touches the will of the gods is a demigod.”

King McReynolds said this, and after the last word came out, the feeling of weightlessness Ryan felt disappeared.

“But I still have to thank you for giving me the opportunity. The God Bone Potion is rare. You are so lucky to meet a dying god.”

At the beginning, the killing of gods in the world of Gam and Fenrir is still a secret. No one knows what happened on the other side of the plane gate opened in the frozen land that day.

The shared secret made the relationship between King McReynolds and Ryan go further.

“I came here to ask your majesty, between the Church and the Empire, you have to choose one.”

Ryan said this. He called the other party the king, and he was no longer facing the identity of a legendary magician.

But a noble and a king.

King McReynolds did not answer this question directly. He seemed to not want to choose anything.

“The Church wants to go back to 130 years ago. At that time, the Pope’s orders could not be questioned even by the Emperor. The order on the Holy Mountain could make the king abdicate and replace any nobleman as the new royal family.”

“But this is impossible. Time can no longer go back, and the Church cannot question the inheritance within the royal family.”

The King of Serra said this. Obviously, he rejected the absolute power of the Church.

However, he could not change the power of the Church.

“The whole world is bathed in the glory of the Lord of the Dawn. Whether it is the dawn or the light, they represent the same great existence.”

“The Emperor of the Empire is no exception.”

“If the Kingdom of Serra surrenders to the Empire, it will definitely die before the Empire, and the Empire will not be an exception.”

The king in front of him said this. He seemed to have seen the day that would come sooner or later. The whole world fell into a sea of ​​blood and corpses. The Empire and the Church stood on fifty corpses, and finally one side collapsed.

The world at that time may not be the same as in the past, but there will definitely be no cannon fodder left.

King McReynolds not only has the power of a legendary magician, but also has extremely wise political means. Just like his meditation retreat, it seems that the Kingdom of Sera is leaderless, but in fact there is not much chaos.

After listening, Ryan also understood the other party’s headache.

“It seems that you don’t want to choose anything, but there is no way.”

“You can’t get away with it. His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire has sent an army into the Kingdom of Andara. When the threat of orcs disappears, the army will not return to the Empire, but will appear on the border with the Kingdom of Sera.”

“The Empire wants more people to understand that the emperor’s authority can override the pope. It was not like this for thousands of years, but it will be like this in the future.”

In the past, the more the church suppressed the noble rulers, the more terrible the rebound force was. There was no way before, but with the formation of the extraordinary legion, the nobles have the confidence to resist.

Ryan did not doubt what the king said, that is, one day in the future, there will be an extremely tragic and desperate war.

A challenge from royal power to divine power? No, it was a confrontation between all the people who had been suppressed by the Church for thousands of years, a war between the old and the new.

If the Church wins, it will not be the Church it is now; if the Empire wins, the Empire will not be the Empire it is now.

“If your Majesty has not figured out what to do, I have an immature suggestion.”

“Since the Church has become part of the Kingdom of Serra, your Majesty cannot divide it, so why not remove some of the power of the Church.”

“The existence of the Church represents the irreconcilable contradiction between the Kingdom of Serra and the Empire. The Emperor’s ambition is only willing to see a Kingdom of Serra without the Church.”

“Remove some of the power of the Church and add some of the power of the Empire.”

King McReynolds looked thoughtful and puzzled.

“In this case, is the Kingdom of Serra still my kingdom?”

“No, this just proves that the Kingdom of Serra will truly become your kingdom. Neither the power of the Church nor the Empire can completely control the authority of the king.”

“What do you think should be done?”

The king was obviously interested and wanted to hear Ryan’s ideas.

“It’s simple. The Church used to collect monetary tributes directly from the nobles. Your Majesty can help them collect taxes from the entire population of the kingdom.”

“Give them power.”

“But the price is that the Church will lose the power to recruit troops on the land of the kingdom. They can have an army, but it can only be an army composed of pure believers.”

“People have to live, so by then, the Church will not have too many troops.”

“Strictly speaking, this is not restricting the Holy See, but restricting the nobles so that they are not qualified to directly provide troops to the Holy See.”

If the three major subjects of politics, military, and economy are fully controlled, it will be a complete country. On a piece of land, the king and the Holy See have the power of these three subjects at the same time, which means that there are two countries on this land. .

If two countries with full power are on the same land and there is no conflict, it will be considered that the Holy See was too powerful before.

Giving the Holy See certain political and economic power but depriving them of military power is equivalent to breaking up the second country on the land and integrating it into the first country.

“This kind of thing has never happened before.”

The king’s meaning was simple. Such a thing had never happened before. People would hesitate and refuse because of unfamiliarity. The Holy See would never agree to this sudden change.

“It doesn’t matter whether the Holy See agrees or not.”

Ryan took a deep breath and finally said:

“This matter requires the recognition and unity of the nobles. In the end, the Holy See will naturally have to agree.”

“Of course, the Holy See may react halfway and war conflicts may break out, but in the Kingdom of Serra, this matter can be avoided.”

“As long as the Archbishop of the Holy See, Archbishop Adriana, does not become the one who leads the Holy See to deny your order, then the Holy See cannot prevent this matter from being established on the soil of the Kingdom of Serra.”

“I don’t think… Archbishop Adrienne has such thoughts.”

Ryan boldly guessed that if such a proposal had been made in the previous Kingdom of Andara, needless to say, Pastor Soto would have led 100,000 followers of the Holy See to crush all related remarks the next day.

But in the current Serra Kingdom, Archbishop Adriana has the ability to do it, but will she do it?

Most likely not, because until now, Ryan, who killed a large number of Vatican clergy, has not received strong condemnation from the Vatican.

This was what he had been waiting for all night.

Archbishop Adriana must have known about this, but she did not respond.

A very bizarre result, but it did not prevent Ryan from using this result to convince King McReynolds in front of him.

“Waiting is fruitless. Only by taking the initiative can we continue to be strong.”

“The empire has made changes in the world. If the Kingdom of Serra does not keep up, I am afraid it will become the dust of history.”

Ryan sincerely persuaded, and then made a second proposal.

Naturally, when changing the power structure of the Holy See, the power of the empire was introduced as a balance and compromise.

“I can build the Northern Braves Guild in the Kingdom of Serra, in the name of fighting the North, so that adventurers in the Kingdom of Serra are eligible to enter the empire to participate in certain competitions, so that there will be some competition between the Kingdom of Serra and the empire. connect.”

King McReynolds looked at Ryan.

“Is this what you want? You want more power?”

“I’m the most suitable choice, right?”

“I participated in the founding war of the Kingdom of Serra, and the Holy See recognizes the establishment of the Kingdom of Serra, so it is inevitable that my merits and status in the Kingdom of Serra will be recognized.”

“But if the Kingdom of Serra welcomes other nobles from the empire, the Holy See will naturally doubt your motives and whether you are suspected of betraying Chenxi.”

“I am the most suitable and the only answer.”

“And what I’m saying is not entirely because of myself. Maybe you don’t know that the Northern Brave Guild does not only belong to me, but there is another person who is also the master of the Northern Brave Guild.”

“One of the emperor electors of the empire, His Highness the elector Volvo Columbus, the Northern Brave Guild’s entry into the Kingdom of Serra means that the emperor electors of the empire have non-political power over this place.”

“But no matter what kind of power it is, the emperor electors have become part of this land.”

“If he becomes the emperor in the future, the Serra Kingdom will provide him with benefits. If he fails, he will also become a certain marquis. At least for a hundred years, the relationship between the kingdom and the empire will not be stiff.”

“As for the world a hundred years from now, none of us can predict it, right?”

Ryan pulled Volvo to let the other party use 10,000 gold coins as an investment, finally taking advantage of the other party’s identity.

This value cannot be measured by ten thousand gold coins.

“It is impossible for the Emperor Chosen to personally touch the power of the Serra Kingdom. Not only would the Holy See of Dawn have a huge reaction, but the empire would also wonder whether he had a relationship with the Holy See of Dawn through the Kingdom of Serra. In that case, He will definitely be the first to be eliminated.”

“I have once again become the most suitable and correct candidate.”

In the founding war, in other words, Ryan was the minister of the Sera Kingdom, and the one who made the greatest contribution. His power in this land is understandable. This is a beautiful virtue of the nobles. Otherwise, other people will be in trouble in the future. Nobles will not get support for any ideas they have, because the nobles will think that the nobles will not guarantee the interests of their supporters afterwards.

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They praise any nobleman who is worthy of praise.

He represents the power of the empire.

Even if the emperor doesn’t recognize it, all the conditions have been met.

At this moment, Ryan finally understood why he was a king with all the power in the world, but he was still hampered by many things. It was not that their power was not absolute, but that the world was never simple black and white.

Just like here, doesn’t Ryan represent the power of the empire? But he is a noble of the empire, and the power he exercises on the kingdom’s land has the shadow of more nobles in the empire.

This in itself is a manifestation of power.

Will the Holy See be willing? The Holy See would not be willing, but Ryan’s contribution to the founding of the Kingdom of Serra had historical significance. The Holy See more than a hundred years ago could make such meaning disappear, but now it is more than a hundred years later, and time will not go back. The Holy See can only He can hold his nose and admit the rules of the nobles.

…

“But, how to change the power of the Holy See in the Kingdom of Serra?”

King McReynolds was persuaded, and one of the two things has been completed. Since Ryan has come up with the idea, there is no obstacle to the imperial power.

The most difficult thing now is the Holy See.

Even if Archbishop Adriana does nothing, it is impossible to shake the ancient habits of the Holy See.

This is not because of stubbornness, but because any change will bring carnage and death.

“I have already said that the solution to the problem lies not with the Holy See itself, but with the nobles.”

“The nobles agree. If the Holy See cannot unite, there is no other choice. If the nobles do not agree – then change a group of nobles who will agree.”

“If change brings death, then…why not?”

Ryan looked at the king, his eyes as cold and dead as the north.

“There is no shortage of nobles in the southern third of Norris, right?”

…

After leaving the king’s palace, Ryan walked out and saw Otto, Roland and Keld again.

Ryan nodded to Roland, then looked at Otto.

“Your Highness Otto, it seems that you are not very satisfied with the Holy See and want to establish a second Flor Empire?”

“I wonder if that hammer can help you accomplish this goal.”

After Ryan finished speaking, Otto scratched his head, not understanding what he meant.

Watching Ryan’s leaving figure, Otto wanted to stop him, but was stopped by Roland. He looked back and saw that their father had already left the palace.

“It looks like Valencia will get a piece of land.”

“Reproduction and inheritance are the most important things for the nobles. I hope Valencia will not disappear from the pages of history again.”

Ryan said this, Kelder behind him was already trembling with excitement.

“Lord Ryan, are you telling the truth?”

He couldn’t believe that the goal that Valencia had dreamed of for decades was accomplished so easily, and he couldn’t help but want to burst into tears.

“The real challenge that a noble faces is never before becoming a noble, but after becoming a noble.”

“As a wandering noble, I think you know the meaning of this sentence better. Only when you lose it can you know how to cherish it. Only when you cherish it can you know what to do.”

“Otherwise, one day the Valencia family will become a wandering noble again, or by then, you won’t even be able to guarantee the inheritance.”

“Of course, I understand.”

Kelder’s head was like a chicken pecking rice. He clearly remembered the family records. If he hadn’t hugged his thighs tightly and without the help of other nobles, Valencia would not have fallen to the current situation.

It is easy to conquer a country, but difficult to defend it.

After leaving the palace, the royal city of Serra is still under construction, but a large open space has been circled, and a large number of slaves have arrived to carry construction materials. The Northern Brave Guild will be established here.

“It looks like he’s really tall.”

Ryan raised his head and looked at the wooden structure that had been built. The building here would be semicircular and belonged to him.

“I assume you won’t cut corners, right?”

Ryan turned around, his head behind a pair of glowing eyes shaking his head wildly.

“Lord Ryan, materials can be missing anywhere, but your place will never be the same. Don’t worry, this will definitely become the most dazzling building in the royal city.”

The wandering nobles came to the royal city and became construction contractors. But now that Ryan has given them the opportunity to change their status, how could these wandering nobles not seize it.

“Since that’s the case, I’m relieved.”

Ryan faces these wandering nobles with a smile and kindness, which is a key factor in gaining support.

Only he knew that behind this kindness, there was a huge amount of blood and death hidden.

And it came quickly.

After leaving the royal city, Ryan learned of the king’s order before he even arrived at his manor.

“The Valencian family was personally crowned by the king and the Archbishop of the Holy See who were not present, and became the baronial family of the kingdom.”

“The fiefdom is on the edge of the Barony of Mendez. Since the land is not large, the first and second generations of Valencia were pioneering nobles.”

In short, the barony given is not enough to become a barony. If you want it, just develop it yourself.

The Valencia family suddenly received a large influx of people. After all, it was easier to become a vassal of a noble than to become a noble.

Taking into account old and new grudges, the first precise goal of Valencia’s rise is the hatred against the Baron Mendez family.

“The honor of the nobility cannot be desecrated!”

Now Valencia can not only say Valencia, but also wear the crown of nobility, and tell the world righteously that the dignity of nobility needs to be maintained with sword and blood.

The Dean family has been like this for a long time.

On the road, the gorgeous carriage passed the Unicorn Fortress. Where Ryan passed, the flames seemed to ignite the firewood on the land, and disputes and smoke rose one after another.

Along the way, Ryan’s badge flag did not encounter any obstacles. On the first night after arriving at the manor, he slept comfortably for more than ten hours.

When the new day came, I felt that the sunshine was warm before leaving winter.

“Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to tell His Majesty the King, am I still the commander-in-chief of the army of the Kingdom of Serra?”

“In this case, when the military power of the Holy See in the kingdom is deprived, then I… will I also inherit this part?”