quicksilver blood

Chapter 496
Ra declares war on Tyr—

When people heard the news at first, they almost thought that the God of Contract was crazy.

The gap between Ra and Tyre is as huge as that between a good warrior and a victorious general.Not to mention that Bansa was originally Tyre's home field, and Sivir was behind him as a powerful reinforcement.If it were placed during the reign of Jupiter IV, before the news spread, Ra's army would be directly disabled by Tyre's Knights Templar.

But thinking about it carefully, this timing seems to have been carefully considered by La.

First, a considerable portion of Tyre's Templars were sent out and are still trapped in Fararo and have not returned.After getting the news, several regiment leaders were worried about the safety of their colleagues and led the regiment to rush out.

Because Jupiter IV disappeared, and Sira, who was in charge of the ring of killing, was imprisoned, it can be said that no one can control this group of knight lords.Even for other cardinals, the most they can do is to let the heads of the group be a little more polite, and they don't have the right to order them.

Today's Bansa, Tire's strength is in an unprecedented state of emptiness.

However, Tire's new pope was suspended because of the ring ceremony, and there was no way to lead the college of cardinals to make any preparations for it.

In the eyes of some, even the ring ceremony is useless.The prestige of the new pope is certainly not as good as that of the predecessor Jupiter IV.After Roland slowly changed the blood of the entire cardinal group, and beat his own people in to replace those dishonest guys, he could say that he really enjoyed the rights that the pope should have.

The power of the Holy See is perfectly divided by the College of Cardinals, and the Pope is also a mortal, he cannot do everything himself, otherwise he will be similar sooner or later, returning to the gods in advance.

In the Farnese world, the power of the pope is realized through the restraint of the cardinals.

After all, the Pope has the great weapon of ecclesiastical power. He can make any bishop lose all his charism immediately - but the problem is that what he wants is rule and unity, not destruction and power.

Too strong a rule will inevitably make believers dissatisfied.Even with them, they will start to doubt the gods.Therefore, in any Holy See, the Pope cannot use his own prerogatives to enforce the implementation of every decree.

As the pope, the most important thing is to have charisma.A pope who cannot be worshiped by believers is not qualified. When his name is mentioned, people should immediately realize that it is taboo.

The Vatican without the Pope is like losing the lamb of the shepherd, completely losing its direction and discipline.

As long as any cardinal of the college of cardinals deliberately makes trouble, nothing can be done.Without the Pope's management and decision-making, it's scary just thinking about what kind of chaos a dozen guys with different rights and interests in different fields can cause.

There are still six more days to go before the Ring Ceremony ends.During these six days, the cardinals were not even allowed to leave the Dome, and it was impossible for their retinue to gain access to the Dome.

This is the best time.

In other words, for a whole week, the Tyrian sect was completely without command and in chaos.If the mercenaries of the God of Contract use it skillfully, it is still possible to occupy all the cities outside the Holy City within a week.If they can occupy all the parts other than the dome cathedral, even if the pope is finally elected, it will not help.

It doesn't matter if they kill believers, force them to convert, or even force them not to pray.A god without believers is fragile.With the support of only a dozen bishops, even the pope directly letting the gods descend on him can't play much role.

But if it's just that, people won't be too optimistic about the God of Contract.After all, where is Tire's background, coupled with the assistance of the famously skilled Sivir, it is no problem to survive just five or six days.

But at this time, there were two things that shocked people's jaws—the mad dog queen of Bantha announced that the special status of the two sects of Tyre and Sivir in the country would be revoked, and Alsachs, the Lord of Violence, would be established as the state religion.And cancel the right of priests of all ranks to be exempted from military service.

In other words, Bansa officials have the right to conscript priests of any rank—even theoretically, even the Pope.If you disagree, it is undoubtedly treason and will be directly sentenced to death.

This can be called an act of blasphemy.

But what is even more incomprehensible to people is that Sivir remained neutral in this incident.It acquiesced to the entry into force of this law, and did not assist Tyre to resist Ra's attack.

Yes, that's right - she maintained her neutrality!
You know, Tyre is her real father!
But those who know more understand why she refuses to rescue Tyre.

It can only be said that the hidden problems in the previous canonization incident have been exposed again.

It is true that Jupiter IV has great prestige, but he is only a mortal after all.

A mere mortal dares to threaten the gods.

Since then, about Sivir has realized that the threat of Tyr has now grown too large to ignore.

Now is probably the last chance.If he doesn't counterattack now, I'm afraid Sivir will be completely reduced to Tire's subordinate.

Moreover, even if Queen Bansa revoked Sivir's state religion status, the final impact would not be very great.

Sivir's apologist is a battlefield class in itself.Her authority is fighting and war, and in Bansa, a country that is quite fanatical about war, her status will definitely not decline too much.

Take a look—the God of Contract with mercenaries, the Lord of Violence with a humanoid city-breaking machine, and the Goddess of War who is naturally suitable for the battlefield environment, each of them is more suitable for this increasingly manic country than Tire.

The apologists of Sivir did not engage in any conflicts with the followers of the Covenant God.When the mercenaries gathered to persecute the priests of Tyre, they kept silent from top to bottom; when the priests of Tyre asked them for help, they remained silent.

Finally, the believers of Tyre were completely desperate.

Overnight, their status directly fell to the bottom.

The Bantha army sent people to hunt them down, smashed their temples, robbed them of their gold ornaments, pinned their followers to the ground, and robbed them of their money and jewels.The priests and priests were even picked out from the crowd by the mercenaries who followed them and smashed their heads.

On the first day alone, a quarter of the churches in Bansa fell.The fallen churches were divided in half by the Lord of Violence and the God of Contract, and the military personally sent people to guard them.

By the time the Pope started rushing to flatter the Crown, its authority was gone.

However, at this time, a group of people from the east of Bansa crossed the border silently, and were warmly received by the cities near the border.

"Excuse me, are you suing the dead crow?"

A little boy looked up at Kakarit expectantly.

A bright light shone in his silver-gray pupils.

(End of this chapter)