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But it is different in areas far away from the influence of the Church of Light. All the nobles simultaneously announced the expulsion of the Church of Light, and the people in the territory were not allowed to believe in the Goddess of Light.

These nobles are actually emerging nobles that emerged during the era of great development.

With the continuous advancement of the era of great development, the footprints of humans and orcs gradually spread to the entire Yani continent, 80% of which were occupied by them, and the remaining 20% ​​were those scattered monsters. their territory.

With such a large area, problems arise.

With the administrative ability and ruling technology of the Great Shang Dynasty and the Beastman Kingdom at that time, it was impossible to manage such a huge territory and population.

Usually, an administrative order can be delivered within ten days and half a month if it is near, and even one or two months if it is farther away.

Therefore, whether it is human race or orc, they all chose the enfeoffment system in the era of great development. Whoever opened up a new territory will be the new lord of this land.

They have independent judiciary, law enforcement, taxation powers and their own army in the territory, and they only need to pay a certain amount of taxes to the country every year.

This also caused them to be an independent kingdom, and it was difficult for the king's power to affect them.

Chapter 153 Magic Tower Academy

The emerging nobles dared to openly oppose the Church of Light and expel the bishops and pastors of the Church of Light, largely because of their high degree of autonomy.

Coupled with being away from the core diocese of the Bright Church, the new bishops and pastors were expelled before they had time to gain a firm foothold.

In fact, the Church of Light allowed [-]% of the people in the Great Shang Dynasty to believe in the Goddess of Light, and the remaining three achievements came from the territories of these emerging nobles.

These emerging nobles not only announced the expulsion of the Church of Light, but even joined forces to form a new alliance of nobles to jointly resist the Church of Light.

Gregory II was not worried but happy. He had always wanted to preach in the territories of these emerging nobles, and now he just gave him a reason to start a war.

In 305 of the Holy Calendar, Gregory II ordered Archbishop Judgment Lyon, led 15 priests and [-] Judgment Knights, and started a five-year expedition to these emerging nobles, known as the "Bright Expedition" in history.

At that time, half of the extraordinary power of the human race was concentrated in the hands of the Church of Light. They had priests who could use the magic of light, as well as a large number of first- and second-order knights.

Although the other half were under the command of the Great Shang Dynasty and the major nobles, they were scattered all over the place and could not be organized together to form a unified and effective command.

But the Church of Light is different. They are gathered together because of the same belief, and their cohesion is very strong, which is far beyond what the emerging nobles who have just risen can handle.

The ruling knights defeated the army of the noble alliance three times successively, and all the emerging nobles who took the lead in the rebellion were captured alive in the city of San Gallis.

But Gregory II did not execute them, but let them repent piously under the statue of the goddess of light in St. Lophis Cathedral, and accept baptism and convert to the goddess of light.

In order to survive, the emerging nobles could only be forced to submit to the powerful strength of the Church of Light.

After Gregory II forced the nobles to change their beliefs, he did not let them return to the territory immediately. Instead, he asked them to declare independence. The larger ones established kingdoms, and the slightly smaller ones established duchies.

The nobles were stunned. They rebelled against the Church of Light. What they were afraid of was the terrifying influence of the Church of Light, which would eventually lead them to the same fate as the royal family of the merchants and become puppets.

But Gregory made them all kings, and they could also be recognized by the goddess of light and have legal rights to rule.

What they need to pay is to accept the blessing and coronation of the Church of Light, accept the garrison and supervision rights of the Judgment Knights in the country, and the church has the right to collect religious taxes in its country.

The temptation to these nobles was so great that they just thought about it for one night, and everyone agreed.

Gregory II was extremely clever. These emerging nobles were originally far away in an area that was difficult for the Church of Light to influence and control. Even if they were all killed, there was no guarantee that their successors would be obedient, and it might even cause their territory to rise. The collective resistance of the Chinese people.

Putting them back will not only show the kindness of the Church of Light, but also make their alliance automatically disintegrate, and will bow to the Church of Light, so that the Church can preach in its territory, which is far more profitable than killing them.

In the 310th year of the Holy Calendar, Pope Gregory II crowned 46 kings at the same time in the St. Lofes Cathedral, which is known as "the entrustment of St. Gallis" in history.

Since then, the Great Shang Dynasty has officially split into dozens of countries, large and small. The succession, appointment and removal of kings must go through the ceremony of the Bright Church.

Every king has to go to the city of St. Gallis and receive the coronation of the pope in the St. Lofes Cathedral before he has the legitimacy of his rule.

The Church of Light can appoint and remove the king and officials of all countries. The church has the right to preach and carry out activities anywhere in the country, and the king and the government cannot refuse for any reason.

Since then, in the human kingdom, the power and prestige of the Church of Light has reached an unparalleled height, and the entire human kingdom is under the control of the Church of Light.

Everyone is trembling under the rule of the Church of Light, no matter whether they are kings, nobles or extraordinary powers, they cannot resist the rule of the Church of Light!

"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

This famous saying is also common in the Western fantasy world.

What the Guangming Church has at this time is absolute power, and of course it cannot avoid corruption.

Leon III succeeds the new pope, and his power has expanded to the extreme, and no one in the human race can disobey it.

The life of the upper echelons of the church began to be very corrupt, and they lived a luxurious life every day.

They strictly demand the middle and lower class priests and ordinary people, but they themselves are corrupt and declining, oppressing the people of all countries.

In order to snatch the wealth of the people, they used all kinds of tricks and means to plunder the little gold coins and food accumulated by ordinary people. Even the kings and nobles of various countries were made miserable by the Church of Illuminati.

And at this time, 27 human race students from the Extraordinary Academy returned to the Yani Continent.

Under the guidance of Chen Luo, Chris and others knew how the world works, and their vision surpassed most people in the world.

At this time, when they returned from their studies, they were all proud, not to mention that the Church of Light did not look down on them, even if there really was a Goddess of Light, they might not have much respect.

When seeing the evil deeds of the Church of Light, people like Chris hated it even more.

They decided to go back to their respective hometowns first, and then agreed to meet in Fort Buddy a year later to discuss how to deal with the Church of Light.

In the 325th year of the holy calendar, some of the original 27 students failed to arrive due to various reasons, and only seventeen finally arrived.

These 17 people established the Mage Alliance in Fort Buddy, and established the first magic tower on the Yani Continent here, and began to recruit students to teach magic and warrior skills.

The Magic Tower caused a sensation as soon as it appeared in Fort Buddy, because it was the first time that the world saw the magic of magic.

The mage can fly to the sky, and can control fire, ice, lightning and other powerful abilities, which makes countless people yearn for it.

And even though it's called the Magic Tower, there are mentors who teach warrior skills inside.

Compared with mages who must awaken their talents to practice, warriors do not have too high a threshold. As long as they pass certain hard training and study, even if they can't get started, they can become physically strong.

So, in less than a year, the magic tower caused a sensation in the whole continent, even in the kingdom of orcs.

And precisely at this time, the troubles of the magic tower also came.

Although Leon III lived a luxurious life, he was very sober. When he learned of the reputation of the Magic Tower Academy, he keenly realized that this academy was very likely to threaten the rule of the Church of Light.

Chapter 154 Shining Nova

What the Magic Tower Academy teaches is extraordinary power. Once this power spreads, the extraordinary power that the Church of Light relies on will lose its advantage.

In the 326th year of the Holy Calendar, Leon III declared the Magic Tower Academy to be a heresy, and sent the Judgment Knights to Fort Buddy to capture the seventeen mentors of the Magic Tower Academy headed by Chris.

Unexpectedly, after receiving the news, Chris and the others did not run away. Instead, they waited outside the city for the arrival of the Five Thousand Judgment Knights.