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Chapter 42 - 42 41 Royal Authority and Divine Authority_1

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Since receiving the news that the “Blood Moon Horn” had appeared in the Southeastern Province, the high-ranking officials of the Alpha Kingdom had started to lose sleep, including the great King Caesar III.

Theoretically, even though a single evil tool has made its notorious name in history, it is not worth such a fuss by these prominent figures.

After all, the Blood Moon Sect’s reign over the Continent of Aslante three hundred years ago was the result of multiple factors, with the “Blood Moon Horn” being just one of them.

If one were to believe that a single evil tool can cause mass destruction and unrest throughout the continent, it would seriously underestimate the strength of all the major powers.

The key problem was that the emergence of the “Blood Moon Horn” also involved the Dawn Church.

Once the Church is involved in anything, no Kingdom dares to take it lightly.

The Alpha Kingdom was better off, having enough autonomy.

The Church’s power here was not strong and could not influence national decision-making.

Although they still paid tithes to the Church, the Noble Consortium has always paid lip service.

The resultant “Tithe,” supposed to be the Church’s most important income, here merely covers the daily expenses of the Church.

If they were not worried about the Church leaving because they could not sustain themselves, they would probably do even worse.

The lower-ranking people dared to do this, of course, because they had the support of the upper echelons.

The Blood Moon catastrophe three hundred years ago was not only a game between the ruling elite and the Rebel Army but also a confrontation between royal power and divine power.

The Bright Empire, backed by the Church, disintegrated in the game.

As a military support for the Church – the Ten Great Legions – perished after the war, only one of them remained, and the Church was forced to shrink strategically.

This was just the beginning, the Church still has a strong influence locally.

The struggle between temporal royal power and divine power continued.

After several generations of Kings’ efforts, utilizing various methods such as infiltration, division, bribery, and suppression, they successfully created discord between the local Church organization and the Papal State.

The Alpha Kingdom successfully caged the Church’s power.

The Church organization of the Alpha Kingdom, in name, belongs to the command of the Pope, but in reality, it has long been secretly controlled by major nobles.

The Archbishop of the Kingdom is a member of the Royal Family, and the bishops everywhere are children of major nobles.

Whether in talent cultivation or internal promotion, they have formed their own systems.

As for the Pope’s orders, everyone exercises selective execution.

If it harms their interests, then it’s just a piece of toilet paper.

Under such circumstances, the relationship between the Alpha Kingdom and the Papal State naturally can’t be good.

The lack of direct conflict is because the law does not blame the public.

Now all the kingdoms in the continent that have some strength are playing this way.

The countries that have not completed the limitation of the divine right are also working towards this direction, making the Pope dare not act rashly.

Regardless, now everyone is under the command of the Lord of Dawn.

If pushed hard, they can just set up a new stove, and turn out many churches, both large and small, then there will be nothing left to play.

With the Lord of the Dawn not having shown holiness for thousands of years, everyone’s awe for the Divine Spirit has dropped to a minimum.

If it weren’t for the need of the Church to fool the lower classes of people, the existence of the Clergy would even be a question.

What goes around comes around.

Who let the Clergy play so high before and arbitrarily sent people on the death penalty stake?

Even Kings did not feel safe.

The current Alpha Kingdom is much more harmonious.

Although the King and the Noble Consortium are still constantly fighting internally, there is no longer a case of nobles being sent to the stake.

Everyone is a family.

Even when the power struggle fails, they could just retire early, and there are very few occurrences of extermination.

“The Blood Moon Horn appears in the Southeastern Province, our Pope, the old good man, seems not as gentle as he looks.

But he shouldn’t start with my Alpha Kingdom.

He really thinks it’s still three hundred years ago, and everyone has to respect them!”

King Caesar III sneered.

Strength is always the greatest confidence.

By breaking away from the exploitation and oppression of the Church, the strength of each kingdom on the continent has undergone earth-shattering changes.

Even if the Royal Family had suffered heavy losses in the Orc war a hundred years ago, showing some decadence and failing to suppress the major Nobles in the country, under the efforts of Caesar III, the kingdom still maintained political balance.

On the issue of the Church, the position of the Noble Consortium is unified.

After all, no one wants an ancestor on top who can send them to the stake at any time.

Even in recent hundred years, the Clergy has been trying to change its external image and hardly sent any nobles to the stake, but it still couldn’t gain everyone’s approval.

“Your Majesty, this is expected.

After three hundred years of restoration, the power of the Clergy has recovered a lot.

Although not at its peak, it surpasses any Human Race Kingdom on the continent.

The fact that their development has reached its limit, and they have set their sights beyond the Kuike Peninsula, is not surprising.

The appearance of the Blood Moon Horn in the Southeastern Province is most likely a trial for us.

If Earl Piers can cut off their outstretching tentacles in time, then the Papal State would probably change their target.

Before that, the Frank Kingdom, Dante Kingdom, and South Coast Kingdom had all experienced similar events.”

Prime Minister Duke Newfoundland calmly replied.

Soft persimmons should be pinched.

If the Church wants to regain its glory, the first step must be successful.

Choosing opponents is quite a sophisticated technique.

It is not good if it has little influence.

It does not only fail to form deterrents but could also trigger a joint boycott by all countries.

It is even worse if the strength is great.

It would be awkward if they were done by the Church.

“The Church is not a monolith, not everyone enjoys creating trouble, most of the Cardinals hope to maintain the status quo.

Those who want to create trouble are mainly the notorious organizations such as the Judgement Knights, the Heresy Tribunal, the Holy Hall, Heaven’s Door…

Maybe the fall of the Blood Moon Horn into the hands of the Skeleton Society is a trick of one of them.

After all, they have been causing chaos on the continent by controlling cult organizations for many years.”

Duke Eufeele, Minister of Military Affairs, analytically stated.

The organizations that used to suppress heretics had become the supporters of heretics.

You have to say this is ironic.

However, it is unavoidable.

If there is no existence of heresy, how can the greatness of the Clergy be reflected?

In the era of the Clergy’s strategic contraction, only the emergence of ethnical cults can highlight the importance of the Church.

Unfortunately, in recent years, the growing Noble Consortium has consistently stolen their business.

Heresy that was supposed to be suppressed by them was killed by the nobles first, not giving them the chance to perform.

As a result, in the eyes of many civilians, the Church only has temples for prayers and priests who only know how to make money left.