novelraw Chapter 382 - 13: Your Majesty, You Have Returned_2
Chapter 382 - 13: Your Majesty, You Have Returned_2
Leo VI glanced at the others present and slowly said, "Tell me your thoughts."
The surroundings were deathly silent.
Then, the bishops present exchanged glances and each mentioned a name, all potentially summonable beings.
One person on the left stood in the shadows and uttered a name: "Cain!"
The name made the others hesitate.
Leo VI frowned tightly and said, "The last attempt to summon Cain in Romania failed."
"The legend of vampires cannot fail again."
"Otherwise, the Church cannot use vampires to replace other folk legends."
At this moment, someone on the right softly said, "How about Gilgamesh?"
"The Holy Land seems to have sent a holy relic from Mesopotamia."
His words made the others present ponder.
At this moment, an archbishop questioned, "Gilgamesh is a pagan, will he fight for us? Moreover, the curse order to forcibly command heroic spirits is not yet complete!"
"Pagans will only cause trouble, right?"
At this point, a bishop beside them softly said, "Don’t forget Achilles. During the first Holy Grail ritual, after he was summoned, he not only attacked the Nordic camp but also attacked our people."
That was a mistake.
A hermit from Greece summoned a hero from Greek legend, but Achilles was hostile to monotheism, fighting both sides and causing great chaos.
Since then, they have not attempted to summon any Greek heroic spirits again.
At this moment, the flames in the room flickered once.
One of the bishops stood out and said, "I’m afraid Gilgamesh won’t do, the legend of Mesopotamia has long since perished."
"I do have a candidate."
The others present couldn’t help but look at him.
He slowly said, "King Solomon!"
This name rendered the others silent for a long time, and finally, Pope Leo VI decided, "Send someone immediately to deliver the holy relic to Britain."
"Tithing must be extended to all dioceses."
Tithing symbolizes the Church’s ability to levy taxes like a nation; this decree will place the Church above the secular realm.
The conflict between divine power and royal authority has never ceased.
Once the Church has the power to levy taxes, they might even attempt to crown kings. The empire has already collapsed; a strong empire would greatly suppress divine power. These conservatives have tolerated for nearly two hundred years and will not allow that man to return.
After the others left, Pope Leo VI pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Take the relic from the Holy Land as well."
"Perhaps Gilgamesh might be of some use, let them decide it themselves."
If this dispute cannot be resolved in the extraordinary world, then the next outbreak will result in wide-scale secular warfare. Britain and the French Empire are bound to clash again. They have restrained the Kingdom of Germany through religious conflict, and if they can make Britain submit, the Church will control most of the European region.
By then, the Pope’s power will surpass that of any king!
Duncan put in so much effort to surpass the medieval era, but how can the progression of an era be so easily overcome, as some conservative forces have returned in full force.
Monsters and demons won’t disappear; they’ll only return in another form.
As long as the Church exists, the power of the conservatives exists. Their greed, desire, ambition, etc., may be suppressed temporarily, but decades or centuries later, when the rulers suppressing them are no longer there, they all reemerge.
Tithing quietly emerged at the end of the sixth century; the conservatives are bold and sufficiently greedy.
Under the night.
A group of the Church’s holy knights hurried toward the Frankish area, escorting a secret black box, engraved with countless runes and the holy seal of the ancient Church. When the team stopped, eerie howls immediately emanated from the black box, prompting the church hermits on both sides to nervously recite scriptures to suppress it.
King Solomon’s conventional relic would not cause such commotion.
But in the Church’s possession, there has always been a forbidden existence, symbolizing the contract King Solomon signed with the seventy-two pillar demon gods. Under normal circumstances, the Church would rather use an artifact on par with the Lance of Longinus than bring that thing out.
But the pressure from that man on the Church was too great!
Even mere rumors related to him forced the Church to respond with full force. If it weren’t for that man reshaping the empire and suppressing the Church’s morale, they would have long unified the entire European faith.
The only existence capable of contesting that man was King Solomon, one of the Crowned Mages of the mythical era!
The battle of the three kings.
Gilgamesh counts as an extra, in case he can exert some effect.
This is already the Church’s strongest card; beyond this, they can only summon a truly divine-level being, but that man bears the name ’Godslayer.’
As one of the Crowned Mages in all of European history, King Solomon could be said to overshadow others.
But summoning him comes at a cost!
Because Solomon and the seventy-two pillar demon gods also represent the seven deadly sins of humanity.
Meanwhile.
At the entrance to the otherworld in Britain, a figure crossed the barrier of reality and entered it.
At this moment, the Shadow Realm had been redivided, forming two semi-planes inside and out. On the boundless plains, a paved Four Directions Avenue could be seen, with dozens of carriages heading toward a distant towering castle. As Britain’s situation became increasingly turbulent, many wizard families sought protection from the academy, sending their children to the secret realm of the otherworld.