Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 292: Seeing the big picture from the small details, Aunt and nephew join forces

Havana Governor Fox looked at the mob that rose and fell like the wind and laughed heartily:
“Hahaha, Castile is the strongest defender of church authority and has the largest and most staunch traditionalists.

Who hasn't come this far from being weak? Do you think Castile's position as the overlord was picked up for nothing?
In the decades since the Age of Discovery, it is the mutual achievements between us and the conservatives that have made Castile what it is today.

The archbishop and the traditional saints will naturally protect the interests of Castile. Only if we are stronger can we help them suppress the new sects that are ready to move."

He exchanged a subtle glance with the cardinal, and the depression that had just been suppressed by Byron was instantly swept away.

"We eat meat, and just throwing out two leftover bones is enough to attract these hyenas to fight over it, and even dig out each other's anus and eat each other's internal organs.

So what if the two most powerful countries were granted immunity?
Anyway, once the alliance collapses, I can slowly take care of those small characters and then concentrate my forces to deal with you.

Just setting up checkpoints on the main routes and collecting 10th the tax will kill you!

Anyone who dares to resist is a heretic, hahahaha."

The reason why countries want to protect the right to religion, or are afraid of the right to protect religion.

The bottom line is that the powerful countries can wave the cross of "faith" and interfere in the internal affairs of other countries' colonies in the name of the church.

Relying on the power to appoint personnel, enforce the law, and collect taxes within the scope of religious affairs, it is easy to realize dreams that cannot be achieved with guns and swords.

Just like in the Eastern world, standing on the moral high ground and wielding a big stick, you can hit anyone you want and you are always successful.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the New World is just around the corner.

The Castilians went to great lengths to achieve the foreseeable terrorist benefits.

Obviously, the reason why they were able to become the overlord of the ocean, in addition to their first-mover advantage and numerous pioneering relics, was also due to their extraordinary wisdom.

"There's something fishy going on with these two guys!"

Byron didn't need any mind-reading skills. He only needed to look at the micro-expressions of the Cardinal and the Governor of Havana to know that the two families might have reached some secret agreement.

Perhaps when the top leaders of various countries were fighting for their own interests, they might have deliberately shown weakness to the enemy and "reluctantly" gave up the two immunities. In fact, everything was within their plan.

“It seems that my expectations must be adjusted appropriately.

Once human evaluation appears in the conditions for task achievement, there is too much room for manipulation, and the difficulty of getting first place increases sharply.

The original intention of both me and the Kingdom of Hastings was just to not let the big stick of "right to protect religion" fall on our heads.

After all, even if we obtain the right to childcare and education, if we do not have strong enough power to exercise long-arm jurisdiction, enforce the law across borders, and act as a world inspector, it will just be a clown-like joke.

For all countries, the second and third largest contributors to the right to immunity are more attractive to others than the right to protect the church."

Byron glanced at the governors sitting opposite him, who were suddenly wary of each other. It was obvious that they all thought the same.

Just by simply changing the rules, potential allies suddenly became opponents.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart:
“The power to make the rules of the game is still in the hands of the church. If we play by the rules they set, how can we beat them?

You should know that there are seven levels of [Silver Law].

Whether it is the iron law of royal power or the title of king in each country, at best they are only at the fifth level.

Except for the seventh-level creator who is at the top of the law.

The Pope, who wears the triple crown of the Pope and holds the triple powers of hell, earth, heaven, legislation, justice, and administration, controls the underlying authority of the Silver Law as God's agent.

This was also the key to the church's ability to firmly suppress royal power during the thousand years of the Dark Ages and to ensure that the coronation of the emperor of the Holy Silver Empire was presided over by it.

Relying on the Silver Law, the true "divine right of kings" of various countries has been controlled by them.

The old world has its own national conditions. I cannot change them for the time being and can only live in disarray.

However, there is a saying in the past that makes a lot of sense: "If you want to get the middle, you must seek the best; if you want the best, you must seek the best of the best."

You must be prepared to compete for the first place, otherwise you may not even get the second or third place.

We must find a way to directly kill the most critical [May Wind]!
As long as you achieve the kill, no matter what the judging criteria are, no one can erase your achievement."

Especially since he also had the help of Violet, who had already engraved the curse of [blasphemy] with the blood of the Octopus Battleship.

This quasi-witch can sense the opponent's precise location within a certain range.

Under the influence of the old god [Kraken, the Sleeping God], it is impossible to lock the opponent with prophecy. This is a huge advantage that no one can match.

Seizing the opportunity to strike directly at the enemy's lair is the simplest, most direct and efficient way.

The cardinal naturally saw the expressions of the governors of various countries, and his face was full of compassion:
“This arrangement is absolutely selfless, and is all about uniting everyone’s strength to eliminate the disaster as soon as possible, and to allow more countries to bathe in the Lord’s grace.

This brings me to my second point.

I'm sure everyone who has returned from the 'World Serpent: Celestial Circulation Belt' already knows this.

The real disaster hidden behind the Mad Blood Disaster has begun. Many areas have been polluted by large-scale invasion of marine life, leaving the local indigenous people in eternal sleep.

This coincides with the prophecy made by Mother Teresa: "The disaster of blood madness will parasitize the corals; the era of snail annihilation will wait for you to enter your dreams."

I will tell you that our Inquisition reports the same thing happening in the Virgin Straits, the first place in the Bantaan Islands to be attacked.

And as the barnacles multiply, the fog and slumber have begun to spread.

The church suspected that the root cause of this incident was most likely hidden in dreams.

This is the Lord's test for us. Finding out the mastermind behind the dream is just as important as killing the May Wind and resolving the bloodbath."

A quick glance around suggested to everyone that this was an extremely important "plus point".

Many small countries that were not strong in frontal combat power but had the tomb sequence [mediums], [corpse collectors], [coffin carriers], and the tribunal sequence [executioners], a class of third-order extraordinary people who could enter dreams, immediately began to gear up.

I felt that I was not completely without a chance. One of the two routes could work.

Only Byron and Violet, who had known for a long time that the old god's mansion was hidden in their dreams and avoided it as much as possible, looked at each other and began to mourn for them in advance.

Seeing that everyone's enthusiasm was mobilized, the cardinal pointed at the monks and secular monks sitting on both sides of him.

The tone becomes meaningful:

“Third, all you lambs who have been bathed in the grace of our Lord, whether you have been granted the right of protection or the right of immunity in the end.

The Church and I hope that you will choose collaborators among them to start the missionary work of the sword and the cross in the colonies.

If the church discovers other illegal missionaries, we will have the right to take back the rights you enjoy, and even regard the offenders as enemies of the church. "

Everyone knew who the illegal missionaries he was talking about were.

The secular clergy and the religious priests, one is an extremely important ally, and the other is the core of the church. Both are forces that they need to rely on, and they cannot favor one over the other.

As for those heresies in the church that already have Protestant ideas and advocate that individuals can directly contact the Creator without going through the church, they are totally unacceptable.

As he said this, the Archbishop looked deeply at Governor Byron of Hattings.

The latter lowered his eyes, trying not to let his anger overflow from his pupils.

The trigger for the liquidation of the Lancaster family was not only that they were the Bay citizens in the prophecy of revival, but more importantly, they openly supported Protestantism.

As an outlying island country of the Silver Continent, the relationship between the Kingdom of Hastings and the Apostolic Temple has always been tense.

As early as 1351 in the Silver Age, the "Law of Commissions" was enacted, stipulating that the election of bishops and other clergy in the country was not subject to interference from the Pope.

Later, legislation was enacted to prohibit "unauthorized exercise of religious judicial power" and to prohibit citizens from appealing outside the country. Violators would be deprived of their citizenship.
Compared with the current right to childcare and education, it is clearly diametrically opposed.

The competition between the two sides has not been going on for just one or two days, but for hundreds of years.

Even though the York family, supported by the church, has come to power, contempt for church authority still has a huge popular support in the kingdom.

It can be imagined that under the urging of the church, the York family is very likely to launch a purge against Protestants in the country, and it is unknown how many people will lose their families and leave their homes.

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Came to the colony managed by Lord Byron to make a living.

At this moment, the cardinal was clearly warning him not to play with fire.

Also warned by the archbishop was the Kalmar Union, which was composed of three Gulf countries: the Kingdom of Aalborg, the Kingdom of Gothenburg, and the Kingdom of Oslo.

When Violet came to the Bantaan Islands on the Flaming Rose and the Inquisition's ship, it was disguised as a warship of the Kalmar Union.

It was the "Queen of Eternal Night" Margaret, who had converted to the traditional church, who personally arranged her legal identity (Chapter 179).

Although both the Hastings and Kalmar Union are now ruled by pro-church factions, they still need to be struck.

Byron, who had a plan in place, did not take it seriously:
"[Secret: The shadow behind the Red and White Rose War, influence 31, decoding density 68%], one of the shadows behind the war is the church.

It now appears that the conflict between the new and old factions has become increasingly intense.

This time it was not just a battle to defend the colonial shipping lanes, but also involved disputes between countries and maritime powers, and even between Protestants and Catholics.

All colonial frictions were merely extensions of Old World struggles.

Otherwise, the church, which has always been powerful, would not have given up such a large interest to Castile for no reason.

If you find a cockroach in your room, there are probably countless more hiding in dark corners.

The friction between the colonies has just begun, but in places we cannot see, the struggle between the old and the new is probably a fight between human brains and dog brains. "

Byron was able to see the big picture from the small details. Through a colonial dispute, he seemed to have seen the situation in the Old Continent, which was like a powder keg.

One year? Or two years? Three to five years at most. It would only take a small spark to detonate the existing religious structure.

He boldly predicted that the turmoil would most likely occur in the Holy Silver Empire, the church's headquarters.

He looked up at Sister Theresa who was sitting opposite him.

“If we want to get enough benefits from that foreseeable event, this nun is the key!

It won't be long before the nun's inner self changes shape."

Just when Byron thought that the Cardinal would continue to talk about the second, third, and fourth points like most leaders in his previous life, he didn't expect that there were only three points.

After saying this, he left the podium.

The vice president of the Lighthouse Federation who came on stage later also said only one sentence:
“The [Level 0 Holy Relic: Farrows Lighthouse] will faithfully record your achievements. All you have to do is find the May Wind and kill it and the mastermind behind it!

No restrictions on the use of any means, adjourned."

All parties immediately hurried away, ready to seize the opportunity.

Of course, while striving to be the best, we are also worried about the further enhanced horrific infectiousness of coral disease.

The coral people who lost themselves, the fog that made people unable to wake up, the culprit hidden in the dream, etc. all made them extremely wary of this thing.

It was just like when the natives faced the [Bird-Billed Plague Doctor], it was an unprecedentedly dangerous disaster.

Byron did not rush to leave the parliamentary passage in advance. When Meganilla, who also had a frown on her face, walked past him, he used a breeze to convey his voice:

"Aunt, do you want to win?
How about we meet at the usual place, have you appreciate a good thing, and then make a deal?"

Meganilla, who had been calculating her own strength and felt that she might have little chance of winning, was suddenly alerted when she heard this and immediately nodded slightly.

After getting to know him a little more deeply, I found that this nephew with many identities seemed to be accustomed to creating miracles, and I suddenly began to look forward to the good things he mentioned.

(End of this chapter)