Chapter 554： Warning (below)

The words of Queen Midella's admonition shocked Colin's heart, and he asked quickly:

"His Royal Highness, I have always had a doubt that I want to ask."

"You said."

Colin took a few steps forward, walked to Queen Midella, stood shoulder to shoulder with her, and then lowered his voice:

"His Royal Highness, I certainly understand the position and prestige of the Church in the Glorious Empire, but what I cannot understand is why the aristocracy has been helpless for more than a thousand years, instead allowing the Church to continue to intervene in secular affairs and take its power and influence. Constantly expanding?"

Colin saw that there was no one around, but still lowered his voice a few minutes again, and continued:

"The core figures of the Paladin family all know the secret that the Lord of Radiance stopped absorbing the power of faith. This shows that the church has severed contact with the Supreme Lord. Therefore, the deterrence of the gods is naturally not the real reason for the nobles to restrain themselves.

Although the church has such a powerful military force as the Knights Templar, after all, there are too few people. As long as the noble lords unite, even if the number of people is piled up, the Knights Templar can be killed.

What's more, among the nobles, there is still such an extraordinary force as a Paladin!

So I don’t understand why the church has been in the upper hand in the struggle with the nobility for so many years. "

Queen Midella glanced at Colin and said softly:

"Do you think that nobles are all iron plates? You know, many of the nobles are fanatics of our lord."

Colin obviously could not be persuaded by this reason, retorting: "They are fanatics of our lord, but they may not be fanatics of the church. Now that the church is rotten and depraved, the nobles still don’t know? Those moral priests can be ignorant. Common people, but if you want to brainwash the nobles, I'm afraid they are still too powerful.

Especially the Paladin family, they know very well that the church today has probably been abandoned by the Supreme Lord.

Under such circumstances, don't they know how to unite and cut off the hand of the church reaching into the secular realm? "

Queen Midella shook her head and said: "You must know that the so-called beliefs of the nobles are mostly for profit. Of course, they know the fall and corruption of the church, but they still choose to stand on the side of the church. It's just for your own advantage.

Take the St. Pros family in the east, why do they stand firmly on the side of the church?

Back then, the "Black Emperor" was assassinated by the "Judge". Of course, the San Lorenzo family couldn't swallow this breath, so they encouraged the St. Hild family in the north to invade the northeast and sanction the St. Theon family.

But when the St. Hild family defeated the main army of the St. Theon family on the battlefield, the St. Pros family suddenly emerged and stole the fruits of victory that should have belonged to the St. Hild family.

Why would the Saint-Pros family dare to do this?

It's not the church's intimidation.

Therefore, after occupying the northeast, the Saint-Pros family can only rely on the church to resist the anger of the royal family and the north.

Another example is the southern border. Due to its remoteness and being separated by the Pampas swamp, the southern border has always been outside the political core of the empire. Even the Saint Landes family once wanted to establish an independent nation.

Of course, they did not succeed, but such behavior planted a thorn in the heart of the royal family, and in order to avoid being liquidated by the royal family, Saint Landes' political stance naturally favored the church.

So you see, although the aristocracy is stronger than the church in general, it is full of contradictions and torn apart. What you think of uniting to suppress the church is just a beautiful fantasy. "

This time Colin understood it, and to put it bluntly, it was the nobleman himself who was not up for it. Valley

Of course, this is also a natural defect of the enfeoffment system. The prestige and power of the royal family cannot really penetrate the most basic level, and there is not enough control over the major lords. This gives the church the opportunity to divide and win.

Colin thought for a while, and then asked, "What about the Paladins? There shouldn't be any strong Saints in the Templar Order of the church? In this way, if there are Paladins among the nobles, especially the royal family or Saint Greeks. A paladin was born from a family that is clearly anti-church like Elder, should it be able to suppress the church too?"

Queen Midella sighed and said, "Have you heard of the golden horn?"

Colin nodded and said: "I heard that it is said to be an artifact that is controlled by successive popes and can communicate with the kingdom of heaven. But now that the Lord of Radiance does not even absorb the power of faith, will he still respond to the golden horn?"

"Yes. Many people guess that the golden horn has lost its greatest effect, but as long as it is not confirmed, no one can be sure of this." At this point, Queen Midella turned her head and looked at Colin with piercing eyes. , Said with a smile, "Perhaps this time, you have the hope of forcing the church to open this last hole card, so that everyone can see if they are bluffing or relying on it."

Colin smiled faintly, not seeming to be scared by the news, but said: "I think if the Lord of Radiance really responded to the golden horn and set his sights on this world again, but when he sees the degeneration of the church now, Situation, I’m afraid I will clean up these pseudo-believers by myself!"

"Perhaps." Queen Midella smiled noncommitantly, and then said again, "However, even if it can't communicate with the kingdom of heaven, the golden horn has a powerful function, but it has been verified."

"What function?"

"It can artificially create Paladins!"

Colin's eyes widened, his face looked incredulous.

Queen Midella immediately explained: "Don't be nervous, although the golden horn can make a Paladin, it has many limitations."

Colin felt relieved and quickly asked, "What restriction?"

"Only the pope himself knows what the specific restrictions are, but in the history of the Glorious Empire, this function of the golden horn has only been used twice. If it were not for the high cost, the church would obviously not be so stingy.

I suspect that just like the great harm caused by the magicians who release the forbidden spell, the use of the golden horn will also cause the pope to suffer a huge backlash, so the pope does not dare to use it as a last resort. "

Colin nodded, but did not take it lightly.

After all, this is a Paladin. If the Pope is really pushed to the corner, and the other party creates a Paladin to perform the assassination, then the Northern Territory might not be very easy to deal with.

Seeing Colin's solemn expression, Queen Midella took the opportunity to persuade:

"I know you made two conditions to the church this time-Gregorian’s abdication and the independence of the Diocese of the North. But I want to persuade you to do your best to fight for the latter condition. Don’t really push Gregorian to it. Corner."

Colin took a deep look at Queen Midella, only then realized the real purpose of the other party waiting for him here.

It turned out to be for this sentence.

Queen Midella seemed to see what Colin was thinking, and said: "I can only tell you this advice. I'm afraid Garcia is determined to make Gregorian pay the price, but this is obviously unrealistic. .

The key point is that I can't persuade him, just because of his stubborn temper, if Vera really stays asleep, he will never give up.

Therefore, I hope you can control the situation well and don't let the future of the North Territory be ruined by meaningless hatred. "

After speaking, Queen Midella seemed to have completed a certain mission, and immediately turned around and left without reluctance.

Colin was left alone on the balcony to fall into deep thought.