Chapter 207 My dear, where did the yellow robe come from?

The Pope got off the car in the palace, which was a special treatment for the Pope.

You only need to walk a few steps to see the King of the Kingdom of the Holy Cross.

The secular power holders must make the king of theocracy give in.

The United Kingdom split thirty years ago, and the royal families suffered heavy losses, and the United Kingdom collapsed.

In fact, there was another victim in this great change, that is, the church.

Theocracy, which had once developed to its peak, continued to fall in the war of secession.

The current Pope must also come to see the secular king in person.

This is the Pope's gradual realization in recent years. The original secession war seemed to be a bureau set by several royal families.

The three southern kingdoms remain the same, and the kings each occupy power.

Only the church has seriously shrunk in power.

As the current Pope, he is certainly not satisfied with the shrinking power, and dreams of the church returning to its peak in his hands.

Thinking of this, he has come to King Bruno.

The fat king sat in a chair inlaid with gems. The golden throne seemed to tell the brilliance of the royal power.

"Greetings to you, Pope."

King Bruno sat on the throne without even lifting his butt.

The Pope's expression did not change, and he nodded and replied: "Greetings to you too, Your Majesty."

He sat down unceremoniously. Although the royal power overwhelmed the divine power, there was no need to be servile.

"I have deep sympathy for the experience of Knight Bobby," King Bruno spoke first, but there was no sadness on his face: "Duke Leopold, the saint in the rumor, I wonder what the church thinks?"

Are you going to make us cannon fodder? The Pope's mind turned quickly, but he said righteously: "Any saint must be certified by the church. If Duke Leopold is willing, he can come to the church for certification. We will not miss any saint of the Lord."

This is of course bullshit. Every saint is a propaganda model created by the church. The Pope knows it very well.

As long as Duke Leopold dares to come, the church will dare to put him under house arrest.

This is a different time. The church and the king have different positions and need to take into account different things.

But it is obvious that Duke Leopold will never come to the church to verify.

King Bruno was not satisfied with this answer, and he continued to stir up trouble: "I heard that the Melgen Monastery recognized the title of Duke Leopold as a saint, and the former Archbishop Mr. John has been running for him.

Leopold has publicly stated many times that he is a saint.

..."

As long as you want to know, the power of a king is surprisingly large.

Some of the things Leopold did, the infringement of theocracy, were all listed one by one by him.

The Pope's expression did not change, and he knew most of these things.

But doesn't he know the king's thoughts?

What about the saint Duke Leopold?

Now the royal power has suffered the greatest loss, and if you want the church to be the first bird, don't even think about it.

In the face of the king's repeated provocations, the Pope only emphasized: "We will investigate, and we will ask Duke Leopold to come to the church to explain."

What the hell is the explanation! ? !

King Bruno almost yelled, is this what I mean?

Old fox, stubborn.

The conversation between the two did not make any substantial progress.

But King Bruno could not ignore Leopold's threats.

The church can only bow its head and be small, but can it offer the throne?

On the way back, the Pope sat in the carriage, quietly thinking about the recent situation.

This is the biggest change in 30 years, and it needs to be handled carefully.

The royal power is replaced by blood, and the divine power is actually similar.

The Pope's son may not be the Pope, but he must be a cardinal.

Those who are qualified to serve as Pope are always those sacred bloodlines.

Therefore, he also needs to consider the problem of the divine power being encroached upon.

But unlike the cardinals who quarreled loudly, he tends to act secretly.

"It seems that we need to send a survey team to the front line."

...

The army of the Holy Cross Kingdom is constantly mobilizing, and the royal army and the kingdom's regular army are piled up at the border.

Fortunately, Derek personally led the army to the front line, otherwise the other side would definitely fight back regardless of everything.

Now, although the clouds of war are gathering, both sides have maintained restraint.

Although King Bruno is very angry, the successive failures make him extremely panic.

If he loses a few more times, the throne will really change hands.

And Derek has no intention of actively attacking. He will first digest the fruits of victory, expand the army, and then start a war.

The essence of continuous war is to grow stronger, not to fight for the sake of war.

And now the territory directly controlled by the Leopold family exceeds two and a half provinces.

The actual radiation range of strength is roughly within four or five provinces.

With such strength, it is an exaggeration to call it a kingdom, and it is absolutely no problem to call it a duchy.

Derek himself may not care about this title, but his men can't wait.

Just as Derek was at the frontline, carrying the great prestige of another victory, he quickly recovered the province of St. Peter, and the four northern provinces were undercurrents.

Virut quietly returned to the northern province from the province of Melgen. The Krono family was an old noble family in the northern province.

But it was not until Virut's generation that it reached its peak.

Virut followed Derek, who had not yet risen, as the eldest son of the family. Many people regarded him as a madman and thought he was lowering his status.

But he followed Derek to fight north and south, and stepped up to the throne of Duke Leopold, and his status also rose.

The Krono family had no burden, anyway, Virut was the heir of the family.

His voice in the family directly surpassed Baron Krono.

This secret return shocked Baron Krono.

"Viru, what do you want to do? Leaving the province of Melgen privately, if His Excellency the Duke knows, he will definitely punish you." Baron Krono was shocked to see his son appear in front of him.

Virut has a job, and he needs to report when leaving his job, instead of returning quietly like this.

For the superiors, what do you want to do when you act privately as a general with military power?

Virut came this time, not alone, but with a whole team of 1,000 people.

This is not his private army, this is Duke Leopold's army.

So Baron Krono was very panicked, afraid that his son would do something unexpected again, after all, this kid had a criminal record.

Virut was not panicked at all, he had been trained in the past few years and was much more experienced than his father.

"Father, do you think I can hide it from others when I leave the post with the army?"

"Duke Leopold knows?" Baron Krono breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon Virut's answer made his blood pressure rise.