Chapter 2350 The truth about church division, politics needs balance

Author: Mr. Tai Su

Chapter 2350 The truth about church division, politics needs balance

At this time, Lucien was filled with endless curiosity and wanted to know more about the truth of this period of history. He had completely forgotten the fear of his identity being exposed, and looked at Ivan Vincent with bright eyes, waiting for his next words.

"No wonder those cardinals in the north got the support of almost all the northern nobles and successfully split the behemoth Church of Truth. It turns out that the whole thing was planned by the nobles. This is the truth that is not recorded in the history books!"

Lucien's face became more enlightened, his mental power continued to surge, and his wisdom began to work. He thought about the meaning of this, the nobles, the North and South Church, and the Continental Magic Council. All of this was so interesting, and all the forces were involved.

A state of equilibrium has been reached, which is why we have the current situation.

Ivan Vincent lowered his head and tasted the wine again. Looking at the deserted town of Bonn, he felt a sour taste in his mouth. The wine in this kind of tavern is brewed by the residents of the small town themselves, and the quality is not as good as that of the noble family.

Compared to wine, it still has the breath of life. Now this breath of life has turned into sourness on the tip of the tongue, which makes Ivan Vincent feel very unhappy.

Ivan Vincent swallowed the sour drink in his mouth, looked up at Lucien, and nodded, feeling satisfied with Lucien's wisdom. He was not a fool.

"Very keen, Lucien, you are right! When some cardinals plotted to overthrow the pope for reasons unknown to everyone, the nobles of their country joined the conspiracy without any hesitation. But these nobles deliberately

Part of the news was leaked in advance, so that the Pope was prepared and was not overthrown, so the situation developed into a split between the north and the south. After all, for the nobles in the north, if these cardinals overthrew the pope and took control of the church, their situation would be the same as before.

There will be no fundamental changes.”

"And when the north and the south are divided and there is not much difference in strength between the two sides, the power of the nobles has become the most important weight in the balance, and it will no longer be taken away by life and death."

Lucien followed Ivan Vincent's words and spoke out. He has learned a lot about history and naturally knows that politics is all about balance. Every time a huge change occurs in history, the old balance is broken and a new balance is established.

.

Ivan Vincent smiled and shook his head. What Lucien said this time was wrong. If the Church of Truth was really split into the north and south rows so easily, it would not make the nobles, magicians, dark councils, elves, etc. so afraid.

Yes, it was a behemoth, even more powerful than it is now.

"You guessed wrong this time. At that time, the strength of the Northern Church was really different from that of the Southern Church. They were not at the same level at all. But the elven countries, dwarf countries, and countries that believe in other gods in the northwest of the Dark Mountains, in the Dark Mountains

The magical creatures and remaining magicians were all involved. They had finally seen the church split, so how could they watch the northern church be defeated. After these forces joined the game, a situation was formed where the south was aggressively attacking and the north was struggling to support it.

"

Lucien thought thoughtfully and understood why other forces would participate in this church split. The Church of Truth back then was so powerful that it overwhelmed all forces. If it continues like this, sooner or later they will

All will be wiped out by the God of Truth. The mainland will really turn into the kingdom of the God of Truth. There will be no space for other aliens to live. All creatures will surrender at the feet of the God of Truth and become His lambs. Let the church

Slaughter.

"Lucien, you have been living in the Principality of Violet and under the rule of the Southern Church. You are depressed and fearful. You must have wanted to find the location of the Magician's Council more than once, right?"

"You are here now to find clues to the Magic Council headquarters, right?"

Lucien's whole body was shaken, with a bit of excitement in his expression. His body tilted slightly in the direction of Ivan Vincent. His eyes widened and he stared at Ivan Vincent with all his concentration, revealing his endless desire.

The location of the Magic Council headquarters is what all southern magicians want to know.

The secret of Tao, that is the paradise of truth that they think about day and night. They yearn for it endlessly, and everything they do is to reach that free country, where they no longer have to worry about studying magic and can live under the sunshine and be proud of it.

to declare his identity as a magician.

"Viscount Ivan Vincent, do you know where the headquarters of the Magic Council is? Can you tell me?"

Ivan Vincent looked at the excited Lucien and knew why he was behaving like this. Lucien was not himself. He only had the strength of a first-level magician. In this place ruled by the Southern Church, he was always on tenterhooks and extremely depressed.

, worried that someone would discover his identity as a magician, and the result waiting for him would be to be tied to the stake, undergo trial by the church, and be burned alive.

"Where do you think it will be?"

Ivan Vincent lowered his head and took a sip of wine, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth. His eyes were deep, as if he was looking across the ocean. There was a city in the sky, majestic and majestic, where a group of unrestrained people lived and studied the world.

The essential group of people are all spellcasters. They are evil existences in the words of the Church of Truth. They are heretics and need to be purified.

Lucien thought about this issue for a long time. He traveled around the country in order to find information about the headquarters of the Magic Council. He also made various guesses and expressed his truest thoughts to Ivan Vincent.

"I think the headquarters of the Magic Council is deep in the Dark Mountains or on the other side of the mountains, because the church's westward expansion ended early."

Ivan Vincent had an intriguing smile on his face, looked at Lucien strangely, and said with a bit of ridicule.

"Lucien, you are so courageous. If you go to the Dark Mountains, you will only find those gloomy and crazy ancient magicians. Although they are powerful, many of them are high-level, and there are even archmages and legendary magicians, but

If you don't agree with them even a little bit, you will become them

They are their experimental subjects, and then they will either gain uncontrollable powerful power, or their whole body will collapse and die. Moreover, the creatures in the Dark Mountains are not the beasts of the Melzer Black Forest. They are comparable to low-level magical creatures. With your strength, you rush deep into

, will not survive more than ten days.”

There are remnants of ancient magicians in the Dark Mountains. They learn magic from the Magic Empire period, which is brutal and bloody. Their understanding of the world is almost zero, and their understanding of magic is different from that of the Continental Magic Council.

Lucien's guess was denied. He lowered his head and started thinking again. Countless thoughts poured into the depths of his mind. They were so complicated that he couldn't think clearly for a while. He could only ask tentatively.

"Is the headquarters of the Continental Magic Council in a certain country? Is it in a country that believes in other gods?"

"You guessed wrong. The headquarters of the Continental Magic Council is in the country that believes in the Southern Truth Cult. You have also heard of its name, but the church has deleted all content about the Magic Council from the books!"

"Where?"

Lucien kept thinking about the country he had heard about, turning his head with all his strength, and holding the wine glass tightly with his palms. At this time, he finally heard the news about the Magic Council, which was extremely important to him.

"Kingdom of Holm!"

"The specific location of the headquarters of the Continental Magic Council is the floating city of Arlinge near the capital of the Hall Kingdom, Lentat."

"Aline means sky in the ancient language of Sylvanus."

Lucien first interpreted the words habitually, then looked at Ivan Vincent in surprise, and asked in disbelief.

"Kingdom of Holm? Rentat? The country where Her Royal Highness Princess Natasha's mother was born?"

Lucien was shocked and looked at Ivan Vincent in disbelief. The Kingdom of Holm and the Magic Council were actually there. This was simply beyond his imagination. It was too close, it was too close, Hall

The Kingdom of Mu and the Principality of Violet are just across the sea, and this country actually still believes in the God of Truth!

"Hasn't Grand Duke Violet's love become a story spread across the entire continent? I have heard several different versions, but in these versions there is an evil force that prevents them from getting together. But no one can tell clearly.

What kind of evil force is blocking them?"

"Isn't it interesting?"

Ivan Vincent raised his head and drank all the wine in the wine glass in one go. He narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Lucien with a bit of amusement.

"So it is the Church of Truth that prevents Grand Duke Violet and Grand Duchess from getting together?"

Lucien looked at Ivan Vincent in surprise. If this was really the case, it would be amazing. How did Grand Duke Violet break through the church's obstruction and marry the Grand Duchess.

"Yes or no, the church is only one side, the Continental Magic Council and the northern nobles of the Kingdom of Holm are also involved in the obstruction!"

"Because they were worried that this would break the political balance at that time! As for why they agreed in the end, I don't know this. Even the Grand Duke may not know everything. It must be the result of the balance of power among all parties!

"

Lucien nodded to express his understanding. Politics was complicated, and he still had some doubts. He looked at Ivan Vincent and asked what he didn't understand.

"Why is the headquarters of the Continental Magic Council in the Kingdom of Holm, and also near the capital Lentat? Could it be that the Continental Magic Council also has the participation and support of nobles behind it?"

Ivan Vincent nodded appreciatively, confirmed Lucien's guess, and continued to speak.

"After experiencing the split between the northern and southern churches, the southern church has formed a new balance, and the status of the nobles has been greatly improved. However, the northern church is different. The church is still the most powerful force, and no other forces exist. The nobles naturally

Unwilling to surrender at the feet of the church, most chose to negotiate with the church, while a small number embarked on the path of secretly supporting the magic forces, using their strength to fight against the church forces in their own kingdoms, while balancing themselves in the middle in order to gain voice.

right."

"This small group is the nobles of the four kingdoms across the Storm Strait, but they made a serious mistake!"

"They supported the greatest magician in the history of this continent, Derek Douglas!"

"Grand Arcanist, Derek Douglas, Chairman of the Continental Magic Council?!"

Lucien looked shocked. He had also heard of this name and knew that the other party was a great magician. However, he did not expect that Ivan Vincent would praise Douglas so much and define him as the greatest magician in the history of the continent.

Magician, this rating is too high.

Ivan Vincent seemed to notice Lucien's doubts and continued calmly.

"The archmage Douglas actually made changes to the ancient magic system at that time, from simply imitating magical creatures to studying the laws of the operation of all things in nature. Under the leadership of Douglas, the strength of the Magic Council is exponential.

With the growth, powerful magicians and legendary magicians appear one after another. After integrating several major hidden magic organizations more than a hundred years ago, the Continental Magic Council has expanded into the second largest force in the entire world."

"This is a change that Holm and other nobles from the four kingdoms did not expect at all when they began to support Douglas."

“I really don’t know whether I should praise them for their unique vision and see the extraordinaryness of Douglas at a glance, or I should sigh for them because they have bet on a peerless treasure that is beyond their control!”

Lucien was also shocked when he heard this. He imagined the situation and reaction of those nobles and couldn't help but laugh out loud. It is true that the Continental Magic Council has grown into a behemoth, and has even surpassed the strength of the Northern Church.

The tight suppression definitely met the expectations of the nobles at the beginning, but the Magic Council was too powerful, so powerful that the nobles began to feel uneasy, but there was nothing they could do about it. Fortunately, the Magic Council did not infringe on the interests of the nobles.

So a balance is maintained.

"Douglas is one of the top ten superpowers in the world, the first great arcanist in the mainland, the speaker of the mainland Magic Council, and the founder of the journal "Arcana"."

"Even with the current situation, several forces are balanced and the nobles benefit from it!"

"In the Kingdom of Holm, the identity of magicians is already semi-public. Although a large part of the church's strength is concentrated there, it has also been suppressed miserably. If it were not for the help of the nobles, it would have been uprooted by the Magic Council long ago.

Already."
To be continued...