On the eve of the Kingdom Council, Skatha Miles, the chief priest of the Holy Order and the most radical believer of the War Faction, the old fox, died in his bedroom like this?
A high-level person who could change the political landscape of Demacia died so easily?
How could it be him!?
Chai Anping can accept that anyone from the anti-war faction will be attacked and killed, because this is a way to weaken the anti-war faction anyway, and it will also be the method LeBlanc may choose.
Is there such a tough boss among the anti-war faction that he is determined to knock down the other party's leader before the meeting begins?
This is too radical!
Seemingly seeing the suspicion in Chai Anping's eyes, Sir William smiled bitterly: "This matter is very strange. It is impossible for Marshal Tiana to do such a bad thing."
The wise marshal does not seem like someone who would do such a thing, but the people below may not...
Chai Anping and Sir William looked at each other: "No matter what, today's meeting will definitely be troublesome."
The death of a chief priest suddenly cast a layer of blood on this meeting.
It also disrupted almost everyone's plans.
Almost all the kingdom's secret agents and elite police officers from the Department of Public Security were dispatched, and the chiefs of the two departments almost went crazy.
The Holy Order plays an important role in the kingdom, and the angel Kyle just appeared in person to support the order a while ago, and as a result, there has been a huge scandal that has not been heard in a century!
This was almost a slap in the face of the giant gods.
Fanka Sisese, the chief priest of the Order of Justice, immediately stood up and denounced the lawless gangsters lurking in the capital. They despised the gods and were so bold. Without Skatha Miles to lead the charge, he almost did not hesitate.
He took over the baton of the two major religious orders.
He also made a bold statement that he would not succumb to bloody violence and would definitely implement the will of God.
The internal affairs of the Holy Order are temporarily managed by a deputy chief priest. This deputy chief priest, who has little reputation, looks like a follower of Fanka Sisese. It is said that he will replace Skatha at today's kingdom meeting.
The Holy Order originally had another deputy chief priest, Cavante Petra, who was more capable and well-connected. However, he was in charge of the Sentinels of Light lineage and could no longer take over the position of chief priest.
As for the reason, it is the limitations of the Holy Order's own dogma.
In this chaotic situation, Cavante Petra really didn't care about the so-called meeting at all. He just ordered to recall all the sentinels of light who were still in the country, determined to make the madmen who dared to shame the gods pay with their blood.
cost!
This resolute will is enough to scare anyone.
After all, the Sentinels of Light are not easy characters to deal with.
As the biggest tacit suspect among the nobles, Marshal Tiana Crownguard remained silent, but she must have been furious after being splashed with such dirty water.
The attitude of the royal family is even more ambiguous. No formal order has been issued from the Castle of Dawn so far. It is only heard that Jarvan III deeply regretted the death of Skatha Miles.
Two tears squeezed out.
So in this weird atmosphere, a kingdom meeting that could be said to determine the fate of Demacia was officially opened.
The well-dressed and majestic MPs entered the conference room in twos and threes. As the two o'clock bell sounded from the bell tower, the meeting finally began.
Originally, Demacia had thirty-seven parliamentary seats (the seat of the Demon Seeker Legion Commander was removed). Later, the seat of Chai Anping's Steel Wings Legion Commander, the seat held by Simons of the Mage Supervisory Council, and the two recent seats were added.
The number of presiding seats in the Grand Order has reached forty-one.
In view of the importance of today's meeting, even the congressmen in the border areas sent their descendants to participate. Of course, they were just ruthless voting machines. Those congressmen had already formulated their strategies long ago.
There are also many people Chai Anping is familiar with, such as Partridge who inherited the title after the death of Archduke Cyrod, Simmons who finally couldn't escape today, Tiana, and Lux who rarely attended on behalf of the Crown Guard family.
…
This girl didn't even mention this to him!
Theoretically, each member cannot have more than one vote, which would be regarded as contempt for the royal power. Therefore, even though the Crownguard's vote can be regarded as owned by Tiana, representatives of the Crownguard family must attend and express their opinions.
own will.
The only one with more votes is the king.
Moreover, when the votes for and against are tight, the king also has the power of veto or approval, unless the nobles reach a consensus and the votes are overwhelmingly passed.
Then even Jarvan III must implement this decree, even if the nobles ask him to abdicate.
This was Chai Anping's first time to participate in such a serious meeting. Today he came with Sir William. Along the way, an old man and a young man were still muttering and identifying the identities of the nobles.
Lux followed Tiana and just winked playfully at Chai Anping.
Looking around the entire conference room, Chai Anping probably used his magic power to sense it, but found nothing unusual.
The entire palace is basically built with forbidden magic stones. Even with his magic power, it has been greatly suppressed. I just don't know if the lich will be affected.
Another thing worth mentioning is that the entire main battle party headed by the two major religious orders, Tiana, looked at each other angrily. After all, the only beneficiaries of Skatha's death were this group of people.
Fanka Sisese was still saying something like "God will not let go of any blasphemous fanatic" in a strange manner. His beautiful blue eyes were very gloomy at this time, and there were obvious bloodshot eyes on the whites of his eyes.
Chai Anping looked at the deputy chief priest of the Holy Order again. He was a silent middle-aged man, but he could tell that he was also very angry with the anti-war faction.
He looked away and adjusted the white gloves on his hands.
This is something he would never wear in the past.
Soon, Xin Zhao took the lead and led his subordinates into the conference room, read out the news that the king was about to arrive, and kept the entire conference room quiet and polite.
A few minutes later, Jarvan III and the prince appeared at the door of the conference room.
The prince has been involved in political affairs since a long time ago, but he still does not have the right to vote in the highest meeting of the kingdom.
"Then, let's start the meeting." Jarvan III solemnly said.
"Your Majesty! Before the meeting begins!"
Fanka Sisese immediately said: "Please seek justice for us. The chief priest of Skasa was killed by a murderer last night. It must be for today's meeting!"
"Mr. Sisese, I have ordered spies to investigate this matter with full force!" Jiawen III said with a serious expression: "This kind of evil behavior that ignores the majesty of the gods is unforgivable! Or do you have any clues in your hand?"
"this……"
Fanka Sisese's face froze, he had a clue about the hammer.
Jarvan III silenced the chief priest of the Order of Justice with one sentence. When he received no response from him, he said again:
"This incident happened suddenly, and I was heartbroken.
But this Kingdom meeting is of great importance, so if there is nothing else, don’t interfere with the meeting, but is there anyone else who has something to say?”
There was silence.
"Then, the meeting begins!"
The clerk stepped forward to read out the first topic, and the candidates for the Eastern Expeditionary Army were put at the end. After all, such trivial topics usually cause a lot of quarrels and a lengthy agenda.
It was Chai Anping’s first time to participate, so it was quite fresh.
And all the issues today are actually quite important, including not only the organizational issues of the Order Army but also the recruitment plan of the Second Legion of Mage...
All in all, it is indeed a very important kingdom meeting.
And the various resolutions are indeed very anxious, after all, they are related to the future of the kingdom and its own interests.
For example, there were some ambitious people who tried to make all the mage legions independent from the military and re-establish a new "Ministry of Magic". The minister would have the same status as Tiana's marshal. This proposal was directly rejected by more than two-thirds.
people's opposition.
Even Simmons voted against it.
"The issue of mages has only achieved initial results. I am opposed to all excessive policies." He said: "And once the power of mages grows stronger and occupies a decisive position in the parliament, who will be able to check and balance it?"
This is a very real problem. The unique talents of mages are destined to be far beyond normal people. Once they have the right to speak, it will be difficult to recover.
This is also a situation that many people cannot tolerate.
Even Simmons, who is a member of the mages, has this kind of opposition, because he can already foresee that if the political power of mages grows, Demacia will undoubtedly fall into civil strife.
All he insists on is the right of mages to become ordinary people!
Just such a question has been going on for so long, which opened Chai Anping's eyes.
When night came, all the issues were only halfway over. Everyone took a short rest and continued their struggle after eating the dinner prepared by the royal chef.
Nobles always have strange energy in this regard.
Chai Anping had already slept on the chair. He was quite far away from Lux, so there was no way he could chat together. There was nothing he could do about it.
However, many of the issues at night were related to him. Whether it was the restructuring of the Mage Registration Office or the demands of the two major religious orders, it became the main battlefield between the two major factions.
Regarding the restructuring of the Mage Registration Office, after the domestic mage registration was almost completed, the huge power of this organization began to attract people's attention, and the voices of division were rising day by day.
As the vested interests, the Crownguard family and Lux are of course unwilling to do so. At most, they can set up more subordinate departments... This is very reasonable!
Using magic power to eliminate mental fatigue, Chai Anping's eyes glowed again.
"The next topic is the formation of the religious regiment!"
This issue has actually been discussed several times before.
By bringing it up again this time, it can be seen that the lobbying and campaigning of the two major religious groups have achieved results.
The passage of the proposal is not a problem, the problem is just how much benefit the two major religious groups can gain for themselves.
After the death of Skatha Milles, this issue became more confusing.
After a heated discussion about whether to form or not, the two major religious groups finally passed the proposal with a slight advantage. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for Jarvan III to exercise his veto power, otherwise he would have been questioned as to whether he was dissatisfied.
The will of the patron saint.
Fanka Sisese stood up and adjusted his robes: "Our Holy Order and the Righteous Order civilize the people, spread the doctrine, and allow all citizens to be protected by the stars.
The arrival of the righteous stars also shows that the gods have never abandoned us. Since the founding of Demacia and the disaster, we have successfully survived the difficulties under the wings of angels, and now the will of Targon has once again guided us to eliminate evil in the world.
, to protect the security of the mainland.
God has given new tasks to the religious order and the country. Our religious order should and must be the first to respond to the instructions of the gods. The establishment of the religious order army is in compliance with the will of the gods, just like the sentinels of light always guarding the living from the intrusion of the undead.
The establishment of the religious army will also protect the civilians of Demacia and implement the will of the gods!"
There was a burst of sparse applause in the conference room.
Fanka Sisese continued: "There are hundreds of Holy Order temples in the entire kingdom, and there are more than fifty temples of the Righteous Order. With the army of the Order, the guardianship of the temples no longer needs to waste the kingdom.
With our own military strength, we can do our best to protect ourselves!
Of course, in order to protect the temple that serves the gods, and also to prevent the tragedy of the priest Skatha Miles from happening again, we kindly ask your Majesty to allow the religious army to have a strength of 100,000 people and enjoy the basic rights and interests of the soldiers of the kingdom. The military affairs are provided by
I’ll wait for the sect to make its own decision…”
In line with the principle of shocking people to death without paying for their lives, Fanka Sisese directly used the death of Skatha to ask Jarvan III for an establishment of 100,000 people.
You must know that the Kingdom's strongest force, the Fearless Vanguard, only has a strength of over 20,000 people.
Everyone took a breath of cold air after listening to the appeal of the chief priest of the Light Religion.
This really squeezes all the power out of Skatha Miles!
Could it be that you killed the person yourself?!
"cough--"
When Fanka Sisese sat down, Jarvan III coughed with a strange expression and took a sip of tea: "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I think if there are really 100,000 religious regiment troops, I'm afraid the two major religious groups don't have to worry about assassinations. After all, they can kill everyone else first!" Someone complained in a weird way: "It is not under the jurisdiction of the military.
, and the kingdom is required to pay for military expenses. Isn’t this just using civilians’ money to support a private army?
If this is possible, then in my opinion, everyone should just turn to religion!"
"Pfft."
Chai Anping couldn't help laughing.
Of course he wasn't the only one in the conference room.
Fanka Sisese glared at the man: "You are blaspheming!"
The nobleman who was obviously from the military waved his hand: "Don't bury me. I will be the chief priest of the 'Military God Order' from now on. We just have different doctrines! Let's just discuss it ourselves!"
Chai Anping glanced twice at the nobleman who spoke.
"That's Archduke Wilbur of the North, whose status is second only to Macmillan."
It turns out to be the second-ranked Wilbur family in the North. How disrespectful!
"Congressman Wilbur's words are unreasonable." Someone continued: "If the kingdom has to bear an additional 100,000 military expenses, it will put huge pressure on the people!"
You must know that Demacia is an agricultural country. Although it has a strategic location and excellent agricultural crops, the kingdom's military support has almost reached a balance. If it continues to increase, it will greatly increase the pressure on civilians.
This is also the reason why Demacia did not blindly expand its army.
"The religious group claims to love the people and be close to the people, so why do they still want to take a bite of food from the people's mouths?"
"The kingdom supports so many troops, is it possible that they all rob food from the people?" Fanka Sisese said with a cold expression: "How come my religious regiment's army has become what you say is so unbearable?"
"The Royal Army is fighting for the country, but where is the Order Army?"
"The religious regiment is a god and fights for the country!" Sisi Sai said vigorously: "God has mercy on the world, and God's will is the welfare of the common people!"
A fierce quarrel began.
Anyway, Kyle is not staring above everyone's heads. It is simply a dream to let the nobles share the profits and squeeze their own living space.
It is completely impossible for Jarvan III to pass such a motion, unless he is out of his mind.
"Something's wrong."
Sir William echoed: "Although the lion Fanka Sisese opened his mouth, but he was so noisy, he began to take the initiative to lower his demands."
Fanka Sisese is obviously not at the level of Skatha Miles. Although the specific share must have been discussed, he almost exposed his underwear in front of everyone.
Even Chai Anping could see the guilty conscience of the officiant.
Could it be that assassinating Skatha was still a good move?
Everyone swarmed forward, constantly suppressing the religious legion's share, and Fanka Sisese's face became redder and redder, looking as if he was going to explode with anger.
Tiana frowned inexplicably and glanced at the deputy chief priest of the Holy Order who was watching...
In the end, the organization of the religious legion was reduced to at most 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 infantry. The legion's supplies were borne by the religious legion itself. This was also the prerequisite for the Third Emperor to allow them to control the army themselves.
How could it be possible to open the door for the kingdom to support private armies?!
At the same time, most of the religious army must remain at the borders of the kingdom. Each religious temple must retain no more than fifty soldiers, and the number in the royal capital must not exceed five hundred.
Compared with the personal guards raised by those big nobles, there are two hundred more.
It's better than nothing.
The 30,000 personnel will be selected from all believers. With the influence of the two major religious groups, it can be said that it is easy. Once these are assembled, they will go directly to the battlefield even if the equipment is not complete.
After all, this army is to "relieve God's worries", so how can it not go to the battlefield?
This is the bad intention of the nobles.
Fanka Sisese thanked Jarvan III dejectedly and sat back.
At this time, the deputy chief priest of the Holy Order who had been silent suddenly stood up: "Your Majesty, does the kingdom no longer believe in giant gods?"
Jarvan III was also startled by his sudden question. No one dared to wear this big hat.
"What are you talking about, Mr. Ferrandro!"
Jarvan III smiled and said: "To form the religious army is to uphold the will of the stars!"
I was cursing secretly in my heart. Could this be a fool?
If Scatha Miles were here, he would certainly not ask such a stupid question.
"I only see that you no longer have faith in the gods. Even a devout servant like the chief priest of Sisese can't get the support of everyone here..." Ferrandro sighed in frustration: "If the gods no longer
Bless Demacia, what's the use of a little struggle for interests?"
The conference room fell silent because of his words. Chai Anping's eyelids twitched slightly. Is this guy really a fool?
Don’t you know that saying this is the same as flipping the table?
Looking at Fanka Sisese again, the officiant seemed to be concentrating with his eyes closed and didn't want to care at all.
"Deputy Ferraro."
Tiana spoke: "I want to know whether the request made by the chief priest of Sisese at the beginning was the instruction of the righteous star spirit?"
"..."
Everyone cheered up, but Tiana was the sharper one. Regardless of whether Ferrandro admitted or denied the proposal that completely ignored the dignity of the royal family, they were all slapping themselves.
"Answer the question!" Tiana said angrily.
"Marshal Tiana, calm down." Fanka Sisese opened his eyes and said helplessly: "That is just an idea I put forward for the Eastern Expedition, and has nothing to do with Ferranlo or the gods."
"Very well, then let me ask another question."
Tiana sneered: "Do you think your idea is reasonable?"
"Enough!" Ferranlo interrupted: "The chief priest of Sisese is also for this Eastern Expedition. Why does Marshal Tiana force her like this?"
"If you don't ask this, wouldn't Councilor Ferrandro have already questioned our faith?" Tiana said without any shame: "The Kingdom Meeting is not a blessing ceremony for the Order, and it is natural to reduce the share of the Order's army.
After many considerations, if you don’t even understand the meaning of the meeting, I don’t recommend you to replace the Holy Order’s membership at all.”
"Marshal's words are wrong."
Someone from the war faction retorted: "We should not comment on the internal affairs of the Order. I think Senator Ferrandro was only concerned about the chaos because he attended the meeting for the first time. There is no doubt about the belief of everyone here, otherwise what would happen?
Will you approve of the Eastern Expedition?"
Tiana glanced at the man coldly. Did she want to lay the groundwork for the main force of the Eastern Expedition later?
Pound Creek, Marquis.
The backbone of the war faction.
The Creek family has been in decline for several generations, and is now the most dilapidated family among the marquises. Therefore, the will to conquer the East is very determined.
Ferranlo immediately responded: "I made a mistake! Your Majesty, please forgive me!"
Tiana's brows furrowed completely, and even Chai Anping realized that Ferrandro's previous words were just a performance.
He suddenly raised his head and stared dangerously at the deputy priest Ferrandro.
He has already guessed the Holy Order's plan!
Tiana also immediately looked at Lux.
On the other side, Ferranlo continued to speak: "Your Majesty, I deeply feel that I do not have the ability to lead the Holy Order to move forward. All I have is the piety and will to serve the gods. The sudden sudden change of Priest Scatha Miles
His death also made me fall into radicalism and anger, so I really do not have the talent to become a member of the Kingdom.
However, our Lord is also guiding us as to where the true star and future of the Order lies.
Here, on behalf of the Holy Order and the Righteous Order, I am willing to accept the parliament's arrangements for the Order's army, and even arrange all the Order's army on the eastern border. I only ask that Your Majesty can make the decision and agree to let us and the Order wait for thousands of years.
The saint is back!"
"She is the revelation sent down by the righteous star spirit personally, Miss Laxana Crownguard!"
Ferraro bowed deeply, but his sudden words made everyone's pupils shrink suddenly.
"As for the fact that Miss Laxana is the saint that the Holy Order has been waiting for for thousands of years, I can prove that this is indeed the decree sent by the stars!" Fanka Sisese said.
To be precise, this is the revelation he received himself.
really--
Chai Anping sighed with emotion, this is the real purpose of the two major religious groups!
Lux!
"Saint?" Everyone exploded.
"What exactly does this mean?"
Even Jarvan III showed a curious expression. This was a rank that had never appeared in the two major religious orders!