Chapter 217 Looking into the distance, Roland Continent!

Roland Continent?

Roddy's first thought was, did the old skeleton know that he had obtained the "Scepter of Moses" and wanted to launch an aggressive war?

But then he rejected the idea - impossible!

Without that "God's Smile" mask, Andy could not sense his activities. He could not know that he had obtained the Scepter.

Moreover, in just less than two years, the empire fought the Northwest War and the Rolands' holy war. Two large-scale wars were fought in two years, and the empire's national strength was already a little too low, and it was impossible to provoke another large-scale war.

Although the last jihad was won, the empire also paid a heavy price. It was pressing heavily on the empire like a heavy burden.

It's not war, so what does Andy mean? Thinking of this, Roddy looked at Andy with a doubtful look in her eyes.

Andy understood what Roddy was thinking. He didn't say anything, but just gave a wink at the Marquis of Carolin.

The old Marquis handed Roddy a scroll. Roddy showed it and saw a large string of things written in Roland's words on the thick slightly yellowed roll.

In the lower right corner, there is also a badge that symbolizes the Temple of Roland. The badge of the six-pointed star is obviously a magic mark, and it still looks bright.

"What is this?" Roddy frowned, he couldn't understand the Rolander's words.

The Marquis of Carolin looked serious and said in a low voice: "A manifesto, or a notice. It is a notice issued by the Temple of the Roland Continent to announce the entire continent!"

"Notice? Proclamation?" Roddy thought for a while: "Is it a mobilization of war? Is the temple unwilling to accept the defeat of the last war and wants to provoke the war again?"

Marquis Carolin smiled and whispered: "Hisser Roddy, it's not what you think - in fact, the general content of this manifesto is: the previous paragraphs denounced the incompetence of the regimes of various kingdoms in the Roland continent, which made the sacred war fail. Then the temple stated that a Roland continent, which was divided into four groups without heads, could not complete the great cause of slapping out pagans... So, hum..." Speaking of this, the old marquis' tone was a little gloomy. He sneered twice before slowly saying: "So the temple informed the world that the chief elder of the archbishop of the temple decided to crown him... Pope!" After saying the last two words, a strange color flashed in the old marquis' eyes.

"Pope!" Roddy's expression immediately became serious: "He wants to be a pope?!"

Roddy looked at the Marquis of Carolin, then looked at Andy, and suddenly sneered: "Are the people in the Temple of Roland crazy? Pope? There was only one pope in the history of the Church of God! That was the first Pope Moses! Later, the Church of God was divided into two, and no matter how powerful the two factions fought, they dared not call themselves the "Emperor" in the Church of God. Even the Church of Our Light Continent, although the Church of Our Light Continent has covered the entire empire, the leader of the Divine Cult only dared to call himself the "pope" and did not have the courage to be the "pope"! Could the Chief Elder of the Temple of Roland be a madman? Moses, then, became the pope by virtue of the great achievements of splitting the Thunder Strait and leading mankind to conquer the Continent of Light... Why is this Chief Elder of the Temple of Roland? Madman!"

Andy still didn't say anything, but just looked at the Marquis of Carolin. The old Marquis sighed: "His Excellency Roddy, I'm afraid the chief elder of the Temple of Roland is not a lunatic! In fact, he was determined and probably had been planning for a long time."

Speaking of this, the smile on his face seemed a little deep, staring at Roddy.

Roddy's thought passed by like lightning, and then suddenly said loudly: "Is it this war?"

The old Marquis nodded, closed his sleeves, and smiled bitterly: "We have always suspected that the war between the Rolanders that just ended was simply inexplicable. Although the Rolanders made a lot of noise, no matter from any aspect, they could not win that battlefield. They sent an army of 800,000... Humph, let alone 800,000, on land, even if they have an army of 1.8 million, they cannot defeat us. Why did they provoke a war that was not sure at all? We have never been able to figure out this question..."

The old marquis's mouth burst out with a smile: "Although the Temple of Roland has always had a deep influence on the Roland Continent, it is still a spiritual leader after all. Although the saints they assigned to various places have authority no less than the king, the real power of each country is still in the hands of the king... Now it seems that the Temple of Roland Continent is really quite a plan. They want to turn the entire Roland Continent into a religious empire!"

Roddy closed his eyes, thought carefully, and then slowly spoke: "Well, yes! First, he called on more than a dozen kingdoms of the entire continent to mobilize the army, and then sent more than half of the army of the Roland Continent to us to start a war. Use this war to consume the army of more than a dozen kingdoms of the Roland Continent! In this way, the balance of strength between the original temple of the Roland Continent and the dozen kingdoms was broken! During the war, although the temple also lost some sacred knights, in comparison, those kingdoms were even more damaged! Haha! Good! What a killer to kill with a knife!"

Marquis Carolin smiled and said, "Your Excellency Roddy is right! After the balance of strength is broken, the kingdoms of Roland's continent do not have enough power to suppress the temple, and the strength of the temple prevails! Now the chief elder of the temple is to be crowned the pope... Humph, Count Roddy, I believe you know what the pope means?"

Roddy showed a complicated expression on her face, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I know!"

According to the history Roddy knows.

The only pope in the history of the Church, Pope Moses, was almost the common leader of mankind when he was in power!

The true leader! He is in power and has the right to say it. He has commanded the world and obeys everything! To put it simply, it is dictatorship! He is the emperor!

The current chief elder of the Temple of Roland is to be crowned as the pope. It is obvious that he wants to annex and unify the various kingdoms of the Roland continent, and then establish a huge religious empire that can compete with the Empire of Light!

No, maybe an empire that is more powerful than the Empire of Light! After all, in the Empire of Light, religious rights and state rights are still separated, and the emperor and the pope restrain each other. However, what the Temple of Roland was to be established is an empire with completely unified national rights and religious rights! Without the distinction between emperors and popes, the pope alone would combine the rights of "emperor" and "pope"!

"It's so crazy! Crazy thoughts and crazy actions!" Roddy's tone was a little bitter.

Marquis Carolin shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not just crazy. We have thought about it carefully. Although their actions are crazy, it is undeniable that from any perspective, their current opportunity is really very good!"

The old Marquis' tone was a little helpless: "The existence of Thunder Strait makes it impossible for us to take advantage of the situation even when they are in civil strife. After all, Roland's navy is still there, and they cannot give us a chance to fight. And after a war, we have no strength to fight them! We also paid a heavy price for the victory of that war... You may not know that the empire's finances are now very difficult... A war in the north has caused the empire to pay tens of millions of gold coins! This does not include the consumption of the northwest battlefield..."

Kill people by borrowing a knife.

A typical killer is to use a knife to kill people!

A so-called "holy war" is actually the Roland Temple that used the Empire of Light to greatly consume the strength of the various kingdoms of the Roland Continent, and then...huhhh.

Thinking of this, Roddy said, "So why is it for me to go to Roland?"

Andy finally spoke, his face still had an emperor's dignity, and he said in a low voice: "Please peace!"

Discussing peace? Roddy frowned, and the Marquis of Carolin smiled and said, "The king of the Soren Kingdom of the Roland Continent is a very smart guy. The Soren Kingdom is the most powerful country on the Roland Continent, so he is naturally unwilling to be annexed by the temple... If the temple really falls with those kingdoms on the Roland Continent, then it is certain that they meet with weapons! But they lost most of their troops in this holy war and were worried that they could not compete with the temple, so..."

Roddy already understood in his heart and said, "So the Kingdom of Sauron is asking for peace from us! Is it? Does King Sauron want us to lead troops to help them fight against the temple?"

"That's not." Marquis Garolin smiled and said, "Did you forget? We still have hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war!"

Roddy's eyes lit up!

Prisoners of war!

In a holy war, the empire captured 500,000 troops from the other side. Under the management of General Zieg, those troops have been scattered in the north and acted as slaves! These 500,000 people are the elite troops of the kingdoms of the Roland Continent! Especially the Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron were also among them, and their elite and powerful battle chariots!

The Marquis of Carolin continued: "The secret envoy of the Kingdom of Sauron has arrived at the imperial capital. Through my request to meet His Majesty, he conveyed the intention of King Sauron, and asked us to release the captured army back so that they can fight against the suppression of the temple."

Roddy pondered for a moment: "Can we agree to release the prisoners of war? After all, it is hundreds of thousands of troops! It is not a good thing for us to release the enemy's army."

The Marquis of Carolin seemed to sigh: "Of course it's not a good thing. After all, it was also the Duke of Tulip and the warriors of the Empire who paid countless lives and blood to win the war. Now that the prisoners of war are released, we are not willing to let them go back... But, Lord Roddy, I think that if those prisoners of war are not released, the temple of the Roland Continent can easily defeat those kingdoms and will soon unify the Roland Continent! By that time, a powerful and unified empire will appear in our north! That will be a greater threat to the empire!"

Roddy nodded, a smile appeared on his face, but the smile made the Marquis of Garolin feel cold in his heart, and then he heard Roddy slowly say: "I understand! For the future of the Empire of Light, the Rolanders must continue to split and cannot allow them to form a unified empire!"

Marquis Carolin raised his sleeves, bowed to Andy, and whispered: "So, your majesty meant to ask you to go to the Roland Continent for a full power, and act as the envoy of this negotiation on behalf of the Empire!"

After saying that, the following is the time to play.

Roddy immediately pretended to be respectful, bowed gently to the emperor, and said in a deep voice: "Please give orders to your Majesty!"

Andy smiled slightly and said, "Although I decided that I could negotiate with the Kingdom of Sauron, it was a prisoner of war of hundreds of thousands after all! The Rolanders must pay some serious price!"

Next is to discuss some terms for peace talks. Andy didn't have to speak, Marquis Carolin was already confident. This old fox is indeed a good player in politics. Although his character is not very good, he is indeed a capable minister! He had already thought of a big plan and gave a long list of conditions.

Roddy didn't interrupt, but just stood aside and looked at Andy and Marquis Carolin coldly, one big and one small (compared with Andy, an old guy who has been more than two hundred years old, Marquis Carolin can only be considered "small"). The two foxes were discussing how to slaughter the Rolanders with a knife.

Roddy frowned secretly when she heard this, but saw the fat man Tianlie, who pretended to be a guard next to him, couldn't help but look fascinated. Listening to the conspiracies, he showed an expression of "just this should be the case" on his face.

Roddy could only smile bitterly. He knew that these old guys had more ideas in their hearts than the other. As for the conditions for negotiation, they didn't have to worry about it at all. They could definitely beat the Rolanders hard!

Humph, I heard that the Kingdom of Sauron is very rich...

Roland Continent... Alas, Roland Continent.

Roddy remembered that he was standing on the wall of Thunder City that day. Thinking of the magic flame blooming tulips on the starry sky that night, Roddy couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Black veil...Miaosi...I'm going to Roland Continent!

Thinking of this, Roddy subconsciously touched his chest. The iron ring given to him by the black veil was hung on his chest. The hard and cold metal was pressed against the skin on his chest. Roddy felt a strange feeling in his heart, and a boiling blood surged into his heart!
Chapter completed!