Pirate Kingship-Chapter 820 - 503: Riding the Momentum, Winds and Clouds Become Dragon! (_3)

The Holy Knight [Holy Shield] Albrecht of the Hohenzollern family from the Brandenburg Margraviate was elected as the Grand Master of the Knights of the Holy Mother. He himself is a close relative of the Elector of Brandenburg, and naturally also a supporter of Protestantism.

Under the influence of Cardinal Archbishop Martin, he suddenly announced his conversion to Protestantism, severing ties with the nominal overlord of the Order, St. Peter's Cathedral.

He then informed the entire continent, declaring the secularization of the Order of the Mother of God Country, and transforming the Knights' territory into the Duchy of Prussia. The Grand Master [Holy Shield] Albrecht appointed himself as the Duke of Prussia.

One of the core henchmen most relied upon by the Church Traditionalists unexpectedly turned against them at this time, becoming the first country in the world to fully embrace Protestantism from its inception.

He joined the ranks of the Protestant resistance.

For the Traditional Faction, this was undoubtedly a heavy blow.

Although the Holy Silver Empire, aside from its name, had nothing to do with the erstwhile Silver Empire, it always remained the core church district.

Since the Empire Era, the Creator's Church had been the state religion here, dominating the spiritual world of these lands for a thousand years.

The Holy Silver Empire was absolutely the "beloved child" that could not be abandoned.

But now, civil war broke out within the Holy Silver Empire, within the Kingdom of Castilia, the leading maritime power, and within the York family of the Kingdom of Hightins.

With their left arm, right arm, and even their pet overwhelmed, they suddenly realized that their advantage over Protestantism might not be as great as imagined.

The Protestant Saint orchestrating all this chose to ignite the powder keg in this region at such a time, a masterstroke that bordered on the divine.

Moreover, two weeks after the conflict began, as battles intensified between the Protestant Princes and the Silver Empire, more and more people were dying.

The large volume of Forbidden Book "Gospel of Heaven" and corrupted priests and nuns released by the Traditional Faction at the outset also began to spiral out of control.

Under normal circumstances, Bizarre and Evil Spirits have a kind of very peculiar [Accident Magic].

If things have the potential to go awry, no matter how small that possibility, it will almost certainly happen.

Because the danger lies not only in themselves but also in the various unexpected situations they bring.

This time, it seemed as if an invisible force in the dark was pushing the situation towards even greater chaos.

——[The Creator] is shattering, and your Church must shatter along with it!

The fuse was a Protestant believer, originally a Tower Sequence Scholar, who read about a female angel, [Wisdom Angel Pallas], in a book.

After the "Saint Descent," although his combat power was quite ordinary, he began to copy the "Gospel of Heaven" at high speed like a human printing press, then initiated an empire-wide release.

The disturbance quickly spread beyond the territories of the Protestant Princes.

Benefiting from the exponential upgrade of writing medium sugar cane paper, the "Gospel of Heaven" was soon input back into the Traditional Faction's church district.

The power-hungry traditional clergy's faith paled in comparison to the Protestant ascetic monks, Night Watch, and Holy Knights; the "Gospel of Heaven" was evidently more destructive to them.

Many, after reading the Forbidden Book and receiving knowledge from numerous Old Gods, also claimed to be Protestant to conceal their heretical identity and joined the ranks of the Protestant camp in one go.

In a short period, unexpectedly, over a hundred small sects emerged, catching everyone off guard and rapidly expanding the power against the Church.

To signify their break with the Church Traditionalists, the various branches of Protestantism adopted a unified name: "Oathbreakers' Church."

It was like deliberately releasing a virus, not expecting the opponent to have a higher resistance, ironically leading to self-inflicted consequences.

The lofty traditional saints intended to use the "Gospel of Heaven" to attack dissenters.

Within a controllable range, they branded all emerging Protestant leaders as heresies, not foreseeing that they would create a whole group of true heresies.

A shattered clergy member cried out to the heavens:

"Omniscient and Omnipotent Creator, manifest your presence!"

The Creator is considered omniscient and omnipotent to some extent precisely because he has nearly reached the 100% "Unity of All Things" realm.

A considerable number of prophets believe that [Fate] was inscribed in the first transformed material particle at the dawn of the world.

As long as one can establish a material model within a closed system and grasp the transformation patterns of every single particle, one can directly observe Fate itself!

Reaching the 100% "Unity of All Things" realm, the entire world becomes His body, allowing Him to freely control changes in every particle, naturally making Him omniscient and omnipotent.

But now, even this highest realm [Creator] is shattering, losing control over a portion of the Divinity He once consumed.

Why should this mere group of traditional saints, not even mythical creatures, be able to control everything?

Once the situation deteriorated, it spiraled out of control.

By December of Silver Era 1472, after ample foreshadowing, even the Council of the Divine Presence began to fracture.

Some conscientious [Saints] publicly supported Protestantism, especially guided by the Night Watch, Order of Austerity, and Holy Knights, the church's mainstay.

From the secular to the faith, a continuous chain of attacks nearly dismembered the entire Church.

But the Traditional Faction would not concede so easily.

The Pope issued an edict, beginning to call himself: Orthodox Church.

They considered themselves the only orthodox sect, deeming everything else, be it Protestantism, Remit Sect, or Holy Spirit Sect, as heresies.