Pirate Kingship
Chapter 922 - 529: Crown of Eternal Night, York the Calamity
When Byron carried out the "True Great Cuts" to eliminate internal troubles within the Kingdom of Hightins, news of the Throne War in Hightins spread like the wind across all countries and major powers.
Bringing the time forward a bit, at the Church’s core Holy See, "St. Peter’s Cathedral."
With the formal schism between the Protestant Doctrine "Oathbreakers’ Church" and the Traditional Faction of the Orthodox Church.
A significant number of Night Watch, Order of Austerity, Holy Knights, and their leading [Saints] broke out, joining the camp of the Protestant Princes, resulting in the visible dimming of the Divine Light here.
However, seven Saints and one Pope remained, making St. Peter’s Cathedral still the undisputed strongest power on the Continent.
In the solemn and magnificent great hall, the Council of the Divine Presence attended by all seven Saints of Orthodox Church was convening.
"Saint Simon, where are [Queen of the Eternal Night] Margaret I and her Kalmar Legion?"
The Archbishop of Mainz in the religious Prince-Elector expressed urgent request as his Mainz City called for aid."
"They are still across the river in Wiesbaden City, fiercely battling the Saxony Electorate’s army, expected to secure victory by sunset.
But, His Excellency Saint John, are you sure you want to order them to forcefully cross the river and aid Mainz immediately after a major battle?
Since last year when [Queen of the Eternal Night] led her troops into battle, although triumphant at each turn, the army had already suffered over a quarter loss.
If they continue at high intensity will it lead to mutiny? Could it even shake her rule in the Kalmar Union of Three Nations?"
Faced with another Saint’s question, Saint John nonchalantly waved his hand:
"I think we can let the ’The Great Cathedral of the Holy Mother’s Mercy’ managed by Saint Lucia, allocate some Indulgence Certificates from the Merit Repository as military funds to that [Queen of the Eternal Night].
Tickets to Heaven after death to avoid the Great Flood should be enough to make those Bayfolk willingly sacrifice for God’s cause.
Moreover, tell Her Majesty the Queen, that within a day or two the Kingdom of Hightins will decide the victor, and with the assistance of Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward IV will certainly be the final victor.
Their breath can be eased then."
Although the other Saints knew well how the "zero complaints rate" for Indulgence Certificates came about, none spoke for the Bayfolk.
After all, a fraud is a fraud.
In terms of deception skills, very few in the world can rival them.
Moreover, such fanatical convert like [Queen of the Eternal Night] Margaret I had long learned to deceive herself willingly.
Additionally, fighting until the last Bayfolk is everyone’s consensus, regardless of whether the opposite side is a convert, this cannot be altered.
Saint John paused and continued:
"Additionally, now that Queen is increasingly aged, her own grandson barely survived the winter, yet his days are numbered.
It’s time for us to decide the next King’s throne in the Kalmar Union.
Margaret I’s cousin Lady Ingelborg’s grandson [Bearkin] Ulysses, also a devoted Orthodox Church adherent, his reputation among the next generation of Kalmar Union is unrivaled.
Last winter, the particularly severe white disaster at Eternal Night Peninsula led Margaret I to leave [Bearkin] Ulysses to oversee the Union, even leaving him with the crown from Oslo Kingdom among the Three Nations.
He is already the de facto Crown Prince of the Three Nations.
Now it seems, even if [Queen of the Eternal Night] perishes within The Holy Silver Empire, it doesn’t affect our continued rule over the Kalmar Union.
When disaster comes, use the collective subconscious sea of all Bayfolk to construct a dam as a buffer, assisting us in fulfilling the ’Escape Plan by Fire’."
At this point, a trace of resentment appeared on his face:
"It’s all due to those hateful Protestant traitors, who split with us for the sake of lowly commoners, almost ruining our grand plan!"
The other Saints’ expressions were hardly better.
The upper echelon already knew that a new Great Flood would commence the "Luanyan Epoch."
The "Book of Creation" states that this world is a great ship afloat on the Sea of Origin Matter, with the collective human subconscious free to decide whether to ascend or descend being the world’s rudder.
In reality, the Protestant Doctrine and Orthodox Church are not just vying for secular power, but also for the world’s future command, namely the role of the "Captain!"
Whom the collective willingness of the people inclines towards, become the captain.
The Orthodox side follows an elitist doctrine, aiming to use the authority of the "Captain" to prematurely hollow out this world, allowing a few elites to hide from the flood in the small world of [Noah’s Ark].
The Protestant side advocates for a collective theory, pledges to defend their homeland, tame the Great Flood, refusing to abandon any country, any believer.
This is a fundamental conflict of paths, inherently irreconcilable.
Moreover, the chief god of the Bayfolk [Prophecy, Royal Iron, and Mad Hunt Deity] Woden left behind the prophecy for Bayfolk revival, the Church must continuously strike against them, preventing the Bayfolk from threatening their position as "Captain."
"By the way, how should we deal with Saint Byron, who may threaten our plan?"
Another Saint abruptly pointed out another critical issue.
If "Saint Byron" is indeed equivalent to "Holy Spirit" as the Three Religions Scriptures say, then even if their Orthodox Church defeats the Protestant Doctrine, the seat of the "Captain" may hardly remain stable.
Even among a group of Orthodox Saints, Saint John is the extremist of the extremists, he responds with a cold smile:
"What the scriptures say doesn’t count, what the clueless fool believers say doesn’t count either, only we as God’s servants have the final interpretive authority over who is the Savior!