Chapter 218 (1/2)

'Roland Continent?'

Rody’s first thought was, ‘Does this old skeleton want to launch an invasion when he learned that I found the Staff of Moses?’

However, Rody then rejected this idea That was impossible!

Without the God’s Smile mask, Andy would not be able to monitor his activities It would be impossible for Andy to find out that he had the Staff of Moses

Besides that, the Eainst the Roland Continent and also the war at the Northithin the last two years We fought two major wars in these two years These wars had drained the strength of the Ee-scale war

Although they had won the crusade, the Empire had also paid a heavy price For the Empire, it was a very heavy dran on its resources

'But what else could it be if not war? What are Andy’s intentions?' Rody looked at Andy skeptically as he thought of this

Andy knehat Rody was thinking but did not speak Instead, he gave the Marquis, Garoline, a ave Rody a scroll Rody unrolled it open to look On the thick, slightly yellowed paper was a long list of text written in the language of the Roland Continent

On the lower right corner of the paper was the insignia of the Roland Tenia was obviously a sorcery sta

”What is this?” Rody frowned He could not understand the written language of the Roland Continent

Garoline looked serious and said in a low voice, ”A war proclamation Or rather, it is a public announcement It is an announcement from the Temple to the whole continent!”

”Public announceht to hi for war? The Te another war?”

Garoline laughed and said, ”Rody, it is not what you think In fact, the general contents of this docudo the defeat of the Temple The Temple then said that the Roland Continent was disunited and did not have a leader, and thus would be unable to defeat the heathens…So…” Garoline then gloomily sneered and slowly said, ”So the Temple announced to the world that the Archbishop of the Temple would be crowned Pontiff!” Garoline said the last feords with a strange flash in his eyes

”Pontiff!” Rody looked somber ”He wants to be a Pontiff?”

Rody looked at Garoline, then looked at Andy Suddenly, he sneered and asked, ”Are these people from the Roland Tehout the history of the Church! That one person was Pontiff Moses! Later on, the Church was split into two The two factions grew stronger, but they still did not dare to claiion! Even the people from the Church of our Radiant Continent only dared to elect a Pope although we have conquered the entire continent nobody dared to take the title of Pontiff! Is the Elder from the Temple a madman? Moses became a Pontiff those days because of his contribution in conquering the Radiant Continent by splitting the Thunderous Straits What achievement did this Temple Elder have? He is mad!”

Andy still did not speak and just looked at Garoline, who sighed and said, ”Rody, I am afraid that that Elder fro this for a very long ti at Rody

A sudden realization struck Rody like lightning ”Was this the purpose of the war?”

Garoline nodded He gathered his sleeves and laughed bitterly before saying, ”We have always suspected so as ere unable to understand the reason for the ith the Roland Continent that had just ended Although the Roland are move, no matter hoe looked at it, they could never win the war They sent eighty thousand soldiers…Hhty thousand soldiers, it would be impossible to defeat us on land Why did they start a hen they didn't have any confidence of winning? That is the only thing we couldn't understand”

Garoline then s influence in the Roland Continent, they are just spiritual leaders The Saints in each Kingdo, but the real power still belongs to the King However, it see to transforious eht for a while He then opened his eyes and said, ”Hht! First, doms in the whole continent More than half of these soldiers were then dispatched here to start a war The ould then exhaust the doms! As a result, the power balance between the Roland Teh the Tehts in the war, they were still reatly! Haha! Good! This is 'killing your enehed and said, ”Earl Rody is right! When the power balance is broken, the Kingdoer have the power to suppress the Tee! Now, the Chief Elder of the Temple wants to be crowned Pontiff…Rody, I believe you knohat this means?”

Rody showed a complicated expression He took a deep breath and replied, ”I do!”

According to the history that Rody had learned, the only Pontiff in history, Pontiff Moses, was a leader of the people He was a real leader He had power and stood by his words No one would disobey his orders Basically, he was a dictator, an emperor!

Now, the Elder of the Roland Temple wanted to be crowned Pontiff It was clear that his intentions were to unite the various Kingdoious empire that could rival the Radiant Empire

Perhaps it would even be more powerful than the Radiant Empire as power in the Radiant E each other down On the other hand, what the Teious and national poere integrated There would be no separation between religious power and national power The Pontiff would take both the authority of the Emperor and the Pope for himself

”Truly insane! Insane idea! Insane act!” Rody tone was somewhat bitter