Chapter 217: Looking far away, Roland mainland!

Chapter 217 Looking far away, Roland mainland!
Roland mainland?
Roddy's first thought was, did the old skeleton know that he had obtained the "Moses Scepter" and wanted to start an aggressive war?
But then he rejected this idea-impossible!
Without the "God's Smile" mask, Andy could no longer sense his activities. It's impossible to know that he got that magic scepter.
Moreover, in less than two years, the empire fought the Northwest War and the Roland holy war. Two large-scale wars have been fought within two years, and the empire’s national power has already been somewhat weakened, and it is impossible to start another large-scale war.
Although the last holy war was won, the Empire also paid a heavy price. It was as heavy as a heavy burden on the empire.
Not a war, so what does Andy mean? Thinking of this, Roddy looked at Andy with a suspicious look in his eyes.
Andy knew what Roddy was thinking, he didn't say a word, but winked at the Marquis of Caroline.
The old Marquis handed Roddy a scroll, and Roddy looked at it smoothly, and saw a series of things written in Roland's text on the thick, slightly yellowed scroll.
In the lower right corner, there is also a badge symbolizing the Temple of Roland. The badge of the six-pointed star is obviously a magical mark, and it still looks radiant.
"What is this?" Roddy frowned, he couldn't read the words of the Roland people.
The Marquis of Caroline looked serious, and said in a low voice: "A message, or a notice. It is a notice issued by the Roland Continent Temple to inform the entire continent!"
"Announcement? Sentence?" Roddy thought for a while: "Is it a mobilization for war? Isn't the temple reconciled to the failure of the last war and want to start another war?"
The Marquis of Caroline smiled and said in a low voice: "Your Excellency Roddy, it's not what you think--in fact, the general content of this message is: The previous paragraphs denounced the incompetence of the various kingdoms of Roland. , Making the jihad failed. Then the temple said that a fragmented and headless Roland continent could not complete the great cause of crusade against the heretics...So, hum..." At this point, the old Marquis' tone was a little gloomy, and he sneered twice before slowly. Said: "So the temple is to inform the world, the chief elder of the temple archbishop, decided to be crowned...Pope!" After speaking the last two words, a strange color flashed in the eyes of the old marquis.
"The Pope!" Roddy's expression immediately became serious: "He wants to be the Pope?!"
Roddy looked at the Marquis of Caroline, then looked at Andy, and suddenly sneered: "Are the people in the Temple of Roland crazy! Pope? In the history of the religion for thousands of years, there was only one pope! That is. The first Pope of Moses! Later the religion of God was divided into two, no matter how fierce the two factions were, they would not dare to claim to be the "emperor" of the religion. Even the religion of our Guangming Continent, although it has been covered In the entire empire, the leaders of the religion only dared to call themselves the "pope" and did not have the courage to be the "pope"! Is the chief elder of the Roland Temple a lunatic? Back then, Moses led mankind to conquer by splitting the strait of thunder The great achievements of the Bright Continent made him the pope...Why is the chief elder of the Roland Temple? Madman!"
Andy still didn't speak, but looked at the Marquis of Caroline. The old Marquis sighed: "Your Excellency Lord Roddy, I am afraid that the chief elder of the Roland Temple is not a lunatic! In fact, he has been deliberate and conspired for a long time."
At this point, the smile on his face seemed a little deep, staring at Roddy.
Roddy's thoughts flashed across like lightning, and then he suddenly said loudly: "Is it this war?"
The old marquis nodded, closed his sleeves, and smiled bitterly: "We have always suspected that the war with the Roland people that just ended is simply inexplicable. Although the Roland people have made a lot of noise, No matter from which way, they couldn’t win that battlefield. They sent an army of 800,000... Well, let alone 800,000, on the land, even if they have an army of 1.8 million , It is impossible to defeat us. Why did they start a war with no certainty at all? We have been unable to figure out this question..."
A smile burst out from the corner of the old Marquis's mouth: "Although the Temple of Roland has always had a profound influence on the continent of Roland, it is still a spiritual leader after all. Although the saints they dispatched everywhere have authority no less than the king, After all, the real power of each country is still in the hands of the king... It now appears that the scheme of the Temple of Roland is not small. They want to turn the entire continent of Roland into a religious empire!"
Roddy closed his eyes, thought for a while, and then slowly said, "Well, yes! First, he called on the dozen kingdoms across the continent to mobilize the army, and then sent more than half of the Roland mainland army to us. War. Use this war to exhaust the armies of a dozen kingdoms in Roland! In this way, the balance of power between the original temple in Roland and the dozen kingdoms is broken! In the war, although the temple was also lost Some holy knights, but in comparison, those kingdoms are even more damaging! Haha! Good! What a murderer with a knife!"
The Marquis of Caroline smiled and said: "Your Excellency Lord Roddy is right! After the balance of power is broken, the kingdoms of Roland Continent will not have enough power to suppress the temple. The power of the temple has the upper hand! Now the chief elder of the temple To be crowned as Pope... Humph, Lord Roddy, you know what the Pope means, right?"
Roddy showed a complicated expression on his face, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Know!"
According to the history that Roddy knows.
The only pope in the history of the religion, Pope Moses, was almost the common leader of mankind when he was in power!
The true leader! The power is in control, and it is true. Order the world, nothing is wrong! To put it more simply, it is dictatorship! It's the emperor!
The current chief elder of the Roland Temple wants to be crowned as the Pope. Obviously, he wants to merge and unify the various kingdoms of the Roland Continent, and then establish a huge religious empire that can fight against the Bright Empire!
No, maybe an empire stronger than the Light Empire! After all, in the Guangming Empire, religious rights and state rights were separated, and the emperor and the pope held each other in check. However, what Roland Temple wants to build is an empire that fully unites national and religious rights! There is no difference between the emperor and the pope, the pope will combine the rights of the "emperor" and the "pope" in one person!
"It's crazy! Crazy thoughts, crazy actions!" Roddy said bitterly.
The Marquis Caroline shook his head: "I'm afraid it's not just crazy. We thought about it carefully. Although their behavior is crazy, it is undeniable. From any point of view, their timing is really good. !"
The old Marquis's tone was a little helpless: "The existence of the Thundering Strait makes it impossible for us to take advantage of it 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 great war , We don’t have the power to fight them! The victory of that war, we also paid a heavy price... Your Excellency Lord Roddy, I’m afraid you don’t know that now the empire’s finances are very difficult... The empire paid tens of millions of gold coins! This does not include the consumption of the Northwest Battlefield..."
Kill someone with a knife.
Typical murder with a knife!
A so-called "holy war" is actually the Roland Temple using the Bright Empire to greatly consume the strength of the various kingdoms of the Roland Continent, and then... hum.
Thinking of this, Roddy opened his mouth and said: "Then why do you want me to go to Roland?"
Andy finally spoke, his face still has the dignity of an emperor, and said in a low voice: "Yeah!"
Negotiation? Roddy frowned, Marquis Caroline smiled, and said: "That king of the Sauron Kingdom of Roland is a very smart guy. The Sauron Kingdom is the most powerful country on the Roland continent, so naturally he is not willing to be The temple was annexed... If the temple really fell out with those kingdoms on the Roland Continent, then the swordsmen would meet for sure! It's just that they lost most of their troops in this holy war and worried that they could not compete with the temple, so... "
Roddy already understood in his heart, and said: "So the Kingdom of Sauron has pleaded with us! Isn't it? Does King Sauron want us to bring troops to help them fight the temple?"
"That's not true." Marquis Caroline smiled: "Did you forget? We still have hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war in our hands!"
Roddy's eyes lit up!
Prisoner of war!
In a holy war, the empire captured half a million troops from the other side. Under the management of General Zieg, those troops have been scattered in the north as slaves! These half a million people are the elite troops of the kingdoms of Roland Continent! Especially the Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron are among them, and their elite and powerful team!
The Marquis of Caroline continued: "The secret envoy of the Kingdom of Sauron has come to the imperial capital. Through me, I have asked your Majesty and conveyed King Sauron's intentions and asked us to return the captured army back so that they can fight against the oppression of the temple. ."
Roddy pondered for a moment: "Release the prisoners of war, can we agree? That is hundreds of thousands of troops after all! It is not a good thing for us to put the enemy's army back."
The Marquis of Caroline seemed to sigh: "Of course it’s not a good thing. After all, it was the Lord Tulip and the warriors of the empire who had spent countless lives and blood to win the war. Now that the prisoners of war are released, we are not reconciled... …But, Lord Roddy, I think that if you don’t let the prisoners of war go back, then the temples in the Roland continent can easily defeat those kingdoms and will soon unify the Roland continent! At that time, a powerful and unified empire will appear. Our north! That will be a greater threat to the empire!"
Roddy nodded, his face showed a slight smile, but the smile made the Marquis Caroline look cold, and then he heard Roddy slowly say: "I understand! For the future of the bright empire, the Roland people They must continue to divide, and they cannot form a unified empire!"
The Marquis Caroline rolled up his sleeves, bowed towards Andy, and whispered: "So, what your majesty meant is to invite you to the Roland Continent once and act as the envoy of this negotiation on behalf of the empire!"
Speaking clearly, here is the time for the show.
Roddy immediately pretended to be respectful, bowed gently to the emperor, and said solemnly, "Please give your order!"
Andy smiled slightly, and said: "Although it was decided to negotiate with the Kingdom of Sauron, it is after all hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war! The Roland people must pay some price!
The next step is to discuss some conditions for peace talks. Andy didn't need to speak, the Marquis Caroline was already confident. This old fox is indeed a good political player. Although his character is not very good, he is indeed a capable minister! A large set of plans has already been thought out, and a long list of conditions has been drawn out.
Roddy didn’t intervene much, but just stood aside and looked at Andy and the Marquis Caroline coldly, one big and one small (compared to Andy, who is more than two hundred years old, the Marquis of Caroline can only be regarded as "small" ") The two foxes are discussing how to slay the Roland people with a single knife.
Roddy frowned secretly, but saw that the fat man Tianlie next to him who was pretending to be the guard of the Guards couldn't help a fascinating expression. Hearing those conspiracies and tricks, his face showed a "just as it should be" expression.
Roddy could only smile bitterly. He knew that these old guys had more ghost ideas in their hearts. As for the negotiation conditions, he didn't have to worry about himself. They can definitely scratch the Roland people fiercely!
Hmph, I heard that the Sauron Kingdom is very rich...
Continent Roland... Well, Continent Roland.
Roddy remembered standing on the walls of Thunder City that day. Thinking of the tulip blooming out of the magical flame on the starry sky that night, Roddy couldn't help but feel a little silly.
Black yarn...Miaosi...I'm going to Roland mainland!
Thinking of this, Roddy touched his chest subconsciously. The iron ring given to him by the black gauze hung on his chest. The hard, cold metal stuck to the skin of his chest. A trace of Roddy's heart was born. A strange feeling, a boiling blood surged to my heart!
Mya, you must be looking forward to seeing us again...