Chapter 203 – Johannes Reformation War (5)
Johannes Reformation War (5)
The spark of reform sparked by her sisters, Angelina and Jeanne, spread throughout Johannes Castle at an incredible rate.
The dissatisfaction of believers was gradually accumulating due to the harsh tyranny of Pope Alexander VI, and it was revealed through conscientious priests and heresy judges in each region that a saint who was in charge of the center of the faith had received an oracle and stood up to judge the Pope. When it became known to the believers, farmers rose up with plows and sickles, hunters with spears and bows, and those who had nothing even grabbed rocks.
“Let’s help the saint, follow the will of Ikaris, and purify the church!!”
“Judge the Pope who has distorted the will of Ikaris, harmed his neighbors with wrong doctrines, and enriched them!!”
Originally, the believers would not have been able to move freely because they were afraid of the Inquisitors in charge of public security, but when it became known that Jeanne, the Inquisitor’s deputy leader, was with the saint, there was nothing to stop the believers from running wild.
“What are you doing? Go home right now!! How dare you try to challenge the authority of the temple!! The Holy Father has sent heresy judges to arrest you… Wow!!”
“The Inquisitors are with us too!! There is nothing to fear!! Ikaris has also sent down an archangel to help us!!”
“Kill that guy!! The priest of Ikaris is going against his will!!”
Puk puk puk!! Bah! Puddeuddeuk!!
Even though believers rose up all over the Holy Kingdom, the priests who were loyal to the Pope and were getting hit-and-run with were still unable to grasp the situation and were often beaten to death while trying to suppress the believers as usual.
Moreover, when the believers who murdered the corrupt priests searched the temple, they discovered the gold and silver treasures they had hidden and the priestesses who had been abused as sexual slaves by them, so they gritted their teeth at the corruption of the temple and praised the saints who declared the temple even more. I started doing it.
In this way, believers in each region defended the Pope in the temple and sent a letter saying that they would directly kill priests who tried to protect him and join the temple. The fervent believers in the southern region directly joined Angelina and Jeanne’s troops, while the believers in other directions fought among themselves. They gathered together, created their own unit, and began advancing towards Radame, the capital of the Holy Kingdom.
As corrupt priests, excluding a few conscientious priests and priestesses, began to be murdered one by one across the country, the church seemed to have grasped the situation and attempted to stabilize the country by withdrawing the Inquisitor unit sent to the border area, but the Inquisitors were all killing Jeanne. There was no way that order would work under the command of, and Angelina, Jeanne, and Juno’s army continued to move north toward the Great Temple of Radame at a tremendous speed without any resistance.
Meanwhile, a week after the saint declared her crusade. The Great Temple of Radame, the capital of the Holy Kingdom of Johannes.
A high-ranking priest rushed at high speed into the secret underground room where the Pope and cardinals always had parties except during ancestral rites.
“What’s going on!! Where is this!! Don’t you know that only cardinals and above can enter this place!!”
Even though one of the cardinals was furious, the high priest paid no heed and ran to the Pope.
“Your Holiness!! Your Holiness!! This is a big deal! A rebellion has occurred!!”
Even today, the Pope, who was coveting the anuses of priestesses with the cardinals who followed him in the underground sanctuary, opened his eyes wide when he heard the report of his henchman running towards him.
“W-Rebellion? What do you mean? Rebellion!! How dare someone rebel against me, the representative of Ikaris?!!”
The priests of the denomination, which had become so corrupt, were afraid that they would be held responsible, so they tried to hold off reporting to their superiors as much as possible and tried to resolve the matter among themselves. After that failed, they reported, so the Pope and cardinals found out about the rebellion late.
“She is a saint!! Saint Angelina Blumain has started a rebellion in the southern region!!”
“What? If she’s a saint, didn’t she clearly say she’s not being punished for providing medical services in the Adriatic to the Emperor of the Balkans? How could she possibly allow that bitch to return to her saintly kingdom and start a revolt?” What do you mean!!”
The secret plan to bring the saint from the Balkans, rape her, and then execute her failed, but the Pope, relieved that he had eliminated his greatest enemy, began to exploit the believers even more harshly? I looked at him in disbelief.
“I don’t know how it is, but her believers fell for her saint’s instigation and started a riot!! Moreover, it is said that in the North, West, and East, her believers also rebelled in response to her saint’s instigation! !”
“Call the Inquisitors right now!! If there are crazy people who challenge Ikaris-sama’s authority, Jeanne, that crazy bitch, will turn a blind eye and execute all the rebels!!”
Because the Pope and Cardinals had weakened her divine power by going against the will of Icaris, she was unable to obtain her Inquisitor troops, which required more than a certain level of force, and she relied on Jeanne’s deep religious faith to protect her. Was leading
So this time, it was the Pope who tried to manipulate Jeanne, but the high priest who reported it shook his head with a tearful face.
“It’s no use! The gods have already sent orders, but… They say the Inquisitor unit has joined the rebellion!! Now all we have left are priests!!”
“”W-what… What? Are you saying that the Inquisitors participated in the rebellion? How can these fanatics who are crazy about their faith?!”
The Pope’s expression became distant when he heard that the Inquisitors, the strongest military group in St. Johannes’ palace and famous for her religious fanatics, had joined the saint.
His penis, which was stuck in the priestess’s anus, was already small, shriveled, and saggy, and the priestess, who was crying out in pain, fainted and fell in front of him.
However, the Pope fell into agony without paying any attention to the priestess.
“Your Holiness!! What should I do about this!!”
“It is said that the saint received an oracle, and the contents of the oracle were to revise the doctrine of one god, appoint the Balkan emperor as Ikaris’ earthly representative, and punish them at the same time!!”
“Please suggest a solution! Your Holiness!! Didn’t we come this far by trusting only you!!”
“How about we take our possessions and seek refuge in Tesseito or Leon? With all our possessions so far, we think we can live well there…”
This was the Pope who glared at the cardinals who had accepted the food he had given them and who were now trying to blame him or abandon their current positions and run away with a look that made him want to tear them to death.
“First… Announce that you will excommunicate Saint Angelina and Inquisitor Captain Jeanne!! Ikaris-sama’s will is still in the Great Hall, and tell them that the holy war they are proclaiming is all a lie!!”
“I understand. Your Holiness!!”
“Also, we must refute point by point how absurd it is to bring in a foreign emperor and declare him to be Icaris-sama’s agent and to bring in a foreign army to intimidate the Pope!! Why on earth do we believe that there is another god besides Icaris? Maybe we should admit it!! I’m not saying take advantage of the faith of believers!!”
“That is a wise decision, Your Holiness!!”
“In areas where the news of the saint’s rebellion has not yet been heard and in the region near the capital Radame, rumors spread that the saint was blinded by power and fell in love with the Balkan emperor, and that she was blinded by color and betrayed Lord Ikaris. Propaganda that you are a prostitute!! And we must gather as many priests as possible who follow the Great Temple and begin preparations for a defensive battle at Radame Castle!”
Still, even if it was rotten, Alexander VI came up with a solution and issued instructions even after thinking for a moment.
“What are you doing!! Instead of starting your own work right now!! Leave now!!”
The Pope’s instructions sounded quite appropriate to the situation and were at least worth the time, so the cardinals ran at high speed to enforce the Pope’s orders and save their property and lives.
“Damn it… I gathered together a bunch of greedy guys called cardinals, but now that it’s a crisis, there’s no one I can trust… If that doesn’t work out, I’ll have to take my possessions and take refuge in Tesseito like Cardinal Lorenzo said. That idiot. “I can’t die here, trusting only those people!!”
As the Pope entered another room in the corner of the secret room, the vast amount of wealth he had accumulated so far came into view.
‘If I were to pay about half of this in taxes, that Tiruen guy would also accept it. It would be inevitable since a huge amount of military funds would be needed to wage a war with the Balkans. However, in order to increase the ransom and reduce the amount of taxes, it is necessary to delay the period of exile as much as possible. And since he can’t give Thiruen time to come up with a plan, he must block the information as well!!
In the secret room he created in preparation for an emergency, there was a space movement magic circle connected to Carmarthen, the capital of Tesseito, and the amount of space movement magic that could only move oneself and one’s property was activated even with his divine power, which was greatly reduced compared to the time of his accession to the throne. Because he was able to do so, Alexander VI was fully prepared and prepared step by step to counter the Balkan and Saint Mary’s allied forces.
The plan the Pope was preparing included measures to block his own country’s information, and this, combined with the characteristics of the Holy Kingdom of Johannes where it was already difficult for spies to operate, made it possible to completely block information reaching Tiruen.
This was fortunate for Juno and the Balkan Empire Army, who were most afraid of Tesseito launching an offensive right now, and Juno advanced step by step towards Radame while closely exchanging opinions via communication with the Minister of Defense, Count Mayer, who was in command of the army. I went out.
