I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 516 Imperial Parliament and Approaching Universal Law

In the military tent, Louis XI flashed a fierce look. "Everyone who comes into contact with my brother must report to me. In addition, after this incident is over, he must die. Someone will soon realize what method I used."

"This man in the iron mask is not only useless, he is also a negative asset."

"How are the results on the front line?"

The chief justice said with an ugly face: "Unlike what we imagined, not only did the damn Alsatian army not appear in chaos, but the plague we prepared in advance did not break out."

He glanced at Louis XI secretly before he dared to continue. "As a result, although our army tried its best to advance, it only advanced 8 kilometers in the past few days."

"The Alsatians built many small forts on the roads we had to pass, and it was extremely troublesome to clear them."

"But the good news is that we finally forced out the Alsatian Flying Dragon Knights and the Sophora Knights. Compared with our country's national power, Alsace's national power is weak and its family base is not enough. As long as these two knights can be consumed, As a team, we have the possibility of quick victory.”

Louis XI frowned.

Of course he knew what his old friend had not said. It was precisely because of his mistake that the Frankish Kingdom's attack fell into decline.

Not only that, during this period, he lost many troops, and even the heiress of Aquitaine who was originally in his hands was missing. The troops he sent out to 'receive' the heiress kept reporting to him that the heiress could not be found. news.

The chancellor who had been silent suddenly said to Louis XI: "Now both the church and the empire are targeting us. Although Queen Catherine is sitting in the imperial capital, the political situation is stable and the finances are sufficient, we still seem to need to consider how to deal with the Black Death. O contagion and condemnation of the Church and the Empire. Your Majesty."

"We have lost the opportunity now, or we should retreat temporarily."

The archbishop pointed to the sand table in the tent and said. "You can invade the Empire from Alsace, but there are other routes. If you take the Duchy of Lower Burgundy, you can also invade the Empire."

Louis XI suppressed his anger and said: "It is possible to bypass Alsace, but we have already paid so much here. Do you want me to admit that my plan to use the Black Death Lord has failed?"

"Besides, the territory of the Duchy of Lower Burgundy is full of mountainous areas, making it extremely inconvenient to transport troops. In addition, the Kingdom of Alsace is immortal, which means that there is always a sharp sword hanging on our road to the empire. The sword will not be used day by day. Except, my heart can’t be at peace for a day.”

"Let me reflect on what mistakes I made." Louis XI seemed to have stood for a long time. He weakly motioned with his eyes to the maid next to him to help him and sit on the chair. "I asked myself, and I found that I didn't make any mistakes. It was mainly because the people below had execution problems."

"My ministers mistook me."

"If the original twelve nobles could completely obey my orders, I would be able to start many things faster, and my plans would be less likely to fail. The failure to transform the Black Death Lord this time was also because some of us still have different intentions. This is Mistakes I had control over? No."

"Pass on my order to execute Sir Bogotud, Greda and others. If this plan fails, there must be someone responsible. Let them be responsible."

The two old men, the Justice and the Archbishop, looked at each other, and they both saw helplessness in each other's eyes. Louis XI's mean character had always been like this, and they were used to it.

Anyway, any mistakes are the fault of others, and he is the most diligent and hardworking person.

The two of them were too lazy to say anything. Anyway, those who died were two upstarts who had risen from the common class.

"Alsace seems to be just an ordinary kingdom, but because of its centralized power, it is one of the strongest countries in the kingdom. It has been almost defeated by Geron and the others these days, but unexpectedly Ivita appeared to reorganize it. This country." Louis XI thought: "The archbishop, the chancellor, my two old friends, now we have lost the opportunity, but there is still a way to remedy it."

"I still have a way to seize the opportunity to take action before my biggest enemy Oyo III, and that is to completely ignore the Black Death."

The archbishop and chancellor did not expect that Louis XI would make such a decision.

The archbishop quickly said: "Your Majesty, the Frankish Kingdom is the most severely affected now. On our land, not only the people are infected with the disease, but also the flowers, plants, trees, and even the mineral veins are turning into living things. Even the Black Death Lord will be affected from now on. Starting to disappear completely, we don’t know how much time and resources it will take to eliminate the mountains, rivers and woods that have been transformed into life on the land.”

"If we continue to ignore it, I'm afraid... our kingdom will completely decline from now on."

Louis XI said confidently: "Archbishop, this is what ordinary people think. But don't forget, I have only used more than 50,000 troops and three knights, and what I have used is only one-tenth of the Frankish Kingdom. One national strength.”

"I can still mobilize more knights."

"Don't forget that every person or thing infected with the Black Death will intensify the Black Death. The Black Death is a matter for all mankind and the entire Magical Black Forest. How can it be our own matter in the Frankish Kingdom? Not only do I not To clean up the Black Death, I will aggravate the Black Death. Once the Black Death infects the entire Frankish Kingdom, it will be difficult to recover, and the entire Magical Black Forest Universe will completely lose hope."

Louis XI said: "I can think of this, other countries will also think of this, and so will the strong men hidden in the forest."

"I want them to work tirelessly for our kingdom, and then we will take advantage of this process to capture Alsace, invade the empire, and seize the seven electors and the emperor's palace."

The Archbishop hesitated. "Wouldn't that be too risky?"

At this moment, the justice suddenly expressed his stance. "Actually, I support Your Majesty. It is true that ordinary countries may not be able to complete such an important task as Your Majesty's, but the Frankish Kingdom is one, and everyone contributes to the Frankish nation. They will definitely understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts."

The archbishop said: "But... I always feel doubtful."

Louis XI opened the tent door. At this moment, his army was stationed on a plain, but the infection of the Black Death in the army was already very serious. Even the Frankish law seemed to have lost most of its effect at this time. It became a pure psychological comfort.

The army was full of soldiers infected with the Black Death. Because their bodies were in too much pain, they could only lie next to the tent, put their legs and feet on the dirt, and let the sun shine in, hoping to relieve some of the pain.

The faces of these soldiers showed expressions of extreme pain.

But when they saw the emperor, the soldiers' expressions cheered up. They all stood up from the ground and shouted slogans to Emperor Louis XI. "Long live Frank, long live the Emperor!"

Every soldier felt proud after seeing the emperor. Even if their own bodies were in a very bad condition, at this moment, they felt that they were members of the most powerful nation in the world.

In Frankia, the emperor was no longer the protector of mankind, but only the protector of the Frankish nation.

Louis XI waved to them confidently. "My soldiers, now I want you to make sacrifices for the Frankish nation. Are you willing?"

"It's not for faith, it's for me and our nation!" Almost all the soldiers nearby had a certain light in their eyes. Without them having to answer, the emperor, the chief justice, and the archbishop knew that these people would sacrifice everything for the national community. .

At this moment, the three rulers who stood at the top of the Frank Empire knew that they could do whatever they wanted with this army.

Amid the thunderous slogans of the army, Emperor Louis XI said: "See, Archbishop, this is the national bond that transcends faith."

"You two told me at the beginning that you would assist me to inherit the last wish of my father, the Sun King, and let an unprecedented empire appear on the land of the glorious Franks, so you have worked hard all the way. But now we have done it. .”

The archbishop looked at this army and no longer wanted to advise Louis XI, "With so many troops who are not afraid of death, we will be victorious in every battle."

"But if we take this army to attack the neighboring Duchy of Burgundy, we may win the war in a very short period of time."

"Since the emperor and the pope have been restrained by the Black Death, it seems only normal that we mobilize all the domestic troops to invade the surrounding countries."

……

Five days later, on the way to attend the Imperial Council, Ivita learned a piece of news that shocked all the princes in the Imperial Council, because Frank actually used 70,000 people to capture Xiabo in less than five days. The Principality of Gendy caused most of the nobles of that Principality to surrender.

The two adult heirs of the Duchy of Lower Burgundy were all cursed to death by the witches of the Frankish Kingdom. Only a 12-year-old boy who was raised by the Pope was still alive, but his country has also been swallowed up by Frankish law. The law was incorporated into the Frankish national law.

At the same time, the Frankish Kingdom was destroyed with 10,000 troops, and the Principality of Lorraine, a subsidiary state of Emperor Oyo III, almost broke up with the emperor directly.

However, the Frankish national law, which was continuously incorporated into the laws of the two ancient principalities, is now almost as powerful as a truly universal law.

Some people even began to suspect that the power of Frankish national law could rival universal law.

The Imperial Parliament is held in a marvelous building with a height of 100 meters. In fact, this building only has one floor, but it is built so high to show its solemnity. The sky dome of the Imperial Parliament is the various sacred deeds of the Holy Church, as well as all things Paintings depicting the divine power granted by God to the emperors of ancient civilizations, as well as various statues of angels that intimidate evil beings.

The dome of the entire Imperial Council Hall is extremely luxurious, all designed to ensure that it really looks like the heaven of the God of All Things.

Ivita sits on the seat of ordinary princes. The powerful princes with priority votes will sit further in the middle. The eight seats and tables of electors and emperors are located in the middle of the circular imperial parliament hall. Location.

Among the countries owned by Ivita, Alsace does not have the right to vote in the Imperial Parliament and is not part of the empire.

The Cross Islands of the Black Sea, the Iron Crown and Ambrose are the countries that truly have the right to vote.

But these three countries have either just joined, or they have declined due to historical reasons and have lost their priority voting rights, so Ivita can only sit in the row of ordinary princes.

But this is good, Ivita can greet these three thousand princes in the empire.

Compared with these small princes, most of whom only have one county and half a princedom, Ivita is already a king who is still vaguely above the electors. Therefore, these small princes sitting next to him are silent and cautious. He looked at him, for fear of offending this ruthless man who had never suffered a loss in several wars with the emperor.

Ivita couldn't help but sigh. In fact, she only felt that the Black Magic Forest was full of ruthless people because the enemies she encountered were too powerful. It turned out that most of the princes were kind and honest people.

The Hearthstone Witch is even more comfortable in this environment. She is regarded as a witch close to the center of power of the Ivita regime. Therefore, she is sought after by many princes. She has long been in the air. She thought that she was praised by the stars because of her superb strength.

Ivita coughed, interrupted several small princes' pursuit of the Hearthstone Witch, and said: "How can the Frankish Kingdom march at such a fast speed?"

"This is so unreasonable."

"They were actually able to destroy two ancient principalities in five days."

The young princes looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

For them, the Duchy of Lorraine and the Duchy of Lower Burgundy were behemoths on the horizon.

It was also because of the special circumstances that a king like Ivita, who was involved in the war between the frontline powers in the Black Magic Forest, would sit next to them.

Under normal circumstances, it is estimated that Ivita will sit in the front row within a few years.

You can even run for electorate states.

A marquis from the Saarland Kingdom said to Ivita: "Your Majesty, for the kingdom, these principalities are just the product of political balance and have not been annexed. Besides, I heard that the Frankish Kingdom's first The Holy Land of Witches [Imperial Sea Witch Coven] had been studying the Black Death long before the Black Death broke out, and developed a special magic potion that can extract the potential of the human body."

"I heard that the reason why the Frankish Kingdom marched so fast this time was because they took this special potion."

Ivita raised a brow.

This is very likely true.

But new magic potions are generally not produced in such large quantities for people to take, because various side effects tests have not been completed at all.

The Frankish Kingdom did this, typically not treating the soldiers of their kingdom as human beings.

'It seems that no nation is in the way. Their own people use their own people as cattle and horse slaves. ’ Ivita nodded to the old Marquis of Salhu and said, “So that’s it.”

"Old Marquis, why are you so well-informed?"

The old Marquis of Salhu smiled. "As you get older, of course you need more connections, otherwise how can you protect yourself. I also want to establish a relationship with Your Majesty. If Your Majesty has anything to do in the future, you can come to me. If I can help you, I will definitely help. "

(End of this chapter)