I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 537 Becoming the Emperor of the Empire (End)

Duke Pfalz sat back in his seat helplessly. The current situation was forcing the electors to choose a powerful emperor, rather than a superficial emperor who could only look at their faces.

Duke Pfalz whispered to the Marquis of Regenburg: "Didn't you tell me in private before that you have a strong opinion about Ivita?"

"His return has taken away your family's seat as elector agent."

The Marquis of Regenburg immediately glanced at Ivita subconsciously, and then said loudly to Duke Pfalz: "I have always supported your majesty. Your majesty is the one everyone expects. Don't talk nonsense."

Duke Pfalz immediately realized that Ivita had already bribed the Duke of Regenburg, and at this moment the Marquis of Regenburg was still Ivita's ally.

He clenched his fists.

While the three secular elector spokesmen were talking, he whispered to them again: "If this continues, Ivita will be elected emperor."

"If he is elected emperor, how will your kingdoms deal with themselves? Are you going to watch him use the emperor's rights at will?"

"The Imperial Council now only needs the votes of seven electors to choose the emperor. The other princes are just spectators. Now Ivita may have won the support of the electors of the three major religions."

The Archbishop of Münster and the Archbishop of Mainz both voted for Ivita, but surprisingly, the Archbishop of Cologne actually voted for the Duke of Pfalz.

"The empire's guardian knight, Duke Gurgel the Skullbreaker, will have an auxiliary vote."

The Archbishop of Cologne walked up to Ivita, nodded of course and apologized: "I'm sorry, Lady Ivita. But after thinking about it several times, I think Duke Pfalz is more suitable to be the emperor of the empire."

"I suggest you vote for us as elector. Purfalz is different from you. It is just a principality. If you are elected emperor, it will still be under your control. But if the king of the Kingdom of Alsace is elected emperor, what will happen? It’s too serious.”

An hour and a half later, the voting results came out quickly.

Ivita raised a brow.

The Archbishop of Mainz casually picked up a wooden hammer in front of him and struck the bell and drum at hand. Suddenly, a crisp sound appeared in the entire Imperial Parliament Building. "The voting begins now. Please cherish the rights in your hands and assume your responsibilities. May the God of all things bless your destiny."

"You can't control him anymore."

As voting officially began, action began in the Reichstag building.

Tartax next to Ivita looked at the Archbishop of Mainz and urged him to hold a vote quickly to prevent long nights and nightmares.

The Hearthstone Witch said: "I think so. It seems that this parliament can't do much in the future. Fortunately, Reigenburg is on the other side of the empire, and the Franks haven't attacked yet, so it's safer and calmer here."

"The electors have seven votes, the dwarf lord of the Three Hammers Dwarf Dungeon who joined the empire has one auxiliary vote (it is meaningless to count it alone), and the golden elf lord of Silver Moon Bay who joined the empire has one Auxiliary votes. The drow lord of the Underdark who joined the empire has an auxiliary vote. The mind flayer empire lord of the star realm who joined the empire has an auxiliary vote. The high elf lord of the Moonsong Forest who joined the empire has an auxiliary vote. A secondary vote.”

It was indeed calm. The princes in the west of the empire were already at war, but the princes in the east were still drunk and dreaming every day, taking leisurely walks on the winding country roads.

"Now we must choose an Emperor to lead us into the future. Vote now!"

The Archbishop of Mainz looked at the seats of the princes on the human side and said: "The result of the joint vote of the three thousand princes will also become an auxiliary vote."

The Archbishop of Mainz stood up, glanced at Ivita, and said, "Everyone, the emperor of the empire, Oyo III, has now died in battle, but the murderer is still wreaking havoc in the empire, spreading plague and death."

Ivita said to the Hearthstone Witch who was following her: "This Imperial Parliament has serious flaws. If the Franks suddenly attack here, it will be wiped out in one fell swoop."

"In addition to the seven votes for the elector, the votes for some special seats must also be counted, so that in the event of a tie, we still know who is our emperor."

The three representatives looked at each other with scrutiny in their eyes.

"Seven electoral votes and eight auxiliary votes."

"In addition, the empire's holy wizards also have their own auxiliary votes."

"The money you gave me, I will return it to you later."

Duke Pfalz immediately laughed at Ivita and said: "Of course we must return it to Your Excellency Ivita. After all, Your Excellency Ivita is just an ordinary prince. We would be so embarrassed if we took your money."

"Didn't you expect that you can bribe the archbishops, but I can't? And the Archbishop of Cologne has been our long-term ally."

"The electors of the three kingdoms will definitely not choose you. In this way, I will have five votes and you can only have two."

"The data gap is too big, and the auxiliary votes will be directly abolished."

Ivita looked at him speechlessly.

The Principality of Pfalz and the Archbishopric of Cologne, both in the west of the empire, are currently the areas most seriously invaded by the Franks.

I'm afraid that even if Duke Pfalz becomes emperor, Louis XI will make him angry the next moment.

The Archbishop of Cologne did not dare to offend Ivita and could only say to Ivita: "I'm sorry, Lord Ivita. We also like you to be the emperor. It's just that the Archbishop of Cologne has its own views and opinions. We are internally During the voting, we sided with our traditional allies, but this does not mean that the Archdiocese of Cologne has any objections to you. Maybe we will vote for you next time.”

"After all, you are so young, and the Duke has already walked most of his life."

Ivita nodded to him. "I understand, I don't have to pay back the money."

"Your Majesty, please be patient."

Iveta had already anticipated this situation. The electors with votes always like to jump camps at critical moments.

In other words, if this hadn't happened, I would still be surprised.

But it doesn't matter.

If the votes really choose Duke Pfalz, there is nothing he can do. Elections are more prone to various outcomes than a stable throne succession system.

However, the throne will still come into his hands. A hypocritical emperor who has just ascended the throne and is being attacked by the Franks will hardly survive for half a month. He only needs to add fuel to the flames.

Iveta continued to look at the voting results. The next voting results were very strange. The stone angels put the votes into the brazier. After the votes were burned, the results would appear in everyone's heart, so that the results would be true and no one would question them. .

The Kingdom of Potsdam actually voted for Ivita.

Then, the Kingdom of Simemia voted for the Principality of Palatinate.

In this way, the Kingdom of Saxony became a crucial vote.

The spokesperson of the Elector of Saxony was a middle-aged man wearing all kinds of gorgeous clothes and exquisite decorations. He looked at Ivita and then at the Duke of Pfalz. "The Duke of Pfalz is more familiar to us..."

"In comparison, Your Excellency Ivita makes us feel strange and scared." Duke Pfalz showed a look of ecstasy. He did not expect that Ivita's intervention would allow him to get closer to the throne than ever before.

But this is the difference between the electoral inheritance system and the primogeniture system.

During an election, anything can happen, no matter how well controlled it is in advance.

The spokesperson of the Kingdom of Saxony said: "But I just contacted the Queen of Hearts, and she asked me to abstain."

After hearing this, Prince Pfalz couldn't stand it anymore. He had just had the dream of being an emperor. "Why?"

The spokesperson of the Kingdom of Saxony turned to look at Duke Pfalz and said: "I don't know, who can guess what the Queen of Hearts is thinking. In this way, you are three against three."

"What determines the outcome will be the votes of the empire's affiliated races."

The Duke of Pfalz was immediately furious. The races that joined the empire had always had a good relationship with the emperor, but their relationship with the electors was average.

The races joining the empire are more like other races joining the human empire and receiving protection.

Therefore, they did not want to get involved in the empire, and apart from communicating with the emperor, they had few interactions with the electors and other princes.

In this case, he would have no advantage at all, no, he would be at a disadvantage.

Because according to the usual voting direction of the empire-joined races, the empire-joined races will only choose a more powerful emperor, so that the emperor can better protect them, and will not have the thoughts of an elector, who will deliberately choose a weak one. Emperor, in order to occupy a greater dominant position in the empire.

The most important thing is that Duke Pfalz noticed that he seemed to have offended Ivita too harshly.

He subconsciously looked at the electors of the three kingdoms and the electors of the three archdioceses equivalent to the kingdom, and saw the smiles on their lips.

His heart suddenly went cold.

This is... the electors' intention.

He actually fell for it.

The electors knew that Ivita must be chosen as emperor, but they did not want to lose the initiative, so they deliberately led the scene half-heartedly.

And in this process, the only victim was him, the Duke of Pfalz.

After the emperor comes to power, the electors must give the emperor a target to prevent the emperor from targeting other electors. The best way is to push an elector forward to attract the emperor's attention.

Prince Pfalz's forehead was covered with sweat.

He was attracted to the throne just now, but he didn't think about it anymore. He really thought that he was very close to the throne. Now it seems that he has never been even one step closer to the empire.

He was actually pushed out by his allies and used as a sacrifice.

Damn the Archbishop of Cologne!

Only then did the Duke of Pfalz realize that the Archbishop of Cologne was not casting him as emperor, but rather casting him as a scapegoat.

The election continued, and Duke Pfalz was sweating all over, restless, and did not dare to look at Ivita.

To Ivita's surprise, Duke Gugel actually voted for Ivita, and the other two elven kingdoms and the overlord of the underground world, the drow elves, also immediately voted for Ivita.

These elves don't know much about Ivita personally, but it doesn't matter, as long as Ivita's performance is outstanding.

They don't have so many human crooked thoughts. They just want the emperor to reappear quickly and become stronger to protect the empire.

The drow and elven lords nodded slightly to Ivita, who responded with courtesy.

Both parties have planned to establish a long-term and stable exchange relationship.

In addition, after hesitating for a moment, the dwarves also chose Ivita. The reason for their hesitation was also revealed in the quarrel.

Ivita heard that these dwarves had been turned into stone men on a large scale by witches, so they hated magic, and they were also worried that Arthas would let the dwarves make weapons for them day and night.

However, in the end, the Three Hammers Alliance still voted for Ivita.

The votes of the Mind Flayer Empire were also cast for Ivita. They had little understanding of the material world, and the air in the material world itself was also poisonous to spiritual creatures. Therefore, they voted directly for Ivita, who had the most votes, to avoid trouble. .

The six holy wizards of the empire did not give any face to anyone and simply abstained from voting.

In the end, the vote of the three thousand princes was in favor of Ivita, so they chose Ivita as emperor.

At this point, Ivita has received seven auxiliary votes. She is tied with the Duke of Pfalz in the electorate vote, but she has a crushing advantage in the auxiliary votes.

All strata of the entire empire made decisions and chose the emperor of the empire.

After the voting results came out, all kinds of beautiful music sounded throughout the Empire State Building. The Stone Angels flew to the dome of the Empire State Building, which looked like a real blue sky, and started playing.

A sixteen-winged stone angel suddenly burst into flames. The sacred flame was so spectacular that he flew to the dome and took the crown hanging on the dome from the God-given hand that symbolized the Creator.

Then, it flew down from the sky again.

Beautiful sacred music sounded all around.

"Our Emperor, you were chosen by the God of All Things and are the favorite in the eyes of the Creator of this world. From now on, all intelligent life will be protected by you, whether it is located in the Magical Black Forest or other multiverses." The sixteen-winged stone angel held up the crown and knelt down on one knee to Ivita, because once Ivita became the emperor, his identity would only be under the God of all things, but above all gods and humans.

Even the most powerful angel needs to kneel before the Emperor of the Empire.

The sixteen-winged angel said to Ivita: "You should be proud that you are the emperor elected by the Creator and the people, rather than an emperor who became de jure from a single bloodline or a descendant of whoever you are."

"You are the emperor elected by the people and the emperor chosen by the Creator."

"From today on, you will be the protector of all mankind and all intelligent life forms."

"You also have jurisdiction over them."

"Take your crown, then go to the capital of the empire, accept the cheers of all the citizens of the empire and once again confirm the choice of you by all the people."

"emperor."

(End of this chapter)