Bishop, I Dare Face You Before the Martial God!

Griffin had his own ideas about taking Lucia to the Anselm Province of the Farolyn Empire. The Anselm Province worshipped the God of War, so the people of this province were fierce and martial, with bravery and righteousness imprinted on their souls.

Theocracy and imperial power were also engaged in open and covert struggles in this region. During the time he stayed in this province, theocracy suppressed imperial power.

He felt that the new emperor of the Farolyn Empire was actually very capable. However, after several of his decrees concerning the temple left the capital, they were misinterpreted by some of the temple's clergy, who then passed on the misinterpreted decrees to the people of the Farolyn Empire.

This led to varying degrees of rebellious sentiment in the various provinces of the Farolyn Empire.

However, none of this mattered much to the Golden Dragon. He would not interfere in the struggle between humans and the various temples. He took Lucia to Anselm Province to see Lucia would choose to use divine power to achieve her goals.

They will likely side with officials loyal to the Farolyn Empire, using the Farolyn Empire's power to undermine the divine authority's suppression of imperial power.

Of course, he hoped that Lucia could conquer this province. If she could do that, she could start by gradually taking over the surrounding provinces and, in a few years or a decade, become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire.

The Golden Dragon Griffin let Lucia fly onto his back, and he carried her to the Anselm Province in the Farolyn Empire.

The young dragon Lucia wanted to refuse, but the Golden Dragon Griffin saw through her thoughts and told her to jump onto his back without feeling humiliated.

The young dragon agreed.

The brave Leion and Evelyn were carried by the Green Dragon Drummond, but they did not receive the treatment of a young dragon. Green Dragon Drummond held them with his dragon claws as they flew.

All the Pure-Blooded Dragon present followed Lucia to the Anselm Province of the Farolyn Empire.

On the way to Anselm, the Golden Dragon Griffin asked the young dragon Lucia what she thought of the struggle between royal power and divine power.

Griffin's question reminded Young Dragon of something Lance once said: that the so-called struggle between divine and imperial power was actually just some petty, power-hungry, and control-hungry clergy in the temple using divine power to try to rise above the masses.

The imperial family simply didn't want to be controlled by such worthless clergy.

Those clergy who wanted to supersede imperial power would invoke their divine authority to accuse such individuals of blasphemy and placing themselves above the gods if they discovered them within the imperial family.

Young Dragon remembered that she asked Lance how the Emperor of the Empire should resolve this situation.

Lance grinned and said that if this happened, he would just beat the Pope of the temple, who was obsessed with control and liked to make accusations, to death, saying that he was squandering divine power and using divine power for his own benefit.

Or go to the temple and debate with the Pope in front of the gods and statues to see if the gods will respond to the Pope or clergy.

She silently kept Lance's words in mind.

She felt that Lance's words could resolve the conflict between divine and imperial power.

She also learned for the first time that the thoughts of the temple clergy were not the thoughts of the gods.

Gods are not interested in worldly power.

If the existence of imperial power truly displeases divine authority, then the entire world should be a divine kingdom, instead of the current situation where there are kingdoms and empires where humans govern and develop their own nations.

Yes, Lance said that too.

Therefore, the young dragon was not afraid of the clergy of the Farolyn Empire's temple at all.

If the temple clergy dared to invoke the gods, she dared to ask the gods in front of the gods and their statues whether the gods had instructed the temple clergy to suppress imperial power.

"It is not a struggle between divine and imperial power, but rather a situation where some clergy members of the temple, who have lost their ideals and faith, are using the power of the gods to suppress and control the imperial family. These temple clergy members who have lost their ideals and faith are blaspheming the gods, trying to drag the holy and untainted gods into the mortal world and defile their divinity."

All I can do with these clergymen is punish them on behalf of the gods, making them sweep the streets.

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Is the war between divine right and imperial power really understood in this way?

How did this seemingly simple-minded Your Highness Lucia come up with the idea of separating clergy from gods and divine authority?

If Your Highness Lucia's idea were to spread widely within the Farolyn Empire, those clergy members of the various temples who wanted to suppress imperial power would be in serious trouble. The people of the Farolyn Empire would subconsciously question the temple clergy. Goodness, this is exactly the same as the various temples misinterpreting the Farolyn Empire's policies towards the temples! No wonder they've eaten the Wisdom Fruit. Dragon Knight Hella, Warrior Leion, Evelyn were also shocked by the young dragon's words.

There has always been an invisible struggle between royal power and divine power, between imperial power and divine power.

Generally, when there is a contradiction between the two, people subconsciously feel that offending the clergy of a temple is the same as offending the gods. Once this idea arises, there is almost no way to resolve it.

However, now, His Your Highness the Little Regent has severed the relationship between the temple clergy and divine authority and the gods by saying that they have lost their ideals and faith. In this way, the conflict between royal power and divine authority, and between the emperor and the gods, becomes a conflict between the royal family, the royal family and individual temple clergy.

In this way, the people of both the kingdom and the empire would naturally be more willing to stand on the side of the kingdom and the empire.

Unexpectedly Your Highness, this Little Regent (little ancestor) is quite capable.

They dare not provoke the gods, but they certainly dare to deal with clergy who have lost their faith.

Several Pure-Blooded Dragon also considered the destructive power mentioned in the young dragon's words, and it seems that Your Highness Lucia has chosen to stand on the side of the Farolyn Empire.

Instead of choosing to stand on the side of the temple.

In that case, the clergy of the various temples are likely to suffer greatly.

Very well, I never expected to see such a spectacle while following this Your Highness.

As Pure-Blooded Dragon, I love to cause trouble and also enjoy watching others cause trouble.

If it involves a temple, then it becomes even more interesting.

I wonder if Your Highness Lucia can outmaneuver the clergy of the various temples in the Farolyn Empire.

"How long will it take to get to Anselm Province?" the young dragon asked the Golden Dragon Griffin.

"It will take about five days. Of course, if Your Highness Lucia doesn't rest and can adapt to high-intensity flight, it will only take three days to reach Anselm Province."

"Three days! I want to appear in Anselm Province within three days!"

Time is of the essence, her whereabouts have already been exposed, and given Lance's abilities, he will likely appear in the Holy Light Domain soon.

Then, through the Holy Light Empire, they can find out her latest whereabouts. She must become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire before Lance finds her! Therefore, not a moment can be wasted, and she cannot become the emperor of the Farolyn Empire slowly.

"Clear!"

The Golden Dragon Griffin grinned and increased its flight speed.

Seeing this, the other Pure-Blooded Dragon also flapped their wings and increased their speed.

Two days later, without sleep or rest, the Golden Dragon Griffin carried the young dragon into the territory of the Farolyn Empire. On the morning of the third day, Griffin and the young dragon entered the Anselm Province.

"Now that we've arrived at Lucia's Your Highness, we're at the Anselm Province. Are you heading to the city where the Anselm Province's administrative hall is located, or to the Martial God Temple?"

"Take me directly to the Martial God Temple." The young dragon instructed the Golden Dragon Griffin, then turned to the Dragon Knight Hella Hela not far away. "Hela, go to the Anselm Administrative Hall and have the highest-ranking official of the Anselm Province come to the Martial God Temple to see me."

Upon meeting the highest-ranking officer, tell him directly that the Emperor of the Farolyn Empire is waiting for him at the Martial God Temple. If he doesn't come, forcibly bring him to the Martial God Temple to see me.

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Dragon Knight Hella Hela grinned. This little princess really didn't take the officials of the Farolyn Empire seriously. Moreover, she felt that this little Your Highness had become even more arrogant after entering the Farolyn Empire. Every move she made revealed that this empire belonged to her. The problem was... she wasn't the emperor of the Farolyn Empire. Wait, this little princess said she was the Imperial Princess. Goodness... could she really be the Imperial Daughter of the Farolyn Empire?

That's impossible.

It seems highly unlikely.

"I'm afraid I can't manage on my own."

"Drummond, take Ackerman and Hela with you to the Anselm administrative hall. If the Anselm Chief Administrator attacks you, say that you are followers of the Emperor of the Farolyn Empire and kidnap him directly to the Martial God Temple."

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Your Highness Lucia wants them to play the role of a dragon for a cameo? It's not that they think Your Highness Lucia's behavior is even more violent than a dragon's. "Understood."

With the Dragon God standing up for this Your Highness, they really didn't take the humans from just one province seriously.

They dared to confront not only the humans of the provinces, but even the Martial Gods of the Martial God Temple.

With the Dragon God protecting them, how dare a mere Martial God slaughter them?

"Go."

"Okay."

Dragon Knight Hella, accompanied by Green Dragon Drummond, Shadow Dragon Ackerman, and two Blue Dragon, headed to Anselm's administrative hall.

On this day, the people of Anselm Province saw the dragon, which had disappeared for a very long time, reappear.

What shocked them even more was that these dragons made no attempt to conceal their presence, flying openly over major cities in the province.

They flew directly towards Ansel City, the provincial capital.

The most eye-catching of them all is a Golden Dragon.

Upon witnessing this scene, the priests of the temples in various cities hurriedly relayed the news to the main temple in Ansel City.

Having spent some time in the Anselm Province, the Golden Dragon Griffin flew directly to the Martial God Temple in the center of Ansel City with his young dragon.

Finally, above the Martial God Temple, the Golden Dragon Griffin roared and descended from the sky, appearing at the temple entrance under the watchful eyes of many clergy and temple knights.

After landing, he looked down to reveal the baby dragon on the dragon's back.

"Summon the bishop of your Martial God Temple to come out and see me," the young dragon said to the clergy and knights surrounding the Martial God Temple.

"I am the bishop of the Martial God Temple. May I ask who you are? Why do you descend upon my Martial God Temple in this manner? Do you wish to humiliate my god?"

A middle-aged man with a full head of blond hair stepped past the group of temple knights and appeared before the young dragon.

"I am the Emperor of the Farolyn Empire. Do you intend to bypass imperial authority and directly control the Anselm Province? To turn the Anselm Province into your private domain?"

"???"

Emperor?

Emperor of the Farolyn Empire?

How could the emperor of the Farolyn Empire possibly appear in the Anselm Province?

Would the major temples in the capital allow her to run around freely?

If she weren't the emperor of the Farolyn Empire, she wouldn't be qualified to appear on the back of the Golden Dragon.

Not to mention that this one is a pure-blooded Golden Dragon.

"How can you prove that you are the emperor of the Farolyn Empire?"

"No proof is needed. I say it is, and that's it. You just need to tell me, do you want to be a law-abiding clergyman with ideals and faith, or do you want to use the influence of the gods to seek personal gain and carve up the empire's territory?"

The bishop of the Martial God Temple ' face immediately turned ugly. No one had ever dared to question him like this, nor had anyone dared to speak to him in such a tone.

Even if he had signed Dragon Knight Contract with a pure-blooded Golden Dragon, he should not have been humiliated like this in front of so many clergy and temple knights!

"Impersonating the Emperor of the Empire is a capital offense! Insulting the Temple Bishop and trespassing on the Temple of the Martial God Temple are heretical acts. Do you want to be sent to the Tribunal?"

The cardinal questions the young dragon.

"Whether I am guilty or not, let the God of War be the witness. If the God of War says I am guilty, then let the God of War punish me. If I am innocent, then I will ask you, the bishop who worships the God of War, in front of the Martial God Statue of the God of War, whether you have used the power of the gods to seek personal gain!"

If so, you have a much better chance of getting into the tribunal than I do!

The young dragon Lucia leaped off the back of the Golden Dragon Griffin and walked directly to the cardinal, meeting his gaze with a firm expression.

The surrounding clergy and temple knights dared not make a move, because there were still five Pure-Blooded Dragon nearby.

If they take any action and are misunderstood by these dragons, the Martial God Temple might be destroyed.

Moreover, the girl's words left them speechless. This human girl was actually going to confront the cardinal in front of the Martial God Statue!

They were aware of the conflict between the temple and the empire.

As clergy and temple knights, they naturally did not want to be restricted by imperial power and naturally wanted to enjoy the privileges that came with divine authority! However, some temple knights did not think this way. They believed that their existence was merely to protect the divine might of the God of War.

"Arrogant! You think you can summon the God of War?!"

The cardinal wished he could slap this seemingly simple-minded girl to death. Who did she think she was?

Do you really think you can summon the God of War with just a few words?

He had been a cardinal of the Martial God Temple for so many years, yet he had never witnessed the God of Martial God appear.

"I just want the God of War to judge whether I am guilty, or whether you, a temple clergy member who has lost your faith and ideals, are guilty."

After the young dragon finished speaking, it didn't give the cardinal a chance to refute it, and walked directly past the cardinal into the temple.