The witch thought I am a Demon God

The Principality of Lorraine fell into the hands of Alsace. Using Wilson's body, Ivita could use a compromise to control the entire Principality of Lorraine.

In the next month, Ivita's main goal is to digest the Principality of Lorraine and sign alliance treaties with the three major republics. In this way, she can integrate her several scattered countries into one unified force. .

What's more important is bribing the seven electors and the church.

In the palace of Alsace, Ivita said to Tartax: "Strictly speaking, the seven electors can only choose the king of the Holy Empire. Only by being crowned by the church can he become the emperor."

Tartax said: "The church seems to have other thoughts. After all, the youngest son of Oyo III is also the adopted son of Pope Innocent III."

"The church may be tempted to make that man an emperor."

Ivita sneered. "How is that possible? There are constant conflicts between the Pope and the electors. The electors would not want to choose the Pope's adopted son."

Tartax said: "There is also the issue of the electors, although we have bribed seven electors, as well as the Marquis of Regenburg."

"The three bishop-electors obviously want to be independent from the church, but also keep the empire parallel to the church to maintain their dignity and rights, so they are indeed interested in you."

"But the remaining four secular electors each have their own opinions. They want to be emperors themselves, and they can indeed elect themselves as emperors. Even if they do not want to elect the monarch of their own country as emperor, they must at least choose A weak emperor appears."

"Those weak princes will become their first choice."

Ivita frowned. “What are the weak options?”

Tartax frowned and said: "There is the Marquis of Agenberg and the Count of Gutenberg. These two princes are princes with weak families. Even if they become emperors, they are only in name only. They are secular electors. They seem to want them to be emperors more."

Ivita chuckled.

He was so careful that he would not let anyone pick the peach away.

Tartax said: "These two princes seem to want to visit you. They seem to think that you must not be the emperor, so they want to reach a treaty with you to share interests and gain your support."

Ivita nodded.

He is too powerful.

For the church elector who likes someone to protect them, it may be good to say that he still has a reputation as a pilgrim, and he is naturally favorable in the eyes of believers.

But in the eyes of secular electors, once they are elected emperor, the imperial power will expand to a very powerful level, and it is possible to end the privileges of these electors and other ordinary princes.

These secular electors will resist themselves with all their strength.

Tartax said: "Your Majesty, do you want to accept their visit?"

Ivetta raised her eyebrows disdainfully. "Let the Hearthstone Witch secretly kill this count and that Marquis. The Hearthstone Witch is good at this."

"Now you just think these two are dead."

"Do you think there are other candidates that the electors would choose?"

Tartax looked up at Ivita in astonishment, and then he realized that the emperor was dead and order was vacant. The current order in the Holy Empire was almost only maintained by a few powerful countries. Alsace had become a part of this empire. The largest power in the world, secretly killing several monarchs of small countries who have not yet become emperors is like picking something out of a bag.

Tartax thought for a while and said: "There are still five monarchs of the country, the first two are the most likely..."

Ivetta stopped him and said, "I don't need to know the names. Wilson."

Wilson emerged from the darkness like a ghost. "Your Majesty, I am here."

Ivita said to him: "Ask Tartax for the list of these five countries, and then kill their monarchs. Your immortal power is connected with my magical power, so the laws of those countries are The backlash cannot kill you, and you have the most powerful physical body in the magical black forest..."

"You're good enough to kill them easily."

Wilson said without any hesitation: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. If you don't complete the task, I will be sorry for you."

Ivita looked at Tartax. "Tell me, do those electors have any choice now?"

Tartax smiled bitterly. "With our current resources, we can already obtain the throne by force."

"Then I will ask the Marquis of Regenburg, who was bribed by us, to convene an imperial meeting again to discuss the election of the emperor."

Bribing the Marquis of Regenburg is simple, promising that the center of the Imperial Parliament will always remain in Regenburg, and that Regenburg's special status will never be reduced within the empire. The family that rules Regenburg will naturally welcome Ivita's arrival.

With the emperor dead, Ivita has become a powerful force within the empire.

After they left, Ivita summoned the Tomb King who had returned from the battlefield. The Tomb King looked up at Ivita on the throne. "Your Majesty, this is the closest you can get to the highest power in the world."

Ivita laughed. "King of the Tombs, how is Frank now?"

The Tomb King said: "Half a month ago, the Frank Empire tore up the alliance treaty with us and openly declared war on us. Now they have trampled their credibility into waste paper. Countries all over the world despise them. They themselves Subjects will also question why their country is so shameless."

"So what about the emperor's direct territories?" Ivita asked what she was most concerned about. The emperor had direct territories within the empire. As long as he became the emperor, he would have the right to obtain these imperial territories.

It's just that the emperors of the Holy Empire in the past dynasties continued to sell their privileges and territories in order to obtain the help of the princes, which resulted in the imperial territory becoming dispensable.

This is mainly because the emperor has been attracted by the illusory name of the empire for a long time. Not only does he go to the Boots Peninsula, the birthplace of ancient civilization, for his coronation, he even wants to take back the Boots Peninsula and fight against the wealthy countries on the Boots Peninsula.

The emperors of the past dynasties were so divided and focused on foreign countries instead of their own country, which naturally led to a decline in power. By the time the emperors reacted, it had become a fait accompli.

The Tomb King said: "The national ideology spread by Frank... one nation and one country, tore apart all the emperor's direct territories and principalities."

"After the emperor's death, those countries with different language groups that were forcibly connected by one emperor started to fight for independence. They may split into more than a dozen countries. The narrative structure of the nation-state is destroying the empire."

"With the emperor's death, the emperor's direct territory became the first to suffer. Even if we get back the emperor's direct territory later, I am afraid that the territory and population will not be the same, and the situation will no longer be the same during Oyo III's lifetime. "

Although she had expected it, Iveta also sighed when she saw things turned out like this.

"Frank's army is still raging in the empire and has launched attacks on the four kingdoms. If the electors don't want to choose me, they can only choose me. This doesn't allow them to think."

Seven days later, an imperial meeting was held in Regenburg. Such frequent imperial meetings had already represented a huge crisis in the empire, and the simple institutions of the Holy Empire were gradually unable to cope with this crisis.

The behavior of frequently convening parliaments will become fixed over time, and external pressure will force changes within the empire.

In the Imperial Parliament, the representatives of the four secular electors all had dark faces, because in the seven days before the parliament was held, those they regarded as candidates for electing the emperor died one by one. Now they are like flies without their heads. Don't know what to do.

The most critical thing is that the Frankish Empire tore apart the empire. The army raged in the hinterland of the empire and attacked four kingdoms at the same time, the Kingdom of Potsdam, the Kingdom of Silemia, the Kingdom of Saxony, the Kingdom of Alsace, and the Principality of Palatinate.

However, because of the death of the emperor, the empire completely lost the possibility of concentrating its strength to resist, and was gradually disintegrated. Each country was watching itself fall into decline, becoming a puppet and vassal of the Frank Empire, and even being swallowed up.

The Marquis of Regenborg and Ivita looked at each other, and they had a clear understanding of each other. The Marquis of Regenborg took the initiative and said: "Everyone, we have entered a very dangerous moment. If we don't unite, we will never have the chance to unite again." . Now the empire must choose an emperor, who must be able to lead us to defeat the Franks and extinguish their arrogance."

The Archbishop of Mainz still looked like a moral model. He spoke out in support: "The only one among us who has clearly defeated the Franks and made Louis XI give up his enemies is the monarch of Alsace, Ivey. Your Majesty Ta."

"He is indeed fit to be emperor."

The Archbishop of Münster said: "Your Excellency Ivita has a good relationship with the church and a good relationship with the electors. Moreover, the Alsace family has been the royal family of the Holy Empire for a long time, and now the empire is returned to the Alsace royal family."

"It seems normal."

"The most important thing is that the empire needs someone to maintain it. The best candidate for this maintenance person is Lord Ivita."

They were all paid, so the church electors praised Ivita to no end. In just a few words, they confirmed that Ivita was the only candidate and the hope of the empire.

Ordinary princes, republics and independent cities, as well as those standing knights, all involuntarily favored Ivita in their hearts.

The Archbishop of Cologne suddenly asked Ivita: "Your Excellency Ivita, if you become the emperor, will you harm the freedom and rights of the major vassal states in the empire?"

Ivita stood up from the seat of ordinary princes in surprise, and walked very naturally to the center of the Imperial Parliament, to the center of power of the empire, and to the location of the electors.

"Why does the Archbishop need to ask this? It is my responsibility to protect the freedom and rights of the princely states."

Ivita knew that the other party was taking a precautionary measure to prevent her from suddenly turning her back and beginning to exploit the rights of the major princes in the empire after she ascended the throne.

But Ivita also wants to ascend to the throne of God first.

As long as you have the position of emperor, you can turn around and blackmail these princes. It would be easier than now.

The Archbishop of Cologne salutes Ivita. "Your Majesty, with your words, I know who our emperor should be."

The four representatives of the electors next to them all had dark faces, watching Ivita singing and drinking with the three archbishops.

The four Elector representatives looked at each other.

Now they still have a way to break the situation. As long as they vote all their votes for any one of them, Ivita can be eliminated.

but……

It is almost impossible for them to do so.

There are constant conflicts between the four secular electors and they have incomparable hatred. It is impossible for them to help others.

In addition, now the empire is indeed facing a crisis, and the four secular electors are deadlocked in silence.

The first person to break the silence was Duke Pfalz.

He suddenly spoke and asked Ivita. "The most suitable candidates to be emperor in the empire have died mysteriously. Your Majesty, what do you think about this?"

Ivita didn't want to answer.

"What does this have to do with me, I don't need to know."

Prince Pfalz laughed.

Everyone knows who did it.

The Duke said: "If your Majesty ascends the throne, how will your Majesty defeat the Franks? Will your Majesty let soldiers from other countries rush to the front line while your own troops hide behind?"

This is a very critical question.

If Ivita's answers were unsatisfactory, even the church electors would give up on him.

The elector representatives of the three major secular kingdoms suddenly shook their bodies and immediately looked at Ivita, waiting for Ivita's answer with all their concentration.

In this case, even if Ivita pleases them against her will and answers their questions, she will lose part of her own interests and fall into a passive situation.

Ivita sighed, is this what Oyo III once experienced?

As the emperor of the Holy Empire, he must always give his own interests to his ministers to gain their approval.

I don’t know when this weird situation started to become routine.

The emperor is always in a state of hesitation, but this time, he is not prepared to condone these electors.

Ivita looked at Duke Pfalz coldly. "What are you talking about? Almost half of your country has fallen into the hands of the Franks, and yet you are here talking to me about who should pay more?"

"What can I promise you? My Lord."

"I can only promise you what is within the scope of my duties. That is that I will help you restore your country, and then you can kiss my fingers and express your gratitude."

The whole audience fell silent.

Prince Pfalz suppressed his blush. "Ivita, how can you speak to the elector like this? Without you as emperor and someone else as emperor, my country cannot be taken back?"

Ivita nodded seriously. "Yes. Everyone here, who of you can do better than Oyo III, please stand up?"

"There's none?"

Ivita waited for a moment, and then said to the Duke: "Look, there is really no one."

The representatives of the secular electors gradually calmed down.