To Four Thousand Years Later

Everything was as Charles expected.

Except for the fact that the response of the high priests to surrender was too quick. Even Charles never thought about it... less than ten minutes after he opened the city, the high priests immediately surrendered to him. If Charles hadn't been able to see the yellow and light green names, I'm afraid he would really suddenly have the thought "I'm afraid you are not trying to murder me".

Among the eight high priests, only two had some reddish names at first. And after Charles accepted their surrender, their names also changed from red to yellow, and very fortunately became neutral. They even fabricated lies to prove the rationality of Charles' succession to the throne of the Holy King. Claims that Charles is Ahura's appointed savior and the third son of Zarathustra. The high priests even declared that "the reason why the diadem had not previously chosen any of them was because Charles had not yet come to Persia". These words not only diverted people's previous suspicions about the Datiaosi, but also made Mori's crime of regicide and paternity completely confirmed. Otherwise, how could the high priests have delayed choosing a new holy king? And it's impossible that Charles bribed the high priest, a small king from Frank, how could he control almost all the high priests without coming to Persia? The possibility of Charles being able to do this kind of thing is probably lower than the possibility of directly penetrating Persia. Today's Chosen King Charles has already defeated the high priest Mori, and executed the rebellious regicide and patricide before the arrival of Tainai.

"If there were not two traitors among them who were greedy for mortal power and went against Ahura's will, the priests should have knelt outside the city to welcome the news before Charles came to Tessiphon. It quickly spread throughout Persia. Even Charles admired their strong desire to survive. After such news spread, it was really difficult for Charles to attack them. After all, the "traitors" among them It has already been eradicated by Ahura himself, so as the holy king appointed by Ahura, how much does it mean to eliminate a few more by himself?

Is it that you don't believe in Ahura Mazda, or can you provide evidence that they have apostate again? They are among the people who clearly promote the correctness of your rule. You have denied their identity. Should we also deny their remarks?

This is undoubtedly a lose-lose move. therefore. While the high priests worked hard to promote the correctness and sanctity of Charles's reign, they were kept alive by it.

After all, in politics, there is no "one person". It's "one voice"; so they don't have to kill a person, they just have to remove an obstacle. Charles knew that they were wise men, and the high priests naturally knew that King Solomon was also wise.

As a result, the two sides reached a tacit understanding like an accomplice. This is in stark contrast to the Gothic nobles next door. As for the high priests, if Charles' identity is ignored...his arrival has solved a major hidden danger that may lead to the collapse of Persia. They don't want Haisang to become the new holy king, but Ahura also doesn't allow them to serve Mori who is too belligerent. But after they faked the death of Kawad VI, they have been unable to get the crown for a long time. This is no longer a question of growing doubts in the country. Even many saints began to wonder if none of the high priests of this generation had been recognized by Ahura. Even though they were right...the High Priests couldn't possibly admit it. But these days, they let their private soldiers and foreign mercenaries rush underground twice, trying to kill Kawad VI. But they were all beaten back by those holy guards.

Thus, the high priests fell into a stalemate.

If they want to use the military power of the whole country to take the initiative to attack Mori, they must be mobilized by the Holy King and formally deprive Mori of all priesthood; if they cannot do this, they must wait for Mori to attack Tessie on his own initiative. Sealed, in the name of anti-defense counterattack in the name of overstepping the command of the country's military power.

But if they really wait until Morrie is ready... can they really hold it? What if some of the people who bought them spread the truth when Morrie came back?

This is an unsolvable cycle. If you want to defeat Mori, you must mobilize the national military; to mobilize the national military, you must let Mori attack Ctesiphon first; . At that time, it would not be so simple to defeat Mori.

But the only force that can crush the underground holy guards and forcibly win the holy crown is in the hands of their enemy Mori. So there is no way they want to end this vicious cycle.

The only way is foreign aid.

Charles has already killed Morrie, as long as he kills the Holy King again, everything will be dead without proof.

Even if Charles learned the truth at that time, so what? He is now the next generation of Saint King, and it is impossible to help Saint E clean them up in turn. These high priests are all his supporters and supporters—at least on the surface.

Without the support of the high priest, he will directly lose control of the priest class, and then lose the right to claim.

If Baal ignored him.

"So, here is Kawad VI?"

Charles asked the high priest beside him.

His tone was calm, and he couldn't hear what it meant. And because the windows were crucified, the dim ambient light made it impossible for the high priest to see Charles' expression.

However, the aged high priest did not look up at all.

He just nodded immediately, and replied in an old but steady voice: "Yes, Your Majesty the Holy King. Your Holy Crown is right below." But... there are many thugs below. You'd better ask more people to go with you to be safe. ’ the high priest advised in a low voice.

He glanced at the configuration around Charles, very worried. The venerable King Solomon, with nothing but his queen and Solomon's Tupin governor, wanted to enter the basement...not even armed.

But that's fine too. After all, they are unarmed and will not be considered enemies. Maybe he can improve his memory and come up safely—of course, it's not a big problem if he doesn't come up. The high priest bent down respectfully, watched the three people go down, and smiled silently. It doesn't matter if King Solomon can kill the holy king, or be killed by the holy king; he can come up. It doesn't matter if you can't come up.

All in all...a good thing.