A few days later, the meeting hall of the Dark Holy See headquarters in Turin City.
All the senior officials were present, and something exciting seemed to have happened. Everyone's faces were filled with joy, and even the usually calm Bishop Vieri in black was a little moved.
Because they got a piece of good news from the new pope who had just returned to the Holy See. It was great news. It had extremely important strategic significance for the future of the Holy See.
Hurricane Lord Seghart, who had always been unwilling to have anything to do with the Dark Holy See and deliberately avoided any contact with the two parties, had a 180-degree change in attitude. Not only did he invite the Pope to Dream Paradise, but he also took the initiative to apply for an alliance.
Of course, the Dark Holy See accepted it without hesitation. This is something they have been working hard for but have never been able to achieve.
This powerful ally will give the Holy See a solid support in the gray restricted area. Even if it encounters any crisis in the future, it will have greater capital.
But it came too easily and too suddenly. Cardinal Terrence couldn't believe it and said: "Your Majesty the Pope, Lord Seghart really voluntarily proposed to form an alliance with us?"
Sitting on the Pope's chair, Ye Ling has once again put on the mysterious mask. The image created by the mask, coupled with his performance in the past few months, has given him the aura of an emperor in the eyes of the senior officials.
His tone was extremely majestic: "Yes, is there any problem?"
Bishop Josephine in blue said cautiously: "Your Majesty the Pope, we just find it strange. May I ask how Lord Seghart is willing to take the initiative to form an alliance? Does he have any special reason?"
Naturally, Ye Ling would not tell the truth about Seghart's disapproval of these old guys for being short-sighted and unable to become powerful allies. He smiled slightly and said: "No, but he played a game of chess with me."
Everyone was stunned for a moment and asked almost at the same time: "Play chess?"
Ye Ling nodded and said: "Yes, that is a very complicated chess game, and it won't end until dawn!"
At this time, the black bishop Vieri spoke up: "Your Majesty the Pope, I think that neither you nor Lord Seghart lost in that game of chess, right?"
As expected of the wisest man in the Dark Holy See, he guessed it immediately. Ye Ling praised: "Archbishop Vieri, you really have insight into everything."
"No," Vieri shook his head and said: "That's because a few years ago, I, or another me, once played such a game with Lord Seghart! That game, another one
I defeated him, but I also lost at the same time!"
This sentence is very strange, but everyone here is very smart and quickly understood what Vieri meant. "The other me" naturally refers to Vieri's shadow soul demon. At that time, Vieri
Here, when he went to Dream Paradise to request an alliance with Seghard, he also encountered the same situation. In the absence of a pope, Vieri was vaguely the head of the Holy See and played the most important role in leading the future development of the Holy See.
, so Seghart also wanted to test him through a chess game.
However, Vieri's evil soul longed for totalitarianism, wanted to dominate the world, and was eager to advance on the road of development, even at the expense of allies. His thoughts were unknowingly revealed in the chess game, Segha
Seeing his wolfish ambition, Te naturally would not seek skin from a tiger, so he finally flatly rejected the request of the Dark Holy See. It was not until Ye Ling, a new pope with stronger dominance and completely different ideas from the Shadow Soul demons of the day, appeared that he changed his mind.
idea.
Speaking of which, Vieri's Shadow Soul Demon actually secretly hindered the alliance between the two parties, but even without his influence, it would have been difficult to impress the Hurricane Lord based on the Holy See's development strategy at the time.
Archbishop Vieri continued: "That chess game contains endless mysteries and changes. It is a reflection of the future of the gray restricted area. As long as you make a wrong move, you will be rejected by Lord Seghart. The other me of that day
, failed to see through the chess game, but His Majesty the Pope did it. I think it should be your unique vision and far-reaching foresight that made the lord agree and made him feel that the alliance with us would be beneficial and harmless.
I will nod in agreement!"
As soon as Vieri's words came out, everyone couldn't help but respect Ye Ling even more.
You must know that the black bishop is recognized as the wisest person in the Holy See. Even the Shadow Soul Demon was born from Vieri's soul. The two have the same memory and wisdom. Now he admits that the young new pope's
Wisdom is still above oneself!
The huge hidden danger of Shadow Soul that has been plaguing the Holy See has been eliminated, and the wrong development path has been corrected. Now even the stubborn Hurricane Lord has been conquered by him. In a few months, he has overcome countless problems. In this world, there are still
Is there anything he can't do?
Everyone has a feeling that the new pope is omnipotent. Just like the former pope they admired before, both of them are the kind of people who can change the world with their minds. What the new pope lacks now is the former pope.
That peerless power. However, with the current speed of his martial arts progress, it is only a matter of time before he becomes one of the strongest people in this star world.
Ye Ling added: "Oh, by the way, I have another thing to announce at this meeting!"
The word "announce" subtly illustrates some changes. Before he was just sent to the position of Pope, he did not have prestige. He was always cautious about doing anything and saying anything in front of high-level officials. Before that, the most he dared to say was
"I have another thing to discuss with you" rather than announcing it directly. The latter means that he has made a decision and does not need the approval of others at all. Because at this time, Ye Ling already has the authority of the incumbent.
Confident, he naturally felt that he was already the master of the Holy See and the supreme ruler.
The senior officials were not displeased at all. As Ye Ling's majesty grew day by day, they gradually got used to the tone of his speech, and thought it was natural. They just said: "Your Majesty, please speak."
"Now that everything in the Holy See has been decided, there shouldn't be too many things happening in the short term," Ye Ling said slowly, "I think I have to leave too."
The senior officials were taken aback. Gray-clothed Bishop Kit said tentatively: "Let's go? Your Majesty the Pope, do you mean..."
"I have some personal matters that I have to deal with, and I need to go back to the Glory Star." Ye Ling paused and said, "However, even if the trip to the Glory Star is over, I will not return to the Holy See for the time being."
Lucy also learned about Ye Ling's intention to return to the Glory Star, but she thought that Ye Ling was only returning to his hometown for a short time. But now his tone was very different from what she had imagined. She frowned and asked: "
Your Majesty the Pope, if you don’t return to the Holy See, what are your plans?”
"I have a new idea!" Ye Ling said leisurely: "After leaving the Glory Star, I will go to the ancient wilderness, and I may stay there for a long time in the future!"
"Ancient wilderness?"
Everyone was surprised when they heard this. This ancient wilderness is another big world in the star realm. It is connected to the Devil's Land and the Gray Forbidden Zone respectively. It is not composed of many planets like the Star Boundary Alliance. It is also a complete land, vast and vast.
This is especially true for the Gray Forbidden Zone, which is said to extend to the end of the star realm, and
The deeper you go, the more powerful the monsters are. In the deepest part, there are groups of demons dancing wildly. They are all S-level and above, even SS, SSS-level guys. Even a Chaos-level powerhouse will probably have to flee if he encounters a few of them.
The terrifying degree is second only to the battlefield of the battle between gods, and the ancient divine domain that is most severely affected by residual power.
Just as its name suggests, it is a barbaric land that has existed in ancient times. It is barbaric and desolate, and maintains a very primitive state of the ancient times. Although the civilization in the gray restricted area is not as good as the Star Alliance, it is still there anyway.
It can be regarded as a world dominated by humans, but the ancient wilderness is different. It is recognized as an area with the highest density of monsters and the most frequent star catastrophes. The probability of humans dying from monsters there is more than 40%.
In other words, at least four out of every ten people were killed by monsters. This is definitely an astonishing number. You can only imagine how serious the disaster of monsters was in the ancient wilderness!
There were also cities in the ancient wilderness, but the lifespan of these cities usually did not exceed fifty years before they would be destroyed due to monsters. A city that could exist for more than a hundred years was considered to have a very long life.
Generally speaking, as long as you are in the ancient wilderness, you will spend most of your life constantly fighting against monsters and surviving. This is the situation of human beings in the ancient wilderness.
No one understood the appeal of that primitive place. Lucy couldn't help but said: "His Majesty the Pope, why are you going to the ancient wilderness?"
Ye Ling took a deep breath and said, "I want to become... a super lord!"
There was a look of astonishment on the faces of all the senior officials. They originally thought that Ye Ling went to the ancient wilderness just for training, but they didn't expect that his ambitions were so big.
Due to the long-term severe disaster of Warcraft, the ancient wilderness is also in a state without a unified government. Unlike the gray restricted area, it is easy to be eaten by others in the process of development. The big world is really too vast and has enough resources.
There is no need for everyone to rush to carve up the territory. Many strong men who yearn for power and rule will go to the ancient wilderness to carve out a territory of their own and proclaim themselves kings. However, in the ancient wilderness, people are more accustomed to calling such emperors lords.
.
Since anyone can make himself a king, the ancient wild territories are dotted all over the place, and there are so many lords that it is not rare at all. As long as you have some ability, you can go wherever you want to live the life of a local emperor.
Although there were many lords in the ancient wilderness, people were still used to dividing lords into several levels based on the size of their territory and armed forces, namely small lords, large lords and super lords.
Small lords can be divided into more detailed levels one to six. For example, a first-level small lord is at best similar to a bandit leader, consisting of three hundred or so ragtag subordinates. The territory he controls is usually as large as a small village.
The armed strength of a sixth-level small lord will not exceed ten thousand people. Most of his subordinates are of average strength. There may also be a small proportion of elites. The territory is generally similar to that of a town or small town.
Those who have an armed force of more than 10,000 people and less than 30,000 people, whose territory reaches the level of a medium-sized city, and who have a certain elite force under their command can be called a great lord. Of course, this is only the level of a seventh-level great lord.
An eighth-level great lord must have an armed force of more than 30,000 and less than 60,000 people, including a relatively large number of elite forces, and the territory must be a large city.
As for the ninth-level great lords, their armed forces are generally between 60,000 and less than 100,000, with a higher proportion of elite forces. One or two super strong men must be in charge and establish two big city-level territories before they can be considered
Qualified as a ninth-level lord.
Lords above the ninth level are collectively called super lords. Super lords must have a huge armed force, complete legal and power mechanisms, are similar to governments or kingdoms in all aspects, and must have more than three large cities.
Qualified to call himself a super lord.
Of course, this is just a conventional division. In fact, there are many special cases. For example, if a certain lord is a super strong person, or if he is assisted by a super strong person, even if he has fewer men and a smaller territory, he can still make his
The lord level is one or two levels higher than the conventional classification rules, and it depends on the actual situation.
In the ancient wilderness, the number of small lords, large lords and super lords decreases with the level. Small lords are countless and account for the vast majority of the proportion. Large lords are much rarer, only a few dozen. As for super lords,
They are very rare. There are only nine in the entire ancient wilderness. However, the super lords have the ability to control wind and rain. They are the protagonists in the ancient wilderness.
Of course, becoming a super lord is an extremely difficult task. It is not easy to survive the disaster of Warcraft in the ancient wilderness, let alone develop. Some territories may have developed for decades, and suddenly encountered a
A catastrophic disaster may result in complete destruction or a heavy blow.
, returned to before liberation overnight, so in the thousands of years of history of the ancient wilderness, there were only nine super lords, and most of these super lords had a solid foundation of hundreds of years. Now Ye Ling claims to
Becoming a super lord naturally shocked the senior officials.
This task may not be easier than restoring the glory of the Dark Holy See!