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Chapter 198: King Barry of the Storm Kingdom!

From the beginning, Su Nan had noticed that Barry was a formal knight.

An eighteen-year-old formal knight of the Storm, this meant he was greatly favored by the God of Storms.

In addition, he appeared with Tarik, the royal debt officer, making their relationship quite strange.

So, Su Nan guessed his identity.

Presumably, this new king of the Storm Kingdom was seeking aid from various places.

The Storm Kingdom is different from ordinary kingdoms; it's where various holy war armies first conquer a country, and then the leaders of these armies gather together and suddenly realize, 'We seem to be missing a king.'

Thus, everyone together uses contracts and agreements to elect a king.

In the Middle Ages, a king didn't necessarily mean a despot.

He more often represented a powerful noble family leader and a symbol of the kingdom in a religious sense.

It can be said that in the mindset of the Middle Ages, every country had to have a king, just like a person's body had to have a head.

Therefore, the power of the Storm Kingdom's king didn't come from his powerful army or personal strength, but from the contracts and agreements signed by all the great Storm lords, and the special religious status of the king in religious views.

This was the foundation of the Storm Kingdom king's core power; all his subsequent rights were developed from this foundation.

Of course, in recent years, the kings of the Storm Kingdom have liked to portray themselves as the legitimate heirs of the Eastern Human Empire.

You should know that the authority of the Eastern Human Empire's emperor came from the religiously significant universal emperor, and the absolute autocratic power recognized by the people of the Eastern Human Empire.

Even within the same country, if the power of the Storm King could be transformed into the power of the Eastern Human Empire's emperor, the military strength gained by the Storm royal family would be significantly improved.

That would be a qualitative improvement.

Tarik coughed, and the young King Barry then restrained himself, saying to Borgia and Su Nan: "I didn't intentionally hide my identity."

"Now the situation in the Storm Kingdom is turbulent. I can only use various reasons to go to various territories, asking the lords of each place to contribute to the kingdom and resist foreign enemies together."

Borgia gave the young king a suitable salute.

Su Nan merely nodded.

However, because the Storm Kingdom's royal family is routinely ignored by the local feudal lords, Barry and Tarik didn't have any objections to this.

Borgia said: "I didn't expect the king to come to Baron Peter's territory. I was really too rude just now."

"Your Majesty."

"I am honored to meet you. May the Storm Lord in heaven bless you and help you overcome all difficulties."

"You are the ruler of the God-Human family of the Storm God in the mortal world. I believe the Storm God will bless you. I once again express my apologies for my rudeness to you just now."

Barry quickly waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter."

The young king didn't have much sophistication yet, so he didn't consider whether the king's authority would be damaged if he directly asked for help and was rejected by Borgia.

He directly said to Borgia: "Bishop Borgia, Stormwind Fortress will soon be besieged by the Bulgars for the third time. I want to ask you to send church troops to support us."

"In the name of the king, I want to conscript you."

Borgia glanced at Su Nan, and seeing that Su Nan was expressionless, he said to Barry: "Your Majesty, is this the meaning of Archbishop Morcilini?"

Barry shook his head blankly. "No."

This young king, who had been thrust into a crisis, didn't realize the underlying meaning behind Borgia's question.

Su Nan was a little surprised by this; he hadn't expected that Stormwind Fortress, as the headquarters of the royal family and the Storm Church, would be left to face the third siege by the Bulgars.

Su Nan immediately understood Archbishop Morcilini's possible plan.

Archbishop Morcilini was both a member of the Storm Church and a person from the Platinum Commercial Republic.

He had been strengthening his motherland's interests within the Storm Kingdom.

As long as the church armies in various places didn't support Stormwind Fortress, the Storm royal family would have to ask the Platinum Commercial Republic for help.

In this way, his motherland would get the greatest benefit.

Su Nan sighed imperceptibly; the enemies of the Storm royal family were united, with the Bulgars in the north and the Nicomedia Empire in the east, but the Storm Kingdom was internally calculating against each other.

Whether it was the church or the dukes, they were waiting for the royal family to beg them, exchanging temporary military assistance by damaging the king's legitimate power.

And the Storm Lords in various places didn't have much desire to protect the capital.

Su Nan was thinking that perhaps he should find a way to cut ties with the Storm Lords.

If he stayed on this rotten ship of the Storm Kingdom, he didn't know what would happen.

Borgia Frederick immediately lost his pitiful appearance of asking Su Nan for help; at this moment, he faced King Barry, who was asking him for help, with a look of holy majesty. The bishop's gorgeous clothes added to his sacred aura.

"Then I am very sorry. Your Majesty, without Archbishop Morcilini's order, I cannot arbitrarily transfer church troops to Stormwind Fortress."

"Moreover, as you can see, the Achaean Peninsula has now been invaded by evil vampires. Our branch churches must focus on the Achaean Peninsula, and there are also some scattered enclaves of the Nicomedia Empire on the Achaean Peninsula."

"We still need to fight against those heretics who believe in the God of Law."

King Barry eagerly argued: "But the kingdom is about to be ravaged by the Bulgars. As the bishop of the church, you can't ignore it."

Borgia glanced at Su Nan again, and after confirming Su Nan's meaning, he said to him: "Compared to secular wars, the war of souls is more severe."

"Eliminating heretics and vampires is the church's primary task."

"However, in order to help you, I can help Your Majesty collect an additional six months of church tithes on the Achaean Peninsula and transfer this fund to Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, please be sure to defeat the powerful enemy! Defend our kingdom!"

Even the young Barry knew Borgia's intention to refuse at this moment, especially since Borgia was at least prepared to give him half a year's tithes to save face.

King Barry had no choice but to sigh.

He had tried his best, secretly going to various territories, and had even been to the Latin Duchy of Thessalonica, wanting to get the help of the Duke of Thessalonica's army.

But it was all like this.

The lords of various places, for the sake of his king's face, would agree to give him a little bit of insignificant help, and then send him away.

"Then thank you, Bishop." Barry sighed and looked at Tarik in a low voice: "Now, we can only go to the Achaean Peninsula again and see the attitude of the Duke of Achaea. Hopefully, we can get some more troops from the Duke."

Tarik said in a low voice: "The hope is not great."

"However, the pleasant surprise is that Count Peter's gift of 70,000 gold coins allows us to hire some mercenary corps."