Evil Dragon: The young dragon I picked up keeps planning on becoming an empress

Chapter 823: Chapter 463: Bishop, I Dare to Confront You in Front of the Martial God!

Griffin, taking Lucia with him to the Anselm Province of the Phalan Empire, had his own thoughts. The people of Anselm Province worshipped the Martial God, hence the region was known for its fierce folkway and martial culture, with bravery and integrity branded into their very souls.

Even in this region, the struggle between Divine Authority and Imperial Authority played out in both overt contention and covert sabotage. During his stay in the province, Divine Authority was suppressing Imperial Authority.

He felt that the new Emperor of the Phalan Empire was actually very capable, but after a few imperial decrees targeting the Temple left the Imperial City, they were misconstrued by some of the Temple Clergy, who then conveyed the twisted decrees to the citizens of the Phalan Empire.

This resulted in varying degrees of rebellious sentiment across the provinces of the Phalan Empire.

However, these matters were of little concern to this Golden Giant Dragon; he would not intervene in human squabbles with the great Temples. Taking Lucia to the Anselm Province was to see if she would choose to utilize Divine Authority to achieve her goals.

Or if she would side with the loyal officials of the Phalan Empire, using the Empire’s power to break down the pressure of Divine Authority on Imperial Authority.

Of course, he hoped that Lucia would be able to subjugate this province. If she could, starting with this province, she could nibble away at the neighboring provinces, and within a few years or a decade, she herself could become the Emperor of the Phalan Empire.

Golden Giant Dragon Griffin had Lucia fly onto his back, and he carried her to the Anselm Province of Phalan Empire.

Young Dragon Lucia initially wanted to refuse, but Golden Giant Dragon Griffin read her intention and reassured her to hop onto his back without feeling humiliated.

The Young Dragon agreed.

Hero Leon and Evelyn were carried by Green Dragon Drummond, flying. However, they did not receive the same treatment as Young Dragon; Green Dragon Drummond held them in his Dragon Claws.

All the Pureblood Dragons present followed Lucia to the Anselm Province of the Phalan Empire.

On the way to Anselm, Golden Giant Dragon Griffin asked Young Dragon Lucia how she viewed the conflict between Imperial Authority and Divine Authority.

This question from Griffin reminded the Young Dragon of something Lance once said: the so-called strife between Divine Authority and Imperial Authority was, in fact, some Temple Clergy with petty minds, strong desires for power, and control ambitions misusing the force of Deities to rise above countless others.

The Imperial Royal Family simply didn’t want to be controlled by such refuse.

And Divine Personnel aspiring to rise above Imperial Authority, upon discovering such individuals within the Imperial Royal Family, would invoke Divine Authority, accusing them of blasphemy and attempting to ascend above all gods.

Young Dragon remembered asking Lance, how should the Emperor deal with such a situation?

Lance cracked a smile and said that in the face of such a situation, one should simply kill the power-hungry, hat-trick-loving Pope of the Temple, accusing him of squandering Divine Authority and using the power of Deities for personal gain.

Or go to the Temple, debate with the Pope in front of the Deity’s idol, and see if the Deity would respond to what the Temple Pontiff or Clergy said.

She silently took Lance’s words to heart at that time.

She felt that Lance’s words could resolve the conflict between Divine Authority and Imperial Authority.

And for the first time, she understood that the thoughts of the Temple Clergy were not the thoughts of the Deity.

Deities had no interest in secular power.

If the existence of Imperial Authority truly displeased Divine Authority, every place under the heavens would be a Divine Kingdom, not as it is now, with Kingdoms, Empires…

All lands where humans master their own development.

These words too were from Lance.

Thus, Young Dragon was not the least bit afraid of the Temple Clergy of the Phalan Empire.

If the Temple Clergy dared to invoke Deities, she would dare to ask the Deities’ idols face-to-face whether the Deities had instructed the Temple Clergy to suppress Imperial Authority.

“It’s not a battle between Divine Authority and Imperial Authority, but rather some Temple Clergy who have lost their ideals and faith using the power of Deities to suppress the Imperial Royal Family, to constrain the Imperial Royalty. Such Temple Personnel who have lost their ideals and faith are desecrating Deities, attempting to drag the holy and untainted Deities into the mortal world, blemishing the Divine Aura.

For these Clergy, what I can do is… punish them on behalf of the Deities, letting them sweep the streets.”

???

A war between Divine Authority and Imperial Authority… can it also be understood in this way?

It’s not…

This seemingly naive Lady Lucia, how did she come up with the idea to separate Clergy from Deities, and Divine Authority?

If Lady Lucia’s idea were to be widely disseminated within the Phalan Empire, then… those Temple Clergy who wish to suppress Imperial Authority… would indeed suffer greatly…

The people of the Phalan Empire would subconsciously start questioning the Temple Clergy…

Goodness…

This is somewhat reminiscent of how the great Temples misconstrued the policies of the Phalan Empire directed at them… It bears a cunning resemblance…

Worthy of someone who has eaten the Fruit of Wisdom…

Dragon Knight Hela, Hero Leon, and Evelyn were also shocked by the words of the Young Dragon.

There has always been an invisible struggle between Royal Authority and Divine Authority, Imperial Authority and Divine Authority.

In general, when there is a conflict between the two, people will subconsciously believe… clashing with Temple Clergy is clashing with Deities…

Once this thought arises, it’s almost unsolvable.

However, now with the Little Regent King’s words about the loss of ideals and faith… separating the relationship between Temple Clergy and Divine Rights and Deities, suddenly, the conflict between Royal Authority and Divine Authority, Imperial Authority and Divine Authority becomes a conflict between royalty and some individual Temple Clergy.