Update time:2012-02-07

In a few years, when the Holy See thought that Augsburg had given up revenge, Augsburg carefully planned a revenge operation of unprecedented scale to fundamentally overthrow the Holy See.

They first took advantage of the momentum of the Holy See's witch hunt to spread rumors, making people believe that cats were accomplices of witches and messengers of evil, and they hunted and killed them on a large scale.

After the cats died in large numbers, the mice, which had lost their natural enemies, multiplied and spread at an unimaginable speed.

When rats became infested throughout Europe, the mages of Augsburg used a certain spell to induce a mutated plague.

It can be believed that they were trying to disperse the plague in several cities at the same time. As long as a few key points were connected, it could easily spread throughout Europe.

Therefore, the plague known as the Black Death was so violent, spread so quickly, and caused so many deaths, that it far exceeded people’s understanding of normal plague transmission and was beyond the capabilities of ordinary medical treatments.

The spread of plague will inevitably cause extreme panic.

People in panic are most likely to pin their helplessness on religion.

As usual, the Holy See will definitely take the opportunity to promote the grace and glory of God. Although they are helpless against this plague, it does not prevent them from taking the opportunity to preach. This is the common practice of all holy sticks.

When the Holy See used lies one after another to safeguard the authority of the Holy See and the dignity of God, the Protestants appeared at the right time.

It can be imagined that since Martin Luther launched the religious reform, he has been promoting his own theories in an attempt to compete with the Holy See. However, he lacked money and power and it has been very difficult to promote the new theories, although he once borrowed money from Augsburg.

Money was used to maintain the promotion of doctrine, but based on Augsburg's attitude towards the Holy See, he would never be interested in the promotion of Martin Luther's doctrine.

But when Augsburg decided to launch retaliatory actions against the Holy See, they must have contacted the Protestants headed by Martin Luther as soon as possible and proposed a support plan, but required the Protestants to cooperate with their actions.

The Protestants may have known that Augsburg was the real culprit of the Black Death, or they may not have known that they were only accepting Augsburg's help for their own benefit, but in any case, the two sides reached an agreement.

When the Black Death threatened the survival of the entire Europe, the Protestants appeared in various cities with the therapeutic drugs provided by Augsburg. While helping people fight the plague, they also spread the Protestant doctrines and easily won a large number of believers.

Correspondingly, the Holy See

The nobles and wealthy businessmen were particularly angry about this. During this period, the sales of indulgences increased by at least fifty.

percentage points, but no surprise, the nobles who bought the indulgences did not waste any time.

So when the Protestants were preaching, the nobles and wealthy businessmen who were angry at being deceived and deceived turned to Protestantism in large numbers faster than the common people. After they believed in Protestantism, they provided money, places and other conveniences to help the spread of Protestantism, and soon

A virtuous cycle was formed until the royal families of various countries began to have adherents of Protestantism.

This is also the main reason why the Holy See is so panicked that it wants to assassinate those Protestants. The massive loss of believers is as unstoppable as a landslide and has seriously threatened the dominance of the Holy See.

This series of profit-seeking activities are closely linked and precise, making people shudder to think about them.

It was not the Holy See at that time that connected these things, but historical scholars of later generations of the Holy See. However, they only inferred the above content from various relevant historical materials, but there was no real evidence for their evaluation.

At this time, the mages of Augsburg had already officially unveiled the banner of the Gelbhalstch Priory in Europe, becoming one of the most important magic forces in Europe.

But at that time, the Holy See did not bother to straighten out these contents.

Because the situation worsened after the Paladin's assassination operation failed.

The Protestants displayed the body of the Paladin to announce the despicable behavior of the Holy See to their believers and those who had begun to waver, making people aware of the Holy See's fear of Protestantism.

Why are they afraid?

Because Protestantism is the real master and the real spokesperson of God!

This further intensified the trend of believers converting to Protestantism.

The Holy See became even more nervous and began to suppress Protestantism through various channels, including using its relationship with the royal families of various countries to persecute Protestants.

Although there are a large number of nobles and wealthy businessmen in the Protestant religion that has gathered a large number of believers in a short period of time, it is far from enough to penetrate the royal family.

This is also the main basis for the inference that later researchers suspected that Augsburg was the mastermind behind the scenes. We must know that Augsburg, with its abundant financial resources, has exerted an unimaginable influence on the royal families of various countries. For a long period of time,

Over time, there were even instances where the source of royal military expenditures for both warring parties came from loans provided by Augsburg. So when the two sides fought to the death and suffered bloody blows, they each looked back and were shocked to find that their mine castles had been destroyed.

Marked by Augsburg, what are they fighting for?

With the influence of Augsburg, if it is really the behind-the-scenes supporter of Protestantism, there is no reason not to pave the way for Protestantism in the royal family.

But some conspiracy theorists have put forward further inferences - not helping the promotion of Protestantism in the royal family is itself a huge conspiracy in Augsburg, in order to create more bloody conflicts and turmoil, and further shake the rule of the Holy See.

Base.

The basis for this conspiracy theory inference is the subsequent development of the situation.

The suppression of Protestantism by royal families in various countries has aroused serious dissatisfaction among Protestants. Protestants held gatherings, attacked Catholic churches, and even rioted under the banner of Protestantism.

This confrontation reached its peak with the bloody October serial assassinations.

In October 1571, assassinations occurred one after another that shocked Europe. The targets of the assassinations were all the backbone of the Holy See, such as cardinals and archbishops.

This is a shocking event in both the secular world and the magical world.

Each cardinal was a highly qualified mage, but he died one after another under the sword of an assassin, as if he were a helpless monk.

In extreme panic, the Holy See further intensified its crackdown on Protestants and adopted more bloody methods.

A protracted and bloody religious war broke out between Protestants and Catholics, which reached its peak after St. Bartholomew's Night.

In order to end the all-out civil war caused by religious disputes, the Catholic French royal family at that time married Princess Marguerite de Valois to the Protestant secular leader King Henry of Navarre. But this was a long-planned and purposeful plan.

The massacre. Just as everyone was celebrating the wedding, all the bells in Paris rang, and a massacre against the Protestants began. The whole of France was bleeding like a river, and this set off a long-lasting turmoil.

The long religious wars lasted until the Protestant victory and Henry ascended the throne of France, creating the end of the Bourbon dynasty.

At this time, the Holy See's power had shrunk rapidly and it could no longer maintain its dominance in Europe. In order to survive and fight against the aggressive Augsburg, it had to reach an agreement with the Wizards' Guild for joint rule.
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