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Chapter 1049 - 535 Becoming the Imperial Emperor (End)_2

Chapter 1049: Chapter 535 Becoming the Imperial Emperor (End)_2

Even if the Duke of Pulphaz became the Emperor, Louis XI would have torched him the next moment.

The Archbishop of Cologne dared not offend Ivita and could only say to him, "I’m sorry, Lord Ivita. We are also keen on you becoming the Emperor, but within the Cologne Archbishopric, we have our own views and opinions. In our internal vote, we stood by our traditional allies, but this does not mean that the Archbishopric of Cologne has any objections to you. Perhaps next time we will cast our votes for you."

"After all, you are so young, while the Duke has already traversed much of his life’s journey."

Ivita nodded at him. "I understand, you don’t need to pay back the money."

"My lord Duke, please be patient."

Ivita had anticipated such situations long before, as the Electors with voting rights always liked to switch allegiances at critical moments.

Or rather, had this not happened, he would have found it odd.

But it didn’t matter.

If the votes really went to the Duke of Pulphaz, there was nothing he could do. Elections, unlike the stable system of monarchical succession, were prone to various outcomes.

However, the throne would still end up in his hands. A newly enthroned Emperor, who was targeted by the Frankish people, would hardly survive for half a month— all he needed to do was to give matters a small push.

Ivita continued to observe the voting results. The next results were bizarre. The Stone Angels placed their votes in a fire basin, and as the votes burned, the results appeared in everyone’s hearts to ensure their authenticity, leaving no room for doubt.

The Potzstan Kingdom surprisingly cast its vote for Ivita.

Following that, the Kingdom of Ximimia gave its vote to the Duchy of Pulphaz.

Thereby, the Saxon Kingdom became the deciding factor.

The spokesman for the Saxon Electors, a middle-aged man adorned in various lavish garments and exquisite ornaments, glanced at Ivita, then turned to the Duke of Pulphaz. "The Duke of Pulphaz is more familiar to us..."

"Compared to him, Lord Ivita makes us feel alienated and fearful."

The Duke of Pulphaz displayed a look of ecstasy. He hadn’t expected Ivita’s interference to unwittingly bring him closer to the throne than ever before.

But this was precisely the difference between electoral succession and primogeniture.

In an election, anything could happen, and even the best-laid plans could go awry.

The Saxon Kingdom’s spokesman said, "But I’ve just contacted the Red Queen, and she told me to abstain."

The Duke of Pulphaz could not contain himself after hearing this; he had just dreamt of becoming the Emperor. "Why?"

The spokesman from the Saxon Kingdom looked back at the Duke of Pulphaz and said, "I don’t know. The motives of the Red Queen are enigmatic. Now it’s three against three."

"The deciding votes will come from the Allied Races of the Empire."

The Duke of Pulphaz immediately became agitated. The Allied Races of the Empire had always had a good relationship with the Emperor but only a mediocre relationship with the Electors.

Indeed, the Allied Races were more like other races joining the human Empire to gain protection.

Therefore, they did not want to get involved in the internal politics of the Empire; besides interactions with the Emperor, they rarely communicated with the Electors or other lords.

This left him at a disadvantage, no, he would be in a much weaker position.

Because according to the usual voting patterns of the Allied Races, they would only choose a stronger Emperor who could better protect them. They wouldn’t have the mentality of the Electors who might intentionally choose a weaker Emperor to maintain a stronger position within the Empire.

Crucially, the Duke of Pulphaz realized he might have offended Ivita too severely on his own.

He glanced subconsciously at the three Kingdom Electors and the three Archbishops equivalent to Kingdom Electors, noticing their smiles.

His heart sank instantly.

This was... intentional by the Electors.

He had been tricked.

The Electors knew they had to choose Ivita as Emperor but did not want to lose their initiative, thus they deliberately guided this play along ambiguously.

And in this process, the only sacrifice was he—the Duke of Pulphaz.

After the Emperor ascended to the throne, the Electors had to give the Emperor a target to prevent him from targeting other Electors, and the best way was to push one of the Electors forward to attract the Emperor’s attention.

Sweat covered the entire forehead of the Duke of Pulphaz.

He had just been drawn by the throne, and had stopped thinking, truly believing he was incredibly close to the Imperial position, but now it seemed he had never been close to the Empire even a step.

He was pushed out by his own allies, made a sacrifice.

Damn that Archbishop of Cologne!

The Duke of Pulphaz then realized that the Archbishop of Cologne was not voting for him as the Emperor, but rather as a scapegoat.

The election continued, and the Duke of Pulphaz was already sweating profusely, sitting uneasily, afraid to look at Ivita.

To Ivita’s surprise, Duke Gugel unexpectedly cast an auxiliary vote for Ivita, and the other two, the Elf Kingdom and underground overlord Zor Elves, immediately cast their votes for Ivita as well.

These Elves didn’t know much about Ivita personally, but it didn’t matter as long as Ivita’s war record was impressive.

They didn’t harbor the crooked thoughts of humans; they just wanted an Imperial Emperor to appear again and grow strong to protect the Empire.

Zor and the Elf lords nodded slightly to Ivita, who responded with courtesy.

The two parties were already planning to establish a long-term stable relationship.

The dwarves, after hesitating momentarily, also chose Ivita, their hesitancy revealed through mutterings that the witches had once massively turned them into stone beings, so they were somewhat averse to magic and were also worried that Alsace would have the dwarves tirelessly crafting weapons for them.

However, the Three Hammers Alliance finally voted for Ivita.

The Heart Stolen Demon Empire’s vote also went to Ivita; they almost had no understanding of the material world, and the air of the material world was even toxic to spiritual beings, so they directly voted for Ivita, who had the most votes, to avoid hassle.

The six Sacred Wizards of the Empire gave no face to anyone, indeed they abstained from voting.

At last, the voting results of the three thousand princes leaned towards Ivita, and so they chose Ivita as the Emperor.

Thus, Ivita obtained seven auxiliary votes, tying with the Duke of Pulphaz in the Electors’ votes but overwhelmingly superior in the auxiliary votes.

Every stratum of the entire Empire had made a decision, selecting out the Emperor of the Empire.

After the voting results came out, various beautiful music resonated throughout the Empire Building, the Stone Angels flew to the Empire Building’s ceiling, as blue as the real sky, starting to play their instruments.

A Sixteen-winged Stone Angel suddenly burst into divine flames, the sacred fire so spectacular, he flew to the ceiling, taking from the Creator-symbolic divine hand the crown hanging atop.

Then, he flew down from the sky.

Marvelous sacred music resounded around.

"Our Emperor, you have been chosen by the God of All Things, you are a favored child in the eyes of the Creator. From this day forth, all intelligent beings shall be under your protection, whether they be in the Magic Black Forest or other multiverses." The Sixteen-winged Stone Angel held up the crown and knelt on one knee to Ivita, for once Ivita became Emperor, his status would be second only to the God of All Things, above all other gods and humans.

Even the most powerful angels must kneel before the Emperor of the Empire.

The Sixteen-winged Angel said to Ivita, "You should feel proud, you are the Emperor elected by the Creator and the people, not simply because you descended from a particular lineage or who you are."

"You are an Emperor elected by the people and also chosen by the Creator."

"From today, you will be the protector of all humanity and all intelligent life forms."

"Likewise, you also hold jurisdiction over them."

"Take your crown, then go to the capital of the Empire, to accept the cheers of all the citizens of the Empire and reaffirm the people’s choice of you."

"Emperor."