Chapter 40: The Authority of a Superpower Nation
The World Government is not a single entity; it is divided into three parts.
One is the World Government in the usual sense, with the Five Elders standing at the peak of power. Each of them is an elite among the Celestial Dragon elites.
From a young age, they receive the most top-tier education, taught, learned, and cultivated by the most outstanding teachers in various fields. After multiple layers of selection, they occupy important positions within the World Government.
Another is the Celestial Dragon Council, composed of Celestial Dragons, representing the vast majority of Celestial Dragons.
Finally, there is the "Holy Knights," entirely composed of World Nobles, the World Government's highest military organization, and the Celestial Dragons' enforcement body.
The Celestial Dragon Council can enact Celestial Dragon law. The most representative aspect is their ability to appoint and dismiss Celestial Dragons.
Being a Celestial Dragon is a symbol of status. As long as the Celestial Dragon Council passes it with a vast majority vote, a Celestial Dragon status document can be issued.
Possessing this document signifies having the status of a Celestial Dragon, remaining a Celestial Dragon for life, and enjoying the authority of a World Noble.
However, this does not mean their descendants can also become Celestial Dragons. When they die, this status document will be destroyed.
Over the past eight hundred years, only a handful of people have been able to become Celestial Dragons: Kings of Member Nations, Fleet Admirals of the Marines, and powerhouses who have made great merit.
The descendants of those powerhouses eventually became loyal servants of the World Government. Through this method, the bloodline of powerhouses is preserved, supplementing the World Government's foundation.
Every member of the "Holy Knights" possesses formidable strength and is a top-tier powerhouse among the Celestial Dragons. Each member can be said to be a candidate for the Five Elders.
The Five Elders and the Celestial Dragon Council are different, although both are Celestial Dragons.
But one represents the interests of the World Nobles while also representing the interests of the World Government, while the other only represents the interests of the World Nobles.
Their position dictates their actions.
Their position determines their perspective, which leads to conflicting ideas.
Their interests conflict. In the past, the World Government was completely controlled by the Celestial Dragon Council, and the Five Elders were merely their appointed representatives.
However, after so many years, the Celestial Dragon Council's control over the World Government has declined.
Today, the Five Elders stand on the same side as the "Holy Knights."
Not only do the Five Elders originate from the Holy Knights, but both the Five Elders and the Holy Knights represent the true elite of the Celestial Dragons.
Naturally, this creates a gap between them and the vast majority of their peers, who are as perverse as pigs, making them seem like two different kinds of beings.
Among the Celestial Dragons, the elite constitute only a tiny fraction of the vast population. They are also divided into three types.
One type doesn't strive for it but possesses supreme authority.
One type has no interest in strength or has only chosen strength. Some members of the Holy Knights are like this; they do not have the qualifications to become Five Elders.
The last type is like the Five Elders, balancing strength and wisdom, existing at the very top of the Celestial Dragons, capable of directly accessing the World Government's greatest secret—That Person!
The World Government's action against the Kronos Kingdom can only represent the will of the Five Elders and some World Nobles, not the will of all World Nobles.
The Kronos Kingdom also has close connections with some World Nobles, such as the Fiorella Family, the Ruwens Family, the Ferland Family, and so on.
The twenty Kings who founded the World Government nearly eight hundred years ago still have their kingdoms existing after their entire families migrated to Holy Land Mariejois.
Many clever families indirectly control these kingdoms using bloodline connections.
Families like the Donquixote Family, who directly abandoned their entire kingdom and gave it to former servants, are a minority.
The Kronos Kingdom has close trade relations with the kingdoms controlled by these families.
In fact, one King even married a Celestial Dragon, having a marriage alliance with the Fiorella Family.
With such connections, gaining the recognition of some Celestial Dragons is very easy.
In terms of bloodline connections, the direct lineage of the Tartarus Family also possesses the bloodline of World Nobles.
If he wished, Hades could absolutely become a Celestial Dragon.
If they wished, every generation's Patriarch of the Tartaros Royal Family could be a Celestial Dragon.
Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, the Kronos Kingdom possesses such strength, and the Tartarus Family has such influence.
This was also a promise given to the Kronos Kingdom by some World Nobles in the past.
This is also the Kronos Kingdom's backup plan, although it might require paying a price.
However, they wouldn't do this. First, the situation hasn't reached such a dangerous level.
Even if they were to become Celestial Dragons, it would be the entire Tartarus Family becoming Celestial Dragons, forming a new Celestial Dragon Family.
And this is not permitted by the Celestial Dragon Council.
Celestial Dragon law explicitly stipulates that the twenty royal families who founded the World Government shall be hereditary and unchanging forever, and their number shall never increase.
Because of this, the Kronos Kingdom has never feared the World Government's provocations. A superpower nation possesses such foundation.
Furthermore, the Tartarus Family only has partial support among the World Nobles, and many are repelled by them.
Over the past eight hundred years, due to development, the various Celestial Dragon Families have inevitably developed disparities. Some remain strong, even growing stronger.
Others have weakened, residing at the bottom tier of the World Nobles.
Regarding the Tartarus Family, whose strength is no weaker than that of the World Noble Families, their hearts are filled with extreme repulsion and fear.
The many terrifying superpower nations among the factions on the Great Sea are all entities the World Government wants to win over yet is extremely wary of.
And the contradiction is this:
The World Government wants to gain the strength and support of the superpower nations, eliminating a huge threat, yet it cannot give them what they truly desire.
It should be known that nearly eight hundred years ago, among the twenty kingdoms that founded the World Government, their basic factions were generally weaker than the Kronos Kingdom.
Many could only be considered powerhouse nations. However, while the Kronos Kingdom did not participate and merely observed,
they were decisive enough to become one of the most glorious members of that era, establishing an immortal foundation!
Upon learning this news, Hades was extremely shocked. He hadn't expected that one could become a Celestial Dragon later in life, and that it was within his reach.
However, he wouldn't do this because there was no need. For the Tartarus Family, this was merely a backup plan, and nothing more than a backup plan.
(end of chapter)