章 257: Chapter 256: Encounter with the Big Brother

Having finished reading the edict for the election of the next heir issued by the new Council of Elders of Red Castle, Russell was quite speechless. It was essentially the "Electoral Prince" system of Dragon Sleep Continent.

In Russell's ancient European homeland on Earth, the Holy Roman Empire, it initially was the seven Prince-Electors who contested for the position of Emperor.

Of course, the nature of the Prince-Electors in the Holy Roman Empire was the result of the decline of royal power and the rise of territorial lords.

It was somewhat similar to the Spring and Autumn and the Warring States periods, only without a unifying figure like Emperor Qin to consolidate all under heaven, and with the interference of religious factors, it was essentially one word — chaos. That's why Voltaire mocked the Holy Roman Empire as being neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

After getting over his initial shock,