Day 1

In those days, Germany was divided into three countries. The first included Switzerland, Baden-Wurttemberg, and Rhineland-Palatinate-Saarland. The second included North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg-Bremen, and Hesse. The third was Austria, Bavaria, Saxony, Berlin, and the rest of East Germany. All three countries were given a Governor and each individual region had a Lt. Governor. A Regional Governor covered 5 countries. In this case, Regional Governor Ferdinand Hashberg was given control over the Netherlands, three German countries, Italy, and several regions within Eastern Europe that hadn't been incorporated into a single state. These unincorporated regions were Czech, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. He styled himself the new Holy Roman Emperor despite not being holy, roman, or technically an emperor.

In Prague, the Lt. Governor of Czech, Vilem, appointed by Ferdinand, came before the Czech Parliament. "The emperor has declared freedom of religion shall only pertain to the true and rightful Christian Church in Rome under Pope Barney," Vilem said. "The emperor reserves the right to persecute the fuck out of anyone else. So, prepare to have your heretic Luthorite churches, homes, and people burned. The emperor would rather have all of your lands burned than suffer another day of your heresy."

Parliament was outraged and proceeded to arrest Vilem in a mock trial. "We sentence you to be thrown out that window," the Czech Prime Minister, Frederick, pointed out.

"A second-story window? Please," Vilem rolled his eyes.

Members of Parliament then grabbed ahold of him and threw him out the window where he landed in a large pile of shit that had been specially transported to the parliamentary building for this occasion. Parliament then elected Frederick as their new Lt. Governor equivalent. The news of this quickly reached Emperor Ferdinand in Munich. "This is war," he declared.

Rome

The cardinals came together to discuss Emperor Ferdinand's antics. "He's at it again, burning Luthorite churches, homes, and people," Cardinal Marco brought up. "In obvious violation of the Constitution."

"A Constitution written by men," Cardinal Lucio said dismissively. "Religious freedom is not Christian teaching."

"Go on," Pope Barney allowed.

"The Old Testament kings that were evil tolerated religious pluralism that included idolatry. The Old Testament kings that were righteous did not tolerate any idolatry. Therefore, we should not tolerate heresy, apostasy, idolatry, or atheism in our lands," Cardinal Lucio argued.

"Christian faith cannot be coerced," Cardinal Marco disagreed.

"There is a difference between disincentives and coercion. There are many nominal heretical Christians that keep their mouths shut and won't face any punishments until their final damnation in hell," Cardinal Lucio said.

"There is a fine line between disincentives and coercion," Pope Barney considered.

"Emperor Ferdinand has a duty to his faith above the Constitution," Cardinal Lucio said. "We obey God, not men."

"And the emperor, so to speak, must obey me," Pope Barney pointed out.

"If we allow the emperor to violate religious freedom, what stops the Luthorite leaders from doing the same to us?" Cardinal Marcus asked.

"What does it matter? In time, we will own the entire world," Cardinal Lucio predicted.

"When we are not in power, we will argue for religious freedom and tolerance," Pope Barney ruled. "When we are in power, we will eliminate heresy, apostasy, idolatry, and atheism with extreme prejudice."

"Yes, Your Holiness!" the cardinals all said at once.

Czech

Frederick marched his troops to Pilsen, blew through the walls, and sacked the city. He then demanded a large ransom from Emperor Ferdinand to not burn it down. In response, Emperor Ferdinand told Frederick to go fuck himself. The city was then burned to the ground with Papists fleeing westward to the border. A Papist army from the east, heading towards Prague, was stopped and defeated at Caslav.

With this, the Luthorite sector began to expand around Prague. The Luthorite army headed south with the intent to besiege the town of Budweiser. The Papist army intercepted, defeated, and forced the Luthorites to retreat. However, the Papist army suffered a massive defeat at Dolní Věstonice.

At this time, Frederick communicated his intent to rebel and requested the support of Luthorite allies. The Netherlands, Saarland, and Romania joined in the Luthorite rebellion while Saxony decided to stay neutral.

Day 2

Vienna

Pope Barney addressed the Lt. Governors of Bavaria, Austria, and Poland. "You will follow my strategy to contain the rebellion in Czech. Regional Governor, Ferdinand, you have my support to quell the rebellion."

"Thank you, Your Holiness," Ferdinand said gratefully.

"Vienna is in danger. Defend the city at all costs," he said to them.

"Yes, Your Holiness," they replied.

The Luthorites, under Gen. Forn, began a siege on Vienna but forget to bring proper siege weapons. A Papist army defeated a Luthorite army at Sablat. Gen. Forn was now cut off but was suddenly reinforced by the Romanians. However, the Polish moved into Hungary and headed toward Romania. Freaked out, Lt. Governor Gabe of the Romanians retreated back home and Gen. Forn was forced to withdraw.

Day 3

Prague

Ferdinand signed a peace treaty with Gabe to get him to stop raiding Austria and stay within his own borders. Pope Barney enlisted Prince Mon to lead troops into battle against Prague. The Luthorites set their army on a mountain slope giving themselves the high ground but little space to escape if they needed to. Lt. Governor Maximillion of Bavaria took the lead.

"We should attack now," he said aggressively.

"I like it," Mon smiled.

Despite there not needing much urgency, Lt. Governor Maximillion ordered the Papist army to engage the Luthorites uphill. The Papist army fired all of its cannons at once and then charged forward. Mon led from the front but put in minimal effort as per usual. The Luthorites didn't even recognize him on the battlefield. The entire Papist army was sent uphill. They would have been stopped by the Luthorite reserves if not for Mon being spotted within the ranks. Panicked, the Luthorite army retreated in a disorganized manner. A pocket of Luthorites continued to fight even as they were surrounded. Mon gave them no quarter wanting to see them fight to the last man.

Mon then led the Papist army into Prague, apprehended the Luthorite rebel leaders, and personally executed about fifty of them in the town square. Frederick fled the city and found his way to the Netherlands. The revolt was supposedly over.

Day 5

Mon led the Papist armies in the Wimpfen destroying the Luthorite army there. Mon then proceeded to Höchst where he inflicted heavy casualties on the Luthorite army there. The remaining Luthorite commanders fled into the Netherlands. In response to the Netherlands' support of the Luthorites and for their own gain, the Spanish declared war on them. France, dealing with its own rebellions, remained neutral. The Spanish army defeated the Luthorites at Fleurus and took control of Belgium.

Day 6

Mon instantly teleported his Papist army against the Luthorites at Stadtlohn at the German/Dutch border. The Luthorites were caught by surprise and were quickly routed. Mon ensured the near destruction of the Luthorite army there.

Pope Barney then negotiated a truce between the European nations via hologram communication inside the Vatican. Before him were all the European Governors and Lt. Governors involved in the conflict. "The Spanish shall withdraw from the Netherlands with assurances that the Netherlands will not support Luthorite armies ever again," Pope Barney ruled.

"In accordance with the Constitution, the Netherlands will continue to grant religious freedom to its subjects," Governor Maurice said boldly.

"If your conscience allows it," Pope Barney permitted. He turned to the Spanish Governor, Philip. "Do I have your obedience in this matter?"

"Yes, Your Holiness," Philip agreed.

Day 7-8

Lt. Governor Christian of Denmark was generally pissed off at this point. He had considered himself a king his whole life and he owned significant possessions in northern Germany. When the trio of Kara, Mon, and Brainiac 5 restructured Europe, he was demoted to a mere Lt. Governor, forced to serve under Governor Guss of Scandanavia, relinquished his claims to Germany, and lost his personal fortune. Even though he was given the relatively high rank of O-7, it was nowhere near what he had before. With Mon still not utilizing his awesome powers in warfare, Christian believed he had a chance to win and proceeded to invade northern Germany to get his lands back and to advance the Luthorite cause.

The Danish army made its way into northern Germany but soon realized it was being chased by Mon's army at incredible speed. Christian retreated to the north but quickly discovered he would be overtaken. He decided to stop and fight near Wolfenbüttel. Using a river as an obstacle, Christian took a defensive position.

Mon consulted with his German generals before the attack. "Our armies have about the same number of men, but the Danes have more canons. They also have the river as a defense," his generals informed him.

"Send the armored units across this bridge and at this point to outflank them on both sides," Mon pointed at the map. "The Danes may have more artillery but they're dumb as fuck. I'll teach you how to use our own properly. Once we have fucked them up pretty good, we'll move forward and gain a foothold on the other side of the river," Mon ordered.

"Yes, Your Highness!" the generals agreed.

Mon taught the artillerymen to fire more accurate shots blasting holes in the Danish army. The counter-artillery fire from the Danes was largely ineffective. Armored units outflanked the Danes in a double envelopment. The Danes retreated as the Papal army crossed the river. The Danish artillery pieces and supply trucks were captured as the Danes fled.

Day 9

With Mon chasing them, the Danes scrambled back to their previous border. With them safely across the border, Mon turned his sights on another target. He oriented his army towards the rebels in Stralsund.

Day 10 Stockholm

A Luthorite bishop named Olaf came forth to visit King Guss, the Governor of Scandinavia. King Guss, as of late, appeared sickly, confused, and unable to govern. A Brainiac 5 drone was present to make the real decisions. "My Lord, Father Olaf is coming. He's a herald of woe," Brainiac 5 informed King Guss. "He's not welcome."

"The courtesy of your hall...is shit of late, King Guss," Olaf critiqued.

"Why should I welcome you?" King Guss asked, barely able to talk or lift his head.

"A just question, my liege," Brainiac 5 agreed. "Late is the hour in which this heretic chooses to appear."

"Be silent, drone. I have not passed through fire and death to hear your bullshit," Olaf said scornfully. Olaf then pointed his bishop's cane at Brainiac 5. Moving past Brainiac 5, Olaf came before King Guss' throne. "Too long have you sat on your ass. I release you from Rome."

King Guss merely laughed at Olaf. "You have no power here, heretic."

"I will draw the papacy out of you as poison is drawn from a wound," Olaf said to Guss while pointing his staff at him.

"If I go to war, we all die," Guss protested.

"Be gone, cowardice and sloth," Olaf declared and then smacked the king with his staff. Olaf fell off his throne drunk as fuck. "Get the fuck up," Olaf ordered and then threw him a sword.

Olaf looked over his sword and remembered that he was once a badass before Brainiac 5's manipulations. Olaf got back to his feet, eyed Brainiac 5 angrily, and then swiped his head off with his sword in front of all his nobles and knights. "The Swedes shall fight."

At Stralsund, a large Papist army led by Mon headed to the fortress city. The defenders were trapped on all sides except for the Baltic Sea to the rear. Every man, woman, and child was given armor and weapons to defend the city. A few thousand Swedes wearing perfect armored uniforms entered the fort by sea. "I bring word from Stockholm. An alliance once existed between Swedes and Danes. Long ago, we fought and died together. We come to honor that allegiance," Swedish commander, Leslie, said.

"You are most welcome," Danish commander Holk replied.

"We are proud to fight alongside men once more," Gen. Leslie said condescendingly.

"Well, okay then," Gen. Holk said taken aback.

The Papist army assembled against the fort but just out of range of a rifle. Suddenly, a Danish sniper fired on the Papist army taking out one soldier on the frontline. Mon signaled his army to advance forward rapidly. "So, it begins," Gen. Holk realized.

Papist artillery blasted the fort from all sides dumbfounding the defenders. The Papist army, at the same time, looked for weaknesses in the wall as they fired above. The defenders fired non-stop from above. Mon sent in skirmishes against the walls, but they were forced back with casualties each time. "Is this it? Is this all you can conjure up, Prince Mon-El?" Gen. Holk mocked.

Mon lazily fired a beam at the fort blasting a large hole through it. Debris from the blast flew everywhere against both sides. Papist troops flooded the hole but became blocked by an equally large Luthorite force defending. The sides pushed back on one another in a bloody stalemate.

"What can men do against such reckless hate," Gen. Holk said dismayed. Gen. Leslie and his Swedes were already all dead.

Meanwhile, the Luthorites audaciously exited the fort and overwhelmed the Papist front on their left flank. As the battle continued, it began to rain turning the ground into mud.

"Well...shit," Mon said as his troops and vehicles were getting caught in the mud. Mon considered blasting the city to nothing but thought better of it. He ordered the Papist army to retreat.

Day 11

Mon waited for the Luthorites to leave Stralsund and attempt to fortify the nearby city of Wolfgast. Before they could mount a decent defense, Mon attacked wiping out the Danish flank and retaking the town. The Danes fled on ship back to Denmark and were out of the war for a time.

Pope Barney proceeded to shut down his economic system in all Luthorite territories causing more to be disgruntled and rebellious.

Day 12-Stockholm

The towns and cities across Germany were in flames in a deliberate pattern as Mon went through them. The flames eventually reached the sight of Stockholm. "The Luthorites call for aid!" a messenger announced.

King Guss hesitated but then gave a resolute decision. "And Sweden will answer!" he declared.

There was a long awkward pause in the castle hall. "What answer, My Lord?" the messenger wondered.

"Ready the fleet, find as many men as can be found; we go to Peenemünde," King Guss ordered.

The Swedish warships arrived off the coast of Germany and began moving south. The Papist army contained them in the northeast German corner for a time.

Day 13

The Swedes advanced south with an even larger army creating tension in the region. Now, German Luthorites and Papists were unsettled by the Swedish foreign presence. However, King Guss acted as a general conqueror as he sacked Luthorite and Papist towns on his way. Mon ignored King Guss and moved his Papist army north towards Magdeburg where he proceeded to sack it.

"Your Highness, the army has breached the city. It is ours," a general informed Mon.

"Nice," Mon said pleased.

"The men appear to be engaging in arson, murder, looting, and rape though," the general said concernedly.

"Tell them to stop," Mon said half-heartedly.

After a long pause, the general came back. "They said no," he said flatly.

"Well...shit," Mon sighed as the city was nearly annihilated.

Day 14

Mon and King Guss faced off near Leipzig. King Guss had taken Berlin and now had a Saxony army as his ally. The Swedes outnumbered the Papist army in every category and had better artillery pieces. The Papist army was also rather tired from the murdering and pillaging they had done at Magdeburg. For defying his orders and being generally dishonorable, Mon secretly wanted his own army to be destroyed. He gave minimal assistance to the Papist army as the battle began.

The Swedes blasted the Papists with accurate rapid artillery fire. An armored unit proceeded to attack the Swedes on their own without orders. "What the fuck?" Mon wondered upon seeing them move forward. The Swedish armored units easily defeated the Papists and chased them back until they were annihilated.

"Move armored units to the left flank and then move the infantry in an oblique formation," Mon ordered.

The Papist army moved diagonally toward the left flank. The Papist army targeted the inexperienced Saxony army, avoiding the Swedes altogether. This proved successful as the Saxony army was easily defeated. The Swedes turned quickly, quicker than the Papist army could. King Guss made a speech as the Papist army was still a clusterfuck.

"Arise, arise, drivers of Sweden! A red day, ere the sun rises! Drive now! Drive now! Drive! Drive for ruin and the world's ending! Death! Death! Death!" King Guss shouted.

"Death!" the Swedish army shouted.

Mon eyed the professionalism and bravery of the Swedish army impressed. "Fire!" he ordered his army. "Fire at will."

The Swedes kept coming until they slammed into the Papist army. Meanwhile, Swedish armored units elsewhere captured the Papist artillery that had been left behind during their flanking maneuver. The Swedes turned those guns toward the Papist army. Another Swedish artillery force conducted a flanking maneuver on another side. Swedish artillery then blasted the Papist army from three different directions. In the chaos of battle, Mon was hit several times by Swedish artillery. Mon fired at the ground creating a huge amount of smoke and dust into the air.

Mon reorganized his forces but was still at a disadvantage. Elite Swedish forces moved forward forcing Mon into a defensive position. Seeing King Guss on the battlefield, himself, Mon teleported near to his position and lazily backhanded his armored truck causing it to tumble several times. Mon was immediately fired upon by the Swedish infantry with their rifles. As he waited for Guss to recover, Mon tossed armored vehicles around even as they continued to shoot at him. Mon was then suddenly hit with a grenade shell.

Guss fired a few grenade shells from his rifle creating explosions around Mon. Out of ammunition, he went for his pistol and fired at Mon's head with accurate shots. Unaffected, Mon playfully engaged Guss in hand-to-hand combat. Two armored trucks arrived on the scene and blasted Mon with sonic waves. "God damn," Mon hissed painfully from the sonic waves. Mon fell to his knees devastated by the incredibly loud sound. Finally, Mon fired one of the trucks blasting it to pieces. He then flew up and landed on the second truck smashing it. A helicopter then fired on Mon with machine guns and missiles. Mon fired on the helicopter where it crashed. The explosion roared around him.

Despite all this, Guss fired on Mon with his rifle to no effect. "Is that all you got?" Guss asked Mon.

Mon smiled at Guss' audacity and lightly kicked him sending him slamming against a tree. Guss fell in a heap disabled. Mon advanced on Guss to finish him off when his daughter, Christina, got in the way. "I'll kill you if you touch him," she said resolved.

Mon lightly pushed her to the ground not taking her seriously. "You shouldn't get between me and my prey," he told her off. Mon then grabbed her by the throat. "Fool, no man can kill me."

"I am no man," she gasped.

"Oh, we going to play semantics now?" Mon mocked.

"I'm a Papist like you but I'm a patriot first," Christina told him.

"Perhaps it should be the other way around," Mon scolded as he tightened his grip. "Does Mon-El have to choke a bitch?"

"I'm...homosexual," she gasped.

"Go on," Mon said intrigued.

"I have a harem of mistresses. Just imagine it," she said.

Mon smiled but then a sonic grenade landed near his foot. It went off stunning him. "What the fuck?" Mon asked annoyed. As Mon was distracted, Christine grabbed her sword and swiped upward through Mon's face. A shocked Mon released Christina and immediately teleported away.

Christina then crawled over to her fallen paralyzed father. "My eyes darken," he told her.

"No, I won't leave you here. I'm going to save you," Christina pledged.

"You already did. My body is broken. You have to let me go. I go to my fathers. In whose mighty company I shall not now feel ashamed. Christina...," he said and then died.

Christina and all of Sweden mourned his passing. With Mon gone from the battlefield, the Papist army retreated from the battlefield.

Day 16

Mon returned to the battlefield fully healed from his injury. Princess Christina had sliced his cheek, across his nose, and into his forehead. Unlike a Kryptonian who could rapidly heal and regenerate damaged cells on the spot, Mon needed medical intervention. Pissed off, he led the Papist army against the Swedes and destroyed their army at Nördlingen forcing the Swedes to withdraw from Bavaria.

That same day, King Louis of France consulted his Papist Cardinal on what to do. "Cardinal Rich, what should I do?" he asked him. "Should I fight on the side of my religion against these filthy heretics or advance my political ambitions at the expense of Spain and Austria?"

"You have already done enough to serve God by brutally persecuting heretics here in France. It's time for you to indulge a little," Cardinal Rich said.

"I didn't expect you of all people to say that. Aren't you supposed to be loyal to the pope?" King Louis asked confused.

"Loyalty to country first, faith second," he replied.

"Isn't it supposed to be the other way around...whatever...fuck it," King Louis said dismissively. "France now goes to war...with everyone...again!"

Day 17

French troops marched towards Belgium, still under Spanish occupation. Spanish King Philip found the French move to be quite vexing. "The fuck does he think he's doing fighting a fellow Papist country?" he asked outraged.

"He sees political ambition and economic power to be more important than his faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ," Cardinal Lucio said.

"Piece of shit," Philip said disdainfully. "Generals, French fries shall henceforth be called Belgium fries."

"Yes, Your Highness!" they shouted.

"It's our turn to sack Paris. Make it happen," Philip ordered.

The optimistic French were quickly defeated by the Spanish in Belgium. The Spanish chased them back to France and proceeded to sack Paris.

Day 18

A Papist army not led by Mon advanced north and was soundly defeated at Wittstock cementing Swedish control over northeastern Germany. In Rome, the cardinals discussed the progress of the war. "Are we winning? What is winning?" Cardinal Marco wondered.

"I don't think we're losing," Cardinal Lucio said uncertainly.

"Why aren't we kicking ass? Isn't that what Divine Providence is all about?" Cardinal Marco asked frustrated.

"For the Lord, a day is a thousand years and a thousand years is a day," Pope Barney reminded them.

"That sounds like the definition of unaccountability," Cardinal Marco said.

"It could be," Pope Barney allowed. "I seriously doubt the Luthorite rebels can keep this war up without my system. They're using all their weapon stockpiles and supplies from before my ascension."

"According to the Book of Judith, assassinating generals and leaders is sanctioned. We should start doing that," Cardinal Lucio said.

"Is the Book of Judith even canon?" Cardinal Marco asked as he furiously looked for it on his Bible app on his datapad.

"It could be," Cardinal Lucio shrugged.

"Even if the Book of Judith is canon, it speaks to a specific set of circumstances with a specific people in a specific time period," Pope Barney downplayed.

"Assassinating political leaders is still sanctioned under Romans 13:4," Cardinal Lucio insisted.

"You justify everything under that verse," Cardinal Marco scowled. "You would have had Jesus assassinate Pilate, Herod, and Caiaphas all in one day."

"All I'm saying is that we should be open to it and create a criteria for its application," Cardinal Lucio said. "Thousands of soldiers are dying on the battlefield and cities are being sacked."

"Expedient that one man should die for the people," Pope Barney sighed as he quoted John 18. "However, no doubt many Israelites were saved when David slew Goliath on the battlefield."

From that time henceforth, Emperor Ferdinand, French King Louis, French Cardinal Rich, Dutch Prince Henry, Czech King Frederick, and Danish King Christian all died within the month under suspicious circumstances.

Day 19

After Emperor Ferdinand died of suspicious circumstances, Pope Barney elevated his son of the same name to the regional governorship of the Netherlands, Germany, and Italy. In the Netherlands, Brainiac 5 crashed their economy by flooding the flower market and taking advantage of their still-existing capitalist system. To make matters worse, a Spanish fleet attacked and sank a Dutch merchant fleet.

Day 20

After a French victory in Rheinfelden against Austrian forces, Switzerland, an already rebellious country, was now on the side of the Luthorites. Pope Barney tested Ferdinand's skills on the battlefield. With a combined Austrian/Spanish force he defeated the Dutch at Antwerp. During this time, Patriarch Cyrill in Constantinople was warming to Luthorite theology. He had sent some of his priests to Switzerland to learn these new theological ideas. When asked to repudiate the Luthorites directly, he refused and remained silent. Pope Barney then gave the new Byzantine Emperor, Murad, permission to give Cyrill a suspicious death. After the war, Pope Barney then made Cyrill a martyr and a saint.

Day 21

The Swedes defeated the Papist army at Chemnitz and then proceeded to invade Czech to liberate them once more from Papist rule. The Dutch also defeated a Spanish fleet off their waters. At this time, Pope Barney negotiated the borders between the Byzantines and the Persian Empire. Murad of Turkey and Abbas of Persia stood before Pope Barney via holograms.

"Historically, Persia and Azerbaijan have been linked," Abbas brought up.

"It has nothing to do with their oil fields or dominating the Caspian Sea?" Murad mocked.

"I don't think the Turks should be trusted to govern the Armenians," Abbas said dryly. "Or Greeks, Syrians, or Lebanese, or Israelis, or...anything at all."

"You're bringing up a history that is over a thousand years old," Pope Barney said dismissively. "You no longer have ethnicities or political allegiances to land anymore. Your only allegiance is to me and the Holy Church."

"We haven't subscribed to your church yet. We still believe that Kara, peace be upon her, is a true prophet and messenger of God," Abbas declared.

"An interesting theory," Pope Barney mocked. "These borders are defined to give each region the same GDP output. Or would you rather return to the time when the Arab League dominated Iran 4-to-1?"

"No," Abbas said flatly. "I will agree to these borders."

"Thank you," Pope Barney said condescendingly.

"But what is this I hear about our capital moving from Tehran to Islamabad?" Abbas asked suspiciously.

Pope Barney abruptly ended the hologram message and returned to the war in Europe.

Day 22

As it happened, Murad signed the border agreement on false pretenses and was actually preparing for an invasion into Persia. He died suspiciously and was replaced with Ibraham. At this time, Portugal decided to revolt against Spain creating a new front. Pope Barney refused to separate Portugal from Spain but appointed John as their king in the position of Lt. Governor. King Philip, acting as Governor, of Spain, Portugal, and West Africa refused to acknowledge John until after the war.

Day 23

The Papal army halted the Swedish advance into Czech with the battle of Preßnitz. In defiance of Pope Barney and Spanish King Philip, King John of Portugal signed a treaty with France and the Netherlands. Despite being nominally allied with the Papacy, Portugal also decided the Spanish and Austrians were too powerful and sought an advantage. At the same time, a rebel leader named Sidi was assassinated for real in Morrocco under suspicious circumstances.

The Swedes, in turn, ousted the Papal army at Wolfenbüttel. The Papal army sacked Dorsten after a siege. Unrelated to religion, the Irish decided to revolt again. The English, strongly considering entering the war, decided to deal with this problem instead.

Day 24

With a French-Swedish victory at Breitenfeld, the Luthorites took back Leipzig. Just as Luthorite victory seemed inevitable, the Danish King Christian pledged his support to Pope Barney so he could blockade the Baltic Sea and force everyone to pay heavy tolls. The Netherlands and Sweden quickly declared war, destroyed the Danish fleet, and began to invade.

Day 25

The Danes quickly surrendered to the Dutch/Swedish forces and when Danish King Christian outlived his usefulness, Pope Barney arranged for his suspicious death. The French army was completely and totally owned by the Papal army at Tuttlingen forcing them to restart.

Day 26

With the Swedes distracted with the Danes, the Papist army figured it could attack at Herbsthausen and were soundly defeated forcing them to retreat back. The Swedes continued to focus on conquering all of Denmark and Norway.

Day 27

The Swedes decisively defeated the Papist army at Jankau only to be combat ineffective for a siege against Brno. Having lost a ridiculous number of men to starvation and disease, the Swedes decided not to try for Vienna and retreated out of Czech. The Papist army retook Czech as soon as the Swedes left the area. At the same time, a Papist army caught the French by surprise at Herbsthausen destroying that army.

Day 28

French and Bavarian forces clashed in Freiburg. While a Bavarian victory, Duke Maximillion, practically lost his army. He set up a virtual meeting to discuss a truce to the whole war. In this meeting, Maximillian spoke with Cardinal Marz as King Louis and Cardinal Rich had already died in suspicious circumstances. "I am prepared to grant Spain the lands of Catalonia in exchange for the Netherlands," Cardinal Marz said reasonably.

"Isn't the Netherlands your closest ally?" Maximillion wondered.

"Yes," Cardinal Marz said flatly.

Dutch Prince William then appeared via hologram. "I heard the whole thing. What the fuck?"

Spanish King Philip then appeared as a hologram. "I don't know, William. Maybe you should sign a peace treaty with us. You can't trust the French for shit."

"This was supposed to be a closed session meeting," Cardinal Marz said peeved.

"Too late now," Prince William said pissed off. "I will sign a truce with you, Philip."

"You know what? I don't have to take this. I'm going to take the Netherlands by force," Cardinal Marz threatened.

Swedish Queen, Christina, then appeared. "What's all this about?" she demanded.

"Defend me, sweet lady," Prince William pleaded. "The French are going to invade."

"But I have a treaty of friendship with the French," Queen Christina pointed out.

"We worked together to own the Danes, remember?" Prince William reminded her.

"I recall the Swedish Empire doing all the work," Christina recalled.

"Looks like you're fucked," Cardinal Marz smirked.

The English Prime Minister, Oliver, then appeared as a hologram. "An attack on the Dutch is an attack on us," he told them all.

"The religious persecution of the Irish must stop. All people have the constitutional right to religious freedom," Philip scolded him.

"You listen to yourself? Fuck is wrong with you," Prime Minister Oliver wondered.

"I just want the war I started to end!" Maximillian cried.

Day 29

The French-Swedish army defeated the Papist army at Zusmarshausen near Munich and was about to conquer the city a second time. At this point, Papist forces in Germany were near collapse with desertion, disease, and starvation. The human coalition despite being opposed by Prince Mon and Pope Barney had succeeded.

Day 30

Just before negotiations to end the war could begin, the Swedes attacked Prague and looted its libraries and museums because they could. At this point, Kara finally became involved. Still oblivious to the situation, she arrived at Buckingham Palace and was received by Brainiac 5 acting as her private secretary. "Wow, what a month?"

"Indeed," Brainiac 5 agreed.

"I mean, I thought getting a cat out of a tree was tough. I've had to deal with a plague outbreak in Malta, a gunpowder explosion in China, earthquakes in Peru and Chile, famine in India, a hurricane in Rhode Island, a thunderstorm in England, and a Yellow River flood in China. Just a lot of crazy shit," Kara said wide-eyed.

"I know what you mean," Brainiac 5 said knowingly.

"I feel I've been neglecting this continent. What's going on in Europe?" Kara asked ignorantly.

"A restructuring of the New World Order," Brainiac 5 said vaguely.

Kara gave Brainiac 5 a skeptical look and then eyed a datapad. "Holy crap!"

Westphalia

Soon after the war had ended, Kara ordered all the Governors and Lt. Governors of Europe to attend a peace conference. Before the conference was to begin, Kara felt the need to scold Mon. "What the fuck, Mon? Really? You think of humans as just your toy soldiers, don't you?"

"Do you have to ask?" Mon rolled his eyes.

"And you couldn't just finish the war immediately. You had to drag it out for an entire month?" Kara asked peeved.

"To be fair, I stopped playing halfway through," Mon excused.

"And why is that? Because a human teenage girl slashed your face? Grow up," Kara scolded.

"This war brought honor and glory to these humans," Mon said defensively. "I facilitated that."

"You didn't facilitate shit. All of the leaders, generals, and heroes from the beginning of this war are all dead now," Kara pointed out.

"Well, you know, the next war will be better," Mon frowned.

"There isn't going to be another war on the European continent again," Kara promised.

"Yeah, we'll see," Mon doubted.

Kara then turned to Brainiac 5 acting as her private secretary. "And what's your excuse, asshole?"

"You should address your grievances to the Holy Father, not to this drone," Brainiac 5 advised.

"Do you really want me to tear down the Holy Father in public?" Kara asked incredulously.

"By all means, speak your mind," Brainiac 5 allowed.

"The first amendment is absolute. Religious freedom is a constitutional right in all territories. You got that? You can't just go around launching holy crusades that kill thousands of people," Kara said.

"Why?" Brainiac 5 questioned.

"What do you mean why? Because you can't," Kara said obviously.

"Why?" Brainiac 5 repeated.

"Because you just can't. Trust me on this one," Kara said vaguely.

"Your Constitution is in conflict with the deposit of faith you've dumped on this world. Religious freedom, simply put, is not compatible with the Christian faith...or any faith for that matter," Brainiac 5 said.

"Romans 13 clearly states Christians are to obey me. I am the authority here," Kara told him off.

"Obey God, not men...or female aliens pretending to be men," Brainiac 5 said.

"For practical purposes, we need to be on the same page," Kara said finally.

For the peace conference, Kara was behind a long table. The Governors and Lt. Governors attending were seated at circular tables all facing her. "Nearly all of you present inherited this awful war. Your predecessors died in battle or by suspicious means. Most of you did the best you could under a shitty situation. But now the adult is in the room. Now, we can work together to make sure this doesn't happen again," Kara began.

"The Constitution clearly states: No State shall, without the Consent of the Crown, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay," Kara recited.

"I don't recall anyone asking for my consent," Kara said miffed.

"To be fair, Your Highness, Prince Mon gave consent to virtually everyone," Philip pointed out.

"Prince Mon-El is not the Crown. I am the Crown," Kara clarified. "And Pope Barney is not the Crown."

"Pope Barney said if we didn't engage in a holy crusade against the filthy heretics, we would be excommunicated," Maximillion excused. "And many of us were invaded by another state. We have the right to self-defense."

"That's bullshit. You invaded Czech first," Christina pointed out.

"Czech is not a state yet," Maximillion said defensively.

"No state shall engage in war without my consent with anyone, period," Kara clarified. "Now, the Constitution clearly states that there is to be no law establishing a state religion or preventing the free exercise thereof."

"We didn't make a law establishing a state religion. We just did it," Leopold of Austria excused.

"That is... an obscene loophole. Everything you do needs to be based on the rule of law," Kara said frustrated. "These alliances and compacts you've made with each other are clearly illegal under the Constitution."

"Speaking of which, the French didn't even go into this war over religion," Philip brought up.

"That's right. France...what the fuck?" Kara asked.

"I was merely continuing the policies of my predecessor," Cardinal Marz excused.

"The borders of your states are based on your GDP output so that no single state has too much power. So, Northern France and Southern France combining together to pool resources to wage war to absorb more states defeats the purpose of our model," Kara said obviously.

"If not for France, Spain would end up owning Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands," Cardinal Marz accused.

"This is bullshit," Philip said dismissively. "I am a man of God, and I went into this war with the noblest of intentions. The Dutch raided our ships. We are owed compensation."

"Full of shit, Phil. You ravaged our harbors and lands like you owned them," William shook his head.

"I think reparations are in order. We just got the shit beat out of us," Saxony Duke John George complained.

"Everything will be back to the way it was before," Kara assured him.

"Why does Denmark have to be under the jurisdiction of Scandinavia and why is the Scandanavian Governor a teenage Swedish girl?" Frederick of Denmark asked.

"It's rotational. Wait your turn," Kara said simply.

"I think it's kind of bullshit that Scandanavia has control over large sea zones in the Baltic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Atlantic Ocean whereas Southwest Germany is landlocked," Duke Eberhard of Baden-Württemberg pointed out.

"The age of territorial ambition is over. I make the map. I decide the borders. Everyone here has the potential to bitch about what they don't have that someone else does. That's the point of trade. That's the point of working together as a team," Kara told them all. "Now, go home to your states and work with the drone units to repair the damage that has been done here."

"The same drones controlled by Pope Barney," Christina scoffed.

"I know. It's weird. You just have to compartmentalize it," Kara acknowledged. "Now, everyone move out. I have a meeting with all of the generals and commanders."

As soon as the governors were gone, military men of various ranks crowded inside. Mon was near the door smirking. Kara waited for all of them to take a seat, the whole conference room was filled. "I have to admit, I'm a little disappointed in all the murder, rape, and pillaging. It's not professional," Kara scolded. "So, we could do a trial at Nuremberg and many of you would be acquitted due to lack of evidence. We could make it completely transparent with lawyers and whatnot. But honestly, I'm a little impatient."

Kara's eyes glowed white and the temperature in the room steadily went up. The men began to sweat profusely, flushed and red. At this point, they realized what was happening and tried to escape. Many of them shouted at Kara or begged for mercy. Men were fainting, vomiting, convulsing, and having difficulty breathing. Kara increased the temperature in the room so that everyone was getting first-degree and then second-degree burns. Kara listened to screams and moans of pain as their skin broke out in blusters. Just before they could all pass out, Kara ignited them all with heat vision beams so that they would burst into flames. Kara watched silently as each and every one of them burned to a crisp. After everyone was dead, she powered down.

Mon merely stood there unaffected by the sudden temperature rise. He walked over to her with a smug expression on his face. "I was the worst of them," he reminded her.

"There's been so many times when I would have been justified to kill your ass. But I'm also selfish. I need you; the kids need you. This whole month, I was thinking about you and what we could do together once we met up. But right now, I need you gone," Kara told him.

Mon nodded expecting as much and then teleported away leaving Kara with several dozen burnt corpses in front of her.

Rome

"This peace conference at Westphalia is null, void, invalid, iniquitous, unjust, damnable, reprobate, inane, empty of meaning and effect for all time!" Cardinal Lucio raged.

"True...true," Pope Barney allowed. "Still, we shall give the heretics, apostates, and heathens time to reflect on their errors."

"What if the queen turns against the church?" Cardinal Marco said concernedly.

"The gates of hell shall not prevail against this church," Pope Barney assured him. "Besides, even if the queen prefers to tolerate religious pluralism, who is to say her heir will be the same way."