A group of fanatical religious elements turned the entire city into a religious fanatic center. Even the originally huge statue of the imperial emperor Abbas the Great was pushed down. The stones were broken and transported to the city walls as military preparations for the upcoming jihad...

The Divine Church even began to issue weapons publicly, recruiting believers who were devout to the gods from ordinary civilians to pick up weapons and join the ranks of armed rebellion against the empire.

Unfortunately, the place where the weapons were sent every day, and no matter how the missionaries shouted, there were only a few responders. In a week, less than three hundred people were summoned, and most of them were due to the generous military pay.

Of course... no matter what, the entire Luoer City was shrouded in a fanatical religious atmosphere. Walking in any corner of the city, you can see militias with armbands, all kinds of slogans, and all the garbage piled up on the streets (because the government was disbanded, and the new government agency established by the God Cult is busy with major matters such as jihad, and has not yet devoted his energy to managing trivial matters such as street garbage).

It can be said that in all the cities controlled by the God Cult in the eastern provinces, most of the situation is the same as in the city of Luoer.

Of course, the eastern province has another characteristic. Since this is a traditional power area of ​​the Divine Cult, and the outbreak of the "holy war" here, the blood clan forces in the entire eastern province are unprecedentedly weak and almost completely extinct!

A carriage slowly drove out from the west gate of Luoer City. A corner of the car window opened, revealing a pair of charming eyes from it, looking at the busy militia and the recruited craftsmen above the city.

"Ah... these lunatics." A graceful voice in the car seemed to sigh: "Do they think these chaotic mobs can withstand the elite army of the empire?"

There were long queues at the city gate, and the crowds were waiting to be checked in and out of the city gate.

The new city gate control system established by the God Cult two days ago has added a new city gate tax.

Originally, after the Divine Cult dispersed the imperial officials, they obtained a large amount of property from the local government, but it was obvious that the geniuses did not know how to control these funds. After spending a lot of money to repair the city walls, spending a lot of money to recruit militias, and spending a lot of money to hoard military supplies and weapons, they suddenly found that their pockets were already bottoming out!

In desperation, they started to collect taxes!

Not only is the traditional religious contribution tax increased by 30%, but a certain fee is required to enter and exit the city gate.

It is obvious that from the expressions on the faces of those who were waiting to enter and exit the city gate, they were all very dissatisfied.

The old skeleton once said: Religion is a matter of nothingness and vagueness. Once it involves the actual interests of survival, people will most likely abandon that vain piety. After all, there are only a very small number of fanatical religious elements in this world.

"A bunch of idiots." The people in the car looked at the pedestrians with anger and sighed sincerely: "Since I have gained control of the city and obtained a large number of territory, the first thing I have to do is to find ways to win people's hearts! Do those guys from the Gods know even such a simple truth?"

The carriage gradually drove westward and away from Luoer City. Only then did the people in the carriage open the window and reveal a pretty face.

"How long will it take for us to get to the place west?" The delicate voice seemed to be born with charm. This woman who spoke was Nidise, a blood-born who had been missing for many days!

At this moment, Nidis tied her long hair casually behind her head, wearing an extremely simple coarse cloth dress, her face seemed a little thin, and her beautiful eyes also had a bit of fatigue, and she lost a bit of her former charm.

The coachman turned around and smiled and said, "Miss, we'd better go south for a long time and then go west. Now the west is in chaos. I heard that a disaster occurred in Panka City the day before yesterday! Thunder and fire fell from the sky, destroying the entire city! Now a large number of troops are rushing there! Alas... I said, Miss, the entire eastern province is now in chaos, so you'd better be careful..."

Nidise smiled slightly, and she seemed to sigh in a low voice: "Is it messy? There are so many flame warrior orders here, for me, the safest one... At least, there will be no blood clan guys here to cause trouble for me."

After a pause, she laughed loudly, "You said Panka City was destroyed by some natural lightning? What's going on?"

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After pausing, the old coachman sighed, "Didn't it mean that the Divine Cult represents the gods? Why did God drop thunder and lightning to destroy Panka City? Alas, I heard that the entire city there was nothing left, and all of them were ruins. Alas... there are many people there, and so many people died at this moment. It's pitiful..."

After saying that, he raised a whip.

Nidise was curious and smiled, "Oh? I heard you have a nose and eyes. Is this really the case?"

"Of course!" the coachman whispered: "Don't you know? There have been many strange things in the eastern province these two days! I heard that there are many villages, and often overnight people die. In other places, there is a mountain, and in a night, the mountain suddenly disappears. I don't know what the hell happened. The flame warriors didn't care. Even the garrisons of the empire had to go down and patrol everywhere. But these guys from the Divine Cult look glamorous on weekdays and kept talking, but they always ask for money these days. I don't understand, what does the gods need so much money?"

When Nidise heard him talk interestingly, she couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Seeing his beautiful passenger laughing, the coachman couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Damn, I'll ask for my five copper coins tax when I left the city gate. If you hadn't given the car too much money, I would have lost money this time. Alas, I hope the Duke of Tulip would bring people to drive away these charlatans who want money! They are all vampires!"

When he heard the three words "tulip", Nidis's face darkened, and then he became silent and stopped talking.

The wheels rolled, heading west, and after walking for a while, they went up a fork in the south.

Nidise looked outside in the car. At this moment, there were wilderness everywhere outside, with only some low hills in the distance. She smiled and said, "Where are we?"

"It's almost there. Just turn around a small town in front and arrive." The coachman said this, his tone became a little nervous and whispered: "Miss, you don't know, this place had a ghost the day before yesterday! Look..." He pointed to a hill in front and said: "Did you see that hill? It was originally connected, but now it seems that there is a broken piece in the middle, right?"

Nidis looked at the place where he pointed, and sure enough, the hill that was supposed to be connected seemed to have been dug out in the middle.

She smiled and said, "So what?"

The coachman shook his head and said, "Different, different! Do you know? Just when I walked this road a few days ago, the mountain was not like this now! It was originally in a row. As a result, it was said that the night before yesterday, there were thunder and lightning in the sky. It was so strange that there were no thunder or lightning in other places. But the lightning in the sky gathered here and smashed it desperately on the ground, and it made a gap in the hill! You said, isn't this haunted?"

"Oh?" Nidis frowned, and a serious expression appeared on her face.

The hill in the distance is not high, just over ten meters away, and it is the low hill unique to the east.

"Is it because the imperial army has fought, and the warlocks in the army and the warlocks of the divine clan are left behind?" Nidise said to himself, and then said relievedly: "What does it have to do with me? I am just wandering around now, and I don't have to worry about anything else. As long as I don't encounter the blood clan, no matter who they fights, it has nothing to do with me!"

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on her face again and said, "Then, since you know that this place was haunted the night before yesterday, how dare you take this path now?"

The coachman laughed and said, "Miss, I am a rough man. Although I don't know much, I still know that good horses don't eat grass! Think about it, even animals like horses know, don't ghosts and gods know? Hehe... If a good horse doesn't eat grass, then ghosts and gods won't go back? It happened the day before yesterday, and it probably ran to another place to make trouble. So, it is safest for us to take this road today!"

Although the coachman spoke rudely, he was quite interesting. Nidise talked casually with him for a while, feeling a little tired, and smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take a break. When I arrived in the town, you wake me up, I want to go down and buy something."

The coachman laughed and said, "Okay, turn the small hill in front, it's a town. Miss, please rest. I'll call you after a while."

Nidis nodded, retracted his head and lay in the car, and took a nap, but his heart was a little sad because of the words "tulips" from the coachman today. Although it was a rest, his mind could not be quiet for a moment. He thought of the man's tall back, the bright smile on his face, and the scene when he broke in when he was taking a shower at the night at sea. He smiled and sighed.

I don’t know how long it took, but Nidis just felt a little sleepy when he heard an extremely sharp cry from outside!

Years of life being chased made Nidis immediately alert. She turned over and got up. She had already pulled out a short knife hidden in her boots and held it in her hand. She opened the window and shouted, "What's wrong!"
Chapter completed!