Chapter 269: The Wrath of the Gods (Part 2)
War can destroy everything. The fleeing Titans originally thought they would face the massacre of the Tanggulas Empire, but at this time, the Blood Knights were quietly recalled and gathered in the upper reaches of the Chishui River, ready to cross the river at any time. The one responsible for cleaning up the principality was replaced by the regular Knights of the Holy See.
Pastors began to recruit believers in a large scale, and hundreds of churches were established. As long as you believe in the Lord of Glory, you will not only not be killed, but also get lost land and peasants.
The Titan nobles did not hate the Holy See as much as Qin Yinren, especially the little nobles, who did not argue with the existence of the Holy See. The Agares family had disappeared and did not make any sound, so many little nobles began to surrender to the Holy See in exchange for freedom and wealth.
The disobedient nobles were arrested by the people of the inquisition and sent to the black prison, and they would never be able to come out in this life. So a brief calm appeared north of the Chishui River, as if the war was over. It was late autumn, and when winter saw that the farmers did not need to work, most of them were driven to repair the broken cities.
The Holy Church said it nicely, but in fact, most of the Titan nobles were still killed. Otherwise, where would the land where the Holy Church built churches and expanded assets come from? Some of the nobles were left to spread God's tolerance. Once the Titan nobles were divided, they could no longer gather together to resist the Holy Church, and the north was pacified.
The Holy See has thousands of years of experience in this kind of thing, and it is easy to do it.
Occupying the north of the Chishui River immediately added a barrier to the south of the Tanggulas Empire. It was impossible for the Yunliu Empire to break through on land, threatening the Tanggulas Empire. The Tanggulas Empire only needs to defend important coastal cities and not let Yunliu's fleet send troops to land, so that they can organize their strength with peace of mind and break the deadlock of Galulan again.
Yunliu's army is far inferior to the navy. What the Tanggulas Empire is worried about is that Yunliu launches two-sided offensives and attacks on both sea and land. If that happens, even if the army on Yunliu's land is not as good as the Tanggulas Cavalry, the Tanggulas Empire will be very dangerous.
Once such a thing happens, the Tanggulas Empire is equivalent to fighting on three sides. At that time, who can guarantee that Skochenya will not add to the wrong side? The Skochenya people are jealous of money. As long as the interests are at their disposal, those mercenaries will immediately flock to them.
Therefore, the invasion of Titans by the Tanggulas Empire was helpless unless Yun Liuken signed a covenant with the Tanggulas Empire. The problem is that the Holy See wanted too much, and the Yunliu royal family could not give in. Just taxation alone, the Holy See absorbed nearly half of the income from the Tanggulas royal family every year.
In other words, although the territory of the Tanggulas Empire is the largest among the four empires, its actual income is the lowest, because with the Vampire of the Holy See, the Tanggulas Empire has always had complex and heavy taxes. Even so, it cannot get the Tanggulas Empire out of its predicament.
The people of the Tanggulas Empire were the most miserable. The Holy See often gave alms and helped the poor, so it had a very good reputation. How could the farmers know about these? Without the Holy See, the tax revenue of the Tanggulas Empire would not be so much. Moreover, the Holy See also occupied a large amount of land, which in addition to building churches, also had the Holy See's own fields.
The Tanggulas Empire conspired with the Holy See this time to win the world, and the first step was to invade Galloran. Because Galloran's people were extravagant, they were far less fierce than Qin Yin. Who would have thought that Emperor Qin Yin personally fought and disrupted the good situation. The Holy See took the tricks and ambushed the Emperor Qin Yin. But Emperor Qin Yin was dead, and the Holy See also suffered heavy losses within the Holy See.
Because of this, the situation in Galoran was equalized again, and the negotiations between the Tanggulas Empire and Yunliu broke down, so they immediately invaded Titans and stabilized the border situation.
Everything went very well until today.
The glorious plain, the holy city. Here is the largest church in the empire. This church is also the center of the theocracy, where the 32nd Pope handles official affairs.
Nico Cathedral has more than 100 architectural communities. At the highest point in the center, it is an open altar. This altar is a radius of 100 meters and is set in the open air, which is the core of the entire city.
At the center of the altar, complex divine texts, patterns, lines, and mysterious symbols are carved. There are twenty-four tall pillars on all four sides of the altar. At any time, there are sunlight passing through the crystal at the top and sprinkling the condensed light on the altar.
The altar was originally flat, but now there is a stone platform on it. On the stone platform is a Vatican code. In front of the stone platform, an old man in a golden robe stood there with a solemn expression. Behind him were a group of bishops in red.
The center of the altar, the center of the pictures and texts used for sacrifice, is a burnt human body.
The sacrifices of the Holy Holy Church are to use living people. This living person was originally an elite of the Holy Church. After being baptized by God, his strength was immediately strengthened by two levels and he was qualified to become a cardinal. This time, the gods were furious and directly burned this believer to a great future to charcoal.
Beside the pope, a middle-aged man in a yellow robe held up the code and turned to the back part. His lips trembled, and he looked down one by one, and was speechless for a while.
"Sharjah, what happened?" The Pope looked at the burned man in a very bad mood.
When fighting with Emperor Qin Yin, the Pope's power suffered the greatest losses, and the Seven Gods' Envoys were retained the most. The Gods' Envoys now have the intention to leave the Pope. The man Faka has too much ambition. If he succeeds, the Holy See will be the first division since its establishment.
Originally, this Red Deacon was chosen by the Pope, and his strength was equivalent to that of a human being. After the divine light baptism, he could immediately become a level nine-level strongman. Unexpectedly, the gods were furious and affected innocent people. This elite died in the divine light in less than a second.
The Cardinals were silent. Diesio claimed to be seriously injured and his life was not long. In fact, although his injuries were severe, they were not to the point of dying. Several strange guys have been directly wiped out by the Pope. How dare these Cardinals have thought about it again?
Sharjah is the Pope Chief, that is, the Pope Eunuch, and has little power. However, if the Pope dies unexpectedly and does not designate a successor, he is the temporary pope. At the same time, as the Pope Chief, he also mastered a very important artifact of the Holy See - the Ring of the Gods.
It is said that the rings of the gods were cast by the Lord of Light to fight against the gods and kill countless gods. The power of this artifact is even stronger than the three artifacts of the Pope. However, the rings of the gods can only exert their maximum power in the Lord of Light, and humans will never be able to control it.
Sharjah put the code together and said, "Your Excellency, God... Issued an oracle."
"What?"
Not only the Cardinal, but also the Pope was shocked. Generally speaking, the Lord of Glory only descended the oracle after a special ceremony, and never said that he would directly turn the oracle into words and publish it in the code.
"There are many believers of gods on the glorious continent."
Sharjah's words numb everyone. The most important thing the Holy See has done in recent years is to hunt and kill pagans. Human life is limited. After two or three hundred years of killing, even if the basic believers are not caught, they will die. The Holy See has spies throughout the continent, specifically searching for pagans. It can be said that there have been no real pagans for more than 500 years, except for the black magician.
However, the demon god believed in by the black magician is not a real god, nor can he use his faith to preach. This time, God was furious, obviously because the pagans who appeared were real god believers.
The little divine power on Salin was actually only brought by the Tree of Life, and it was not included in faith, so it was difficult to detect. After the Black Bishop returned to Tanggulas, he did not report it to the Pope, but wanted to solve it within the sphere of influence of the Inquisition, which was a great achievement.
The divine power emitted by Ismail is the real power of faith. He frequently uses the elemental gun and the Eye of the Pluto, and uses it in the purgatory space personally refined by the Lord of Light. Even if the Lord of Light cannot descend to the plane of the Mels continent, it is impossible for him to notice it.
His two powerful believers were killed by Ismail. For many years, no one has challenged his authority on the continent of Meers. If this was done by an ordinary person, the gods would not care at all. But this was done by other believers of the gods, and the Lord of Glory was furious.
The worst thing is that Nelise is still using the power contained in the divine crystal to erase the divine imprints in the twelve movements of Purgatory, making the Lord of Light think that the believer of the god is challenging his dignity.
It's like you go to someone else's house, kill the servants at home, and then you have to modify the land deed and take away the house.
"The holy war must be in advance. All those who reject the gift of the gods must be erased." Sharjah's voice was bitter, because he knew that the Holy See did not have this ability in the continent of Meles. But this is God's will and cannot be disobeyed.
Pope Dinicio was silent for five minutes before he said to Sharjah: "What about Faka?"
"Master Farka is not in the Holy City, he has been away for a few months."
"Call the referee here..." Dinicio sighed deeply. Although the Holy See has started a war now, the scale of the war is well controlled. The jihad is different. Once the jihad is launched, the Holy See must immediately use all its strength to launch a comprehensive attack on the enemy.
Ismail had no idea that killing two rulings would cause such a big trouble. Now not only is he dead himself, but the one who will die later will be countless creatures on this continent.
Sharjah bowed and retreated. The Pope turned around and looked at dozens of cardinals and said coldly: "Why are you still standing there? Arrange me to see Your Majesty. I will ask him to come here at this time tomorrow."
"Yes, Pope." The Cardinals left in panic. What happened today was so shocking. For many years, the gods have never been so angry. These cardinals were more or less afraid because many of their usual actions were inconsistent with their doctrines. I wonder if the gods saw them all.
Chapter completed!