Faust sighed and said, "It's a pity that this world is like this. Maybe when the end comes, there will be gods who will judge the world."
Semir was slightly moved and said: "That is Sinach's world, and Sinach has ushered in his end. Mr. National Teacher, do you want to say that everyone in the world has a Sinaher in their hearts? Don't forget that we are in Discussing the state policy of Assyria is not the end of the world."
Faust bowed and apologized: "Your Majesty, forgive me for dragging the topic far, and return to the discussion just now. We should first maintain the stability of the Assyrian Empire, and it cannot collapse. The Assyrian Empire seems to be strong at present, but once it collapses The fate is worrying, and the fate of being slaughtered may fall on the head of the Assyrian conqueror.
The land that has already been occupied must not be handed back. First, we must consolidate our rule in the occupied area. At present, we are unable to expand any more. Even if we cannot hold this area and have to retreat one day in the future, we cannot return them to Barron. We can encourage People divide and conquer to stir up civil strife and keep each other in perpetual chaos. "
Semir frowned slightly: "You're guessing the future, but I'm asking about the present."
Faust whispered: "But what I am worried about is the future. Do you think that in the near future, the Assyrian army can still maintain the fighting power and will of Sinach when he was alive?"
Samir also sighed and replied, "Of course not!"
Sinakh has been fighting hard for more than ten years. The people of the Assyrian Empire tightened their belts and trained such a powerful army. What is the purpose? Just to conquer! And what is the purpose of conquest? Those Assyrian warriors have become emerging nobles, plundered a lot of wealth, owned large tracts of land and groups of slaves, and their habits of luxury and lust are spreading day by day. Even if they are still brave fighters now, how about in a few years, until their next generation? What else is meaningful to this world other than brutality
After sighing, Semir said again: "Whether it's the end of the world or the tomorrow of Assyria, Mr. National Teacher, today we are talking about today's national policy."
Faust pondered: "We must assimilate and assimilate the occupied city-states as soon as possible. The key point is to consolidate the interests we have achieved so that all parties can gain. The national policy I formulated for Emperor Sinach did not completely Adoption, there is no need to update it now, if Prime Minister Alpha-sama also supports it, then there is only one thing left."
Samir asked calmly, "What's the matter?"
Faust: "Let His Majesty Sinach choose the most suitable time to die. You have become the Queen of Assyria. If you want to save the fate of this empire, you must personally control it."
There was a hint of doubt in Semir's expression: "I'm just a warrior and a woman, how can I become the emperor of Assyria?"
Faust raised his head, looked directly at Semir with warm eyes and said, "I will fully support you. In my heart, you have always been my queen!"
Samir avoided his gaze, waved his hand and said, "Master, I understand what you mean. It's getting late, and you should be tired. Please step back and rest."
Faust hesitated to speak and had to leave, but when he reached the door, Semir suddenly stopped him: "Wait!"
Faust quickly turned around to look at Semir and said, "My queen, what else can I do for you?"
Samir looked at him questioningly, and asked again slowly: "You are the most knowledgeable person in this empire, as far as you know, is there any possible cure for Sinach in the world? Tell me truthfully, please Don't hide it!"
Faust sighed slightly and replied: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is indeed a kind of magic that may be able to heal Sinach's injury, that is, the blessing of Isis performed by the guardian saint of the Temple of Eguisis. Other than that, no blessing magic in the world will work!"
Semir froze for a moment before saying, "If you say it, it means you didn't say it."
Faust said again: "This may really be the will of the gods. Has the god sent an oracle about this matter?"
Semir asked meaningfully: "Which god is the master talking about?"
Faust bowed his head and replied, "Enlil."
Semir said noncommittally: "The announcement I made was in accordance with the instructions of Enlil's oracle. At least on the surface, none of us violated Enlil's oracle, right?"
Faust: "According to Enlil's oracle, the empire's announcement only mentioned a god Amon, and let him bear all this. This is clearly to let the Assyrian Empire continue to fight against the city of Salem. If you Ascend to the throne of God, but do not retaliate against the city of Salem for launching an expedition, I am afraid that some people in the country will not accept it."
Samir asked again: "My lord, what do you think of this matter?"
Standing at the door, Faust stepped forward and replied: "This matter is in a dilemma. You are now in power, and it is the best choice to transfer the main force of the imperial army to the city-state of Rees to monitor at any time. If you send a large army back to the mainland of the Assyrian Empire and then cross the I am afraid that the plateau expedition will be out of control, and accidents will inevitably occur. But if you do not avenge Emperor Sinach, you will not be able to quell doubts and opposition voices, and you will not be able to gain support from all sides. There is a danger of splitting within the empire."
Semir waved his hand again and said, "I know what to do, go and rest."
Faust originally thought that Samuel would stop him and say more or something else, but he asked two simple questions and still made him back down. What he wanted to say most in his heart never had a chance to say it. Export. He has given Samir enough hints, expressed his feelings for her, and tried his best to let Samir understand what he means to her now, but Samir has not responded.
When Faust walked out of the inner hall, he couldn't help thinking to himself, do we need to speak more clearly? But if he did that, it would not be an expression of love, but would become a kind of threat, and his heart would be full of entanglements.
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On the edge of the city of Baron, next to the Baron River, there is a huge sky-reaching tower. The world calls it the Baron Tower, and its official name in the kingdom is "The Gate of God".
This tower has a history of hundreds of years, and it has been carefully built by the Baron Kingdoms. It is a spectacle on the Tianshu Continent. The body of the tower is a huge multi-layer high platform with nine floors, each floor is more than 30 feet high, and there are spiral steps along the outer body of the tower to climb to the top of the tower.
In front of the entrance under the tower is the Temple of Marduk, but on the high platform on the ninth floor of the tower, there is either a temple with statues or a palace of the god Marduk on earth. No one will set up a statue of himself in his "home" for himself to worship, because he himself is that god.
Legend has it that the top of that tower is the gate to the Kingdom of God, and successive Baron kings built residences on earth for Marduk, the god they believed in. According to the ideal of secular life, people serve the gods like emperors, and choose young and beautiful women from the kingdom to live here to accompany Marduk. Only the king and the high priest of the kingdom are allowed to enter and leave the top of the tower at will, which symbolizes listening to the teachings of the gods face to face, but even they cannot enter the palace of the great god Marduk.
The eight floors below the tower can only be entered with the permission of the main temple of the kingdom, and usually only high priests are eligible to climb the tower. But today a very special guest came. Accompanied by Prince Fonniu, he walked through the Marduk Temple to the foot of the tower, and asked the guarding warriors to step aside. When the prince came, he deliberately took two steps back to follow the man.
If this person wants to climb to the top of the tower, even if it is Prince Feng Niu's intention, it is against the kingdom's laws. I am afraid that the priests guarding the lower eight floors will not be willing to let him go. But Prince Feng Niu did not order the priest to let him go, he just asked the guarding warrior to step down, and sent him respectfully to the foot of the tower.
This person stepped into the void, and appeared on the top of the tower the next moment, and this sky-reaching tower, Amon, came up in one step. It is hard to imagine that craftsmen in the world would create such a miracle. This tower was built by hewing a whole stone mountain into a cone shape and flattening the top. When you climb to the top of the tower, you will be faced with a magnificent palace. There are guards guarding the gate outside the palace. , There are maids serving in the palace.
Amon didn't enter the door and didn't greet anyone. He stepped on the top of the tower with one step, then took a second step forward and disappeared.
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Wearing a light embroidered dress, Wendy Hariya walked into Marduk's bedroom step by step, with her graceful and exquisite body looming. Now is the time for the Marduk god to take a nap in the afternoon, and she is going to serve the god to take a nap. Although it has been three years since she came here, Wendy has never seen the legendary great god, but all the rituals of daily life must not be slack.
She walked into the luxurious bedroom, first knelt down to the big bed, knelt down and untied the embroidered shawl, leaving only the tassel pendant on her chest and lower abdomen, and then got up and lay on her side on the left side of the big bed. She does the same thing every afternoon, washing her body in warm, spiced water, to serve the rest of the non-existent god.
For the subjects of the Kingdom of Barron, this may be a legendary sacred ceremony, but Wendy's heart has become numb, and she just repeats mechanical movements every day.
After she lay down, she didn't feel tired at all. Apart from eating, praying, bathing and changing clothes, and sleeping every day, she had nothing else to do at all, and she couldn't leave the top of the tower. She was chosen from the people, and she was a woman who served the god of Marduk. She lived in the gate of the gods leading to the kingdom of gods, and she could no longer walk down the tower of Tongtian.
The mood she felt when she climbed the tower for the first time three years ago has faded away now, as if it happened hundreds of years ago. Looking back now, there is no excitement of happiness, but more anxiety and fear. But three years later, she felt like a body, beautiful and sexy but soulless.
Now that sense of fear had disappeared, she didn't even care whether she was dead or alive, she lay on the big soft bed and muttered to herself: "Marduk, everyone calls you a great god, but where are you? I have never seen you, the so-called Saintesses of Baron who came here before me, they have never seen you until their death.
It is said in the world that the Saintess of Baron will remain young and beautiful forever. Yes, I have to accept the priest's blessing magic every day to protect my delicate face. But people don't know that the saintesses of Barron in the past almost all died before their youth passed away, because there is nothing to love here.
People call me the Saintess of Baron, but they don't know that I am actually the prisoner of Baron, the prisoner who is imprisoned in this palace forever, and cannot get out of the gate of the palace on the top of the tower. Marduk, if you are a god, you should be able to hear my voice, please release your prisoner. If you don't want to, even end my meaningless life. "
"Are you the legendary Saintess of Baron? It is indeed beautiful!" A man's voice suddenly sounded in the bedroom.
Wendy jumped up from the bed with a cry of surprise, her nipples drew elastic arcs under the fringe on her chest, and she stared dumbfounded at the person who appeared suddenly. He is a young man with sharp facial features, a resolute expression on the corner of his mouth but soft eyes, a strong figure and a handsome face, wearing a light white burlap robe, his body is spotless.
The door of the bedroom was always closed, and he just appeared in front of the bed out of thin air. It is absolutely impossible for men to enter this bedroom, not even the king and the high priest of the kingdom! Those who take care of Wendy's daily life are all maids in the Gate of the Gods. The maids are rotated every year, unlike Wendy who wants to stay here forever, she is very envious of those maids.
As the Saintess of Baron in the Gate of the Gods, she is a woman who serves the Gods, so of course she should not show any disrespect to the gods. But Wendy didn't care anymore, all of this was just meaninglessly exhausting her life, and today she finally said what she was thinking, and immediately after that, she heard a man's voice and saw him appearing in front of the bed!
Wendy's momentary horror was indescribable. When she reacted, she jumped off the bed without even thinking about it, prostrated herself on the ground and kissed the carpet in front of Amon's feet, and said in a trembling voice: "The great god Marduk, You have finally appeared!... Please forgive Wendy for being disrespectful, but it is really my heart... If you want to punish me or even end my life, Wendy will have no complaints!"
The visitor was not Marduk, but Amon who visited the Gate of the Gods.
Amon looked at her, and for some reason, the expression in his eyes was complicated, containing gentle regret and even painful memories. As soon as he waved his hand, an invisible force lifted Wendy up out of thin air, and said as softly as possible: "You haven't answered my question yet, are you the Saintess of Baron?"
Wendy replied tremblingly: "Yes, my name is Wendy, and I am the woman who serves you here. The Holy Maiden of Barron used to be someone else, but now it is me."
What touches Amon's heartstrings is the title of "Holy Maiden", but the so-called "Holy Maiden of Baron" in front of him is completely different from the "Holy Maiden of Isis" in the Ecu Empire. The chief high priest of Aiju, and Wendy is just a poor prisoner on the Barenta.
But when he heard the title of Saintess, Amon couldn't help but think of Maria. He also heard Wendy's heartfelt just now, and he knew what kind of suffering this beautiful girl was enduring in his heart, so much so that he said that he was so cruel to the gods. Disrespectful words come. He thought of Maria back then, and she was also living in that invisible cage of fate, and he couldn't even touch her.
An inexplicable wish arose in this god's heart. He wanted to rescue the poor girl and let her fulfill her wish, just to remember the eternal Mary in his heart.
Thinking of this, Amon didn't say anything about his identity. Wendy mistook the person, he was not Marduk, but one thing was right, he was indeed a god. Amon sat down on the large and comfortable chair in the bedroom, and said in a mysterious and serene tone: "Wendy, the gods have heard your voice and have appeared in front of you. Please tell me what you just said is Is it your wish? Have you ever thought about what you will face when you step down from the Barenta?"
Wendy raised her beautiful face and replied timidly: "Please forgive me, I still can't believe that the gods really appeared in front of my eyes. I don't know what to say? Your appearance is completely different from what I imagined!"
Amon smiled, secretly cast divine magic to appease Wendy's overwhelmed emotions, sat there and replied: "You don't have to care about what I look like, different gods may appear in different faces. In front of gods, you just need to Say your prayers."
Wendy gradually calmed down, as if she mustered up the courage to bow her head and replied: "You have heard my prayer, but I am not ignorant of what it looks like under the Barenta, because I grew up there and came from there. If you think my thoughts are a betrayal of the gods, I would rather accept punishment, because I really think so."
Amon asked again: "Where do you come from in the Kingdom of Baron?"
Wendy replied: "I grew up in the city-state of Lys."
Amon felt a little cold in his heart, and had to say: "Don't you know that the city-state of Res, your hometown is no longer there? The Assyrian Empire captured there and carried out a brutal massacre of the city."
Wendy finally couldn't help shaking her shoulders and began to sob: "Of course I know, I heard it clearly when the high priest climbed to the top of the tower and prayed to the gods. I thought that my soul would be numb after I came to the gate of the gods. I know that I will still shed tears. I prayed to the gods over and over again, but my hometown was not saved. It was from then on that I had the voice of my heart just now. God, since you can’t save the city-state of Lys, why do you want to save it? imprison me here?"
Amon was sighing, and the sigh sounded desolate and helpless. He shook his head and said, "It wasn't me who destroyed the city-state of Reese, it was the army of the Human Empire, and it wasn't me who imprisoned you here, it was the priests of the Kingdom of Baron... I can help you make your wish come true, but tell me, beautiful girl, what will you do when you leave here?"
Wendy replied: "My father is a gardener and the best gardener in Reese City. I can cultivate all kinds of flowers and trees, know how to prune them to make them grow stronger, and process flowers into various belts. scented ornaments, I also grow seeds of various plants, I can embroider, I can cut clothes, and…”
Amon waved his hand and said: "Enough is enough, these are enough. I will help you leave here and go to a place that needs you to engage in gardening that you are good at. But I still want to ask you a question, please examine Answer me well in your heart."