The holy city of Easterdy is one of the most famous cities in the entire continent. It is famous for its long history and unique religious culture. Every day, countless pilgrims come to this divine capital blessed by the Holy Light.
Although the city is not big, most of the citizens are clergymen. There are seven world-class cathedrals in small cities, and there are more than 100 small and medium-sized churches, all of which have a history. Valuable monuments.
On the top of this mountain city built along the mountain, there is a famous step, which is the famous Holy Stair Pilgrimage Road. Pilgrims lead the way every moment. There are countless gorgeous sculptures on both sides of the steps. , Among them are ancient heroes, historical figures, and more, but they are all oddly shaped mythological figures.
More than 300 years ago, there was a madman who used his personal power to turn this holy path of miracles into a path of blood, but he was not punished by God. Since then, the path of pilgrimage has changed. It's become a bloody road... Well, when it comes to this, I'm afraid everyone knows this is that.
This is the headquarters of the Sanctuary Church, the city where the Holy Light first descended, and the place where everything began.
Walking along the famous white stone steps to the end, on the top of the mountain, the seemingly crumbling dilapidated building complex is the headquarters of the Holy Church, the core area of the Holy Light Church, which occupies more than half of the faith in the mainland, and can even be called Ai. The power center of the Xi Continent - Byrne Church.
In the past, the pedestrians here walked slowly with their heads held high. The residents here seem to be born with proud capital. In fact, it is true. The competition between theocratic and secular powers is never-ending. In this era, it is a real power. The lord did not dare to offend a regional bishop.
It's hard to say that a seemingly impoverished old priest on the road will be spotted by a bishop tomorrow and become a member of a certain empire. The truth is even more unreasonable than the novel. This kind of thing has happened a lot, but Today, everyone came and went in a hurry and spoke carefully, but they couldn't help but peek at the place surrounded by holy light.
"No results yet? All the cardinals have been in for so long..."
At three o'clock in the morning this morning, the holy bell at the entrance of Byrne Cathedral was rang. Within half an hour, all cardinals and high-ranking members must be on time for the meeting, although the bell was not a wake-up call for urgent war. , but the last bell was more than 20 years ago.
Obviously, something big has happened. Even if there is nothing on the surface, many priests can't stop talking about it in private. When the high-level people are busy in various conference rooms, all kinds of rumors below are already flying.
"It can't be the incident in the north. Anyway, rumors have spread, and it has a great impact on the reputation of the Holy Church."
"No. The oracle has determined that they are allies. Does the Pope dare to violate the oracle?"
"Then what are you talking about? Is there any major event for all the adults to discuss, it's almost like before the jihad of Kathorne twenty years ago..."
The voice of the speaking priest was getting lower and lower, and the cold sweat on his forehead kept dripping. For middle- and lower-level personnel like them, jihad is not good news.
Perhaps the trophies and honor of the conquest will make the superiors ecstatic, and the glory of the holy war will make the fanatics spare no effort for this, but for ordinary church people, the holy war also means countless deaths, in the endless gold and Before the honor is obtained, there will inevitably be piles of corpses, perhaps not only those heretics, but also their own.
"Come out, come out!"
"It's the Pope!"
The white-robed Pope Carlos I had just walked out of the church, and the harmony of the past had disappeared without a trace. That livid face was undoubtedly the best announcement. All the people in the square spontaneously kept silent. The cardinals and high priests who filed out from behind had different expressions, some were solemn and did not say a word, some were angry and flushed. Feel up.
According to the point of view of mortals, the new Pope Carloma, who has just ascended the throne, is already in his sixties, and he can be called an old man with a short time. Twenty years. As for where they went after that, I am afraid that only the new pope will know.
Facing the inquiring eyes of everyone, Kagma was obviously in a bad mood and had no intention of explaining nonsense. He just shredded a golden scroll. The next moment, the skinny old man turned into a huge sacred phantom, and the bust floated on the ground. In the air, the old man's whispers turned into thunder, and no one in the city could ignore the next declaration.
"The Oros of the Bayer Empire colluded with the undead villains and sacrificed the millions of people in Victoria Harbor. It was extremely evil. We have passed the judgment and listened to the will of God. On this behalf of the gods, we have ordered Oros Moss, Avery St. Milan to be the Heretic, hereby, remove the word 'holy' for his royal family and rule him a heretic!"
The Pope took a deep breath, as if to squeeze out the last trace of hesitation, then bit his lip and made the most important declaration word by word.
"Evil is all around us. I, Kagma I, declared in the name of the Pope that holy war should be started. All those who believe in the Holy Light will fight for the Holy Light and justice, and become the mortal enemy of Oros' extremely evil allies."
There were not many words, but the people who heard it were dumbfounded. The Bayer Empire was not a small country. The conflicted areas in the north were actually irrelevant. The super empire was the main force, while the emperor of the Bayer Empire was ruled as a heretic. , while he was still on the throne, the whole country was condemned as a heretic.
The Baier Empire did not care about the belief in the Holy Light before, but at least it maintained superficial respect. The expulsion of the Holy Church did not mean standing on the hostile side, and if a holy war was started at this time, it would be equivalent to all believers in the Holy Light. All will become the mortal enemy of the Bayer Empire.
Of course, this is theoretical. In the face of a behemoth like the Bayer Empire, no one will declare war casually without sufficient interests. If there is no Holy Church to organize a crusade, I am afraid that the major powers will just condemn them casually. No text.
And if there is a conflict of interest with it, such as the current kingdom of mages, you can use this as a righteousness and declare war on Baier in an all-round way.
And the worst is probably the other small countries around the Baier Empire. If they are also part of the Holy Light camp, I am afraid they will be forced to stand in line. If they choose the call of the corresponding holy war, the army of the Baier Empire will be the next day. The army will come to the city.
After the declaration of the Church of the Holy Church is made, no matter what the reason is, at the moment when the eternal holy war is about to start, it is very likely that all countries in the human race will have an extremely cruel civil war. This is undoubtedly something most people do not want to see, but If Oros is still standing with the undead emperors, it is very likely to become reality.
And if this war occurs, even Victoria Harbour, which has become part of the plane of death, is not important. In the war between superpowers, I am afraid that the number of deaths will exceed this incident.
"...It's terrifying. This is even more unacceptable than the jihad 20 years ago. The superpower was actually ruled as a heresy! Is there going to be a world war."
"How is it possible, the church may not be able to withstand this civil war. Now is not the heyday of more than 400 years ago. The superpower will not fight for the church."
But some people heard the pope's words.
"Is it just that Oros was ruled a heresy, and the time for the formation of the crusade has not been determined."
Back then, the country of Lan was ruled to be a heresy, but the emperor’s words were only ruled, which undoubtedly left room. As long as the emperor went out of the field before the formation of the crusade army, the holy war with the goal of crusade against heresy naturally became unnecessary. There was no immediate determination of the time and form of the crusade army, which undoubtedly left room for a time limit.
"I'm afraid this is also a means of differentiation, forcing the nobles of the Baier Empire to rebel against the emperor, but it is really difficult to say how much it can play a role in the situation that Oros is covering the sky in his country."
Two days later, when the news reached the Bayer Empire, even though the official channels had timely controlled public opinion, it still caused a great disturbance, but unfortunately, the emperor of Oros remained stable and dared to resist him. The lord was killed by him ten years ago, and all the power is in his hands. Even if the ambition is still there, what can he do.
But some things are difficult to suppress for a long time. There are also a lot of hidden Holy Light believers in the Bayer Empire. I am afraid that the old emperor must pay attention to his own safety when going out.
Dressing up the old emperor is still what he should do every day, eat and sleep, so that those in the know have to admire his psychological quality. When the Baier Empire was calm on the surface, it was those who came from the plane of death. High-level undead.
"How could the reaction be so intense, it was completely different from what was expected."
Perhaps it was the incident in the north that damaged the prestige of the Church of the Holy Church and the Pope himself, which made him eager to restore it. Perhaps he felt that the tragedy in Victoria Harbour was too maddening, and the Pope made a sudden and drastic decision, as if When the two players had just started playing, and they were still trying to come and go, one of them threw all his chips to the stud showdown without hesitation, which completely exceeded his opponent's expectations.
The summoned cardinals did not expect the Pope to be so radical, not to mention the visitors from other planes. Their "cooperation" with Oros has just begun, and most of the plans have not yet been launched, which has caused the entire human race. Violent backlash from society and the Church of the Gods.
In their expectations, the Pope at this time should take the overall situation into consideration, most likely while condemning, while sending spies and diplomats to slowly collect information, striving to make big things small and trivial, instead of risking them at the very beginning. The risk of superpower civil war, fight to the death.
"Damn, is this Pope crazy? Did we dig his grave or something."
"No! Speed up all the plans, or the Undead Emperor will tear us down!"
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And on the first day when countries are about to be shocked by the Pope's announcement, we have reached the border between the two countries and are leisurely preparing to enter this country.
When Xiaohong slapped the idiot who took the initiative to provoke, the boss of the other party's mercenary group shot and was shot, and as a result, the dispute between the two sides became deeper and deeper, and finally led to a blood feud... Well, the above is just casual. Huh, it's basically impossible.
The mercenaries who go out to seek life are not the fools and tricks of the knight novels. If they are just tempted to forge a big hatred and provoke people who shouldn't be provoke, then this mercenary group that is constantly causing trouble will not survive today.
Especially when the two large mercenary groups are led by the head of the team, this situation has not yet been seen, and it is too outrageous.
"Kassandra in the silver rank slaps and slaps the air. That ranger is at least the golden rank."
"...Even the head of the Eagle Corps, Yost, was slapped and slapped, and even the Epic Divine Soldier Starfall Sword was taken with his bare hands. The head of the regiment is a battle-hardened weapon master, golden rank? You mean that black-haired woman Only the golden rank?"
"Legend? No, Captain Yost also fought against legendary warriors, and he didn't lose so badly. That is to say, that woman is at least a warrior of the holy order. Who is that young master at such a young holy level?"
The young master refers to the young mage who was drinking tea and chatting as a whole. The mage profession relies on accumulated knowledge, and other professions can be made quickly. The quick mage is basically unrealistic, and the blue-glowing robe of the archmage shows that he is very talented. In addition to the money, it also proved that he is very confident in his own safety.
The mercenaries are not without eyesight. They have long discovered that this silver coin mercenary group is dominated by this young man who is sluggish as a whole. Coupled with the excellent performance of other members, there is a rumor that a son of a certain country's nobleman is traveling with his maid, wife and concubines. .
Coupled with the nonsense of the idlers, the rumors became more and more true. The Storm Eagle became the loyal butler, Cohen became the errand valet, the half-dragon became the amused clown, and the cloaked Lilith was regarded as a With the bodyguard mage, the two elves became elf slaves only raised by noble families. As for Herois... In a way, I really guessed right, she was still a pet, just changed the direction of use.
"Hey, this guy stays with you in the carriage even during the day. He's so lewd and unethical. It's really enviable... It's infuriating."
"Those elves and catgirls also always get in the car, and it takes a few hours to get there, and the kid is not afraid of weak feet."
Ahem, that dirty smile is so obvious, but finally they still have some brains. They didn't count Xiaohong, who is at least the saint, as a bodyguard. Otherwise, when the "Dragon's majesty" strikes, all these guys will change. Coke is for sure.
Those deliberately whispered behind-the-scenes discussions were no secret in front of us at all. As a result, after pointing at the only stupid cat who was "guessed correctly" and rolling around with laughter, there were two more teeth marks on his head caused by two tiger teeth.
Closer to home, no matter how speechless the process is, at least the two large mercenary groups have reached a consensus - don't offend this young noble who is traveling. Since the other party wants to play games, let him play all the way.
Prove the strength, naturally everything is easy to say, I don’t know if I can see the mercenary of the sun tomorrow. Jin Zi, calm down now is for the sake of lizi, continuing to cause trouble is obviously tantamount to death, and there is a powerful "mercenary group" that does not divide commissions, which is a good thing no matter how you look at it.
"Anyway, it's just for young people to play, don't take it seriously. If you really offend the big nobles, it will be a trouble."
After that, the two heads of the group came to apologize without saying anything, and there were often a few high-level executives who came over to nag about their daily affairs and pull the relationship, but in my opinion, finding out our family background and where we came from is the primary purpose. core motivation.
As for their actions, I ignored them without hesitation. It would be safer for the bastards under my command to have someone to play with. If they were bored and bored home, I'm afraid they could do anything.
But soon, I regretted it. Don't look at that Yost's work is not bad, but he obviously can't speak, and he still insists on pulling us around, which is really uncomfortable.
"Gaga, where did you say it last time, by the way, it's the joke left from last time. Why does the undead always build a house with one less room than other races? I can't guess, the uncle told you. It's the toilet! They don't even have meals. I haven't eaten at all, and the toilet at home must be a decoration. Hahaha."
"Xingyunjian" has the appearance of a rude uncle, but he tells a cold joke that is not funny at all. None of us can laugh, while several of his other colleagues laughed dryly and squeezed out a little laughter. past.
"Your regiment commander doesn't have a problem with his head, right? It was Xiaohong who beat him up the day before yesterday."
Heloise's mouth was full of venom, but her words unexpectedly got a wry smile and a nod from everyone on the other side of the regiment.
"Everything is good for the head of the regiment, but the humorous cell is a little strange. Anyway, we didn't expect it to think, everyone should just laugh, or it will be endless."
The one who spoke in a low voice was a young mage from Jakadir, who was also the staff officer of this mercenary group, but at this time he could only watch his boss smile helplessly.
Right now, it seems that he found that his jokes did not have the expected effect. With a turn of eyes, a new joke from the master of bad jokes, Yost, has been released.
"Do you know, the undead's house is the best place to eat? Well, it must be the cleanest in their house, because it's not used at all, there is a toilet, hahaha."
Well, I don't know why he likes toilet and undead jokes so much, but from Lilith and Heloise's displeased looks on his face, I know this guy is guilty.
After all, these two are undead, and they probably have the function of normal eating, and most of them can use the bathroom... Shouldn't it be said that if you don't die, you won't die
Seemingly finding that the audience was in a wrong mood, the guy shook his head and squeezed out a new joke.
"By the way, have you heard the story of dragon slaying warriors and dungeons? Once upon a time, there was a stupid red dragon who ate too much..."
This time, it was the turn of a certain long-haired woman to grind her teeth. Listening to this cold joke and looking at the Death Emperor in front of me, I finally laughed.
"Let me tell you a joke. There was a fool in the past. He talked about slaughtering dragons in front of the dragon clan, and in front of the undead, he told slanderous jokes, and then... no more."
And when we were entering the Baier Empire, the Pope's declaration of war spread all over the world the next day, and the Lagos royal family, devout believers of the Holy Light, after hesitating, decided to respond to the call of the church and declared war with Baier .
That is, one day later, when news from all parties was communicated, the Baier Empire and the Lagos Kingdom officially became warring countries.
At this time, before we knew it, we were in this Lagos caravan, planning to enter the Baier Empire to make a fortune.
[System prompt: Don't worry, being the Emperor of Death will always be your title. Friendly reminder, you should go to the Temple of Destiny to change your luck.]