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The Ironblood Duke didn't want the Tanggulas Empire, at least not for now. His army was stationed at the border of the Titan Duchy, and the Cloud Flow imitations would take the opportunity to rob them. After the knights of the Druidic Order broke through from the front, his army could enter the Tanggulas Empire from the south.
This was a safe method. The Ironblood Duke didn't have to pay too much. Although he wouldn't get any benefits for now, he could only help Salin fight. In the long run, he wanted to overthrow the Cloud Flow royal family. This position was too important.
During this time, Rex sent a letter of credence to the floating city, reprimanding the Ironblood Duke for invading Qinyin's territory and ignoring the alliance from a thousand years ago.
The Ironblood Duke was remorseful and replied with an apology letter, but agreed to leave Qinyin's territory in his own name. The Golden Plain knew what was going on, but no one could say for sure that Rex didn't recover his territory.
The Ironblood Duke's remaining army of less than a hundred thousand left the coast of Qinyin and returned to Cloud Flow by ship. His main force, however, was rooted in the south of the Tanggulas Empire.
Rex was swift and decisive. He rewarded his man in passing.
Prince Salin's territory was awarded to Jialoulan. The huge duchy, without an heir, was practically empty. After a few battles, the local nobles basically didn't exist anymore.
Rex's order was blocked in both the House of Lords and the House of Lords, but no one could really stop it.
Sephiroth's obstruction was just a gesture, but the House of Lords' obstruction meant that the Golden Plain's forces were now controlling the political center of the Qinyin Empire.
When Emperor Chanak was still here, no one could put their hands in the House of Lords.
Of course, Salin didn't want to waste time talking. If anyone was dissatisfied, they could just come and attack. Although the Golden Plain secretly controlled the armies of the four towns, they couldn't do anything to Salin.
Salin's capital was in Metatlin, and his main force was on the floating city. It was an unconquerable place.
So what if they sent troops to Jialoulan? Would they fight Salin's floating city?
Salin was now attacking the Church. If they used force against Salin now, it would be unpopular. The Church had repeatedly attacked Qinyin in the last ten years. The people of Qinyin hated this organization.
So many were even willing to join the Druidic Order to fight the Church.
Most of them were victims of the Jialoulan war. In a sense, the ruler of Qin Yin was also responsible for this. However, with the name of the Roman Curia in front of them, the commoners did not think of this.
After all, none of the nobles surrendered to the Church. They either fought to the death or evacuated with their subjects.
Rex's appointment was carried out immediately because no one really had the power to oppose it. Salin didn't mobilize too many nobles from the Metatlin Kingdom. The people of the Metatlin Kingdom had long since set their sights on the demiplane.
The ones who filled this gap were the nobles of the southwest. Their allegiance to Rex finally paid off.
Although the Jia Loulan Empire was a land of war, the southwest was too remote. It was not easy to make a fortune. Once the appointment was made, the nobles of the southwest gathered to respond. Some of the nobles who were not qualified to be conferred titles were now sent to Jia Lou Lan. This was a dangerous appointment, but it was also the best time to gain status.
These people even knew that the nobles would have a hard time in the future, so they tied their fate to Emperor Rex's. Rex mobilized Mages in Kushui Commandery and distributed them to these nobles.
The private soldiers that the nobles had spent a lot of money to raise were also brought to Jia Lou Lan. The gap in Jia Lou Lan would soon be filled. Of course, whether they could completely occupy this place depended on the results of Salin's battles.
Salin's battles were nothing to write home about. He was almost unstoppable in the Tanggulas Empire. The most troublesome thing about attacking a city was waiting for the Druidic Order's army. After the Druidic Order's army was in place, Salin flew the floating city to the sky above the target city and bombarded it.
The lowest level of weapons were thrown down. Magic flame bombs, boulders, area of effect potions, and all kinds of low-level scrolls.
Rather than an attack, it was more like Salin was cleaning out the warehouse. These things would be useless in the future war. On Salin's floating city, there was an alchemy factory that was producing new magic equipment day and night.
After the large equipment of the target city was destroyed and the city walls were cut open, Salin let the knights of the Druidic Order attack. This kind of attack was, of course, relatively easy. Not to mention that the Purple Angel was deployed to beat the Drum of Fear in the sky above the city.
Without churches and enough mages, the cities of the Tanggulas Empire were destroyed one by one. The dynasty was in a panic.
Only then did the Qinyin Empire react. An army of three hundred thousand people joined the expedition in the name of the emperor. This army was considered weak compared to the four towns. They were mostly veterans from the battle of Daliang City.
These soldiers were of ordinary background, and their combat ability was even worse. Rex sent these people to occupy territory.
The transport of these people was directly moved to the Tanggulas Empire by Salin using Bode's Gate. Silently, they occupied about twenty cities.
The emperor of the Tanggulas Empire sent a letter to Salin, asking him not to attack. Salin only replied once, asking the empire to expel the Vatican and promising not to set foot on the Tanggulas Empire's territory again.
If the emperor of the Tanggulas Empire had the guts, he would have acted long ago. Why would he wait for Salin's instructions?
The matter was left unsettled. The emperor also knew that Salin really wasn't targeting him. A mage's interest in expanding territory was never greater than practicing magic. Power didn't mean much to a mage.
Even if you were an emperor, you couldn't put on airs when facing a powerful mage.
Under such circumstances, the elite army of the Tanggulas Empire's emperor began to retreat and gather in the imperial city. In name, it was to protect the royal family, but in fact, they were already avoiding war. The floating city didn't advance very fast. There was still a distance of thousands of miles between it and the garrison of the elite army. If they wanted to protect the emperor, they should fight first.
Because everyone knew that the ultimate goal of Salin's army was the holy city on the Radiance Plain.
The Radiance Plain was very vast and was the empire's best granary. Even the royal family couldn't do anything about it being occupied by the Vatican. Everyone already thought that the Vatican was going to lose this war, so they were unwilling to continue contributing.
Because the Vatican hadn't elected a pope, they couldn't do anything to the emperor. All the dioceses were concentrating their forces on the Radiance Plain. No one went to fight.
Even Salin himself didn't expect such a situation. A huge empire was in a precarious situation. No nobles were willing to sacrifice themselves, and no saints were willing to risk their lives.
The green Temple Knights created a storm in the Tanggulas Empire. More and more people joined the Druidic Order. In the Tanggulas Empire, being a follower wasn't necessarily a good fate. Sometimes, it was even more miserable.
Not all priests were like Nicholas, who had ideals. Many priests treated their positions in the Holy See as a tool to make money. The God of Light was not a cruel god who focused on killing, but in the Tanggulas Empire, when people heard the name of the Inquisition, they would still be so scared that they did not dare to say anything.
Everything was unexpected. The Druidic Order spread very slowly in Qin Yin, but in the Tanggulas Empire, these people seemed to be used to believing in religion. No matter what god it was, they didn't care.
This was a false believer, but Salin didn't care. Who would be willing to have a fanatic as a minion? It would be a huge problem in the future.
The Temple Knights expanded like a rolling snowball. Salin knew that if this continued, the day of Goddess Myers' resurrection wouldn't be far. The Druidic Order's believers were increasing, and the Federation's believers were decreasing.
This was also related to the doctrine. The Goddess of Nature didn't need sacrifices. The main task of the Temple Priests was to treat people's diseases for free. When there was no war, the Temple Knights would also help the villages drive away dangerous magical beasts. The Temple Knights would also regularly distribute seeds and cast divine spells to help farmers increase their harvests.
The Goddess of Nature only wanted the power of faith. She didn't lack anything else.
The Druidic Order was also very rich. Part of it was Salin's financial support, and the other part was robbery. Of course, Myers didn't support robbery. This idea was Dong's, and Baudelaire was also very supportive.
Salin was even more supportive of their nonsense. If the Druidic Order was too pure, it would be difficult for him to make a move in the future.
In fact, Salin didn't have any clergy in the Druidic Order, but his position in the believers' hearts was even higher than the Pope's. Everyone knew that it was this king who had expanded the Goddess's territory.
The floating city was too conspicuous. No one could erase Salin's contribution to the Druidic Order.
The only thing that Salin didn't like was that the religious war was even crueler than his massacres. Even if he destroyed the enemy's large-scale facilities, with the support of the Drum of Fear from above, the God of Light's believers didn't stop resisting. The two sides couldn't tolerate each other. This was a conflict between two gods.
Everywhere the army passed, nine out of ten rooms were left empty.
Salin couldn't stop this killing either. He thought of the saints he had imprisoned. What did religion change people? Did they really become humble and tolerant, or cruel and vicious?
Between believers of the same religion, it was the former, and between believers of different religions, it was the latter.
In the beginning, the Druidic Order only had one army. Later, there were more than ten armies in the Tanggulas Empire. Salin's floating city was too busy, so he had to go.
Inside Bode's Gate, Salin had prepared an elite army. They were all the strong fighters who had followed him in the Temple of the Gods. There were also the Insect Angel Warriors, his own Temple Army. This army was to be used in the final battle against the Vatican. ,
At this point, Salin no longer planned to participate in the large-scale battles himself. He only targeted the strong fighters among the enemy and killed them one by one. He had many level-12 fighters under him, and he couldn't meet any real enemies on the continent.
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