While the High Elves were holding a war council in the Phoenix Palace, a peaceful scene was taking place in Brittania. The serfs were living a good life, which was rare for them. Social wealth was developing, and productivity was increasing. Coupled with the dividends from the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition, social wealth and gold and silver were circulating rapidly. The towns and villages were becoming more and more lively, and more workshops were starting to work.
Today was the festival of the God of Nature, Tarr, and the Earth Mother, Laya. It was called the Summer Solstice.
The history of the God of Nature, Tarr, was much older than the history of the Empire. No one knew whether Tarr was a mortal or a believer, but there was no doubt that the God of Nature and the Wilderness was one of the most influential gods in the old world. He usually appeared as a greasy old hunter who was covered in fur, unshaven, and only used a spear and bow.
The appearance of the Earth Mother, Laya, was a kind middle-aged woman who wore many flowers and green leaves. She was slightly plump and kind.
As mentioned earlier, Tarr was the brother of the White Wolf God, Yuric. This God of Nature's belief in the old world had a history of at least 3,000 years. Many studies had shown that Tarr was a continuation of the "old religion," which was a god formed after the simple worship of nature and materialization. His history predated the Empire by many years. Even when Charlemagne hunted in the Black Forest near the Carolingian tribe, he would cut off a part of the spoils and offer it to Tarr.
Tarr was also known as the "God of Gods," or "God of Gods," which actually meant the King of Gods. The God of Nature and Wilderness was undoubtedly the leader of the human gods.
However, Tarr and his Church of Nature were declining in the Empire and Brittany.
The reason was simple.
There were not many benefits to believing in Tarr.
Tarr's temple was broken, and the God of Nature hated sacrificial activities in the town. He liked to use stones in the wilderness and forests to form a circle, or a broken latrine, and use animal bones, fur, and raw meat as sacrificial offerings. Tarr hated his bishops and priests for collecting tithes or taking the initiative to ask the believers to offer sacrifices. He hated the bishops and priests even more for participating in secular activities.
To put it simply, it was very difficult for believers to earn money in the name of the gods, and it was also very difficult for them to receive a large amount of divine grace from the gods.
That was difficult. There were very few benefits to being a follower of Tal. Apart from being able to receive the blessings of nature from time to time to strengthen one's resistance to chaos and plagues, strengthen one's physical fitness, and hone one's combat skills, there were no other benefits.
On the contrary, Tal and Yuric were both vengeful gods. If one was a devout believer of Tal, Tal would be angry if he didn't offer a pig's hind leg to the god after hunting it.
No matter what, Yurick had given humans the courage and strength to fight. With the blessing and protection of the bonfire at night, if one shouted Yurick's name in battle, they would occasionally be able to deal three or four times (or even ten times) a critical hit. Tarr was even more stingy than Yurick.
Today, Tal's stinginess had met its match.
A group of devout believers of Tal transported a large number of sacrificial animals along the canal. They wanted to do a large-scale sacrificial activity on the holy day of Tal to please the god they believed in. Of course, this ship had to pay the canal toll.
However, in addition to the canal toll, their animals were detained by the knights and nobles of the nearby territories.
The reason was simple. The knights and nobles of the nearby territories were holding a grand outdoor barbecue banquet. They needed fresh ingredients.
This wasn't the first time. When the canal passed through the territories of these knights and nobles, it brought convenience and unimpeded transportation. At the same time, it also gave them the opportunity to fill their pockets.
This was different from the Empire. To the Brittany, the knights and nobles were brave and martial. They didn't care about life and death when they fought. However, this didn't contradict with many of them being greedy, bad at business, and fond of grandiose deeds. This was especially so after the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition. Many knights and nobles plundered, seized, and rewarded them handsomely. In a short period of time, their expenses had increased greatly. Society was prosperous, and a large number of goods were circulating. Those knights and nobles who didn't participate in the expedition had no choice but to raise their status so that they wouldn't lose out to others.
I'm a knight, a guardian who protects you from the attacks of the green skin and chaos. What's wrong with eating a little of your food? In the name of the Lady, without us, how could you have the peace you have now?
That was what Baron Goodrich of Bordero thought and said.
Unfortunately, the knights thought too much today. Now in Brittany, the eight major churches of the old world had covered four places. There were more and more free people. The changes in society brought about the rise of a new class. It also represented the collapse and reconstruction of the old order. The believers of Tarr were no longer helpless. Instead, they joined forces with a group of citizens to fight back. They directly complained to the Shrine of the Lake Fairy in Bordero. They showed the documents and permits that they had fully paid the Lake Fairy's tithe to the Holy Grail Knight and the Prophet of the Lake who were in charge of guarding the shrine.
So on this day, the Lake Fairy Witch Morgiana personally led a group of Holy Grail Guards into Baron Goodrich's manor. The nobles who were originally drinking and eating happily in the manor suddenly became silent. Baron Goodrich knew that something bad had happened. The knight who was drunk to the point of unconsciousness quickly led a few knights in the manor to kneel down. With a long face, he said, "I'm just temporarily requisitioning. Your Highness Morgiana, I'm temporarily holding a banquet. I urgently need some rich ingredients!"
"Rich ingredients? In the name of the Lady? " Morgiana's face was cold, and her green eyes were burning with terrible anger. "Very well, Your Excellency Goodrich. A canal connects the north and the south. The toll of the canal was tithed and given to the Lady one cow, two sheep, and five chickens. You, on the other hand, detained eighteen cows, twenty-five sheep, and fifty chickens. It seems that this canal of the Kingdom of Knight King was not built for the kingdom. It was not built in the name of the Lady to give the kingdom's citizens convenient transportation and transportation. Instead, it seems like it was built specifically to provide benefits for Your Excellency Goodrich?"
"Wuwuwu!!!" Baron Goodrich was so scared that his whole body went limp.
"The Lady received the tithe, and now you are using the Lady's name to extort and detain the goods. Do you want the Lady to thank you? Your Excellency Goodrich! "Morgiana immediately gestured." Take him away! Lock him up in the monastery! From today onwards, the title of Baron Goodrich no longer exists! I announce that this family has been abolished of the title of Baron, and all the land along the river has been confiscated! Bodrich will arrange for a new Baron to come here! As for this Mr. Goodrich, he will be demoted to a Knight of the Kingdom! Since he likes to have parties in the manor, only this manor will be left to him! "
"From today onwards, if anyone uses the Lady's name to deceive and embezzle, or for any reason affect the normal operation of the canal and the transportation of goods, they will be dealt with according to this!"
"Yes!" The Grail Guards and the Lake Prophet rushed forward and took Goodrich away.
Not far away, Laing, Angelo, and Forgen were standing on a hill, watching this scene.
Olica and Carolina stood behind Laing and Forgen, respectively. Olica looked at Carolina with some confusion. Olica, who was wearing a black-and-white maid outfit and white silk stockings, looked at the daughter of Aralos, who had the blood of God in her. Her eyes were full of confusion. She did not understand why she would appear in the Ash Army.
Karolina, on the other hand, was somewhat hostile towards Olica. In the eyes of the wood elves, even though the dark elves were cousins, they were undoubtedly enemies. However, the dark elf in front of her was extremely powerful, and she had some kind of divine might that even Karolina was afraid of. It was obvious that this dark elf maid wasn't just a Saint-level expert. There was definitely a god supporting her from behind.
"I am reminded of the Empire." Angelo looked at this scene, and the World Eater gene prototype was somewhat dissatisfied. "If only the religion of the Empire could play such a role in supervision."
"The function of the religion of the Empire is to get an extra share." Laing shook his head. "This is different from the Lady of the Lake Church. The tithes collected by the canal are closely related to the church's tithes. In simple terms, the more these nobles are greedy, the less the church collects. Therefore, it is best to let the church supervise. As the saying goes, the clouds are in the clear sky, and the water is in the bottle. Everyone has their place and their duties."
"As for who is the clouds and who is the water, that is something that I should be the one to deal with." Laing closed his eyes.
In an instant, Forgen and Angelo both felt that behind the brothers, there seemed to be a shadow of that person.
That person, who made many original potions feel disgusted, was the sealer.
"Won't the church be greedy?" Angelo grumbled unhappily.
"They won't." Laing shook his head and smiled. "It is different from the religion of the Empire. The churches of this world have gods, and they are supervised by real gods. They should be as much as they should be. The Lady knows this very well. If her will is direct, the church will not have any problems. This is different from the religion of the Empire. We all know that father sat on the golden throne for 10,000 years. During these 10,000 years, although he knew everything, he could not say anything. His psionic power was too strong."
"So, he needs Luo Jia." Angelo shook his head. He hated using his brain to think.
"The Empire's Department of Internal Affairs has millions of bureaucrats," Forgen said. The handsome, elegant, and elegant king's son gene prototype spoke. It was obvious that Forgen was in a good mood. "Millions of bureaucrats in the Department of Internal Affairs manage tens of trillions of Empire citizens in more than a million worlds. In fact, many bureaucrats spend their entire lives calculating a large number of errors, fallen, or outdated world data."
"From the introduction of policies to the implementation of policies, from Holy Terra to the edge of the star beacons, every corn field in the agricultural world, the responsibility increases, but the power they enjoy decreases. When there is a problem with the policy, the people who should be held accountable the most have nothing to worry about. The officials and people who are coerced by the huge pressure of tithes and conscription have to bear all the consequences. "Ryan smiled and said," Except for Brother Kiliman and his Markulag. "
"So, Terra High Leader and the religion of the Empire have to worship father as a god. Because he can't speak and can't move, if they don't raise him up, how can they do things in the underworld?" Forgen nodded.
"Yes. As the saying goes, the king father's danger is solved." Laing laughed. "In the name of the God King, there is no need to use it in the future. Father and Luo Jia have started to take over the religion."
Laing and Forgen laughed together. Only Laing and Ferrus did not understand. He did not understand what Laing and Forgen were talking about. The World Eater gene prototype angrily continued to shout, "What are you guys talking about? Also, why are you so sure that after father and Luo Jia take over, the religion will be better? "
"Because the church does not have a position. The interests of the gods are the church's interests. The position of the gods is the church's position." Laing explained a little. "Before, they used the name of the God King to do things. They got a lot of benefits. Now, their God King is back."
"If you want to say something, say it clearly. Don't speak in riddles! Brother, why are you like Kiliman and Zhuang Sen now? You like to speak half of the truth and leave the other half unsaid. "
"Ha ha ha ha! If you say it out loud, it will be boring." Forgen could not stop laughing.
After that, the three original genomes turned around and left. Forgen rode his pure-blooded elf warhorse. Angren rode his hippogryph, Nukailia. Laing picked up Olica and sat on his mount, Impris. Carolina called a giant eagle.
The dark elf obediently leaned into Laing's arms. Her full chest was now covered with Lilith's Sun Fire Amulet. The fire of heaven burned on the amulet. Saint Giles' soul was stored in the Sun Fire Amulet. It was a pure and bright soul. The blood-red wing pattern shone in the Sun Fire Amulet.
The Sun Fire Amulet represented endless hope and the power of rebirth. Only this ancient weapon, which Lilith had brought from the last era to the next, could calm Saint Giles' soul temporarily.
Next, Laing, Forgen, and Angren would work together to see if they could awaken Saint Giles' slumbering soul.
As for breaking the curse of the Four Gods of Chaos, they still needed the God Flame in the Incantation Scroll that the Lord of the Phoenix, Asuyan, had bestowed to the Phoenix Guard Captain Karjoin on Flame Island. That was something unique in the world. Even the Emperor could not copy it.
"If I'm not wrong, that should also be from the last era … … According to Father, that was the fire of heaven that Asuyan had before the fall of the Spirit Race." Laing said to Forgen, "It is said that before the Spirit Race Empire, they were far more powerful than the human Empire of the Golden Age?"
"Yes." Forgen nodded. The king's son geno prototype said without hesitation, "From the records we found during the Great Expedition and the descriptions of Lucia's ancient saint servants, that is indeed the case. When the Spirit Race Empire was at its peak, it was much more powerful than the human Empire of our Great Expedition. But that was before the fall of the Spirit Race and the awakening of Perverted Sin. After that, aside from the Laughing God Xi Legao, almost all of the Spirit Race Gods were killed by Perverted Sin. War God Kane was also blasted into thousands of pieces. Now, it looks like they have been reborn in this world."
"I don't know if Father was as powerful as Asuyan when he was at his peak." Laing showed his white teeth and said a very scary topic. "I hope Lady Celestine does not hear me."
"It is said that Asuyan, who was the Spirit Race's main god, was stronger than Father in the main material universe. In the subspace, Father's power was much stronger than Asuyan," Forgen said casually. This was what the first generation of the Demon Toad, Big Demon Toad Leader Kroc, had said. During this time, Forgen learned a lot about the ancient saint's secret history from Kroc.
"Let's go, ironclad warship from Sea Gate. The Enterprise is already close to the Mannen Dry Dock. Let's go and see if your Saint Sophia or my Enterprise is better, Brother Fogen!"
"Onboard! Onboard!"
"Open the champagne!"
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