I'm such an old god, so sorry

"Your Majesty, please don't criticize the gods."

The Grand Duke of Sword Tomb converged with a smile, and said with a serious face: "I can understand your misunderstandings and rejections, but the glory of God will not be reflected in the shadows because you are in the shadows. As the servant of the Lord, I am also here. "

"Glade is a godless land!"

The words of the Sword Tomb Grand Duke obviously aroused public outrage, and the sword orchid nobles couldn't help but yelled at him. What's more, a glass was thrown out and hit the former's forehead.

"How is this going?"

Xiude looked at the suddenly changing banquet, patted Galliano on the shoulder and asked.

His Royal Highness was just released from the hellish training. He didn't even pick up the sister paper. He had been eating Hesai at the long table. He glanced at the Grand Duke of the Sword Tomb and said unhappy:

"Let me show you a joke.... In fact, our sword orchid empire is not that united, such as the [God disciple] of the Sword Tomb Grand Duke’s faction, huh...it’s really ironic, our ancestors opened up the territory and expanded the territory. At that time, there were no gods to help. Now posterity wants to dedicate the land of gladioli to the gods above."

The sword orchid empire was only established for a few decades. Before that, there were several sword orchid dynasties in the land of sword orchids. In order to unify the land of sword orchids, the Golden Lion family launched a dynasty war and experienced countless fierce battles. A sword orchid dynasty was destroyed, and some sword orchid dynasties that suffered heavy losses retained a considerable part of their strength.

The situation at that time was very erosive. No matter which side wins, it will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and neither the religious state in the north nor the federation in the south are threats that cannot be ignored, so the Golden Lion Dynasty negotiated with the remaining three sword orchid dynasties In the end, they were merged into the empire, legally loyal to the empire, in fact they have their own fief, allowing the formation of troops and administrative institutions, which is equivalent to a country within a country.

It doesn’t matter if this is the case, the empire’s degree of centralization is already relatively high, and it is not a bad thing to let one or two border nobles semi-independently. In the past, this kind of composition can instead be full of martial virtues. .

But the reason why these independent gladiolus nobles were rejected and even hated by the mainstream circle was that they were followers of the gods of order.

Chapter 49—A Godless Land

Strictly speaking, the belief in the gods of order is not ancient. Although the gods are indeed ancient, they have been born as totem spirits in the tribe from the barbaric period and have experienced more than ten thousand years. But until the beginning of the chaotic era, the order The gods were just little guys who had luckily survived the battle of tearing the dimension.

The believers before them almost lost all. They swallowed each other with their kind in the Chaos Era, and gradually stabilized their power. Then, after the Chaos Era was over, the Church-State Alliance was formed, and the order of the gods system took shape in the true sense.

In the past few hundred years, the belief in the gods of order has occupied the mainstream of Ainfar, but at the same time that the religious alliance is in full swing, not everyone likes to let the gods rule themselves.

For example, the Gladiolus people are very disgusted with the belief in gods.

According to the gladiolus aristocrats, when their ancestors were overwhelmed with thorns and thorns to win the habitat and reproduction space for mankind, where was the god?

After the heyday of mankind, the gods of order appeared one after another?

But there is one thing to say, this cannot be blamed on the gods of order. At that time, the ancient disasters had just passed, and the surviving spirits of faith were licking their wounds, shivering and hiding in their own spiritual dimension. It really couldn't affect reality. .

It is the spirits of these totems who first enlightened and protected the primitive people of Ainfar mainland.

But the sword orchid nobles don't care about these, they only know that their ancestors are the greatest heroes who created the flourishing age of mankind, and the will of the sword orchid passed down from generation to generation also engraves the doctrine of human supremacy in the soul of every gladiator.

Although the gladiolus people no longer hate or despise non-human races because of the changes of the times, the limit they can accept is equal treatment. Therefore, the land of gladiolus has always been a godless land.

The gods are not humans. No matter how close they are to humans, they are aliens after all. The sword orchid nobles who are wary of the invasion of gods did not expect that some of them are still poisoned by faith.

Those grand dukes who formed their own sect in the empire not only devoutly believed in the gods of order, but also promoted the faith of God in their own territory and allowed the church to establish churches.

The other gladiolus nobles were itching, but for various reasons they had not dared to make a move.

Well, it's actually afraid that the civil war will cause the empire to split. Not to mention that the Northern Alliance of Missionaries will participate in the war under the pretext of "protecting our faithful". The Federal Republic, which has been hurt by the empire, may also take the opportunity to take a bite.

Religious grand dukes are also more aware of current affairs, and only spread their beliefs in their own territories, and did not stretch their hands too long. The empire ordered the provinces not to receive immigrants from the godly dukes. Over time, this problem became a mess.

"Except for the turmoil that happened twenty years ago..."

Galliano smacked his lips and said: "Usually we don't tell this to outsiders, but based on your friendship with me, it's okay to talk about it... It's quite difficult for my brother to come to the throne. "

"You are suggesting that your brother's throne is not right, and you are the sword orchid orthodox?"

"No, I didn't mean that."

Galliano stuffed a piece of fruit in his mouth and said, "It's not a big deal. When we were young, the Imperial Guards broke out in a rebellion. At that time, my father had just passed away, and my brother was only eight years old. He who has enthroned, who knows that the regent minister in his father’s prime minister is a deeply hidden believer. He is dissatisfied with the new blasphemy decree issued by the empire and launched a rebellion. There are more than half of the Guards following him.

Having said that, Prince Gladiolus sneered and said:

"Our all-defense faith invasion happened in the center of the heart of gladioli. The Guards wanted to imprison our brothers, but at that time we ran fast and hid in a small town near the imperial capital. It was not until the King Qin’s army besieged the heart of the sword orchid and besieged the heart of the sword orchid for half a year. Because of this, the Imperial Guard’s succession law that was originally planned to be implemented in the early empire was completely abolished, and the Imperial Guard was dismantled. Only one or two thousand of the Imperial Palace Guards are left."

"That's why William looks like that?"

Xiude pointed to the emperor who was blowing his beard and staring at him. He almost changed his usual cynicism, taunting Grand Duke Jianmu from a different angle.

"It is said that it was the Rebellion of the Janissaries, but who was behind it, everyone knows well... the days when I was young were not bad for me, but I don’t know what William thinks. I think it will not be a wonderful memory."

"In your mouth, belief in order is like a cult."

The senses of Xiude towards the Alliance of the Church of Nations are very complicated, with rejection, guilt and sorrow, but in any case, they cannot be said to be evil.

The arrival of the Grand Duke of the Sword Tomb made the atmosphere of the banquet cold for a while, but soon the sword orchid nobles stopped paying attention to the Grand Duke of the Sword Tomb. They all wanted to avoid the dirty things and stay away from the latter, returning to the atmosphere just now. Involuntarily ignored the Grand Duke Jianmu.

Only William was still chattering and mocking.

"I'm very curious how you have the courage to come to the heart of the sword orchid. There is no church here for you to pray tomorrow morning."

"Your Majesty, maybe what I did is really offensive to you, but I still don't understand..."

The Grand Duke of Jian Tomb poured himself a glass of fruit wine with a low alcohol content, and said slowly while sipping:

"Why do you reject my lord's faith so much? In order, God teaches, protects, and guides all living beings. The people under the glory of God are all living happily and happily."

"Not all human beings are willing to find a master for themselves, don't think we are as spineless as you!"

The Grand Duke of Jian Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Pride.... Human pride is a precious quality. Our ancestors used this pride to accomplish epic achievements, but excessive pride is arrogance... Your Majesty, human beings have limits, even if If the empire is developed to its limit, human inferiority will cause tragedies over and over again. In the past, there was competition in the gladiolus land to maintain the traditional regularity, but after the empire is unified, how long do you think it will take the gladiolus blood to become corrupt? "

"Ten years? Thirty years? Or a hundred years?"

"Without competition and aggressiveness, the Gladiolus aristocrats will eventually fall into the same situation as other bloodline aristocrats who have perished in the past. Then the rotten empire will also be shaken by the voice of the people, and the religious alliance will annex the empire. .... This is almost destined."

"... Your so-called speculation is directly based on the premise that the empire will be corrupted, but the blade of the gladioli will never rust!"

William laughed back in anger, and just wanted to sneer, but a strong and steady voice came in advance.

"father!"

Salo shouted, William followed his reputation, and then the banquet was silent for a moment, and all eyes were on the burly knight who suddenly appeared in the hall.

Chapter 50 The Ambitious Alliance

"Master Intardi!"

The sword orchid nobles at the banquet all yelled. They all knew the patron saint of the empire, but how long have they not seen this knight who guards the palace and underground palace all the time?

The burly knight who suddenly appeared at the banquet, dressed in pale gold armor, with two broad-edged swords that radiate bright light hung from his waist, and his iron-gray hair was neatly combed back, and his resolute face was expressionless, only Those eyes that seemed to be burning with golden flames were calmly watching Grand Duke Sword Tomb.

"Since the concept of gladioli was born, countless years have passed. The history of gladioli has countless ups and downs, but no matter how much time it goes through, the will of gladioli will not be corrupted!"