foreigner's journey

Chapter 600 One Year Later
The wind blows through the treetops, and the leaves rustle.

Gus looked up between the empty tree branches, always feeling that something was peeping at him in the wind.

Illusion?It's just the wind, can it have its own sanity?It seems that this year's practice in the deep mountains has made me a little nervous.

Gus shook his head mockingly, tightened his bag and heavy sword behind his back, and continued to move north along the road.Occasionally, some rough statues of maiden gods can be seen beside the road.She has long hair reaching her waist and stretches her fingers forward, as if announcing something.

When passing these statues, Gus would always stop for a while to show his respect for the statues, and wait for a few seconds before continuing on the road.

The [miracle] that shocked the world a year ago made the Hall of the King of the Kings completely take the initiative, across the vast plains and mountains, and included most of the aliens in the territory of the Kusha Empire into the religious beliefs of the Hall of the King of the Kings.

In fact, what these foreigners believe in is not the so-called King of Dharma or some illusory angel in the teachings, but the one who actually used his personal strength and charisma to subdue the Emperor Kusha, who is known as the "Fearful Emperor", and God behind her.

The grotesque clay puppets of beast gods were overthrown and replaced by various statues of Qishi.This is a real divine envoy who came to the world, isn't it more worthy of belief than those alien gods and beast gods who only exist in legends or even have no specific appearance description?
Within half a month, the Hall of the King of Law had replaced the original statue of the [Bird of Light], which symbolized the doctrine, with a statue of a girl, and the content of the doctrine had also been greatly changed.The new doctrine advocates that believers should be united, have justice and benevolence in their hearts, avoid sword fights, avoid national wars, and never succumb to the darkness in their hearts.To avoid the coming of the dark age revealed in the original Apocalypse, all human beings who obey the grace of the doctrine should be rewarded with the [Glorious Age].

According to the Karmapa, the new doctrine was a divine revelation he received in a dream.Not only him, every cardinal and king has received such a revelation, so that they dare not doubt it.

But in fact, the content of these unified dreams is a large-scale dream magic jointly created by the fairy king [Flower Snow King] and the witch [Freya]. Because the magic is so subtle, these powerful people among mortals are convinced that this is what God treats them warning made.

Compared with the original teachings that were too strict and vague, the new teachings are extremely popular among the common people.Over the past year, the frequent and endless wars among the countries have almost ceased, and the people have been able to recuperate. More and more believers are devoutly praying to the statue of the girl of Qiqishi, believing that this is the beginning of a glorious era.

After all, even the Kusha Empire that flattened half of the continent has already embraced Qishi as the true god they believe in. If any country dares to violate the teachings and send troops to fight other countries, it will be immediately condemned by the Hall of the King of Law. Other countries in the religious circle are legally crusades authorized by the King's Office.

By the way, the Fearful Emperor voluntarily abdicated after the miraculous war. The new Kusha Emperor was Prince Shilat of the Bakiraka clan. It is said that this new emperor is an extremely devout follower of the Divine Envoy.

On the other hand, in the territory of the teaching circle of the King's Hall, without war, the profession of mercenary lost its living soil in an instant.They either submit to the big country, or return to the life of farmers.

The same is true for [Eagle Group].

After the end of the war a year ago, the Eagles returned to the Kingdom of Midland and received the king's reward.The head of the regiment, Griffith, was made an earl because of his meritorious service in rescue and battle. The Eagle Group was officially woven by the Kingdom of Midland, known as the "White Phoenix Army", and Griffith was naturally the "General White Phoenix".

Unlike the high-spirited Griffith, Gus fell into confusion.Without war, Gus, who had been among the mercenaries since he was a child and didn't know how to live a normal life, was like a drowning man with nothing to rely on.

Even though he was sleeping on a soft bed, Gus tossed and turned and couldn't sleep all night.In his dream, he was still fighting side by side with his fellow Eagles on the battlefield, but after waking up, he could only sit silently in the corner of the reception and watch Griffith laughing and chatting with those big shots.

[Young wolf, fight me again when you grow into a real wolf of darkness.At that point it will be a one-on-one duel, and I will give it my all. 】

In a trance, Gus could always hear what the brave knight on the lake said to him.

Finally, he made up his mind that he must break away from this easy life.Maybe other people are happy with such a peaceful life, but I understand that only "fighting" is my best food.

One month after the miraculous war, Gus left on a winter morning with his bags in his hands without saying goodbye to anyone.

Griffith, who regards Gus as his closest friend, has long discovered that something is wrong with Gus recently, and stops Gus on the only way Gus must go outside the city.

Two proud people, unable to convince each other with words, finally had to draw their swords, just like when they first met.

And this time, it was Gus who was even better.He cut off Griffith's knight sword, and the blade of the giant sword stopped firmly in front of Griffith's shoulder. The strong wind pressure even tore the clothing on his shoulder.

"Goodbye, Griffith." Leaving those words behind, Gus left without looking back.

Only Griffith was left sitting on the ground, covering his shoulders.

For a year, Gus traveled to various countries.Because of the new teachings, all countries banned further wars, and replaced them with various "Imperial Knight Contests", which can be regarded as a space for those knights who are itching to play.

After winning several fights with ease, Gus found that ordinary battles could no longer allow him to continue to grow.He threw himself into the deep mountains and old forests, got acquainted with a hermit blacksmith, and used huge logs and waterfalls to practice his strength and sword skills, just like a tireless wolf.

Until recently, Gus felt that his strength had reached the bottleneck, so he went out to continue looking for strong players to fight against.

Just three days ago, Gus heard shocking news from the nobles who held the competition after winning a match——

The Eagle Group rebelled against the Kingdom of Midland.

According to the nobleman, about a year ago, the Eagle Group tried to cause a rebellion in Wendam City, the capital of the Kingdom of Midland, but was suppressed by the army.The whereabouts of Griffith, the head of the regiment, who is regarded as a hero of the war, is unknown. A female swordsman under his command led the remaining Eagles to break through the blockade of the army and escape. They have been fighting the pursuers for a year.The knight contest held by this nobleman was also to attract the strong to form a crusade team to conquer the Eagle Group that had become a gang of robbers, in order to get a reward from the Kingdom of Midland.

Since the Eagles rebelled earlier, all conquests and hunts against them are not protected by the new doctrine.

As for more news, the noble didn't know, so Gus had no choice but to head towards the place where the Eagle Group had appeared recently.

(End of this chapter)