Game of Thrones Overlord Conquest.

Chapter 33 One King, One Country, One God
Religion is the product of the development and evolution of human society, and it will inevitably develop and change with the development of social history.

According to the law of historical materialism and the adaptation of religion to society, Engels divided the development of religion into primitive tribal religions formed spontaneously, national religions founded by individuals during the heyday of slavery, and individual religions promoted and developed into world religions with the support of world empires.

In this world, long before history was recorded, the Children of the Forest in Westeros worshiped the nameless gods of rock, earth, and trees, now known as the Old Gods.

And the Rhoynar of Essos will worship the mother River Lorne, the Crab King, and the Old Man of the River.

All of them are primitive religious beliefs akin to animism.

The Greenseers of the Children of the Forest, a sort of shaman, have powerful magical powers, the ability to converse with birds and beasts, and see through eyes carved in weirwood.

Primitive religions have no preaching priests, pious prayers, hymns, or worship ceremonies, and are just a religion passed down from generation to generation.

The belief in the Seven Gods is the most important religious belief in Westeros. People often simply call it the "church". In order to distinguish it from the ancient beliefs, the gods of the church are sometimes called new gods.

The seven gods worshiped by the church, the creed is very similar to the trinity theory, but the seven gods are one.

One deity takes seven different forms, representing seven different virtues.

But others would think that they are seven different gods.

Worshipers will pray to a specific form of the Seven Gods according to what they want.

"Father" represents judgment, to whom justice is prayed, "Mother" represents love and nurturing, to whom one prays for fertility or mercy, "warrior" represents strength in battle, to whom one prays for courage and victory, and "maiden" represents innocence Purity, pray to protect the chastity of girls, "Blacksmith" represents craftsmanship and labor, pray to him for the strength needed to complete the work, "crane" represents wisdom, people often pray to him for guidance, "Stranger" represents death and the unknown, believers Rarely seeks help from the Stranger, but often associates others with the Stranger.

There are as many gods in Essos as there are peoples here, and one can find and worship any god one can imagine here, which are essentially polytheistic.

Believers look to religion to help them understand the innate power humans have been given by nature.

In Essos, the R'hllor belief with the most believers seems to be a tradition that can be seen everywhere, and it is a typical dualistic concept of light and darkness.

The Supreme Priests of the Temple of R'hllor in Volantis have been committed to spreading the belief of the Lord of Light to the whole world and developing their religion into a world religion.

They sent Thoros, the red priest of Myr, to Westeros to preach to the fire-obsessed King Aerys II Targaryen.

But Thoros failed to show Aerys II any impressive fire magic, so R'hllor is not well known in Westeros.

The current Supreme Priest Benello is no exception. He prayed to the Lord of Light to show the phantom of the future and help find the reincarnation of the real ancient hero Azor Ahai in the prophecy.

Regardless of whether the world after Long Xia needs to be saved, he will try his best to encourage more people to support this hero.

At this time, Benello's passionate speech had ended, and the shouts aroused by the surrounding crowd could still be heard.

Guarded by the Holy Fire Hand, Marqoro struggled to squeeze his way through the crowd and approached the High Priest.

Unlike Bennero's high-pitched voice, he himself looks very quiet, tall and thin, with prominent features, bald head and creamy white face covered with flame tattoos.

With a pair of clear eyes like crystals immersed in water, he stared at Ma Qiluo warmly and softly, and the inexplicable light in his pupils inadvertently made the red robe monk dare not look directly.

"Old and young horses, flaming steeds and dark goats, kings both real and false, I also saw you, standing numbly among the horses with your stupid body, but without the will to ignite the flame."

Hearing the words of the supreme priest, the red-robed monk Maqiluo, who had no fear in the face of danger and kept a calm attitude, could no longer hold on, and felt extremely restless in his heart.

The Supreme Priest did not give the red-robed monk the opportunity to enter the temple to negotiate.

He seems to have seen everything from the flames, or got all the information from other people.

Then, he turned his gaze to the black wall of Volantis, and said calmly:

"Inside the black wall, the old nobles with ancient blood are now unwilling to eat and sleep. The consuls are sitting anxiously commanding and controlling everything. Looking at the whole of Volantis, the slaves are standing to produce food, clean the streets, and guard the city walls. , charge forward, but do you think the consul will really listen to what we are talking about, what are we talking about, in their eyes, what is the difference between everyone outside the black wall and the most humble beggars and slaves."

The Supreme Priest Benello slowly approached the red-robed monk, stretched out his hand to stroke Maqiro's lowered head, and continued:

"You see the long bridge connecting the two cities of Volantis. The flat bridge deck is like a smooth road leading to the world. You can't see the arches made of black boulders that separate the order. The tall and thick black walls From the moment it was established, words were cut off. If you think too much about the temple, you will worry too much about Volantis, and if you think too little about the King of Light, your eyes will become more and more serious. Short."

Residents in the black wall of Volantis call themselves "ancient blood". Their ancestors can be traced back to the ancient Valyrian era. Unless invited by the residents living inside, foreigners and free people are not allowed to enter the black wall.

Due to its geographical location close to the Slave Bay, Volantis was not only a key link in the slave trade chain, but also a major market for the slave trade, with an average of at least five slaves per Volantene freeman.

As the currency used by Volantene, called the "billion", it has a crown on the front and a skull on the back.

For the casting of Hui coins, whose glory and crown are used on the front, and whose blood, tears and life are used on the back.

"Everyone must make a choice, you and me, man and woman, noble or poor, we choose light and darkness, justice and evil, we choose true god or false god, but there is only one hero, we must choose the real hero, and He must choose light, justice, and God."

The Supreme Priest stared straight at the sky like a burning red sun, with his hands crossed in front of his lower abdomen, his high-pitched voice seemed extremely peaceful and serene.

"Makiro, go back, go back to your Kayo, and provide him with guidance and help. The Lord of Light will guide you."

"Please keep in mind that a king, a country, and a true god, find the king and agree to all his requests."

(End of this chapter)