Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 874 Arrival at Narcissus Principality
April 6th, afternoon.

The Principality of Narcissus, the Territory of Protagoras, the Port of Basel.

Aiwass, wearing a luxurious black and red papal robe and holding a corona scepter, slowly walked down from the elven warship.

His long golden hair had returned to shoulder length, and his emerald eyes were as bright as gemstones. A large emerald gemstone was also revealed on the chest of his robe. The pope's robe was basically black, but it was decorated with dark red and bright gold thorns.

As for the Corona Scepter in Aiwass's hand... it was originally a decorative scepter that "looks very cool, but is not that powerful". But now it matches Aiwass's black and red robe perfectly - at least the style fits perfectly.

At this moment, Aiwass just got off the boat, and people immediately knew that he was a big shot.

——The warship behind him is also proof of this.

"This is the Narcissus Principality..."

Aiwass sighed: "It's really my first time here."

This time, Aiwas did not take the passenger ship - probably the Theocracy would not dare to let their Pope take a ship.

That would be somewhat dangerous. In this world where "taboos" exist in the depths of the sea, even for a fifth-level transcendent, the sea is also dangerous. Not only is it endless and there is no shelter or hiding space, but you may be attacked by the sea monsters sleeping on the seabed at any time.

Those are all monsters starting from the fifth energy level!
The ship Aiwas was on was the same model as the warship Heleqin had taken when he went to Avalon Island. It was made of a beautiful crimson color, and its material was taken from a giant tree. And the hull was inlaid with a large amount of gold and rubies, each of which was nearly one square meter in area, and there were nearly two hundred of them - of course, these could not be naturally produced rubies, but large pieces of artificial rubies synthesized by classical alchemy.

These rubies that look like solar panels are the "cannons" of the Theocracy's warships. They are a kind of energy shield in themselves, and can also be activated and fired at any angle.

This ship is called "Cruel Preacher" and comes from ancient technology before the birth of Zhu Tiansi and the establishment of the Church.

The weapons were removed from the ship of Heleqin. After all, the Theocracy was still in a state of permanent neutrality at that time, and it was definitely not allowed to allow warships to enter the territory of the Giant Kingdom of Alctoros - that would be disrespectful to the Alc people.

——Arcans are the scientific name for giants. This is the new knowledge Aiwass learned from the Theocracy... It is the real history that he could never learn in Avalon.

Just as dwarves cannot call themselves dwarves because they cannot see how short they are, giants cannot call themselves giants. In Giant language, they call themselves "Arke". This term translates into Elvish as "people of the earth" or "sons of the earth", and the giant king is actually the "king of the earth" - this is why they have a "royal family" but no other "nobles" or "fiefdoms".

On the one hand, it is because the giants have not yet had a feudal system, but the more important reason is that in the giant culture, the giant king is not the "king of the giant country", but the "master of this land", and the one who granted him this status is naturally "the supreme sky who conquered the earth". The other giants are "born from the earth".

In the creation myth of the giants, the giants were born because the High Heaven was extremely hungry and thirsty, but because of its incomparable strength, no offspring of any race could withstand its power, so it ate the solid earth. Its essence penetrated into the interior of the earth, and then the pregnant and raised earth appeared in the world - that is, volcanoes.

The first giants were born from volcanoes, and like volcanoes, they are always angry and dangerous. Therefore, giants are born with the power of fire and earth.

This is why the statue of the Most High is in such an exposed posture in the Giant King's Court.

The royal bloodline is the first to open their eyes and communicate with the Supreme Heaven. Therefore, they are the eldest brothers of all giants. According to the tradition of giants respecting the eldest, the royal family is the oldest giant. Therefore, it is natural that they have the strongest power and authority.

Although humans think giants are barbaric, crazy and bloodthirsty... However, elves think giants are another race that is equal to all other races. They have their own culture and language, and they also have their own understanding of their own race and their own political system...

The Theocracy would eventually become completely hostile to the Titans, partly because the Titans considered the elves as imaginary enemies and actively prepared for war, and partly because Carstenin was killed by the Titans.

The trigger of this incident was that the elves living on the island of Avalon were massacred by giants.

Avalon is not an island where only giants exist. Before the High Heaven created these giants, it was originally a paradise where snakemen, elves and a few winged beings lived, and some witches and fairies lived here. Later, because the giants always stole the eggs of snakemen and harpy men and ate them, they would also catch snakemen and harpy men to eat. They could not defeat these giants, so they moved away after several battles.

The elves respect the traditions of the giants - because there are herbivores and carnivores in this world, and eagles and snakemen prey on each other. "Don't eat talking animals" is part of the doctrine of the Nine Pillars, but not all races need to abide by it. Natural selection and the survival of the fittest are also a kind of order in the wilderness, and the elves only need to watch and adjust.

For example, if the snake-men and harpy-men still remained on the island of Avalon, the elves would work hard to prevent them from becoming extinct.

But since they left, the elves no longer paid attention to the giants, but only warned them not to go too far.

However, it may be related to the fact that the Supreme Heaven defeated the giant beast Nibiru and devoured his body. The giants also have a very strong appetite, which makes them repeatedly anger the elves.

Eventually, these elves chose to completely oppose the giants and began a long war - but before the confrontation, they cut ties with the Theocracy first, indicating that their actions had nothing to do with the Theocracy.

The reason why those elves did not want to live in the Theocracy was that they were more aggressive, cruel, and radical than their own kind who were gentle and liked peace. They originally thought that their technology was far ahead of the giants, but they underestimated the bravery and strength of the giants. The "Nation Destroyers" and "City Breakers" were born in the last battle between the giants and these elves isolated overseas.

The eternal pioneer of the candlestick, "Kastenning", was summoned to the material world - he was also a giant, but he was a devout believer in the candlestick. He killed the giants who caused the massacre, and then lived in the Kastenning Temple for a long time, monitoring his violent compatriots.

The people of power can only be persuaded by a stronger power. After witnessing the extremely powerful "Carstenning", the Alc people gradually became honest.

They established a country and gradually found places to gather. Although the giants still devoured other races, they had begun to use "civilized" means such as trading or breeding, and no longer launched wars against other races, and gradually became smarter. Moreover, when the Church warned and punished them, they became obedient... So there was also discussion and controversy among the elves on how to deal with the giants.

After all, there is no distinction between good and evil in the way of dedication.

It was precisely because Carstenning had not yet been backstabbed to death that Helechin had to come in person to collect evidence of the Giants' crimes. His coming to collect evidence showed that the mainstream voice within the Church was not to start a war - similarly, his willingness to risk his life to collect evidence showed that there were still many forces within the Church that were hostile to the Giants!

Now Aiwas can be sure that if Helechin had driven the fully armed Theocracy warship "Cruel Preacher" directly to Avalon... he would not even have to die.

This ship even gave him a faint sense of threat, which meant that its firepower was absolutely lethal to at least the fourth energy level and below. It could even cause fatal damage to the fifth energy level.

Its range is very long. Its beam can directly cover a distance of more than 20 kilometers. Enemies within this range will be targeted and tracked by the attack of the fourth energy level spell "Scorching Ray" with increased range and efficiency. The maximum number of people targeted at the same time depends on the number of divine spellcasters controlling this spellcasting unit, and tracking also depends on manual operation skills... In the case of focused attack, nearly a hundred ruby ​​lenses can attack the same static target at the same time.

It is also an extremely powerful divine altar. The long-range spellcasting buff can cover a diameter of more than 50 kilometers - which can almost cover half of the city.

With it, Heleqin's followers could use their skills without having to go ashore and fight.

If their group did not go ashore, Heleqin would not have to stay in the human settlement for a long time waiting for supplies.

He was walking alone, but with Pegasus by his side, he moved at an incredibly fast speed, just like what Aiwass had done in that ritual—the giant couldn't catch up with him at all.

Although Yi Tiansi had wings and could fly, the giants created by Zhigaotian were also unable to fly. This was their fatal flaw... Any humanoid individual that did not have the ability to teleport across space or fly would not have a very strong maneuvering speed, which was determined by the laws of nature. Unless smashing all obstacles along the way was also considered a displacement.

With the cover of artillery fire, Helechin could retreat at any time and come back after reorganization.

After all, this is the most powerful warship of the Church, and it was the firepower that the elves used when they fought against ancient monsters such as demon beasts, sea monsters, and dragons.

After the war, only three Cruel Preachers remained. One of them was the one destroyed by Helechin, and this is another one. It was a frigate used when two or more cardinals traveled.

As for the more powerful "Oathbreaker Annihilator" type, due to its high maintenance costs, it was all demolished long before the birth of mankind...Now many technologies have been lost, but fortunately there are copies preserved. But even with Aiwass's order, it is quite difficult to rebuild it.

There was no real "sailor" on the ship now. The eighty crew members were at least third-level priests, and there were also six papal guards.

They all stayed on the battleship, ready to take orders at any time.

Aiwass finally realized how terrifying the elves with strong martial virtues were...

This time, traveling with Aiwass was another cardinal.

"I visited this place six hundred and forty-one years ago."

The cold voice of Cardinal Galatea came: "Do you need me to be your guide?"

The girl, with a temperament as white as snow and long pure white hair, has no expression on her face, just like a doll.

She was the agent of the Twin Mirror, the only cardinal of the structure in the Theocracy. As the leader of the Ancient Monuments Restoration Society, she expressed her strong desire to come when she heard that Aiwas was going to visit an Amber Age ruin.

"...Then that's not necessary."

Aiwass was a little helpless.

Six hundred years have passed, and I'm afraid even the terrain here has changed...

(End of this chapter)