The epic story of green monsters

Chapter 768 Theocracy and Kingship

After Jiawen left, Allen's study fell into a long silence.

Allen was actually not impressed at all by the other party's rhetoric. Whether it was the Church of Nature or the Assassin's Guild, they were all potential enemies for Allen, threatening forces that could attack him at any time.

Although he has always maintained a good relationship with the Assassin's Guild, Allen even allowed the other party to establish a branch in Namur Fortress, but he also believes that as long as the Assassin's Guild is given a sufficient price, their previous so-called promises will be fulfilled at any time. It might be torn apart by them.

But there is one thing that Allen has to consider carefully, and that is the matter of establishing his own faith. Now it seems that it has been confirmed by many forces, so the previous incidents against him and the Green Field Tribe may be able to Let’s find some of the reasons.

The only thing that makes Allen a little difficult to understand is why humans and elves are involved in this matter. Are these powerful gods with long heritage so afraid of a new god appearing in the wilderness? Only a small number of believers among humans, elves and wilderness gods have overlap, but generally speaking, their audiences are completely different. It is obviously inappropriate to say there is any competitive relationship, so why do they act more aggressively than the native church of the wilderness? What about being more radical and decisive?

Of course, Allen wouldn't know, because on his way to the land of ice and snow, he suddenly entered the land of the gods and caused a vision, which eventually made humans mistakenly think that he was connected with the father of the oak tree, and then thought Try to kill him as a threat.

The Assassin's Guild knows that he is on the road to becoming a god, which is not a big problem, but the Church of Nature knows this, so their previous assassinations against him have kept the fire of hatred burning in Allen's heart, but now he But he can understand the other party's choices and behaviors.

It's just that the other party suddenly put aside his malice towards Allen and took the initiative to show his kindness. No matter whether the other party was sincere or had other calculations behind it, Allen had to treat it with caution.

If the Church of Nature pushed this matter to the Temple of Nature and encouraged many churches in the temple to unite to suppress and strangle him and the Green Field Tribe, the consequences would be unimaginable for Allen.

The huge disparity in strength prevents Allen from having enough confidence to offend entities like the Church of Nature and the Oak Church, which is why he can remain calm even after being assassinated one after another. Now this mission is regarded by Allen as the other party's reminder and knock on him. Through this mission, he is just observing Allen's attitude towards the wilderness and the temple.

Therefore, deep down in his heart, Allen already had the answer, but he was still a little unwilling to do so.

They have all worked hard to achieve their current status and strength, but when faced with many important moments in reality, Allen still has to bow his head to certain things and forces. This feeling of helplessness and helplessness will always make people uncomfortable. ! !

"Ugh!!!"

With a long sigh, a pair of eyes shone brightly in the dim study. As the Bugbear's stalwart body slowly stood up, the negative emotions such as irritation and distress in his heart were restrained and suppressed to the deepest part of his heart.

After walking out of the study and leaving the castle, the Bugbear once again transformed into a majestic and strong man who walked like the wind.

Since the other party gave him half a month, even if he had some concerns in his mind, Allen had no intention of giving him an answer right now. He simply took advantage of his free time to visit the headquarters of the Oak Business Group and the Natural Business Group. , collect some precious potions and scrolls for yourself as a backup.

The dragon's blood potion in his hand has been exhausted, and the only remaining trump card is two bottles of demon's blood potion with extremely strong side effects. Not only is the blessing effect far less than the dragon's blood potion, but the side effects are also much greater. The corrosive aura remained in the potion and could not be eradicated. Therefore, while the potion was blessing, it was also poisoning Allen's body. In the end, the two phases were superimposed during the weak stage. The side effects were so great that Allen did not dare to use it easily.

Dragon blood is not so easy to obtain. Even if there is a small amount in circulation in the world, its value must be expensive. Because of his own fighting style, Allen has not found one that suits him as well as the dragon blood potion. Potion, so Allen doesn't have high hopes of encountering similar potion in the business group.

But fortunately, Allen is now very wealthy. Just the trophies he got from killing two demigods and a dozen legendary strongmen in the past few years are worth as much as the overall income of the Green Field clan for more than ten years. .

Although many of the treasured potions, scrolls, and magic props are not to Allen's taste, if he uses them to find other strong men or replace them with forces, there will always be props that meet Allen's requirements.

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It has been ten thousand years since the founding of the Lion Heart Kingdom. Although it is not as good as the Empire of Dawn and the Dynasty of Light, it has a long history and profound foundation. However, because of the two gods of the mainstream belief in the country: the God of Suffering and the God of Loyalty and the God of Justice. With a firm alliance, the church's main court has a great influence on the kingdom, so the kingdom can always stand and develop slowly.

Especially the wave of demons that started three hundred years ago caused the neighboring Kingdom of Spring to suffer catastrophe. Although the human gods had designs on the Father of Oak, the Kingdom of Lionheart also took the opportunity to absorb many people from the original Kingdom of Spring. The territory, as well as its vast population, finally brought the Lionheart Dynasty just one step away from the threshold of the empire.

Although with the subsequent re-establishment of the Kingdom of Four Seasons, many of the original subjects of the Kingdom of Spring broke away from the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Lion Heart, and some of the land occupied by the Kingdom of Lion Heart was re-incorporated into the territory of the Kingdom of Four Seasons, which can be found in In this war, the Lion Heart Kingdom can still be regarded as one of the dynasties that gained the most among many human kingdoms.

The growth of population and land has brought about an increase in the strength of the kingdom. This should have been something that the rulers of the kingdom were happy about. However, as time went by, the rulers of the kingdom suddenly discovered that these newly joined people had actually become the new members of the kingdom. An undercurrent gradually affected the rule of the kingdom.

The reason for the matter should start from the fact that the gods of the Kingdom of Spring betrayed their believers and the royal family of the Kingdom of Spring.

In order to deceive the prophetic perception of the natural gods and prevent the natural gods from noticing the trap set by the human gods against the Father of Oak, the Goddess of Spring voluntarily abandoned the people she protected as nutrients for the demons to invade the human kingdom, eventually causing the entire The Kingdom of Spring fell into a place of demonic slaughter, and countless people were displaced. Originally, these inside stories would be tightly sealed, and only the Holy See of all human kingdoms could know the secrets. However, when the Spring King fell, Asmodeus, the Lord of the Nine Hells, suddenly stepped in and tempted the Spring King's royal family to work for him. The Gate of Bones was built to widely publicize the deeds of the human gods. As the last loyal warriors of Mingxi City dispersed to various places, the secrets were spread.

Because of the original deeds of the Goddess of Spring, when she subsequently gained the authority of the four seasons and reestablished the country, the vast majority of the remaining people of the Kingdom of Spring not only gave up following the footsteps of the goddess, but also hated her deeply and spread her evil deeds from generation to generation.

At the same time, the human spellcasters of the Eternal Truth Council broke through the wall of unbelievers and publicized the matter. Although the church forces deliberately blocked it, they were still unable to withstand the spread of magical spells by the magicians.

From now on, even if the intelligent race no longer believes in gods, their souls will not suffer the pain of eternal torture after death. The shackles and shackles hanging on the heads of human beings no longer exist, so many humans simply give up the so-called belief and feel relaxed. There is no hindrance to local life.

You must know that a believer of a god not only needs to pray and repent to the god every day, but also must allocate a part of his Weibo income to the church every year to show his loyalty and atone for his sins. There are also strong churches that even override the kingdom's government agencies, collect taxes from all people, and require believers to serve the Holy See.

Four or five years after birth, the children of many families will be baptized by the church to check their talents. Children with outstanding talents will be taken over by the church and put into charity homes under the Holy See without the consent of their parents. Start learning professional skills such as fighting, killing, etc.

When the Holy See needs to build new buildings or major events such as the Holy See War occur, the Church will also require believers to work and fight for the Church for free. The Holy See will not bear any responsibility for the resulting injuries, deaths and other incidents. It is the responsibility of the subjects of the kingdom themselves.

There are also those scholars who are just influenced by the magicians who pursue the truth and have a somewhat open mind and knowledge. There are also those warriors who dare to resist the injustice of the Holy See. They are even regarded as aliens by the Holy See and thugs who are tempted by the devil. They are suppressed by the Holy See. The methods are extremely cruel.

All kinds of unreasonable atrocities have actually been complained among the people for a long time, but they have always suffered from the existence of the natural shackles of the Wall of the Unbelieving, so that ordinary people can only persevere until the end of their lives for the so-called peace of their souls.

The callous behavior of the Holy See of Spring and the Goddess of Spring has sounded the alarm to many royal members in the human kingdom. The power struggle between the royal family and the church had already arisen many years ago, and later the Kingdom of Spring appeared. This incident made the human royal family and dignitaries feel sad, and they naturally became more wary of the church.

There is also an irreconcilable conflict of interests between the ruling dignitaries of the kingdom and the seemingly secular Holy See. The kingdom's income comes from the taxes of the ordinary people. If you want to develop or build an army, you cannot do without the ordinary people. Therefore, they are far-sighted. Although the rulers of China will exploit the people of their kingdom, they also hope to give the people at the bottom the power and opportunity to survive, so that the kingdom can continue in the long term and sustainably.

However, the various actions of the Holy See not only compete with the kingdom's ruling class for the money bags of the lower class people, who are not rich in the first place, but also compete with the kingdom for the population and recruit all outstanding talents into the Holy See. This has a great impact on the kingdom's ruling class. It's almost hard to accept.

So what if you don’t accept it?
  Even if the head of a kingdom wants to obtain the orthodox inheritance status, he must be canonized and crowned by the most mainstream and influential pope in the kingdom, not to mention the few grand dukes, counts and other lower-status people in the kingdom. The dignitaries who want to inherit the title must deliberately curry favor with the Holy See and gain their approval.

Most of the kingdom's interests and power are occupied by the Holy See. The seemingly noble human dignitaries have to shoulder the obligation to rule the kingdom. This unfair power gap eventually makes the dignitaries feel rebellious.

Gradually, the dignitaries of the human kingdom and the power of the Holy See began to compete in the superstructure around the royal power and the divine power. Although the royal power has always been at a disadvantage, it is not completely without opportunities.

There are too many human kingdoms. Except for the empires governed by a few powerful divine churches, the other dozen or so kingdoms are basically a gathering of gods. Believers of various gods are mixed with each other. Although there is a certain divine church in that kingdom. It has greater influence in China, but other churches also have their own basic bases.

Because churches develop believers, they also compete with each other in peacetime. This gives the rulers of those kingdoms an opportunity to slowly strengthen themselves. By jumping left and right between various churches to obtain the greatest benefits, the supporters of the royal power secretly continued to accumulate power until they were powerful enough to compete with each church.

Royal power also has a major advantage over theocratic power, that is, they have a closer relationship with the people at the bottom. Normal public security management also includes activities such as hunting down bandits and criminals, or responsibilities such as providing relief in natural disaster years, so that their image can be seen in the public eye. It is deeply rooted among the people, and at least it is more effective than that group of priests who only know how to preach the so-called fairness, justice, and fraternity in a sanctimonious manner.

As the civil society develops step by step, people's thoughts are gradually changing. Especially when the news of the destruction of the Wall of Unbelievers spreads, the number of unbelievers who no longer believe in gods and are no longer willing to accept exploitation is gradually expanding. .

The greater the number of non-believing or pan-believing ethnic groups, the easier it is for the royalist faction to win over. Both parties have common interests and demands in some aspects and have the same opponents. Therefore, the strength of the royalist faction has been growing for more than two hundred years. , gradually began to appear in various countries.

Of course, there must be people from the wilderness, orcs or elves fanning the flames behind the scenes, and there are even human mages such as the Eternal Truth Council. As long as they can cause some trouble for the most powerful human civilization and weaken their strength, then everything will be fine. is worth it.

The Kingdom of Lionheart is the hardest hit area in the struggle between these two powers. The kingdom absorbs a large number of survivors from the Kingdom of Spring, and it is also adjacent to the Kingdom of Ice and Snow, a heterogeneous country that is jointly managed and developed by human spellcasters and the royal family. Unbelievers continue to proliferate in the kingdom. , impacting the prestige and authority of the Kingdom’s originally orthodox Church of the Sufferers.

A few years ago, the kingdom accepted the pressure of the church and returned the land and population it had finally absorbed to the current Kingdom of Four Seasons, which harmed the interests of the royal family and nobles, so it was inevitable that other ideas would arise.

After witnessing with their own eyes the tragic experiences of the royal family and nobles of the Spring Kingdom after being betrayed by the Holy See of Spring, the royal family of the Lion Heart Kingdom gradually took over the power of the kingdom with the help of local non-believers and truth seekers from the Land of Ice and Snow. Income into hands.

What followed was a gradually revealed struggle between royal power and divine power.

(End of this chapter)