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Chapter 323 Emperor Cult

Ke Ling did not deny the achievements of An Ning Dao. At least they were really helping the victims. Although things had changed later, the undercover culprit Bolick had been executed. An Ning Dao could still be saved, and the leader would take back the power of the church.

Soon, all the offensives of Anning Dao were called off. They no longer fought with the remaining troops of the Empire in the east, and no longer attacked cities. All the troops withdrew from the front lines, leaving only some people to guard the isolated cities of the Empire.

At the call of the leader, all the people of An Ning Dao gathered together, almost all the high-level personnel gathered together, and a large number of believers came to the square outside the hall, waiting for the leader to show up. It looked like a grand military parade.

Those who were quickly promoted by Berlik were controlled by the artificial human army at the first time. It must be said that the leader's ability was very useful at this time. It was too easy to distinguish who was a loyal minister and who was a traitor.

However, the leader did not kill all these people with one blow. After all, there were some truly capable people among them. Although some of them were promoted by Pericles, it does not mean that they are all Pericles' party. The leader was not in power before, so these people could only follow Pericles' connections.

Those who were dealt with were those who truly abused their power to commit many evil things. In front of the leader, these people had nowhere to hide, their lies were exposed, and then they were directly beheaded.

With the death of Bolick, his influence was completely eliminated. Everyone in An Ning Dao understood that the leader had taken back the power that rightfully belonged to him and truly became the leader of An Ning Dao, no longer just a symbolic existence.

The leader was able to do all this thanks to those powerful "servants of God". Ke Ling's artificial human troops directly became "servants of God". Their existence represented Ke Ling's support for the leader.

With the support of the "servants of God", the leader brought the senior bishops to the high platform on the big square. In order to facilitate the believers to come to the holy city for pilgrimage, a super large pilgrimage square was specially built in front of the holy city cathedral. Now this pilgrimage square has been filled with believers, and the entire holy city is crowded with people inside and out.

"Now that the Divine Emperor has come to the world, he has overthrown the brutal rule of the empire and saved the world. We, An Ning Dao, will serve the Divine Emperor wholeheartedly and will devote everything to building a brand new Divine Kingdom on earth!"

On the high platform, the leader's voice spread far and wide, like a loudspeaker broadcast, and could be heard clearly inside and outside the city.

"God Emperor?"

The believers were confused. Wasn't this news from the Empire? It was said that the new emperor had taken the throne from the Revolutionary Army.

But, didn't An Ning Dao want to invade the imperial capital and seize the throne? Why did the leader suddenly start to believe in the God Emperor?

This feeling is similar to "Your Majesty, we are ready to fight to the death, why did you surrender first?" They thought to themselves that the situation was so good now, why did the leader suddenly surrender to the enemy?
Just as the believers were puzzled, the sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and Ke Ling appeared riding the dragon-shaped [National Guardian Mecha God·Supreme Throne] and repeated the operation he had performed before in the imperial capital, which shocked the believers of An Ning Dao.

It can only be said that Ke Ling's appearance was really great. After this set of operations, coupled with the leader's constant encouragement, the effect was surprisingly good and he captured the hearts of the followers in one go.

Even the people in the imperial capital had never seen such a scene, let alone these country bumpkins from the east. They were shocked beyond words. The believers knelt on the ground one by one as if they had seen a god, and began to call out the name of "God Emperor" uncontrollably.

Seeing this kind of scene, how could they dare to think about "breaking into the imperial capital and seizing the throne"? They all wanted to bury their heads in the ground. Looking at that terrifying power, how could they have the ability to contend with it?
The senior leaders of An Ning Dao also had expressions of horror on their faces. It was obvious that this kind of power was beyond their comprehension. Facing such an enemy, how could they win?
At this moment, everyone suddenly understood why the leader began to believe in the "God-Emperor". Strength is the only truth. In front of the "God-Emperor", they are like a group of clowns.

"From today on, An Ning Dao will become the state religion of the empire."

Ke Ling's voice came out from the clouds, sacred and majestic, and his words also caused cheers from the believers. At this moment, they felt relieved.

"Long live the Divine Emperor!"

Under the leadership of the leader, the believers quickly accepted their new identities. The transformation was so rapid that the name "Divine Emperor" quickly began to spread throughout the eastern part of the empire.

Because of the influence of An Ning Dao, the entire eastern part of the empire has been a bit superstitious and is extremely superstitious about these matters concerning gods and ghosts. Now that the "God Emperor" has appeared, naturally the gods and ghosts will retreat.

There can only be one god in the entire empire, and that is the "God-Emperor". There can only be one belief in the entire empire, and that is the imperial state religion that believes in the "God-Emperor". Now it has been changed from An Ning Dao to "Emperor Religion".

For the sake of peace and balance of power in the empire, the military force of the "Emperor's Church" will be disbanded. This is inevitable. In a country with a sound system, there must not be a situation where the government has an army, the religion also has an army, and the two sides are not subordinate to each other.

The first task of the "Emperor's Church" is to eliminate all these mobs. Then the "Emperor's Church" will not have any armed forces.

But Ke Ling gave the "Emperor's Church" the qualification to judge heretics. The judges of the "Emperor's Church" will be formed by the Emperor's "servants of God" and only recruit female members, so they are called "Battle Sisters". They will be the Emperor's most loyal warriors, responsible for judging all pagans and apostates who believe in heretical gods.

The "Battle Sisters" report directly to Ke Ling himself. They claim to be the armed force of the "Emperor's Church", but in fact they are essentially an inspection agency, and all of them, including the leader of the "Emperor's Church", are under the supervision scope.

In a short period of time, An Ning Dao transformed itself from a rebellious insurgent army into the state religion of the empire.

Of course, this transformation process was not smooth sailing. Although most people were impressed by the grace and power displayed by the "God-Emperor", there were still many stubborn elements.

Moreover, the disbanding of the military power of the "Emperor's Church" also aroused dissatisfaction. There was no way around it. Disarmament was not a trivial matter no matter where it was, let alone in such a chaotic empire today.

As soon as the "Emperor's Church" was officially established, it started a civil war to eliminate heresy. This war was led by the "God's servants" and "battle sisters", with those soldiers who were willing to cooperate with the disarmament. There are still many believers in Anning Dao who want to live and work in peace. They join the army to fight for their lives and rebel just to live a better life, just to survive.

In this battle, Ke Ling, the "God Emperor", naturally displayed his great power. A terrifying dragon wave spewed out and swept through the positions of the judges. He easily wiped out most of the judges, and the targets that were swept were directly reduced to ashes.

It is necessary to demonstrate strength. There are many people who fear power but not virtue. If you don't make them afraid, they won't think well of you.

After this battle, the entire "Emperor Church" became unprecedentedly fanatical, and their belief in the "God-Emperor" was extremely firm. The "pagans" were brought to trial, and their assets were naturally nationalized.

Ke Ling used the seized supplies to help the common people and disaster victims, which naturally once again promoted the virtues of the "God-Emperor" and made the people in the eastern part of the empire more resolute in their faith.

The An Ning Dao in the east was transformed into the "Emperor's Religion", and the rebellious eastern part of the empire returned to the empire's territory.

Although the eastern part of the empire is still managed by the "Emperor's Church" for the time being because the empire has not yet sent down bureaucrats to rule, it is only a matter of time before power is transferred. The "Emperor's Church" certainly does not have the power to manage the local area.

The chaos in the East gradually subsided and things got back on track, and the "Revolutionary Army" in the South had also begun to reorganize. In the end, Katis was unable to withstand the internal and external pressure and chose to accept the conditions offered by the Empire.

Surrender military power, stay in the imperial capital to serve, integrate into the government of the new empire, and work together to build a new empire.

This decision of Katis certainly caused a split within the "Revolutionary Army". Having been used to being local tyrants, many people were definitely unwilling to accept reality. How could they just hand over the military power? Wouldn't it be like being at the mercy of others if they just stayed in the imperial capital?
The southern landlord forces, who had deep local interests, rejected these conditions and directly started a split. However, their rebellion was quickly quelled. The forces within the "Revolutionary Army" that supported Nadezhda, plus the military power of the empire, were not something the southern landlord forces could challenge.

Today's "Revolutionary Army" has begun to reorganize. The internal leaders have been transferred to the imperial capital to serve, and the soldiers have been reorganized into local troops. After all, the "Revolutionary Army" is much more formal than Anning Dao, and the soldiers' combat effectiveness is not weak, so they can be added to the empire's military system.

There is no other way. Among the empire's armies, only the central army is powerful. The local troops have long been corrupt. The new imperial government now also needs fresh blood to fill the gaps in the local troops. The soldiers of the revolutionary army are very suitable.

Allowing the high-level and management levels of the revolutionary army to remain in the imperial capital would naturally be useful. Those capable and idealistic officers of the revolutionary army could be immediately transferred to various parties to carry out work. The new government also has a shortage of management personnel, and most of the unqualified officials would be dismissed and punished.

It can be said that this new government team lacks talents in all aspects. Those officials persecuted by Minister Ernest have been re-employed. With Bud's protection, some ready-made talents have been retained for the new government team.

Not all the original imperial officials would be killed at once. There were always some talents that could be used. As long as they had not done anything extremely evil, the new government would recruit them normally. The empire was so large that it would always need people to do the work.

The foreign ethnic groups in the west were also dealt with very quickly. There was no other way. Facing a group of imperial tool users, they really had no ability to resist. Brand and the people from [Night Raid] were all sent out, and the imperial tool users from the empire summoned by Esdeath were also sent to the battlefield by Ke Ling.

Will from the Imperial Navy uses the Imperial Tool [Avatar of Asura·Noble Chariot], Kuronetō from the Imperial Assassination Corps uses the Imperial Tool [March of the Dead·Eight Chambers], Porus from the Imperial Incineration Corps uses the Imperial Tool [Purgatory Summoning·Rubigand], and Ran, who was recruited from the public, uses the Imperial Tool [Thousands of Miles Flying·Mastema].

These imperial weapon users who were originally recruited to fight against the "Revolutionary Army" had not had a chance to show their abilities before the world of the empire changed completely. Without knowing it, they were directly conscripted by General Bud and sent to the front line to fight against the Western alien races.

Among these four people, Will is a member of the Imperial Navy. He is upright and kind-hearted. He is of course very angry about the harm done to the people of the Empire by the Western foreign races, so he is naturally willing to go to the front line.

Although the empire has changed, Will is willing to see the new government's policies before deciding whether he wants to work for it. Going to the front line to fight against foreign races is a noble cause, not serving the new government.

Porus's thinking was more direct. He was a pure soldier and all he had to do was follow orders. General Budd was his immediate superior and he had always respected him.

Porus felt that although the empire had a new emperor, since he was not dismissed, it seemed to have nothing to do with him. He was a man of daily routine, going to get off work and coming home every day with a wife and children.

Lan is similar to Will. He is also looking at the new government's policies. If the new government can really put things right, he will be happy to serve. He did not come here to serve the corrupt empire. He has his own purpose.

As for Hei Tong, she had no choice because the Imperial Assassination Force had been incorporated by Bud and Nadezhda. Hei Tong, who needed drugs to maintain her life, certainly had no way to disobey.

But Heitong had no intention of disobeying, because she and her sister Chitong were finally on the same camp again and were no longer enemies. Heitong felt mixed emotions. She didn't know how to face Chitong or how to get along with her.

Akame was actually in the same situation. It could only be said that everything that happened was too dramatic. The two sisters who were originally enemies suddenly became colleagues standing on the same side.

This change of identity was so sudden that the two sisters, who had already prepared to kill each other with their own hands, found it difficult to adapt for a while.

However, after fighting side by side, the two gradually regained some tacit understanding. In fact, the two sisters care about each other very much. Once the little gap between them is resolved, they can naturally restore their close sisterly relationship. After all, they are sisters who grew up relying on each other.

The Western alien tribes were defeated, and Brand led his troops into the wild lands of the West. This time, the imperial army did not withdraw after wreaking havoc, but prepared to stay here. The new imperial government prepared to establish effective rule here and completely eradicate the problem of the alien tribes always causing chaos and invading the border.

(End of this chapter)