The Fantastic Journey of the Void Mage

Chapter 158 The Ruler
War is a disaster for ordinary people.

But when a war becomes almost one-sided—whether in terms of combat power or internal aspects, it is all a situation of crushing commitments, things will become different again.

In the words of people of this era, this is God participating in a war.

Although in essence, neither Josh nor Galen have reached the gods of their world.

But after experiencing so many worlds, Josh and the others also understood the fact that they cannot look at other worlds from the perspective of their own world.

Because there is no comparison.

They don't know the difference between the world levels of Josh and Galen, or whether there is a so-called world limit gap, so they can simply pretend that there is no difference.

In their world, both the limit and the upper limit are terrifyingly high, so naturally they can't count as anything.

But now, in this terrible world where the plague has caused unspeakable misery and the life expectancy is already low, isn't it true that Josh's lifespan of hundreds of years is like a god to them?

And in terms of combat effectiveness, Josh and the others made them even more dumbfounded.

Whether it's Josh, Galen, or even the giant dragon named Hosdner who likes to steal other people's cattle from time to time, their fighting power is extremely exaggerated.

The giant dragon is a legendary creature, and the one who can tame the giant dragon is a character who can only appear in the legend.What if such a character couldn't possibly be a god?Then these aborigines on the eighth floor will think about this world, is there no god at all?

Of course, Josh would not let this kind of nonsense happen, and he was still counting on the belief in this world to improve himself.

Anyway, only Giovanni, his two sons, and Mario were the only ones who knew the facts about Josh, but they didn't intend to speak out.

Only you know your own changes best, and they are very aware of their constant changes.

They remembered what Josh said, let them become the same people as Josh, and now they are gradually changing.

If this is not God, then what is God?Even if this question was thrown to Ezio, he would answer it like this.

Thus, this unsuspecting war began.In fact, it is more appropriate to say it is a farce than a war.

Because Josh felt that he didn't seem to do anything - he just rode Hosdner around Siena, and then threw a few new magics he had just created, and everything was over.

To put it bluntly, Josh imitated a certain heroine who was similar to Natasha except for her hair color, and created a magic called Icacia Rainstorm—using a void ball to explode, overflowing with terrifying magic light arrows .

After easily killing a squad, it all came to an end.

In fact, not only was this war as funny as a farce, but even the wars that Josh had experienced were all like this.

Well, for the time being, let’s call it a war by flying around on Hosdner and killing some stubborn guys with just a few skills.

Anyway, no matter how you look at it, in the past four years, Josh has inexplicably swallowed up the whole of Italy.

Even the speed at which his teachings spread was not much worse than those of the terrible Black Death, except that it did not drift eastward under his intentional control, and it had already spread to other corners of the world anyway.

In fact, I didn't even think about the whole process, it was so easy that he doubted his life, except for a battle between Siena and Florence, he came forward to fly twice, and he didn't need to take care of the rest - some places were directly caused by him Due to his deeds, he chose to surrender.

And in some places, such as a big city like Milan (which was still an independent principality at that time), after Galen took people there, the newly appointed Grand Duke of Milan was directly dragged there, and Josh who ran to Florence at that time In front of him, he was aggrieved and forced to surrender.

As for those cities like Turin, including Rome, neither Josh nor Galen have ever made an appearance.

After so many years, if such a war requires the action of these two behind-the-scenes masters, then Josh can basically confirm that he has raised a bunch of waste for nothing.

But fortunately, Josh and his subordinates are still quite competitive.

But think about it, in the hands of people who have cultivated fighting spirit like Ezio and Giovanni, those armies are really vulnerable.

Even if they are now at the first stage, at most the second stage.

You can't face so many enemies at once on the frontal battlefield, but don't forget that they are a group of assassins!
Their specialties and their fighting style are not to deal with so many enemies head-on.All those country leaders and generals who resisted in the corner were all unlucky.

Speaking of Ezio, his changes in the past four years are exactly as Josh thought, and he is no longer as tragic as in the game.

But Josh felt that if he was really allowed to choose, he would probably choose his current life no matter how many times he came.

After following Josh to occupy Siena, Ezio, who had seen the power of a god, worked harder.

Especially after familiarizing himself with Josh's teachings on defining freedom and love, his loyalty to Josh is getting higher and higher.

And among his choices of 'light' and 'darkness', he chose light in the end.It's not that 'Dark' has no freedom, but he has more ideas.

"I intend to follow in my father's footsteps and become a banker too. Just like he did for the church, I will continue to do like him."

At that time, Ezio said this to Josh and Giovanni with a firm face, although after he finished expressing this sentence, he suddenly found that the atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

But Ezio didn't care that much. With Josh's permission and Mario's help, Ezio re-entered the banking system.

In the subsequent continuous development, not only did he gain a firm foothold, but he was also given a new task by Josh, which was to go to Florence to collect intelligence there and so on (afterwards Josh found that it didn't seem necessary at all).

Of course, this is just something to do secretly, but on the surface, he is going to Florence to open a new bank branch.

Originally, this kind of task should not be handed over to Ezio, but this kid not only learns quickly in combat, but also is very good in management.

In addition, Josh still held the purpose of 'recovering love', so Ezio was selected in this way.

To be honest, Ezio was very happy when he knew he was selected.

Because he himself couldn't forget the girl who was still in Florence, he accepted the task without hesitation, and he also firmly stated that he would complete it satisfactorily.

Ezio also did a very good job. Although he encountered some troubles when he came to Florence, he solved them easily.

Of course, he didn't forget the girl Christina, even when he came to Florence, the first thing he ran to was looking for that girl.

At this time, Christina was not engaged yet, and she was still waiting for Ezio's return under the pressure of her father.

Although she actually only had some small expectations in her heart, and she didn't have much expectations at all, but she never dreamed that this small expectation would actually become a reality!
She was stunned when Ezio quietly opened her window one night, just as he had done before he left.Her thoughts seemed to return to more than a year ago, they just looked at each other quietly, and then embraced each other directly.

"You're back?"

"I am back."

"Are you still leaving?"

"Never again, ever."

The love words are a bit nasty, and the two of them haven't seen each other for a long time, and they need each other's comfort very much.

This night was the happiest night after Ezio escaped, and he found his love again.Well, although the next morning, he would be in the same embarrassment as before, and was chased and killed by Christina's father with a weapon and escaped.

However, he looked embarrassed, but he was actually smiling. He seemed to understand better what Josh's teachings meant by 'valuing what you love'.

In addition to friends and family, I also have my own lover!

With more motivation, it only took Ezio a few days to complete the task Josh gave him.And then he also started to do some agile things, such as assassinating some high-ranking officials who resisted, such as the high-level officials of the Holy See.

Anyway, when Josh and the others arrived, they accepted Florence, a well-known art sanctuary, as easily as a visit.

After meeting with Lorenzo, the leader of the Medici family, and after some negotiation (unilateral oppression?), Josh officially obtained the right to rule Florence.

Of course, Josh also directly returned this right to Lorenzo.

At this time, Lorenzo can be said to be under Josh's control, and Josh doesn't have much time to rule a city-state. It is very necessary to control the original ruler and return the rights.

The time that followed was when Josh's church expanded wildly. After experiencing these two wars, Josh didn't bother to care about these at all.

Of course, every time the assassin goes out on a mission, he will also give some memory magic crystals that he deliberately failed to create.

Instead of cultivating so many Holy See personnel by yourself, it is better to leave these things to people who already have experience.

What I need is to control them, and then sit back and enjoy their achievements.Although it was very evil, Josh didn't feel any guilt.

Although the 'dark' assassins are all killers, the dogma Josh gave them is that the person who wants to kill must have a reason to die.

And these assassins originally belonged to the original brotherhood, and they also obeyed these creeds. Now Josh's method of control is tantamount to giving those who must die a chance to atone for their sins, and these assassins are also willing to do so.

And it's safer to do so.

After all, not everyone can be like their minister 'Eagle', who can leave safely after killing others, even if they are discovered, it will be fine.

They used the memory magic crystal to control those people who were destined to die and had high official positions, which meant that they could leave safely.

So unconsciously, Josh almost controlled the whole of Italy when he was in Florence, which is one of the reasons why it was so easy for him to pay all the city-states afterwards.

(End of this chapter)