Belief In The Kingdom of God

In the early morning, the dawn gradually lit up, shrouding a little brilliance above the open wilderness.

However, at this moment, on the unmanned road in the wild, a group of people in a hurry were running forward, seeming to be fleeing.

The next moment, a shower of arrows gradually scattered, and several people groaned on the spot, and fell directly to the ground, being shot across by several arrows.

"No, it's a knight from the Principality of Ya Dixu!" In the front, the headed person was horrified, looking at the figure gradually showing in front, despair in his eyes.

However, in response to their exclaim, the knight in front just sneered, and then in the next second, a little divine power fluctuation gradually sounded. In front of them, countless fireballs shot out, instantly drowning a dozen people in front, and then exploded in an instant.

When the violent explosion gradually subsided, on the front field, most of the dozens of people who had stood still had already lie down here, their bodies were on fire, and the surroundings were set ablaze.

There are still a few survivors, because they are knights, so their vitality is tenacious. At this time, they are struggling crazily.

The scene is very miserable.

Seeing this scene, the first knight who led the team couldn't help secretly spit out: "Since walking several times on the battlefields of various places, these sacrifices have become more and more violent, and they almost shot out fireballs when they saw people."

When he thought of this in his heart, in the next moment, countless light blue ice blades gradually condensed, with a swift momentum and a whistling sound, they directly shot the surviving people in a cross.

"It wouldn't be enough if this was the case. If you send a fireball, you are not afraid to light this grassland."

The leader knight looked at the flat ground that almost turned into a sea of ​​flames, and complained a little, and then urged the priest beside him to put out the fire.

When the lighted fire was extinguished, the knight stepped forward and cut off the head from the corpse that had become bloody.

The whole process seems simple and smooth, it seems that this is not the first time to do this.

"Fortunately, although the corpse was almost blown up, but it was finally recognizable." The other knight looked at the head in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

Behind them, several priests looked at each other, looking a little embarrassed.

However, for this kind of scene, they have long been used to it, and they have not taken it seriously. Only after a while, when several knights were finished, they piled up the corpses and burned them, and then silently, under the leadership of an elderly priest, prayed forward.

This is a ritual as well as a tradition. It is a natural sacrifice for the passing of life. In the legend of sacrificial rites, the dead souls can be brought to the heaven of the **** of nature and accept the ruling of the gods.

But in fact, as the natural divine power rippling gently, following the line of faith to seduce the soul that had just condensed in front of him. In the front, dozens of newly deceased souls are slowly being drawn, and gradually ascending into the realm where the **** of nature is, and being blocked.

When the ceremony was over, everyone evacuated from here.

At noon, the leader of the knight led everyone to a large camp and began to hand in.

"Are the rebellious heretics near Cecil almost cleaned up?" A voice sounded in place.

Everyone looked forward, only to see a big man with thick hair and a wild voice, wearing the armor of the legion chief, standing in front, but it was Carter.

At this time, Carter stood in front, looked at the many knights in front of him, and nodded: "Your Majesty has already given an order to strangle these former city-state ancestor **** believers throughout the country."

"If there is any discovery, immediately send someone to arrest it in the church and hand it over to the local bishop. If there is resistance, just kill it directly."

This is a legacy of the old time. As the newly established Principality of Ya Dixu occupied the three regions, the many city states that originally entrenched in these places were naturally destroyed, leaving only the dust of history.

However, even though the city-state has perished, the old beliefs in the ancestral gods still exist.

You know, in the past, various city-states have been entrenched in the land for hundreds of years, and the belief in the ancestor gods has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and flooded everywhere. Although the city-state was destroyed at this time, the people of the old age still existed. Although they have not dared to publicly worship the original ancestors, they still have sacrifices in private.

This is contrary to the interests of Attis.

As the **** of nature, faith is still an extremely important source of power before the fire has been ignited at this time. If he loses his faith at this time, Atis will be knocked down immediately without saying, but it is certain to fall to the fifth level. At this turbulent moment, it is almost fatal.

Therefore, at the beginning of the establishment of the Principality of Ya Dixu, Ya Di Si explicitly ordered the abolition of the original ancestral **** sacrifices, and arrested those who still sacrificed, severely cracking down on this behavior.

With this increase in intensity, the ordinary people everywhere are doing better, especially after the gradual establishment of churches in various places, they have abandoned their original ancestors and chose to believe in the gods of nature.

After all, although they lived under the original city-state before, they were not taken seriously. In the original ancestral gods sacrifices, they often acted as victims. The blood sacrifice sacrifices to the ancestral gods sacrificed to the ancestral gods, and the people had already complained. . Naturally most will not be very religious. The few devouts gradually changed their beliefs after being sent to the church.

What is really difficult is the large number of nobles left over from the old city-state era.

These nobles are deeply entrenched. Almost all of them have hundreds of years of history in the original city-states. In addition, they were originally blessed by the ancestor gods, so there are a lot of fanatics for the ancestor gods. Even if the ancestor gods were suppressed one after another at this time, there were still many diehards who remained unchanged, offering sacrifices in private, and even calling for the surrounding nobles to rebel together.

This is something that Artis cannot tolerate, especially when these sacrifices are mostly blood sacrifices.

Only before, due to years of continuous campaigns, there was really no extra energy to clean up. At this time, after freeing up his hands, he immediately ordered a thorough investigation and suppressed these people.

However, as Attis made up his mind, these nobles were also picked up. For a time, there were rebellions in various parts of the country, so Nadir and others had to suppress them everywhere, and then slowly quell these rebellions.

However, as these rebellions were suppressed, a large number of the nobles of the old age were massacred, the altar statues of the ancestors were destroyed, and the spread of the belief in the **** of nature was also much faster.

At this moment, in the palace of Yadi Xucheng in the distance, Yatis was also talking with people in a garden.

Patton, Bill and others stood by his side, reporting.

"Your Majesty, this is the list of heretics arrested by churches everywhere."

On the side, Bill handed a thick pile of transmission orders to the guards in front of him, and then to Attis in front of him.

Ahead, Atis took a look and swiped it lightly, frowning at the shocking numbers on it: "So many?"

"Yes!"

In front of him, Bill smiled bitterly: "Almost half of the noble families in our country have people involved, and that's why the front-end rebellion was caused."

"It's no wonder then." Artis smiled relieved, and then said: "A few months ago, the Eastern Region rebellion, countless nobles responded with great momentum, and they were almost hitting the Northern Region."

"If such a huge nobleman is involved, then it will be understandable."

Hearing him say this, Bill could only continue to laugh bitterly, and then said: "However, despite this, there is actually a large part of these lists. These families took the initiative to report and even cooperated with us in the arrest."

"Those nobles who believe in evil gods are in fact only part of these families, far from being as large as imagined."

"This is also normal." Button interjected in silence.

At this time, after seven or eight years, he looked older, but he was still very strong. After some priests baptized him with divine power, his body was even better.

"These families put interest first. Under the threat of the existence of the entire family, it is normal to give up a few members of the clan. In fact, it may not be true."

He said silently, seemingly deeply moved.

In response, Artis nodded and did not continue to get involved in this topic, but just said: "Bill, how is the construction of churches everywhere."

"The progress is pretty good."

Bill responded: "At this time in the Northern Territory, due to the active cooperation of believers from all over the country, almost half of the church has been built, and only a few places are still under construction."

"In the Eastern Regions and Western Regions, because the local government did not last for a long time, and there was no believer to cooperate, the speed of establishment was much slower, but at this time it is also slowly building, and it is expected that the construction will be successful in two years."

Having said this, he hesitated, and then said: "However, what is more serious than this is the number of sacrifices. Because of the large number of newly built churches, qualified sacrifices are not enough at this time. Many cities even have vacancies for bishops. Only the white robe priest can preside over the prayer."

This is also a serious problem.

Originally, under the condition of only occupying the Northern Territory, believers who had accumulated decades before as a foundation were naturally enough to use. But after occupying the three domains now, this serious problem has emerged.

But for this problem, Attis had nothing to do. After all, qualified sacrifices can't be produced overnight. It not only requires the long-term washing of divine power, but also requires a deep understanding of the authority of the gods. Unless it's the kind of direct brush with huge divine power, otherwise it will take a while.

Artis thought silently in his heart, and then his thoughts fell, and said: "First adjust, first build the churches in those places, and then the Holy See will collect a number of potential sacrifices from the people to supplement it."

Hearing this, Bill smiled helplessly, then nodded slowly.