Pirate Kingship

It was just the second day.

The news of the Kalma Union spread like the wind throughout the old continent.

This remote area in the northeast corner of the continent has been very lively recently.

It has experienced the rampage of the incarnation of the old god [Touch of the Kraken], the invasion of the overseas colonist [Abaddon Esoteric Cult] Black Iron Ghost Fleet, and [King of the Wild Hunt] Byron's ascension to become the second false god on the continent since the Silver Age.

Recently, there have been successive waves of sea monsters and terrifying coelenteritis.

The previews from the "Luo Yan Era" are so overwhelming that people are afraid that the war will affect them at any time. Naturally, they have become the focus of attention of the countries and forces on the continent.

Every piece of news is affecting the sensitive nerves of the top leaders of various countries.

Many people dare not imagine that if the five countries of the Bay People at the forefront fail, or even tens of millions of Bay People are polluted, what fate will the other countries nearby suffer next.

The entire northeast of the continent may be rotten in an instant.

Byron's [Golden Law] had long since invaded the Eternal Night Peninsula by taking advantage of the "long-awaited" thoughts and wishes of the lower and middle classes of the three countries of Kalmar under the crisis of death, and strictly blocked information exchanges, making it extremely difficult for external forces to spy on it.

The news that was deliberately released this time was certainly not that the young military officers of the Kalmar Alliance had made a military remonstration, taking advantage of the absence of the [Queen of Eternal Night] to kill all the church factions that the other party relied on, and seized the highest power of the three countries of Kalmar.

Rather, it was:

"The heroic Royal Capital Garrison Corps defeated another conspiracy of the Old God Church to invade the alliance in the Royal Capital Amalienburg, saving the three countries of the Kalmar Alliance and the shaky church faith of the people!"

As the vice president of the Lighthouse Federation, Byron ordered the Lighthouse Daily to publish the article he designated.

He also issued bounty tasks to major media and newspaper giants on the financial street as Mr. Wednesday, manipulating the direction of public opinion to a certain extent.

All of a sudden, a torrent of public opinion was set off that was enough to reverse the overall thoughts and wishes of the entire continent.

"Hiss! Look at this newspaper."

"Seventy percent of the diocesan bishop's church, Roskilde Cathedral, and the country's Orthodox high-ranking officials are parasitized by the [Gluttonous Worms] of the Old God Church. They are no longer servants of the Creator, but minions of the Old God reaching out to the material world.

The brave people of Kalmar have seen through their conspiracy and fought bravely.

After achieving a phased victory last night, they will launch a nationwide investigation, vowing to give her a clean country before the great queen returns."

"Pious believers and clergy from all over the country welcomed this, believing that only clergy with ulterior motives would refuse to investigate."

"The new commander of the Crusader Army wrote an article overnight to support it. The former commander was parasitized because of their negligence and dereliction of duty, and they will never allow the same thing to happen again."

"The nobles of the country announced that from now on they will put aside their past grudges and work hand in hand with the purified church to put aside disputes, build consensus, and chop off the heads of all foreign invaders."

"The prime minister, bishops, nobles, parliamentarians, big businessmen, and all the alliance Representatives from all walks of life attended an emergency consultation meeting in Amalienburg.

The collective believed that it was mainly because the queen had been away for a long time and the death of the crown prince had caused a vacuum in the central power, which allowed the Old God Church to find a loophole.

The current regional security situation is becoming increasingly severe, the Old God Church is eyeing it covetously, and the monster tides in the Sea of ​​Monsters are coming one after another. The Kalma Alliance and even the five countries of the Bay People are in danger.

Therefore, while firmly supporting the church, the alliance must also preserve itself so that it can serve as the first line of defense for the Silver Continent to face foreign colonists and various clans and weirdos. line.

This is the greatest justice when encountering foreign enemies!

In view of the current critical situation, it is urgent to elect a new power core, and the temporary parliament had to pass a resolution unanimously:

According to the throne succession law prevailing on the mainland, support the only granddaughter of the [Queen of Eternal Night], Princess Anchor Bay, Queen of Hastings, Her Majesty Violet Harold as the new heir to the throne, and serve as regent when the queen is absent.

This proposal was passed unanimously! "

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The news that the church's high-level officials were parasitized in the newspaper shocked all parties on the mainland.

Originally, they thought that the threat from overseas was still far away from them, but until they saw this newspaper, they suddenly realized that the footsteps of the return of the old gods had quietly come to their doorstep.

If it weren't for the Bay People's State taking on everything, it might be themselves who were parasitized now.

The peaceful world that was whitewashed in the church's mouth broke with a poke, and the first abscess was the notorious Orthodox clergy, which was completely rotten.

Add to that the photos of the "Gluttonous Worm" in the newspaper, the bizarre and horrible degraded sea monsters, and the photographic records uploaded by naturalists to the public library "Key of Omniscience" in the legal network.

There are also the shocking torture instruments in the underground palace of the cathedral, the beautiful girls who are half-dressed, and the pictures of the little boys who are several times more than the girls being rescued. No one doubts the authenticity of this matter.

If there were no discoveries in the underground palace, the audience might still suspect that the people of the Bay were exaggerating and framing, but with this piece of evidence, everyone thinks it is natural.

Who else but the clergy of the Orthodox Church can do such a hellish thing?

Then the crowd was indignant at the same time.

"The North Sea countries are defending the entire continent against the colonists of the East Continent, but the Orthodox Church is stabbing them in the back. What is the difference between this and those cannibalistic cults?"

"Can't the church leaders see the serious situation? They never care about the future of the Silver Continent, the lives of hundreds of millions of believers, and do nothing to deal with this disaster?

Not only did they let the Bay People's Country fight alone, but they were also desperately dragging their feet. Who are the servants of the old gods?

Or are the saints and the pope actually ready to abandon us and run away with their gold and silver treasures?"

"Everyone, just imagine that when you are fighting bloody battles on the front line to protect all mankind, the masters of the church insult your wives and daughters and kill your children. Do you agree?"

"No! No!"

In Florence, Vinaya and other enlightened city-states, as well as most cities dominated by Protestantism, countless people began to take to the streets.

Accusing the atrocities of the Orthodox Church.

Of course, no one is talking nonsense. They just turned over what the Orthodox Church had done and said it again.

The voices demanding the church to conduct self-examination, severely punish those involved, and come up with a response plan to support the establishment of a united front by the Bay residents spread rapidly and intensified throughout the continent.

Byron's incarnation has already controlled the main sea routes of the Bantaan Islands, and took advantage of the window period of the Castilian throne war to almost replace the position of this maritime overlord in the colony.

Even the governor of Havana, the other colony, had to bow his head in front of the Pioneer Navigation Colonial Trade Company.

Under Byron's order to "bring down the prices of books, newspapers and all media carriers for me", bagasse paper has long been widely distributed in the Old Continent.

A newspaper that originally cost five copper fuls and could buy five fuls of bread was directly reduced to two copper fuls by bagasse paper, and even civilians could afford it with gritted teeth.

In the future, when Catherine controls the supply of bagasse from most sugar factories, it will be just around the corner to reduce the price of newspapers to one copper ful.

Relying on bagasse paper, many newspapers worked together to cover major cities across the continent in just one day.

The social impact caused is no less than the "Ninety-five Theses" in Wittenberg.

The St. Peter's Cathedral was immediately broken after receiving the news.

If this happened in the Dark Millennium, according to the Inquisition's own standards, no matter whether you were actively or passively involved with the Old God Church, you would all be put on the stake.

"Put the blame on others! This is a shameless blame!"

Although his lungs were about to explode, in order to get the position of "Captain" in this world, he must not be abandoned by the will of the people at this critical moment.

He had to issue an announcement at the first time, pinching his nose to praise the reformists of the Kalmar Union: "Good kill!"

Thank them for helping him to eliminate the black sheep hidden in the church.

But he also emphasized that the clergy were also victims of this incident, and tried their best to distance themselves from the Old God Church.

With the endorsement of many parties, the image of the reformists loyal to the country and the people of Taiwan carrying the burden forward suddenly jumped out of the paper.

The punishment of the traitors was justified, and the selection of the crown prince was in accordance with the law. No one could find fault with them in terms of morality and legitimacy.

[The Queen of Eternal Night] only told her confidants that she did not want her granddaughter Violet, who practiced black magic, to inherit her throne, but others did not know.

Now it has become a fait accompli. Unless Margaret I can convince everyone in the country again with force and reason, it will be difficult to change it.

However, if you think that Byron's intention is just for a mere morality, then you underestimate his ambition.

On the third day, the Lighthouse Daily published another interview report with Byron.

"I will not comment on Her Majesty the Queen of Eternal Night abandoning her people and foreign enemies and killing her fellow human beings in the Holy Silver Empire.

But I sincerely hope that she can put aside her own selfishness, put the interests of the Bay ethnic group and all human beings in the Old Continent first, and work with me to build the first island chain to defend against colonists.

Build a deep-sea defense line in the material world to preserve the entire human civilization.

Although the Bay people are a small ethnic group of only more than 10 million people, they also know the truth that the lips and teeth are cold.

No matter what others think, no matter if there is aid and support.

We know that behind us are our wives, children, the elderly and the weak, the countries on the east coast, and the seeds of human civilization. We are here, living and dying with the land passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors!"

This image of a lone hero who "I'm going to charge, you guys are free to do whatever you want" is so powerful.

How great, how radiant, how broad-minded.

When the audience read the front-page headlines, how much they hated the incompetence and cruelty of the church, and when they saw this, how much they respected the legendary "Holy Spirit" and "Messiah".

More and more people firmly believe that Saint Byron is the savior of the world.

The five countries of the Bay People, which have always been associated with backwardness and barbarism, have also transformed themselves in this incident and become heroes who carry the burden for the entire continent.

Create a golden body that is difficult to shake on the moral high ground.

Every word is that this battle is not only for us, but also for all the people of the continent. It would be unreasonable to trip me up again, right?

Byron knew very well that the resistance he faced in rebuilding the North Sea Empire was far more than just the [Queen of Eternal Night]. He went through so much trouble not just for her alone.

The Orthodox Church, the Holy Silver Empire, the surrounding countries, and all the churches of the old gods did not want to see the Bay People countries unified again.

This time it is not like the pirate emperor [Blue Dragon King] Reinhardt, who was a mortal in power. When the hero died, the empire immediately fell apart.

It is only a matter of time for Byron, a fifth-level god, to become an eternal king and to condense a [Crown].

Everyone wants to see the five countries of the Bay People and the foreign enemies bleed each other and maintain the current level of neither development nor death.

If the Bay People really rise, it will be more painful than killing them.

After thinking hard, Byron finally got inspiration from the fact that the world's correction force made him a "man-made disaster" and an agent.

Based on the basic principle: "Unite all forces that can be united and protect them firmly in front of you", he did not hesitate to carry out a big drama with the public opinion.

To use a sentence from the previous life: replace the heart of heaven with the human heart,

At the beginning, he was able to rely on modifying everyone's cognition to let the [Creator] split a [Ten Thousand Wings Angel] specifically for him.

This time, the collective subconscious is kidnapped, so that everyone realizes that helping the five countries of the Bay People is helping themselves, and backstabbing the five countries of the Bay People is seeking death.

Guide the collective subconscious of mankind to use the hands of the five countries of the Bay People to achieve self-salvation. At that time, even if it is not the "savior" destined by heaven, it will be forced to that position by the collective subconscious.

At that time, even if all forces oppose it, it will be useless.

Byron's statement is also a veiled warning to the church and the upper echelons of various countries.

He can do the security work, but if anyone dares to interfere in the internal affairs of the Bay People at this time and prevent him from obtaining the [Crown], be careful that he will go crazy and explode.

If the beast tide could be led to the Faroe Islands, it can naturally be led to other places.

From north to south: Anchor Bay, Faroe Islands, Channel Islands, Iris, Castile.

From east to west: Channel Islands, Iris, Netherlands, Evernight Peninsula, Holy Silver Empire.

The ocean water system is connected in all directions, and no one will be able to escape when the time comes.

Of course, once Byron uses this to stabilize the situation in the North Sea Empire in the future, he will also launch the "I, the King of the Wild Hunt, will pay for money" plan.

Asking for defense and protection fees from various countries, at least 5% of fiscal revenue, if you don't pay, you are not my ally, I will quit the group on the spot!

[The person whose name cannot be mentioned] is playing tricks and intrigues, secretly influencing the situation on the mainland, so Byron will play a conspiracy with him that he can't break even if he knows the plan.

Key figures may be assassinated, but how can the historical trend that makes historical influence explode under the unity of all people be reversed?

If you want to use the past means to interfere with the fate of the North Sea Empire again, you will no longer face the backlash of the correction power of one country, but the entire human world.

In the past, [The One Who Must Not Be Named]: "I admit that you are an interesting chess piece, but within my chessboard, I have the final say on all the rules! Hehehe!"

Now, Byron: "I admit that your chess skills are very good, but it is wrong for you to play chess without a helmet.

Now let me show you my great chess skills inherited from the "chess saint" Emperor Jing of Han! Duang! Duang! Duang!"

This is essentially the truth.

Byron's plan continued to proceed step by step.

Bang!

The door of the Cedar Palace was pushed open.

Encircled by a large number of [Wild Hunt Knights] wearing heavy armor, a cold and beautiful figure stepped into the palace gate of the Kalmar Palace for the first time.

A pair of exquisite combat boots with silver metal stilettos, a skirt that was so white that it was a bit dazzling, a slender waist that was about to break, and a slim and exquisite dress.

Her right arm was covered with a pair of silver arm armor, her brilliant silver hair was tied up, and she wore a gorgeous sapphire crown.

She was cold and noble, like a beautiful iceberg under the aurora, and it made people feel that it should be like this.

The girl sat on the throne in the hall under the gaze of everyone, and issued orders one by one:

"Release the senior leaders of the reformists, re-elect senior officials of the parliament and various administrative departments, and give more power to the reformists and neutrals."

"Refer to the solution of the Kingdom of Hastings for land and private armies, and those with outstanding performance will be given priority in allocating seats in the Sabbat Parliament."

"Submit the list of the new batch of members of the Sabbat Parliament to me in a week, and I will arrange for His Majesty the [King of the Wild Hunt] to grant you the First Embrace, and obtain a long life far beyond that of humans.

This is something that countless great kings in ancient times have sought but failed to obtain. As long as you are loyal to the King of the Wild Hunt, even eternal life is not a dream."

"The [Wild Hunt Servant] of the Church who still retains his sanity returns to his post. Your most important task is religious reform and getting the work of faith back on track as soon as possible."

When they remonstrated with the army, the Wild Hunt Legion followed them. Most of the dead members of the Church became members of the Wild Hunt Legion, and a small number of middle-sequence extraordinary people were fortunate enough to become [Wild Hunt Servant] who retained their wisdom.

There are 4 high-level or same-level quotas, the fourth-level limit is three times 12, the third-level limit is three times 36, and the second-level limit is 108, which is enough to arrange their positions.

Many people directly possessed their original bodies. On the surface, as the queen's direct line, they were not liquidated, but in fact, the object of loyalty had long been changed.

Many officials took orders with enthusiasm and let the state machinery start running again in an orderly manner.

Violet also instructed the trusted attendants left by the [Queen of Eternal Night]:

"Write to my dear grandmother to report safety and report the domestic situation "truthfully". Your task is to delay time, the longer the better."

Many palace attendants with blue flames in their eyes respectfully accepted the order.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The girl's cherry-colored lips curled up beautifully:

"Grandma, although you still control the most elite navy fleet and army corps in the entire alliance.

But I still advise you to stop, whether inside or outside, all of them are our people!"

The Holy Silver Empire, which once represented the center of civilization in the old continent, has been devastated, and prosperous city-states have turned into ruins one after another.

Not to mention newspapers, even the [Silver Law] has many holes, because the former residents have either been killed or fled.

The [Queen of Eternal Night], who is always at the core of the battlefield and far away from the civilized world, has become the last person to know about the changes in her base camp, slower than others reading newspapers.

There are not many people who are qualified to send her messages directly.

Most of the trusted eunuchs who stayed in the Cedar Palace were Orthodox believers. Some were killed during the military remonstrance, while others converted to Christianity. In the end, they all became Byron and Violet's followers.

Non-core personnel are also the best at observing words and expressions.

The most simple power comes from following you to get meat to eat. Now even life is almost gone, and the most basic security needs cannot be met. Who can still remain loyal?

These people are the same. Seeing that the broken ship of [Queen of Eternal Night] has begun to leak, how could they not think of ways to jump off the ship and escape?

There is no need for Byron and the members of the Sabbath Council to urge them. They took the initiative to surrender. The first Protestant church in the territory, Roskilde Cathedral, was packed with people.

What beliefs, what feelings, what loyalty, have to stand aside in the face of real interests.

They are not the most important traitors.

"Your Majesty, I personally projected and inspected it. The domestic problems are not serious, and they are similar to what the newspapers said.

Although Archbishop Roskilde died unfortunately and many senior officials were parasitized by the [Gluttonous Worm], the Inquisition and the Crusaders are still there.

The church systems in various places are also running well, so you don't have to worry.

You have a large army in hand. Even if Princess Violet is supported as the crown prince, you can naturally abolish her and establish her when you return."

Gilderro Lockhart, the current archbishop of the Kalmar Union Diocese and the royal priest of the [Queen of Eternal Night], as the queen's personal minister, dispelled the queen's last doubts.

And he has begun to "inspire" the elite priests, officers, and soldiers of the alliance in the hands of the queen to help them abandon darkness and join the light.

What are the results of the past two days?

"Let me put it this way.

When the [Queen of Eternal Night] orders an advance, Lieutenant General Steward is usually responsible for formulating the combat plan, and Admiral Benjamin is responsible for reviewing it.

After confirming the plan, it will be sorted out by Colonel Officer and Queen's personal lady-in-waiting Miss Anna, and then reported to the Queen for review.

The Queen was very satisfied with the plan, and handed the plan to Major General Claude for safekeeping, and issued it to the front-line combat troops or local administrative departments through the Military Intelligence Headquarters under his command."

In the above process, all the names that people can't remember are all spies except the Queen. There are nine people in the Intelligence Headquarters, and seven of them are undercover!

They are either believers of Byron, or their families have all surrendered, or they agree with the ideas proposed by Byron in the newspaper, or they are originally admirers of the reformists.

Other officers at all levels are also being "inspired" at an astonishing speed.

As long as they are given another half a month, they can truly achieve a change of regime without bloodshed and avoid a civil war between the people of Taiwan.

Old airmen who often fish know that sometimes there are no fish in the fish pond, but only hooks.

Being an undercover agent was originally a dangerous job that risked one's life, but now they turned it into an enemy among spies, which really made people feel complicated.

If one person said that the family incident was not serious, he might be suspicious.

But when everyone said that the incident was not serious, Margaret I had to believe it.

In the end, the world where only the [Queen of Eternal Night] was hurt was achieved.

It cannot be said that she was stupid, but that Her Majesty was really old.

If she was ten years younger, or willing to take the forbidden path, even if Byron and Lockhart made ten times the effort, the effect they gained might not be one tenth of what they are now.

Every wise monarch has to go through such things in the last few years of his life, and heroes are inevitable.

In this atmosphere where you fooled me and he fooled me, five days passed quietly.

Just when everyone thought that the chaos was finally gradually returning to calm.

Another piece of news suddenly spread like wildfire in the supernatural circles of the entire continent:

"Many people saw an ancient ship that looked like a mountain, sailing aimlessly at the border between the 'Sea of ​​Monsters' and the third circulation zone.

But no one was seen on it, and only the roars of some beasts could be heard."

There were many different opinions about the identity of this "ghost ship", but no one could confirm its true identity.

But as soon as the news began to spread, the Orthodox Church immediately issued a gag order, and no one was allowed to explore the other party's traces at will.

To everyone's surprise, the Protestant Church, which was originally incompatible with it, also issued the same order.

And at the same time, they took out the excommunication penalty of "excommunication" at the beginning, which made all major forces silent and more curious about the identity of the ship.