(Two days ago, I was tired and slept for a long time yesterday, and I continued to watch three shifts today!)

On the continent of Europa, the war never went away, and in the end, the empire that once ruled all of Europe and turned the Mediterranean into an imperial lake still collapsed because ...... The barbarians have arrived.

On the steppes of Eastern Europe, the Huns, known as "Attila", led their tribe in many battles with the Roman Empire, and finally tore off the last veil of the weakened empire, and after him, the western part of the Roman Empire completely collapsed. The Germanic people of the north, who had served as mercenaries of the Roman Empire, were now the main culprits of the destruction of the empire, plundering Rome several times and ravaging the original birthplace of the empire.

However, these barbarians who had occupied Western Europe accepted the official positions of the Roman Empire, and for at least for a long time, Western Europe was nominally part of the Empire......

Charlemagne, who succeeded his father from the Frankish kingdom and eventually became a Christian emperor under the coronation of the Pope, once tried to ask the Eastern Roman Emperor in the East to be crowned Western Roman Emperor according to the custom of one emperor on each side of the Roman Empire, and for this reason, he was willing to abandon the southern part of Italy and stop at Rome.

However, the Eastern Roman Emperor only promised him the title of Emperor, and did not mention anything about the position of Western Roman Emperor, which made the eloquent Frankish Emperor furious.

While Charlemagne was alive, he had the opportunity to make all of Europe a single empire forever, but before he could finish it, he died......

When Charlemagne died, his children and grandchildren inherited his vast empire, dividing his empire into three parts, the Kingdom of East Francia, the Kingdom of Middle Francia, and the Kingdom of West Francia, which would later be the prototype of France, Germany, Italy, and many other small states.

......

The kingdom flourished and declined, and within a few generations, Charlemagne's descendants lost their thrones. In France, King Louis V of France, the last descendant of Charlemagne, took his last breath, and the Carolingian dynasty, which once ruled all of Europe, came to an end.

In order to compete for the throne, the French nobles finally unanimously decided to make Hugo Capet, the famous Count of Paris, the king of France, because his strength was too weak to threaten these powerful princes, and there was also a Carolingian princess on his ancestors, who met the requirements of royal succession.

Because of his weak strength, almost no one could influence him except Paris, where he was located, so that at that time, people jokingly called Paris "Île-de-France" and called the King of France the Count of Ile-de-France, because the French king could only stay on this "island" but could do nothing.

Thus, the humble Count of Paris, who was trembling and treading on thin ice, walked with caution and danced among the great princes, and the forbearance of several generations of kings was finally exchanged for a day of raising his eyebrows and becoming the true king of France. But embarrassingly, the Capetian dynasty also ran into problems that once plagued the Carolingians......

Absolute heir.

In 1328, Charles IV, the Capetian king of the French royal family, died, and the old king died, so it was natural to choose a new king, but the problem was that Charles IV did not have any male descendants, so the Capetian family was extinct.

Charles IV's father, Philip III, had three sons, Charles IV was the youngest, but Charles IV's two older brothers died young. Philip III had only one daughter in addition to his three sons, and his daughter Isabella was the queen of England and the mother of the current King Edward III of England.

Thus, as the grandson of Philip III, King Edward III of England declared himself entitled to the throne of the Kingdom of France.

However, the French aristocracy did not like the Englishman and chose Philip VI, a cousin of Charles IV, as the king of France. Enraged, Edward III was furious, and eventually, after several fruitless attempts, one of the longest wars in the world began between England and France......

The Hundred Years' War between Britain and France began.

......

February 1419.

To be sure, the village of Donrémi in Lorraine was not purely French territory, as the Holy Roman Empire also had a claim to it, and the two most powerful empires on the continent fought several times over the sovereignty of Lorraine. In the end, it barely ended in a French victory, but everyone knows that the HRE Emperor never gave up this region and always had his eye on it.

However, Jeanne, who was born here, did not consider herself related to the Emperor Sigismund from Luxembourg, because in the Lorraine region, most people speak French, and the languages are the same, so that most Lorraineans consider themselves French rather than German.

Jeanne Ack, her father was a small local squire, with more than fifty acres of land, and if you go back further, her ancestors even worked as tax collectors for the King of France, collecting local taxes, but in any case, she was just a country girl.

It's normal for a country girl to go out and play, but ...... Just because it's time to play.

Behind the hill, a little boy and a little girl were lying behind the hill, carefully concealing their figures, and their sight was the English soldier galloping on the path.

The English soldiers, who numbered less than a dozen men, dressed in leather or thick leather armor and all sorts of iron armor, were chatting and marching in small formations.

These were small units of England, or sent on reconnaissance missions or raiding missions, but for these two children, of course, they would not know so clearly, they only knew......

"Thieves in England. ”

The little boy looked at the soldiers with disgust, and he had the impression that these Englishmen would only keep looting their things every time they came, which made him extremely disgusted with these Englishmen.

But the little girl next to her was a little calmer, and said softly to the little boy next to her.

"Bernard, go back to the village and report the news. ”

She had gone out to play with her playmates, but she didn't want to meet these English soldiers by chance, and she knew in her heart that if she let these English soldiers go to the village, she was afraid that she would rob things again.

"What about you?"

The little boy looked at her worriedly.

"I'm staring here, go ahead. ”

Turning her head to look at the boy beside her, the little girl said eagerly. There was no more nonsense, and the little boy next to him immediately nodded, tiptoed back, and ran back.

......

However, in the end, the little girl still looked at the familiar village in front of her, and was burned to ashes in front of her.

Even though the little boy, in accordance with his familiarity with the road, rushed back to the village before the English, and told the news, the peasants had only time to take away the important things, and the houses made of wood and withered grass that could not be taken away were inevitably burned down by a fire before the English left.

It is conceivable that this winter, many people will have a hard time......

Looking blankly at the raging fire in front of her, the little girl knelt down in a daze, looked at the sky above her head, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and muttered a prayer.

"Lord, when will it be over......?"

But she didn't realize that the voice that accompanied her ...... In the heavenly realm, a pair of eyes were thus opened.

The god lowered his head and looked at the mortal world, and it already had a thought in its heart.

"This time...... It will definitely work. ”

......

And in the underwater temple, on the cold throne, the monster that had been sleeping for a hundred years awakened again.

The curtain of eyes lifted, revealing Nasen's indifferent erect snake pupils.

"Is it again?"

Looking at his sharp fingertips, a deep and calm voice sounded in the temple.

The invisible power slowly spreads from the monster's side, very strange, looking at the ethereal black shadow, it obviously makes people feel a deep coldness and fear, making people breathless just by looking at it, but when you unconsciously have a sense of awe and worship in your heart, and then look at the deep darkness, but inexplicably give people a sense of warmth......

It was as if the heart was filled with something intangible, and a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness was born, and people did not want to disobey its words at all, but only to obey.

After all, how beautiful it was.

The presence on the throne of violence, indifference, and coldness, like the gods who overlook all things, is breathtakingly beautiful.

In the past thousands of years, there have been countless confrontations between gods and demons, and the traces of their confrontations have even been engraved in history, forming many legends.

Like King Arthur of Britain, she was chosen by God in this world, appeared as a woman, and even set foot all the way through Rome and shocked Europe, but in the end she died in the sword pen under the impetus of the devil. Like Charlemagne, or Attila......

Many monarchs and heroes have become pawns in the clash between gods and demons, and humans are caught in the middle, constantly changing between light and darkness.

And this time......

"Well, holy woman, interesting, let's see how you plan to manipulate the fate of this mortal......"

In the ancient temple, the low laughter grew louder and louder.