"The truth is cruel, and heroes and executioners are synonymous!" The fat man's eyes moved away from Parschena's beautiful figure in a complicated manner, with a bit of self-deprecation in his tone, if it really talks about the executioner, the biggest executioner in the entire Ikadiva is the fat man himself, "Is it because of this that you ordered them to be exterminated?" Parschena came back from her trance, raised her flower face and asked with a sad expression, her eyes were already flashing with a halo of tears, and she could see that this truth had a very big impact on Parschena, she had seen the mountains and rivers broken and miserable, when the Normans broke through the south of Salander, millions of displaced people fled to the north like a tide, and there were countless corpses along the way, and that kind of scene would wake her up even if she dreamed at night, And the letter from her sister made her heart tangle violently, on the other side of the distant sea, what happened to the Salanders who were looted and sold by the Normans.

My sister didn't say a word in the letter,

But the desolation and sorrow revealed between the lines were like a strong indissolvable coldness, which was the weakness of the Salander dynasty, the cruelty of the expeditionary force, and the deepest disappointment from the heart,

The only consolation is that at the end of the letter, Parschena said that she had gone to the three northern counties and would start a new life in that distant land, watching the children grow up slowly, forgetting all the memories that could not be looked back on, and also said that if Parschena had time, she could go to the city of Remier in the three northern counties.

Seeing Parschena's sadness, the fat man sighed and did not answer Parschena's question directly, but said

"If they choose to return home after destroying Normandy, then I will make them heroes of the Empire! Unfortunately, they have lost their way in the face of desire and are on the opposite side of the Empire, and the warriors should have reaped the glory and reward. But when desires exceed one's own ability, and even reach the point of not distinguishing between right and wrong, and turning one's back on one's own country, it is self-destruction!"

Parschena cherished the letter in her bosom and asked with a hint of luck

The news from Normandy often needs to be delayed for a month or two to reach Salander, so most of the Salander people don't know that there are more than 20,000 people in the expeditionary force building roads in Normandy, "No, many of them have contributed to the Empire." I'm not such a heartless person, and I only ordered the execution of a few leaders of the expeditionary force!" The fat man's voice stopped, not wanting to hide it from Parschena, and shook his head and smiled bitterly, "So I never considered myself a hero!

"It is said that the Falcon is a cold-blooded tyrant, but I know that I have not yet hardened my heart to let the soldiers who once belonged to the Empire be violent in the wilderness, and I ordered the burial of all the soldiers of the expeditionary force who died in that war, and did not continue to hold their families responsible for the empire itself. The other 20,000 people will return home in two months, and while I'd love to get them back as quickly as possible, you know, new immigrants need boats. Priority must now be given to migrants!" "Thank you!" Palschena's eyes were misty, and two lines of tears remained, they were tears of gratitude, and she knew that the fat man had not lied to her. Otherwise, there is no need to give such a clear commitment to release the person after 2 months. There's no way to deceive people!" "Well, like you, I hope this turmoil will subside. Salander needs peace, and asks me if I don't want this hatred to spread from generation to generation! I promised Nilai and you, and I'm trying to keep my promise!"

The corner of the fat man's mouth sneered, revealing a relieved look, "Actually, I have wanted to talk to you for a long time, and today I can make the matter of the expeditionary force clear, and the guilt in my heart can be regarded as alleviated, now let's talk about the future of the Sky Holy Sect!" "If it is a matter of civilians choosing a saint?" I can agree! But the rest of the temple, I am not very sure" This time, Parschena had almost no hesitation, but also said that the temple higher-ups would definitely vigorously oppose it

The fat man knew that it was the truth about the letter and the expeditionary force, and the two-pronged approach finally moved Parschena,

As long as Parschena agrees, it will be easy to do, as for those high-level people, the fat man pouted disdainfully, do you need to think about it? These idiots who have not even been 90 years old in intelligence will be able to stand in front of them unscathed in ten minutes, even if those fools are still qualified to stay

But in front of Parschena, the fat man looked solemn and nodded pretendingly, "I can understand your concerns about the upper echelons of the temple! But I believe that the upper echelons are not completely unaware of the flexibility, although this change is very sudden, if you try your best to redeem it, you should still be able to understand."

"It's hard to say, the elders are okay, and the other high priests are too ......" Parschena didn't know what this slut was planning in his heart, and she still helped him with an idea with a kind heart, and said softly

"I understand them, and they will never agree unless they can get tangible benefits"

"It would be better if you had sued me earlier, at least there would have been no haste in this regard, it seems that I will only go to them one by one in person, as long as they can not take the initiative to oppose it at that time, it will already be the biggest victory" Parschena stood up with an anxious expression

"No hurry!" the fat man waved his hand at her and said, "The future of my so-called temple is not a matter for the saints, you also know that the territory of the empire has doubled in two years, it is the result of military conquest, it seems to be beautiful, in fact, I know very well, except for Vekia proper, almost all of them have more or less problems, in just a few years, several kingdoms are united, maybe I am, the empire is the empire, the falcon battle flag is invincible, but if I am gone, the empire will immediately fall apart, and the war will start again!" "You're so young, how can you think about this," Parschena paused slightly, and looked at the master of the empire with shiny eyes, which really didn't look like what an undefeated falcon should say

"Mentor, you forgot, I have a son!"

The fat man's face turned red, showed an embarrassed smile, looked at the sunlight outside the window, and said quite simply, "People are such strange animals, they won't think about these things if they don't care, but once they have care, they can't wait to arrange everything." The cohesion of the empire should not only be military, but also cultural! Therefore, I want to establish the Sky Cult as the state religion of the empire! I will allow the Sky Cult to preach in any piece of land of the Empire, and set up temples in every city, which will be protected by the Imperial army, even if it is my compensation for this great reform of the Sky Cult." Parschena's face was stunned, her eyes widened like a deep pool, spreading the Sky Sect to all parts of the continent was the dream that countless outstanding Sky Priests had been working hard all their lives, but in order to make the whole wish come true. It's so hard,

Except for Salander itself, the other countries of the Ikaduvar continent do not believe in religion, and the countries are closely guarded against each other, so the spread of the Sky Cult is very slow, even if it takes hundreds of years, the Sky Cult has not crossed the distance of the strait, which can be seen in the difficulty

But now the fat man said that he would support the Sky Sect as the state religion of the empire, which is for the Sky Sect, which was greatly damaged in the war. It is definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the empire's power map has enveloped the entire continent of Ikadiva, once the Sky Cult becomes a national ......

Parschena didn't dare to think about it anymore, but her body trembled with excitement. The excitement that had betrayed her heart "boom" Two muffled thunders that were not loud flashed from the air, and chaos began to rise outside, and there seemed to be a sound of grace, and a black pillar of smoke appeared from the top of the mountain. "What's wrong?"

The fat man pretended to be displeased and shouted out the door, and a guard pushed open the door in a panic and reported, "Your Majesty." Two explosions were heard from the direction of the top of the mountain, and Master Statunko had already led people to check it out!" "There was an explosion at the top of the mountain?" Palschena's face changed when she heard the guard's report, and she quickly pushed open the window and glanced towards the place where the black smoke rose, and her pretty face suddenly lost its blood...... It was like the Nordenham Temple where I lived!

"It looks like a dog jumping off the wall!" the fat man snorted angrily beside him

"That'...... So what should I do now" Parschena looked flustered, looking at the top of the mountain in horror,

She knew that this explosion had absolutely nothing to do with her, if she hadn't come here, she would have turned into a pile of minced meat with this black smoke now, as a clergyman who didn't care about the world, he had no experience in dealing with this mutation at all,

"There's nothing to be afraid of, it's just an unsuccessful assassination!" the fat man said comfortingly, and then shouted to the door, "Someone"

Two guards in full armor hurriedly walked in, "Prepare a smaller set of armor!" The fat man instructed the guard, and the guard turned to go out, and soon walked in with a plate holding a pair of armor, which was exactly the same as the armor of the black-armored guard, only smaller, obviously prepared

"This armor ......," Parschena's eyes wandered, revealing a look of confusion

"It's for you!" the fat man looked at Parschena unabashedly, "I thought that they would get rid of you and stop this ceremony! So I had already prepared such a pair of armor and asked you out of the temple, and now it seems that the other party really did it, and the Nordenham Temple can't go back! Fortunately, the ceremony is tomorrow, and they will find out that you are not there, and they will definitely start a search immediately, and the only way now is to go down the mountain!"

"Down the hill!" Palschena

"You go down the mountain with them immediately, there should be no problem with their protection, as long as tomorrow passes, nothing else is to worry about!" "What about you!" Parschena looked at the fat man with affection and said goodbye, "I, hehe, even if I give them ten guts, they don't dare to come to me" The corner of the fat man's mouth sneered, revealing a strong self-confidence, "Okay!" Parschena bit her lip, nodded in agreement with infinite beauty, and drove everyone out, the fat man was no exception, after a while, the door opened, and Parschena, dressed in black armor, appeared in front of the fat man, this set of black armor looked a little wide on her slender figure, but it still couldn't hide its peerless elegance, fortunately, the helmet was put down, and basically nothing abnormal could be seen

"Don't worry, there's me here!"

The fat man held the hand of the frightened Parschena, and under Parschena's reluctant gaze, he sent Parschena to the war horse, and several black-armored guards captains also turned over, and gradually turned into small black dots in the distance along the mountain path down the mountain

Split Parschena, the fat man waited intently for Statunko to bring back the situation of the explosion on the top of the mountain, who was there, who was not, whoever went to the Nordenham Temple, who was naturally the opposition in the temple,

The people who didn't go, even if they weren't the ones who supported Parschena, were at least neutral, these were all objects that the empire could fight for, time passed moment by moment, and soon an hour passed, and the list of the wounded sent by Statunko also reached the fat man's hand, densely packed with names, so that the fat man had a heavy feeling in his hand,

The fat man's eyes swept over, and he was slightly stunned, Monroe, the high priest of the Council of Elders, and the high priest of Timos, who had met when they greeted him, were not uncommon to appear in the list, but among the four elders, except for the deceased abbot of the doctrine, Adonius, the other priest who rarely appeared was not on the list,

This is a good phenomenon, tomorrow's holy woman ceremony, if there is no such authentic temple master in charge of the sacrifice Ivan Brown, it is really a bit troublesome, although it can also temporarily find someone to make up the number, but it is obviously a lot weaker in the name of orthodoxy, and the other party is not on the list, which also shows that the only existing high priest, for the holy woman incident, is more neutral

"First team, come with me to the sacrificial temple!"

The fat man picked up the cloak at the door, took the reins of the war horse from the guards, and led a group of guards cavalry straight to the sacrificial hall located on the right cliff of the mountaintop.

Especially this time there was news that all the high priests were killed in the explosion, and immediately rumors spread that there were all kinds of things, and some residents under the mountain also came to see the excitement, there were too many people, and the higher they went, the narrower the road became, and even if they were driven by the black guards, they were impassable for a while

"Dismount, let's go up on foot!"

The fat man said sharply, he turned over and jumped down from his warhorse, and walked directly towards the mountain road in front of him, wearing only an ordinary guard armor, but he was not afraid of being recognized by others,

More than a dozen guards of the first team hurriedly got off the war horses and tied them to the trunks of the trees on the side of the road, and the arms of the military horses had the imprint of the legion, even if they were empty, they were not afraid of being taken away, and it was a felony to smuggle the military horses in any country.

The people who were watching the excitement in front saw a group of imperial soldiers coming up murderously, and they were also frightened and panicked.

The fat man went all the way up, and was just about to turn into the fork in the road leading to the sacrificial temple, when he suddenly heard a cold snort from the opposite side of the fork in the road, "Why is this imperial dog again! )