Section 41 The Dark Temple and the Demon Temple
The journey by sea was smooth sailing, and two days later, Harry was on Monrok Island.
The capital of the Oriental Kingdom, Teikyo, is still a few days away from the port where the ships dock, and Harry is just observing the customs of Monrok Island along the way.
The clothing of the people of the Oriental Kingdom is roughly divided into two types, one is mostly simple and crude linen cloth and coarse cloth, and most of the people who wear this kind of clothing are commoners who live in difficulty. One is similar to the samurai and ninja costumes worn by the members of the emissary group, although these clothes are also divided into gorgeous and expensive ranks, but the samurai and ninja worn are obviously one level higher in terms of class.
On the way, it is not uncommon to see the samurai and ninja class of residents wantonly bullying the poorly dressed common people. In the face of the humiliation, those civilians not only swallowed their anger, but also respectfully put on a look of resignation, as if they were taken for granted. Harry was secretly surprised, even the people of the Holy Light Empire, who were once and now pariahs, were not so docile, and that innate humility and respect were definitely not disguised.
And when Oda Natsuyanagi and his group of envoys passed by, the samurai, ninjas, and civilians around them would bow down respectfully on the side of the road to welcome their arrival.
"We in the East are a country with a relatively clear hierarchy. Before the advent of the Demon God, there were three classes of nobles, samurai, and commoners in the country, but after the arrival of the Demon God, the nobility no longer existed. "Oda continues to act as a narrator's horn 'color' like a flatterer.,Originally, this horn 'color' should have been played by Sanada Takechi.,But now that Sanada has been killed,Only he can play it.。
"Oh, why don't the nobility exist, did they offend the Daedric?" Harry asked, curiously. The aristocracy existed more or less in every country, and the Toyo Kingdom actually abolished it.
"That's not it...... However, the Demon God believes that those who do not have strength are not eligible for privileges, so now the three major classes have become high-ranking samurai, ordinary samurai, and commoners. Demon warriors and tenninas above level 7 are high-level samurai class, demon warriors and earth ninjas above level 4 are ordinary samurai class, and the rest are civilians. ”
"Civilians must obey the samurai and the high samurai, and the samurai must obey the high samurai. Any order, low-level people must obey unconditionally, and those who violate it will be killed by the law enforcement team of the Dark Demon Temple. ”
"That means that your country is completely determined by strength?" Harry said with a 'touch' of his nose and a smile. That's interesting!
"It's okay if the envoy thinks so, but if you want to be like our emperor's bloodline, there are still some privileges. But if you don't have the strength, you won't get much respect. Oda Natsuyanagi shook his head and replied triumphantly.
"So...... Prince Oda should be the most respected in the Toyo Kingdom, except for the Demon God and the Emperor?" Harry asked casually. As the only son of the emperor and the number one master in the dark list, it must be impossible for anyone else to climb on his head.
He was so humble about himself, he was sure that he wouldn't have any trouble on his trip to Monrok.
"This ......" Oda was a little hesitant, and only after half a sound did he burst out of his teeth: "This prince is naturally very respected......
Huh? Oda is so vague, could it be that there is something hidden in this Oriental country!
......
"Your Royal Highness, Prince, welcome back to the Imperial Palace!" Five people riding all kinds of monsters in the city slowly went out of the city to greet them, and Harry basically knew these monsters.
Betsy, Three-Headed Jiao, Purple Flame Lion...... It's all high-level Warcraft!
A high-level magical beast is not a rare skill, but it is very difficult to completely tame a high-level magical beast. Looking at this situation, I'm afraid that these people are not the only ones who have the mounts of high-level demonic beasts! I didn't expect them to have this ability.
If possible, 'getting' this secret of taming the monster by yourself can be quite useful for the strength of the Free Empire. It's not like there's nothing good about this Monroke......
Just as Harry was in reverie, the few people on the mount spoke again: "I wonder if His Royal Highness the Prince has achieved his mission on this trip?"
"I'll tell the Emperor about this, what is the matter with you Saito Snake?" Oda's face was not very good, and he didn't seem to have a good impression of the other party.
"Hmph! Two days ago, the Dark Dragon Demon Guard was injured and returned to the Dark Demon Palace, I wonder what explanation His Royal Highness has for this?" Saito Snake Xing didn't seem to be afraid of Oda, and even pointed his finger at Oda.
Weird...... This is a little different from what Oda said about strength determines dignity and inferiority! As Oda who is the number one on the dark list, why is this demon warrior named Saito Snake Xing so rude to him?
"If the Demon God asks about the injury of the Dark Dragon Demon Guard, I will explain it, and the people of your Demon Hall are not qualified to question me!" Oda Natsuryagi replied with a 'gloomy' face.
"In this way, His Royal Highness the Prince's envoy must have failed!" Saito Snake laughed mockingly: "At the beginning, our Demon Temple advocated agreeing to the request of the Holy Light Empire, but your Dark Temple had to do more, but now the Dark Dragon's injury is known to the envoys of the Holy Light Empire, and the benefits they are proposing now are reduced by half compared to before! Your Highness, do you say that you should be responsible for this?"
"How did they know that the dark dragon was injured!" Oda was shocked.
"Then I have to ask your Royal Highness...... What did he do during the mission, causing the Dark Dragon to be so seriously injured that he couldn't hide it after returning to the Dark Demon Temple, and happened to be seen by the Holy Light Empire envoy who came. Saito said coldly.
"It doesn't matter if they know that our purpose for going to the Free Empire has failed. Anyway, His Highness is not ready to agree to their alliance's request......" Oda glanced at Harry in fear, and the latter's face was a little 'cloudy' at this time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"It doesn't matter if they offer more or less!" Oda continued calmly.
"Oda Natsuyanagi, what do you mean by that?" Saito Snake was so excited that he called Oda by his name.
"Your Excellency the Special Envoy of the Free Empire is here, and after I have arranged for the Special Envoy first, I will go to the Emperor with you to explain it in detail. "Oda Natsuyanagi is here to remind Saito Snake Xing to pay attention to proportionality when speaking.
"Envoy of the Free Empire?" the five had only now noticed Harry, a typical Free Empire nobleman, who had nothing to attract attention except for his slightly handsome appearance.
"Below, His Majesty the Emperor of the Free Empire, His Majesty the Divine Envoy for Claims, Harry ****t!, I don't know what you ......are, "Why did another demon temple pop up? What does Oda belong to?"
"Claim Messenger?" the name was strange, and the five people in the Demon Hall all frowned.
"Our Dark Demon Temple is divided into the Dark Temple and the Demon Temple, and these five are five of the ten elders of the Demon Temple......" Seeing that Harry's eyes were not good, Oda swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and quickly explained.
"You Oriental Kingdom lost the game in the gambling battle with our empire, and if you lose this gambling battle, you will naturally have to pay the chips. But your envoys said they didn't have enough chips...... I had no choice but to make this trip difficult. Harry glared at Oda, he didn't report such an important matter to him in advance, looking at the situation in front of him, Oda didn't seem to be able to be the lord of the Oriental country! It seems that his mission is not as easy as he imagined......
"What! Oda Natsuyanagi, you have lost the face of our Oriental samurai!" Saito was furious, pulled out the long knife at his waist, pointed it at Oda's nose and said, "Why haven't you apologized for your sins!
"Hmph! The masters of the Free Empire are far more powerful than we think, so we shouldn't be against them. This time, I have brought my special envoy here in the hope that the Oriental Kingdom will establish a permanent alliance with the Empire of Freedom. The affairs of the Oriental Kingdom have always been in charge of our Dark Temple, so what qualifications do you Demon Temple have to interfere!" Oda retorted unceremoniously.
Harry listened carefully to the argument between the two as he secretly searched for clues. Gradually, I heard some clues.
It turns out that this dark temple and the demon hall are collectively called the dark demon hall, and they work together for the demon god. The Dark Hall is the Imperial Palace, and they are mainly responsible for the political affairs of the Oriental Kingdom: both internal affairs and foreign affairs. The Demon Temple, on the other hand, is a pure armed force, and he gathers most of the masters in the entire Monrok Island, which can be said to be the main military force of the Eastern Kingdom.
Don't look at Oda's self-proclaimed No. 1 master on the dark list, in fact, he put gold on his face. In fact, there is no secret list in the Oriental Kingdom at all, only a magic list. Among the hundred masters on the magic list, there is no Oda Natsuyanagi at all...... The so-called dark list is actually the internal ranking of the dark temple itself, and after twenty, it is basically an 8-level demon warrior, purely to make up the numbers.
From here, it can also be seen how big the difference in strength between the Dark Temple and the Demon Temple is. And this conclusion also made Harry secretly frightened...... Oda's strength can enter the battle list in the Free Empire, but in the Toyo Country, he can't enter the magic list, so the strength of the Toyo Country's masters is really terrifying!
However, Harry also gained another important information from the quarrel between the two: that is, the strength difference between all level 9 Heavenly Ninja and level 9 Demon Warriors is very similar, and as long as they advance to a certain level, their strength is basically fixed. A master who has been promoted to level 9 for 20 years competes with a master who has only been promoted to level 9 for half a year, and the one who loses is not necessarily the one who has just been promoted to level 9.
Therefore, although Oda is not among the 100 people on the magic list, even if he is the first on the magic list, he may not be able to beat him. Because it's not the actual battle that determines the ranking, but the hand-picked by the Demon God. The basis for hand-picking is the degree of dark power in the body.
The Demon God does not allow the masters of the East to kill each other, and if the winner is decided by actual combat, once he tries his best, it is likely that many masters will be crippled and die as a result. But because of this, there is a lack of actual combat experience on the front line of life and death, and there are no particularly top masters in the Oriental Kingdom. But since there are almost no masters falling, in terms of the number of masters, compared to the palm-sized territory and population of Monrok, it is already very much.
The strength of the 100 people on the entire Demon List is about between 80 and 40 on the Free Empire Battle List. Even so, this strength should not be underestimated.