Chapter 32: Theocracy and Kingship

(Modified at the end of the previous chapter)

At the junction of the Mogaolei Prairie and the National Highway, a smiling human head is placed at the intersection of the middle line of the National Highway and the Prairie. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Although the road was crowded, all the centaurs carefully avoided the heads in the middle of the road, and looked at them with fanatical reverence and gratitude, and the old centaurs were more religious, and they knelt down to salute before heading out into the prairie.

The vast prairie made all the centaurs feel comfortable, and they couldn't help but shout and gallop wantonly. Looking at the excited clansmen, Gru laughed wildly: "You see, as soon as I ascended the throne, the great Immortal Heaven gave us a home to live in, which shows that even the Immortal Heaven recognizes me, and I am the Chosen King!" ”

The centaurs around Gru fell to their knees and shouted feverishly and excitedly, "Thank you to the great Immortal Heaven for bestowing us with the Chosen King, the Chosen King, the Chosen King, who is powerful and prosperous!" "Although the remaining centaur nobles are not as foolish as the fools, and do not recognize the identity of Gru as the Chosen King, but in fact, Gru discovered the prairie as soon as he ascended the throne, and such a coincidence also gave rise to awe in their hearts, could it be that Gru was really favored by the Immortals? also knelt down, and among the people who knelt down, Du Lin pondered that Gru's words had another meaning, the Chosen King? Isn't it said that he has become the spokesperson of the Immortal Heaven?

There has always been a conflict between royal power and divine power in the empire, and the legitimacy of the emperor needs to be recognized by the priest's hall, the spokesperson of the immortal heaven, that is, the divine right of the king, and only with the approval of the gods, the person who sits on the throne can be recognized by the army and civilians.

Several dynasties in history were overthrown because the priesthood no longer recognized the emperor, and even if the rebels occupied most of the country, as long as the priesthood declared it a rebellion, within a month, the rebels either killed each other because of the chaos in the hearts of the people, or were attacked by the rest of the centaurs. In the long run, the priesthood hall was fearless and rampant, and even the current royal family was very jealous. He had been trying to solve this cancer, but he was afraid of the huge number of believers and the powerful Templar cavalry, so he could only swallow his anger in front of the priest's hall.

Looking at what Gru meant by saying this today, could it be that he wanted to combine divine power and royal power? If such a great achievement is done by him, it is estimated that even if the orthodox emperor comes back, there is no way to take him, maybe he can only abdicate and make way for Xian, and the best result is only to force Gru to abdicate, and Gru can completely retire and become a high priest, so that Gru is completely invincible! The more Durin thought about it, the more frightened he became.

Sure enough, Gru pressed his palm downward, waited for everyone to stop shouting, and said slowly, "My people, the immortal heaven has told me that his beloved children need not only a physical home, but also a spiritual home. The High Priest has unfortunately died, and we need to elect a new High Priest as soon as possible so that the Great Immortal Heaven can rest assured. ”

"Gru! The selection of the High Priest is an internal matter of our Priests' Temple, and now that the elders have been separated from His Majesty the Emperor, and the High Priest can only be elected after the elders come back to discuss together, you can't worry about this matter! A centaur with a long white beard, a black robe, and a wooden staff in his hand, said coldly, and behind him stood a group of similarly dressed, but much younger.

"Elder Viren! This is the will of the Immortal Heaven! Do you want to disobey? Gru's tone was stern.

"The will of the Immortal Heaven? Hum! What proof do you have? Only we priests can communicate the Immortal Heaven, and only we priests can communicate the will of the Immortal Heaven! Viren snorted coldly and said proudly.

The surrounding centaur nobles couldn't help but prick up their ears, wanting to hear how Gru retorted, they also wanted to overthrow the priesthood, after all, the imperial power needs to be maintained by them, and they and the emperor are a community of interests, not those priests who have a lot of rules, do not abide by the rules of the game between nobles, and can judge nobles at will.

"You want proof, don't you? Okay, I'll give you proof. Gru also sneered, looking confident. You open your eyes and take a good look, every grass, every drop of dew, every cloud on this savannah is evidence! Do you dare to say that there is no evidence? ”

"This—" Viren couldn't help but mutter, after all, he couldn't explain the fact that Gru had discovered the savannah as soon as he ascended the throne.

"Viren, you dare to question the will of the Immortal Heaven, this is disrespectful to the Immortal Heaven! Arrest him! Seeing that Viren had nothing to say, Gru took advantage of the victory to pursue and put the big hat of questioning Immortal Heaven on Viren's head.

"Yes!" The centaur soldiers were about to step forward and grab Viren.

"Who dare!" Veren reacted, and the revenant burst into flames, and a bolt of lightning slashed a centaur soldier who surrounded him, holding his staff and shouting loudly, while some of the priests behind him raised their staff and approached Viren, while others hesitated.

Seeing this, the surrounding soldiers raised their bows and arrows to defend the priests. Layer by layer, the more you encircle, the more you enclose.

"Viren! Do you still have to resist the will of the Immortals? Seeing that the situation was under control, Gru shouted to the priests in the encirclement.

"There is no Immortal Providence at all! It's all your conspiracy! Gru! You vile and shameless villain! Immortal Heaven will punish you! Viren roared angrily.

"Humph! Stubborn! Those who lay down their arms and surrender will be spared death! Gru also lost patience and motioned for the soldiers to prepare for the launch.

The priests behind Viren looked at each other, watched the cold arrow blade glow, and slowly lowered the staff in their hands. Viren couldn't believe it, "Have you forgotten the oath you took when you entered the priest's hall!" ”

"Elder Viren, we haven't forgotten." A gray-robed priest said coldly, "With my life serving the Immortal Heaven, I will definitely ascend to the Kingdom of God after death." Since we have these promises, let us purify ourselves from all impurity of our bodies and souls, and we will be sanctified in the fear of eternal life. ”

"Elder Viren! In the face of such a miracle, only the great Immortal Heaven can do it, how dare you question the family of the Immortal Heaven? How dare you question the Great Immortal Heaven? I'd like to ask you if you've forgotten the oath you took back then! The gray-robed priest continued to question.

"You... I... This—" Viren was shocked by a series of blows.

"Shoot the arrows!" A centaur officer received a secret order from Gru, and took advantage of Viren's confusion to give an order, and arrows rained down.

"Puff puff" Viren was stabbed into a hedgehog by an arrow and fell in disbelief and unwillingness.

"Your Majesty, as the Chosen King, a dependant of the Immortal Heaven, only you are qualified to be the High Priest, and I implore Your Majesty to take on this important responsibility and lead the Priesthood Temple." The gray-robed priest didn't look at Viren, who was pierced into a hedgehog, and stepped forward to fall to the ground in front of Grubbai, and the priests behind him reacted and knelt down one after another, pleading in unison.

Gru looked serious and said in a deep voice, "The same is true of the will of the Immortal Heaven, from this day on, I am the Emperor and High Priest of the Empire. Priest Kudan was devout to the Immortal Heaven, and the Immortal Heaven was very happy and named him an elder. ”

The gray-robed priest Kudan's face remained unchanged, and he kowtowed calmly and thanked: "Thank you for the love of Changshengtian and the high priest, Kudan will definitely do his best and live up to his trust." ”

The people around him were hula-la-la-bow again, and the priests said, "Meet the high priest." The rest knelt down and said, "The Chosen King." ”

Gru accepted the worship of the crowd and couldn't help but laugh heartily.

Kneeling in the crowd, Du Lin looked at Gru who was laughing, and couldn't help but think: "What a good move, Gru can call out the name of the gray-robed priest, that gray-robed priest obviously knows Gru, it must be a chess piece that Gru buried in advance, but I don't know when Gru buried this chess piece, if it was a foreshadowing made many years ago..."The more Dülin thought about it, the more frightened he became, and he couldn't help but look up at Gru. Gru sensed Durin's gaze and nodded slightly. Durin quickly buried his head down, not daring to look again.

Grew, who unified the kingship and divine power, was full of spirit, and continued to march towards the grassland surrounded by many horses. The Centaurs are drifting away.

The human head that remained in place was still smiling, and a bony hand suddenly appeared above, picked it up, and walked backwards.

Ruslin sat in the bone carriage and took the head handed by the skeleton general, his eyes slightly closed, and the death mana in his hand vibrate.

After a while, Ruslin opened his eyes, a black fire flashed in his eyes, and he smiled: "So that's the case, the centaurs found the prairie in order to find the traces of humans, it's really lucky." According to the memory of this human being, it seems that the group of human beings also entered the savannah, I don't know if the fool who dared to offend me is not here, if I find it, I will banish your soul to the abyss for 10,000 years! Ruslin's voice was full of murderous intent.

The army of the undead continued to advance, skeletons, ghouls, abominations, and death knights slowly passed through the dividing line and entered the grassland, and above the bone carriage a skull dragon hovered, and a head flew out of the carriage window and rolled into the grass on the side of the road, no longer moving.

The army of the undead silently walked off the national highway and into the steppe. There was a dead silence again at the demarcation, only Hu Dafu's head was still laughing, as if he was laughing at the detached centaurs and necromancers, as if they were going to laugh until they rotted.

(ps: Today is the last day of the college entrance examination, I wish everyone 666)