Chapter 670: The Snooper and the Prisoner
Approaching nightfall, Zhou and his party finally found a suitable place and completed the goal of stationing on the spot.
Because of the lack of clarity on the details of the situation on the island, Zhou did not light a bonfire after they set up a temporary station. However, Zhou never expected that even so, trouble would still find them.
To others, Roaring Island may be labeled as a place of exile, a strategic buffer zone, a pristine wilderness, but for the prisoners exiled here, it is a veritable place of death.
This time, it was none other than a group of prisoners who had been exiled for many years, but had been alive and well.
In the outside world, the value of a person may be measured by success or talent, but only by living and living very nourishing on Roaring Island is the affirmation of this person. Because, no matter how good you are, it won't help once you are gone.
Scarface lives up to its name, with a fearsome face full of knife wounds. Others may be quite resistant to their appearance being ruined, but all of this is nothing to Scar. Even the chic of the past few years is largely due to this terrifying face.
Touching the scar that spanned the bridge of his nose and his eyes, Scarface recalled the days when he first landed on Roaring Island. And the longest, the longest, the deepest, scar was left from that time.
The prisoners who can be exiled to Roaring Island are not ordinary goods. These people are either the most vicious or the losers of the political struggle. All in all, the guy who is eligible to be thrown to Roaring Island must have a background. Otherwise, they would not have had a chance to reach Roaring Island, and they would probably be sentenced to be hanged on the day they were tried.
Scarface is also such a guy with a certain background. However, his previous identity had nothing to do with the worst of the worst of the world and the loser of the political struggle, and the reason why he was thrown into this place and almost died forever on the same day was due to the reason of faith.
There are many theories about the origin of human beliefs, but there is no doubt about one thing, that is, since entering the feudal society, the empires that exist on the continent have taken the 'dragon of the sky' as the goal of their faith. However, as the 'Dragon of the Sky' no longer responds to believers, people gradually abandon the main god that their ancestors once served and turn to all kinds of new gods.
Among them, it is not other guys who stand out, but the embodiment of light, the 'dragon of light' of the Holy See's faith. Knowing the history, it is not difficult to see that the 'Dragon of Light' is a very scheming deity. Like him, the Falcon Emperor, who had announced the nationwide conversion and given the country the name of 'sacred', was a very utilitarian fellow.
Since the end of the War of the Elders, the Archangels with a special purpose have fled to the Falcon Empire for refuge. Since then, the 'dragon of the sky', a symbol of freedom, has responded to believers more and more rarely.
Perhaps from the perspective of ordinary people, it is the 'dragon of the sky' who is arrogant or weak, and this happens. However, the aristocracy, which is different from the eyes of the common people, can still see the doorway. However, for the cattiness, these nobles whose interests are greater than their beliefs are also in the spirit of seeing through and not saying anything, and let the situation develop.
However, it was their mentality of 'nothing to do with themselves' that gave Emperor Brian Falken, who was good at seizing opportunities and had been hiding all the time, to gain a chance to regain the power of the nobility.
The belief in light spread throughout the empire with incredible speed, and it was also secretly promoted by this emperor with a strong desire for control. Brian Falken didn't know what kind of deal he had with El, who was the leader of the Archangel clan at the time, so he pushed the whole plan forward. Although all this has become a mystery with the death of Brian Falken, it is not difficult to see from the benefits of Brian Falken and his descendants that this is definitely the most proud investment in Brian Falken's life.
Brian Falken not only succeeded in regaining a lot of power belonging to the nobility after that, but also gained allegiance from the powerful archangels. As faith spreads, the Archangels, or Church of Light, begin to show their terrifying fangs to the rest of the country's faithful. In less than three years, no one in all the towns and villages within the borders of the empire dared to blatantly proclaim the teachings of other gods.
Since then, the Church of Light has been a monolithic place. Most of the citizens of the empire who originally believed in the 'dragon of the sky', in the face of this spiritual persecution of the empire, finally abandoned the empire and embarked on a journey towards Saran in the east in search of freedom.
Faced with the choice of the 'fools', Brian Falken had no reason to rush to exterminate, which led to the first major population migration in modern times.
With the departure of these 'free-hearted' citizens, the Church of Light became more and more unstoppable. And Brian Falken, who brought in faith to gather all his strength, also gritted his teeth and swallowed this bitter fruit. The days when divine power overrode imperial power finally took place when he was approaching his twilight years.
In this way, the former partners, due to the division of interests, gradually became inseparable. Although Brian Falken wanted to use the power of the remnants of the 'Sky Dragon' and the nobles more than once in his later years to balance the already prosperous Holy See of Light, it was too late by that time. Although the Holy See of Light, which has become a general trend, did not shed blood and sacrifice because of the mission, it did not fail to mobilize the followers to isolate the 'infidels'.
In the face of such an attack on the Church of Light, Emperor Brian Falken and the nobles, who had a grudge in their hearts, were instantly killed and discarded. Emperor Brian Falken, who was no longer ambitious, quickly compromised with the Church of Light after this defeat.
Of course, this is only on the surface. In fact, Brian Falken, who has not yet been completely confused, has put on such a gesture for no other reason than because he knows that his life is coming to an end.
Then, with his death, his successor ascended to the throne smoothly. The young emperor, who had taken over the legacy of the old emperor, knew very well how his father had raised such a giant beast. In the face of this force of irresistibility, he and his successors supported the believers of the 'Sky Dragon' to fight the doctrines of these believers in light.
Scarface belonged to a merchant family who believed in the 'Dragons of the Sky'. Of course, this status alone is not enough to get him off the gallows unharmed. He was 'amnesty' and exiled to the island thanks to another like-minded friend who came with him. However, fate shows the cruel and tender side like Scarface.
His aristocratic friend, who had incidentally saved him, died in front of him in the face of danger with him, in order to resist the knife from behind. Since then, the kind, innocent and innocent youth who yearns for freedom is gone. All that's left is Scarface, who lives with his friends.