Chapter Eighty-Five: Born a Demigod
The godhead moved slightly, the newborn baby was still so fragile, although the divine power was gradually weakening, it seemed that it would not take long to converge, but as a blood relative connected by blood, with the help of the system, Shepard had already obtained the information he deserved.
γMiko (unnamed)γ
[Race: Divine Creature]
[Divine Power Level: None (Born Demigod)]
γPriesthood: Mightγ
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'Even if even the union of gods will only give birth to gods, but the offspring of me and mortals are born as powerful demigods, and the interference of the will of the world is so obvious, am I stupid?' β
The newborn in his arms curiously put his thumb in his mouth and sucked it, and Shepard's godhead in the spiritual sea conveyed to him a longing message that he wanted to take the godhead from his newborn child.
However, he calmly placed the baby in the arms of the relieved midwife, who washed the baby first, while Roses fell asleep from exhaustion.
Shepard comforted and praised everyone in the room, and attributed the scene to the gods' blessing to the Son, and then quietly left the delivery room, leaving the rest to Evie and Filina.
In my previous life, I once read a book about a dynasty in which divine power interfered with royal power, ruined the fortunes of the country that could have been passed down for hundreds of years, and finally the nation died and could not die well, even if it was a previous life without the appearance of a true God, but there is greed in the human heart, whether it is a god or a mortal, and this is more clear to me now. β
As he walked along the road to the Pope's chambers, Shepard's eyes sparkled like bright stars in the night.
'The territory of the Old World is vast, the will of the world has long been unknown, and the Shinto has long been mature, the gods do not appear, and the gods are allowed to play with all beings, but the area of the New World is limited, and the Shinto is still new, and now facing the menacing Old World Expedition, it is normal for the new world will to resist, but the world will has no self-awareness, so only the most potential Orton is selected. β
In other words, in the book of the previous life, this is the true king of the Mandate of Heaven, who will definitely lead the beings of the New World to resist aggression, maybe with the support of the world, can he really do it? At that time, if you come out to seal the gods on behalf of the heavens or sacrifice to the heavens and the earth, it is a proper place to seal the gods, but in this way, where will the existing gods be placed? β
Therefore, if the gods have to deal with it, they will either deprive the newborn of their priesthood and roll up their sleeves to play, which is no different from directly killing the child of destiny; Either you don't care about it, and when the true king rises and suppresses it secretly, it is actually a struggle between the divine power and the royal power, and then the true king hates the gods, and it becomes a situation of internal friction......
This is where the limit of the will of the world lies, fortunately, in the previous life in the game, the expedition to the new continent also took twenty or thirty years of game time, and now I have the initiative in my hands, and the son of God is still more than ten years away from being able to become an adult, I can slowly lay out, in the previous life, there were great sages who mentioned fighting with heaven, earth and man, and the fun was endless, I can't talk about fighting with the earth now, but fighting with heaven and man, have already begun to experience, and it is really varied, and the fun is endless. β
By this time he had returned to his room, half-lying on a wooden sofa covered with cushions and animal skins, and was relaxing himself, but his mind was still spinning.
'In the past, the Crusaders burned more and more geniuses who were of great use to the progress of civilization, just because they propagated the omnipotence of the gods, and once they were questioned, they had to silence them...... This was naturally fine in the previous life, but it could not be used in this world, and what could surpass everyone was bound to be an existence favored by the will of the world or the power of fate, and no matter which god wanted to easily erase such an existence, it was an extremely risky thing. β
'In the background panel, hundreds of years ago, the gods interfered with the fate of all beings at will, so that the last mortal snatched the relics of three powerful gods in a row, and climbed to the top in one fell swoop, causing chaos for hundreds of years, and the loss was even greater than the sum of thousands of years. β
However, after all, the gods of the Old World have gone through thousands of years, and many things cannot be said in conclusion...... And they are quite free, but I have a lot of constraints in the New World, and if I am not careful, I will play into a situation of internal friction, so it is not worth it. β
Shepard stood up, walked to the desk and wrote a few edicts, just waiting to go back and arrange for the implementation, which is nothing more than the arrangement for the Holy Son, for example, Roseth was originally the most idle of the four Flower Crown Holy Maidens, and now that the Holy Son was born, she only needs to worry about raising her as a mother.
The other thing is to hype up this matter, after all, it is still a proper miracle among believers - the story of the Holy Maiden of the Flower Crown giving birth to the Son of God as a virgin sounds incredible, but anything can be said a hundred times to become the truth, not to mention the fact that the Church must be heavily propagated about it......
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A few days later, the miracle of the Son finally being born was naturally publicized by the church, and with the beginning of the new era, the period of weakness after Shepard made the Holy Doppelganger finally ended, but unfortunately the number of believers he is now only more than 2,000, and the day of becoming a medium divine power is still very far away, so it is impossible to create more doppelgangers, so the biggest constraint at present has become the population.
The strength of the god is composed of the god's own personal professional strength and divine power level, since there is no possibility of rapid growth in the strength growth of the divine power level, and the increase of divine power also requires slow skills, he can only start from the personal career aspect, fortunately, the doppelganger has already set off to the north, and he does not need to worry about this aspect of things for the time being.
And as the situation in the Orton Territory stabilized again, and the immigration and city-building operations of Arnorl Lund and Iruhir came to an end, Shepard naturally had to gather all the people under his command to set the next step for the church and the Orton Leader.
What was to be decided this time would definitely affect the direction of the church for decades to come, so almost all the high-ranking people in the secular and church were recalled, and everyone gathered in a large conference hall specially built in the apse of the main shrine, which was exquisitely decorated, with the emblem of the god of light hanging on all sides, and a statue of a god of human height erected in front of it.
At the large wooden table, which was polished with an incomparable aura, sat the entire ruling class of the Orton Lord, Pope Shepard, the four bishops of the Church, Haku, Rook, Othello, and Mandoroni, the three Lady of the Corolla except Rose, the head of the [Knights of the Cathar], Khante, and the First Knight Arsa, as well as the commander in charge of the temple guard, Kramar, and his two lieutenants.
In addition, there are the three hereditary barons canonized by the church and the main officials of the original three towns of the church, in fact, these people are foils, and they also know that they have come here to prove that they are at least qualified to know their fate in advance, and those who do not come here can only do what they are told.
Seeing the full scene sitting in front of him, Shepard remembered that he had to pretend to be stunned and deceived when he first crossed over, and almost laughed out loud, and the people who were watching the Pope saw that this crown suddenly laughed for no reason, and couldn't help but look at each other, wondering if someone was going to be unlucky.
Fortunately, Shepard had already spoken: "The birth of the Son of God, the bright calendar has been decided, and the cause of my Lord is thriving, although it is natural to give your life and soul for my Lord, but your contribution cannot be erased, let me express my gratitude to you." β
Everyone hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty is too polite!" It's an honor to wait! β
After a few casual polite words, the Pope got to the point: "According to the statistics of the Church, there are now 15,000 people in the territory of Orton!" That's not a lot, it's too little! β
"The previous relocation and construction of the city is almost over, and we need a large number of people to fill the vacancy in Orton's territory, after all, we have five towns as the foundation to control this land, and there is still a lot of land that can be developed."
The church side and the secular side sit opposite each other, and the distinction is clear, Shepard doesn't care about this, the church is directly in charge of the Orton Territory, but many things are not suitable for the church to come forward, so he first looked at the temple side, and said in a deep voice: "I had an order to let the bishop take charge of the church and secular affairs, and this arrangement is too onerous for the bishop, so there must be a change." β
"From now on, the Church will have a cardinal hall under the Pope, all of whom will be promoted by the bishops, Haku, Rucker, Othello, Mandoloni, the four of you will be promoted to cardinals, and you will no longer be exiled, but stay with me to counsel the affairs of the Church, oh, Mandoloni, you still have to stay in Arnoor Lund, and you will have to prepare there before the relocation of the capital starts."
The four bishops were all beaming, they all vaguely knew Shepard's true identity, and what better arrangement for them as devout believers than to serve in front of the gods?
Shepard rubbed his temples and continued: "In the future, when the land and believers who believe in my lord increase, I may also set up a diocese and manage it, but it is still too early, the combined population of the two towns of Yanan and Yahagul is less than five thousand, and the sanctuary of each temple will be presided over by its own resident priest, if there is a major event, arrange a messenger to report to the main temple, there is no need to arrange a bishop to govern, wait for the population of these two towns to increase, and then consider it." β
The affairs of the temple were roughly arranged, nothing more than the collection of power and the centralization of power, as well as the formation of a cardinal hall similar to a cabinet or a council, which decentralized most of the church's affairs, simplified the workload of the pope, and focused on improving the authority of the pope.
The specific arrangements will not be explained one by one, and then Shepard looked at the secular side, the church should be directly in charge of the Orton Territory, and on the other hand, it must avoid the excessive power of the world and the destruction of the foundation, many things are very troublesome to arrange, and he can't help but have some headaches How to deal with it.