Chapter 247: Tyrant
25 years of the bright calendar.
The area of the Kingdom of Light is almost half of the area of the Draenor Continent, since the 22nd year of the Bright Calendar, King Vivadar went to war, the souls of believers in the Kingdom of God have increased suddenly, and more than half of the earliest group of believers have been transformed into Qi Mergers.
The hot spring pool, which Shepard used to house the doppelganger, has been moved to the temple complex, and the wallless hall supported by tall and exquisite stone pillars is spacious and bright, and the hot spring pool is located in the center of the main hall, occupying nearly half of the area, and the six waterways are introduced into the pool through copper pipes, empty bamboo pipes, stone troughs, etc., gurgling endlessly, and will be full but will not overflow the edge of the pool.
The mist lingers in the main hall, the wind does not blow away, there are the Qi mergers transformed by the white feather witch clan as maids and guards all around, and the main hall is located on the cliff, even if you soak in the hot springs and look out, the eyes are vast and boundless, and the scenery is beautiful.
The brass bells that hung in the corners of the temple moved with the wind, and the crisp sound of the bells woke up the sleeping people who were sleeping in the mist, and there was a sound of water, and the male body, perfect as a marble sculpture polished by the most skilled craftsman, rose from the pool and waved the white-feathered maid who was about to meet her to retreat, and the flames on Shepard's body evaporated all the droplets.
The fire subsided, and a robe as red as fire shrouded him, and he strolled to the terrace facing the temple beyond the cliff, and beyond the intricately patterned stone slabs, there was a terrifying cliff.
Wildly dressed in robes and with his chest exposed, Shepard didn't look at the bottomless valley, but walked to the edge of the terrace, unconcerned that there was no protection or railing.
"Wow!"
A familiar whistle sounded, the wind blew the fiery red robe, revealing the bronze toned body underneath, and the huge steel-feathered griffin like a prehistoric giant beast landed on this terrace with an area of more than four hundred square meters, and the young voice sounded respectfully, and the head was raised and saluted: "Lord God." β
"How long did I sleep?" Shepard looked at the kingdom of God shrouded in eternal light, and his tone was flat as if asking what to eat for breakfast.
Steel Feather Griffin, Skywalker Scott's voice is clear and hearty: "It's been two years, Your Highness, the war of Draenor is coming to an end, the Dawn Kingdom is the final victor, and the entire continent has been subjugated to your name." β
A slightly mocking smile appeared on Shepard's face, "Looks like my heir did a good job?" Winner? No, Scott, he has been a loser since the day my heir decided to go to war, and the kingdom of Dawn is destined to be a stage for careerists......"
"And that's what I expected." He whispered his last words.
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"Your Majesty, from the snowy fields of the north, to the swamps of the south, from the coast of the west, to the forests of the east, the owners of wilderness, forests, wetlands, and wilds......"
A large number of compliments were recited by the courtesy officials as if they did not want money, and they faced Vivadar, who was on the throne, and congratulated his Majesty in the loudest voice of his life.
But there was not much smile on the face of His Majesty the King sitting on the throne, the three years of war almost dragged down the economy of the kingdom, more than once the believers gathered to pray to the church to the pope to stop the war, but the pope politely refused, several times later, the believers did not resent the church that refused to come forward, but they were even more disgusted with the king who started the war.
When the first king was there, the tax rate was very low, and the kingdom organized the people to build fortifications mainly for employment, especially His Majesty the Pope was approachable and extremely simple, although the entire main temple was expanded several times, but most of them were voluntary acts of believers, and the decorations were also contributed by believers, and they were rejected by the church for many times too exaggerated offerings.
After King Vivadar succeeded to the throne, he not only pioneered the invention of the free use of civil power, but also expanded the kingdom law three times the church prohibition on the basis of the original church law, replacing the original church ban with a more severe kingdom law based on deterrence and labor education, and the church ban began to gradually apply only to the church.
Whenever Vivadar thought of this, he felt as if his liver hurt, he increased the authority of the kingdom, improved the status of the aristocracy, deterred and even intimidated the commoners, and greatly expanded the treasury, the nobles supported him very much, but correspondingly, the commoners who had the protection of the church were extremely hostile to him, which made him a demigod by nature, and he was very depressed when he knew what his future should be.
It seems that he now dominates the continent, but the Church of Light disobeys his orders, but uses the expansion of the kingdom's territory to spread the faith of the God of Light all over the continent, and the Elven Forest in the East is an independent country, but with the last will of the former king before being summoned by God, he does not dare to take the elves against the intimidation of the church and his father.
Speaking of the unification war that lasted for three years, it was even more of a headache for him, the Church of Light ordered all the knights and other kingdom lords of the church to not be allowed to participate in the war, so that His Majesty the dignified King relied on a few knights to train those militias who used to be used for logistics, and when he happily announced the war and was forced to dismount by reality, those aliens who also had no church power gave him another slap in the face.
Although those guys don't have priests, they do have mages, and the mages on Draenor's side are all studying with the elven mentors in the Elven Forest, and even worse, even if they come back, these mages are part of the organization under the jurisdiction of the Church of Light, and they still can't participate in the war in the kingdom.
The aliens fought on their own, forcing the king of Vivadar to die, these damn aliens resolutely resisted every time, and surrendered decisively when the city was about to be broken, and the almost angry Vivadar slaughtered three villages and a small town at the beginning, but soon received a joint notice from the Expeditionary Force Church to him, if he did another act of 'destroying human relations', the Church of the Gods of the Expeditionary Force would unite to teach him a lesson, for this notice, the Church of Light side expressed a stern protest, and then there was no moreβ¦β¦
Vivadar is not stupid, he originally thought that the father was going to give him a wide and free sky, he was beaten back to reality by three slaps, and honestly pulled up the militia to attack the territory of those foreign continents, and when he couldn't hold on, the lord of the territory would consciously stand up and surrender, and then His Majesty King Vivadar showed his generosity, and the two sides had friendly talks, and then the nobles of the expeditionary military swore allegiance, but except for hanging a flag of the Dawn Kingdom, everything was as usual in this place, Except that the Church of Light cannot be forbidden to enter the missionary ......
It's not strange that this kind of thing happens once or twice, and every time it's like this, the whole army knows that there must be a hidden story behind it, and the first king pulled thousands of people to bread the whole army of the Dawn Church back then! The current king is like a singing opera, and there are no reinforcements on the side of the expeditionary force, that is, each territory holds on alone, surrounds one and fights until the ammunition and food are exhausted, and then the two sides shake hands and make peace......
The more territory he swallowed, the more bitter King Vivadar's heart became, and even if he was not afraid of the situation he would face in the future, there was no doubt that his majesty was no different from a joke to the people of the Dawn Kingdom and the nobles of the expeditionary force.
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"These bastards! Knave! Greedy kobolds! β
With a bang, the fine porcelain vase from the Old World was smashed to pieces, this incomparably thin but beautiful and fragile ornament was a precious work of art that could only be produced in the Far East in the Old World, and when the convoy transported them to the New World, the price rose to sky-high, and Vivadar bought three with red eyes and gritted his teeth, and this time a third was gone.
His Majesty the King of the Dawn Kingdom gasped with red eyes, the maid not far away beside him trembled and did not dare to clean up the pieces, and the king's attendant on the side also looked at their feet without touching the king's moldy head.
"Come here!" Vivadar shouted in a rough voice and ordered the maid to come over, ordered her to kneel on the ground, and pressed her head into her robe, and exhaled comfortably.
The attendants on the side pouted silently in disdain, this Holy Son King was quite virtuous when he first ascended the throne for half a year, and then he became more and more cruel and vulgar, and even the nobles who were surrounded by him privately laughed at this King His Majesty for not being like the previous king except for being lustful.
Naturally, Vivadar didn't notice the small movements of his subordinates, he pressed the maid's head with his big hand to prevent her from getting up, and said gloomily: "Those scum really said that? β
The squire, apparently knowing what he was saying, replied at once: "Yes, I am most respectful, wise, and brave...... Your Majesty, those people from other continents ask you to allow their churches to spread freely within the kingdom...... "This is Vivadar's command, and everyone who speaks to this king should list at least five or more adjectives, all of which are positive, of course, and those who dare to use negative ones are called by God.
Vivadar sneered: "Allowed, why not allowed?" Let them fight that old Othello guy! He pouted disdainfully: "I also said that it was my uncle, who never supported me, so I know...... Hum. β
The attendants pretended not to hear the king's disrespect, hesitated, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, they also ask, ask you to improve their status, which is the proposal they made before......"
"What?! They simply do...... Hiss! Bastard! Vivadar was shocked and moved too much, and the unsuspecting maid was startled and accidentally injured the king, Vivadar's anger can be imagined, he pulled up the maid and slapped her, and then called the guard, and said angrily: "Throw her into the refugee camp!" β
The maid was dragged out by the guards crying, and the refugee camp, which was once one of the important ways to increase the population when Pope Shepard ruled the kingdom, has been transformed into a veritable refugee place by Vivadar, and the labor that originally integrated slaves and refugees into the atmosphere of the kingdom has turned into brutal oppression, and the lawless refugee camp makes Pope Othello I sigh when he hears the news.
Vivadar gasped, stood up and took a few steps back and forth, and said viciously, "These damn scum...... Okay, I agree to their request, don't they want to be a duke? I gave permission! β
Then he roared again, like a roaring angry wolf: "But it can't be so simple to cheapen them and let them pay tribute!" Beauty, jewelry, gold...... Everything is available! β