Chapter 36: The Vengeful Valkyrie (6) The Final Search
In the year 392 of the Great Calendar, the 35-year-old Hades led the northern coalition army to attack the Divine Grace Plains in the south. Hades, who has a noble status, is the nominal commander of the army, but Hades, who knows that his military ability is scarce, handed over the actual control of the army to the 32-year-old Athena, who has superb military command ability.
In this offensive, Hades brought his 12-year-old only son, Tartarus, into the army, allowing him to receive military experience and catch up with this epic military operation, adding a brilliant stroke to his future resume.
"Hades · Athena, who was dealing with army affairs, saw Hades walking over, and waved her hand to let her subordinates exit the house first, "What's the matter?"
Looking at Athena, who was already wearing a crow's feet in the corner of her eye, Hades blocked everything she wanted to say.
Over the years, although the two of them have still cooperated as closely as they did in the previous search for the Seven Objects of the Saints in the military operations of the Temple of Light, there are some things that have long been different, and there are many things that have long been buried in the clock of the past 10 years and have become permanent remembrance.
"No, I just want to see you suddenly," thousands of thoughts came to Hades's mouth, and finally only this sentence popped out, and after saying it, Hades felt that something was wrong, and quickly changed his words, "Athena... You're in your thirties and haven't married yet, do you plan to be single for the rest of your life?"
Hearing Hades's words, Athena suddenly became nameless: "Yes, I don't want you, a man with a son, to come over just to mock my singleness?"
Hades, who realized that he had said the wrong thing, hurriedly wanted to change his words, but was ordered to be evicted by Athena: "I'm a little tired, can you go out first?"
Hearing that he was going out, Hades' nervous heart relaxed inexplicably, and he nodded to understand: "Okay, then I won't bother you, goodbye first, right?"
Before stepping out again, Hades looked back at Athena again.
It has been 17 years since he and Athena first met, and in these 17 years, the two have always been concerned by the seven things of the saints, like straw caught in a flood, and can only struggle in vain under the imminent momentum of the Last Judgment.
In the past 17 years, she and Athena have changed a lot, but the only thing that has not changed in Athena is her still beautiful purple hair and the mask hanging around her waist.
The Seven Objects of the Saints··· There are two left.
Although the Plains of Divine Grace has brought a lot of convenience to the Hall of Judgment, the Plains of Divine Grace also has a fatal weakness, that is, there is no danger to defend except for the river.
Relying on their advantage, the coalition forces easily crushed the two areas of Loka and Youxi, and now only Lai and Rick, who relied on the river to barely resist, are still in the hands of the Judgment Palace, and the last two areas.
After Loka changed hands, relying on the strength of the army, Athena quickly found the sixth Saint Seven Things, boots, which function as a teleportation within a certain range.
Later, Athena chose to attack Rai, who possessed the vein, and severed his arm, and the Temple of Judgment sensed the intentions of the coalition forces and placed all her troops on the other side of the river, ready to block it.
After the tragic battle through the Transition River, the side of the Temple of Light successfully captured Rai, and now only Rick is left in the area of the Temple of Judgment.
It's a pity that at this time, the time has almost come, and the conscripts must be disbanded first and let them return to their hometowns to deal with agricultural affairs, so they can only launch a final counterattack against the Hall of Judgment next year.
In the winter, the Temple of Judgment finally relented, and sent a messenger to make a promise that the Temple of Judgment could be disbanded, and only the Rick region, the remaining area of the Plains of Divine Grace, was retained, allowing the bishops and nobles to choose freely.
Hearing that the goal had been achieved, the bishops and nobles were reluctant to continue the attack, after all, this battle, starting from the Imperial Enemy Pass, had lasted for 4 years, and the entire national strength of Ruiying had been seriously affected.
Faced with this unfavorable situation, Hades united his Hela family, as well as the family that had been divided in Rick during the previous division of the Plains of Divine Grace, and launched an urgent meeting to state the disadvantages to all the nobles.
Hades said that an armistice is possible, but this treaty must be determined in the name of the root, at least if the Court of Judgment reverses it again in the future, then you can justifiably crusade against the Hall of Judgment.
After some good talk, Hades finally mobilized for military action the following year.
Compared with the previous difficult march, the operation of the Hall of Judgment in 393 was like an armed procession, and the Hall of Judgment was already like a defeated rooster, shrinking its feathers and cowering in the city-state of Rick, allowing the other party to continue to advance.
Eventually, the army besieged Rick City, and outside Rick City, the Temple of Judgment announced its surrender.
In the city-state of Rick, Hades, Athena, the Patriarch of the Judgment Temple, the Patriarch of Ruiying, and the six representatives elected by the bishop nobles, 10 of whom signed their names on the treaty.
With the signing of the treaty, Leng Yi suddenly felt that he was eating, and after thinking about it, he understood that what they were doing was a groundbreaking event in this world, the first contract in the entire world.
In the past, the civil wars of other countries were all oral agreements of the nobles, and even directly killed them, but this treaty was the first treaty signed explicitly on paper.
Although it is only a treaty signed by the two sides of the civil war, not a treaty signed between countries, Leng Yi is still very excited, there are already treaties in the civil war, and between countries, will it be far away?
This treaty was known as the Rick Treaty because it was signed on the outskirts of the city-state of Rick.
The contents of the contract are as follows.
First, from May 393 of the Great Calendar, the Ruiying people were no longer at war, and ended the war that had lasted since 387 of the Great Calendar and entered a state of peace.
2. From May 393 onwards, the name of the Swiss-British was changed to the Shwe-Ying Maiqiu Sect, and the system of this country was not discussed in this treaty.
Third, from May 393 of the Great Calendar, the Hall of Judgment announced its dissolution, and after the dissolution, the members of the original Hall of Judgment, as long as they did not continue hostilities, were not held accountable for their crimes in the war, and retained the right to rule in Laishui.
IV-XIII expound the specific division of the ruling power of the bishops and nobles in the plain of divine grace.
After the treaty was signed, the army remained stationed in Rick and was disbanded only after the bishops and nobles took control of the Plains of Divine Grace.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Athena searched for the last Seven Saints near Rick, and the hard work paid off, Athena finally found the last Seven Saints, a disc called zhongbiao (clock), which can repair other damaged Saints Seven Things, but it can only be repaired once, and the ability of the Seven Saints after repair will be greatly reduced.
However, each of the seven things of the saints has unparalleled magical power, and even if it is not as good as before after repair, it is also a very powerful artifact.
For example, the effect of the shovel is to repair the city wall once a week, the effect of the snowflake is to launch a blizzard for one day every year, and the effect of the compass is to launch a magic array with reduced power every month.
Although I have a CD, this time it is not a disposable.
And after collecting the seven things of the saints, all the memories of Athena and Hades were awakened, and Hades finally knew the truth about Qiu's death, the sin of the god of light, and that Athena was his niece and not his eldest brother...
Then you didn't want to be together even more, Leng Yi chewed the roasted cauliflower, and said his comments to Hades with a smile.
"No wonder... Mr. Mask used to call me a good niece..." After knowing the truth, Athena looked at the person in front of her with a complicated expression, who had feelings for herself.
In short, now the two of them are very embarrassed, and in the end, Athena wants to leave here first, calm down, and it just so happens that Athena also has a reason to leave.
After collecting all the seven things of the saints, the mask was indeed as Hades had guessed more than ten years ago, giving a location, where there was a new priesthood vacant after the fall of the gods, and the mask was for Athena to absorb that priesthood and become a new god.
The place where the priesthood was placed was located on the north side of Laishui, and when she first saw this place, Athena wondered if it was the sea, because Athena had not been to the north of Laishui.
"You put on your boots and go with confidence, Ruiying Maiqiu here, everything is with me, I will leave you a position," facing Athena, who was about to leave a long journey, Hades comforted everywhere.
"I don't need to!" Athena rejected Hades in a cold voice, then turned around and left, walked a few steps and stopped, and said without looking back, "Everything... Peace..."
"That's nature, good niece," Hades said cheerfully, hearing Athena's blessing, and he used the words of the mask called Athena earlier.
And this time, Athena didn't look back to refute.
Twenty years ago, his entire family was killed because of the wanton behavior of the bishop and nobles, and he was the only one who fled in shabby short clothes and with a mask around his waist.
In the past 20 years, although he has experienced many ups and downs and had many companions, he is still the only one left, with a mask on his waist, walking alone to the north of Laishui.
The difference is that the cowardly girl has turned into a strong female warrior.
As soon as Athena went, there was no news for 2 years.
In the past two years, the political system of Shwe Ying Mai Qiu began to develop in the direction of Sulasi, and the bishop began to become nominal and essentially a monarch with a different skin, losing his religious significance.
And Hades, who led the Temple of Light, became the nominal leader of all the bishops and nobles, but Hades's rule was limited to Ula and Laishui.
Ula and Laishui were occupied by Hades, and the bishops and nobles were not too worried, because as long as they occupied the narrow corridor of Qiu, Ula was just a buffer zone, and even if Hades sent troops, he would not be able to enter the territory of the bishops and nobles, and would only stop at Qiu.
However, Hades always sneered, looking at this group of bishops and nobles who did not know whether they were alive or dead.
In the year 395 of the Great Calendar, the God of Light returned, exactly as the mask said.