Chapter 509: The Divine War Begins
Star Fir Empire.
The port of Lefan, an important city in the eastern part of the empire, was a large coastal city with a population of more than 3 million, benefiting from the developed maritime trade, and the economy of the local and surrounding areas was quite prosperous.
At this moment, the sound of slaughter in the rich area located in the south of the city shook the sky, thousands of elite warriors dressed in imperial rune heavy armor surrounded a luxurious mansion, more than three hundred priests and priests stood on the periphery, constantly blessing them with courage, agility, damage weakening, defense enhancement and other buff divine arts, dozens of suspended platforms in mid-air are groups of members of the Imperial Praetorian Guard mage group.
A large number of magic and demon-breaking arrows rained down, causing the mansion's protective magic shield to dim and crumble, and it seemed that it would collapse completely in a short time.
A hundred meters away, there were tens of thousands of warriors ready to go, all of them were covered in the black magic heavy armor of the Praetorian Guard Legion, and in their hands were exquisite enchanted weapons, under the blazing sun, the bright magic runes shone brightly, and countless cold eyes stared at the mansion not far away.
"Hehe, an ordinary-looking rich mansion would have such a high-standard magic protection array? If you want to say that there are no ghosts here, who will believe it? ”
On the back of an extraordinarily tall nine-colored unicorn, a girl with a flowery face and a moon-like appearance shrouded in golden light sneered, and the delicate battle armor on her body exuded a strong fluctuation of divine power.
Around her, there were hundreds of palace guards with golden helmets and golden armor and a terrifying atmosphere, all of whom had the strength above the Holy Domain, and the core circle of people were all legends.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, according to reliable information, this should be an important secret stronghold set up by the Church of the God of War,"
Beside her, a super powerhouse in a sea blue robe said, "In the past few months, we have uprooted eleven similar strongholds, and they all have a lot of gains. ”
The girl bowed slightly: "Shouting orders them to immediately lay down their weapons and surrender, and dare to resist...... Let's kill them all! Bengu didn't have the patience to spend it with them. ”
The super strong man shook his head: "It's too big to do it, it's impossible for these guys to surrender, they can only kill." ”
"Okay, then let's kill it!"
The girl no longer insists on her own point of view.
A few seconds later, with the cold launch command, hundreds of high-explosive rockets poured out like magma gushing, all of which smashed down on the magic shield, and a small mushroom cloud rose up, and the deafening explosion spread along with the milky white shock wave.
By the time the flames dissipated, the magic shield had long since disappeared, and the entire mansion had been razed to the ground.
Four or five gloomy balls of light rushed out of the ruins, and they were immediately surrounded by the imperial powerhouses who had been prepared for a long time, and after a short battle, these powerhouses of the God of War Church who at least had the strength of senior legends all died, and none of them escaped.
Immediately, hundreds of sturdy and swift figures swarmed up, carefully rummaging through the ruins to check, their breath was fierce, their bodies were all black high-level enchanted leather armor, and some of them were holding various alchemy weapons of unknown purpose in their hands, surveying the underground situation inch by inch, all of which were from the elite forces of the imperial intelligence system.
Since the Founding Emperor Qin Feng's divine throne ascended to the sky, the infiltration of the God of War Church into the Xingshan Empire has entered a peak period, and almost every day, a large number of unidentified people will sneak into the Xingmeng Continent through various means, either looking for places to hide, or bribing and attracting local nobles and officials, or pretending to be bandits to rob and destroy trade routes, and their behavior is extremely arrogant and crazy.
Of course, the top of the empire will not turn a blind eye, and the empress Qin Luxue decisively ordered a severe suppression, dispatched elite legions and a large number of strong people to sit in various places, and arrested all hostile saboteurs who dared to make trouble, and those who resisted were immediately killed on the spot! No matter who is involved, we will not tolerate softness.
After many rounds of bloody and cruel secret wars, the Imperial Intelligence Agency and the Praetorian Guard Legion, backed by the state apparatus, achieved brilliant results and gradually gained the upper hand, and the Church of the God of War, which had suffered heavy losses, had to temporarily restrain itself, and the game of the gods above the sky was judged as soon as possible.
After a while, the investigation was over, and there was nothing worth paying attention to, and the valuable evidence had been destroyed by the dead men in advance.
The princess didn't care, took out a magic mirror from her bosom and looked at it, and said, "Collect the team first, report the situation here to the imperial sister, and then prepare the warship, and we will go to Yodeer Province." ”
The imperial capital, Lingxiao City.
In the imperial study, Empress Qin Luxue is handling government affairs, and after taking charge for several years, she has gradually adapted to her new role and established the authority of the emperor in the government and the opposition.
Because of Qin Feng's arrangement, the high-level officials and nobles of the empire, as well as the middle-level ninety percent of the officials, basically maintain a high degree of loyalty to the empire, and the God of War Church has spent a lot of effort to try to buy and pull a number of important chess pieces within the empire for their own use, but so far the gains have been minimal, but they have been cleverly set up by the empire and cheated several times, and the losses are great.
"Your Majesty, An Long asks to see you." The court lady came in and said.
Qin Luxue on the throne responded: "Let him in." ”
The female officer took the order, and a few seconds later, the Imperial Marshal An Long, dressed in military uniform and with a resolute expression, walked in, with a medal on his chest.
He saluted the Empress, then took out a copy of the memora and said, "Your Majesty, the plan for the formation of a new batch of legions has been successfully completed, a total of one hundred and thirty legions, and the details have been explained in detail in the memoir, please take a look at them." ”
The female officer came over to take the chapter, inspected it, and presented it to Qin Luxue.
She took it over and browsed it, and her attitude was quite satisfied, from the moment Qin Feng was officially canonized as a god, the empire was expanding its army at any cost, and while conquering the Xingmeng Continent, it was preparing for the next larger-scale religious war.
Now that all corners of the entire Xingmeng Continent have been planted with the banner of the Empire, sitting on a vast territory, tens of billions of people, and massive financial and material resources, it is naturally easy to expand the force on a large scale.
"It's still not enough,"
Qin Luxue said: "The next stage of the army expansion plan is tentatively set at two hundred legions, and the God of War Church on the opposite side of the Qingyan Continent is also expanding its army, we can't be compared to them." ”
"As you wish, Your Majesty."
An Long had no objection to this, and now the total number of standing legions in the empire was more than six hundred, and the number of Praetorian Legions was ninety-five, not to mention the much larger local garrison legions.
The empire now recruits nearly 10 million young adults from all over the mainland to join the garrison corps for training every month, and after a period of high-intensity training, they are selected to join the standing corps, and from then on become a member of the regular army of the empire.
In particular, the Empire's air transport forces have received a huge amount of funding, and the total number of magical energy transports collected from other powers has exceeded five figures. There are also many large transport ships from the apocalyptic world, as long as there is a need, it is completely possible to transport a million elite troops and logistics baggage from the southern seaport of the Xingmeng Continent to the northernmost Extreme Winter Mountain Range in two days.
The use of large ultra-long-range teleportation magic arrays is too expensive to meet the large-scale mobilization needs of ordinary legions, so the most suitable way is to use floating magic energy transports to transport them. Of course, the price of such a means is not cheap, except for a few extremely wealthy large empires, ordinary countries and forces cannot afford to consume.
The air power of the empire consists of more than 500 magical energy floating fortresses of different specifications, more than 2,000 magical energy floating warships, and more than 4 million officers and soldiers. There are also fifteen star fleets hidden in the kingdom of God, and a large number of space-based weapon strike systems.
The Imperial Navy has fifty surface fleets and more than 3,000 warships of all classes, including 125 top-notch magical giants, with about 5 million officers and men. A larger number of warships are still being built in the realm of Dragonblood Gnomes, with a certain number arriving at the port every month.
In addition to the part that was formed and purchased by the empire, a considerable part of the warships and officers and soldiers were inherited from other powers, so that such an astonishing scale could be formed in a short period of time.
In all aspects, the comprehensive strength of the Star Fir Empire has completely overshadowed the God of War Church and the Nopton Empire in the Qingyan Continent, even if the Martial Saint Guild and some other human empires are not enough.
Not to mention the massive amount of high-tech equipment from the apocalyptic world, which is the secret killer feature of the empire, even if the countries and forces on multiple continents jointly besiege the Xingshan Empire, it will be difficult to gain the upper hand.
When An Long retired, Qin Luxue finished reading the chapter, and got up surrounded by female officials and came to the heavily guarded inner hall.
Eight beautiful ladies came to change her clothes, lightly took off the imperial crown, and then brought the Pope's magnificent robe and crown to help her change.
"Alright, let's go to the Grand Temple of Cardinals, there will be an important oracle from the Father today."
Qin Luxue took the scepter handed over by the female officer and led the team towards the teleportation array not far away.
At the other end of the teleportation array is the Grand Temple of Cardinals, a meditation room dedicated to the Pope, where dozens of cardinals are already waiting in line, and as the light of the teleportation array lights up, Qin Luxue appears in front of him under the arch of many strong people.
The cardinals saluted in unison, then hugged her and walked outside.
A moment later, the bell rang inside and outside the Grand Hall of Cardinals, and outside the spacious hall were thousands of miles of white jade steps, covered with a thick carpet of golden red, flanked by tens of thousands of cardinals, bishops, priests, priests, and triage knights, who knelt down in line at the bell, waiting for the grand ceremony to begin.
Qin Luxue wore a crown on her head, wore a gorgeous robe, and took the lead in kneeling down in front of the tall statue with a scepter in hand. Behind her were rows of cardinals, cardinals, and the high priests of the Inquisition.
She began to chant the hymns of God, and the bishops behind her echoed with the sound of high-pitched music echoing through the high halls,
The Grand Temple of Cardinals gradually began to bloom with bright light, and after a while, a majestic, solemn, and vast will like the abyssal sea quietly descended, and there was a burst of cheers inside and outside the temple!
"The God War will start in half a month, and from now on, the Empire should do everything in its power to fight against all the forces of the War God and Death God in the mortal world!"
Qin Feng's voice echoed in the depths of the soul of every devout believer.
Qin Luxue listened to the oracle with a serious expression, and she didn't get up slowly until her father's will receded.
"Is it finally here?"
She thought in her heart, it is not a trivial matter for the two main gods to start a war, not to mention that this time she has to face two powerful gods at the same time, as many as dozens of gods will end up, although the other gods are temporarily standing by and watching, but when the situation is critical, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take advantage of the fire to rob.
It's just that now, she can't intervene in the divine war above the heavenly dome. However, victory or defeat in mortal wars is no less significant than battles in the kingdom of God. As long as it can sweep away the followers and influence of hostile gods in the mortal world, those gods can be greatly weakened.
"Alright, all the cardinals come to the papal chamber, we need to have a meeting now to discuss how to carry out the oracle."
After Qin Luxue finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the apse, followed by thirty-five cardinals.