Chapter 664: Iron Fist Warns Glorious City
Levi, who became a 'god', didn't notice any of this. Even, when I heard that some people had started related religions, they just basked about it and asked the royal government and the Demon Hunter Guild not to pay any attention to it.
There was no need for that, and Levi himself had no intention of engaging in a cult of personality. As for really believing in a religion, it's not reliable. He himself would feel very strange not to say, and it didn't do any good.
No matter how many people believe in him, it will not help his strength in any way.
After fully integrating with the Book of Ten Thousand Laws, Levi has become a real 'patron saint of mankind', in every sense of the word.
The Book of Ten Thousand Laws itself is a divine object that has been produced in the collection of the spiritual consciousness of all human beings since the dawn of mankind. It was through it that Levi leapt into the mythological level, so naturally, he also needs to shoulder the responsibility of the Book of Ten Thousand Laws itself.
Protecting humanity.
Of course, he can also do it without it, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the original Book of Ten Thousand Laws did not have its own will, and after Levi fused it, he really became the master, he could do whatever he wanted, and there would not really be anything that would restrict him.
It's just that the root of the power of the Book of Ten Thousand Laws comes from human consciousness, which means that the root of Levi's strength comes from this.
Obviously, the more the number of 'humans' and the better the quality of the individual, whether it is on the physical level or the mental level, the stronger Levi's strength will naturally be.
And once the human species becomes extinct, Levi is finished.
In this respect, Levi had to become the patron saint of mankind. Putting aside all the concepts of emotion, responsibility, and feelings, just from the perspective of interests, this is his most core personal interest.
When man prospers, he prospers.
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After decomposing and collecting the corpses of the Ancient Desolation, eliminating the danger of the evil god's power polluting the surrounding area, and repairing the Westdum damaged in the 'God War', Levi's general work is complete.
After resting for a while, and at the same time giving the royal government some time to prepare and mobilize, Levi began to attack the city of glory according to his own plan.
Five hundred witchers, two hundred agents of KSS, and two thousand elite troops from the kingdom's military headquarters from among the various armies left Westdum and headed for the city of glory.
Hunters and agents don't need to say much, the elite team of more than 2,000 Kingdom soldiers is still worth mentioning.
They come from various forces within the kingdom. Half of them were selected from the 'Restoration Army'. Thirty percent were selected from the revolutionary army. The other two percent are from the army of mutants in the lower districts, with snakemen, minotaurs, lizardmen, and ratmen each forming several teams.
Now, the main military forces of Westdum still lie in these three.
The Restoration Army is, of course, the strongest of them all. The foundation of the Restoration Army came from the Chiang family in the east. At its peak, the eastern frontier united the southern and northern frontiers, and the total number of troops reached nearly 200,000 at one time.
Although, most of them were recruited in a short period of time, and the level of training and equipment was not very sufficient, but the number was huge. What's more, the core of it, that is, the elite troops of the original Jinyang Pass, is quite strong in all aspects.
After the end of the civil war, the number of the Restoration Army fell back to less than 100,000. In addition to those killed and wounded in the civil war, many soldiers were dismissed after the war with a salary - the kingdom's financial strength, when the vast majority of it was invested in the construction and reconstruction of the country, could not support such a large standing army.
At the same time, most of the soldiers who came from the southern tribes also returned to the southern border.
In fact, if it weren't for the wars that broke out in the west and north later, the royal government might not even be able to maintain a standing army of 100,000 soldiers.
Of course, the Restoration Army is nominally loyal to the queen, but the actual controller is still the Chiang family.
It stands to reason that this would be a hidden danger in the kingdom's political arena.
But the premise is that Duke Jiang Yunliang has ambitions.
Obviously, Her Majesty's great-grandfather didn't have any strange ideas, and his support for Yasha and the Weslaire family to regain control of the throne came from the bottom of his heart.
So, he took the initiative to ask to retain the establishment of the Restoration Army, and in a year's time, it was gradually handed over to the Kingdom Military Department established by Her Majesty the Queen, and even Ye Feiyin, under the instruction of Jiang Yunliang, broke away from the Jiang family and officially became a direct courtier of the kingdom, and was awarded the rank of general to help Yasha establish the Kingdom Military Department.
The Chiang family, on the other hand, only retained a military force of 20,000 men.
Of course, the most elite Blazing Phoenix Legion must still be in their own hands, it is an elite legion that has been passed down from the Jiang family for generations, and there is no reason for anyone to strip this army from their hands.
As a reward, Jiang Yunliang was named the 'King of the East' and awarded the title of Generalissimo of the Kingdom. Of course, he, the king, can only be hereditary for one generation. At the same time, one-third of the territory in the south was divided under the control of the Chiang family.
Before the outbreak of the 'Divine War' in the sewers of Westdum, His Royal Highness the East King had already led the forces of the Jiang family to withdraw to Jinyang Pass in the east and return to his own one-third of an acre.
The other military force of the kingdom is the 'revolutionary army' of the Brotherhood.
During the Great Revolution during the Civil War, the Brotherhood mobilized the workers of the lower districts, and the armed forces that were formed remained even after the end of the Civil War.
This was retained at the strong insistence of the Brotherhood.
In the history of the Brotherhood, they have a deep understanding that without sufficient power at hand, no one will heed their political demands.
But it is impossible for the royal government to allow a single party to control a military force of its own in the country.
Therefore, before Sun Miao became the prime minister of the kingdom, the most important thing he did to win the approval of the royal party and other parties was to hand over the revolutionary army.
The vast majority of the forces of the 'Revolutionary Army' were reorganized into the Visdom Militia Regiment, which was disassociated from the Brotherhood and accepted the leadership of the Kingdom Military Department. This army, which will exist as a reserve and militia organization of Westdum, cannot exceed 50,000 in total numbers, and the level of equipment is not allowed to be too high.
At the same time, the establishment of the revolutionary army was retained, but only as an army of 10,000 people, enjoying the same status and treatment as the Restoration Army, and establishing it as the two regular military forces of the kingdom.
The Mutant Legion, on the other hand, is a very special existence.
Taking into account the mood of the mutant people in the lower districts, this team was also retained.
The Royal Government has authorized the establishment of a 'mutant autonomous region' in the lower districts, where the mutants are self-governing. This mutant legion is under the dual leadership of the Autonomous Council and the Kingdom Military Department, and the total number is not allowed to exceed 5,000.
These are the three main military forces directly under the central military headquarters of Westdum, which, together with the local legions in the east, west, north and south, together form the defense force of the entire kingdom.
And the army led by Fang Yunheng, the newly promoted major general of the kingdom and who had just become a powerhouse this year, was composed of the elite drawn from the three legions directly under the military headquarters of the kingdom.
The leader of KSS's agents is Miri.
Mi Rui is also an old acquaintance of Levi, who used to be a high-ranking agent in the Kingdom Secret Service, and later defected to the Restoration Congress, still doing the work of an agent.
After the death of Xu Dongxin, the leader of the previous generation of the Restoration Congress, the Restoration Congress, which was formed by the splitting of agents loyal to the royal party, suddenly weakened to the limit, and Mi Rui became the highest combat power of the Restoration Congress, and during the civil war, he was promoted to become a strong element.
Today's 'Red-Haired Phantom' is the deputy director of the new KS.
After all, she can be regarded as a very old agent, and Mars is a witcher after all, and she is not particularly familiar with the nature of the agent's work, so she naturally needs such an experienced and capable deputy to help.
When Mars couldn't get out of the way for the time being, the team of agents led by the Glory City this time was led by Miri.
The power of the Demon Hunter Guild is led by Sun Zheng, the chief deacon of the General Guild, the 'Star God'.
However, although it seems that the composition of this team is quite luxurious, with three elemental powerhouses leading nearly three thousand elites, in fact, in the battle to recover or conquer Glorious City, they are not the main force at all.
It would definitely be quite unrealistic to uproot the last base of the Holy Sect with such a little strength. No matter how weak the Holy Sect is, it will not be weakened to such a degree.
Not to mention the existence of nearly ten thousand holy knights in Glorious City, just the 'First Knight' Berkeley is not an easy character to deal with. This is the absolute strength that ranks third in the list of factors.
Now, Levi has left the Element List. The current number one on the list of elements has become 'Condor' Milo. Bai Zhao, the 'Sakura Sword God' who has been missing for three years, slipped to second place. The third is none other than 'Berkeley'.
Just looking at it this way, the foundation of the Holy Religion is still very strong. Counting Berkere, the current Holy Sect, also has seven powerhouses on the element list, all the elements combined, more than fifteen, including the ninth 'glorious overseer' Pander on the element list. After the Battle of the Western Frontier, he escaped from under Levi's nose and fled back to Glory City with the remnants of the Holy Cult Army at that time.
In fact, if Levi is removed, the current royal government, with all the combined strength, really can't defeat the Holy Light Church, and if you count the Demon Hunter General Guild, it is only slightly better.
The foundation of the Holy Religion is still too strong.
But with Levi, the whole thing is different.
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A month after departing from Westdum, the expeditionary force arrived under the city of Glory.
The city, holy and glorious.
Its size, of course, is nowhere near as large as that of Westdum. The total population of Glorious City is less than 100,000 people, and it is not even as large as St. Boren, the capital of the western realm, or Linfrost City, the capital of the northern realm.
However, it has its own special beauty.
It is a white city that stands above the wilderness, and the walls are all made of white marble, which surrounds the whole city.
From afar, the view crosses the walls of the outer city, and in the center of the glorious city, there is a splendid and towering, white castle. The whole castle, under the afterglow of the setting sun, seems to be hazy with a circle of light, which is a blessing from heaven.
It is said that even in the middle of the night, when you can't see your fingers, you can see the castle in the center of Glorious City, and you can see the white castle, shrouded in a layer of holy light.
It took a month for the Legion of Kingdom Conquest to arrive in Glorious City from Westdum.
The speed of this march was not fast, mainly because the kingdom military was not in a hurry at all.
In the process of slow marching, the envoys of the Demon Hunter Guild and the Kingdom Government entered the Glorious City early, hoping to defeat the soldiers without a fight.
If you can't fight, no one wants to fight, not even Levi.
Although the power of the Holy Religion is a cancer for the royal government, after all, all the people in Glorious City are human beings, not alien races.
Slaughter the glorious city? This option never crossed Levi's mind.
What he hoped most was that Berkere, as the current leader of the Holy Religion, would be able to understand the current affairs, give up resistance, surrender unconditionally to the royal government, and accept all subsequent arrangements.
That's for the best.
But looking at the current situation, I am afraid that this wish of Li Wei will be difficult to come true.
After more than a month of arduous negotiations, according to the news from the ambassadors in front, it seems that the Holy Sect does not intend to surrender, on the contrary, they have some intention of resisting to the end.
This was somewhat unexpected.
It stands to reason that the news of the divine battle he fought with the ancient evil god Gu Desolation in the Westdum sewers should have reached Glorious City.
Not only that, but the power he showed when he repaired the sewers of Westdum and restored the former Papal Quarter, now the Gardu District, is even more impressive.
These two things should have thoroughly embodied Levi's power, not just a concept, I believe it is impossible for Berkeley not to see this.
So, when they learn of this kind of news, do they still choose to resist to the end? Why do they have such confidence?
Looking at the white holy city in front of him, Levi couldn't quite figure it out.
"Don't take the paladin's faith too simply." Kane didn't know when he stood by Levi's side, and this time, he followed.
"Listening to your tone, is it a bit honorable?" Levi said with a smile.
"......" Kane was silent for a moment, he had indeed promised Levi to take over the identity of the leader of the Holy Sect after exterminating the Holy Sect. But at this time, he still couldn't help but remember what he once believed.
Seeing him like this, Levi shook his head, patted him on the shoulder with a smile, and said, "It's okay, it's a good thing that the paladin has faith." However, since the envoys sent by the Kingdom have not been able to make them make a wise choice, let's see if my Iron Fist warning is enough to make them change their minds. ”