Chapter 22~23: The Current Situation of the Divine Radiance Empire

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In the Radiant Empire, near a checkpoint on the border of the Central Province of Sheldnes, where the Imperial capital Sednes is located, a completely one-sided siege battle is underway.

"Whoaβ€”whoaβ€”"

"Boomβ€”boomβ€”"

"Whoa!!"

"Ah!!h

On this level, which is built on the natural hazards of two mountain ranges and dense forests, the stone bullets, poisonous smoke bombs and special magic bullets projected by hundreds of magic trebuchets are like long-range artillery on the earth, directly turning the entire level built with heavy stones at a height of seventy or eighty meters into a hell on earth.

Hard stones the size of a small water tank, gravel the size of an egg to the size of a human head, poison smoke bombs that can emit special poisonous smoke, and special magic shells that are relatively rare in number but more lethal than modern large-caliber army artillery shells on Earth

Anyway, under the bombardment of hundreds of magic trebuchets designed and produced by the gods game space, the defenders of the Shenghui Empire on the entire level were smashed and cried out to their mothers. Not to mention those cannon fodder-like peasants or soldiers, even if they are knights and warriors of the bronze rank standing on the city wall, a bad luck will be turned into a corpse by the special magic bullet that falls!

After all, although the knights and warriors of the red bronze rank have a fighting spirit to protect their bodies, and their own body quality has exceeded the standard of ordinary people, they are a little powerless in front of the special magic bullet that covers the area of a basketball court or even a football field when it is smashed down. Not to mention, among those special magic bullets are fire magic bullets with an effect similar to napalm, frozen magic bullets that are a large piece of frozen magic bullets, lightning magic bullets that are comparable to small-scale thunderstorms, and many other types of magic bullets!

In the face of this overwhelming offensive, not to mention the Divine Radiance Empire, which had suffered heavy losses in the previous two years or so, even the Divine Radiance Empire, which was intact at the beginning, did not dare to say that it would definitely be able to defend this level

Ten kilometers before the level, in the midst of the vast Church of the Gods coalition formation, Magnus Claudius looked at the level in front of him that was being baptized by the magic trebuchet.

Looking at the soldiers of the Radiance Empire howling and dying at the level, Magnus Claudius, who now looked to be at most forty or fifty years old and wore a set of white and gold special armor, was not moved in the slightest.

For the former "Sword of Judgment" of the Divine Radiance Empire, now the acting Pope of the Dawn Church and the "Spokesman of God", Magnus Claudius has seen countless tragic killings in nearly a hundred years, and now although he is facing the once familiar banner and opponents, his eyes reveal incomparable firmness.

"The suffering of the believers of the false gods is entirely the fault of the church of the false gods and the false gods themselves! It is necessary to completely purge the belief in false gods and those diehard believers who believe in false gods!!"

This was the declaration made by Magnus Claudius when he first led the still infantile Church of the Gods coalition to meet the forces of the Divine Empire in the cold wind season of 1143 in the Dawn calendar. And under the grievance conference (this goes without saying the origin) and the true miracles of the gods of faith, the alliance of the Church of Gods composed of the original Shenghui Empire farmers and the Shenghui Empire contractors who were armed paid a heavier price than their opponents and defeated the first eradication force of the Shenghui Empire!

Subsequently, stimulated by this war, the fifty-seven provinces in the Shenghui Empire had five neighboring provinces to revolt, so that the uprising that originally affected nine provinces (originally there were only seven provinces, but later two provinces joined) directly turned into a joint uprising of fourteen provinces, occupying a quarter of the total area of the Shenghui Empire!

If it was a peasant uprising, the situation of the Shenghui Empire would definitely not become as miserable as it is now. However, in the face of the support of the game space of the gods and in the name of the Church of the Gods to crusade against the false gods, a large number of low-level believers in the Holy Radiance Empire no longer endure that oppressed life, and have joined the Church of the Gods that gave them bread and new faith.

Paladin! Priest!

These two professions inspired by the DND world directly select loyal believers from those low-level believers to join, and the believers who change to these two professions not only gain strength but also obtain corresponding military knowledge, and can directly work part-time as mid-level and low-level military backbones while preaching for their own belief in gods. And in addition to the basic professions to which these two gods belong, the contractors of the Holy Radiance Empire have basically joined the churches of each god, and then transferred to the special professions owned by their respective gods, forming the elite corps and backbone forces in the Church of the Gods.

So for more than two years, the Shenghui Empire was completely defeated and defeated in the face of open opponents, and the occasional military victory was quickly supplemented by the follow-up support of the gods game space.

In particular, Magnus Claudius, the well-known "Sword of Judgment" in the Church of Divine Radiance, also appeared on the battlefield, and after directly killing a legendary powerhouse in the Divine Radiance Empire, there were even many priests and other clergy in the Holy Radiance Empire who defected to the side of the coalition of the Church of the Gods.

There is no way, although the Holy Radiance Empire has been decaying in the course of thousands of years of rule, the clergy in it and even the Pope once wanted to change this situation. Although their efforts have mostly been fruitless, there are a few members of the Church of the Radiant who have been thinking about improving the Church of the Radiance - of course, most of them are just to make themselves and their subordinate priests less cruel to the common people, and there is not much else to do!

Now after seeing Magnus Claudius, the leader of the Church of the Gods Alliance, and feeling the real miracle, many priests and clergy of the Church of the Divine Radiance who were captured or rode the wall chose to join the Church of the Gods.

For Magnus Claudius himself, the experience of more than two years of conquest and personal experience made him completely lose any feeling and good impression of the Holy Radiance Church and the pseudo-Divine Radiant God, and only had the mentality of completely eradicating the Holy Radiance Church and the stubborn believers of the false gods!

Because only after revealing the dark curtain of the Divine Radiance Church and the Holy Radiance Empire one by one, will Magnus Claudius experience the endless blood and bones under the smooth exterior of the Holy Radiance Church and the Holy Radiance Empire.

For more than two years, Magnus Claudius, who swept through nearly fifty provinces, saw the sins of the various members of the Church of the Divine Radiance uncountable. Corruption, looting, messing up, men, women, relationships, and the like are not new at all, and there are countless things that treat civilians as slaves and squeeze them to death. As for the cruel things that can't even eat people or even demons, they can be seen everywhere in the upper echelons of the Holy Radiance Church!

Therefore, after witnessing so much darkness and being dissolved by the god of dawn, Magnus Claudius has now become a fighter who wants to overthrow the Radiant Empire and the belief in false gods. And even if Magnus Claudius's Claudius family stubbornly stayed on the side of the Radiance Empire, even the members of the Claudius family who were killed by his own hands did not let Magnus Claudius have any soft thoughts.

"His Majesty the Pope, the Magic Trebuchet Position has stopped attacking according to the predetermined order, please ask now"

When the magic trebuchet bombarded for more than an hour, turning the wall of the checkpoint stuck in the central province of the Radiant Empire and the province of Shlut into ruins, a young knight wearing a set of silver-white armor and looking quite handsome and dashing respectfully asked Magnus Claudius for instructions.

Fred Hievis (note 1)!

This is the name of this young knight who seems to be very protagonist, originally the eldest son of an ordinary oppressed family in a city in the Holy Radiance Empire, but fortunately became the first batch of contractors of the Holy Radiance Empire more than two years ago.

As a Fred Hevis with quite good potential and an affinity for the light element, he obtained the special knight class trial given by the god of dawn within a few days after entering the game space of the gods, and successfully passed the extremely difficult Dawn Knight trial, becoming a dawn knight who believes in the god of dawn.

After the Church of the Gods declared an uprising, Fred Hivis soon joined the command of Magnus Claudius and became a member of the Silver Dawn Holy Knights, along with the other Dawn Knights' contractors.

After more than two years of fighting, Fred Hevis, who survived and grew up to the rank of Golden Knight, was valued by Magnus Claudius and brought to his side as a junior for training.

"Declare an attack! However, let the Church of the Earth God pave a slope first!" Listening to the words of the junior knight he admired, Magnus Claudius, who seemed to be a little distracted just now, immediately reacted and immediately gave the order to attack.

However, Magnus Claudius still seems to feel sorry for his own people, and specially ordered the members of the Church of the Earth God in the Church of the Gods to pave a slope suitable for charging, so that his subordinates can rush directly to the city!

"Yes! His Holiness the Pope!"

Subsequently, after the Patriarch of the Earth God led the priesthood to create a rocky slope with a joint spell, the coalition forces of the Church of the Gods took down this very strong level in the Divine Radiance Empire with just one charge, and the more than 100,000 defenders of the Holy Radiance Empire chose to surrender without hesitation, except for a few diehards who were killed!

- No one is stupid, who still doesn't know what is going on in the Shenghui Empire now? If it weren't for the fact that those diehards couldn't surrender to the Church of the Gods coalition and blocked it, it is estimated that this level would have surrendered directly to the city!

"What? Our lord, the god of the dawn and the oracles of the gods, are coming???"

However, at this time, Magnus Claudius was not happy to have opened the last line of defense to the central province of the Divine Radiance Empire, but listened to the news outside the checkpoint in amazement.

(Note 1: This character is provided by the book friends of "Looking at the World of the World" in the character collection building of the book review area!) )

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Current Situation of the Divine Radiance Empire

Magnus Claudius was indeed surprised, after all, the god of dawn did not send down oracles casually, only when he prayed or held a special prayer ceremony as a temporary pope could communicate with the god of dawn, or if he prayed alone in the gods game space, he could communicate with the god of dawn about one or two times out of ten.

But don't think it's too small!

Among the other alliances of the Church of the Gods, several churches with legendary rank are more troublesome than Magnus Claudius if they want to contact their own gods, and not to mention the other churches that have a sacred realm or pseudo-legend to support the scene, in addition to the occasional will in a ceremony held by a large number of believers, even in the game space of the gods, those high clergy are required to pray in the temple many times, and then depending on luck to be able to contact the last one by chance.

But the god of dawn and the other gods in the Church of the Gods have united to issue an oracle to sign? Well, this kind of thing Magnus Claudius only remembers that it happened in 1143 when the Church of the Gods was first formed, and now it is a representation that it is happening again

"Tell me to go! Prepare for the descent ceremony now!" Fortunately, Magnus Claudius is worthy of being a legendary rank of the Knight of the Sun, and after only losing his mind for a moment, he restrained his mentality, and then gave an order to the priest of the Dawn Divine Realm who was wearing a golden sunrise badge who had just come to report.

"Yes! His Holiness the Pope!"

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After receiving the order, the millions of allied forces of the Church of the Gods were able to do many things that ordinary people could not think of even without supernatural powers, and now it is really easy to build some buildings with the help of magic and magic power.

Therefore, in just one afternoon and one evening, in the wide open space in front of the camp of the Church of the Gods before the original level, a full nineteen altars of similar size and scope appeared in the clearing.

The altars of the gods of the Church of the Gods of Dawn, the God of War, the God of the Earth, and the Goddess of Life all appeared in the clearing, and were arranged in different decorations according to the symbols of their respective gods.

For example, the God of Dawn, the altar is fifteen meters high and fifty meters in diameter, and the pyramid-like altar itself is made of marble similar to white marble - it was transformed by a spell cast by a Sanctuary-rank earth mage!

Adorned with various reliefs in praise of the god of the dawn, the entire altar reveals the teachings of the god of the dawn, revival and vitality. Other gods, such as the god of war, are reliefs that highlight valiant, battle, and victory, the god of the earth is a relief of harvest, heaviness, and protection, and the goddess of life is a relief that symbolizes healing

Anyway, in a word, the altar of the nineteen gods fully shows the characteristics of their respective gods!

Before dawn, the coalition of millions of Church of the Gods sent a team of at least 10,000 people from each god to line up in front of their respective god altars, and then began to kneel respectfully and pray under the envious eyes of the other coalition forces.

"My God, He is the dawn of the dawn! It is the light of revival! It's a source of vitality."

"Under the gaze of the god of war, the glory of victory will always shine on us, and the crown of the god of war will be with us"

"Under the light of my gods, the earth is the foundation of the harvest, the heavy bearing, and the final destination"

"My God, He Represents the Source of Life"

Tens of thousands of loyal believers, under the leadership of their respective popes and patriarchs, completely lost the style of predators who carried weapons to the battlefield and killed people without blinking, or the status of noble magicians and priests, kneeling or half-kneeling on the ground like the most ordinary believers, reverently chanting the maxims and priesthoods of their gods to the altar.

Soon, the sky began to slowly turn white, and when the first rays of sunlight shone on the altar, a holy light dozens of meters wide and directly connected to the sky suddenly appeared on the altar of the God of Dawn!

After that holy light appeared, all the believers of the God of Dawn present felt as if they were enveloped in a warm light, and in a few blinks of an eye, their whole bodies were kept in the best condition. As for the believers and strong men of the other gods, they felt the faint pressure of that holy light, and the gap between the essence of life in it!

And as if there was a chain reaction, on the altars of gods such as the god of war, the god of the earth, and the goddess of life, rays of light of different colors and feelings appeared directly on their respective altars. The blood-colored pillar of light on the altar of the god of war gives people the feeling of blood, battle, and blood, the earthy yellow pillar of light on the altar of the god of earth gives the believers the feeling of heaviness, fruit, and the smell of wheat, and the green pillar of light on the altar of the goddess of life gives the believers a sense of vitality and growth

Anyway, in addition to the unanimous invincibility and coercion of the pillars of light on the altar of the nineteen gods, the teachings and symbolic priesthoods of their respective gods can be clearly felt from those pillars of lightβ€”no matter how strong or weak they are, and how far away they are!

Seeing this situation of the gods descending, not only the believers who prayed became more pious, but also the believers in the alliance of the Church of the Gods and those who came from other countries to collect gold also half-knelt on the ground, praying sincerely towards the dozen pillars of light symbolizing the coming gods or expressing their humble attitude towards the great gods.

"Magnus Claudius !!"

After a few seconds, a voice came from the pillar of light, representing the god of the dawn, and this majestic, sacred voice was heard by Magnus Claudius and all the believers present.

"My lord!" Hearing the voice of the god of dawn, Magnus Claudius, the acting pope of the Dawn Church on the Dawn Continent, raised his head respectfully and said to the god he believed in.

"On behalf of the nineteen gods of the Alliance of Gods, I grant you the right to attack the capital of the false gods and the leadership of the church, and completely eradicate the beliefs of the false gods as quickly as possible!!"

In the eyes of all the Church of Gods coalition forces present, surprised, and surprised, accompanied by the words of the God of Dawn, a two-foot-long crystal-like scepter appeared in front of Magnus Claudius.

The two-foot-long crystal scepter somewhat resembled a magician's staff, but it was transparent throughout, and the crystal scepter with nineteen special-colored gems on the head of the scepter would not look like an ordinary staff!

Because no ordinary staff would give a sense of mortal danger to the powerhouses of the legendary rank, and the patriarchs of the Nineteen Divine Churches could clearly feel the familiar coercion that could only be felt by the gods on the scepter!

"My God, the will of you and the gods will be carried out completely!!"

Looking at the crystal scepter floating in front of him, Magnus Claudius respectfully stood up and took the scepter, and then said to the symbol of the true god he believed in and the pillar of light of the other gods.

"We await your good news!"

With the words of the God of Dawn, all the pillars of divine light suddenly emitted boundless light.

After these rays of light disappeared from the altar, the many followers of the nineteen gods present and all the allied forces of the Church of the Gods felt that their strength had been increased to a greater or lesser extent, and the thousands of people who had been injured in yesterday's siege battle were all healed and able to fight again!

With endless cheers and worship of the gods throughout the camp, Magnus Claudius, armed with a crystal scepter, began to consult with the other patriarchs and popes.

There is no doubt that Magnus Claudius, who has been recognized by the oracles and gods, has become the real supreme commander, with supreme command over the other ecclesiastical forces and even several other coalitions of the Church of the Gods in the Holy Radiance Empire - before, although Magnus Claudius was also considered the supreme commander, it was equivalent to the general manager of the company, with management rights but no right to make those allied forces of the Church of the Gods make sacrifices at any cost. Now it's a true messenger, with the Crystal Scepter, a god-given symbol that can kill any other church member who disobeys orders!

However, it was clear that after the arrival of the "true God" and the oracle to all members of the church, there was no fool in the army present who jumped out to brush up on the zΓ i. And several other coalition forces, after receiving the oracle and magic communicator orders, did not have any objections to the command of Magnus Claudius, and directly expressed their obedience to the orders of the new boss!

Of course, Magnus Claudius was not a very brutal person, and after uniting his army and all the other high-ranking ecclesiastical and contractor leaders, he began to prepare to face the target of this Gods' Advent Order, the pseudo-god of divine radiance and the capital of the Holy Radiance Empire, Saidnes!

"Sure enough, it's the church of false gods, and even the believers under it have begun to betray" Looking at the map of the central province of the Shenghui Empire in front of him, and looking at some magical letters brought from people familiar with the Claudius family, Magnus Claudius, who was studying the next move in the camp, sighed and commented with disdain.

Although Magnus Claudius disliked the actions of some people, Magnus Claudius was only a man with an excess sense of justice and a human supremacist after all, and he understood how much the things in front of him would help him in his next actions, so after thinking about it for a while, he decided to accept the "kindness" of those who were even acquaintances.

"It's all over," Magnus Claudius muttered as he looked at the magical letters, looking at someone in the direction of Saidnes, the capital of the Radiance Empire. (To be continued......)