Faust sighed and said, "It's a pity that this world is like this, maybe the day when the end comes, there will be gods to judge the world." ”

Semir was slightly moved: "That's Sinakh's world, and Sinach has ushered in his last words. Do you want to say that there is a Sinach in the hearts of the people, and don't forget that we are talking about the Assyrian policy, not the end of the world. ”

Faust bowed down and apologized, "Your Majesty, forgive me for taking the topic away from the topic and returning to the discussion just now. We should first maintain the stability of the Assyrian Empire, which must not collapse. The Assyrian Empire seems to be powerful at present, but if it collapses, the fate of slaughter may fall to the Assyrian conquerors.

The land that has been occupied must not be returned, but first of all to consolidate the rule in the occupied zone, and we are now unable to expand any longer, even if one day we cannot hold this place and must retreat, we cannot return it to Barron, we can incite people to divide and rule, provoke civil strife, and plunge the other side into chaos forever. ”

Semir frowned slightly: "You are speculating about the future, and I am asking about the present." ”

Faust whispered, "But what I'm worried about is the future, do you think that in the near future, the Assyrian army will still be able to maintain the fighting power and will of Sinach when he was alive?"

Semir also sighed and replied, "Of course not!"

For more than ten years, the people of the Assyrian Empire tightened their belts and trained such a mighty army, and what was the purpose of conquest? The Assyrian warriors had become the new aristocracy, plundering vast amounts of wealth, owning vast tracts of land and herds of slaves, and the habit of extravagance and extravagance had spread. Even if they are still fierce warriors now, what about the next generation in a few years, what will be there for the next generation, and what will be meaningful to the world except brutality?

After sighing, Semir said: "Whether it is the end of the world, or the tomorrow of Assyria, Master Guoshi, today is talking about today's national policy. ”

Faust mused: "It is necessary to digest and assimilate the occupied city-states as soon as possible, and the focus is to consolidate the gains that have been made, so that all forces can gain something." The national policy I once formulated for Sinach the Great, which he did not thoroughly adopt, does not need to be updated now, and if the Prime Minister Alpha also supports it, then there is only one thing left. ”

Semir asked quietly, "What's the matter?"

Faust: "Let His Majesty Sinach choose the most suitable time to die, you become the Empress of Assyria, and if you want to save the fate of this empire, you must take control of it yourself." ”

Semir's expression had a hint of doubt: "I am just a warrior and a woman, how can I become the Great of Assyria?"

Faust raised his head, looked directly at Semir with a warm look and said, "I will fully support you, in my heart, you have always been my empress!"

Semir avoided his eyes, waved his hand and said, "Master Guoshi, I know what you mean, it's not early, you should be tired, please take a back and rest." ”

Faust had to retreat, but when he reached the door, Semir suddenly stopped him: "Wait!"

Faust quickly turned to look at Semir and said, "My Empress, what else can I do for you?"

Semir looked at him with questioning eyes, and slowly asked again: "You are the most learned man in this empire, as far as you know, is it possible to cure Sinach in the world?"

Faust replied with a slight sigh: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there is indeed a divine technique that may be able to heal Sinakh's injuries, and that is the blessing of Isis performed by the guardian saint of the Temple of Aeguisis, and other than that, no blessing magic in the world can be!"

Semir was stunned for a moment before saying, "This is equivalent to not saying it." ”

Faust then said, "This may really be the will of the gods, and has the gods sent down oracles about this matter?"

Semir asked meaningfully, "Which god is the National Teacher talking about?"

Faust bowed his head and replied, "Enriel." ”

Semir said noncommittally: "The announcement I made is in accordance with the instructions of Enriel's oracle, at least on the surface, none of us have violated Enriel's oracle, right?"

Faust: "According to Enriel's oracle, the proclamation of the Empire mentions only one god Amun, who made him bear it all. This is clearly to allow the Assyrian Empire to continue to fight with the city of Salem, and if you ascend to the throne and do not launch an expedition against the city of Salem to retaliate, I am afraid that some people in the country will not be convinced. ”

Semir asked again, "What do you think of this matter, Master Guoshi?"

Faust stood at the door and stepped forward and replied, "This matter is a dilemma. Now that you are in power, it is the best choice to transfer the main force of the Emperor [***] team to the city-state of Rees to monitor it at any time. If a large army is sent back to the Assyrian Empire and then crosses the plateau for an expedition, I am afraid that it will get out of control and will inevitably cause accidents. But if you don't avenge Sinach the Great, you won't be able to quell doubts and opposition, and you won't be able to gain support from all sides, and there is a danger of division within the empire. ”

Semir waved his hand again and said, "I know what to do, you go and rest." ”

Faust thought that Semir would say more or something else when he stopped him, but he simply asked two questions and still told him to retreat, but he never had a chance to say what he wanted to say the most. He had given Semir enough hints, expressed his feelings for her, and tried to make Semir understand what he meant to her now, but Semir did not respond.

As Faust walked out of the inner sanctum, he could not help but think to himself, should he need to speak more clearly? But in doing so, it would not be an expression of love, but a kind of coercion, and his heart was full of entanglement.

...... On the edge of the city of Barron, close to the Barron River, there is a huge tower that rises into the sky, which is called the Tower of Babel in the world, and it is officially called the "Gate of the Gods" in the kingdom.

This tower has a history of hundreds of years, and has been carefully built by successive generations of the Barun Kingdom, and is a wonder on the Tianshu continent. The tower is a huge multi-storey platform, with a total of nine floors, each floor is more than 30 feet high, and there are spiral stairs along the outer side of the tower to reach the top of the tower.

In front of the entrance under the tower is the temple of Malduk, but on the high platform on the ninth floor of this tower, there is either a temple dedicated to the god or the palace of the god Marduk on earth. No one would have a statue of himself in his "home" for himself to worship, because he himself was the deity.

Legend has it that at the top of that tower was the gate to the kingdom of God, where successive Balun kings built a dwelling for their god Marduk. In accordance with the ideals of secular life, the people served the gods like emperors, and the young and beautiful women of the kingdom were chosen to live here to accompany Marduk. Only kings and high priests of the kingdom were allowed to enter and leave the top of the tower at will, symbolizing listening to the teachings of the gods in person, but even they were not allowed to enter the palace of the great god Marduk.

The eight floors below this tower can only be entered with the permission of the main temple of the kingdom, and only high-ranking priests are usually qualified to enter the tower. But today a very special guest came, accompanied by Prince Vonniu, who walked through the temple of Marduk to the bottom of the tower, and asked the warriors who were guarding to step aside. When the prince approached, he deliberately took two steps back and followed the man's side.

If this person wants to climb to the top of the tower, even if it is Prince Feng New's intention, it is against the kingdom's decrees, and I am afraid that the priests who guard the eight floors below will not be willing to let him go. However, Prince Feng Nu did not order the priest to let him go, but only asked the warrior who was guarding to step back and escorted him to the foot of the tower.

This person stepped into the void, and the next moment he appeared at the top of the tower, and Amun, the tower, came up in one step. It is hard to imagine that a craftsman in the world could have performed such a miracle, this tower was built by chiseling a whole stone mountain into a conical shape, flattening the top, and when you climb to the top of the tower, you will be faced with a splendid palace, with guards guarding the gate outside the palace and maids serving in the palace.

Amon didn't enter the door or greet anyone, stepped on the top of the tower and then took a second step before disappearing.

...... Wendy Haria, dressed in a lightly embroidered garment and a graceful figure, walked into Marduk's bedchamber. It's time for the Malduk gods to take a nap in the afternoon, and she's going to take a nap for the gods. Although it had been three years since she had been here, and Venti had never seen the legendary great god, she had no slack in all the rituals of her daily life.

She walked into the luxurious dormitory, first bowed down to the big bed, knelt on the ground and untied the embroidered shawl, leaving only the tassel pendant between her chest and lower abdomen, and then got up and lay down on her side on the left side of the big bed. She did the same thing every afternoon, washing her body with warm water with spices and waiting for the non-existent god to sleep.

This may have been a legendary sacred ritual for the subjects of the Barron Kingdom, but Wendy's heart was numb, and she just repeated the mechanical action every day.

She lay down without a trace of fatigue, and every day she had nothing to do but eat, pray, bathe, change clothes, and sleep, and could not leave the top of this tower. She was chosen from the people, a woman who served the gods of Malduk, and lived in the gate of the gods that led to the kingdom of God, and could no longer walk down the Tower of Babel.

The mood she had felt when she first climbed the tower three years ago had now faded away, as if it had been hundreds of years ago, and now she looked back not with any happy excitement, but more with anxiety and fear. But three years later, she felt like a shell, beautiful but with a sense of surname but no soul.

Now that fear was gone, she didn't even care whether she was dead or alive, and lay on the soft bed and muttered, "Malduk, everyone calls you a great god, but where are you? I have never seen you, and the so-called Barron Saints who came here before me have never seen you until they die."

Legend has it that the Holy Maiden of Barron will always remain young and beautiful, and yes, I have to receive the priest's blessing magic every day to protect my delicate face. However, it is not clear that the saints of Barron in the past have almost always died before their youth has passed, because there is nothing to love here.

People call me the Holy Maiden of Barron, but they don't know that I am actually a prisoner of Barron, a prisoner imprisoned in this palace forever, and cannot get out of the gate of the palace on the top of the tower. Malduk, if you are truly a god and should be able to hear my voice, please release your prisoner. If you don't want to, even end my meaningless life. ”

"Are you the legendary Barron Maiden, beautiful!" suddenly a man's voice sounded in the dormitory.

Wendy jumped up from the bed with a startled cry, ** drew an arc full of bullets under the tassel on her chest, and looked at the person who suddenly appeared in amazement. He was a young man, with angular features, a resolute look at the corners of his mouth but a soft gaze, a muscular figure and a handsome countenance, draped in a light white burlap robe, and spotless from top to bottom.

The door to the dormitory had been closed, and he appeared in front of the bed out of thin air. There is absolutely no way for a man to enter this dormitory, not even the king and the high priest of the kingdom! The people who take care of Wendy's daily life are all palace maids from the gate of the gods. The palace maids are rotated every year, unlike Wendy, who wants to stay here forever, and she envies those palace maids.

As a Barron saintess in the Gate of the Gods, she is a woman who serves the gods, and of course she should not have the slightest disrespect for the gods. But Wendy doesn't care anymore, it's just a meaningless drain of life, and today she finally said the words in her heart, and then she heard a man's voice and saw him appear in front of the bed!

Wendy's horror was indescribable for a moment, and when she reacted, she didn't even think about it, she hurriedly jumped out of bed, prostrate on the ground and kissed the carpet at Amun's feet, and said in a trembling voice: "Great God Marduk, you have finally appeared...... Please forgive Wendy's disrespect, but that's really what I think. ...... If you're going to punish me or even end my life, Wendy won't complain!"

It was not Malduk, but Amun, who had visited the Gate of the Gods.

Amon looked at her, and for some reason the expression in his eyes was complicated, containing tender regret and even painful memories. With a wave of his hand, an invisible force helped Wendy up out of thin air, and said as softly as possible, "You haven't answered my question yet, are you the Barron Holy Maiden?"

Wendy shuddered and replied, "Yes, my name is Wendy, and I am the woman who serves you here, and the Holy Lady of Barron was someone else, and now it is me. ”

What touched Amon's heartstrings was the title of "Holy Maiden", but the so-called "Holy Maiden of Baron" in front of him and the "Guardian Saint of Isis" of the Empire of Eju were completely different things, Isis's Guardian Saint was the chief priest of Lower Eju who held the divine power, and Wendy was just a poor prisoner on the Baronta.

But when he heard the title of Holy Maiden, Amon could not help but think of Mary, who had just heard Wendy's heart, and knew what kind of torment this beautiful maiden was suffering in her heart, so that she could say such disrespectful words to the gods. He thought of Mary back then, how could she not also live in that invisible cage of fate, and he could not even touch her.

The god had a wish in his heart, and he wanted to rescue the poor girl and make her wish, just to remember the eternal Mary in his heart.

Thinking of this, Amon didn't say what his identity had broken. Wendy recognized the wrong person, he wasn't Malduk, but there was one thing that wasn't wrong, he was indeed a god. Amon sat down in the large, comfortable chair in the dormitory, and said in a mysterious and serene tone, "Wendy, the gods have heard your heart and have appeared before you. Tell me, is that what you wanted, and have you ever wondered what you're going to face when you get off this Barenta?"

Wendy raised her beautiful face and replied timidly, "Please forgive me, I can't believe that the gods really appear in front of me for a while, and I don't know what to say?

Amon smiled, secretly used his magic to soothe Wendy's overwhelmed emotions, and sat there and replied, "You don't have to care what I look like, different gods may appear in different guises." In the presence of the gods, all you have to do is say your prayers. ”

Wendy gradually calmed down, as if she had mustered up enough courage to bow her head and reply, "You have heard my prayer, and I am not ignorant of what it is like under the Barenta, for I grew up there and came from there. If you think my thoughts are a betrayal of the gods, I'd rather accept the punishment because I really do think so. ”

Amon asked, "Where are you from in the kingdom of Barun?" ”

Wendy replied, "I grew up in the city-state of Reese. ”

Amun's heart was slightly cold, and he had to say: "Don't you know that the city-state of Rees, your hometown is no longer there, the Assyrian Empire captured it and carried out a brutal massacre. ”

Wendy finally couldn't help shaking her shoulders and began to sob: "Of course I know that I can hear the prayers of the high priest to the gods when he ascends to the top of the tower, and I thought that my soul was numb after coming to the gate of the gods, and then I knew that I would still have tears. I prayed to the gods over and over again, but it didn't save my hometown. That's when I got the idea out of me. Gods, why are you imprisoning me here if you can't save the city-state of Rees?"

Amon sighed, this sigh seemed desolate and helpless, he shook his head and said, "It was not me who destroyed the city-state of Rees, it was the army of the human empire, it was not that I imprisoned you here, it was the priests of the kingdom of Baron. ...... I can grant you your wish, but tell me, beautiful girl, what can you do when you leave here?"

Wendy replied, "My father was a gardener, and the best gardener in Reese, and I could grow all kinds of flowers and trees, and I knew how to prune them to make them stronger, and I would make them into all kinds of fragrant ornaments, and I would grow seeds of all kinds of plants, and I would embroider, I could cut clothes, and I could ......."

Amon waved his hand and said, "Enough is enough, these are enough." I'll help you get out of here and go to a place where you are needed to do what you're good at. But I still want to ask you a question, please look into your heart and answer me. ”

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(To be continued)