542 Saladin the Emissary
It is far more difficult to end a war than to start a war. Saladin felt this way, because by now, enough blood had been shed on both sides, and hatred had been deeply rooted in everyone's heart. On both sides of the enemy, that soldier has no friends and dies on the battlefield, and seeing the sacrifice of his relatives and friends, even if he is a stone man, he will not be indifferent.
When the war enters its bloodiest and most brutal, the leaders of both sides are forced by the pressure of the group to make some decisions against their will, and in front of irrational fanatical soldiers, in front of those warriors who are desperate for revenge, reason is perhaps the most fragile thing. At this time, there will be a need for a kind of people, whose name is diplomat, and in ancient times it was called emissary.
And Lord Saladin is a very qualified diplomat, and there is no one more suitable for him in the current Fallen Stars.
The Pinnacle Academy is a magnificent complex built in the middle of the mountain, and the carved gate facing due south at the foot of the mountain is 100 meters wide and 320 meters high. The two heavy stone doors are carved with the glorious deeds of the thief when the stars fell unified.
In the hearts of the pirates on Treasure Island, these two gates seemed to have been opened once except for the completion of the Pinnacle Academy, and the rest of the time had not been opened at all. In the distant past, people have even forgotten the existence of this door.
But today, there are more than 300 people in the two rows of gold-armored fighters, they are lined up under the stone gate, and their arms are slowly pushing the two stone doors, and the heavy alloy door shaft makes a tooth-aching sound.
When the door had been pushed open a crack in the door, a team of gold-armored fighters began to flow out from the inside of the academy, the most elite armed forces of these thieves did not appear on the battlefield, but they lined up a welcoming formation at the gate of the pinnacle academy, which surprised the nearby residents.
"Gentlemen...... What's going on today? Why did the main gate open? I don't think I've ever heard of who the main gate was opened for......?
"Yes, now that the battlefield situation is so grim, how can the Golden Armor Guards still have time to run out as honor guards?"
Just when the crowd was talking, from the southern avenue, came a gray-haired old man, don't look at his face is already very old, but his steps are still firm, and his spirit is still strong. On the gray half-worn cloak, a gold pinnacle badge was pinned to the collar, and on his chest, three flames embroidered with gold thread were blazing.
"The Origin Fire Man, I think it's a clergyman...... Damn, the people of the Source Fire God Sect actually appeared on Treasure Island, is this looking for death?" The crowd immediately became calm, and some young people were already eager to rush forward and kill this old man.
But the golden-armored warriors controlled the scene, and they used their bodies to form a human alley, protecting the old man as he continued to move forward. At this time, two figures flashed out from the main entrance, one old and one young, it was Taran and his little apprentice Hugo.
"Grandpa, who is he? Why do you want to open the front door to greet him?
"Little Hugo, don't underestimate this person, he is one of the top sacrifices in the Source Fire Empire, and he is a person who is very worthy of respect, do you want to know his story?" In Taran's introduction, Saladin's deeds were quickly reviewed, and those secret things even moved the gold-armored fighters.
Saladin is no ordinary priest, he is actually the leader of the traditional faction in the Cult of the Source Fire God, which in turn is revered by the people of the universe as the moderate faction.
Any kind of religion, as long as it is the mainstream religion, then its rise must represent the good, good, and benevolent in the hearts of mankind...... All kinds of positive emotions. The same is true of the Cult of Origin, a long, long time ago, the Cult of Origin Fire was nothing more than a small religion in a very small area of the planet.
They worship the source power in the universe, the source of energy. And they call this process of energy release the source fire, and in their teachings, the source fire is the original force of the universe and the key factor that supports the power of the big bang. And the actual master of this power is the Source Fire True God.
The belief of the Source Fire Sect is very simple, a flame that never goes out is the embodiment of their true god, and the believers do not have to offer too many items, as long as they can provide pure fuel to keep the lamp burning, this is merit. Moreover, the early canons of the Source Fire Sect were also very gentle and friendly.
For a long time, the Origin Fire God Cult has always been the faith of the people at the bottom, and he is like a weed, although lowly but full of vitality. Until one day, the teachings of the source fire were favored by the ancestors of the current royal family of the source fire empire, and at that time, Wahid's ancestors were already a very powerful aristocratic class. It is also with the majestic financial support that the Source Fire God Sect has developed greatly.
When all the expedition ships in the universe ran aground, and when conservatism began to rise again, the ancestors of the Source Fire God Cult and Wahid seized the opportunity to jump up, not only seizing all the rights of the Source Fire Empire through a coup d'état, but even tripling the territory of the Empire.
Until today, there are more than 40,000 administrative planets in the Source Fire Empire alone, and the resource planets are not counted, just looking at the territorial area, it is already the boss in the universe.
The organizational structure of the Source Fire God Cult is very simple, the top pope is called the Holy Priest, that is, the religious leader who is on an equal footing with the emperor, generally speaking, the Divine Priest is a figure elected after the balance of the various sects, this kind of person will not have too strong pertinence, it belongs to a typical spiritual leader, to put it bluntly, it is a big puppet.
And below the holy main sacrifice, there are Saladin's group of god sacrifices, these god sacrifices are all leaders elected by various sects, and they belong to the elite who really hold real power. Under the sacrifice of the gods, there are layers of governing bodies.
Holy Priest - God Sacrifice - High Priest - Escort Sacrifice - Local Priest - Parade Sacrifice - Internship Sacrifice. This is the simplest management process, of course, in practice, this administrative agency still has a lot of tricks, but it is not enough for outsiders.
"Saladin, in fact, is the representative of Wen Heping, although his faction dislikes the nobles, but it has the support of the lower class people of the entire Source Fire Empire, if you count from the number alone, the moderates are a typical number of people...... "Taran patiently explained to Hugo, in fact, he also said it to the soldiers around him, he knew that his words would spread throughout the planet in less than three days.
"Moderates, they don't like war, they don't want aggression. In their eyes, the doctrine should be promoted with charity, not warships and cannons...... I really didn't expect that the chief leader of the Zade expeditionary force this time was actually him, and he was actually the most prestigious Saladin......"
"Grandpa, you seem to admire him very much, what has he done?" Hugo said in a milky voice, like a little adult.
"Ha Luha, it's amazing...... Back then, there was a serious slave rebellion on Dune Star, which was the largest rebellion in the Source Fire Empire in the past hundred years...... The whole planet has rebelled, all the nobles are dying, fleeing, and the rest are huddled in a small city, miserable waiting for reinforcements from the Empire......"
"But these nobles didn't wait for the arrival of reinforcements, because at that time, there was a serious confrontation between the Ninth Republic and the Source Fire Empire on the border, and it was really impossible to draw a single battleship......"
"And then?" said little Hugo, staring at Grandpa Taran with sparkling eyes.
"Later...... Later, the Fire Empire sent Saladin over, this old man was really ruthless, he landed on the planet by himself, without a single soldier. How do you guess this old man put down the rebellion?"
Taran bought a pass, which not only stunned little Hugo, but even the gold-armored fighters around him were stunned.
"I don't know what to do, this old man actually erected a firewood mountain directly outside the city, sat on it himself, shouted at both sides, and burned himself as long as he didn't stop the fire...... At this moment, both sides were dumbfounded, don't you know the prestige of the moderates among the people at the bottom, basically the lower the status of the source fire people, the more they worship Saladin......"
"The stalemate was resolved within three hours after the firewood was piled up, and tens of millions of slaves laid down their weapons and fell to their knees before Saladin, and the nobles, who had already lost their hearts, ordered the regular army to lay down their arms, and all was mediated by Saladin......"
"Since that day, Saladin's position in the Origin Fire God Cult has been unbreakable, to be honest, all levels of such a large empire can be maintained, and there are no major rebellions, there is really a great credit to him......"
As he spoke, Saladin had already walked to the front door, "Why didn't the thief come? You know that I am not an arrogant person, everything I am doing now is to make this negotiation more formal, if you don't pay attention to this negotiation, how can I help you?" Saladin's face was extremely kind, and there was really a holy smell on him.
Taran bowed slightly, "Lord Thief is very willing to come to greet his old friend, but he is not in Montenegro now, he is commanding the battle in the universe...... Plus, he's going to pick up someone, and our rookie Impermanence has returned......"
Saladin was stunned at the time, "So fast, could it be said that the rumors are true, and impermanence really has strange abilities...... needless to say, Saladin has his own exclusive intelligence network, and the information in this network will never be shared with the secular world.
In other words, this kind of nonsense about Super Satellite can only deceive Zayd and his son, and for Saladin, he has long known that rumor is that impermanence can come and go freely in the dark sky.
"Is impermanence really from an unfathomable land? Are all legends true? True God, what a joke you are playing on us......"
At this time, in outer space, the frenzied attack of the Source Fire Man had reached its limit, and the most important thing was that the Starfire Burning Plains had stabbed his cold and cruel bow out of the folded space, and the murderous aura that came to his face made even the proud pirates shudder.
The Yashen-class battleship is so awesome, and the hull of more than 3,000 kilometers is so thick that even the thieves can't break it, which is already a miracle in the history of human shipbuilding.
As soon as the pirates saw Zade appear, the whole group went crazy, and countless pirate ships and armored brawlers rushed towards the Spark Rebellion in spite of their lives, as if they were sure to deal with the behemoth.
How could the vanguard of those who had already landed successfully allowed the pirates to provoke Prince Zaid, they began to shrink their battle lines, firmly controlled the bow area of the Spark Liaoyuan, and withstood the pirates' crazy counterattack.
At this moment, when the Spark Liaoyuan had not completely drilled out of the folded space, countless missile silos had been opened in the hideous bow part, and one after another cloudburst bombs revealed bright red warheads, and the crazy Zade actually thought of going with his son, they actually wanted to use heavy ground-to-ground missiles to deal with space warfare.
What is called madness, this is typical madness, it is conceivable that these thousands of cloud burst bombs explode in space, which will not only cause a large number of pirate casualties, but also cause the death and injury of the source fire soldiers. But in Zaid's tears, the lives of untouchables are not worth cherishing, even if they are their own soldiers.
"Zayd...... Lao Tzu, I see that you dare to try it...... If you don't want your son's life, fire at me, and I'll show you how ruthless I am......" At this moment, impermanence emerged from the dark canopy and used the public channel to shout to the entire battlefield, accompanied by Wahid's cries.
"Father, my own father...... Help me, please help me...... I can't take it anymore......"