Chapter 182: The Death of Orleans
Orleans was founded for a short time, almost alongside Byzantium, a little later than Constantine, and lasted for hundreds of years, and was once glorious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the most glorious era, even Byzantium and Constantine were eclipsed.
But today, everything has changed, so quickly, so suddenly, so completely, it seems that in the blink of an eye, a huge empire has fallen.
And until it fell, the civilian gate of Orleans didn't seem to react.
The civilians just felt that the war was about to break out, that it broke out very quickly, and that it was over before they could make any moves, such as fleeing or surrendering.
The Byzantine or Constantine armies were easily crushed from the lands of Orleans.
In less than a month, from the beginning of the Byzantine war again, Orleans experienced a state of disintegration and complete disappearance from one of the three great empires on the western side of the Red Sea.
The royal family of Orleans fell from the throne and became commoners, but they were better off than commoners, and the Byzantine and Constantine men gave the royal family a small piece of their own territory to survive there.
But this kind of slightly better conditions than the commoners is undoubtedly humiliating for the royal family of Orleans.
Because they are faced with a life that is equivalent to captivity.
Although this kind of captivity is not in the usual sense, and the range of movement they are able to move is much greater than that of prison teeth, in their own eyes, in the eyes of others, it is captivity.
And the few remaining small countries are at a loss.
The lord of a small country originally wanted to take advantage of the war to establish his own country, but after the establishment of the country, he found himself between two extremely powerful countries.
Either way, small countries do not have the capacity to talk to them on an equal footing.
It's a very bad feeling to survive in the cracks.
But since Byzantium and Constantine have already made their decision, it is these people who are unwilling and cannot change anything.
The splendor of Orleans dissipated.
And one of Orleans' secret allies, the Temple, is not having a good time at this time.
Although the Templar's actions were secretive, it was impossible to hide from Byzantium and Constantine, both of whom knew the role of the Templar in the battle.
Before, because the war had not yet ended, neither country could take care of the temple.
After all, the temple has been rooted on the western side of the Red Sea for a long time, and there are countless believers, and rash action will only cause national turmoil, and national turmoil is the last thing the royal family wants to see.
So both Byzantium and Constantine wanted to postpone these things.
And when the war was over and Orleans was falling, it was clear that this was the time.
Byzantium began to purge the temple of power, of course, only in a more modest way, such as finding out what laws a bishop or priest had violated, and then dealing with it.
Because most of the cases are facts, and the Temple of Evidence cannot refute them, there is nothing the Temple can do in the face of such a thing.
The common people were more than happy to see the offenders punished, even though they were taken aback when it was a bishop or a priest, and they wondered, how can a servant of God make a mistake?
But after more times and more encounters, they will understand that the servants of God are only mortals, not much different from ordinary mortals, and they will also have seven emotions and six desires, and they will also make mistakes.
At this time, the eyes of the civilians looking at the temple personnel were different.
Most of the time I still admire, but occasionally I show some suspicion.
The suspicious gaze made the temple personnel uncomfortable, for they had spent a long time in the admiration of the civilians, and when had they ever been treated like this.
But at this sensitive moment, they dare not show their dissatisfaction with civilians, otherwise this situation will be exacerbated.
So, the temple personnel felt that this was the saddest time they had in hundreds of years.
Those who have a good mind and can control themselves tend to remain silent and wait for this period of time to pass, but those who have a bad brain will make some unexpected moves.
There is no doubt that although the temple personnel are one in a hundred or even one in a thousand, time can change everything.
Many priests and civilians had conflicts.
Before that, it must have been the fault of the common people, because how could God's servants make mistakes, and maybe the common people will be charged with some crime after they are punished.
Other civilians will take it for granted.
But now it is different, there will be a special agency to conduct a thorough investigation of the contradictory incident, find out the real culprit, and give corresponding punishments, and the temple will not take the initiative.
Of course, this kind of thorough investigation is a real thorough investigation, not a temple framing or something.
On the one hand, this will not touch the bottom line of the temple, and it will not cause a large number of backlash from the temple, after all, these crimes are all facts, and there is nothing to say anywhere.
And if they are framed, then the temple knows that the royal family must be torn apart, and their reaction will be much greater.
Both the royal families of Byzantium and Constantine had confidence in facing the temple, but since they could boil frogs in warm water, it would take less effort to kill each other, so why bother to lose both.
On the other hand, there are many evil people among the common people, and if they are used, it will not be good.
At this point, the power of the temple began to shrink, and some of the actions in the shadows became more and more secretive, and even stopped altogether, and on the surface, there was no trouble.
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Freya told Mel about Orleans, which made Maier very emotional.
Maier was born in Orleans, spent almost all of his childhood and youth in Orleans, until he was hunted down and killed, and then he was forced to run to the Byzantine principality.
But now, a country where Mair had lived for more than a decade has collapsed.
Mel didn't give up, but only slightly lamented the vagaries of the world, and as for his father, and the titular stepmother and brother, only one thought flashed through Myer's mind, and was immediately forgotten by Myer.
As early as when they hunted down Myr, Maier cut off this family affection, leaving only hatred.
And when the Marquis Condi's palace was destroyed, this hatred disappeared, and even if he saw them again now, Maier would only treat it as if he hadn't seen it, like a stranger, and wouldn't look at it more.
Entering the magic net, the battle platform unfolds, and the huge timetable board in the sky begins to count down.
The voice of the magic web rang in Meier's ears.
The qualifiers, Meier's last game, are officially here. (To be continued.) )