Chapter 5: The Return of Herodotus
"Revenge?" Li Yu frowned, "Did the Terrelis family have a feud with anyone before?" ”
"High Priest Martina called on the nobles of the West to keep the oath they had made thousands of years ago, and when the Terrelis family formed the cathars, the Trelais family was one of the first nobles to respond, and Camzi sent his younger brother, Dorosel, the White Eagle Knight, to lead three hundred elite soldiers to the City of the Lake.
But then there was a tragedy in the city of Scales, the high priest Martina and the nobles present were poisoned, and Dorosel was among them, and after the news came back to the Red Tower City, Camzi was very angry, he and Dorosel have always had a good relationship, and the two have been inseparable since childhood.
"In order to avenge his brother, Camzi ordered a search for traces of Herodotus and his allies in the city of Red Tower, and the guards of the Terrelis family arrested many believers of the Silvermoon Church in the next few days, numbering about two or three hundred, as well as two priests.
"In order to find out the whereabouts of Herodotus, they tortured the poor fellows, causing the deaths of about fifty or sixty people, including a priest, but in the end nothing was obtained, and those who survived were locked up in the dungeon by Kamzi."
"Does the Silvermoon Church know about this?" Li Yu asked.
"They know but it's useless, in the recent past, similar things have happened in the territory of many noble families, after all, Kamqi is not the only one who has lost his relatives in Multiscale City, the Silver Moon Church has just issued an unarmed declaration, and needs to win the support of the noble family, and now they can only turn a blind eye."
"So it was Herodotus who launched the attack on the Terrelis family?"
"That's right," Yin Leia nodded, "those people claim to be from the Blood Moon Society, to distinguish them from the previous Silvermoon Church, they still believe in Picia, but advocate uniting all the followers to form an army to defend their faith with violence and restore the glory of the goddess."
"Herodotus is their leader, but he claims to be acting according to the orders of the goddess and is completely loyal to the goddess, but in fact, the Blood Moon Society is simply Herodotus's hall of words, he calls himself the Chosen One, can communicate with the goddess, and usually issues orders on behalf of the goddess."
"Your previous fears were correct, even though he had been expelled from the Church, Herodotus is now gaining prestige among the followers of the Silvermoon Church.
"In light of the difficulties that the Silvermoon Church has faced over the past six months, Picia's followers are desperate for a stronger leader to emerge within the church. And ......"
"And what?"
Moreover, Herodotus also performed many miracles in front of the believers, such as being able to light the cotton in the jar without making a fire, so that the followers around him were even more desperate for him.
"Although the major families have sent a lot of people to hunt him down, almost all of them are followers of Picia in the West, and there are always people who report in advance, and no one has been able to catch him until now."
“???”
Li Yu didn't expect Herodotus to learn quite quickly, and even the adiabatic compression experiment was copied by him, and he took it out to deceive the believers below, it seems that he was fooled by Clara for such a circle.
At least the level of the natural sciences has improved.
As for the split of the Silver Moon Church, it was not too unexpected for Li Yu, because there had already been disagreements within the Silver Moon Church on whether to form an armed force.
Since the believers have this need, of course there will be new sects to fill this part of the vacancy, but Herodotus's decisiveness still impresses Li Yu.
After first killing High Priest Reeves, then imprisoning High Priest Hesiod, expelling High Priest Martina, and coercing the other three High Priests by force, he has effectively taken control of the entire Silvermoon Church.
However, he still formed a new army at the risk of being the enemy of all the nobles in the West, and promoted the development of the Silvermoon Church towards militarization.
And now it seems that Herodotus apparently did not place his hopes on the rabble before him, and had long had the idea of treating these people as outcasts.
The reason why he had assembled such a smoky army was only to lure High Priest Martina and her cathars to the city of Scales, and then poison them.
At the same time, he was obviously well aware of the character of the new head of the Rayin Mondi family, and knew that Shapiro would next launch a bloody purge of the new army he had left in the city, thus further exacerbating the conflict between the nobles of the Western Realm and the ordinary followers of the Silvermoon Church.
After providing a more suitable soil for the development of the Blood Moon Society, and after eliminating the other six high priests, Herodotus, a marginal character among the original seven, suddenly became the only remaining patriarch, further enhancing his prestige among the people.
The newly elected seven members of the Silvermoon Church are currently unable to compete with him, and although the Silvermoon Church has expelled Herodotus, Herodotus is still the high priest of the Church in the hearts of the vast majority of believers, and many people do not feel that he has done anything wrong and sympathize with his plight.
In short, Herodotus seems crazy on the surface, but everything he does actually has a strong purpose and logic, and has been secretly paving the way for the birth of the Blood Moon Society.
Li Yu went back and sorted out what happened in the Scaly City, Herodotus had obviously realized the limitations of the Silvermoon Church from a very early age, and made a new decision.
From a personal point of view, this was not a wise decision, and it meant that Herodotus had to give up everything he currently had, including but not limited to his status, fame, wealth...... At the same time, they must also be enemies of the nobles of the West.
But it is precisely because of this that Li Yu can conclude that this guy should be a real fanatic.
An extremist sect formed by fanatics to promote violence, this combination doesn't sound great.
Although the Blood Moon Society is still very weak, and it is not even as good as the Shuangxiu Sect, the Blood Moon Society has an advantage that no one can match.
That is, it is attached to the towering tree of the Silvermoon Church, and can directly draw nutrients from the Silvermoon Church.
In addition, it is foreseeable that Herodotus and his Blood Moon Society will continue to cause trouble in the West, intensifying the conflict between ordinary believers and the nobles of the West.
The Trelais family of Red Tower City was the first victim, but never the last.
As a pagan religion, the Double Rest Sect is of course also within the scope of the Blood Moon Society's purge.
"It seems that the western frontier will not be peaceful recently." Li Yu said.
Miss Rabbit sighed when she heard this, and at the same time she was a little glad that she had defected to Saturday early, and now after the continuous efforts of Li Yu and the rest of the people, more than ninety percent of the people in Luye are believers in the Shuangxiu Sect.
At least it avoids a situation like the Terrelis family that people are touching their hometown and don't know anything about it.