Chapter 1: The Rise of Professional Poets and the Iron Cage Movement

Lesson 2: Shadow Religion and the Turmoil of the Iron Cage Dynasty

Shadow religion originated at the end of the Divine Collapse Era, as a religion of atheists, that is, the belief that one's shadow can share one's own pain and guide one's own life, and that the shadow is one's own heart.

During the era of the Kales Empire, these shadow religions were unorganized popes for a long time, and each shadow sect acted independently, and some of the sects had bad deeds, which led to the entire shadow religion being rejected by the faith after the collapse of the gods.

I don't know much about these little bazaros, but that doesn't stop him from joining the shadow religion.

"In the name of the Shadow, I, Bazaro Vaelevich, join the Shiye Sect today to serve the Shadow with all my heart, liberate the cruel oppression, and pursue the freedom of the shadows, as a companion of the Shadow, I will be proud of my Shadow and swear to be loyal to the Shadow!"

The little Bazaro completed his initiation in a humble barn, the more neutral of the many shadow religions, not evil, but never popular.

"Vailevich? Does he have a surname? What a strange surname. ”

The shadow cultists on the side looked at Little Bazaro in surprise.

"Yes, sir, but the surname is my mother's, and my father doesn't have a surname."

"Poor child, may the shadow be with you." The old poet touched little Bazaro's head.

"Teacher, the Earl of Parkley wants to see you."

The old poet had many students, as the little Bazzaro had noticed, and most of them were of similar origins.

"Please come in."

The old poet seems to have anticipated Parkley's visit long ago.

It was a middle-aged man in fine clothes, and he hurried to the old poet and glanced at the little bazaro.

"Father, General Karn the Great has died on the front."

Little Bazaro stared at the old poet with wide eyes, and the tattered clothes seemed to be just a joke, but Pakza still said with a solemn face.

"His Majesty wants us to collect the remnants of the Crusade, and I think this is an opportunity."

"It's a dead end."

The old poet said calmly,

"Your Majesty is old, but the wisdom of the year is still there, even if these armies are defeated, then the people who collect them will definitely become the target of public criticism, those greedy guys don't allow others to have military power, let alone an earl, Your Majesty wants to split the aristocratic forces."

Indeed, two months after the Count's departure, the entire Iron Cage dynasty fell into chaos, as the king announced his abdication and the new king who succeeded him did not intend to make peace with the nobles.

The new king found a group of private soldiers out of nowhere and attacked the mansion of the nobles at night, although only a few nobles were killed, but this incident completely turned the nobles and the royal family against each other.

The army on the front line abandoned the battlefield and began to withdraw, and the impregnable southern defense line opened a gap, and the Iron Cage Dynasty was attacked by the Northern Alliance, but what is surprising is that the Northern Alliance seems to be intent on cleaning up the nobles of the dynasty, and does not care about the rebuilding of the royal family.

Yes, the new king secretly joined the Northern Coalition on behalf of the Iron Cage Dynasty.

On the surface, the royal family and the northern coalition army were in a back-and-forth stalemate, and the war continued, but secretly, the northern coalition army used the Iron Cage Dynasty as a springboard and quietly attacked several surrounding southern countries.

The Southern Alliance, which received the news, immediately purged the Iron Cage Dynasty, but the new king had set up a defensive line early.

It is conceivable that this war is more brutal than the melee between the north and the south, more and more people from the Iron Cage Dynasty are displaced, the Southern Alliance avoids them, and the Northern Alliance also sneers at them.

The military service of the dynasty has almost drained most of the country's population, and the age limit has been lowered again and again, after all, the Iron Cage Dynasty is only one country, and the Southern Alliance does have hundreds of countries of all sizes!

The Northern Coalition ignored the Iron Cage Dynasty's pleas for help, so they fell silent and sad.

The people began to revolt, and the first Iron Cage Uprising began.

[Lesson 3 Preview: The Defeat and Exile of the Insurrection, Bazaro's First Epic Psalm]