Chapter 22: The Ruler (II)
After taking in Florence, Josh studied the power of his faith with peace of mind.
Truth be told, as he controlled more and more areas and the population grew, Josh's power of faith began to soar to the sky.
If his previous harvest was only one, then now Josh can say that his harvest has reached a hundred.
This is actually a very exaggerated number. You must know that no matter how powerful Josh is, his church has only been established for less than two years. Time has always been a hard wound for him, but that's enough.
What really surprised Josh was that his reputation grew over time - even if the guy never fought again, his legend was overwhelming.
This method was made by Mario, and Josh felt that this guy was an advertising genius in the early generations.
Of course, many of the teachings that Josh has developed for his own church are based on what the West needs, especially what is more needed in this era.
There is also this guy who is 'the god who walks in the world' according to the saying of this era, that is, this title gives him countless points.
One can imagine how quickly Josh's faith exploded in the following years, and I am afraid that even the outbreak of the Black Death outside was not as fast as his.
And Josh was bored one day, and when he looked at these appeals for the power of faith, he unexpectedly found that he seemed to be able to follow these golden threads to find out who was praying.
This makes Josie a little funny, but he found some and stories in which God uses this to help some people with deep faith, and then leave the so-called legends.
Josh himself was thinking about whether to make a shot himself, but in the end he chose to forget it.
He really didn't need to do that. Because as this guy came up with the medicine for the Black Death and how to defend against it, almost all of Europe began to believe in him.
The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague now, is not too much of a problem in the modern world. But this place is medieval Europe!
To put it bluntly, the people here are very bad in terms of hygiene, diet and protection.
Bites like rats and fleas are minor problems, coughing and sneezing in someone's face are not a big deal, and there is no advance diagnosis of all contact with the sick and defenseless, let alone eating undercooked meat.
This also led to the Black Death, which was enough to die fifteen hundred almost every day in this most frantic era. Fifteen hundred people a day, think about how exaggerated that is.
Of course, that was almost a hundred years ago.
The thing stopped for a moment when Ezio was born, but it didn't disappear entirely. Josh remembers very well that it was only in the seventeenth century that the plague really ended.
Think about how many years have elapsed between them.
It can be said that in Europe, the most desperate thing is the Black Death, and there is no cure for this thing! The doctors can't help it, and the people in the Holy See are shouting that there is no way, and there is even something that God is punishing mortals with a whip.
But the problem that these people couldn't solve, Josh directly solved it.
The method he used was also very simple, that is, he went back to the wizarding world directly, and then got a lot of doctors from St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries to help.
After using special magic and effective means of protection, there is no way except for some more remote places.
The Black Death almost disappeared from the area under Josh's control, and the news continued to spread outside, and Josh directly gained a huge amount of faith power during this period of time.
He also clearly felt a qualitative change in his soul, as if he was in the stage of waking all the time. This state also made his cultivation even faster, whether it was elemental magic or void magic, the speed of mastery increased geometrically.
In addition, there was nothing he needed to take care of outside, so he had been slowly researching these things for the past few years, and even Galen had some benefits, and then he started to travel alone.
All Josh didn't have much to play, so he could only focus more on his research.
Regardless of these two big bosses, Giovanni and Mario are extremely busy, but they don't care very much.
After the complete recovery of Ezio and Florence, in addition to running the bank and running the love again, he did not forget his hatred.
After getting engaged to Christina, the girl he had loved all his life, he offered to continue to build banks in other city-states and gather intelligence.
Although Giovanni and Mario were not very willing, after all, their son (nephew) had only been stable for a while and was about to run away again, but in the end they agreed.
After kissing his fiancΓ©e goodbye, Ezio headed straight for Rome.
By the time Josh met this guy, it was already the time when all of Italy was ruled by him, and Ezio and Giovanni were fighting each other desperately.
After a little inquiry, Giovanni and Ezio had already recognized him.
As for why they fought each other desperately, it couldn't be simpler - the eighth floor is the guy Ezio, who thinks that his father has deceived them, and the person who originally thought he has been dead for many years suddenly appears in front of his eyes, and no one can stand it.
Well, Josh didn't bother to care about them so much.
After all, the two professionals didn't even release their fighting spirit when they beat each other, except for ordinary people who didn't understand, everyone else was completely watching the joke.
You must know that as the Church of the Hidden Ones grows in size, there are more and more professionals in it, and of course these people are some people who are very strong in their faith.
Most of these people knew Giovanni and Ezio, and they knew how hard Ezio worked as a disciple of the 'Dark' Minister 'Eagle' and also the nephew of the 'Light' Minister Mario, and of course they also knew that the reason why Ezio worked so hard was entirely to avenge his father.
But what I didn't expect was that things would turn so badly.
That guy who wears a mask all day long, and is as cold as ice, is actually Ezio's father? And Ezio thought his powerful dad was dead? Thinking about revenge for him all day?
However, as the fight was over, Giovanni gave Ezio an explanation.
"I did think I was finished, and in fact I was pretty much finished. But then it was His Highness Josh who saved me, and he rescued me in front of everyone. β
"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"If I had told you, would you still be where you are now? Cherish your lover more? Fighting harder? I'm afraid to let you know, you're still just a playboy who hasn't grown any way. β
Listening to Giovanni's words, Ezio fell silent, and although Giovanni's words made him a little unhappy, he didn't know how to refute them.
Looking back on the past, I seem to be really a headache, and my change seems to be that after the death of my father and brother, I joined the Church of the Hidden Ones and began to slowly become like this after learning the doctrine.
Ezio sighed, and instead of arguing with Giovanni, he asked, "And my brother and my brother....."
"They were all good, His Highness Josh saved us all. You've actually met your brother and brother here......"
"It's the Nightingale, and that little magician in the church, right?"
"Yes."
Well, to tell you the truth, he did feel a little angry that his father and brother had joined forces to lie to himself and his mother and sister.
But when he thought about his growth, he couldn't get angry anymore. Of course, the most important thing is that after he learned that this was Josh's meaning, he could only hold it in his heart even if he was really uncomfortable.
This kind of grievance is only known to him, and the feeling is even like being beaten up by Natasha, the youngest junior sister, during the skill assessment conducted in three months.
The most important thing is to beat it up, but in front of all the people who participated in the assessment and His Royal Highness Josh, it was uncomfortable.
Shaking his head, he decided not to think about these things anymore.
What if you are a little depressed, life will go on. And, looking at his father and brother, Ezio felt that no amount of suffering had passed, and now they were truly happy with family, didn't they?
As for Natasha, this little girl is almost the most changed.
Four years have passed, and she has also successfully changed from a little Lori to a long-legged royal sister. Moreover, her battle qi level has also grown rapidly in the past few years, and now she is close to the level of the third order.
But this girl also gave Josh a headache, because I don't know when it started, and this little girl really bothered Josh more and more time every day.
At first, it was fine, but one day Josh accidentally used a detection spell and everything changed.
"So you use probing magic just to watch other people take a shower?"
"Is this really just an accident?"
"Stop quibbling, I'll have to watch you a little bit later. Otherwise, the devil knows what the women of this world will be like by you, the 'god who walks in the world'." β
β.....β
Josh really didn't have much to say, especially after she perfectly learned Giovanni, and even Ezio's various assassin techniques and experiences, coupled with her own combat cultivation, Josie had nothing to say about her.
As a result, the girl can be seen in Josh's room as long as the day is in the daytime.
Although it was pleasing to the eye, Josh didn't feel good at all.
Especially at night, the girl will leave directly, which makes Josie especially depressed.
But fortunately, the concentration that a magician should have is still very good, and with the improvement of his soul and spiritual power, the control in this area is getting better and better.
"It seems that the purpose of this world has basically been achieved, and it is time to go back."
Four years, more than you say, no less.
After Galen returned from a trip around Italy, Josh spoke his mind straight away. Indeed, he had been in the world for too long, and even if he had already opened the Void Gate and returned to the Muya Continent, he would have stayed here for a long time.
"It's really time to go back, it's been four years, even if you opened the Void Gate a year ago to synchronize time, you've been out of the territory for almost two months. You're almost ready to get your territory. Galen nodded, it's all played here, and it's not interesting anymore, at most it's okay to come and see it as a vacation.
"It's basically done, and the rest is just some small things."
After Josh opened the Void Gate to synchronize time a year ago, it was still the same one-to-seven time flow rate.
Plus he would go back from time to time to take a look, so he knew that his territory was almost established. This is not a single castle, but a castle and the surrounding habitat.
"That's good, by the way, what are your plans when you go back?"
"After I go back, I'll have a good rest for a while and tidy up my territory, and then it's time for the main event."
Speaking of this, Josh smiled slightly: "Shikoku invited, that's a good place to show yourself." β