The eastern kingdoms of the Dawn Continent, historically, were all canonized princes of the Divine Radiance Empire. For example, the ancestor of the Delong Kingdom is a duke of the Divine Radiance Empire. The ancestor of the Sith Kingdom, the earliest prince of the Divine Radiant Empire. Because of this factor, the Sith Kingdom was able to find enough relationships in the Divine Radiance Empire, reach some cooperation, and become the overlord of the eastern coast of the Central Continent.

Although the other nations were not so closely related to the Divine Radiance Empire, they were also recognized and canonized by the Divine Radiance.

Because the Divine Radiance Empire is the overlord of the Dawn Plane, it has brought protection to the humans of the Dawn Plane, similar to Zhou Tianzi in the history of Richard's previous life, and is the co-master of the Human Kingdom of the Dawn Plane.

The Dawn Plane is a super demon plane, and there are gods living inside, so if you want to establish a kingdom, you also need the protection of the gods, and only with the double recognition of the Church of the Seven Gods and the human co-master, the bloodline of the royal family will be respected by the nobles and gain a foothold in the upper circles.

Richard naturally has a plan in mind for the development of Haaland. He knows very well that at this point, the Haaland family has to go this way.

Now Haaland is getting stronger and stronger, and he is more than the Grant royal family.

King Roger has also become cautious in his relationship with Richard, weighing left and right, and the current kingdom of Grant has almost two centers of power, and there is a very high risk of conflict due to the internal division of power.

It's just that Richard and Roger are both qualified nobles, excellent rulers, able to distinguish the pros and cons, and are not swayed by emotions.

But their successor may not be so sober, when they meet a king like Charles, the relationship between the two families will inevitably have twists and turns, continue to get together, and even lose both sides and suffer from each other.

In recent years, both King Roger and Richard have considered this issue.

The Haaland family broke away from the kingdom of Grant, and Richard took the crown, which was almost a must-go.

It's just that Richard and King Roger both want to go step by step, first defeat the three countries of Ryan, Delon, and the East Coast, and create a good external environment, and then King Roger supports Richard to participate in the race and plane war, and after meritorious service, the two families broke up peacefully with the crown.

This time plan may take about twenty or thirty years.

Unexpectedly, before Richard and Roger's kingdom were ready, the envoy of the Holy Radiance Empire had already come to the Harland Territory and brought Emperor Edward's request.

With the will of the Divine Radiance Empire behind Rosen, even if the Harland Leader is not ready, Richard can only agree to Rosen's request. Although Haaland is not prepared to participate in the war between the plane and the race, he is still a little underprepared.

Disobeying the will of the Divine Radiant Empire is likely to clash with this massive force. Whether it is the Harland Territory or the Grant Kingdom, they are a little unbearable against the most powerful forces in the Dawn Plane.

After all, the Divine Radiance Empire is the most powerful force in the Dawn Plane, as long as one-tenth of the strength is mobilized, a few legendary professionals, and three or fifty thousand all-professional legions are mobilized to support the Three Kingdoms of Lane, it will be difficult for Richard and King Roger to withstand it.

Moreover, the Divine Radiance Empire is still the co-lord of mankind, and in the name of righteousness, once the decree is handed down, not only can it call on the eastern countries to send troops to attack the Grant Kingdom, but even the nobles under the command of Richard and King Roger may not be reliable. The two families of Haaland and Grant alone are no match for the Divine Radiance Empire.

After all consideration, Richard could only agree to the request of the Divine Radiance Empire.

In fact, Richard struggled in the northern Xinjiang region for many years and participated in the race war.

The armies of the Orcs annihilated by the Harland family added up to more than 300,000 people, of which the elite troops of the orc professionals were also wiped out by Richard about 30,000 people.

During the war that lasted for more than twenty years, William assisted Captain Martins in killing the legendary boar man Ramksu, and Richard also helped kill the legendary dragon-veined kobold Kiram.

In the battle a few years ago, the Haraland Leader also injured the legendary third-order lion Meronla with a starlight bomb, and the legendary gnoll also died at the hands of the Harland Leader.

After all, the merits of the Haaland family for the Terran race, it is enough to bring the crown.

If the Divine Radiance Empire is willing, it can directly give Richard a knighthood, let Richard wear the crown, and the Harland family will become a royal family.

But the Divine Radiance Empire will not be so cheap for the Harland family, Richard and William are not big nobles from the Divine Radiance Empire, and of course they will not enjoy the same preferential treatment as their own people.

People like them, who come from the grassroots, need to pay more every step to catch up with people with noble status. In order to wear the crown, one must accede to the request of the Divine Radiance Empire and serve the interests of the Divine Radiance Empire.

Hearing the temptation of Rosen's envoy, Richard directly asked, "Which battle is the respected Emperor Saint-Sith ready to let me participate in?" Will you send troops to fight the orcs and the undead, or will you enter the Otherworld and serve the Divine Radiant Empire? ”

"The great Emperor Saint-Sith wants the Duke to be on his own and help the Dawn Plane keep out the prying eyes of the outside. The Empire and the Church of Dawn have joined forces to master a plane passage connected to a high demon plane, in which the indigenous gods have been corrupted by the Undead Lord and become the accomplices of the Undead Lord.

Although the God of the Red Moon has been sealed by the Goddess of Dawn for three thousand years, the seal began to loosen five hundred years ago, and our power to suppress the Red Moon Plane is gradually insufficient. Now, the Church of Dawn and the Church of Radiance have joined forces with the Empire, occupying only a quarter of the territory of the Red Moon Plane.

In recent years, there have been more and more challengers to the empire, and the power has gradually exceeded its means. This plane, the Emperor of Saint-Sith is ready to give up and withdraw. But this is a high demon plane with gods, and the empire cannot withdraw irresponsibly. So the great Emperor of Saint-Sith decided to fill the gap with Lord Haaland instead of the Divine Radiant Empire. ”

Hearing Rosen's request, Richard knew in his heart that the request of the Divine Radiant Empire would be difficult to refuse.

Because this task inherently represents righteousness, once Richard refuses, it is almost equivalent to self-isolation from the great aristocratic class, unwilling to fight for the fate of the Dawn Plane Terran.

At that time, the Holy Radiance Empire will be able to command the nobles of several nearby countries to attack the Haaland family, and I am afraid that even the nobles of the Grant Kingdom will not be reliable.

Richard didn't think about it for too long and agreed to Rosen's request.

After agreeing to Rosen's request, Richard went directly to the princess's mausoleum.

Since the discovery of the princess's tomb, the Church of Dawn has sent the legendary second-order magician Archbishop Senna to guard the seal of the princess's tomb and prevent the remnants of the undead monarch from escaping.

The Princess's Tomb is also a large magic well, with a large amount of magical plants produced, especially the scarce Moon Grass from the outside world, and the number of them in the Princess's Tomb is very abundant.

Over the years, the Harland Leader and the Dawn Church have added the Moon Grass in the Princess's Tomb to the Princess's Tomb as a two-one, and the Harland Leader has basically used the Moon Grass as an auxiliary material to refine the Styx Elixir. The Dawn Church has a deeper heritage, in addition to refining the Styx Elixir, it also refines the magic fusion potion, the Moon Spirit Elixir and so on.

The two families took control of the princess's mausoleum, bringing a large amount of extraordinary materials every year, and the Archbishop of Senna was able to discuss magic with Princess Offaland, learning a lot of ancient secrets and mysterious spells.

After arriving at the princess's mausoleum, Richard approached Archbishop Seine and took the initiative to ask for information about the Red Moon plane.

After listening to Richard's detailed account, Senna nodded slightly. He and Richard are also old comrades-in-arms who have participated in battles together, and they have been together for more than 20 years, and they have a very good relationship.

Listening to Richard's explanation, Senna explained the information he had very clearly.

"The Red Moon Plane has native gods, and although it is not as powerful as the Dawn Plane, it is still a High Demon Plane. It's just that the Goddess of the Red Moon was first eroded by the Undead Lord, and then sealed by the Goddess of Dawn, and now she is no longer able to meddle in secular battles.

The plane is now in chaos, with more than a quarter of its territory in the hands of the undead, and the remaining half in the hands of the natives of the Red Moon plane. And the natives of the Red Moon Plane have now colluded with the undead, and the Red Moon Church has become a lackey of the undead forces, and the most troublesome point is that the Undead Lord is still infiltrating this plane.

In addition, a small number of demons have appeared in the Red Moon Plane, and the power of the Abyss is also infiltrating the Red Moon Plane. Because of this, the power of the God of Radiance is ready to reduce the power of the Red Moon Plane and gradually withdraw from this plane. ”

Richard has traveled to the Dawn Plane for more than thirty years, and has already figured out some of the information at the top of the Dawn Plane, especially the information of the Seven Gods, and there have been a lot of speculations in secret.

Among the seven gods in the Dawn plane, the God of Radiance is a multiverse god with powerful divine power, although his combat power in the Dawn plane may not be the strongest, but the secular power he controls must be the strongest among the seven gods.

Now that even the God of Radiance wants to gradually withdraw from the Red Moon Plane, the situation in the Red Moon Plane must be very tricky.

"The God of Radiance is starting to retreat, what is the Church of Dawn going to do?"

Senna smiled bitterly: "We can't remove it yet, the most important artifact of the Goddess of Dawn, the Holy Grail of Dawn, is still left in the Red Moon Plane, and this artifact is used to seal the Goddess of the Red Moon, and it cannot be moved." Once we are removed, this artifact will inevitably fall into the hands of the undead and demons, and with the help of this natal artifact, both the undead lord and the demon king can cast a curse on the goddess of the dawn. We must hold out until the goddess awakens and try to maintain the situation on the Red Moon plane. ”

"In that case, I must accede to Emperor Edward's request."

After receiving information from Senna on the Red Moon plane, Richard quickly made a decision and agreed to the request of the Divine Radiant Empire.

Although the goddess of Dawn comes from an alternate plane, she has won the favor of the world tree of the Dawn plane, and can be said to be the child of destiny of the Dawn plane.

Within the Dawn Plane, her combat power is extremely strong, and powerful gods such as the God of Radiance and the God of Fairness and Justice are no match for the Goddess of Dawn.

The church founded by the goddess of dawn is not weak in the plane of dawn, although the goddess of dawn has been asleep very early, the development of the church is very good, and after three thousand years of operation, it not only has complete missionary rights in the Divine Radiance Empire, but also has two dioceses. In addition, in the eastern countries of the Central Continent, there are also three kingdoms and two principalities that mainly believe in the goddess of the dawn, and the number of believers is about 200 million.

The Dawn Church has three major institutions: the Cardinal Council, the Inquisition, and the Religious Property Office, which is divided into seven dioceses, and has a religious knight order of 60,000 people. The Church of Dawn not only has a strong military force, but also has a total of sixteen legendary professionals, including three legendary priests, two legendary mages, five legendary knights, and six legendary warriors, ranking third among the Church of the Seven Gods, second only to the Church of Radiance and the Church of Kingship.

Any one of the Church of the Seven Gods has more than one level of power over the Eastern Kingdom.

Normally, the Church of the Seven is associated with the secular kingdom.

In the great wars of human nations, the church forces are generally deeply involved, usually providing pastors and healing services. In extreme cases, religious armies are even thrown into battle to help them fight.

The secular kingdom, though it will not openly interfere with the preaching of the Seven Gods. But there will also be religions that really support it, and they will suppress heretics in a covert way.

For example, the Duke of Haaland, although Richard made the Dawn Church the official religion and paid eleven taxes to the Dawn Church, but it would not restrict the other six major churches from entering the Haaland Church to preach. However, in the process of implementation, the official policy will be tilted in favor of the Dawn Church, and all official ceremonies will only invite the clergy of the Dawn Church.

The six major churches have been in the Harland Collar for more than ten years, and the total number of believers is only about hundreds of thousands, and the total number of believers in the Dawn Church has exceeded 10 million. The speed of development of the two sides is simply impossible to synchronize.

Although the rise and fall of the Church of the Seven is closely related to the change of human secular kingship, after entering the era of kingship, the Church of the Seven Gods only controls the general direction and will not invest too much power into the world to avoid the outbreak of religious wars.

After all, the situation in the Dawn Plane is not good now, and the Seven Gods have not recovered, so they will not easily provoke a religious war and break out into serious infighting.

The reason why the war broke out between the Grant Kingdom and the surrounding countries was not suppressed by the power of the church, and the relative strength of the Dawn Church and the Church of the King is also a key factor.

With the development of the Harland family, the number of believers in the Church of Dawn has increased by several million, and once Richard wears the crown, the Church of Dawn must also adjust its structure, and the number of seven dioceses will increase to eight, and the establishment of independent dioceses in the Kingdom and the Grand Duchy has been agreed upon in the Church of the Seven.

The coordinates of the Red Moon Plane Passage are located in the eastern part of the Parame Kingdom, about three hundred kilometers away from the coastal area.

The Kingdom of Parame is also the headquarters of the Church of Dawn, and the Kingdom of Stark, the Grand Duchy of Caroline, and the Grand Duchy of Vatura near the Kingdom of Palamé are all countries that believe in the goddess of Dawn. The power of the goddess of the dawn is mainly distributed in the southeastern part of the Central Continent.

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