221 This is the best of times, this is the worst of times (1)
The world is sometimes changing so fast, so fast, so fast that one of the writers in Asturias lamented in his recent script: "It's the best of times, and it's the worst of times." ”
At least the Aurora people will feel this sentence deeply, because only a few months ago, they had won a decisive battle in the southern part of the continent of Falmalik in the heterogeneous side of Cologondo, which marked that the Aurora people not only gained a firm foothold in that land, but even had a certain advantage over the natives.
For this reason, the Apuro Empire on the continent of South Falmalik not only retracted its defenses, but also appealed to the Matthew Church on the continent for help.
The Matthew Church made a gesture of support for the Apuro Empire, not only issued the slogan of preparing for a holy war, but also urgently recalled the two cardinals stationed in North Falmalik, which had been stationed there since the rebellion of the demons of North Falmalik, and now that they have been recalled, it is conceivable how much the situation in South Falmalik has deteriorated.
But the Aurora people didn't rejoice for long, and a series of events diluted their joy and even made them feel hesitant, especially from the native plane.
First of all, after the Aurora people's victory, the local Church of Light suddenly spoke out, in the name of the church and the Saxon kingdom, jointly condemned the Aurora invasion of Cologne in many aspects, and demanded that the Aurora people immediately withdraw their troops and give up the invasion.
This shocked the Aurora, but they immediately realized that it must be because of the will of the Celestial Realm, and that the Matthew Church was definitely a religion that believed in the gods of the Celestial Realm, and was in the same vein as the Church of Light in Keos.
The Aurora people didn't just invade Nanfarmalik, but the Apuro Empire had not been defeated before, and it had not endangered the status of the Matthew Church, so of course the Church of Light didn't need to speak out.
But now after the defeat of the Apuro Empire, if the Aurora continue to invade. Other forces among the indigenous people who had been suppressed by the Apuro Empire in the past, but did not believe that the celestial realm would inevitably take action, was even worse for the Apuro Empire, and it was not a good thing for the Matthew Church.
When it endangers the spread of the Celestial Realm, it is not surprising that the Church of Light has spoken out in support of the same religion in the Outer Plane. In the past, the Church of Light would launch a holy war against the enemies of the Celestial Realm on the otherworld.
But this is too pleasant when it happens to the Aurora, and for a while, the Aurora people from top to bottom, whether it is the nobles, merchant class, burgher class, or orcs in the north and south, and even the Eastern Beast Alliance, which is the secret ally of Aurora, have accused the Church of Light of "eating inside and out".
The two sides were at loggerheads in the native plane, but they were afraid of each other and did not make a move, but in Cologne, there were quietly more mysterious priests.
Soon after, the Church of Light accused the Aurorians of colluding with the Undead, which the Aurora denied, of course.
In addition to this thing. Another thing that also frightened the people of Aurora was that Asturias and Titania jointly announced that they would join forces to develop overseas trade, such as the Emerald Continent, which is located in the home plane but far away.
And the two countries seem to have been prepared for a long time, and they acted on it soon after the announcement.
Because the High Elves believe that the Terrans are destroying the plane by establishing a teleportation channel, they will not let the Terrans establish a teleportation point on the Emerald Continent, and they can only rely on fleets to trade, and the cost of floating ships flying across the ocean is too high.
The fleet carried large quantities of ambergris paste and other goods. It represents the merchants of Asturias and Titania who were franchised, and they would be the first High Elves to be allowed to trade in the Emerald Continent.
The business of ambergris made the Asturian merchants who wanted to make a fortune and the families or merchants of Titania cheered. Of course, there are also unhappy, such as the Alvarez family, who had a monopoly before, they were under pressure from the royal family and the crown prince, and the High Elves were very eager to expand the trading volume of ambergris, so they had to help bring in other merchants. Although there were referral fees from other merchants, the monopoly was broken. This made the Alvarez family unhappy.
However, compared to Duke Alvarez's displeasure, the Aurora people's reaction to the cooperation between Titania and Asturias was much stronger.
Because they had to worry that because of the success of the invasion of Cologne, the Saxon Kingdom and the Church of Light became hostile to them, and began to secretly support the natives of the Alternate Plane, and the relationship between Asturias and the Aurora people was not very good. There are also grudges with the Eastern Beast Alliance, and there is still Titania to use in the past, and there is still room for turnaround, but if the two countries cooperate, then Aurora will run into walls on all sides.
Fortunately, the direction of things is not so bad in the end, after the two countries announced cooperation to develop overseas trade, perhaps in order to appease Aurora, Titania let the second prince lead a delegation to visit Aurora, saying that the cooperation with Asturias is limited to the trade of the Emerald Continent, everyone adopts the principle of "open door", and does not involve other aspects, and the friendship with Aurora remains unchanged -
Northern Falmalik, a vast and hidden underground altar in the Ghana Empire.
Bands of men and women with their hands tied behind their backs and black eyes forced by the expressionless soldiers to enter through the entrance of the altar with knives and guns, walked dazedly to the front, and then fell into a huge pit filled with blue fire.
In the center of the fire stood an evil demon, with gunpowder-colored hair, an insect-like appearance, three pairs of distinctive legs, and a pair of spiky tentacles, the legs were made of soft flesh and blood, which made her still feminine, and her body was covered with dark gold intricate patterns, both light and dark.
One by one, people were caught in the fire, and even if a few were unwilling, the helpless soldiers would add a boost.
Those who fell into the fire did not die immediately, but continued to howl as if they were going through the harshest punishment in the world, and they resisted in the great pit, trying to climb out of the pit or climb onto the female demonic form, but in vain.
In this process, under the scorching of the blue ghostly fire, the bodies of these people melted inch by inch until they died, but even if they died, their souls could not escape the range of the blue ghostly fire, so when the flames took off, human faces would appear. They're in pain, they're wailing.
As long as others heard this sound, or looked at it, they felt it, and many soldiers couldn't stand it anymore and had to cover their ears.
Strangely, when more and more people died in the blue flames in the sacrificial pit. The blue flame was slowly turning bloody.
Although the people behind could not see the scene in front of them, hearing these screams, the sacrifices who were brought in still realized that something was wrong, and they rioted, trying to resist, and trying to escape.
However, all this was useless, and under the suppression of the Imperial soldiers, the revolt was quickly crushed, whether it wanted it or not. There is only the life of being sacrificed, and even the corpse will be thrown into the fire.
Among the several men wearing golden priestly robes and wearing high crowns on the high platform in the distance, one of them suddenly commanded: "Let the soldiers try not to kill those sacrifices, it is better to let them live to start the sacrifice, Andariel prefers the pain of the sacrifice before it dies."
"Yes, Your Majesty. An old man's lips squirmed a few times, and finally he said, "Although these sacrifices are all condemned prisoners in Ghana. It's not a pity to die. But, Your Majesty. Are we really going to do that?"
"Why not? Prime Minister Jacqueli. The Emperor of the Cana Empire, Orange, asked rhetorically, "Have you forgotten that after our defeat, we were monitored by the Earth Mother Church and the Matthew Church and controlled the government?"
The young emperor roared, his face particularly hideous in the light of the blue fire, his fists clenched, and he roared to question his prime minister.
The old prime minister sighed deeply. "But the Matthew Church has removed their two cardinals, and now the Empire of Ghana is back in your hands. “
"No, there is still the Mother Earth Church! Moreover, although the cardinal of the Matthew Church is gone, there are still priests who remain in North Falmalik. They are still trying to control everything, who knows if the Matthew Church will regain control of Ghana after the war in the south subsides, so I will definitely let go of the current opportunity, just in the absence of the Matthew Church, we can sacrifice to the ancient demon gods, with their help, defeat the kingdoms of Northern Falmalik, and even march to the south to take revenge on the Matthew Church and the Apuro Empire!"
He roared and issued an order: "Go, go to the prison and take the prisoners again, and if there are no more condemned prisoners, send all the prisoners who have been imprisoned for more than ten years, and it is their supreme honor to sacrifice their useless lives for the restoration of the empire." ”
Three days later.
The blue flames in the sacrificial pit had turned bright red inch by inch, and finally there was a strange change.
A circle of black ripples rippled around the female demonic figure, and the space began to become extremely unstable, rippling like trembling water.
The next moment, the eyes of the stone female demon suddenly glowed with blood-red light, as if she had suddenly come to life.
"Ah, the pain, it's full of pain, I love it. The strange light of his eyes slowly turned and fell on the body of the sacrificer.
The high-crowned men who had been kneeling, some of them were ministers of Ghana and some of them were members of the royal family, stood up one after another at this time, looking in amazement at the stone statue that seemed to have a soul.
"Venerable Queen Andariel, I am Olanji, Emperor of the Cana Empire, and I have made many sacrifices to you in order to ask for your help. Olanji said.
"Well, I'm very satisfied with your offerings, and I can help you. Andariel said.
But she immediately screamed, and the voice drifted away, and the black ripples became more violently turbulent, as if some force was twisting it, and the eyes on the stone statue began to flicker.
"Damn Gaia's will, it's stopping me from helping you. Andariel screamed.
At this time, the blood-colored flames soared violently, making the black ripples miraculously stabilize, and the space seemed to be cut open, and a ray of light flew out of it.
Then the black ripples shattered immediately, and before they shattered, those blood flames rushed to the ripples like a tidal wave, disappearing completely.
The flying light bloomed in an oval shape in the air, and a slender body slowly stretched out inside.
It was a completely naked female body, with a nearly perfect hot body that appeared in front of people, full of incomparable seduction, and I couldn't help but feel the urge just by looking at it.
When she fully unfolded her body, she found that it was a female succubus with two pitch-black horns on her head, a pair of purple-black fleshy wings on her back, and purple eyes with an intoxicating charm.
She smiled at Orangee, "Oh, handsome emperor, I am Luna, and I love you very much, and my mother Andariel has ordered me to help you, say, do you want me?"
"No, I don't want your body, I want you to help me conquer Falmalik. Olanji resisted the amazing temptation of the female creature and stabilized his mind.
"As you wish, my Majesty, I will help you to bring more pain to this land, and those howls of pain are my mother's favorite gift. Said a descendant of Andariel, the Queen of Pain.
Then the light on her body disappeared, and it landed lightly beside Oranji, the demon horns on her head and the fleshy wings on her back disappeared, and her hoof-shaped hands and feet became Terran-like five-fingered palms, leaving only purple eyes.
She gestured to her body, and under the spell-like effect of creation, her body quickly produced a feminine robe from nothing, covering her seductive, full body. (To be continued.) )