Chapter 101: Epilogue (I)

By the time I got back to the Foggy Castle, it was getting late.

Until this moment, Xiu Yi seemed to be able to see the reluctant eyes of Bamela as she was leaving. Both Xiu Yi and Bamela know that this is the first time, but I am afraid that it will also be the last.

That wonderful combination is so precious because of its rarity that it makes people reminisce over and over again, and it is difficult to let go.

Raschel was the first to see Huey, and at this moment he walked up and bowed to Huey.

Huey asked him, "Are Padget's wives and children settled?"

"It's all settled, and thanks to the Dardanelles' help. ”

"I am also responsible for his death. Anyway, he was my former teacher. ”

"So, what's going on with the royal family?" Raschel seemed reluctant to say anything more about Padgett.

Xiu Yi shrugged: "What else? I made an agreement with an emperor and a crown prince. I took out twelve alchemies, six of which went to the Francks. Prince Richard has made a great deal of effort in the matter of Mieya, and this is what he wants, and Mieya cannot disagree, and it is clear to me that two balanced countries are much better than one dominant country. That allows them to restrain each other and guard against each other. ”

Huey came to a boulder and sat down, beckoning Raschel to sit beside him: " Miyea ascended the throne in the morning, and at noon sent a sternly worded statement note to the Church of the Holy Spirit, which was seconded by Frank Prince Richard, and at the same time as a witness to confirm the accusations of the Reims Empire, the church is going to have a headache, and it is impossible for Miea to stop without giving some benefits, listening to Richard's tone, the Reims Empire and the Franck Empire will use this matter to jointly exert pressure to force the church to agree to release the appointment of some clergy, hand over part of the land, cancel the territory of God, and at the same time reduce the number of conscriptions of the Holy Knights, cancel the right of first refusal. ”

No matter what the era, land will always be the most important asset.

The Church did not have the power to collect taxes in the empires, but the Church itself owned a large amount of land. These lands, though located in the territories of the empires, were nominally the private property of the Church, and were not to be touched even by the empires. The clergy used the donations paid by the believers to buy land incessantly, and all the income went to the church and the clergy, and the empire was not allowed to collect taxes from them, which led to a massive exodus of wealth. Forcing the church to pay part of the land is, to put it bluntly, a robbery of money.

In addition, the status of the church in various countries is extremely sacred, and some people will even run into the church to ask for refuge after committing a crime, because the church belongs to the territory of God, and even the empire cannot do anything about it. Miejah's demand for the abolition of the God's domain greatly weakened the Church's authority while also consolidating its position.

Every year, the Church levies Holy Knights in various countries, and many of the Empire's own outstanding warriors have become the backbone of the Church, taking up arms to defend the interests of the Church. The right of first choice ensured that the Church would always be able to select the best samurai or magicians from the Empire, and that the chosen ones would be happy to be part of the Church. This is also obviously something that Miyea and Richard are unwilling to do.

Therefore, Mieyah and Richard's approach is actually to weaken the real power of the church and defend the interests of their country. The two princes themselves were eloquent figures, and they may not really have a heart to heart with each other, and they had their own calculations, but as long as there was a church one day, they would not deal with themselves.

Compared to their parents, the younger generation has a more long-term vision and is more direct and bold. They dare and are willing to challenge existence that their parents did not dare to challenge.

The struggle for secular power and theocracy has existed since ancient times. Generally speaking, in the land of ignorance, theocracy prospers, but with the changes of the times, people's understanding of things becomes more and more intuitive, and their vision is getting higher and higher, and secular power will gradually increase, resulting in violent contradictions.

As contradictions increase, there is usually only one solution, and that is war and turmoil.

"They have a lot of appetites. At this moment, hearing what Huey said, Raschel was also stunned.

"The sky-high asking price, and paying back the money on the ground, is normal. Miyea may not expect all conditions to pass, but she can always force the other side to make concessions. Assassinating the emperor would be too much of a joke if it didn't even bring a little benefit. Coupled with Richard's help, the two countries worked together, and the Church of the Holy Spirit was in trouble with the Sword of Glory, so it would not be willing to go to war at this time. ”

"Well, not to mention that you're holding the church in check. ”

However, the church also protested to the Arcane Tower, and Nicholas killed hundreds of clergy of the church, hearing that the Pope was going to send someone against him. You know what to do. ”

Raschel smiled: "I believe that His Majesty the Pope will be very interested in the secrets of Nicholas's domain, and I will write a letter to His Majesty the Pope later." ”

Nicholas had a hard time, and Miyea also made an ultimatum to Nicholas, asking him to hand over the magician who had kidnapped the princess. He nearly killed the princess on Hidden Moon Peak, and Avril herself is proof of that. However, Mieya's main target at the moment is the Church, so Miyea will not put too much pressure on the Wizards' Association, and I think he is taking this opportunity to weaken Nicholas's prestige and force those arrogant mages to throw themselves further into himself. Especially after the Arcane Tower collapsed, no matter how powerful those magicians were, without the power of the Empire, they didn't want to build another Arcane Tower by themselves. In the future, the Reims Empire is likely to become a country that will break free from the control of the Church and truly master the power of magicians, and the power of the Emperor will increase greatly as a result, and we will do him a great favor in this matter. ”

Xiuyi's tone was a little embarrassed.

The person who contributes the most is often not necessarily the one who benefits the most.

On this trip to Winrington, the biggest winners were not Huey, but Miyea and Richard.

But then again, the benefits to Xiu Yi are also immeasurable, the most important thing is that he has the attention of two high-ranking members of the empire at the same time, and in the long run, with the support of Miea and Richard, coupled with the successful operation of the Dardanelle family's business, Xiu Yi no longer has to worry about alchemy resources.

From this point of view, there really is nothing more important than that.

As for the alchemy delivered, Xiui handed over some refining methods suitable for potions used on the battlefield, improvements to flesh golems and puppet warriors, and most valuable was the method of crafting over-distance communication. Although the empire itself can make it, the cost is too high, the service life is too short, and the effect is not good compared to Xiuyi's production method.

Miyea really wanted the technology of making teleportation circles and space rings, but Xiu Yi refused to hand them over, but promised to make ten teleportation circles and ten space rings for the two countries, and the resources would be provided by the other party.

"But from now on, you're going to be hunted down by the church alone. Raschel reminded him: "The church is not so easy to deal with, when it comes to the strong, the church is more, after all, they select the best talents from all the countries of the Northern Continent, and they have the right of first choice." ”

Xiu Yi smiled: "I was originally a soul mage, no matter if I offend the church or not, they will hunt me down, aren't you the same?"

Raschel laughed bitterly. Yes, if it weren't for that, how could he have mastered the power of magic and never dared to use it in public.

After thinking about it, he suddenly Xiuyi: "Do you know why the Holy Spirit Church does not allow soul spells to exist in this world?"

Xiu Yi paused for a moment, and he pondered for a while before he said, "The Holy Spirit Church claims that soul spells are evil beings, but how can there be any real essential evil in the world? If you were to ask me why, I think it had something to do with the power of soul spells to control human nature. ”

The so-called religious belief is actually a process of transforming people's minds, and at the same time, it is also a favorable tool for the upper nobles to exploit the lower classes. The aristocracy paralyzed the painful ** of the lower class people through spiritual beliefs, imprisoned their thoughts, and at the same time, maintained the privileged status of the upper class nobles and reduced the possibility of rebellion among the lower classes. But whoever is disobedient and unruly, and rebels, will not only be killed in this life, but will also suffer and suffer in this life, and his soul will also go to hell, and he will not be reincarnated forever.

The more feudal and backward the era and the poor people's livelihood, the greater the significance of religious belief, it is the most advantageous ideological weapon of the ruling class, and it has become the three major killer weapons of the ruling class together with the etiquette and legal system.

And in order to achieve the goal of controlling people's hearts, the Church of the Holy Spirit needs some power that can influence people's hearts.

Fortunately, this is a magical world, and the church doesn't need to work on doctrine. They do not possess the great beings of the Bible, but they possess divine magic that can influence people's hearts, and through this power they recruit believers and expand themselves.

So what is a soul spell? When it is cultivated to a high level, it is a spell that can control the minds of others, and it can easily enslave others for their own use.

That can cleanse people's hearts and drive away the divine power of darkness, but it cannot remove the effect of soul spells on the human body, and in turn, soul spells can fundamentally control a person's mind and thoughts. Therefore, if there is anything that divine spells are afraid of, it is soul spells.

And how can the religion of the Holy Spirit allow it to exist?

Therefore, for hundreds of years, the Church of the Holy Spirit has been hunting down soul mages, and they have called soul magics evil, in fact, to put it bluntly, no one else is allowed to steal business with them.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard they tried, the soul spell was like a tenacious grass that would never die.

Just as Christianity, even if Bruno is burned alive, it cannot change the fact that the earth is round and revolves around the sun.

Therefore, in essence, as a fugitive from Purgatory Island, the owner of the Demon Empress, and a soul mage, Huyglaire is destined to be hunted down by the whole continent.

No one welcomed his existence, and he was simply taboo all over his body.

Compared to him, Baron William Harden, who tried to pick up the royal etiquette again, was at best an unlikable useless person, and if he had been born five hundred years earlier, he might have become a big man.

Therefore, characters with different personalities have different fates in different eras. Those who have a flamboyant personality go to an old-fashioned and backward world, and most of them will only fail.

From this point, you can see why Xiu Yi had such a fate after coming to this world.

Because of his character, in fact, he doesn't fit into this world.

His success comes from the memory inheritance of that era of the Big Bang of knowledge, and his failure also comes from his understanding. Too advanced understanding makes him unable to identify with the values of this world, which leads to the fact that no matter how smart and talented he is, he can only be mixed into the same character in the end.

Fortunately, Xiu himself gradually realized the problem, so he began to change slowly. will make some concessions in the end and reach a reconciliation with the Reims Empire, but when he encounters a threat, the methods he is used to adopting have not changed in essence, so he will choose to blow up the Arcane Tower and the Holy Spirit Temple.

The change of personality is fundamentally a huge and slow gradual process.

But Huey's answer at this moment did not satisfy Raschel.

He shook his head: "I admire the way you think about problems, Xiuy, you are always used to looking for problems in essence. But sometimes things don't always look at things in terms of profits. Did you know that a long time ago, soul mages also had a time when they were in harmony with the church?"

"Oh?" Huey was taken aback.

"It's true. Raschel replied very seriously: "Soul spells are not tolerated by the church, it is not as simple as you think. There are other reasons behind that, but I don't know why. Maybe you can find out. Maybe...... That will be of great help to your future confrontation with the church. ”

"Well, I see. Huey nodded.

After thinking about it, Hue said, "I'm leaving Winrington, and I've generally arranged everything else, except for you." Raschel, you now have three options. One is to go to the Southern Continent with me, I don't know anything about the situation there, and having an experienced person to help me can reduce a lot of trouble. One is to go to Sido, Haley and my people are developing over there, they ran into some trouble some time ago, and they need a think tank to help solve it. And then there's the one to stay here and help Buckler them. The Dardanelles are very important to me, and Buckler is not very good at dealing with high-ranking officials, and it is all up to Christine to help, and it will be much easier for them if you are there. So where are you going?"

"Sido. Raschel replied. Smart people always give priority to the development of their talents, and for Raschel, Sido's free land can undoubtedly be a good place for him to show his strength.

"Then it's settled. Huey laughed.

At this time, Buckler walked out of the castle.

Buckler said to Huey, "I've found Greenkin." ”

The Holy Knights besieged the Royal Coliseum, depriving Greenkin of a chance to make a move, forcing Huey to escape with Bateson's hand. However, Greenkin already knew the identity of Siseda Daniel at this time, and Huey naturally couldn't let him leave easily, so he ordered Buckler to find him.

"How?"

"He agreed to join us, but not here, and he said he was going to a place where his force would be more suitable. ”

"Then let him go to Sido too. Huey said, "The road is just right to protect Raschel." ”

Huey stood up: "You go and tell Green the news so that he and Raschel can be on their way tomorrow." Then let Carmela go to the Alchemy Tower and wait for me, and when I fix her arm, Buckler, she will be your good helper. As for Udick ......"

It was then that Huey remembered that Udik hadn't returned yet.

It's been three days, and Xiui has given Udick a death order not to come back if he can't find the Black Knight. As a result, Udick went for three days.

At this moment, a sudden gust of wind swept over the castle.

When they looked up, they saw Udick riding into the castle on a wind.

He looked very tired.

"Mentor. Udick jumped down and chased after the wind, and came to Huy's side and said respectfully.

"You're back?"

Udik lowered his head: "I'm sorry, Mentor, I searched in the jungle for three days, but I didn't find the Black Knight, only this one. ”

He held out a large handful of armor fragments, and Xiuy's eyes contracted, as if he had been beaten hard.

At this moment, he could even feel the strong aura of thunder spells attached to those fragments.

"Oh, and it. Udick added.

Uddick took something from Chasing Wind's back, the undead demon rat that had disappeared with the Black Knight, and it had lost the ability to move, and was piled on the ground like a pile of scrap metal that had fallen apart.

Xiu Yi stepped forward to look at it, sighed, and said, "Its core has been hit hard, and all parts have been hit hard...... It no longer has the value and significance of rebuilding. ”

As he spoke, Xiu Yi reached into the head of the undead demon rat and took out the soul orb and magic gem from the demon rat's brain.

The red light in the demon rat's eyes disappeared.

Seeing the undead demon rat completely disappear in front of his eyes like this, Xiu Yi sighed for a while.

This undead demon rat can be said to be his first alchemy work since his debut, and has followed him until now, but it has come to an end in Nicholas's attack. If it hadn't been for the Sanctuary, it could have played a bigger role.

"Nicolas Cage......" Xiu Yi muttered the name, "When I come back, I will definitely make an alchemical work that can defeat the Sanctuary, so just wait." ”

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With the occurrence of a series of events in Winrington, it caused a stir throughout the Northern Continent.

Strick VI of the Reims Empire died, and Mieya, who had never been looked down upon, ascended to the throne.

The Church of the Holy Spirit was involved in the plot to assassinate the Emperor, and Miyea attacked the Church, accusing it of bad intentions. Prince Richard confirmed that Hamilton had indeed attacked His Majesty the Emperor, and said that three of his men had been wounded and one dead in Hamilton's attack.

The news of the False Sword of Glory also spread, and the believers were shocked and sent out their voices of criticism to the church, and the Church of the Scourge took the opportunity to preach and slander the rival sects, and declared that if any country in the Northern Continent was willing to invite them to come and preach, they would bring the true gospel to the people of the Northern Continent.

In the face of the questioning of believers, the challenge of the Empire, and the entry of hostile sects, the Church of the Holy Spirit suddenly fell into an embattled situation. The Pope had to send an envoy to negotiate with Emperor Miea of Reims in the hope of sparing the fighting, and at the same time apologize to all believers, acknowledging the Sword of Glory, and declaring that he would definitely recapture it.

Negotiations with the Reims Empire were painstaking, with neither side interested in pursuing the events of Winrington that day, but both of them were arguing over the terms of the Holy Spirit Church's reparations.

In addition to this major event, there were several events that had a special impact.

First of all, Nicholas of Sanctuary issued a notice to all the magicians of the Northern Continent to hunt down and kill Huigler. Legend has it that Huyglare once fought Nikolas, who paid the price of one eye and three fingers to win, but eventually allowed Huyglare to escape.

This is the first time in history that someone who is not even a high-ranking samurai can successfully escape without injuring the Sanctuary.

Soon after, Huey announced to everyone that he possessed the secret of Nicholas' still realm, and that anyone who had an enmity with Nicholas could turn to him for help, and that whoever possessed this secret would have the possibility of killing Nicholas.

This news shocked the entire Northern Continent, and Huy Gler once again became the first person to openly auction the secrets of the realm.

A series of events made Huyglaire famous, and even people in the two continents of the southeast and southeast were heard of it overseas.

Three months later, the Church of the Holy Spirit officially reached a negotiation agreement with the Reims Empire and the Frank Empire, and it was announced to the world.

In order to make up for the mistakes made by the church personnel, the Church of the Holy Spirit is willing to compensate the Reims Empire with the equivalent of a city, and at the same time reduce 20% of the Holy Knights' enrollment slots. His Majesty the Pope resolutely refused to cancel the Domain of God, but agreed to redraw the scope so that every church would no longer be the domain of God, and only the cathedrals established in some of the most important large cities would belong to the Domain of God. The Frank Empire benefited from this, and also gained the power to limit the realm of the gods, while reducing the number of knights by 10%.

As for the priority church, it was retained, and the right to appoint clergy was insisted on, but the church allowed the Reich Reims and the Franck Empire to place a special person in each church to supervise the day-to-day conduct of the church, in the name of strengthening the friendly ties between the empire and the church.

In the whole incident, Huey became the main culprit of the scourge of the church, the Lance Empire was the main force, the Frank Empire was the accomplice, but there were also people who opposed them, that is, the Georgian Empire. They are a country that stands firmly on the position of the Church, waving the flag and shouting for the Church of the Holy Spirit, which also gives the Church of the Holy Spirit a lot of confidence in negotiations.

Ironically, as a token of gratitude to the Georgian Empire, the Church had to give the Georgian Empire a share of the powers of the commissioners.

Whether it is an attacker or a helper, either side cuts the flesh from the church, and it is pleasant to cut and happy to cut. Judging from the practice, it is obvious that the young monarchs of the Reims Empire are more courageous and energetic, the Frank Empire is more insidious, more calculating and killing people with a knife, while the Georgian Empire is more mature, more experienced, and more human.

In any case, after this agreement came out, the three empires fought a great victory in the political and diplomatic spheres, and Mieya was not satisfied with it.

His use of his father can be said to have reached outrageous levels. It was clear that the benefits of his father's death had not been enough to satisfy his appetite, and now he had to satisfy his greater appetite with another matter.

Shortly after the agreement was introduced, Miyea officially announced that he was exempted from the status of a wanted criminal, acknowledging that the Purgatory Island incident was indeed a fact, while saying that he did not know about it himself, and that everything was done by his predecessors. As an emperor who loved the people like a son, he expressed great sorrow that such a thing had happened. In order to demonstrate justice and innocence to the world, he must make this fact public and ask his people to forgive him. At the same time, he will severely punish all those involved in the Purgatory Island incident, prevent such incidents from happening again, and give a large amount of money to the families of those dead teenagers.

This incident caused an uproar throughout the Northern Continent, with many accusing Stricker VI of being cruel and ruthless and abusing his people, but at the same time, many said that Miyea dared to admit the truth and bow her head to admit her mistakes, and that she would be a wise lord and benevolent ruler in the future. While the anger and hatred of Stricker VI increased, the acceptance of Miyea increased, which invisibly greatly consolidated Mieya's dominance.

The Church of the Holy Spirit was greatly displeased by Huey's whitewashing, especially at the fact that Miyea had betrayed his "great, lovely" father, His Majesty, just after reaching an agreement, much to the chagrin of the Pope. The Pope himself wrote a sternly worded letter to Mieya, demanding that the Reims Empire not harbor a sinful soul mage.

Miyea solemnly stated that the Reims Empire could give up on Huyglare, and of course, the Church of the Holy Spirit must show enough sincerity for this. The Frankish Empire made the same statement.

Everything was as Shuey and Miyea calculated, and the Church of the Holy Spirit really made concessions.

The Church of the Holy Spirit agreed to remove the Holy Order's priority in recruiting knights in both countries and to replace it with free recruitment.

At the end of the day, the great interests of the Holy Spirit Church in the Reims Empire and the Frank Empire were seriously damaged, and its prestige was greatly reduced.

The Church of the Holy Spirit personally issued a hunt and kill order for Hue Gler, but at this time, Xiu Yi was already far away in the land of the Southern Continent, where a new legend was set off again.