Chapter 53: Salahan I
Returning from the Frank Empire, it was already the sixth day of the battle at Hidden Moon Peak.
Huey didn't have much time to wait.
He decided to immediately go to Mount Grabis and have a complete showdown with the Church of the Holy Spirit.
If the Pope doesn't understand the big picture, he wouldn't mind doing the same thing.
But before that, Xiu Yi needs to make some adequate preparations for himself.
The Gribis Mountains are located at the southernmost point of the North Continent, if they are owned by a small border country - Bain.
Bane used to be the most prosperous place in the entire Northern Continent, and the former Bane Empire was vast, covering almost the entire Northern Continent. As a result, the Church of the Holy Spirit has become the first religion in the Northern Continent, and their relationship with the Bane Empire is similar to that between the Church of the Scourge on the Southern Continent and the Sierra Empire.
The decline of Bain has its inevitable historical trend, and there are also human factors.
At the height of the Bane Empire's prosperity, they faced their greatest challenge of all time – the Electra Puppet Legion.
It was a life-and-death battle that spread to the entire continent, led by the Bane Empire, and all the countries of the Northern Continent joined forces to fight against Electra, but few victories. Electra's army swept across the continent, leaving the once-illustrious Bane Empire defenseless until Electra gathered what he thought was enough to head into the abyss. At this time, the once great empire had been shattered.
Shortly thereafter, the former lord of the kingdom died of a sudden injury, and his three heirs fought for imperial power. After external troubles and internal troubles, the great empire of Bain finally fell apart completely, and some small countries took advantage of the situation to start an era of 'melee' war.
To this day, the Northern Continent has not yet formed a complete unified situation, but the Great Bane Empire has miraculously survived to this day.
The reason why this is so is entirely dependent on the blessing of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
When it comes to this issue, the Church of the Holy Spirit actually has a bitter stomach too.
In the past, the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Bain Empire had a bitter relationship. But with the weakening of the Bane Empire and the rise of some small nations, the Church of the Holy Spirit is faced with a choice of where to go. In order to gain the support of the church, some small countries assured the Church of the Holy Spirit that the state religion of the country would only be the Church of the Holy Spirit, no matter who owned the land in the future. At the same time, all kinds of rich offerings are promised.
Greed made short-sighted, and the Church of the Holy Spirit sat back and watched the land of Bane be divided, until finally the coalition of nations hit the Grabis Mountains, and the Church of the Holy Spirit finally panicked. They finally came forward and called for a truce, securing the last vestiges of the Bane Empire at the last moment.
According to the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, every Holy Spirit** is required to perform at least one pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Salahan in this lifetime.
This was originally a sign of the Church of the Holy Spirit advancing and retreating together with the Bain Empire. But it is precisely because of this that it has become a noose that restricts the development of the church. As a result, the Church of the Holy Spirit had to establish its headquarters in Salahand for the rest of their lives, and they were not allowed to leave the Holy Land, which led to a weakening of their influence on other countries.
It is precisely for this reason that, in the eyes of the Church of the Holy Spirit, unless the Bain Empire rises again, it is not a good thing for itself to let any country outside the Grabis Mountains dominate.
Today's Bane can only be called a kingdom, and it is not too much to call it a principality in terms of land area alone. Although it is far inferior to the three empires in terms of land area and the number of soldiers, and it is not as good as the Xiduo and other countries in terms of the quality of soldiers, it still has a sacred name here after all.
On the surface, the kingdom of Bain remains the most favored country by the gods, and on the surface, people still reverently call Salahan a holy place.
However, except for the Bane themselves, they also like to revel in the aura of glory of the past, and no one will take Bane as a thing when they walk out of this mountainous area.
It was under these circumstances that Huey came to Sarahan.
**—————— fluttered around in the sky, and Xiui folded his wings and slowly landed in a deserted forest area.
It's about twenty miles from Salahan.
Huey plans to walk over from here and take a look at Bane's customs by the way.
He was in no hurry to meet the Pope, and he still had enough time to learn more about the place.
Compared with the prosperous and prominent Reims Empire, the Franck Empire and other places, the life of the Bane people is much simpler.
They seem to advocate a simple and natural lifestyle, with quaint wooden fences, low double-storey villas, and a small 'flower' garden in front of everyone's house, planted with all kinds of 'color' and 'colorful' 'flowers'. Some of them are even pretty good alchemical materials.
The carriages of the Banes were in fact ox carts, and they used a stout old ox with four horns as the main power for the cart. This ox has great strength, but it travels slowly. In this respect, the Bain people lived a leisurely life, and there was rarely anything urgent that required them to hurry.
In fact, the Bane people, who have always regarded themselves as the relics of the Celestial Empire, still have a unique arrogance in their words and actions.
They called Lance people upstarts and thought that the Franks were self-righteous 'bastards', and that the Georgian Empire was no better, that they were a real 'profiteer' who were always good at finding the right and left. As for the Westerners, they were rebuked by them as "uncivilized barbarians, fierce beasts in human form." ”
And in the eyes of the three empires, these Banes are a bunch of megalomaniacs who are struggling to survive under the wings of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
But no matter what the three empires think of the Banes, there is at least one special benefit here: they have retained most of the traditional etiquette, which is one of the few things they can get their hands on now, and I believe Baron Harden will like it here. Oh yes, he's an earl now.
Subconsciously, Huey still likes to call this gentleman, who is very small and knows nothing but etiquette, a baron. Maybe the memories of his childhood would be even better.
An hour later, Huey finally crossed the long mountain path into Salahan.
As far as the eye can see, the most, the most splendid, and the tallest buildings here are almost all churches of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
During the most glorious years of the Bain Empire, hundreds of thousands of out-of-town believers came to the Holy Land every day to worship, forcing the empire to repeatedly expand its churches to accommodate the faithful. Today, most of them have become ornamental 'sex' buildings, and they still attract a large number of tourists every year, almost equally divided between believers and tourists.
Sarahan is the most famous tourist city in the northern continent.
"Hey, sir, do you need a guide?" a little boy rushed over and bowed to Huey.
He has big, nice eyes.
"Tour guide?"
"Yes. ”
"You know I'm a foreigner?" Salahan was a city, not a country, and if the boy said that he was sure he was a foreigner because he hadn't seen him, Huey would not believe him at first.
"Not only do I know that you came in from out of town, but I also know that you are not a believer. The boy's tone was smug.
"Tell me how you know?" Huey was curious.
"If you're going to hire me, I'll tell you. ”
"How much?"
"It depends on what you want to do. If it's touristy, twenty-five silver wirt. If you need special services, then you need to add money. ”
"What kind of special services?"
"For example, girls, there are good girls from all over the world, they are young, beautiful, and very welcoming. The boy blinked.
"I don't need a girl, is there anything else?"
"That's going to be difficult, it depends on what special requirements you have, as long as you can say it, please believe that little Bill can do it for you, of course, the key is the price. The little boy, Bill, rubbed his fingers.
Huey threw out a Kim Witt: "Then I hired you, three days, this is the deposit." If you do a good job, you'll get three. ”
"Oh, you're so generous!" cried the little boy, and casually looked at Kinwitt in the sunlight to make sure it was real money, and then carefully tucked it away. Then he said to Huey, "So what do you need now?"
"Take me to a hotel first, and then I have some questions for you. By the way, answer me first, how do you know that I am from out of town, and I am a tourist and not a believer?"
For every one of Salahan's people is a believer in the gods, and as long as he is a believer, he will not be unaware of the image of Amaris. No believer dares to stand before the statue of Amares and not worship him. The boy quickly replied, "It's a very simple way to identify it." ”
Xiu Yi froze, and then realized that he was standing in front of a huge statue. Some believers will continue on their way after worshipping the statue before passing by, but just now Xiu Yi was so focused on looking at the landscape on all sides that he didn't pay attention to this question.
The little boy seemed to be very 'shrewd' and had a strong ability to capture business opportunities, and when he saw that Xiu Yi was not a believer, he immediately guessed that it might be a tourist, especially Xiu Yi was well-dressed and obviously not a wealthy owner, so he immediately recommended himself.
Listening to the little boy say this, Xiu Yi suddenly realized that he had made a big mistake.
Because he has never taken the church of the Holy Spirit to heart, he still doesn't even know what kind of god this church worships and what kind of doctrine they have. At least what this Amares looks like, and why everyone worships it, Huey is completely unclear.
"So you're also a believer in the Church of the Holy Spirit?" asked Xiu casually.
"Of course, this is Sarahan, a sacred place designated by the ancestors!" cried the boy.
He beckoned to Xiui, "Come on, I know there's an inn, it's cheap, it's comfortable, and the food is very tasty." ”
Hue followed.
**——— late.
I know that there have been few updates recently, and everyone has questions.
Let's honestly 'hand' over with everyone, it's long overdue for the world to 'hand' over.
The weather has been bad for the past two days, and I'm actually in good shape, and I've written a lot. But unfortunately, it is not this book that is written, it is a new book.
As early as when Electra appeared, a friend said that the omnipotence is not going to end, and a series of 'mysteries' have been announced.
I never answered.
Now I give an official answer: yes, it's almost over.
At present, there are still some mysteries that have not been answered, and there are still some events that have not been 'handed over' completely, but at most ten days, all the stories will be told.
Some people may wonder why there are no abyss stories.
My answer is: from the beginning, I didn't intend to write about the abyss, the abyss is just a medium, and it is still a story of the surface.
If I wanted to write the book indefinitely, I could have written about the subsequent war.
But I didn't want to do that.
This is mainly because I am writing fantasy for the first time, and I am inexperienced in many aspects. For me, it's a creation, but it's more about learning.
If I were to write about fantasy again, I'm sure that Huey's story would be very different from what it is now.
In fact, when many friends say that only the first part is good, I don't deny that there is indeed a problem with the book in the later stages.
It had to do with the experience, but also with the lack of preparation at the time.
It is for this reason that I don't think it's necessary to write a new Abyss War chapter, just take out the part of the plot that I prepared in advance.
In fact, judging by the results so far, it is a disadvantage for me. After all, the book did not do badly.
But I don't want to perfunctory readers with stories that I don't think can be better.
I'm not going to squeeze out a story and squeeze out the surplus value of a book just because it sells well.
To the Almighty, to be honest, I'm not satisfied, or rather, only the first half of it.
So I don't want to perpetuate the dissatisfaction anymore.
Of course, this doesn't mean that I want to be a eunuch.
It just means that I end it when it's time to end, and it's not unnecessarily prolonged, that's all.
From this point of view, how can it be considered an act of non-payment of responsibility to prepare for the end of the whole book, right?
Then the final story is coming, and I will write it seriously and diligently, without perfunctory or shirk.
At the same time, I have been preparing my new book for two months. I believe that I will not make the same mistakes as before.
That's all for now.
Kindness...... Anyway, there are still ten days.