Chapter 2 Assassination (Part 1)
As the war progressed, the administrative, military and religious systems of the Count and Duke began to be formally connected. The principle was very simple. The Count and the Count officially implemented the vassal ceremony of vassals to Reinstein. Two territories formed a country, and their lordship remained unchanged, but the military power was unified with Reinstein.
The church of Annien Rubueta became the only legal religion in the 65,000 square kilometers of principality. The original temples were preserved, but new construction was not allowed.
All believers who believe in the Savras Church were killed. Once caught, they were immediately stolen. In order to deal with religious wars, the religious trial office was officially established to supervise the people. Especially among the semi-elves, some heretics were tolerated before, but now they were caught and executed. Of course, the soul was treated as raw materials.
This is called "taking the opportunity to clear"!
Perhaps for ordinary people, this war is very terrible. Now, the carriages slowly transport the wounded soldiers. These wounded soldiers returned to their territory to cultivate and fought for one hundred people. Now there are only more than forty people - believers of the Savras Church, fighting with the principality on the frontier and strangling each other.
Because the Savras Church had an advantageous magician in the early stage, even if the Principality had outstanding commanders and knights, the number of casualties was large - but neither Reinstein nor Annin was afraid of it. This was because it was difficult to train magicians, and it was easy to train new recruits, and there were many mercenaries, but one less death was lost to the magician. If it lasted for a long time, it was obvious that no one could support it.
And for God, believers are like fruits on fruit trees. As long as the main body of the tree is not damaged, the fruits should be picked at appropriate times - the kingdom of God is empty, and the soul of the dead believers is just enough to enrich the kingdom of God.
Because the thief who controls death seizes the soul, the souls of believers can now go directly to the temple, and then go directly to the Kingdom of God. However, within 20 square kilometers of the death site, there must be a temple, otherwise, they will still be pulled to the underworld by the power of death, and they will become prisoners.
By implementing military control in wars and forcibly popularize faith, each village has established altars, and praying every day. Those who are not strong in faith and heretics, the mild ones become slaves, and those who are severe are killed immediately, and efforts are made to build magic towers. Among the ten small magic towers (simplified versions), a large number of apprentices must learn. Although the elf mage cannot directly participate in the war, they can teach apprentices.
What is the war?
It's money and food.
The semi-plane has made the largest space to produce grain, which can be cooked four times a year, but can only maintain rations for 4,000 people per year. Compared with the 100,000 population of the entire principality, it is insignificant, but finally some of the military rations have been solved.
Overall, food can be self-sufficient for 70% and the other 30% must be purchased. This business stimulates a large number of merchants to go to the principality through various means to make profits. Of course, weapons are also a big business, and they also hire adventurers to fight. They have even offered public rewards to the mainland: "Anyone who kills any clergy in the Savras Church can receive a generous reward!"
The Savras Church is distributed on the mainland. If the Principality sends people to assassinate the other clergy, not only will it be surrounded and eliminated (after all, they are the god of prophecy), but it can easily cause disgust from the lord or city lord in the local area.
However, it is impossible to prevent it if you hire a publicly to kill. God cannot predict the enemy for every priest. The generous reward immediately made countless assassins and adventurers on the continent red.
Moreover, the strength of the Church of Savras is not enough to block the trade line, because it involves too wide a range and it cannot make additional enemies. Although it is also very rich, it can offer a reward for assassination of the clergy of Annien Rubueta Church, but now the location of Annien Church is a unity of politics and religion, and outsiders cannot go deeper, and the effect is really limited.
However, Reinstein also warned: "Such large-scale employment and assassination, coupled with the military expenses of the war, must consume one million gold coins every year. We can only support one and a half years now! If there is no new money in a year and a half, it must stop."
"The war must last for three years. After three years, our territory can take the opportunity to complete adjustments, and then it will be solid and can also eliminate half of the strength of the Savras Church. Only then can we negotiate or truce," Annien said.
The moon rises, and the light of the dark sun is reaching its peak.
In a dark temple hidden in a cave, this is a mysterious temple from the murder king Barr, which is naturally possessed by Ho Gu Tanben, who has obtained the murderous clergy.
In the middle is an altar covered with blood, and in the center is a white skeleton surrounded by purple and black light. This is also the holy emblem of this god. A bishop in a black robe with silver edges is kneeling on the altar to pray.
"The Supreme Holy Lord Hogutan Ben."
The bishop immediately received a response, evil, darkness, and huge power poured into his body through the holy power channel between the clergy and God. These holy powers quickly formed divine artifacts. This situation is not common, especially in recent years, God's thoughts seem difficult to understand in recent years - of course, it is said that God is even crazy, but of course he dare not think about it.
"The Supreme Holy Lord Hoguttenben." The bishop sang in the darkness, and he knew that God was listening to his words: "The Church of Anion Rubuetta and the Church of Saphras are going to war. The Church of Anion Rubuetta recruits assassination with 500,000 gold coins. This will be a great victory for the Supreme Holy Lord."
Because Huo Gutanben claimed that he was the only supreme god, church members called other gods false gods. Because Huo Gutanben had a priesthood of murder, the church was committed to spreading disputes and murder everywhere, and used this method to make people fear and believe in Huo Gutanben.
The evil palace was shrouded in the evil energy, and the bishop's prayer echoed clearly in the palace, but he knew that these sounds would not be leaked, and even no god would know.
"You are the only God in the world, but the church of the false gods is blocking your glory. However, now the false gods are killing each other and are still using assassination. This means that your glory will spread to the earth, and all those who dare not believe in my God will perish!"
"You are very right at this point, O my humble servant," said a sharp voice, and in this voice the bishop knelt on the ground, leaning his head on the ground, to show his humility and listen to God's will: "So, I allow you to mobilize the power of the church to participate in this assassination and spread my name to all sides!"
As the god of murder on the continent, secret murder will not only please Huo Gutan, but also increase its power, even if it is not its followers.
The most important thing is that the target of assassination is the clergy of the Savras Church, which would please Huo Gutanben additionally. This is because Huo Gutanben has lies. Although Savoras is a weak god, he has mastered the "truth" of the clergy that makes Huo Gutanben extremely unhappy. If it weren't for Savoras being the follower of Achols, and Achols being the follower of the magic goddess, he might have concentrated his strength to kill it long ago.
Now, without directly irritating the moon and the magic goddess Monchimes, you can join the war and kill the Church of Savras, which undoubtedly makes God very happy, so its words are rarely sober.
"Yes, the Supreme Lord Hoguttenben, with your grace, you can immediately taste the blood from the pseudo-god clergy of Saphras!" The bishop whispered: "Your servant, you have prepared a feast."
"Okay, okay, I'll wait and see." God's sharp laughter filled the temple. Although money has no effect on God, it is very important to the church. Whether it is training, organization, or expansion of members, it requires money. Therefore, although a large part of the 500,000 gold coins of assassin's reward still flows to other organizations and churches (such as the God of Thieves), at least half will flow to the Hogutanben Church, which undoubtedly can increase the economic strength of the Hogutanben Church.
The bishop lay on the ground and waited for no sound before standing up. He immediately issued the assassination order - he knew that God was not far away and was watching.
This place is close to a forest in the town. A group of people in black have already walked on the trail. They carefully checked the trail. Although this action was not predicted by the opposite force, the other party would not have predicted it, but if they stepped on the magic warning, they would definitely be known by the enemy.
The bodies of these people were wrapped in black leather armor, and there was almost no sound in their movements. The whole group of people merged with the darkness around them.
This temple of Savras is one of the relatively important training centers of the Savras Church. Although it is quite secret, it can still be concealed by the exploration of the Huogutanben Church. However, there were several senior wizards and even a great wizard here before, so the local Huogutanben Church did not dare to act rashly.
Not to mention whether this temple can be captured, the most important thing is that due to the spread of disputes and murders, most lords and cities generally hate the Hokkien Church. Once discovered by nearby town soldiers and city guards, it is obvious that the target of encirclement is the Hokkien Church.
However, it is different now. Since the Savras Church is in war with Anion Rubueta Church, a large number of mages and guards have been drawn, the power of this temple is less than one-third of the usual ones, which is a great opportunity.
The Temple of Saphras is not very big. More than a dozen guards are patrolling the territory in batches. Huo Gutanben's assassin was hiding in the darkness a little far away, observing carefully. Then, a leader sneered, and naturally he had his own actions. He seemed to have nothing to say. A thief behind understood the leader's instructions.
He trembled slightly and came under the wall. Then he stretched out his hand, and a faint black light shone out from his hand. He was lifting a magic warning trap.
These movements, without any sound, seemed to be dark in his body, thus hiding his figure and movement. The guards inside did not notice it. A guard had even walked to him and looked around vigilantly, but he didn't see him.
It was already the last moment, but the thief did not continue. He made a gesture, and the people behind him immediately understood. Suddenly, four people lurked over. When the four-man guard team patrolled him again the second time, he made the final lifting action.
"Bang!" Although the sound of the magic trap being lifted was not loud, the guards were immediately alarmed in such a quiet night. The guards instinctively pressed their hands on the hilt of the knife and pulled out the knife, and a guard even shouted.
However, the four black shadows suddenly exploded, and they each had their own goals. Wherever their bodies went, a glimmer of light flashed, and the four guards were assassinated. The methods were neat and without any drag.
"Quick, the warning magic will be launched here for half an hour. At that time, you can find the corpse. You must be quick and kill all the other guards within ten minutes." The assassin in the lead conveyed such a gesture. Suddenly, the assassins behind quickly sneaked into the open gap and approached the guards.
The assassin's head took a deep breath and lurked directly towards the temple. In a few minutes, several breaths outside the temple disappeared, and the dark assassin returned to the head.
"Listen, once we get into the temple, we can't hide our breath. This is the temple of Savras, its holy place, so we rushed in and killed all the people inside."
"Yes!" After a brief answer, four groups of assassins rushed in. Suddenly, a sharp alarm was issued in the temple. In fact, even if there was no such alarm, the priest in the temple would feel the warning in his heart as soon as possible.
The first thing to be hit was a priest on duty. He seemed to want to use some magical magic, but at this time, a dagger had already slashed through his throat. Suddenly, blood splashed, and blood suddenly emerged from his mouth, turning his prayers into a blurred sound.
Chapter completed!