The southern region of the mainland has experienced countless wars and gradually unified during these years.
The completion of this process was nominally the Kingdom of Ansino, but everyone knew that this was all because of the Pope of the Church of Hades, Anmishu.
After Chen Luo left, An Mixiu's strength improved rapidly, and he officially broke through to the fifth level when he was forty years old.
At that time, the Ansino royal family had actually become a puppet of the Church of Hades, because apart from its nominal right to rule, the Ansino royal family actually had no power.
Anmisiu combined divine power with military and political power, and firmly controlled the Ansino Kingdom.
King Jerome is also very honest and has no ambitions. He just cooperates with the Church of Hades in political propaganda from behind.
Even if he thought of something, he couldn't do anything. With Anmishu's strength and a black dragon, no one except the Holy Domain could be his opponent.
And as the Church of Hades won each war, the Temple of the Underworld was built in every city it conquered.
The belief in the God of Death gradually replaced the mixed religious beliefs in the south and became the only orthodox belief.
When the Kingdom of Ansino united the southern kingdoms under the leadership of Amishio and established the huge Ansino Empire, it connected with the Chris Empire in the north.
All the people are believers in the God of Death, and his prestige has reached an unparalleled level.
At this time, the human race's pattern has been reshuffled.
The Church of Light in the north, the Chris Empire in the middle, the Holy Sword Dynasty in the west, and the Ansino Empire in the south form a four-point pattern. Except for the east, which is still surrounded by dozens of large and small kingdoms, the rest have formed
A stable and strong central bloc country.
The Chris Empire and the Church of Light have not expanded in recent years. It is not that they have lost their ambitions. The area itself is too large. No matter how much territory they have, they cannot rule it. They might as well collect some taxes from the vassal kingdoms.
Secondly, these two countries suppress each other. Once the Church of Light expands, the Chris Empire will inevitably send troops to support it, and vice versa.
But Anmishu didn't take this into account. After unifying the south, he immediately targeted the eastern kingdom.
The Chris Empire is so powerful that An Mixiu, like Shang Wenxuan, dare not provoke it for the time being.
Since the west is separated by a terrifying poisonous mist swamp, he has to take a lot of detours if he wants to expand westward, but the east doesn't have so many worries.
After analyzing the situation in the eastern kingdom, Anmishu launched 200,000 cavalry and 400,000 infantry five years ago, known as a million-strong army, to invade the eastern Baka Kingdom from the southeast.
The weak Baka Kingdom was unable to resist, and quickly moved north from the border. One after another, the eastern kingdoms were destroyed by the Ansino Empire's army.
The eastern kingdoms, like the Mayo royal family, are aware of the ambitions of the Ansino Empire, and they know very well that Anmisiu will not stop until he destroys all the eastern kingdoms.
They imitated the Mayo royal family and formed the Eastern Military Alliance, and the remaining more than twenty kingdoms united to resist the powerful Church of Hades.
According to the original situation, the Ansino royal family had an absolute advantage.
Because in addition to possessing the fifth-level strength and Black Dragon Augusta, An Misiu also has the powerful faith power of the Church of the Underworld.
For those who believe in the God of Death, death is not the end, but the highest glory.
Those who die fighting for their beliefs can enter the kingdom of God under the crown of death and enjoy eternal bliss.
Under such circumstances, the people of the Ansino Empire were not afraid of death at all, and every one of them acted like a madman on the battlefield, seeking to die in battle.
But the actual situation was not like this. An Mixiu's progress was very smooth at first, but when he arrived in the Kingdom of Weimar, he suffered a major setback like Shang Wenxuan.
For the first time, they saw the power of alchemical artillery. Under the bombardment of various alchemical items, the Ansino Empire's army was stunned.
Before this, they were invincible and conquered every battle, and they had gradually lost sight of these weak kingdoms in the east.
But they never imagined that these kingdoms would come up with such powerful weapons.
Although their individual strength is not strong, with these alchemy tools, they can easily inflict a heavy blow on their army.
An Misiu realized something was wrong, and after losing nearly 100,000 people, he immediately ordered the army to retreat.
After maintaining a safe distance, An Misiu immediately ordered people to find out where the alchemy cannon came from.
It turned out that this thing came from the Joseph Alchemy Academy in the Kingdom of Weimar, and the director Joseph was from the Kingdom of Ansino ten years ago, but for some reason he was considered a heretic and wanted.
An Mixiu was so angry that he almost vomited blood and asked someone to find out what happened ten years ago.
Soon, his subordinates came to report.
Ten years ago, Joseph had already established an alchemy academy and workshop in the Ansino Empire. The products he produced were also very popular and earned a lot of gold coins.
This situation naturally attracted the attention of the local priest of the Church of the Underworld, Crewe. However, what he did was not to report it, but to squeeze the alchemy workshop.
Crewe levied a heavy tax on Liu Suifeng's alchemy workshop five times higher than the original amount, and forced him to teach alchemy to his cronies in an attempt to master alchemy himself.
Liu Suifeng had an epic mission, so naturally he would not be willing to become Crewe's slave, so he immediately chose to escape.
But Kelu was not stupid, he had already sent people to monitor Liu Suifeng.
When he escaped, a large group of extraordinary beings and soldiers went to catch him.
Fortunately, Liu Suifeng was prepared in advance and secretly prepared a hot air balloon.
When the soldiers from the Church of Hades came over, they flew out of the city in a hot air balloon, and with the help of the noble lady Sophie, they escaped to the Kingdom of Weimar.
When An Misiu found out the whole story, he became furious and ordered people to capture Kelu from the country and take him to the battlefield, where he was executed with his own hands.
An Misiu was angry not because he missed out on alchemy, but because the priests of the Church of Hades were corrupted under his nose.
An Mixiu's parents died because of the corruption of these clergy, and he hated these clergy the most.
But An Misiu also knows that there is nothing that can be done about it. The Church of Hades is getting stronger and stronger, becoming the only faith in the Ansino Empire. As a result, the power of priests in various places is getting stronger and stronger, completely overriding the local administrative agencies.
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What An Misiu wants to control is the overall situation of the entire empire, and there is no way to guarantee that every priest is a devout believer and absolutely loyal and honest.
When Amishio learned that the person behind Crewe was the high priest Oliver, he knew that this battlefield could not be fought because his heart was already in chaos. (To be continued)