The wind blew through the treetops, making the leaves rustle.
Gus raised his head and looked between the empty tree branches, always feeling like something in the wind was peering at him.
Is it an illusion? It's just the wind, how can it still have its own sanity? It seems that the past year of practicing in the mountains has made me a little neurotic.
Gus shook his head mockingly, tightened the bag and heavy sword on his back, and continued to move north along the road. Occasionally, a crudely carved statue of a girl could be seen beside the road. She had long hair reaching her waist and stretched out her hand to point forward, as if
What is announced.
When passing these statues, Gus would always stop briefly to show respect for the statues, waiting for a few seconds before continuing on his way.
The "miracle" that shocked the whole world a year ago allowed the King's Hall to completely take the initiative, crossing the vast plains and mountains, and incorporating most of the foreigners in the Kusha Empire's territory into the religious beliefs of the King's Hall.
In fact, what these foreigners believe in is not the so-called Dharma King or the illusory angels in some doctrines, but the Qishi who actually used his personal power and charisma to surrender the Kusha Emperor, who was known as the 'Fearing Emperor', and
The god behind her.
The grotesque clay dolls of beast gods were torn down and replaced by various statues of Qi Qishi. This is a real divine messenger who has come to the world. Isn't it better than those strange beast gods that only exist in legends and don't even have specific appearance descriptions?
More worthy of belief?
Within half a month, the King's Hall had replaced the original statue of the "Bird of Light" that symbolized the doctrine with a statue of a girl, and the content of the doctrine had also been significantly changed. The new doctrine advocates that believers should be united, have justice and kindness in their hearts, and avoid sword fights.
To avoid national war, we must not succumb to the darkness in our hearts. To avoid the advent of the dark age as revealed in the original Book of Revelation, all humans who obey the grace of the doctrine should be rewarded by the [Glory Age].
According to the King of France, the new doctrine was a divine revelation he received in a dream. Not only him, but every cardinal and king had received such a revelation, so that they did not dare to doubt it.
But in fact, the content of these unified dreams is a large-scale dream magic jointly created by the Fairy King [Hanabuki Snow King] and the Witch [Freya]. Because the magic is so sophisticated, these powerful people among mortals are convinced that this is God's will to them.
warning given.
Compared with the original teachings that were too strict and empty, the new teachings are extremely popular among the common people. Over the past year, the frequent and endless wars between the countries have almost ceased, and the people have been able to recuperate and recuperate. More and more believers are devoutly worshiping Qishi.
The statue of the girl prays, believing that this is the beginning of the glorious era.
After all, even the Kusha Empire, which flattened most of the continent, has embraced Qin Qishi as the true god they believe in. If any other country dares to violate the doctrine and send troops to fight with other countries, I am afraid that they will immediately be condemned by the King of France.
Other ecclesiastical countries have been authorized by the King of France to attack legally.
By the way, the Terror Emperor voluntarily abdicated after the Miracle War, and the new Kusha Emperor was Prince Schlatt of the Bakiraka clan. It is said that this new emperor was an extremely devout believer in the Divine Messenger.
On the other hand, within the realm of the King's teaching circle, without war, the profession of mercenaries has instantly lost its survival ground. They must either submit to the big country or return to the life of farmers.
The same goes for [Eagle Group].
After the war ended a year ago, the Eagle Regiment returned to the Kingdom of Mitlan and accepted the reward from the king. The leader, Griffith, was named an earl because of his meritorious service in rescuing the enemy and his outstanding military exploits, and the Eagle Regiment also received a reward from the king.
The official name of the Tran Kingdom is called the "White Phoenix Army", and Griffith is naturally the "White Phoenix General".
Unlike the high-spirited Griffith, Guts fell into confusion. Without the war, Guts, who had been among mercenaries since he was a child and did not understand normal life, was like a drowning man with nothing to rely on.
Although he was sleeping on a soft bed, Gus tossed and turned all night long. In his dream, he was still fighting side by side with his friends in the Eagle Regiment on the battlefield, but when he woke up, he could only sit in the corner of the reception silently.
Watch Griffith laugh and talk with the big shots.
[Young wolf, wait until you grow into a true wolf of darkness and fight me again. By then it will be a one-on-one duel, and I will go all out.]
In a daze, Gus could always hear what the extremely brave knight on the lake said to him.
In the end, he made up his mind to escape from this comfortable life. Perhaps others were happy with such a peaceful life, but he understood that only [combat] was his best food.
On a winter morning one month after that miraculous war, Gus picked up his luggage and left without saying goodbye to anyone.
Griffith, who regarded Gus as his closest friend, had long discovered that something was wrong with Gus recently, and stopped Gus on his way out of the city.
Two proud people could not convince each other with words, so in the end they had to draw swords against each other, just like when they first met.
But this time, Guts was even better. He cut off Griffith's knight sword, and the giant sword's blade stopped firmly in front of Griffith's shoulder. The strong wind pressure even tore the shoulder joint.
Clothing.
"Goodbye, Griffith." After saying these words, Gus walked away without looking back.
Griffith was left sitting on the ground, covering his shoulders.
Over the past year, Gus has visited various countries. Due to the new doctrine, all countries have explicitly banned war. Instead, they have various "Knight Competitions", which can be regarded as giving space for those knights who are itchy to play.
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After easily winning several battles, Gus found that ordinary fighting could no longer allow him to continue to grow. He plunged himself into the deep mountains and forests, met a reclusive blacksmith, and used huge logs and waterfalls to practice his strength and power.
Sword skills are like a tireless wolf.
Until recently, Gus felt that his strength had reached a bottleneck, so he went out to continue looking for strong players to fight against.
Just three days ago, after Gus won a duel, he heard shocking news from the noble who held the competition——
The Eagles rebelled against the Kingdom of Midland.
According to the noble, about a year ago, the Eagle Regiment tried to cause a rebellion in Wyndham City, the capital of the Kingdom of Mitland, but was suppressed by the army. The whereabouts of the leader Griffith, who was regarded as a hero of the war, is unknown.
A female swordsman under his command led the remaining eagle group to break through the army blockade and escape, and kept fighting the pursuers for a year. The knight competition organized by this noble was also to recruit strong men to form a crusade to conquer the man who had become
The Eagle Group of bandit gangs, hoping to get the reward from the Kingdom of Midland.
Since the Eagle Group rebelled first, all conquests and pursuits against them are not protected by the new doctrine.
As for more information, the noble didn't know, so Gus had no choice but to head towards the place where the Eagle Group had recently appeared.