Praise the Light (4)

"Mute Ascetics?"

On Rhino Horn Mountain, looking at the news from the Sera Kingdom, Ryan was a little surprised. There is still such a person?

Specifically used to deal with the demon Mages? Can they silence the chanting of the demon Mages so that Magic Power cannot awaken the Magic Factor in the void?

"Why does it look so similar to Gargoyle?"

Ryan is curious, Gargoyle is the life born in Magic-Immunity Stone. They are born to restrain the demon Mages. When he borrowed a batch of Gargoyle from Count Pascal before, he observed that the air felt heavy even when he was close.

"The Mute Ascetics of the Church was once the Legion Commander of Gargoyle."

Next to him, Avril said like this, demons Mages like to record things like Gargoyle. They especially like to turn Gargoyle into their own guards, so that they can better fight against enemies who are also demons Mages.

Knights and demons Mages can often be replaced by Gargoyle and demons Mages, but just like knights long for Dragons mounts, Gargoyle is in the hands of Church of Dawn, and it is difficult for demons Mages to gain the allegiance of Gargoyle.

"A long time ago, the demons Mages had a war with the Church. In the end, Mute Ascetics led Gargoyle to defeat the demons Mages. Since then, it has been difficult for the demons Mages to be active in the sun. The priests of the Church can sense the existence of magic."

Listening to Avril's words, Ryan thought of Count Pascal.

"Count Pascal, what was your previous relationship with the Church?"

Avril shook her head. She knew the history of magic, but Pascal's side was the political past, and she didn't understand it.

Ryan wrote to Count Winter Territory and Count Soron's Domain, and he received a reply the next day.

Count Winter, as a big noble from the north of the empire South, has more knowledge than Count Soron, and knows the history of the previous empire for hundreds of years.

"The empire used Divine Essence and the demon Mages to fight against the Church. There was once a war with Mute Ascetics, within the territory of the empire, in Danube Province."

Danube Province, that is the province where Gargoyle Count-Count Pascal is located. Northwind Province must enter the place where Winged Gorge has passed.

Agate is produced there. Of course, the most important thing is the birthplace of Gargoyle.

"In an ancient war, the demons Mages suffered heavy losses in front of Mute Ascetics. After waiting for thousands of years, the demons Mages finally found a way to severely damage Mute Ascetics."

"That's a conspiracy."

"That was the only way at the beginning."

"Count Pascal secretly told Emperor Columbus II, because Divine Essence of Great Being, Count Pascal has mastered Gargoyle Legion, so that Mute Ascetics can no longer lead them as the Church."

"Mute Ascetics are all ascetics who are ignorant of the world. They never care about human nature and blindly practice asceticism. This also led to those Ascetic Monk who didn't even notice that the empire at that time was no longer under the rule of the Church, and the nobles had become the Church's enemies."

"They don't realize that they are surrounded by enemies on all sides, including Gargoyle Legion who is their companion."

"The empire started its first war against the Church. In the south, at West Coast, at Danube Province, three directions simultaneously launched attacks against the Church's power."

"The emperor will block all roads leaving the empire and kill Dawn's believers on the empire's soil. Every noble's hands must be stained with the blood of Dawn to be recognized."

"Danube Province's war is with Mute Ascetics."

"Their number is too small, but Mute Ascetics is terrifyingly powerful. Every thirteen Ascetic Monk are a whole. In addition, they can also lead Gargoyle Legion. Without powerful destructive power, they cannot fight against Mute Ascetics."

"But the most powerful destructive force at the beginning was the magicians who secretly entered the empire. The power of magic destroyed the world and achieved decisive results in the south and the west coast, but not in the Danube Province."

"Mute Ascetics, Gargoyle Legion, are all their nemesis."

"Fortunately, Gargoyle Legion and Count Pascal have rebelled."

"Count Pascal took Gargoyle Legion to sit on the sidelines. They did not participate in the war. At that time, Count Pascal was not sure that the empire could succeed, and their bloodline was too deeply bound to Church of Dawn. They were called the incarnation of angels, the angels walking on earth - Stone-winged Beast Family."

"The emperor and Four Grand Dukes do not trust Count Pascal, but the war will not stop because of Count Pascal."

"The three major Extraordinary Legion, namely Wyvern Rider, Rampaging Elephant Legion of Winged Gorge, and Unicorn Rhino Army, which has become history, launched an attack on Mute Ascetics. If Gargoyle Legion joins the war, they will also be one of the targets to be killed."

"Extraordinary Legion at that time was not as powerful as it is today, and the only way to kill Mute Ascetics was to physically destroy them."

"The three Extraordinary Legion, whether it is Wyverns or Rampaging Elephant, or the one-horned rhinoceros that was able to raze a city to the ground when it ran wildly, all possess terrifying power."

Thousands of extraordinary warriors faced one hundred and thirty Mute Ascetics. The final result was that one Extraordinary Legion became history and was completely buried. The empire blocked all retreats for Mute Ascetics. They were isolated and helpless, and were eventually consumed alive by Danube Province.

This is the early stage of the century-old Royal Authority and theocratic struggle after the initial thirty years of chaos in the Florian Empire.

War of the Deities Across Planes, which broke out more than 130 years ago, can be roughly divided into two stages in the Florian Empire. The first stage was thirty years of chaos, a messy extraordinary hodgepodge on the land of the empire.

The second stage is the end of War of the Deities Across Planes, entering the node where mortals without Deities rule the world. The first period was the wantonness of war.

The decline of Mute Ascetics originated from the war of Danube Province a hundred years ago.

"Wyvern Rider and Rampaging Elephant Legion blocked Winged Gorge, preventing the armies from the kingdoms and noble territories in the east and the North, which were originally Andara Kingdom and Northwind Province, from entering the empire."

"The same is true in the south..."

Regarding the relationship between Mute Ascetics and the empire, it is so simple and direct.

There is no doubt about their strength. With the same power, if they are given the brains and wisdom of those who coach Archbishop, they can squeeze out many Archbishop.

But they can only do penance and fight.

Putting down the letter, Ryan was curious about something.

"As Church of Dawn's loyal ally, how could Count Pascal rebel?"

You know, because of Gargoyle, it is difficult for Count Pascal to be recognized by the empire. It has been such a long time. It was not until Church of Light appeared not long ago that Count Pascal was accepted by the great nobles of the empire. They were particularly wary of him before.

After all, they had been closely connected with the Church for too long, and they belonged to the Highlands nobles at that time.

Count Pascal This Noble Title itself is compatible with both hereditary authority and the bishop of the Church.

Count Winter didn't say it because he didn't know. This was a secret, an internal secret of Count Pascal.

Perhaps it is precisely because this secret is unknown even to the great nobles of the empire that Count Pascal has been jealous of the emperor for hundreds of years?

I don't understand...

Ryan simply wrote a letter to the Andara Kingdom and told Mr. [Ivy] about Mute Ascetics.

In Dawn, the army of the Sera Kingdom finally launched an attack on the land of the Andara Kingdom after nearly a month of preparation.

The new Grand Duke Carlos, the grand duke representing the Sera Kingdom old nobility, and Count Fragoso, representing the new Sera Kingdom nobility, became the commander-in-chief of this army.

Why are there two? Because the Noble Circle princes inside the Sera Kingdom are still unstable. The process of the birth of the kingdom and the fact that the kingdom did not have an event that could stabilize people's hearts resulted in the nobles needing to check and balance each other.

To be honest, Count Fragoso is very nervous, even more nervous than the young Grand Duke Carlos next to him. He doesn't understand war at all. When he was Viscount Fragoso, he only had a few hundred troops under his command.

He wanted to invite Ryan to take command, but Ryan refused on the grounds that this was a state matter between the two kingdoms. He was a noble of the empire and could not participate in political wars outside the empire without the emperor's order.

Especially the reason for this war is the Dawn and Faith of Light war.

Count Fragoso It is true that he was seriously ill and sought medical treatment.

On the plains, more than 30,000 troops from both sides collided in a swarm, followed by loud shouts of killing. On the densely packed battlefield with no end in sight, bloodshed and screams occurred one after another. It was not until the Sun was about to go down the mountain that both sides blew the horn to withdraw their troops.

There was no winner on the first day of the war. The cannon fodder was consumed by each other. The nobles did not even sort out the battle damage. Just because of the problem of background, Sera Kingdom's army suffered obviously more losses.

This was obviously an unfavorable signal, and the nobles began to become dissatisfied.

"It's all because of your army. Look at your soldiers. Two of them can't defeat one!"

The nobles yelled and scolded another group of nobles. Nobles are not honest people who stand upright when scolded. Of course, they became angry when they heard the other party's scolding.

"Are you capable? How many enemies have your soldiers killed? You are the only ones hiding in the farthest place when the war begins!"

"You still have the nerve to criticize us here? If you don't hide, go up and chop us down. Aren't you knights? Aren't you demons Mages? You go up."

Both sides were blushing not because of shyness, but because they were angry because they failed to suppress the other party.

The third category of nobles, those former Wandering Nobless supported by Ryan, and some frustrated nobles stood on the other side, watching the scene quietly.

The atmosphere was heightened here. As the new generation Grand Duke Carlos, the representative of the old nobles, Grand Duke Carlos finally spoke and suppressed all the voices.

"The first day of the war will not determine the outcome."

"But I don't hope that the next war will be like this. Your performance is indeed too poor."

Grand Duke Carlos looked at Count Fragoso dissatisfied. Doesn't he know that internal conflicts should not occur in a war? Doesn't he know that what is needed most at this time is unity rather than internal strife? Doesn't he know that victory in the war is the most important thing now?

He knows everything, he even knows what to say and what to do to resolve the dispute here.

But the only thing he can't do is the right thing.

Because he represents not only himself, not just a war commander, he wants to represent everyone behind him. If he cannot give a voice to the representatives of the old nobles behind him, or even win against the new nobles, they Grand Duke Carlos will be abandoned by the nobles who follow him.

After all, you must understand that among all the old nobles of the Sera Kingdom, there are as many as four great nobles, and they all claim to be Carlos's orthodox great nobles.

Grand Duke Carlos knows what to do is reasonable. The successor who was roughly trained by the previous Grand Duke Carlos talent will not be too bad, but he knows better what to do that is more beneficial to him.

Noble interests determine everything.

Grand Duke Carlos cannot lose the trust and support of the old nobles in him, and he must also be wary of some people with evil intentions in the inner circle.

He is like this, Count Fragoso is also like this.

He doesn't understand war, doesn't he understand politics?

Count Fragoso Why did you change from a viscount to an earl? Isn't it because he was the first to react and kneel down and shout Grand Duke McReynolds to Your Majesty? And does he have a son-in-law who is the future heir to the kingdom?

He understands political struggle very well.

"Your Excellency, is it too unreasonable to blame them for the disadvantages of the war?"

"You know, we nobles are more familiar with the Andara Kingdom's army than you are. We have even had several wars with them and won."

"They haven't changed. They have defeated Andara Kingdom's enemies."

Count Fragoso is a shrewd man, and he never says anything directly to give people an excuse, but his words are very clear. The troops of his nobles once defeated the soldiers of the Andara Kingdom. The soldiers on the opposite side have not changed, and their soldiers have not changed. However, with you as teammates, it has become disadvantageous.

Whose reason is this?

Such an argument will obviously not lead to any results.

So the nobles dispersed unhappy.

Kaeld·Valencia, the representative of Wandering Nobles, greeted many people that night, all of whom were small groups with interests in their own circle.

Since obtaining the territory and Noble Title with the help of Ryan, Kaeld has gotten better. As a Baron, he has more majesty than Baron.

He looked at the letter in his hand, and after understanding it, burned it into Ash.

The letter was naturally written by Ryan, and Kaeld did not intend to say it directly.

Looking at the nobles around, because it is not necessary for every noble to come to participate in the war, there are only seven or eight present now.

There are three noble factions of the Sera Kingdom, one of which is the former Wandering Nobless headed by Kaeld·Valencia.

To be honest, Ryan feels that these nobles who have lost something and worked hard for it are more capable. They have no shortage of knowledge and inheritance, but their ambition is precious.

Wealth and Noble Title are their weak points. It is precisely because of this that neither the two major factions, Grand Duke Carlos and Count Fragoso, paid much attention to these small nobles.

If they didn't have Ryan's background, they would be nothing. The big nobles could bankrupt them with a wave of their hands.

"We want to gain merit, we want to build reputation."

Kaeld said directly to these people. This was also the advice Ryan gave him.

Under Baronet System, there are more nobles and the noble status is higher, but the price is that Noble Title's promotion has become more difficult.

So why can Baron challenge the count?

There is only one choice given by Ryan, and that is meritorious service. After all, others do not have the same advantages as Ryan, and can obtain massive wealth and the combat power to protect wealth from Other Plane.

During those years of Northwind Province's war, if Ryan had not won every time, do you really think that the economic development brought about by his Frozen Earth Territory population of 200,000 and millions of Gold Coin could be firmly controlled by him?

Others cannot copy Ryan's path.

Then the only thing they can have is loyalty, more loyalty than other nobles, and more merits than other nobles.

Sera Kingdom Who has the most power? There is no doubt that it is His Majesty the King. No matter how the nobles fight among factions, they are all followers of Sera King, and they will swear to follow him to the death.

If something cannot be obtained through Noble Title, it must be given by a higher Noble Title noble.

This war is an opportunity and is very important to the Sera Kingdom. As a new kingdom, Sera Kingdom has been recognized by the South land in name only because of the Church.

But in terms of strength, whether the nobles of the South land will recognize this kingdom and whether they will consider helping to detonate the hidden dangers of the Sera Kingdom depends on this first war after the founding of the country.

Grand Duke Carlos and Count Fragoso are fighting for power without caring about the overall situation of the kingdom, so naturally, small nobles like Kaeld have an opportunity to take advantage of them.

This is their chance.

Same thing...

It is also an opportunity for Andara Royal House.

While Ryan gave advice to Kaeld to help them establish meritorious deeds, he also wrote to the Andara Kingdom, following the letter sent to Legendary Mage, but it was sent to South The battlefield of E was sent to Daryl·Andara, this Legendary Knight who was blessed by Ryan with [Rampaging Elephant].

"The decline of your royal family did not begin with the fall of the Extraordinary Legion, but began with the curse on your bloodline."

"The noble nobles cannot live without ordinary blood. This sentence is not to separate them from the common people, but the nobles really have the qualifications to be born extraordinary."

"War is the way to regain dignity, and victory is the answer to make Andara stand tall again."

"You have to win the war with Orcs, you have to win the war with the Sera Kingdom. This is your only qualification to get more support from the empire. Only in this way can you fight against the war against you after Church of Dawn."

"What you are facing is not Sera Kingdom, but Church of Dawn."

Ryan In Frozen Earth Territory, it affects the war between the two kingdoms.

(End of chapter)