Conquest

    Chapter 352 [Mission]

    The young emperor said more and more rush, but the voice was getting lower and lower. Gradually, his eyes were full of dark haze. At the end, the flashing eyes were faintly fascinating with a chilling madness. meaning.

    "I am the emperor, the emperor of this empire, the supreme being of this empire, the supreme being, the master of this country…"When I said this, Garcia's tone was a strange and even heavy and disgusting taste.

    He was sneer: "My father gave me all the way, and even every step of the plan he thought about it and made arrangements. The situation is dangerous now, but as long as I carefully follow the path left by my father, At least half of the grasp can persist until the day when the situation improves…But all this is all arranged by him, all are, every step is! I became an emperor, but it made me feel like he was still alive! ”

    He said, he suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the empty chair at the table. The expression on his face was faint and distorted. At the moment, Garcia, where is the meticulous emperor who acts on weekdays?

    "I stood here, but I felt like he was still sitting in this chair, holding a knife, cutting beef, using his unique arrogant tone, giving orders and giving one thing. All made a decision – yes, he decided all, damn, all set! Although I am a crown prince, he never really believed that I had, no, or that the old man never trusted anyone! Even including Carvesylver! He always believes in himself and believes in his own arrogant and stupid decisions! ”

    The young emperor suddenly became furious. He clenched his fists and looked at the shadow in the corner: "Do you know! How much effort did I put on the 13th Army! When I first went there, I lived in the same barracks as ordinary soldiers, ate those rough and unpalatable foods, and went out with them every day. Every night, I was tired and climbed back to the bed like a dead dog. Second When the sky rises, the whole body hurts almost to fall apart! I have spent so much thought, I just want to be able to build some influence in this iron army! ! I have even done it! ! In the 13th Army, most of the middle and lower rank officers were very fond of me, and even Ruhr began to look at me differently! The 13th Army came to the outside of Imperial Capital, and the first battle with the rebels, I personally took off my shirt, and did not avoid the arrows in front of the battlefield, giving the soldiers a drum! Tens of thousands of people have seen me, I can feel the grateful and reverence in the eyes of the soldiers! Damn, I am almost ready to do it! If you give me time, let me defensively do what I want to do, I am sure that this army can build loyalty to me! ! But because of him! His damn, arrogant, self-contained decisions! Let me all my efforts in the past few months become in vain! Originally an army that might be loyal to me, because of the fears in his mind, it will be ruined in vain! Why did he ask me what? Since I have to hand over this empire to me, why did he ask me? ! ! ”

    Such a roar, Garcia's forehead blue veins are protruding, his eyes are full of bloodshot, almost all of them have to be fired.

    Finally, after a long time, he gradually calmed down, took a long breath, and glanced at the corner: "Do you have nothing to say?"

    The middle-aged man in the corner raised his hand and his tone was very cold: "I am just a shadow…Moreover, I have said enough words today…Majesty

    In the last sentence, "Your Majesty," he seemed to taunt with a tone, and then the middle-aged man stood quietly in the corner, no longer making a statement.

    Garcia turned his head and looked at the table, his eyes showing more and more disgust.

    "Come on."

    The emperor called, the palaces immediately opened, and several servants dressed in linen robes ran their heads down.

    Garcia pointed to the table and chair, and the tone was cold: "I don't want to see this table, and this chair…And these things, everything in this room, the shelves, the cupboards, and the lampstands hanging on the walls…"

    The sound of the young emperor was cold, which made the court attendants standing in front of him somewhat trembled. A headed court attendant looked up: "Your Majesty, these things must be…"

    "Call out and burn."

    The coronation ceremony of the new emperor is probably the most ruthless thing in the empire in recent centuries.

    The ceremony was only completed in Hagia Sophia, and the imperial pope personally handed the crown to the new emperor, handed the scepter, and gave blessing, even if it was a gift.

    There were no salutes, no grand parade celebrations, and even when the emperor wore a crown, there were rumbling drums and screams outside the city.

    The old emperor died, the new emperor was crowned, and the civilians in Osgiliath were only deeply fearful, but with the full support of the old Prime Minister and Adric and others, the situation remained barely stable.

    The fleet of Kingdom of Atlantis at sea also fired guns outside the port area that night, allegedly rushing away from several rebel ships trying to stay close to the port.

    There are still tens of thousands of troops in the city, and there is a strong fleet at sea. In any case, the civilians in Osgiliath still have some hope.

    In the past few days after the new emperor's coronation, the rebel siege outside the city seems to be more and more rushed, as if trying to take advantage of this kind of heart-breaking opportunity when the city's imperial power changes, but was once rushed by the defenders. Going back, the most intense time, even Adrick personally stood on the wall and commanded.

    After the new emperor was crowned, the first thing he did was to have an urgent meeting with the Pope.

    Only a few empire of the empire knew that Garcia had once again made a request to the Pope to ask the Imperial Magic Academy to order the Mage to participate in the war and help the empire to rebel!

    However, this request was once again rejected by the Pope…When the old emperor was alive, he made similar demands, but he did not get the approval of the Pope.

    These damn gods.

    The reason for the church is simple: the church should not be a dispute of power in the world, unless it is a matter of faith. If it is to deal with the jihad of the Odin pagans in the north, then the church is naturally duty-bound, but now both sides of the war are "all It is the people of God" (the original words of the Pope), so the church is inconvenient to intervene.

    This reason is undoubtedly very lame, because since the emperor is considered to be the spokesperson of God's human recognition, then since the emperor was crowned, the Pope personally gave blessing and recognition, that is, religiously recognized the legitimacy of the emperor, then some people challenged this The legitimate imperial power, the church should stand up and defend the authority of the imperial power.

    "These gods are just waiting for the price."

    It is said that after the meeting that day, Garcia walked out of the church and his face was very ugly: "These old gods, for them, whoever is the emperor, are always inseparable from them, hehe…Maybe the Hughes guys have already made promises with them. ”

    To be honest, the empire's church has always been in a close relationship with the Royal Family. The reason is simple. Throughout the centuries-old history of the Byzantine empire, the church has been suppressed.

    If we look back at history, we can see that before the establishment of the Byzantine Empire, the power of the church was still very large in the south of the continent, when the kingdoms, large and small, maintained respect for the church, and even the king's succession to the throne had to be recognized by the Church in order to enter into force, Even in some small and weak kingdoms, the church also has a certain taxing power! At that time, the headquarters of the church even had a territory as large as the current county as the parish of the Pope.

    But after the Byzantine Empire unified the southern part of the continent, it all ended.

    The founding emperor was a great man, and the first thing after the establishment of the empire was to establish the status of theocracy and imperial power…Suppress the gods of the church! Although the church is still recognized as the only religion of the empire, since then the church has never belonged to the parish territory of its own, and there is no longer its own taxation right!

    It can be said that the church has no more money to intervene in worldly rights. It was completely overwhelmed by the high, as a spiritual arrangement.

    The church must not own its own land, must not own its own industry, and must not operate any industry—the church is the church, it is sacred, and the place where God is served is right.

    These decrees have completely smashed the possibility of the expansion of theocracy from the roots.

    Nowadays, the only thing the church can take is the leadership of the magic union. But it seems that this leadership does not seem to be very powerful.

    Even the vicious speculation, maybe the most hopeful of the Byzantine Royal Family is the high-ranking gods who are in the Hagia Sophia…

    Phillips sat on the horse, and it was already a little crumbling. The horse under the arm is already very unbearable, and the white foam is sprayed all the way through the nose and mouth. In this rugged mountain road, the speed of running is getting slower and slower.

    Phillips barely squinted, but the whole body was sore and sore that it was almost scattered. Especially he suffered another injury a few days ago.

    In the hotel in Corner Town, I met the girl who claimed to be a woman of Lord Shaar and played with the guy with long scissors.

    Unfortunately, after the two girls ran away, Phillips could never catch up…He ate Dax's slamming blow and was not hurt. He vomited blood on the spot.

    Afterwards, he was still in a coma. Fortunately, the owner of the hotel felt that Shaar and others helped him to drive away the goodness of Miss Nene, who took care of Phillips.

    Phillips was awake for a long time before he woke up, but he couldn't find Dax and others anymore. He was worried and worried. What happened to the girl who claimed to be a Lord Shaar woman.

    But then Phillips wouldn’t dare to delay here…After all, women are only women, Lord Shaar gave himself a more important thing that was not completed! Phillips knows the importance of this matter. The reason why I shot it before is because I just met it. Naturally, I can't sit back and watch it. But now that I missed it, I still have more important things in my body. There is no reason to delay the business. – Even if you go back, Lord Shaar will not blame himself.

    Phillips didn't have time to heal, and immediately supported the injury and continued on his way.

    From the Corner Town to the south, all the way to trek, just a few days out of the border of Estonia, but then further south, after the Esria County, even into the Armenia military area, here is the rebel Chief One of Hughes's old nest sites, I am afraid that this road is not so good.

    Phillips can only avoid the road as much as possible, choose the remote path to walk, and in order to grab the speed, no matter the day and night, his body is gradually weak, recurring, and just sticking his teeth. The utilitarian heart of Phillips is so clear that he knows well whether he can establish his position in the small group under Shaar, and see if his mission can be completed beautifully!

    Therefore, this guy actually tried his best, regardless of his own injuries, forced to hurry, and even tired of almost vomiting blood.

    This evening, Phillips walked on a mountain road…It is already the site of the Armenia Military District, close to the southwest.

    The Armenia military region produces iron ore, the mountain is the most, this path is in the mountains, it is very remote and secret, few people know, Phillips is the price of a gold coin, from a village passing by, find a mountain hunter to inquire Come.

    This mountain road just passed through an iron ore mine that has been mined and abandoned, but it can be inserted directly into the mountain. It is closer than the road.

    In the evening, Phillips didn't have time to eat, and the dry food on his body was exhausted. He just barely held a water bag and drank a full half. In order to fear that he was weak and fell off the horse, Phillips tied his legs with a rope. On the saddle. This road was bumpy, and he kept pulling the wound on his body. It hurts that Phillips' face is white.

    There was a bend in front of it, and Phillips was confused. Suddenly he heard a short whistle from the ear! He suddenly woke up in his heart and suddenly opened his eyes, but it was already late!

    A net fell on the head and put him in it. Then the horse that fell down suddenly went down. It turned out that the horseshoe was tripped by the rope that was lying on the ground!

    Phillips was originally weak, but also because the legs were tied to the saddle, can not dodge, a bit planted on the ground, fell a dizzy brain Zhang, hurriedly pulled out a short sword to severely cut the saddle rope, but left and right has pounced on a few figures, seven or eight hands will be firmly held down, Then the cold blade was added to Phillips ' neck!

    Thieves?

    Phillips's heart moved, and then he watched a figure carrying a sword and smashed it toward his heart! Phillips sighed in his heart and only hated that he actually died here, but his body was held down and he could only close his eyes and die.

    But at this time, I suddenly heard a cold voice: "Wait a minute!"