After Becoming The Tyrant

The witch Grela brought good news for the king.

After such a long time, she has completed the preparations for other aspects of the ceremony. As long as she waits for the king's help, she will be able to summon the Walwe pirates who died of the Black Death back to the Jenny in the form of ghosts.She hoped that the king would allow the Volwe pirates to leave the river of the dead in hell.

Seeing this, the king looked up at the devil.

The devil smiled: "Your Majesty, hell is the place where all the sins in people's mouths finally converge, and this is the end of death. However, before the Millennium Kingdom opened, the river of undead was stagnant, and the souls just stuck to each other layer by layer. Inside, you cannot enter the last fountain of the abyss...Of course, it will be different in the future."

The king also knew what he meant by "different".

Today's long river of undead has gradually begun to flow, and some new undead have begun to appear.However, the number is still very small, which does not match the death rate of this era... It can be seen that hell has only just recovered, and there is still a long way to go before it reaches its peak.

Witch Grella also mentioned another thing in the letter:

The witches in the Kingdom of Bracy hope to be accepted by the king.

"wizard……"

The king pondered.

In the letter, Greira briefly introduced some things about witches to the king.

In fact, the original residence of witches should be in the extreme arctic ice field.On the "cloth of the world", cartographers filled the gaps in the ice field with giant pythons and poisonous snakes. In the belief of witches, "snake" is a very important reference. They think it is a symbol of women, sin, and darkness.After the end of the legendary era, the power of the witches was weakened, and they could not endure the severe cold of the ice field as before, so they left their original residence.

In the witches' own history, the first century AD is called the "Hundred Years Migration".

Witches gradually mixed with ordinary people, but the good times didn't last long. With the development of the holy court, the life of witches became more and more difficult.Until the establishment of the Holy Empire, it became increasingly difficult for them to survive in the country ruled by the Holy Court. The Holy Court could allow astrologers to survive under their own noses, but there seemed to be an absolutely unforgivable line between them and witches.

A group of witches contacted Greira, and through her, they expressed their hope of taking refuge with the king.

If there is any other place in this world that could be a shelter for these heretics, Legrand is the only one left.

"Now, let's talk about the so-called surprise."

After the king read the letter, he knew what the witches were asking for help in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face.

"The ghost ships that your gentlemen of pirates steer are products of forbidden alchemy that astonished the gods," said the devil. "Do you know what they were designed for?"

"Battleship?"

The king had guesses.

"Yes, they were originally meant to be battleships against the gods." The devil replied, and then he suggested to the king, "You can let your pirate gentlemen drive them to hell, where they can be restored to some extent. Hmmm ...It just so happens that we can use them to surprise the lords."

The king thought for a while and agreed to his suggestion.

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Southeastern Legrand, Koth Soya Port.

As the Black Death on the other side of the Abyss Strait receded after the "God's Descent", the blockade of Legrand's southeastern coastline was also lifted.The chambers of commerce, which suffered heavy losses, left the port almost immediately on the hour, hoping to make up for the loss of the blockade for more than half a year as soon as possible.

Free Chamber of Commerce headquarters.

The head of the Royal Chamber of Commerce previously appointed by the king, Mrs. Poisonous Spider and the patriarch of the Dawson family have been busy non-stop since the "Southeast Coast Emergency Blockade Regulations" was lifted.The king's order reached them before the lockdown was lifted.

There is only one core content of the order: after the blockade is lifted, strengthen the royal family's control over southeast commerce.

The king's intentions were obvious. He clearly wanted to take advantage of the impact of the Black Death on Legrand's southeast business to establish the royal family's economic and commercial status.The "uncrowned king of the sea" like the Five-Port Alliance will not have a second chance.During the blockade period, under the requirements of the "Southeast Port Ship Register", the royal family's understanding of the Southeast Chamber of Commerce has reached an unprecedented level.

Affected by the blockade of the coast by the Black Death, almost all the small chambers of commerce in the southeastern coastal area went bankrupt, and the large chambers of commerce also suffered huge losses.

It was at this time that Mrs. Poisonous Spider and Patriarch Dawson received the "Temporary Chamber of Commerce Protection Law" drafted by the king.

It is a "protection law" in name, but it is actually a bill of incorporation.According to this bill, bankrupt small chambers of commerce can obtain royal assistance at the expense of direct incorporation of the royal family.The Great Chamber of Commerce can also obtain preferential tariffs after further concessions.But no matter which one it is, they are destined to fulfill more responsibilities to the king from now on.

After the bill was promulgated, the Chamber of Commerce cursed in private.

Because just before the Godfall appeared on the other side of the Abyss Strait, the blockade southeast of Legrand was far away from being lifted.Merchants looked anxiously at the countless backlogs of goods.

Just before the Holy Court descended, the king issued the "Temporary Commodity Remedy Law", which used a lower price in the name of "relief" to make merchants scramble to sell their goods to the country.

As a result, now, the Black Death is solved.

The Great Chamber of Commerce, which sold the goods to the royal family with the idea of ​​trying its best to save the loss, almost wanted to spit out blood at this time.What made them even more angry was that the king's assistance to those bankrupt small chambers of commerce was to provide them with the goods purchased from them at low prices.

——Oh, they too, they have to hold their noses and sign a series of treaties with the royal family before they can receive the first batch of goods from the headquarters of the Free Chamber of Commerce.

Shameless, mean.

During this period of time, the head of the Great Chamber of Commerce in the southeast scolded the king countless times.

However, the other small chambers of commerce accepted this well-they did not have the strong capital of the large chambers of commerce, and if the king had not purchased their backlog of goods, they would have starved to death in this winter and spring.And there is nothing wrong with accepting the complete incorporation of the royal family. Anyway, they were not doing well after being squeezed out by the big chamber of commerce.

"very nice."

Witch Grella leaned on the railing, watching the merchant ships sailing out of the port one by one.

After contacting the blockade, the Volwe pirates were in no hurry to leave the southeast - they are now also a member of the Royal Navy - but continued to patrol the coastline on the border of Legrand.

This is the order of the king.

On the one hand, they have to hunt down other pirates who want to take advantage of the opportunity to intercept merchant ships after the blockade is lifted.After the Black Death, the business that suffered huge losses could no longer afford the harassment of the pirates.You must know that the merchant ships that have been incorporated are now the king's property, and the king will certainly not sit back and watch the situation where pirates interfered with business routes continue to develop.

On the other hand, they were ordered by the king to be on alert for any possible attack from the other side of the Abyss Strait.

"are you ready?"

The first mate, Charles, had a bit of worry on his face, and hesitated to speak.

"Are you... sure?"

When Greira turned her head, she saw some pirates shrank their heads and pretended to be okay, some of them wiped the decks, some of them pulled the cables... She laughed a little: "You guys don't trust me and Jenny so much, Jenny will be angry. "

As soon as she finished speaking, a guy who was pretending to be fixing the cables tripped over the ropes, and a "plop" that wiped the deck fell from the hole that suddenly appeared on the deck.

Charles smiled, too.

The sky gradually dimmed, and after night fell, all the ghost ships of the Walway pirates—plus one hell-bringer ship—had all returned from their cruises and arrived here.Charles, who needed to stay to deal with things, stood on an ordinary clipper ship, watching the ghost ships at a distance.

Galera stood on deck with Hawkins in her black bonnet.

Charles waved them off as a farewell.

These special ships quietly left the port under the cover of night and sailed to the vast sea. When they were out of sight, a storm broke out.

Jenny has sailed to the uninhabited open sea.

During the storm, Hawkins turned on his gold watch to check the direction.After they gradually arrived at the coordinates mentioned in the letter from the king, Greira saw that the sea water gradually became as black as ink, and in the frenzy of the storm, a huge vortex appeared on the sea not far from them.

The vortex is so deep and black, thick black mist rises from it, and the storm howls out from it, making people feel chilling at first glance.

It seemed to lead straight to hell.

"arrive."

Hawkins said he closed his gold watch and stood motionless on the heaving deck in the storm.

"Go, Jenny."

said the witch.

Without batting an eye, they even drove the boat into the vortex that swallowed everything.

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Hell, Blackstone King City.

The devil knocked softly on the king's door.There is no day or night in hell, and the devil plays the role of a considerate servant, and seems to never tire of it.

After getting the promise and pushing the door to enter, the devil found with some regret that his majesty had already got up and reviewed the documents at the desk—even if the king was in hell, he still had to continue to take care of the political affairs of the world.

"Your battleship is about to arrive, but there is a small problem..." said the devil, "The dock of the castle hasn't woken up yet, and you need to wake it up yourself."

The king put down his pen. He had some doubts that the devil told him about the ghost ship, but actually wanted him to further awaken the castle.

"His Majesty?"

The devil took the cloak from his arm and looked at the king enquiringly.

"Let's go."

The king stood up.

When the devil stepped forward to put the cloak on the king, the king asked a question seemingly casually: "If hell exists, what about the kingdom of God?"

He has thought about this question for a long time.

"There has never been a Kingdom of God."

After the devil put on the cloak for the king, he took a step back and gave an unexpected answer.

"At least... there is no kingdom of God that those guys said."

"what is that?"

"The kingdom of the gods." The devil whispered, "However, after dusk, everything has changed. Since then, the eternal night has resounded, and the heavens have been cut off... What a pity."

Kingdom of the gods?

The king subconsciously thought of something else.

The Holy Court was not the spiritual ruler of the world from the beginning.

Taking the end of the legendary era as the boundary between AD and AD, the king can infer from the history of the alchemists that at least in the legendary era, people believed in more than one god, the Holy Lord.

The Age of Legends can also be called the "Age of the Gods".

The establishment of the holy court should have been in the 1st century AD, and at that time the gods had gradually withdrawn from people's sight, and since then, the number of representatives of the Holy Lord in the human world has gradually increased.In the king's memory, the earliest and clearest record of the display of the Holy Court's power is the history of Blessie.

217 AD.

The predecessor of the Blessie Kingdom, the Crow Kingdom, surrendered to the Holy Court. With the help of the angels, they unified many states on the east coast of the Abyss Strait, established the Blessie Kingdom with a vast territory, and accepted the Holy Court as the state religion. "...the priests drew crosses on the chests of heroes, and the brave knights were invincible from then on." It was from here that the view that the outcome of a war is determined by the Holy Lord gradually took root in people's minds .

This is a more objective origin of the Holy Court.

One thing worth noting...

The origin and development of the Holy Court have always been hidden in the mist.For more than 1000 years, the holy court has spared no effort to combine the holy book with history, and has rooted an impression in people's minds that the omniscient and omnipotent God who is in charge of everything opened up this world, and the will of the gods runs through human history. The development history of Ting is the evolution history of human civilization.

I have to say that the Holy Court did a great job in this part.Countless theologians of the School of Economics have developed theology to an extreme generation after generation, and have found corresponding theological explanations for every major historical event known to mankind.It eventually evolved to the current situation: belief in God runs through all aspects of people's lives.

And earlier, the era of polytheistic belief has been subtly forgotten.All polytheisms have become "heresy".

The king raised his hand and pressed his forehead, feeling that he had touched some hidden truth.

"What does the age of the gods look like?"

he asks.

"The age of the gods..." the devil looked at the king, "the gods are worshiped by different names, and each of their names points to different attributes and different authority. Who doesn't want to hold the ultimate supreme authority? That is a battle. In this age, wolves fight each other."

"What is your name?" the king asked suddenly as he listened.

"I?"

The devil seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but he quickly replied in his usual frivolous tone.

"That's an unremarkable name, and I don't think you want to know, Your Majesty."

The king did not speak, but silently watched his contractor, the devil who always wore a smiling mask and had a black butterfly beside him.The devil finally put away his smile gradually in his icy blue pupils, and became gloomy and cold, like a blood-quenching blade drawn out of its sheath.

for a long time.

"I have no name," said the devil, "I have long since lost it."

The king was slightly taken aback.The devil's voice was very calm, but the king clearly felt that there was overwhelming blood in his words.The moonlight deflected, and the figure of the devil was hidden in the darkness. The king couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could only feel him standing there silently, silent and full of anger.

The room suddenly became quiet.

"That's nothing." The king said lightly, "It's just a name, what do you want?"

The devil looked at him, realized that the king was not joking, and burst out laughing.

The freezing and silence in the air was broken at once, and the devil returned to his handsome appearance, he smiled and bowed to the king: "Then please help me get my name back when that day comes." Go, my dear sire."

"it is good."