The city of Rohr, an eastern province of the Empire.
As the largest city in the eastern part of the empire and the capital of the eastern provinces, the situation in the city of Rohr is very chaotic at the moment.
The Cult's Order of Flame Warriors took control of the entire city many days ago, expelling the Imperial Axe officials here.
Originally, there were 30,000 garrisons stationed here, but unfortunately, the eastern provinces of the empire were worthy of being the most powerful areas of the Divine Cult, and in the entire eastern provinces, the believers were the most devout and the largest in number.
Even among the original defenders, there were quite a few devout believers in them.
Of the 30,000 defenders, 5,000 were devout Cultists, partly because the Cult had deliberately infiltrated the local garrison in the eastern provinces of its stronghold to strengthen its penetration into the Empire.
It can be said that in the city of Luoer, where the cult of God is deeply rooted, the political axe loyal to the imperial family has been defeated, and the army has been defeated without mobilization, and the 5,000 devout believers lurking in the army have taken the lead in mutiny.
In this case, the local defenders did not play any role.
After the Cult took over the city of Ror, it immediately released the officials of the municipal axe and some of the nobles who had been detained.
It was also the center of religious rebellion in the eastern part of the empire.
Since these days, a large number of Flame Warrior Regiments have moved closer to Luoer City, and preliminary estimates show that the maximum strength here once reached 100,000 people.
Not counting the militia of devout believers, some believers, and mutinous Imperial soldiers.
With the city of Rael as the center, a large number of flame warrior regiments spread in all directions, igniting the flames of this rebellion of the Cult of God everywhere in the eastern provinces of the empire.
In less than a week, more than half of the territory of the eastern provinces fell under the control of the Cult.
Now on the walls of the city of Luoer, there is no longer a thorn flower banner that symbolizes the imperial power of the Bright Empire.
The Governor's Palace, which had belonged to the provincial governor, had been burned down, and new authorities had been established in the former religious offices.
From time to time there was a line of militia groups wearing Cult armbands, dressed in white robes, with pointed hats, and holding swords and weapons taken from the armory of the local defenders, acting as former security patrol soldiers.
From time to time, in the central square of the city of Röhr, there are also missionaries who give all kinds of impassioned speeches and agitations, of course, in which the royal family of the Empire of Light is invariably described as a blasphemous group and a criminal group that violates the will of the gods, and the core of evil.
Traces of decay can be seen everywhere on the streets of the city.
There are traces of the fire, collapsed houses, piles of garbage on the streets, and hurried pedestrians.
Obviously, as a purely religious organization, the Cult of God did not have the ability to govern a city, to put it bluntly, as a purely religious organization, and although they relied on their entrenched power in the eastern provinces to seize control, they were a brilliant saboteur who drove out the imperial officials, disbanded the institutions, and broke down the system that drove the city to run, but did not build an effective new machine.
A band of fanatical religious activists turned the city into a center of religious fanaticism, and even the huge statue of Emperor Abbasid the Great that stood in the center of the downtown square was torn down.
The stones were smashed and transported to the city walls, and as a military preparation for the coming holy war, the Cult of the Gods even began to openly distribute weapons, recruiting devout believers from among the common people to take up arms and join the ranks of the armed rebel empire.
It is a pity that the place where the weapons are sent every day is only a few responders, even if the missionaries shout loudly, and in a week less than 300 people are gathered, and more than half of them are still some ruffians and scoundrels who participate in the lucrative military pay.
Of course, no matter what, the whole city of Rohr is shrouded in a frenzied religious atmosphere, and in every corner of the city, you can see militiamen with armbands, you can see all kinds of slogans, you can see the garbage piled up on the streets because of the political axe, and the new political axe agency set up by the Cult of God is busy with major matters such as jihad, and has not yet divided its energy to manage such trivial things as street garbage.
It can be said that in most of the cities in the Eastern Province that have been controlled by the Cult, the situation is the same as that of the city of Rael.
Of course, there is another characteristic of the Eastern Province, because this is the traditional influence area of the Divine Cult, and the outbreak of the "Holy War" here, the blood clan power in the entire Eastern Province is unprecedentedly weak, and it is almost completely extinct A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly out of the west gate of the city of Roll, and the window of the carriage was lifted to reveal a pair of charming eyes, looking at the busy militia and the conscripted craftsmen above the city.
"Alas, these madmen."
A graceful voice in the car seemed to sigh: "Do they think that these chaotic rabble can withstand the elite army of the Empire?"
There was a long queue at the gates, and the crowds of people waiting to be checked in and out of the gates were extremely crowded.
The new gate control system established by the Cult of God two days ago has added a new gate tax.
Originally, after the Divine Cult dispersed the imperial officials, they obtained a large amount of property from the local political axe, but it was obvious that the gods did not know how to dispose of these funds.
After spending a lot of money on repairing the city walls, recruiting militia, and hoarding military supplies and weapons, they suddenly found that their pockets had bottomed out In desperation, they began to collect taxes Not only was the traditional religious contribution tax increased by 30%, but there was also a fee to enter and exit the city gates.
It was clear from the expressions on the faces of those waiting to enter and exit the city gates that they were very dissatisfied.
The old skeleton once said: After all, religion is an ethereal thing, and once it comes to the practical interests of survival, most people will abandon that empty piety.
After all, there are only a handful of fanatical religious elements in this world.
"A bunch of idiots."
The people in the carriage looked at the angry pedestrians and sighed sincerely: "Since you have gained control of the city and a large number of territories, the first thing you should do is to find ways to buy people's hearts, don't those gods and cultists even understand such a simple truth?"
The carriage gradually moved westward, away from the city of Ral, and the people in the carriage opened the window, revealing a pretty face.
"How long will it take for us to get to the place west" The delicate voice with a bit of seemed to be born charming, this woman who spoke was none other than Nice, who had left Roddy and lost a trace for many years Nidine wore her long hair tied back casually at the moment, wearing an extremely simple coarse cloth dress, her face seemed to be a little thin, and her wonderful eyes were also a little tired, and she had lost a little bit of her look.
The coachman turned around and smiled: "Miss, we'd better go south for half a day and then go west, now the west is in chaos, I heard that there was a disaster in Panka City the day before yesterday, thunder and fire fell in the sky, and the whole city was destroyed, and now a large number of troops are rushing there, alas, I said Miss, now the entire eastern province is in chaos, you better be careful."
Nidis smiled slightly, and she seemed to sigh in a low voice: "There are so many flame warrior groups here, for me, it is the safest, at least, there will be no blood clan guys here to trouble me." ” After a pause, she laughed loudly, "You said that Panca City was destroyed by some natural lightning bolt, so what's going on?"
"Shhhh After a pause, the old coachman sighed: "Didn't you say that the Divine Cult represents the gods, why did the heavens send thunder and lightning to destroy the city of Panka, alas, I heard that there is nothing left in the entire city there, and all of them are in ruins."
Alas, there are so many people there, and so many people have died in this moment, pitiful."
After speaking, he raised his whip.
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Nitis listened curiously and smiled, "Oh, I heard you say that you have noses and eyes, is there really such a thing?"
"Of course," said the coachman in a low voice, "don't you know that a lot of strange things have happened in the eastern province in the past two days, I have heard that there are many villages, often overnight, people suddenly die, and in other places, there is obviously a mountain, and after a night's work, the mountain suddenly disappears."
I don't know what the hell is going on.
Those Flame Warrior Regiments don't care, even if they are the garrisons of the former Empire, they still have to go down and patrol everywhere often.
But these gods and cult guys, they usually look glamorous, they are gods when they open their mouths and close their mouths, but they always reach out and ask for money these days, I don't understand, why do the gods want so much money?"
Nidith couldn't help but laugh when she heard him say something funny.
The coachman saw his beautiful passenger laughing, and he was also energetic, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice: "Damn, I will be asked for a tax of five copper coins when I go out of the city gate, if it weren't for the more money you gave me, I would have lost money on this trip."
Alas, I hope Duke Tulip will bring someone here as soon as possible to get rid of these godheads who want money to die, they are simply vampires."
When she heard the word "tulip", Nice's face darkened, and then she fell silent and stopped talking.
The wheels rolled, all the way to the west, and after walking for a while, they went to a fork in the road to the south.
Nitis looked outside in the car, and at the moment it was full of wilderness, with only a few low hills in the distance.
She laughed, "Where are we?"
"It's almost there, turn around a small town in front of you."
When the coachman said this, his tone became a little nervous, and he said in a low voice: "Miss, you don't know, this place was haunted the day before yesterday, you see" He pointed to a hill in front of him, and said: "Do you see that hill was originally connected, but now it seems that there is a broken piece in the middle, right?"
Nidith looked where he was pointing, and sure enough.
The hills that were supposed to be connected seemed to have been dug up in the middle.
She laughed, "So what?"
The coachman shook his head again and again, "It's different, it's different, you know, when I walked this road a few days ago, the mountains weren't what they are now, they were originally in a row."
As a result, I heard that just the night before, there was thunder and lightning in the sky, but it was really strange, there was no thunder and lightning in other places, but the thunder and lightning in the sky gathered here and smashed desperately on the ground, and as a result, it smashed a gap in the hill.
"Oh," Nice's brow furrowed, and a solemn expression appeared on her face.
The hill in the distance is not high, only a dozen meters in appearance, and it is the kind of low hill unique to the east.
"Could it be that the army of the empire is coming, and the warlocks in the army and the warlocks of the Divine Sect are left behind" Nydith muttered to herself, and then said with relief: "What is the matter with me, I am just wandering around now, and I don't have to worry about anything, as long as I don't meet the blood clan, it has nothing to do with me who they fight."
Thinking of this, a smile resurfaced on her face and said, "Then, since you know that this place was haunted the night before, you still dare to take this road."
The coachman laughed and said: "Miss, I'm a rough man, although I don't know much about things, but good horses don't eat back grass, I still know what you think, even horses and beasts know the truth, don't ghosts and gods know that hehe, good horses don't eat back grass, then ghosts and gods won't go back, the day before yesterday, there was trouble here, it is estimated that it will run to other places to make trouble, so ah, we take this road today, it is the safest" Although the coachman spoke rudely, he was also quite funny, and Nidith talked nonsense with him for a while, feeling a little tired, so she smiled and said, "Okay, I'll rest for a while, I'm in town ahead, you wake me up, I want to go down and buy something." ” The coachman laughed and said, "Okay, turn the small hill in front of you, and it's a town, miss, you can rest, and I'll call you later." ” Nitis nodded, retracted into the carriage, and lay down in it to take a nap, but her heart was aroused by the "tulip" of the coachman today, although it was rest, but her mind could not be quiet for a moment, one moment thought of the tall back of the man, one moment remembered the bright smile on his face, and the other time she remembered the scene when he broke in when he was bathing at sea that night.
One moment a smile on his face, a moment of sighing.
I don't know how long it took, but as soon as Nydis was dazed and a little sleepy, she heard an extremely sharp scream outside Years of being hunted and killed made Nitice immediately vigilant, and she got up as soon as she turned over, pulled out a short knife hidden in her boots and held it in her hand, pushed open the window and shouted, "What's wrong?"
Now that the carriage had stopped, Nitis pushed open the window, and saw the coachman sitting in his seat, staring dumbfounded To be continued: