I, the Lord of the End

Chapter 126, Master of Whispering Words Erebus
The 5018th year of the Holy Empire Calendar, January, Raven Principality.

The Duchy of Raven is located in the east of the Holy Empire. This duchy is bordered by the Kingdom of Rezland to the east, the Duchy of Stag to the north, the Principality of Wolf to the south, and the Central Dynasty to the west. It is located in the Black Forest and is a relatively fertile land.

Even in the more than 5000-year history of the Holy Empire, the Raven Duchy is still the youngest duchy. This duchy was once called the Griffin Duchy, and it remained in the Holy Empire with the fourth Griffin dynasty entering the Falcon Great Plains. With their own name, and as the Sixth Black Eagle Dynasty entered the Falcon Great Plains again, everyone in the Holy Empire remembered the name of the Raven Principality.

It is no accident that the Central Dynasty came into power twice. Although the Raven Duchy and the Bad Wolf Duchy are both under the cover of the Black Forest, unlike the barren land of the Bad Wolf, the Raven Duchy is the birthplace of many rivers. There are fertile river valleys everywhere in the open land, which makes the land output and living conditions of the Raven Principality far better than that of the Bad Wolf Principality.

At the same time, because the Raven Principality is relatively close to the Central Dynasty, every time the Central Dynasty undergoes major changes, the Raven Principality can always go down the river and arrive quickly, which is also the unique advantage of this Principality.

The current Grand Duke Raven is named Otto Raven. He is a tall and slender super handsome guy with blond hair and green eyes. He is generally regarded as a very wise ruler. He is not only superior in personal strength, but also very wise. He is the right-hand man valued by the emperor of the empire. Otto believes that "the Raven Principality is composed of the Raven Man and his imperial brothers", and they should obey the same law and receive the same protection.

The oppression of the nobles on the civilians still exists, and the ownership of the Raven Principality still belongs to the nobles, but the various classes have not formed a complete class blockade - citizens still have the opportunity to rely on military merits, huge wealth, or holding public positions. class.

This is simply impossible in other parts of the Holy Empire, but the Raven Principality can do it, because this principality has entered the Central Dynasty twice, and all the original elites of the noble class have "entered the customs". Those left behind are basically collateral and emerging nobles, without heavy historical burdens, and the Raven Dukes of the past generations were able to transform society.

A large number of remaining aristocratic fiefdoms were taken over by the Principality. The basic system of the Holy Empire was far less influential in Raven than in other Principalities. The real power was the noble bureaucrats of the Raven Court. Govern the country around you.

This principality has extremely strong influence in the system of the Holy Empire, whether it is politics, economy or military.

Even in January, the Raven Principality is still very prosperous, especially near the city. Hundreds of towns are lined up in the cold winter wind along the river network of the Black Forest, like white chess and black chess on a chessboard. Orderly, the Raven people live their peaceful lives by relying on the river network.

The town is dotted with mansions, public squares, circuses, theaters, temples, large baths, markets, and various shops and guilds. The newly built urban aqueduct system and sewer system in the past century are the pride of the Raven people.

In the countryside, small aristocrats and free people and small landlords formed the ruling force of the villages and towns.

Right now, on the road leading to Dark Crow City, a caravan is advancing through the wind and snow. The caravan has about twenty carriages, which are fully loaded with goods. The owner yawned boredly while looking around with vigilant eyes.

This was a relatively urgent shipment, and the Black Forest of the Holy Empire was generally unsafe, so he hired a few elite mercenaries to protect his property.

Gordon, a rough man with a crew cut head, is a typical barbarian. He is passionate, forthright and rude, and he is the leader of the mercenaries.

The short man with a short body and a round head with excellent bow skills is named Eric. He is a keystone hunter. There is also a man with long hair named Uld, who is also a second-level keystone warrior. Unlike the barbarian who wields battle axes, he is a warrior who prefers to fight with a sword and shield.

The three mercenaries are all Raven natives, and they are chatting.

Raven people like to talk about current affairs the most. People here are particularly proud of their status as the backbone of the Holy Empire and the glorious history of two generations of ruling the Central Dynasty, so everyone here likes to express their own views on current affairs.

"The world cannot live without empires, and empires cannot live without ravens!"

———The Raven Man's favorite quote.

This place is not far from Raven City, and it will arrive in a day or two. The barbarian named Gordon has already relaxed. He is sitting in front of a carriage, with one leg crossed and the other hanging down, taking Out of the kettle is a sip of Jager liqueur:

"Wow~ The happiest thing in life is to have such a mouthful when you are out in the field in winter~" The barbarian captain slammed his mouth, and he took the opportunity to stir up the topic: "Speaking of it, do you know the latest news? ? Your Royal Highness, amazing, amazing!"

"The recent wolf purge incident?" The caravan owner got angry when he mentioned it, and he couldn't help showing a little joy: "The wolf's place has always been a difficult place to do business. I went to the place a few years ago. There was a trip there, and the goods were gone, and the people were almost gone, and since then I vowed never to deal with evil werewolves again."

The business environment of the Bad Wolf Principality is notoriously poor all over the world. This is recognized by everyone. The mercenaries and caravan guards around the caravan owner nodded repeatedly. They all laughed and laughed at the bad luck of the Bad Wolf Principality. , Applaud the strong sanctions of Her Royal Highness.

The principalities in the entire empire basically hate the Ravenmen, because the Ravenmen always have privileges in the Holy Empire. They are very rich, but they don't pay much taxes and always receive extra subsidies. They always follow the footsteps of the central royal family, To fight against other principalities, I would rather be a running dog.

The Raven people also hate the people of the Six Principalities. In their view, the Six Principalities are all stupid pigs who fight inside and outside, and they don't have a heart with the Holy Empire at all.

So this time, Princess Celeste applauded everyone in the Raven Principality for the wolf's purge. The imperial princess has gained a high reputation in this principality and enjoys a very high reputation.

"I don't know how much wealth our Royal Highness has seized from the werewolf." Hunter Eric's attention was all on the news of the confiscation of the fief manor. How much will go to our princess?"

"It's none of your business how many will fall into the hands of Her Royal Highness? Eric, who are you?" The long-haired warrior Uld said impatiently: "I'm worried, if the suppression method is too harsh, will you Will it cause a war? It’s better not to affect us Ravens.”

"What are you afraid of? When we want to fight, who is our Raven Principality afraid of?" Gordon the barbarian shouted, "Whoever dares to come, you will be called a wolf? I split his little head with an axe, and then his Dig out the heart, liver and lungs to match my liqueur!"

"Captain, you should talk less!" Uld was still in the same impatient state: "Last time you were drunk in the tavern and uttered nonsense, and you approved the latest announcement of the principality, but you were arrested by the prison. Please go in and criticize and educate for two weeks, you haven't learned a lesson yet?"

"What are you afraid of? I didn't talk about Raven's own business. I just talked about foreign countries. What's wrong?" The barbarian captain Gordon was still reluctant, but he was unwilling to see the caravan owner and his subordinates looking at him. Changed the subject quickly: "Speaking of which, the person next to Her Royal Highness, the young hero named Sid, the guy nicknamed the Punisher, is really amazing! His story can be used to write a knight novel. Parents gave up and went down the river to be adopted by the werewolf when he was a baby, but he was murdered, and he was framed and had to leave the wolf and go to Raizlan to be a mercenary to make a living."

"Five years later, Sekiro returned home and asked His Royal Highness for help. Not only did he succeed in revenge, but a shocking inside story was involved, and he was finally crowned as a disciple by the great priest. What a legendary story!"

"It would be great if we were the Raven people, Your Majesty the High Priest."

"It would be even better if Sid the Punisher was adopted by us Raven People."

"Come on, it's good that he's a werewolf. If he were a raven man, wouldn't he aim his sword at us?"

"Then you can't say that, Uld, we Ravens don't have devil believers."

"Who can tell? Anyway, I don't like that Sid. He'd better not come to my Raven."

Several ravenmen chatted in a hurry, and the journey was not boring.

Until an hour later, a person was encountered in front of the caravan.

An ascetic who travels alone in the ice and snow!
This is a young ascetic monk who is very handsome, beautiful to the point of neutrality, and kills both men and women. He looks young, his sea blue eyes are piercing, and his silver-white soaring braid is very conspicuous in the winter environment , wearing simple burlap clothes, bandages on his hands and feet, and his streamlined muscles are tightly stretched. Anyone can feel the explosive power under his emaciated body.

The ascetic monk stopped in front of the caravan. He folded his hands very respectfully and greeted everyone in the caravan.

The meaning is very simple, he asked the caravan for alms, and at the same time hoped to travel with the caravan.

The caravan guards were very vigilant at first. They all held their weapons and looked at the traveler vigilantly. However, after they saw the traveler's clothes and movements clearly, they gradually relaxed their vigilance.

This is an ascetic!

Seeing that the hostility of the crowd was disappearing, the ascetic monk smiled modestly. He stretched out four fingers and pointed towards the back. His body was ejected more than ten meters away in the blink of an eye. Killed with one blow, there is no resistance at all, even the most powerful kobold prophet chieftain!
The expressions of everyone in the caravan immediately became respectful, and even a little shocked.

This is a heroic ascetic!

Ascetic monks are not uncommon in the Holy Empire. There are a large number of ascetic monks in the major churches of the heavenly gods, especially the Jupiter Church of the Lord of Heaven and the Church of Merit, the Goddess of Medicine, Beauty and Love.

It may be very difficult to meet an ascetic monk of the hero rank!
Ascetic monks are a very special career path. When they embark on this path, it means that they will give up all their wealth and status. By constantly sharpening their will, they will continue to travel in the wilderness to realize their origin. The way, accompanied by their own weapons and unshakable beliefs, and nothing else.

It is their creed that people live to suffer, and it is their code that the body and soul can only be purified through honing.

The statement of high emotional intelligence is that these people must be on the verge of life and death to realize the power of faith and complete the baptism of the soul to make a breakthrough.

The argument of low EQ is that this group of people always torture themselves to death again and again, and they will not stop unless they really kill themselves.

Living like this is very hard, and it requires enough willpower. Most of the ascetic monks disappeared in the wilderness. Only one of the fifty ascetic monks who were beginners could reach the cornerstone stage, and only one of the fifty ascetic monks on the cornerstone stage could reach the model stage.

The hero rank is even rarer.

As we all know, cultivating a wizard requires a lot of material wealth and the cost of magic resources is extremely high, but cultivating a warrior is much easier, all you need is sufficient nutritional intake and excellent guidance.

However, the training cost of ascetic monks is 0.

Except for a few holy days or when they really need to eat meat, most of the time these people even only eat fruits and vegetables, bread and water!

It can be seen from this that it is really rare for an ascetic monk who can push his body and soul to reach the limit time and time again during long wilderness travels to reach the hero level only by relying on bread and water. If he can go one step further, all the churches will canonize him!
The heroic ascetic was immediately respected. The mercenary captain Gordon put his hands together and paid respects to him: "Hello, master ascetic, welcome, may I know your name?"

"Jupiter, everything is for the Lord of Heaven, of course you can know my name." The young ascetic monk bowed slightly: "My name is Erebus, a humble servant of Jupiter."

Erebus?The mercenaries immediately remembered the recent rumors.

"You are the master of words and deeds that has been rumored to roam the Principality recently, Erebus?" Everyone in the caravan was shocked.

"Bless you, travelers." The ascetic monk's face was shrouded in light, he raised his forehead, and golden light glowed from every corner of his body: "Lucky in heaven, you are pleased with me, I protect you, I follow you, Fishermen are like fishers.”

"Welcome very much, Master Huaiyan! We are very happy to be with you!" Before the mercenary captain could consider it, the caravan owner said without hesitation.

There was an extra ascetic in the caravan.

He was dressed simply. When the mercenaries were wrapped in thick padded jackets, Master Erebus was only wearing a thin linen singlet. He even walked barefoot in the snow. He refused to sit in the carriage. He could walk faster than a carriage with only his legs, and begged for food from the caravans one after another. He only ate the simplest black bread and water, and other than that, he praised Jupiter God's name.

His practice method shocked everyone in the caravan. When they stopped to rest, Master Erebus also stopped and sat cross-legged, two platinum flames flowed down the headless chest on his chest. The broken arm angel pendant flew out, and his whole body was about 30 centimeters above the ground, half floating in the air like this, his young face was still as smooth as an egg under the blow of the wind and snow.

Sacred platinum rings swirl around the master's body, enveloping him in a psychedelic aura.

The jobless people in the caravan gathered around Erebus unconsciously, hoping to gain a sense of security from him, while the caravan owner and the mercenaries thought of the statue in the temple.

Master, please guide us!

In the anticipation of everyone, Master Erebus began to lecture. He folded his hands together, and every word he uttered from his mouth was like a holy word.

"Blessed are the poor in spirit. For theirs is the kingdom of heaven."

"Blessed are those who mourn; for they shall be comforted."

"Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth."

"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled."

"Believe in our Lord Jupiter, pastoral friends, He is our only salvation." Master Erebus spread his arms, and he was mad with excitement: "Praise him, our Father in heaven, praise God host!"

"Praise the Lord of Heaven!" Everyone in the caravan said enthusiastically.

Master Erebus clasped his hands together again, and he smiled to signal the crowd to disperse. His sea-blue eyes were full of wisdom and a faint smile.

What, my level of lectures is also very good!

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