goddess of revolution

Chapter 311 What a Naive and Stubborn Queen

"Your Majesty, you must beware of Duke Prior, he has a big problem."

In the Kingdom of Valentine, on the top floor of the royal palace named "Fort Shield", a middle-aged man with a thin face and facial features like cast iron said to Theresia.

Teresia, who was reviewing the document, didn't even look up, and replied with a protracted and rising tone.

The middle-aged man said: "I also understand that in the eyes of others, as a lost sinner who has just regained his righteous faith, attacking his colleagues is obviously slander. But my loyalty to the Lord and His Majesty prevents me from remaining silent."

Teresia wrote non-stop: "Brintor, you can give up your position as a loyal bishop, risking the threat of God's punishment to punish you, and even hinting at Youxiang's dark inside story, this is enough to prove that you loyalty."

"I'm ashamed," Brintto, the once loyal Bishop of the Holy Court Valentine and now the queen's personal advisor, sighed, "I can't say a word about the inside story."

"This is enough, enough for me to guess the true face of Youxiang. In the end we will overthrow the dark rule of Youxiang and let you be free." Teresia put down her pen and said with a faint smile: "So, I believe Your words are out of Kaim’s righteous faith and for the benefit of the Alliance of Order, so go ahead and say it.”

Brintor bowed gratefully, and then said solemnly: "Lady Scarlet has a paladin, and this alone should arouse our vigilance."

"Your Majesty, you should know that justice has a noble personality in faith. Whoever possesses justice means that he has an attempt to create a certain order. The reason why Longde, the god of justice, split his will, is submitted by Erxiang Theological Seminary. The secret report believes that it is because Longde is trying to pursue eternal justice through the law, which is encroaching on the root of our Lord's belief in order, so..."

"The paladins under my lord are essentially paladins. This is the manifestation of my lord's power to dominate the order of mortals. Now there are paladins who have converted to the red lady, which means that the red lady has also begun to get involved in justice. This is in line with my lord's power. Order has clashed."

Teresia was stunned, and said with emotion: "Brintor, before you came, no one had been able to give me advice on doctrine and theology. This made me miss Bishop Ruen very much. It's a pity that he... In short I am very relieved."

"As for the paladin you mentioned, I knew about it a long time ago, but I didn't think it was so serious. When I was studying "History of Theology" at Youxiang, I saw some clues in the materials. Later Bishop Ruen also told me that the paladins were not created by Longde. In the Dark Ages, many good gods had paladins. Justice is not unique to any god, but only puts faith in judgment and judgment. After a high altitude, a force that naturally arises."

"Your Majesty's knowledge makes me admire," said Brinto, "but it was a dark age, and the current order belongs to our lord and is unique. The order of our lord is the supreme justice, and other good gods get involved in justice. Violation of our Lord."

Teresia shook her head: "Brintor, the reason why I didn't appoint you to take any position in the Alliance of Order is that I hope you can correct the misunderstanding of the Erxiang Church. Kaim is with me, what He asked for It is my original heart. My original heart tells me that the order we need is to return to simplicity."

She got up and left the desk, paced leisurely and said: "What is Su Su talking about? It is tranquility, tolerance and freedom, rather than oppressing everyone with one belief, which means that there must be a powerful church to realize this. Isn’t the target the current Youxiang?”

"Get rid of the incense, get rid of the church, people only need to rely on the temples around them, and the priests who volunteered to face the gods, and the world will return to simplicity. At that time, the world will be very exciting, and the beliefs will be diverse. Diversity. But without the church, the will of the gods will not be distorted, and they will not directly interfere with the lives of mortals, but the people will live and work in peace and harmony."

"Brinto, you should have seen it when you were still in the court. In places where the court has no influence, or has little influence, the people's beliefs are different. Alanis believes in Gondos and Longde and Sachdon believe in the goddess of commerce and the god of the sea, while Redstone believes in the dragon god, the god of wasteland, and the gods of fallen races. If there is no oppression from the gods, wouldn't their lives be very good?"

"The same is true for Lady Scarlet, Li Qi... the Duke of Pryor, is working hard to develop the Godfall Plateau. Even if a new kingdom is established in the future, it will be no different from the previous Alanis."

"The new order that Cam seeks is a world where everyone lives their own lives, worships their own gods, and lives in peace with each other."

Brintto stared blankly at Theresia, as if looking at a beautiful and sacred picture scroll that would never exist in reality.

After a long time, he sighed in a low voice: "However, in the oath made by the Duke of Prell when he summoned the paladins, there is the creed of overthrowing all oppression. This means that he, or Ms. Scarlet, does not agree Such an order."

"Yeah," Theresia smiled bitterly: "To overthrow all oppression and liberate all slaves, he and his goddess have long expressed such beliefs, and I am not surprised by this."

She looked out of the window, her eyes were a little confused: "Noble or poor, big or small, strong or weak, everything has a hierarchical order that must be followed. The simplicity that I...Cam is looking for is based on this foundation. The belief of Lady Scarlet is indeed true. There is a tendency to destroy this foundation, because it is too pure, or too naive, it will attract paladins to convert, as a power to judge and judge everything."

"But what's the difference between Alanis, Sachdon, and Redstone? The combination of clear sky, wind, rain, thunder and lightning is a complete celestial phenomenon. Plains, depressions, and mountains are a complete land. As long as Not a weather, a terrain, even if somewhat dangerous, is a necessary part of the world."

"I finally understand why my lord is with His Majesty," Brinto said with deep emotion, but he did not give up admonishing him: "In this case, Your Majesty should treat Duke Pryor the same way he treated Alanis. Request He has fulfilled his obligations as a member of the Alliance of Order, not what he is doing now, dissociated from the alliance and immersing himself in developing his own power."

Teresia's face was slightly gloomy: "Li Qi is my vassal rather than an ally. I gave him the power to open up the Godfall Plateau. It is extremely difficult to open up a career. It is very difficult for him to become a veritable duke within ten years. Not bad, let alone a sinister place like the Shenyun Plateau."

"As for the obligation you mentioned, his contribution is already enough. In the case that I have drawn three more legions to support Sylvie, we can still surround Valentine because he has provided a large number of unnecessary magic powers. The division's magic cannon. Of course, Brintto, you have also given us great help by turning from the dark to the bright."

Brintto bowed again, expressing that he did not dare to take the lead. He said persistently: "But he didn't send a single soldier to participate in the battle. When our strength was tight, he didn't do his best, whether it was a vassal or an ally. obligation."

"Li Qi's situation is very special..."

Teresia became a little impatient: "And his contribution to me...to the Alliance of Order far exceeds your understanding. I don't know who influenced you, so I just fixed my eyes on him. Speaking of obligations, my allies are increasingly letting me down."

Hearing that the queen began to doubt the motive of the remonstrance, Brintto dared not continue: "It seems that I know too little about the Duke of Prell. I made a slip of the tongue, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

He changed the subject and said: "As for the allies, because of the continuation of the war, they have indeed encountered great difficulties. Many countries have begun to forcibly recruit professionals."

"is it?"

Teresia sneered: "Then I don't understand why the royal families of these countries train new professionals in the name of Reserve Officer Academy, Magic Servant Academy and even Adventurer's Guild, leaving a large number of elite professionals in their hands , but forcefully recruit those professionals who are mixed in good and bad, or even make up for the number, and hand them over to me?"

Without waiting for Brintto to answer, she shook her head and sighed: "If you want to say that Li Qi's harm is not his actions and beliefs, but his words. The things he said at the alliance meeting last year, the king and the grand dukes actually said It was done behind the scenes."

"Some countries, such as the Principality of Norton, openly cooperated with the Mage Federation and established the Royal Mage Academy without my approval or discussion with the Alliance of Order. "

Brintor whispered: "Your Majesty, you should know the reason..."

"Of course I know, that's why I'm having a headache!"

Teresia became angry: "We are fighting on two fronts, and we still need twenty... no, thirty legions to capture Valentine's Cathedral! If the next goal is to capture Youxiang, we need a A hundred legions! Kings and princes are beginning to fear the price of war! They have become timid and have become stagnant!"

"Yeah, the order I want is for everyone to live their own lives, because everyone is selfish, which contradicts the needs of the current war. But without winning the victory, how can such an order be established? Can’t the kings and grand dukes figure it out? Once the Alliance of Order fails, will they be able to keep the wealth and resources they hold tightly in their hands?”

Brintto also sighed and said: "The king and the grand duke understand this truth, but everyone looks at others and cares about how much others pay. Naturally, no one is willing to give up everything. And the king and the grand duke are indeed facing difficulties. They just It can gather power from the nobles below, and the nobles are also in the same situation with each other."

Teresia showed a sarcastic smile: "It's intercepted layer by layer, and there won't be much in my hands, right?"

"If Your Majesty insists on not integrating the Kaim Church and relying on the Church to organize its strength, there needs to be a practical solution to this problem, not..."

Brintto said sincerely: "Only rely on His Majesty's call."

After dismissing Brintor, Teresia came to the window and looked at the distant sky.

Where the sky and the sea meet, the silhouette of a majestic mountain can be seen faintly, that is the Valentine Cathedral.

This nominal cathedral is actually the largest fortress complex in East Fern.Its predecessor can be traced back to the military fortress built by the magic empire in the first era, and in the next few eras, it has been the eastern gateway for the mainland to resist the invasion of Bennu's forces.

In the era of the Tudor Empire, Fort Valentine became the bridgehead for the empire to attack Bennuin.After the collapse of the Benuin people and the collapse of the empire, it became the center of the loyal court in East Fein.

In common people's understanding, the name "Valentine" has always been equivalent to "Valentine Cathedral".As for the Kingdom of Valentin, it was because Erxiang didn't want this eastern stronghold to develop into another Erxiang because of Heyi, so it stripped off most of the population and land and supported a kingdom.Even so, the kingdom is still a vassal of the cathedral, and the candidate for the king can be decided by the cathedral.

The palace shield where Theresia is located, no matter in name or in reality, is the outer barrier of the fortress group more than 100 kilometers away.

Now Teresia's army stopped at this barrier, facing not only the army of the Valentine Kingdom, but also the forces of Gawain, Rim, and Candace in the north.In addition to the Holy Court troops of the Valentine Cathedral, there are a total of sixty or seventy legions, an army of nearly [-] professionals, and their strength is stronger than that of Teresia.

If it hadn't been for the Dawn Star's certification of the oath of the Broken Tower, and the rebellion of Bishop Brintol, who originally presided over the Valentine's Cathedral affairs, which made the opponent's morale low and made it difficult to take the initiative to attack, Teresia's situation would be much more difficult than it is now.

The current situation is not much better. If Sylvie doesn't defeat the orc army as soon as possible and stabilize the situation in the west, she will have to switch from offense to defense.At that time, who knows what will happen to the situation.

"A practical way..."

Teresia frowned and pondered, worrying about the stretched troops.

Brinto's previous words flashed through her mind, and she suddenly felt that besides the magic cannon, Li Qi could actually give her more help.He developed smoothly in the Shenyun Plateau, and even had paladins, even if he only supported a brigade, or even just a saint, he would feel relieved.Tang En told her that the army Li Qi currently controls is probably close to two legions, and there are several saintesses in his church.

"No, I promised him..."

As soon as the idea of ​​sending him a transfer order arose, she suppressed it.Although the letter of appointment did not specify whether he would recruit his army and church personnel, and although as a vassal, Li Qi also had an obligation to contribute to her, she felt that she and Li Qi had a tacit understanding, and she would not step over that line.

"You can't continue to rely on him..."

The idea of ​​asking him for advice was also dispelled, the difficulty was only temporary, and Kaim was with him, how could it be blocked by such a small threshold.

"The purpose of introducing another force at the beginning was to solve the current problem."

She finally remembered some other people. The power of these people can be used, yes, just used, not relied on.

Teresia stepped into another room behind the study and opened the book of trade winds.

A moment later, an elegant beauty with black hair and silver eyes appeared.

The legendary female magician smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Hathaway is at your command."

The conversation between the two lasted for a long time. When Hathaway mentioned the "Noble Council", Teresia seemed very unhappy. The two argued for a while, and Hathaway gave up helplessly.

In Alanis, under the mountains next to the grassland, a magic tower towers into the sky.

In the communication room on the top of the tower, Teresia's head disappeared, and Hathaway rubbed her forehead and moaned.

"What a naive and stubborn queen..."

She muttered, and then smiled wryly: "It's very cunning, and it's forcing us to come out. But the situation in the Storm Islands is still a mess, and there's nothing we can do."

After thinking for a while, she said helplessly: "It seems that I still have to discuss it with Prior. He knows Theresia best and knows how to stroke her hair."

(End of this chapter)