A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

However, the flames could not completely destroy all information. Some traces at the scene still indicated that a fierce battle had broken out here.

"Talona..." The figure uttered a slight sound of surprise. "Killed?"

They were killed and their bodies burned.

This is almost impossible.

But this is the only judgment we can make at the moment.

"He was killed... Who could do such a thing? How could it be possible..."

I just came here to check the progress, but I didn't expect to get a big surprise.

"This is terrible. This matter must be reported immediately! But the elders will be furious, right?" He smiled with some gloating.

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On the other side, after Thomas walked out of the underground palace, he chatted with Rostislav as they walked.

Rostislav's experience was far less complicated than Thomas's.

Rostislav had left with Giuliano after being betrayed during the Bohemian Civil War.

He left with a whole team.

This team has been tempered by the flames of war. All those who should have betrayed have done so, and the remaining people are willing to follow Giuliano. In the end, Giuliano proves that he is indeed worthy of everyone's support.

They spent several years in Italy and participated in several wars.

Although Giuliano is an excellent martial artist, his military tactics are actually even better.

Most importantly, he is strategic.

Know what are the pitfalls, and know how to avoid them. Where are the advantages, where are the big profits!

After several years of hard work, the entire team not only did not suffer any losses, but actually made a lot of money. They had more people, more money, and newer equipment.

Then, Giuliano chose his target accurately.

He brought his team to the Holy Land and easily earned the title of "Jihadist".

Giuliano captured the inconspicuous little town of Sela and was directly named baron by his superiors.

This is almost impossible elsewhere.

Because the circle of aristocrats, especially the circle of titled aristocrats, is not something you can just squeeze into if you want to.

Although the ancestors of every noble relied on swords and followed the monarch to establish a country, and thus obtained the noble title by dividing the land.

But that's in the past.

In this era, even if ordinary mercenaries fight and kill all their lives, they are only fit to be dogs of the nobles.

A dog is always a dog and can never be compared with its owner.

Unless it is really with the blessing of Christ, there are very few examples of mercenaries being canonized as nobles.

Only in the Holy Land, under the intense external pressure, people have become so hungry that they have no choice but to pick up vegetables in the basket.

Anything is fine as long as it can help fight the increasingly powerful Crescent Moon enemies.

So Giuliano led his troops to capture the city of Sera from the Crescent Moon Cultists and was immediately named baron.

The entire team immediately rose to prominence, from mercenaries to the regular army of the kingdom.

Rostislav was even given the title of "Knight".

This old mercenary is now a genuine noble.

The real thing, absolutely no fakeness.

Of course, Giuliano had anticipated the counterattack of the Crescent Moon Cultists.

In fact, Giuliano had no intention of being tied to Sela at the beginning. According to his plan, he would get a noble title here and then leave.

With a noble title, many things will become convenient.

For example, marriage.

However, perhaps with Christ's blessing, things will go much more smoothly than Giuliano imagined.

The Star-Moon Cultists were completely under no military pressure. It seemed that after losing Sela City, they had no interest in taking it back.

It is said that the King of Kings on the opposite side is in a succession crisis.

People among them are fighting for power and profit, and they have no time to care about small places like Sela City.

Another possibility is that it is related to the Plague Witch...

In short, the lords of the Buyid Dynasty, which borders Sela, did not show any hostility towards Giuliano.

Their border garrisons also did not launch any counterattacks or lose any territory.

It seems that rather than saying that they lost a piece of territory to Giuliano...

It's more like they thought losing Sela was a good way to get rid of a burden. Their lord even took the initiative to come and sign a secret trade agreement with Giuliano.

The reason behind this is most likely related to the legend of the Plague Witch.

It must be said that although the plague witch was notorious, Rostislav's investigation revealed that there was actually no plague worth mentioning in this place.

Yes, the legend is weird and scary, but in fact there has never been any major plague breaking out in this place.

Upon realizing this, Giuliano immediately changed his strategy and turned to developing the economy, promoting commerce, and renovating the castle...

Anyway, I plan to stay for a long time.

You can't blame Giuliano. For mercenaries, there is always a problem.

That is, mercenary is a career with no future, or in other words, it has limited future.

The normal fate of a mercenary is death on the battlefield.

This is a very good ending for some people, but unfortunately, not many people agree with it.

Most people still hope to die in bed.

Another ending is that when you are old, you retire and return home with your accumulated wealth.

Unfortunately, even though mercenaries can earn money, when they return home injured and discharged, they often have almost no money. They spend it all on bad habits like alcohol, gambling, and prostitution.

There's no way around it, almost all humans are like this.

Only a very small number of mercenaries with great talent and strategy, with the help of fate and under the protection of Christ, can transform themselves into nobles and become the masters of a city or a place.

And Giuliano is clearly that kind of person.

All those who followed Giuliano benefited greatly. To use Thomas's words from his previous life, this would be called a class leap!

The only problem now is... Giuliano doesn't have a suitable successor yet.

If there is a suitable heir, then everyone will be satisfied. Everyone's wealth will be guaranteed.

But this problem will not last long.

Because Giuliano had already married the daughter of a nobleman.

A bride in her twenties.

In this era, age was never an obstacle in aristocratic marriages; power and wealth were.

Rostislav himself was planning to settle down here and marry a wealthy young widow.

The author says:

Author's words: Reply to fellow reader Wudi Zhanlong: Thomas has already learned dual swords, as mentioned in Chapter 3, Section 344.

Replying to a reader, Frozen Earth: Wolf God really didn't consume much. Thomas's situation is rather special.

Chapter 26: Chatting 2

The two men had already reached the top of the mountain at this time.

The village chief's daughter had run away - Thomas didn't care.

Running away is her best option and the smartest choice.

Thomas came to the horses and untied them.

He did not leave empty-handed, but used the spiritual field to take a few items from the underground palace.

It should be noted that these lunatics who play with poisons and diseases are all poor.

Thomas used his spiritual field to search but couldn't find any jewelry or other valuables. Finally, he found two magical items in the room where Rostislav was trapped, where the woman named Tarona was conducting experiments.

One piece is a sealed metal bottle containing some liquid.

The other piece is a metal rod.

Judging from its appearance, this is a stirring rod, the kind I saw in a chemistry laboratory in my previous life, used to stir liquids.

Of course, there are two more trophies. One is the magical poison sword, and the other is the recipe for the drug used by the villagers - but these two are another story.

Although Thomas is a spellcaster, he is not a true magician. His vision and knowledge of magic are very limited.

He could sense the magical energy within it, but he couldn't deduce the purpose of either.

I just played with it in my hand all the way.

Thomas felt that this kind of thing might really require the help of an expert - fortunately, Giuliano had a magician by his side.

I can only try to give it to that guy for identification.

After stuffing the two items into the dimensional bag, Thomas noticed Rostislav's gaze.

"Thomas... your bag... is it a magical item?"

"Ah, yes," Thomas replied. "A dimensional bag."

Rostislav had an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Magic items?" he muttered.

This was the first time he had seen a magic item...

The little apprentice from the past actually has a magic item now?

Magical items were commonplace to Thomas. In fact, he was covered in them.

But Rostislav obviously had little knowledge in this area.

"Incredible stuff..." Rostislav finally muttered under his breath.

He actually wanted to take a closer look, but he also knew that Thomas's dimensional bag was not something that could be shown to others for appreciation.

The two of them shared a horse, but their speed was still acceptable. They could return to Sela City by dusk this evening.

"Coach Rostislav, Teacher Giuliano said you came here privately this time?"

Sitting on the horse, Thomas began to discuss another topic.

"There's nothing we can do," Rostislav sighed. "We have to do something."

"doing what?"

"We have many troubles," Rostislav replied. "The Mamluks, for example."

"Mamluk?" Thomas immediately remembered the information he had obtained when he was the Grand Commander.

The Holy Land was effectively under attack from three sides. Each of these three factions was incredibly powerful, and wouldn't be defeated in a one-on-one duel (even with the entire Christian world providing support). Therefore, even without coordination, the Holy Land's situation was becoming increasingly difficult with three against one.

But although they are all Star-Moon believers, there are actually some differences between the three.

Or it can be understood this way: the only ones who were truly ambitious and wanted to destroy the Holy Land in a short period of time were the Mamluks.

The Seljuks in the north were no longer a concern - they had been crippled by Thomas. It didn't matter what they thought.

For at least ten years, they won't be able to do anything. After that, it's unclear whether they can pose a threat.

The Buyid Dynasty was relatively Buddhist.

It’s not that the Buyid Dynasty posed no threat to the Holy Land, but that their threat was relatively small.

This may be related to their internal affairs - apart from anything else, the famous Assassin assassin organization is located within the territory of the Buyid Dynasty.

Although the Assassins were segregated in the mountains, at least the King of Kings claimed that this place was his territory.