A Guide to Becoming a God Starting from a Monastery

If you say that the two sides can coexist peacefully, Thomas will be the first one to not believe it!

There were countless open and covert struggles, countless plots and poisoned daggers involved.

Only the Mamluks now want to overthrow the Fatimid dynasty and take power.

It is easy to overthrow someone, but it is more difficult to establish your own legal claim, declaring that you came to power by will of heaven and in response to the will of the people, and that you are protected by the gods, so you cannot learn from my ways to overthrow me.

Since ancient times, it has been easy to be a powerful official but difficult to be an emperor, because it is difficult to establish your own legal claims.

You have to be like Liu Bang, conquering the world and destroying all those who disobey you, both inside and outside the country, before you die. This is really difficult.

This is also the magic of the Pope, or theocracy - the Pope can really give you legal basis!

Just like Napoleon, although he conquered the entire empire with his own strength, when he really wanted to be crowned emperor, the Pope had to come to crown him.

But the Star-Moon Cultists do not have such convenient means as the Pope.

Therefore, if the Mamluks wanted to come to power, they had to make unquestionable achievements in order to suppress the dissatisfaction at home and abroad.

The best option, naturally, is to retake the holy land.

Therefore, the Mamluks were definitely the most active party in the attack on the Holy Land.

Thomas and the Knights Templar had previously joined forces to launch a series of small-scale counterattacks, retaking some territory...

In less than a year, the Mamluks took it back by taking advantage of the Wolf God.

As for now, we can only say that it is definitely still in a stalemate.

No matter how ambitious the Mamluks were, they would inevitably be frightened for a moment by the sudden appearance of the "Five Knights of Christ".

If you really fight with all your strength, what should you do if ten or eight defenders appear on the opposite side?

"Coach Rostislav, are you saying... that the Holy Land wants to withdraw troops from you to defend against the Mamluks?"

"One possibility," said Rostislav. "It's a feudal obligation, and even Giuliano would find it difficult to refuse."

Thomas understood completely.

Giuliano's capital is too small to withstand the depletion. Once the war breaks out, it will definitely be extremely dangerous.

In addition, even though the lords of the Buyid Dynasty are now in harmony, once Giuliano leads the main force away, things will be difficult to say.

"So, you want to reach an agreement with those 'magicians'?"

Rostislav sighed.

His idea was good, but when he actually put it into practice he realized he was wrong, extremely wrong.

These guys are all crazy and cannot be communicated with!

No wonder the Star-Moon Cultists have ruled here for quite some time, but have never been able to reach any agreement with these lunatics.

Otherwise... well, the situation wouldn't be like this now.

Rostislav now had to admit that Giuliano was his superior.

Giuliano did not agree to contact these lunatics.

It can only be said that although Rostislav is an old mercenary, in terms of vision and knowledge, he is still not as good as Giuliano.

Don't blame him, education is really important.

"By the way, how did Mr. Giuliano know about a place called Sera City?" Thomas asked.

Italy and the Holy Land are very far apart. How did the news get there?

"Ah, you don't know?" Rostislav was a little surprised.

Chapter 27: Chatting 3

"what do you know?"

"Giuliano has special intelligence channels. He's not like us. He's... the illegitimate son of a certain important figure."

No wonder!

This is indeed a world where you rely on your father!

"I don't know, Coach Rostislav... Sensei Giuliano never told me about his family."

Thomas said.

He finally understood it roughly now.

So that's why...

Giuliano has fully utilized his potential.

If he stayed in a monastery or some other church, he would have lived a peaceful life as a church knight.

Although it is very calm and stable, without any danger or trouble, that's all it is.

But once he joined the mercenary business, the situation immediately changed!

Only in this line of work can he fully tap his potential - both in terms of his talents and in terms of his family support.

Of course, forming a mercenary team is not an easy task.

First of all, it is difficult to organize a team.

Thomas had dealt with mercenaries many times before and knew that organizing mercenaries from scratch was very difficult.

The orthodox way is to become a mercenary, join a team, and accumulate reputation and word of mouth over a long period of time. Of course, you also need to accumulate enough money and enough connections. Then you can become the captain of your own team and slowly grow from small to large.

Whether it is the grassroots cadres in the team or the senior and middle-level managers, it takes a long time to slowly get used to each other, get to know each other, and accumulate experience.

Children of nobles can establish a mercenary team in another way, that is, to take advantage of the favorable conditions of their family, let their retainers serve as cadres, use the money given by their family to recruit soldiers, and build a usable team in a short period of time.

Giuliano's condition is somewhere in between.

It is only slightly better than the former, but far inferior to the latter.

Thomas guessed that it was around the time he arrived at the monastery that Giuliano gave up the idea of ​​having an illegitimate son to succeed him.

The reason... is very simple, of course it is because the legitimate son gave birth to a grandson.

Or the second or third legitimate son was born!

At this point, the illegitimate child completely lost the possibility of inheritance.

His family certainly wouldn't give him a large sum of money to recruit people.

So Giuliano took advantage of the monastery's specific geographical advantages and took the initiative to join the Bohemian Civil War, thus obtaining the capital to start his business.

Although Giuliano encountered many difficulties and betrayals during the civil war, he achieved his goal.

He used other people's money to build his own team.

And because of the hard battle, they successfully eliminated the unsteady speculators.

Although his family could not provide him with money and status, they could provide him with intelligence support.

After all, intelligence... well, it's different from money.

If you earn more money, I will earn less, but giving you a piece of intelligence will not affect me at all.

Even Giuliano's brothers who have the right to inherit would not object to such a matter. They would even support it.

Then Giuliano would know that there was such a place as Sera.

Of course, I guess Giuliano didn't think too much about it at first. He probably thought it was a situation he could exploit.

In this world, the classes are clearly divided, but there are still some bugs.

It's like graduating from Thomas Abbey and being able to join the Order of the Sunflower directly with a letter of recommendation - you have to know that this would not be possible under other circumstances.

A farmer's son, wanting to join the Knights Templar as a full member? He's dreaming!

No matter how good your martial arts skills are, you'll be lucky to be a sergeant. You'll be killed, but you won't be rewarded for your merits. You'll only get a small salary.

Thomas joined the Knights Templar because of a bug between Catholicism and Orthodoxy, and was considered a nobleman by default.

Giuliano, on the other hand, also had a bug that allowed him to become a nobleman.

It seems to have no meaning, but it represents a change in identity, and from then on there is greater room for advancement and a brighter future for development.

Thomas guessed that once the BUG was successfully exploited, Giuliano would be able to marry those noble women when he returned and would be eligible to inherit his father-in-law's status.

But unexpectedly, the plan did not change as quickly as expected - Sela City turned out to be a BUG.

This is a rich territory that the Star-Moon Cultists don't want at all!

Even in the war-torn holy land, this place is still an absolutely quiet eye of the typhoon.

After being captured by Giuliano, the Crescent Moon Cultists were too happy to recapture it, and it was impossible for them to recapture it!

So Giuliano simply made the fake play real and stayed there.

That's a good idea.

pity……

Thomas sighed inwardly. Although it was unlikely that anything would happen to Sera City as a whole, Giuliano could not escape his feudal obligations.

The Mamluks were not vegetarians.

Thomas himself had witnessed the fighting power of these Mamluks...

I can only say that the fighting power is very strong!

All Mamluks were selected from childhood, sent away from home to train in martial arts, and led a military life. These warriors were fiercely motivated and religiously inspired, exceptionally skilled in martial arts and obedient to orders, rigorously disciplined, and well-equipped...

If we fight fairly, we can defeat any enemy.

At the beginning, Thomas had to cast a lot of magic on the soldiers of the Knights Templar, and then use wooden golems to help. Only with these two methods could he defeat the Mamluk army at a relatively low cost.

If the Knights Templar had not won the battle, it would have been a pyrrhic victory.

Not only that, Thomas also heard that all Mamluks must learn certain cultural knowledge, master certain military skills, and reach the level of middle and lower-level commanders.

When they are concentrated, they become an elite force, used to break through the enemy lines. When they are dispersed, they become the best middle and lower-level officers, who can form a militia and form a disciplined army in a short period of time.

If it is the Knights of Rhodes, they are indeed not inferior to the Mamluks, especially the Marines.

But, if it was Giuliano's men...

The soldiers Thomas had seen in Sela, though not inferior, were certainly no match for the Mamluks, at least not in equal numbers.

So this city lord...

It’s hard to say whether it’s good or bad.

Of course, from another perspective, Giuliano was a mercenary after all, and mercenaries naturally risked their lives and their lives. If he didn't have that kind of awareness, then he might as well not be a mercenary.

Thomas thought to himself while chatting with Rostislav.

It must be said that even if Rostislav was wary of him, his vigilance was not very strong.

At least Thomas knew a lot about Giuliano, Rostislav and others after their last separation.

However, Rostislav was unable to find out from Thomas what Thomas had experienced in the past few years.

The fact that Thomas became the Grand Commander was indeed too bizarre and unimaginable for a normal person!

Section 28 Selection

At dusk, the two returned to Sera City.

Two people rode on one horse. Although Thomas's horse was a good one, it was already exhausted.

Thomas handed the horse to the inn on the way and went to see Giuliano with Rostislav.

In the city lord's mansion, Giuliano was pleasantly surprised to see the two return safely.

"Rostislav! You're so glad to be back!"

"How are you? Are you okay?"

"Very good," Rostislav replied with the same smile. "Even better, we've solved the problem once and for all."

"Huh?" Giuliano was startled. He turned around and looked around. "Let's go inside and talk."

The three people entered the reception room of the City Lord's Mansion. The soundproofing conditions here were better, and people outside could not hear what people inside were saying.