Four-Armed Divine Emperor

Then the maids came over and pulled the two of them together without saying anything.

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Go somewhere to dress up again and get rid of its external "constraints".

"Prepare to receive...the gift of the Father..."

The strange look in the bald priest's eyes was Lady Catherine's last memory of the past. As for Miss Dolores, who was traveling with her and was "brave and courageous" and was entrusted by others to find out about the secret cult of the Father, she had been frightened to faint.

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A party is over.

A ceremony that was "extremely sacred" to the participants also ended.

Everyone participating in the ceremony was extremely excited and tried to calm their emotions to avoid being spied on by outsiders. Of course, even if outsiders saw these local tyrants and dignitaries in Mashhad getting excited, they would only think that they had reached some kind of interest transaction in this event which was obviously not just a "banquet".

After all, this banquet that brought together almost all the important figures in Mashhad could not just be a gathering to eat, drink and have fun, right?

Conspiring against Iskhanid law?

Support a great prince?

Invest in the eastern part which has been essentially divided?

Or they may decide to stay at home and protect themselves, waiting for the winner of the chicken-eating competition in the entire Alan Empire to break through the siege, and then declare that they are "following the will of heaven" and declare their allegiance to the new ruler and center of the empire.

With so many conspiracy resolutions, there must be a few.

A party can’t just be about having a party.

Everyone knows this.

But no one paid attention to the fact that this banquet took place almost at the same time as Mashhad broke away from the influence of the Islamic Khanate and began to secede. The local powerful people gathered here and held a "holy conception ceremony" together, which was absolutely blasphemous in the eyes of Orthodoxy.

This was no longer heresy in the eyes of ordinary people. Just the things displayed in this ceremony were enough for the floating city wizard who discovered this to immediately ban Mashhad and send the White Tower army to search the place three feet to capture him.

But after even the main local wizards and dignitaries were quietly infiltrated, approached, and transformed into new "brothers and sisters" by the "Sons of the Father", it was destined that the floating city had become essentially blind and deaf to this place and could not pay any substantial attention to it.

Honoring the Father can spread stealthily and quickly, spreading rapidly among humans.

Ai'er gained another province with a population of hundreds of thousands of people and a place of faith.

As for the so-called "Holy Conception Ceremony" and "Holy Conception Mother", they are rituals created by the descendants in the process of developing the sect. Their essential purpose is to show the power of "Father God" to the participating believers through secret gatherings, and to bestow "blessings" to make them more supportive and believe in this mysterious deity.

The power of psychic energy can see into people's hearts. Any existing defensive measures of the mages are like being naked and defenseless in front of it. Therefore, it is basically impossible for people with ulterior motives to sneak into these gatherings and discover abnormalities. All people participating in the gatherings, at least at that time and on the spot, are absolutely, very loyal and fanatical believers of the Father... Unless, the priest presiding over the ceremony deliberately let in a "slippery fish".

For example, Lady Catherine and Miss Dolores were asked to spy on the gathering of dignitaries in Mashhad Province, and they accidentally discovered that under the banquet, there was another strange secret gathering.

Catherine originally did not want to take Dolores too deep, after all, they were just women. But after discovering that this gathering did not seem to be a men's home ground, and many dignitaries entered with their female relatives, she got excited and plucked up the courage to blend in, trying to discover the secrets. Her actions were not only invisible in the eyes of the priests, but also so conspicuous in the eyes of some other fanatical believers. However, the bald priest, Al's good son, thought that these two people could please his "father" after discovering their existence, so he deliberately kept them at the end, and also used them as tools to crack down on mortal believers.

The so-called "branding" and holy conception are special rituals created by descendants in the process of missionary work to promote the belief in honoring their father.

The former is to use psychic energy to leave four arm marks on the believer's body, and the latter is a forehead...

A means of searching for high-quality mother bodies for the father of the tribe, while combining it with rewards and gifts for mortal believers.

The famous families who believe in and worship the Honored Father will select a woman with both talent and beauty from the tribe, who is recognized by the priest, to be the main body of the ceremony as a "maid". After the offspring of Ai'er begin the ceremony, the "Father God" Ai'er, who sits on the throne far away in the Serso Mountains, will cross the long distance and descend to the venue with spiritual power so powerful that it is getting closer to the level of a "true God". After "review", if Ai'er favors the recommended woman, he will leave his seed in the body of the "maid", which will grow rapidly through his power, reach the size that can be seen in the first pregnancy, and give birth to offspring within a few months.

The woman who successfully conceives the "heir of the honored father" is revered by the believers as the "Holy Mother". In addition to the nobility of the fetus in her belly, the more important point is that during her pregnancy, the power of Ai'er will descend here, and at the same time will bring "gifts" to those mortal believers who serve her fanatically.

The power of psychic energy will change the bodies of these mostly mortal believers in every way. Aging can be reversed, illnesses will be cured, and even the incurable defects of the mages will be invincible in the face of the "Father God".

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Even the impossible power will be restored.

Lifespan is a defect that a wizard cannot make up for unless he is truly extraordinary. Even if secular dignitaries use all means to make up for it, it is just like scooping water out of a big ship full of holes, and ultimately cannot change the fact that it will eventually sink.

Compared to the endless enjoyment that can be brought by immortality, eternal youth, and a peak body, the blessing of God that enables mortals to master extraordinary powers is not what the powerful and wealthy care about most. Only those in their prime and young people may be more inclined to choose "power".

As long as the mark on the body does not disappear, the blessing of the Father will not leave - Al is very generous in this regard, or it may be said that this does not mean anything to him now.

Change and power, the former is permanent. After all, even if he wants to take it back, it is just an easy matter. Once you accept his psychic power, you will be branded by him and will never be able to escape his control.

The latter can only be considered "temporary" before their "contribution" reaches a certain level. Those who have mastered power through blessings, whether they are mortals or mages, will devote themselves to the missionary work of the Father with devout enthusiasm after the mark fades - often when they have experienced the beauty of power and the sect needs them to carry out activities, and strive to develop and attract new believers, even if it means deceiving their classmates and friends to come and bathe in the "glory of the Father" together.

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Ai'er wanted to move from the universal will of billions to one, a "natural god" belonging to the four-armed tribe, to the path of a personal god, supreme but retaining his own self. He gave up the unlimited transformation of tribes and instead began to develop mortal believers whose abilities were far inferior to those of his descendants. Naturally, he would face many problems that his descendants would not have.

For example, loyalty.

When those who attended the meeting were blessed and gained power, they undoubtedly had "loyal faith" in God the Father. However, after leaving the sight of the Sons of Ai, who were "priests", as time went by and they came into contact with all kinds of things, it was impossible to say what new ideas they might have.

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What the descendants have to do is to absolutely ensure this, at least when Ai'er is confident that his current strength can completely match the threat faced by "enemies of the whole world", to ensure the exposure of the tribe, just like in a small game that spreads the plague, to reduce the "mortality rate" to prevent the virus from having too high a mortality rate and affecting its spread. What the Four-Armed Tribe has to do is to reduce "exposure" and prevent the main forces of this world from discovering the existence of the tribe before reaching a certain level.

Therefore, every time they preached in a place, the descendants did not start by taking the "upper" or lower level route.

Instead, first choose the “top” route which is the most difficult but also has the greatest rewards.

They would use the old connections of their brothers who already had the status of mages before they were given a new life through blood. When trying to infiltrate a place, they would first contact the local extraordinary people who represented the existence of the "White Tower" in a sense. Then, when they found the right opportunity, they would reveal their disguise and launch a "raid", which would hit the target and transform them into a member of the tribe.

It is definitely not an exaggeration to call someone who can reach this level an elite, so it cannot be considered an ethnic group overpopulation. Once this stage is successfully achieved, it means that the power of the local ethnic group has completely encompassed this place in the shadows and is in its hands.

It is not uncommon for powerful believers to choose to inform on others after careful consideration. Generally, there are two situations:

First, he contacted the powerful mages in the area, hoping that they would pass the information back to the floating city and attract its attention;

The other is trying to directly "reach the ears of heaven" through other means. The Floating City has been "ignoring and holding on" to the mortal world for a long time. Except for a few prestigious robed mages (mages who frequently contact and communicate with the Floating City), most people do not have the qualifications and channels to directly contact the Sky City.

Although the Floating City does not discriminate against spellcasters who put on mortal attire and begin to indulge in pleasure and worldly pleasures, in the eyes of the Floating City, they have also lost the most important thing for a seeker of knowledge, from apprentice to master: "curiosity".

With a thirst for knowledge and the ability to execute to satisfy that thirst for knowledge, a mage, even if he is as weak as an apprentice, still has a "promising future."

The training of the floating city is not like the test of time and space, or the army crossing a single-plank bridge. It should be said that it is like the endless sea of ​​learning and the hard work of sailing. Once you swim to the shore (seventh ring) and have the initial ability to set foot in the star realm, you can be considered to have successfully trained one. As for those who can't swim halfway, choose to give up, or are attracted by other things, in the eyes of the floating city, they are just "wasted seedlings."

It is a cornerstone that maintains the system of the White Tower or the Floating City - the secular world, and the magician - the mortal world. As for whether it has other functions, they will no longer pay attention to it unless they think of it. In this way, the Floating City will naturally no longer invest more energy in this type of magician.

It is enough for them to exist as "supernormal people among mortals". As long as their power is not used to destroy the order of the White Tower, they will not restrict their behavior and let them do whatever they want.

As local mages who are known to the powerful and influential, most of the extraordinary people they can come into contact with are secular mages who have been labeled as "failed the second semester" to some extent by the floating city.

Because going to the White Pagoda may require review and inspection, generally speaking, except for a few people who are obsessed with research and become otakus,

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Except for special cases like madness, most mages who have stayed in a realm for a long time and have not been to the White Tower for six or seven years will most likely rarely take the initiative to go up there in their lifetime, at least to the floating city where they studied. Their extraordinary resources are obtained through offerings or by docking in places like Babylonia, which is extremely prosperous and has a "Palace of Wisdom" floating city above its head. It is one of the few areas with a very small gap between the mortal world and the floating city.

Being able to directly contact the floating city is undoubtedly a sign of honor for a mage.

This proves that he has strong connections there and is favored by mentors, committees, etc.

Therefore, even if there is a report about "the remnants of the Witch King making a comeback" or "a shocking conspiracy to overthrow the White Tower", it would be a very difficult task for a powerful local official with connections.

And the result...

It's nothing more than a few ignorant corpses, or in a swift action, those unsteady ones transformed into the most loyal slaves of the father - gene slaves. These castrated futures unconditionally obey their masters - any offspring with nobler bloodlines than theirs. The slave status is specifically designed to deal with this situation.

When all the channels leading to the "sky" in a region are controlled by a tribe, this area becomes another piece of fat meat to be slaughtered and digested on the road of tribe expansion.

He controls the powerful by means of tricks and lures them with huge benefits. Sometimes, Al quite likes these corrupt people who are full of all kinds of emotions and desires. If he has to rely on the prayers and thoughts of "believers" to maintain balance and maintain his "harmony between man and nature" in the feedback brought by the growing ethnic group, then such a guy whose piety and loyalty are always flawed and who always puts his own interests above the worship of his father seems so "cute".

Sometimes, under Al's instruction, those who chose to inform the wizard through the wizard, and then saw the "Holy Father God Priest" and the honorable wizard standing together, looking at themselves with a strange look, burst into tears, and tried their best to confess their "weak faith" to the Father and the priest, often received the only forgiveness. After all, the Father was so great and omnipotent, and this "betrayal" - no, how could mortals be qualified to talk about "betrayal" to God, this was just the foolish behavior of mortals, and it was all in His deep and vast thoughts.

The Father is a God who is merciful to all mortals. He will give believers at least one chance to repent and "know the true faith."

By relying on various means, as well as the dimensionality reduction attacks of the Irfanshi natives by the extraordinary tribes outside the domain, the vast Alan Empire has now become home to tens of thousands of independent princes of all sizes, and there are also thousands of provinces and achievements that do not pay homage to the central government and do not obey the emperor's orders.

Among them, those who secretly worship the respected father and are puppets controlled by the "Romans" behind the scenes have reached almost half, and the number is still increasing rapidly. After all, as long as there is a suitable opportunity, a "secret meeting" with the leader of one side can be held, and an absolutely loyal "insider" will appear in the blink of an eye. In order to be absolutely safe and secure and not reveal any trace of the spread of influence, this is already developing at a very slow pace.

Of course, no matter how covert the Four-Armed Ones were, there were eyes that noticed them, at least the outer shell they were in: the "Father Honoring the Father Sect."

By chance, some lucky or unlucky people would sometimes discover clues pointing to a "Father-honoring Secret Cult" that was rapidly developing within the empire. As a distinction from the superficial covering, any normal person with discernment could tell that the true form of the sect lay beneath that outer shell.

Catherine and Dolores were commissioned by such a "smart man" who asked them to find out some information about the gathering of dignitaries in Mashhad. It happened that he had come across some information about the "Father Honoring Cult" before and revealed it to the two women, and they were involved in this incident.

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Edward is an "Ashe".

Of course, strictly speaking, he is not an internal member of the Ashes Organization, but a "mercenary" serving the emperor's intelligence organization. He is a child of a prominent family with a good background, but only a side branch.

Shafasha's intelligence organization is omnipresent within the empire. Although this cannot reverse the continued decline and decay of the Iskhanfa Center in the overall situation, as long as its overall structure has not reached the point where it is paralyzed and it is difficult to move a finger, and the Ashes' organizational structure is still intact from top to bottom and forms a unified whole, then no one within the empire can ignore the threat posed by Shafasha's hidden blade.

They may not be able to prevent the change of dynasties and the overthrow of the empire with their own loyalty and ability, but their efforts have undoubtedly slowed down such a process to a great extent...

Ashes has pawns and spies throughout the entire Zoroastrian social hierarchy, and peripheral members like Edward who secretly "cooperate" with Ashes, as objects of mutual use, can occasionally play a significant role.

Edward's family was not based in Mashhad, which was the territory of his mother's family. As a collateral branch of the family, he was not valued much in his family. His father had six sons and eight daughters, and Edward's mother was only his father's third wife. He was the fifth of six brothers, with one younger brother and two younger sisters.

Such an identity basically said goodbye to the big thing of family inheritance, but Edward didn't care much about it.

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It shows his intelligence, uninhibited nature, charm, and willingness to commit suicide.

He had a bad reputation in his hometown because he inherited his great talent for beauty from both his parents. He was extremely handsome since he was a child and was deeply loved by men, women, young and old in the clan.

And little Edward obviously made full use of his advantage in this regard.

As he grew older and his behavior became more dissolute, he soon turned the public's "love" for handsome men into a complex feeling mixed with contempt, envy, gossip, hostility and other psychological factors.

He likes women too much.

Most women like him too.

Zoroastrians have a tradition of marrying close relatives to ensure blood purity and to strengthen family ties. They are also relatively open about sex. But even so, what Edward did within the family was too disgusting.

His brothers, who were determined to fight for power and become their father's main heir, had intended to support Edward's romantic affairs, thinking that such a bohemian younger brother would reduce a competitor for them. However, before he could establish his own family, his own family had been stolen - Edward had scandals with almost all of his four brothers' wives and concubines, whether they were favored female slaves or wives married in a formal ceremony, that is, the women he should call "sisters-in-law".

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This is a rumor in the outside world, and naturally, it is no longer a secret within the family.

Aunts, cousins, and even sisters... Edward's romanticism and his temptation of women made the men in his family and hometown very disgusted.

Because even if this aspect is more open, after all, the Zoroastrians are still a slave civilization in the magical Middle Ages. The emphasis on private property and bloodline makes Edward's behavior so hateful in the eyes of men - it's okay if you cheat once or twice!

As his four elder brothers went out on business one after another, Edward simply gathered together his sisters-in-law and his brothers' female slaves and held an open-hearted meeting, which repeatedly trampled on the bottom line and dignity of his relatives. So he could not stay in his hometown anymore. In order to prevent his brothers' revenge, although generally speaking such things would not lead to "fratricide" and make his brothers suspected of killing their loved ones, he would definitely be made to feel uncomfortable and might even be imprisoned... Anyway, as long as the person is not dead, he can be dragged out to show his face occasionally, and outsiders will not care about what he has encountered.

So Edward decisively chose to run away.

He has a good appearance and great charm. He has good connections in Mashhad, where his mother's family is from. He comes here for a short time each time and has no time to offend anyone, so he simply chooses to seek refuge in Mashhad.

As for secretly collaborating with Ashes...

It was also due to various coincidences, and each side got what it needed.

He needed Huijin to provide him with convenience in certain aspects. For example, it was Huijin's people who told him that his brothers could no longer tolerate his recklessness. Huijin's intelligence organization found that before his second brother returned home, one of his men went to buy a medicine that could silently "disable" a man.

Obviously, it was mostly for him.

When his third brother learned that his most beloved new wife was playing master-slave play with his brother-in-law while pregnant, he was furious and sneaked back to his hometown with his men that same day. If he was caught, well... Edward's romantic life was not entirely for the pursuit of happiness. He was actually using this method, the most covert and unnoticeable "whispering", to gather some information among the nobles, and use it as a bargaining chip to hand over to Ashes.

And Ashes secretly assisted him in some areas. Even if there was an opportunity in the future, Edward might be able to stage a "return of the king" and get rid of his brothers to seize the inheritance.

He was not idle when he came to Mashhad for refuge. He often used his charm to seduce local celebrities and ladies. However, after learning from his mistakes in his hometown, he restrained himself and did not completely replicate his style in his hometown. Instead, he became more secretive.

If that were the case, Edward would have been able to thrive in Mashhad. His charm was not only for women. Similarly, in the eyes of those men who had not yet shown hostility towards him for being "too romantic", Edward was also a very handsome man.

Homosexuality is not uncommon in the Alan Empire, and handsome men like Edward are also very popular among the same sex. Many times, he is even invited by his host to go to the noble's mansion to participate in "entertainment" activities together.

But the romantic Edward, the little "Don Juan" of the Alan Empire in the Il world, finally ran into big trouble in Mashhad.

He was settled in Nurd, the capital of Mashhad Province, which was the center for the province to break away from the Iskandarian law, act independently and implement separatist activities.

Edward was originally just a playboy, and after he ran away, Ashes didn't pay much attention to him. But in just a few months in Mashhad, the top leaders seemed to have suddenly reached a consensus and reached a separatist plan with extremely fast efficiency, at a speed that was difficult for outsiders to detect and react to.

Edward, on the other hand, inexplicably became a hidden pawn who barely "infiltrated" the rebel system, so he was once again valued by Ashes, who hoped to infiltrate the situation in Mashhad as much as possible through him.

Unfortunately or fortunately, the two beauties, Catherine and Dolores, one big and one small, became the lovers they secretly loved and sent them to a dead end without knowing it.

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