[Vene: This guy! It’s this guy! Irelia, hurry up, kill this bastard! ]

[Phyllis: Your Highness Venetian, please calm down. He is representing the Holy See to eliminate pagans. What reason do you have to kill him? ]

[Vene: I don’t care. If I were Irelia, I would die right now along with Clement.]

[Phyllis:?]

Now that you put it that way it’s hard for me to disagree.

[Felice: Irelia, hurry up! If you really love Ash, die together with Clement and avenge Ash! ]

“…”

Two lunatics.

Irelia didn’t bother to pay attention to them.

These two guys have a clear plan and are just hoping that her trick will end soon, right?

It is impossible for Irelia to give up easily after fighting for so long. Besides, the current situation is still favorable to her…except for the threats from the Sea Clan and the Holy See.

After thinking it over, she didn’t act rashly.

The regional management rights are in Ash’s hands, so it would be better to let Ash handle this matter.

[In January 1786, Clement stationed 1 Holy See troops on the pretext of exterminating pagans.]

[In February, Clement attempted to enter the Holy Legion’s base to search it, claiming that he had discovered the whereabouts of pagans. He was stopped by the commander of the legion, and a small-scale conflict broke out between the two armies. Afterwards, Clement publicly stated that he suspected that there was a connection between the pagans and the Holy Legion.]

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[In the same month, friction arose again between the Holy See Army and the Holy Legion.]

[Public security in the Frankish region has declined, and public morale has declined.]

[The public security in the Boshilan region has declined, and the people’s morale has declined. 】

[The public security in the Kospar region has declined, and public morale has declined. ]

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As she watched the messages pop up one after another, a layer of frost appeared on Irelia’s face.

[Weinei: I told you to just kill this guy, otherwise there will be no peace.]

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[Phyllis: If Clement incites the people of the three kingdoms to attack the Holy Legion, it will be troublesome. There are only 40,000 Holy Legion troops stationed in the three kingdoms, right? ]

The 40,000-strong Holy Legion is certainly extremely powerful, but it is still difficult to manage the three major regions. Now it is achieving the effect of indirect rule through local nobles, but if the Holy Court intervenes, this stability will be immediately broken.

By then, it is not impossible that the Holy See will accept the management of the three major regions on the grounds of eliminating pagans.

【菲利斯：说起来，亚修居然没动静？】

Irelia also found it strange. Given Ash’s temper, even if the Holy See had attacked him head-on, he should have shown some reaction even if he didn’t fight back.

She suddenly missed Ash’s “World Trends” skin, it was really cool.

【薇内：亚修在做什么？】

Ash is busy.

Franconia, suburbs.

into the night.

On a wide meadow in the woods.

The stone altar stood tall, with bonfires burning on both sides of the stairs. The flames swayed in the wind, and the woods rustled.

On the altar, there were strange magic patterns carved. Scarlet blood poured out from the cup, and the arcs activated the patterns one by one, emitting a strange wine red color.

“Great Khorne, the god of war and slaughter, courage follows you, glory is the gift in your palm, darkness lurks in the shadows, and light also submits to you. You are an existence beyond everything. Push away the fog, witness the truth, and come to the world!”

“Great Khorne, God of War and Killing…”

Ash’s chanting echoed in the empty altar. Around the altar, Khorne believers knelt on the ground with their hands and heads bowed to the ground, making the most pious gesture.

Until one moment, the blood light on the altar shot up into the sky, emitting an extremely strong and terrifying blood-red power!

boom! ~~

This blood-red power actually fell directly on Ash!

“Khorne!”

“Khorne!”

“Khorne!!”

The believers shouted.

【The sacrifice was successfully opened.】

[Sacrifice: 0/8888]

【祭品条件：祭品实力达到1阶以上。】

“Success?”

Ash pondered for a moment, opened the character’s attributes, and saw a special blood-red mark on it.

[Mark of Faith (Khorne): The faith of the followers will be concentrated on you.]

A faith buff, but it is in an inactive state.

“Strange, how come faith comes to me? I am not Khorne.”

Forget it, this is not important.

The important thing is that the sacrificial action was successful, the altar has been opened, and now it’s time to throw blood-red sacrifices into this grand ceremony.

Ash opened the map and marked the base of the Holy See army in the Frankish region – the actions of the pagans, sacrificing the Holy See’s followers of light as sacrifices to the great Khorne… How pleasant to hear!

……

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第一卷 : 第74章第66章 血祭血神，颅献颅座！【5k求月票】

【1786年2月，红衣主教克莱门特在法兰克郊外发现一处恐虐神教的祭祀现场。】

[‘This is a cruel blood sacrifice. When we arrived there, we saw piles of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. The cruelty of the Khorne pagans is beyond imagination. People of the Rhea continent, never believe their words. The glory of the Mother Goddess of Life will shine on everyone who believes in Her faithfully. For the evil believers, She will grant the grace of death. ‘——Clement]

＄∪sOU:蚆⒌〗７＊～liu〗√⑥≤％③泀四⑵ [In the same month, Clement issued a comprehensive search order, covering Frank, Persilan and Cospar, and ordered the extermination of all Khorne followers. Anyone and anything related to pagans will be subject to the most severe sanctions of the Holy See. ]

[At the end of February, the Khorne followers attacked the Holy See garrison, resulting in the death of one hundred members of the Holy See.]

[In early March, the followers of Khorne attacked the Holy See army again, resulting in the death of 3 members of the Holy See.]

【…】

Seeing the messages pop up one after another, Irelia was in shock.

“These pagans are too…”

crazy?

sharp?

what is this else?

She couldn’t describe it.

But she knew that in the past, all the pagan forces of the Holy See had never dared to confront the Holy See army head-on. In most cases, when the Holy See army came, the pagans hid here and there, and then were eliminated bit by bit.

But this group of believers were different. They took the initiative to attack again and again, and even killed so many people from the Holy See.

That’s the Holy See army, not those random guys from the Ten-Nation Alliance.

[Felice: So what exactly is Khorne? I’ve never heard of it. Is there really such a god? ]

She actually didn’t believe it before, thinking it was another organization that used the name of God to achieve its own goals.

But now it seems not.

If such a god does not exist, then the crazy behavior of these believers cannot be explained at all.

[Anonymous: It is best not to try to understand this unknown existence, because once you become interested in it, you will be caught up in it involuntarily.]

[Phyllis: Is it that outrageous? ]

[Anonymous: This is the power of faith, curiosity, exploration, knowledge, following, and even madness. The more you understand, the more you will feel that everything about Him is normal, including the crazy behavior of those followers. Then one day you will look back and find that you have already become one of them. ]

[Phyllis: Hmm… What you said makes me feel a little uneasy. ]

[Weinei: I understand! ! ]

【Phyllis: What do you know? 】

[Vene: Ash deliberately allowed these pagans to develop in order to contain the power of the Holy See! ]

Seeing this, Irelia thought for a moment and thought that perhaps it was just as Vene said.

All in all, she felt comfortable seeing the Holy See unhappy.

Moreover, the situation on the South China Sea front gradually began to improve with the joining of the Holy Legion led by Navitt.

Feeling better!

[In mid-March 1786, a large number of Khorne followers began to take action in the Frankish region to spread their doctrine. ]

【Cardinal Clement personally led 20,000 Holy See troops to encircle and suppress the pagans.】

[Prince of the Purple Spirit Kingdom, Ash Engre, expressed his full support for the Holy See’s crackdown on pagans, and the next day he transferred the Holy Legion stationed in Frank.]

“…”

Irelia’s mouth twitched slightly.

No, you give full support and then transfer the troops away?

What kind of support is this?

However, this further confirmed Irelia’s thoughts. It was obvious that Ash was going to reap the benefits.

[In late March, 3 troops of the Holy See fought with the followers of Khorne in the Frankish capital, and more than half of them were killed or wounded.]

this…

Irelia smiled slightly.

All the previous ones were attacks, but this battle is a head-on confrontation. The 3,000-strong army of the Holy See, with their equipment and strength, is enough to easily defeat tens of thousands of troops from an ordinary principality, but they can’t defeat a group of pagans?

This isn’t an attack, is it?

[In April, the existence of a person called “Pope of Khorne” began to spread in Frankish territory, and followers of the Khorne Cult shouted the name of the Pope to spread their faith.]

[The title of the Pope greatly stimulated the Holy See. Cardinal Clement said that there is only one Pope in the Rhea continent, and there should be only one faith. All those who try to undermine the stability of the continent and despise the majesty of the Mother Goddess will be sanctioned by the Holy See.]

[‘Their victory is only a fluke and temporary. Victory will eventually belong to those who are illuminated by the glory of the Mother Goddess. ‘——Clement]

[In early April, the Holy See issued a message to warn everyone to beware of being brainwashed by the Cult of Khorne and becoming a pagan.]

[Felice: Poof~ Shame on you! In terms of brainwashing ability, who on the continent can compare to the Holy See? ]

Irelia agreed with this, but this was the first time the Holy See publicly responded to the affairs of the Cult of Khorne, proving that they also took this matter seriously.

[In mid-April, the Pope of the Cult of Khorne made his public appearance. ]

In the palace of the Frankish royal city, a huge magic projection made the Pope’s figure appear extremely huge. He was wearing blood-red armor, holding a big sword, and facing the royal city.

城内子民们纷纷抬起头，神色错愕。

The Holy See army that was searching for the pagans also stopped and looked at the shadow in the air in surprise.

【‘吾乃教皇，追随于恐虐脚步前行，在神赐予的勇气与荣耀下探索人世的真理。’】

The huge projection held the hilt of the sword with both hands and spoke slowly in a hoarse voice.

[‘Pride, jealousy, rage, laziness, greed, gluttony and lust, the roots of human nature and desire are destined at the moment of birth. It is a part of us, but the Holy See defines it as a crime, depriving us of the right to exercise our desires, and thus feeds people and makes them slaves of divinity.’]

[‘All the brave ones, take up your weapons. Khorne will grant you courage and glory to defeat those who attempt to oppress you. From now on, you are no longer heretics defined by the Holy See. War is no longer a cruel killing of the living. It is progress! Conquest! It is the journey towards the evolution of civilization! ‘]

[“——Praise Khorne!”]