Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 648: The Holy Spirit descends on the West Coast, and the golden light spreads across miles (seeking votes)

Byron has the ability to split himself into two separate bodies. The two of him currently in the Corridor of Truth did not rush to respond to the invitation from the Zoroastrian Empire, and they were not even preparing to go back.

One will be in charge of staying in the Queen's bedroom of the Lighthouse Federation Desert Empire, and the other will accompany the Golden Deer on a round-the-world voyage.

He just ordered the heavy cruiser fleet to slowly rush back and clean up the third circulation belt along the way.

Anyway, with my father-in-law and the [Pirate City], [Fearless] and [Blue Dragon King] in charge, there is no need to worry about any problems on the way.

It took my father-in-law, whaler Jack Harold, and his ship, the Black Pearl, more than ten years to walk step by step from Anchor Bay to the Mermaid Kingdom.

If I hadn't followed his lead, I wouldn't have been able to get to where I am now in just a few years.

Therefore, my father-in-law and his "Black Pearl" deserve the supreme honor of "the first person to pass the Echidna Triangle Circulation", and his contribution to mankind should be remembered forever by all countries.

Byron benefited from it himself, and he did not hesitate to give face to his father-in-law.

Anyway, he has another honor to take.

After taming the Winter Tyrant and appointing him as the escort of the Third Gyre, responsible for monitoring the movements of the Hundred-Headed Dragon Mother Tiamat, he returned to Overlook Harbor with Violet.

Continue to study and debug the "artificial ship spirit", and urge domestic arsenals to work overtime to produce various weapons needed by the Lighthouse Federation.

The nine Byrons in three continents are seizing the opportunity to exercise constantly.

Each of Byron's experiences and training results will be gathered together, just like a normal person training his arm strength, waist strength, and anal exercises separately.

At night, I do sit-ups, small three-in-one, binary opposition, and after entering the sage time, I practice the "Ethereal World". In daily life, I jump into the sea.
The altitude continued to rise, one thousand meters, one thousand one hundred meters, one thousand two hundred meters, and he could clearly feel the all-round progress every day, which was his greatest motivation.

“Even ordinary people who work like slaves don’t need any powerful cheat codes. As long as they can digitize their daily gains, they can see how much progress they have made every day and how far they are from achieving their goals.

The probability of success can be several dozen percentage points higher than before.

This is the charm of the game! We are already 70% done with the preparations for the opening ceremony."

Among the three major prerequisites for the promotion of demigods, the most critical main priesthood [transformation] has already been achieved.

The other two conditions are to sublimate 25 points of spirituality into immortal divinity;
As well as more than one million believers, the Kingdom of God must have at least 1000 followers [Storm Angels], and let them work together to push the Kingdom of God to ascend and float from the edge of the world to the material world.

Byron doesn't need to worry too much about his clan. As long as the religious war continues, his clan will be able to gather together slowly, and the number of believers has already exceeded dozens of times one million.

To sublimate the [Immortal Divinity] one needs to obtain the relevant authority and priesthood and continue to perform the duties. The spirituality and the ladder of immortality will be beaten by the power and blessed by the thoughts and wishes of the believers, and they will gradually merge.

This job is not difficult, it just takes a lot of effort.

The process can also be greatly accelerated by consuming Soul Gems mined from the Rust Belt.

There was no need to mine the resources themselves; Cleopatra had already prepared for all three of them the top-quality stock that the Desert Empire had collected over the years.

All is ready except for the opportunity!
They didn't have to wait long. A few days later, the kingdom guardian [Lord of the Nest] John Hawkins, who was urged repeatedly by Byron, came to Yuanwang Port with his cousin Drake Francis.

Also traveling with them were Hawkins' ghost ship, the Screaming Banshee, and his wife, the ship girl ghost Jenny.

This guardian of the kingdom does not have many other pursuits and hobbies besides fishing.

Hawkins feels that nothing could be better than living and eating on the boat, being able to move at any time, and his wife fully supports his fishing hobby.

My lifelong dream is to become a skilled angler who can specialize in big fish and catch the biggest and most valuable fish in the world.

Being able to challenge the big fish in the Storm Ocean made him feel excited and heart-pounding.

He still understands the principle that "the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish."

Hawkins, the true Undead Knight, and his ghost wife live in perfect harmony with each other, making his cousin Drake Francis on the ship seem increasingly redundant.

Before leaving, Byron patted him on the shoulder:

"Mr. Francis, when we complete our voyage around the world, you will report to the Admiralty.

As a fourth-level lighthouse sequence navigator and third-level great wizard, it is time for him to stand on his own.

I believe that your name, [Dragon] Drake, will resound across the sea sooner or later."

Drake straightened his back immediately, saluted Byron and said excitedly:
"Yes, Your Majesty."

Who in the entire empire doesn't know that the Imperial Navy is the most promising one right now? The King's right hand is the most valued?
By the time he finishes this round-the-world voyage, he should be able to become a close minister to the emperor.

Your Majesty, you don't need to draw this cake, I can do it myself!

"lets go."

Byron gave the order.

The legendary battleship [Golden Deer] and the ghost ship [Shrieking Banshee] sailed south from Yuanwang Port.

Going around Cape Agulhas, the southernmost end of the Corridor of Truth, we continued eastward and northward, and sailed into the Ocean of Storms along the relatively calm "World Serpent Celestial Circulation Belt".

At their speed, if there is no continent in the deep Ocean of Storms on the opposite side, the entire journey might only take more than two months to see the west coast of the Beast Paradise.

Of course, this is not what Byron wanted to see.

In addition to wanting to open up new overseas territories and become the complete "Sun King".

There was also a glimmer of inexplicable expectation in my heart, wanting to see whether there was another familiar ancient civilization in the easternmost part of the world.

In addition to the necessary naval soldiers and Deathwing, the only officers on the ship were the commander of the guards, the honest Eight Fingers, and a fourth-level incarnation of Violet.

Other officers including Bruch, Gus, Alfred and his party have all returned to the North Sea Empire with the fleet.

Circumnavigating the world is important, but that is where the center of the power struggle among the top humans will be for some time to come.

A few days later, when the Whale Hunter and his Black Pearl returned victoriously to the Iron Anchor Bay in the North Sea, their fame spread across the continent.

Byron, who had been staying in the royal capital Kingston, appeared with the large fleet to prove that his "real body" had also successfully returned to the empire.

Pushing open the door to the Flower Mountain Paradise, Violet's true form walked out directly from inside.

With the Kingdom of God as a transit point, bulk cargo transportation can be easily achieved, and travel between the two sides is very convenient.

In addition, although Byron no longer has a distinction between his original self and his incarnation, as an emperor every move he makes has a huge impact.

A proper welcoming ceremony is still necessary.

Hosted by Catherine, a grand celebratory banquet was held at Ganquan Palace.

Byron met with Marquis Thomas Neville of Hastings, Earl Hollanda of the Evernight Peninsula, and other important members of the Demonic Banquet Parliament, several archbishops of the Royal Church, and a group of important imperial officials.

He just talked about his coronation [Crown] and that the Mermaid Kingdom and other underwater kingdoms that were being rebuilt became vassal states.

For the time being, he has not made public the news that he has obtained a large number of priesthoods and is planning to be promoted to demigod.

He did not even reveal the fact that he was captured by the Queen, that she was pregnant with a son and a daughter, and that he had successfully established the Lighthouse Federation. He planned to take advantage of the information asymmetry to severely deceive those hostile forces.

Even though only a few pieces of information were revealed, the entire North Sea Empire was already in jubilation.

"Long live!"

"Praise His Majesty!"

“Praise the Holy Spirit Messiah!”

Countless cheers rang out from Ganquan Palace, spreading through the lighthouse matrix and newspapers to all the imperial territories along the coast of the North Sea.

Even the great feat that the ancestor pirate emperor [Blue Dragon King] Reinhardt failed to achieve has now been realized in Byron's hands.

The centripetal force and cohesion of the five former Wan Republic countries have reached an unprecedented high, and even their original willpower has skyrocketed.

The identities of the citizens of the five countries have faded, and everyone is proud to be a citizen of the North Sea Empire.

After abolishing the original feudal lord system, it was a key step towards national transformation and upgrading, and centralization was achieved naturally.

By the way, from hardware to software, it has been comprehensively built into a modern nation-state with a real concept of home and country, rather than a group of scattered lords under the rule of the church in the past.

To have a foreigner who can't even speak the native language as king? It's ridiculous.

The whole country was excited for three days before the high emotions gradually subsided.

Byron returned to government affairs.

During this period, there were many Byrons scattered around, and everything within the empire was normal, with no major events occurring.

The top officials in the empire's power center all knew that their Majesty's real body was away, but they could see his incarnation every day, which was equivalent to him never leaving, and nothing chaotic would happen.

There is quite a bit of good news.

The key project currently being focused on by the top brass of the empire is comprehensive industrialization.

The dumping of large-scale industrial products such as wool textiles, cotton cloth, nails, bagasse paper, etc. is still accelerating.

Although it was midsummer in August, the small handicraft workshops in the neighboring countries, especially the Kingdom of the Netherlands, had welcomed the bitter winter ahead of time.

Under Catherine's promotion, the promotion ceremony of the three demigods was carried out in an orderly manner, and it would take time to slowly take shape.

Local shipyards at Shannon Port in County Clare and Portsmouth Port in Hampshire have both started production.

Violet's incarnation was specially set up with the highest level of puzzle locks.

After being upgraded to an empire, the strength of the iron law of royal power reaches the upper limit of the material world, and there is no need to worry about the secrets being discovered by intelligence personnel from other countries.

In addition, the third- and fourth-level whale oil mechanics brought up by Violet worked overtime.

With the current production capacity of all shipyards, the first batch of ten dreadnought-class steam battleships should be delivered before the end of October.

By that time, even if the church did not turn against him, Byron would take the initiative to overturn the table.

He put down the report in his hand, with a cold light flashing in his eyes:

"How can we manage the politics of the human empire with this bunch of insects?
I will let you live a few more days for now. When the fleet is in place, I will let you distinguish between the big and small kings.

I have tolerated you for a long time."

Byron stayed in Ganquan Palace for half a month, and also gave prenatal education classes to his two unborn daughters for half a month, and then set off again.

With the "Pirate City" as the flagship, he led a "inter-ship fleet" consisting of twelve heavily armed cruisers and started a friendly visit to the Sassanid Empire of the Zoroastrian Empire.

Starting from the North Sea Empire in the northeast corner of the Dragon King's Court, we crossed the entire Sea of ​​​​Inner Sea from east to west and arrived at the Zoroastrian Empire on the west coast.

In the middle, they unexpectedly encountered a naval battle between the fleets under the command of the Twin Kings of Castile and the Sultan of the Crescent Moon Empire, Mehmed II [Lord of Two Lands and Two Seas].

The fleets of both sides tacitly gave way to the enemy, and the flagships of both countries politely raised flags to greet Byron, the second emperor of the Silver Continent. More than a month had passed, and his news had spread all over the world.

The upper-class game is the upper-class’s business, while the middle and lower classes will only see that after one major event after another, Saint Byron gradually becomes a well-known legend or even an epic.

There are countless admirers from all over the world.

Byron could even clearly hear the devout believers in both fleets silently chanting the same prayer:

“The Creator is the Supreme Being of the Trinity; the Creator, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are all fully God.

The savior at the turn of the Mythic Age and the Silver Age was the Son, reincarnated as the Remitite Iesus.

The savior at the turn of the Silver Age and the Snail Age was the Holy Spirit, and the followers who possessed him were the people of the Northern Bay.

God will give you a sign. When the flood comes again, God will give him a holy name because of his achievements in fighting against the old gods: Saint Byron.

The Spirit of the Creator will rest on him, a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Creator."

He smiled inwardly, knowing that his admirers and believers were no longer divided by sect, but were spread all over the continent.

The name of Saint Byron, the One favored by the Holy Spirit, has been completely established.

Because among the several major branches of the three religions that share the same origin, there is a similar prophecy:

“I saw in the night visions, and, behold, with the clouds of heaven came one like a son of man.

They were brought before the Ancient of Days and were given authority, glory, and a kingdom, so that people of all nations and tribes would serve them.

His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom will never be destroyed.”

This person prophesied by various churches is the legendary "Messiah".

The concept of Messiah spans all religious branches and cultures of the Old World, and is reflected in the three major religions of Remitism, the Church of the Creator, and the Church of the Holy Spirit.

Although each system has different specific definitions and expectations of the Messiah, in essence it can be simply understood as: "the ultimate savior of this world."

However, since the founders of each religion did not clearly state who the savior was, it has become one of the fundamental contradictions in the doctrinal disputes among the three religions.

Byron wrote the same words in the core scriptures of the three major religions through the bagasse paper bound holy relic "The Key of Omniscience", which has become the key link between the three major religions.

He was even given the strong claim that “all peoples, nations and languages ​​will serve him”!
The more contributions Byron makes to mankind, the greater his reputation will be, the more people will believe that he is the Messiah, and the stronger his power will be.

Especially since he claimed that he was the "Holy Spirit" who was equal to the Creator, his influence on the Holy Spirit Church countries that worshipped the Holy Spirit was naturally the strongest.

“Once my status as the Holy Spirit is established, the fundamental differences between the Orthodox Path and the Followers will no longer exist.

[The founder of the religion] is just a prophet. No matter who his successor is, how can he compare to the Holy Spirit who is God himself?
The Zoroastrian Empire's assist came at the right time.

I just hope they are sincere and I will not hesitate to help them."

Byron's fleet soon encountered the escort fleet sent by Nasser al-Din, the current king of the Sassanid Empire.

The two sides arrived together at the Zoroastrian Empire, the royal city of Susa, located on the northern shore of the Sea of ​​​​Interstellar and the west coast of the continent.

The waves are rippling and the sky is clear.

Byron stood at the bow of the ship, looking at the ancient city built by the sea.

His "All Things Return to One" exceeded 10%, and his resonance with the [Ten Thousand Winged Angel] reached a qualitative change, and the temperament of the [Holy Spirit] in his body became more and more intense.

The progress of using the false to cultivate the true has been at least half completed. Even if the most devout believer and legendary prophet comes, he will not be able to find any flaws.

When you look at this land from afar, you can clearly feel the thoughts and wishes surging above the city, which resonates strongly with the person of the Holy Spirit.

“The religious atmosphere here is very fanatical, worthy of being a country with a combination of politics and religion.

Without the infighting between theocracy and royal power, the power that the upper class can wield would far exceed the imagination of the monarchs of the East Coast countries.

The Sultan of the Crescent-Crystal Empire and the Shah of the Zoroastrian Empire were both secular and spiritual rulers. The saints did not participate in the Crusades, and they were stronger than ordinary kings.

Under the Sultan/Shah are elders, chief mufti, and local mufti, which is similar to the clergy system on the East Coast, but most of them have strong political power.

The spiritual conquerors of this land are destined to become material conquerors as well.

For me, the rules of the game are much simpler.”

However, when he saw that the person welcoming him at the port was a great elder whose status was second only to King (Shah) Nasser al-Din and the status seemed very high, he still felt somewhat dissatisfied.

“Tsk, are they only going to receive me as a member of the Holy Spirit Church, leaving room for the king of a higher status to not show up in the back?
There is nothing wrong with this arrangement whether it is an alliance or establishing diplomatic relations. We can talk about the success or failure of the talks later.

But I have come all this way, I cannot return empty-handed."

Byron's heart moved, and for the first time he completely released 10% of the unity of all things, and welcomed the arrival of the status and power of the Ten Thousand Winged Angel.

next moment.

clang!clang!clang!
The bells from heaven rang throughout the southern coastal areas of the Zoroastrian Empire, or more accurately, throughout the hearts of all Holy Spirit Church believers.

"what happened?"

"Look!"

All the extraordinary people who have awakened their spirituality, once they open their spiritual vision and take a look at the sea in the south, they will immediately and subconsciously lower their heads.

Only mid- and high-sequence extraordinary people could truly see it clearly. Unlike the Creator Church that worshipped the silver-white holy light, a luxurious platinum holy light filled the coast of the sea.

It was as if a dazzling sun had risen in the spiritual world.

As the fleet got closer, the holy light became brighter.

Even some ordinary people who cannot even read can follow the anchor chain of faith and see the warm sun as long as they are devout enough.

He could even feel a figure with thousands of wings looking at him.

Then the power of healing descended into their bodies.

An extremely kind voice sounded in their hearts:
"My children, your piety deserves my blessing!"

Points of light appeared in the hearts of the devout believers and then filled their entire bodies.

Different from the orthodox holy light of the three major religions, apart from stimulating one's own vitality and accelerating the healing of external injuries, it generally does not involve the physical body.

But this time it was different. The broken limbs did not regenerate, but the minor illnesses and injuries, viral infections, broken bones and tendons, etc. all disappeared in an instant.

Countless people, with tears in their eyes, worshiped from afar and shouted:
“The Holy Spirit is coming!”

“The Holy Spirit is coming!”

"Praise Saint Byron!"

The devout worship of countless people further boosted Byron's fame, and the divine glow above his head became even brighter.

In an instant: the Holy Spirit descended on the west coast, and the golden light spread for 30,000 miles!
The believers who already lived in the royal city walked out of their homes and flocked to the port in search of the light in their hearts.

There was even a fanatical believer, a lame old man who threw away his crutches and ran as fast as he could, so fast that his children could not catch up with him even if they tried to chase him.

"Being able to worship the Holy Spirit in person, I will have no regrets even if I die."

No matter what those high-level extraordinary beings were thinking, they were all stunned and then woke up as if from a dream.

"Quickly, gather my ministers, I want to go and greet His Majesty Saint Byron in person!"

When King Nasser al-Din saw the commotion in the city, he no longer cared about any political rules and immediately decided to go out in person to greet them.

In a corner of the palace, a girl with her face covered by a red scarf retracted her gaze, turned her head to look at the shadows under her feet, and said in her heart:
"Assassin, this time the target is indeed the real person, not a substitute or an avatar.

But can such a person really be killed?

And even if we can kill him on this land, what will we, the Zoroastrian Empire, do?"

There was obvious confusion in the girl's emerald eyes.

The shadow beneath his feet did not change, but the voice of [Old Man in the Mountain] Assassin rang out from it:

“After the Star-Moon Empire took back the Holy City of the Three Religions, it became too powerful and ambitious. Your father, King Nasser al-Din, is indeed in urgent need of a strong foreign aid.

I just used the influence of the Assassins on the 'Followers' to push him and make him make up his mind.

The invitation to Saint Byron is real, and so is the enthusiasm of the Zoroastrian Empire.

Everyone except ourselves thought that all the major branches of the Followers had fully supported St. Byron and were fighting against the Orthodox Path.

Therefore, even if we kill him, no one will suspect us, they will just think that it was those heretics of the "Orthodox Path" who assassinated us.

Even the North Sea Empire left by Saint Byron will take the initiative to cooperate with us."

He paused here and continued with a sneer:
"Oh, as to whether he can be killed?

[The Son of God] was nailed to the cross at the beginning of the era when the Creator was at his most powerful.

What's more, it's now, 1,500 years later? What is the Holy Spirit? If a person is killed, he will die!
But it seems that the 72 virgins arranged in advance are of no use. Their essence is evil spirits bound by the secret realm. They will turn into ashes on the spot when encountering this holy light.

But luckily I still have you as my trump card.

Honey, find a chance to spend a night with him.

You are my father's disciple and one of the best assassins of your generation. You have realized the essence of "nothing is permanent and there are no shackles on means". You should be aware of this.

Although we have already made an engagement, you have always observed the religious etiquette and are still a beautiful virgin. Those lustful men will definitely fall into your honey trap."

Assassin saw the girl open her mouth to say something, and his voice became cold and hard:
"Have you forgotten?
For an assassin, the mission is more important than life!

Don't worry, as long as I become a demigod, you will gain eternal life in my kingdom of God, and I will love you as I did in the past.

We will also live together forever in our own paradise.”

"Ok."

The girl silently agreed and walked out of the palace like other devout believers, joining King Nasser al-Din's welcoming team and rushing to the port.

Assassin hid in the girl's shadow.

With the help of the [Assassination] priesthood, he would not reveal any flaws, and no one would be able to detect his presence before launching the Comet Strike.

Especially in the Zoroastrian Empire, the earthly realm of the former master of the [Assassination] priesthood, even the Creator is a latecomer, let alone the Holy Spirit.

This time, I am willing to sacrifice my fiancée and kill Saint Byron!
(End of this chapter)