Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 666: The Sun King: You can't love your country only when it's victorious
After killing Saint Matthew with one anchor, Byron had a very clear understanding of his current strength.

It is considered to be the second most powerful country in the Silver Continent.

Those [Saints] who were half a level above the Legendary and King levels were no match for him even with Level 0 relics.

The only one who dares to say that his strength is greater than his is the Pope.

Even if the rulers of the other two continents are included, Byron is only outshined by his royal lover, Cleopatra VII.

As for the other one, [Sun God] Inti, who had problems in his promotion to level six?
If Byron hadn't been afraid that he would explode on the spot if he disagreed with him, causing a massive eruption in the Ring of Fire Mountains in the southern continent, he would have never dared to visit him and was confident that he could at least fight him on equal terms.

Even though this is an old monster that has lived for more than a thousand years, he has spent his entire life guarding the aerial city of Machu Picchu. He didn't even dare to take risks on his own when choosing a site for founding a country, let alone go out to absorb nutrients.

He only dared to secretly eat his descendants who had grown up with great difficulty. It was absolutely impossible for the priesthood and background on him to be more or deeper than Byron.

Whoosh!Whoosh!
At this time, Saint Matthew had just had all his anchors severed by the Sword in the Stone, and all his spiritual and physical selves began to feed back to the collective subconscious and the material world. The Spear of Longinus and the Ring of the Saint on his body immediately soared into the sky following the guidance of the network of laws.

These things are the precious assets of the Creator's Church. Generations of popes and saints do not have ownership rights, only the right to use them.

After death, it will be passed to the next person, ensuring that no matter they are ascetics, paladins, inquisitors, or ordinary priests, they will immediately possess the continent's top combat power.

When they die unexpectedly outside, their underlying core rules will be activated on the spot and they will be transmitted back to the altar of St. Peter's Basilica through the legal network.

Even the strongest fifth-order legend on the continent, or even the emperor of the empire with a double crown, could not stop him.

Byron was not among them. With a slight flash of the Half-Step Triple Crown and the aura of the Holy Spirit on his head, he successfully grabbed the two treasures back.

As soon as he grasped the [Spear of Longinus], another thing in the kingdom of God began to stir.

A line of blood shot out from it, and it grew a mouth and swallowed one third of the Holy Spear in one gulp, then returned to the Kingdom of God to digest it silently.

Byron did not stop it, but was happy to see this happen.

Because that was the embodiment of truth he created—the Holy Spear of Origin!
“These two holy spears, one can penetrate all visible and invisible things and lead them to their end; the other can penetrate the barriers between human races and biological communities and achieve the highest level of gathering.

There is a natural perfect fit.

The Spear of Longinus broke into three pieces and was difficult to repair.

The [Truth Embodiment], which is equivalent to the sixth level, is essentially the accumulation, organization, and sublimation of various knowledge and powers.

If it could integrate the powers of all three halves of the holy spear, it might be able to become a new artifact that is even more powerful than the complete [Sword in the Stone].

It saves a school of countless dark wizards hundreds or thousands of years of hard work."

He temporarily put away the [Saint's Rights Ring].

In order to wear this ring, in addition to reaching the legendary realm, the most important criterion is how much thoughts and willpower you have provided to the Silver Law, and how much contribution you have made to the Silver Law's "blocking the flood".

Just look at the golden stripe above Byron's head and you'll know he's definitely qualified.

He shook his head.

“The only pity is that only the Temple Sequence can unleash the true power of this ring.

Or when I am promoted to the sixth level and become a true Holy Spirit, I should be able to break the restrictions. But by that time, not to mention the Holy Ring, even the Pope's Triple Crown will become useless and completely useless.

The next big battle of "diplomatic disruption and counter-diplomatic disruption" is imminent, so we can only give it to others first and form combat effectiveness as soon as possible.

My Archbishop Theresa of Canterbury is about to be promoted to a legendary glorious priest of the Temple sequence.

Her obsession is: compassion, which is so obsessive that it reaches the point of paranoia.

He advocated that holy healing should be performed after the meat was cut from the cow, so that the cow would not die and people would get more beef than they could eat;
He advocated that when executing a criminal, since the body must be burned in the end to prevent the plague, it is better to do it in one step and burn it directly;

It is advocated that the sword should be sharp and the heart should be ruthless when dealing with pagans. Perhaps those who are taller than the wheel must die, but those who are shorter than the wheel can live.
Such loving people are rare.

When she is promoted to Legend, she will definitely be a capable person.

However, looking at these followers of mine, [Sister of Mercy] Teresa corresponds to my [Great Kind Man] entry;
[Twilight Deacon] Gilderoy Lockhart corresponds to my priesthood of [Fraud]; [Conqueror of Fatih] Bayezid corresponds to my priesthood of [Betrayal]

None of these guys are easy to deal with. Sooner or later, my reputation will be damaged.

As we all know, followers and gods have overlapping characteristics. I feel like if this continues, my true nature will be exposed little by little!

By the way, speaking of [betrayal] of the priesthood."

Thinking of [betraying] the priesthood, Byron collected his messy thoughts and looked back at Saint Matthew who was turning into light particles and quickly dissipating in front of him.

After losing the armor made of the Saint's Ring, his true appearance was revealed.

The overall shape is still human, but the skin is as pale as paper, almost translucent, with a single horn growing on the forehead, the limbs have become blood-red animal claws, and there are two pairs of pitch-black wings behind.

Clearly a fallen angel!

In addition, the priesthood of [Betrayal] from [Arrogant Morning Star Lucifer] seemed to have a very subtle and inexplicable connection with him.

Noticing this, the unlocking density of [Secret: The Corruption of the Pope and the Pre-Divine Council, Historical Influence 69] immediately jumped from 28% to 35%.

Byron suddenly realized:

“It turns out that this depravity is not an adjective, but a literal depravity.

Could it be that the seven saints and one pope of the Council before God want to share the [Fallen Angel Lucifer] that was split from the Creator?
No, the level of other saints is not high enough. Only the Pope, whose rank is equivalent to that of a demigod, is qualified to covet the immortal divinity of an old god.

He must be the one secretly pushing the church to degenerate!

At the beginning, I always felt that it was strange that the taboo knowledge of "Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven" which would create many "Protestants" would suddenly spread widely.

Now all the clues are connected, all of this is to corrupt the church! To make the strongest blackened ten times stronger!
I'm afraid that the Pope, like me, has already controlled the angel in the Pantheon to a certain extent.

Fortunately, I used the Sword in the Stone to launch a surprise attack right from the start, otherwise my detailed information might have been leaked out long ago."

Since Saint Matthew converted to the fallen angel controlled by the Pope, his soul had long been secretly controlled by others.

Perhaps even the saint himself was not aware of this.

With the Sword in the Stone cutting off all the anchors on him, even if there was another Old God with reason, he wouldn't be able to steal intelligence through long-range occult connections at this time.

Byron’s “Thousand Years of Killing” might be played again.

While Saint Matthew was giving back to the world, he also used his [Underworld] priesthood to snatch a small part of the saint's memory.

He picked out the most important and timely memory and quickly glanced through it, but his expression suddenly changed:
"So cruel!"

Byron originally thought that the massacre in the capital of the Iris Kingdom was just a byproduct of the change of royal power and was a sudden impulse of Orthodox supporters.

However, St. Matthew's memory told him that this was the latest edict issued by the Pope to the major Orthodox princes and kings - the "Protestant Massacre Edict."

Starting tonight, a massacre similar to that of the Iris Kingdom will be launched in the sphere of influence of all church states!

This means that the religious war has begun to spread outward, from the original fighting among the princes to every believer.

It is bound to cause unimaginable damage to the countries in the Silver Continent.

"As for the fuse that made the Orthodox Union unite and all agree on this massacre order"

When he saw the answer, he was stunned:
"Is it because of my bagasse papermaking and printing technology?
The decree requires that any private sale, printing, reading, or interpretation of the Gospel of Genesis is a capital crime, and the entire family of Protestants must be killed!
The reason is that if everyone can get the scriptures and everyone can comment on the doctrine, it means that the church can no longer continue to monopolize the right to interpret the scriptures.

The right to speak is lost, and the legitimacy is shaken. Even if the basic authority of the law is retained, it is the same as having nothing? "

Byron had not thought of this before.

I just think that the popularization of paper can greatly increase the number of extraordinary people in each sequence.

The Dark Millennium had just ended, and the situation in all countries of the Silver Continent was similar. The illiteracy rate was alarmingly high, and most of the knowledge was monopolized by the church.

At the most expensive time, a complete set of handwritten scriptures could be exchanged for a considerable manor.

The highest wish of urban families in mainland China is to try their best to raise money so that one of their sons can become an apprentice with a skill.

As for learning to read and write, or even becoming an extraordinary person, I dare not even think about it.

An average mainland family would have to spend about three years of savings to raise enough tuition for an ordinary apprentice.

Want tuition for reading and literacy?
It would take at least 10 years of savings, even without eating or drinking.

This is just the most basic tuition fee and does not include the price of books and pens.

Knowledge is always expensive!
Just like the aristocratic monopoly in the Eastern powers before the invention of papermaking, the lower class had no chance to stand out.

Even if they are rich, if they don’t have connections or networks, those knowledgeable teachers won’t even look at them.

In this way, extraordinary power and knowledge are easily monopolized by the upper class.

Otherwise, Byron's Captain 721 fission mode would not have been so successful.

Therefore, Byron, who always focused on providing a way out and a ladder for upward mobility for everyone, did not notice at all that the rapid progress of the religious war under his feet was also due to the sugarcane bagasse paper.

Protestant religious reformers believed that their main task was to popularize the "Gospel of Creation" to the masses, and to logically promote the separation of church and state, so that the spirit of the Creator and humanity could accompany each other.

After such a long period of fermentation, the flapping wings of the little butterfly of bagasse paper are enough to create a storm in the Silver Continent.

The Orthodox response was simple and direct. If they couldn't solve the problem of paper, then they would just solve the problem of Protestants.

Byron could already imagine the bleak scene:

"Protestants were having their heads smashed, torn apart, skinned alive, roasted alive, buried alive, and forced to watch their children being killed.
The river was filled with a foul stench, the water source was polluted, and no one dared to eat the fish in it.

There was killing everywhere in the streets and alleys. The victims were groaning and crying, while the killers were cheering grimly.

Every street in the entire Silver Continent was as wet as if it had rained. The soil was stained with blood, and the air was filled with the smell of blood."

This must be stopped!
Byron knew that this decree was probably intended by the Pope to further steal the power of the fallen angels and meet certain ritual requirements.

He would not blame himself for the bad consequences caused by doing the right thing, but just out of the most basic human nature, he also wanted to recover the losses and end the religious war as quickly as possible.

With a snap of his fingers, the [Wild Hunt Legion] that came with the title of King of the Wild Hunt appeared behind him, and thousands of Wild Hunt Knights galloped out along the streets.

Stop killing with killing, and prevent the Orthodox Alliance from carrying out a massacre in the royal capital.

He reached out and took his aunt Meganilla, who was almost bleeding dry, from Jacqueline's hand, and bit her snow-white neck.

Byron didn't have any other thoughts. He was just glad that his aunt, a marginal figure in the upper class of Iris, did not catch the bad habits of other people who didn't like to take a bath and sprayed a lot of perfume.

Otherwise, he would have no idea where to start eating in such a hurry.

If you take a bite and taste a piece of old mud mixed with aged perfume, the sourness is definitely no less than that of the guardian of the kingdom at this moment.

There was still some gratitude left over from Saint Matthew, which could be used on my aunt without consuming too much of the panacea.

Soon, a new fourth-order Night Demon emerged, and the fatal wound on Meganila's lower abdomen was healed in the blink of an eye.

As the youngest illegitimate daughter of King Victory and the last member of the Valois royal family, she should no longer have to worry about the extinction of her family line.

Even though his daughter [Chameleon] has the same special preferences as her brother Louis XI.

At this time, Jacques Cole, the [Golden Eyes] next to him, was still vomiting and having diarrhea, and the vomiting and diarrhea were getting worse.

It is just like in ancient times when when someone was poisoned, they would pour clear liquid made of gold into his mouth to make him vomit out everything in his stomach.

When taste buds grow in the large intestine, whether to vomit or not is not something his subjective consciousness can control at all.

He vomited both above and below, and couldn't stop, so he naturally lost his fighting power.

He was captured on the spot by Richelieu and a group of guards and tied up tightly.

The Protestant soldiers hated his betrayal so much that they deliberately tied him up into an "O" shape and left him to sell his own produce.

Then, the Red Prime Minister came to Byron and saluted solemnly:
"Your Majesty Saint Byron, please avenge His Majesty the Spider King Louis XI and all the descendants of the Valois royal family!"

A group of Protestant League nobles who had dealt with Byron before followed closely behind him, kneeling on one knee in the etiquette of meeting their lord and saying:
"Your Majesty, please avenge Valois and kill Queen Anne, the illegitimate children, and all traitors."

The people in front of him were representatives of the Iris Kingdom’s religious system, administrative officials, and great nobles.

Byron saved their lives during the massacre, and his strong claim to power, as well as his righteous revenge for his great-uncle, the [Victorious King] the Valois royal family, were more than enough to send him to the throne of Iris!

So, at this time, what they shouted to Byron was not revenge.

Instead, he said: "Your Majesty, the weather is a bit cold, please put on this yellow robe to warm yourself up."

Byron also understood what they meant instantly.

At this critical juncture, there is no need to refuse again and again, saying things like "You have really caused me so much trouble."

He nodded decisively, bent down and picked up the first-level holy relic [Justice That Is Never Late] from the ground.

The gavel has a thick appearance, with a copper plate with a scale pattern on the top, symbolizing fairness and justice, and a unicorn representing justice carved just above the gavel.

Just wave it gently, it works very smoothly.

At this moment, in Byron's field of vision, a strip of light appeared above the heads of all humans in the entire Iris King City.

In particular, the red light of the Sacre-Coeur was the most concentrated, illuminating a whole area in scarlet red.

The battle between Byron and St. Matthew did not last long;
The Orthodox League nobles, assassins, Queen Anna, and the Regent in the Sacred Heart Cathedral had just noticed the sound of the Holy Lance being fired and ran to the door to watch.

Almost everyone had a long red streak of light above their head.

The reason is also very simple.

At this stage, the two camps of Orthodoxy and Protestantism, one represents the stubborn conservative dregs; the other represents religious reform and liberation of faith.

The collective subconscious of humanity has already judged them.

Orthodoxy advocates the enshrinement of clergy.

Protestants oppose the doctrines and rituals of Orthodoxy, advocate the belief in a direct relationship between the individual and the Creator, and oppose the mediating role of the church.

To put it bluntly, there are no middlemen to make a profit from the price difference.

Is it severe ideological confinement, the lofty status of clergy, strict religious trials, or returning the power of development to mortals that is more conducive to the overall development of the human race?
This question is not difficult to answer at all.

Alaya and Byron gave their answers at the same time.

next moment.

Byron poured all his majestic divine light into [Justice That Is Never Late] and suddenly threw it towards the Sacre-Coeur.

The gavel turned into a meteor in the night sky, exploding into circles of brilliant gas explosion rings.

A voice was also heard by this group of people:

“You can’t love your country only when it’s winning, you can’t love your neighbor only when you agree with him.

It is ridiculous that people kill each other and physically destroy each other just because of whether they believe in Orthodoxy or Protestantism.

Now Protestantism and Orthodoxy are competing for the right to interpret the Bible.

Since you have armed yourself against the bagasse paper and don't want to listen to my reasoning, then try my hammer method.

Now that you are here, let’s bury them all here.”

Boom——! ! !
The golden light of the law flashed, and the entire capital shook violently three times.

In the past it could only be described as a divine punishment cast down by the thunder god in the clouds, but now it is undoubtedly a true divine punishment!

At this moment, I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but the half-finished [Sun King] above Byron’s head suddenly and completely condensed at the same time.

The [Sun King] and the Iris throne seem to be a perfect match.

Byron was also slightly startled when he saw this:
"Is this the result of the adventure team finally discovering the new world in the East, and the British Empire's achievement being fulfilled?"

At the same time, in the distant unfamiliar sea, the sun was shining brightly overhead, in stark contrast to the Silver Continent which was in darkness.

The [Golden Deer] and [Screaming Banshee] have been sailing eastward from the Corridor of Truth in the Eastern Continent for nearly two months.

When they just left the Corridor of Truth, they found that the ocean before them was calm and peaceful.

Drake also wanted to name it: "Taiping."

He soon discovered that he was too young.

As they went a little deeper, the ocean changed its attitude towards them.

The journey was far from as smooth as planned at the beginning, and crossing the Ocean of Storms was even more dangerous than the dreaded Sea of ​​Monsters.

The high winds and rough waves and unpredictable weather are just appearances.

Various ancient creatures, demons, and sea monsters have expanded to their maximum size, and there are even giant algae that grow from thousands of meters deep to the surface of the sea, preying on any creature that passes by.
The boundaries between animals and plants began to blur.

The Corridor of Truth in the East Continent can only be said to be close to the mythological era. After leaving the sea area surrounding the Corridor of Truth, it is like rushing into the Paleozoic era hundreds of thousands of years ago.

Primitive, wild, and full of dangers!
In two months, they had covered less than half of the distance they had originally planned.

Even with the relatively safe protection of the "World Serpent Celestial Circumference Belt", it is not a dangerous area that normal cargo ships can pass through.

Unless Byron completes his circumnavigation of the world, gathers the corresponding authority to become the [World Serpent], and by the way turns the celestial circulation belt into his own divine domain, a true planetary internal circulation can be formed.

Also.

Byron did not find a land here where even a female lizard would be in danger if she went out casually.

Then, where there should have been a great Eastern country, no trace of land was found, let alone a human civilization circle or a rich country.

After driving the Golden Deer at full speed for a circle, all we found was endless sea and scattered small islands.

There are quite a few giant crabs and sea monsters of various kinds. What is particularly strange is that they are not sea crabs, but freshwater crabs in lakes, rivers and streams.

The original ambition to rely on the rich history to summon heroic spirits also died in the womb.

I couldn't help feeling a little lost and depressed.

Others were also somewhat depressed.

"Could it be that except for the three continents in the triangle circulation, the whole world is sea water?"

After a delay of half a month and gaining nothing, the expedition team had to continue the second half of their round-the-world voyage.

Until this day, the adventure team, which was traveling from west to east along the celestial circulation belt, suddenly discovered a long black line appearing on the sea in the southeast direction.

The members of the adventure team finally became excited.

"Your Majesty, it's land!"

"I can already smell the dirt."

"I smelled it too. There was also the smell of large livestock feces. It wasn't an island, but another new continent."

However, as the distance got closer, Hawkins, the Drake brothers, and all the crew members couldn't help but open their mouths gradually.

The first thing that came into view was not the continent I had imagined.

But
Drake was the first to exclaim:
"Those flying in the sky are floating islands?! So many floating islands!"

(End of this chapter)