Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 683 New World: Ancient Pillar, Sunny Doll

A huge hole in the sky above the Holy Silver Empire, which was torn due to continuous wars and the loss of the Golden Ark of the Covenant, was quickly repaired by new laws, and it recovered at a speed far exceeding that of the past.

The thick dark clouds that covered the entire Silver Continent slowly dispersed, and the warm sunlight poured down.

Before I knew it, it was already daytime.

The weird and evil spirits that were still wandering in the ruins of the battlefield city nearby all turned into smoke and disappeared without a trace after a scream.

The World's First Civil Code, which laid the foundation for a new legal framework, was originally a first-level holy relic. After being chosen as the core law by the "Echoes of Creation", it has transformed into a zero-level holy relic like the Holy Word Slate.

The new laws were obviously more domineering. Along with the rising sun, they quickly swept away all the residual pollution left by the Orthodox Church and began to slowly expand outward.

The newly promoted [God of Assassination] Amita saw that the legal network had regained stability, and stepped forward to quietly ask Byron for his opinion:

"Your Majesty, what should be done with the clown's spoils?"

This "Ugliest Princess", who was originally in a miserable situation and was almost killed as a sacrifice by her fiancé, has been promoted to a rare sixth-rank demigod among humans, but she still has no awareness of being a super-sized being.

There has been no change in attitude towards Byron.

Ever since she was given to Byron by her father, the Desert Eagle Nasser al-Din, she has always regarded Byron as her life mentor and master, and herself as Byron's student and personal maid.

At the same time, he is also a servant god who serves the Lord God wholeheartedly.

Even at this time, Amitā's rank was higher than that of the main god Byron.

The goddess herself is not arrogant, but others cannot ignore this dignified demigod.

The legends, false gods and officers from various departments of the support force all stepped forward to salute and said:

"Your Highness Amitābha!"

The object of their greetings was no longer the princess of the Zoroastrian Empire, but a sacred being who had carved out a world for himself and whose great power belonged to himself.

Appearance, social prejudice, religious customs, etc. no longer have anything to do with her at this moment.

As long as Amita is willing, she can easily clear out the remaining faith anchors of the God of Light on the west coast and liberate all the discriminated "ugly" compatriots.

If it weren't for the fact that the First British Empire had Byron, the [Emperor of Mankind] who single-handedly brought the material world into the humanistic era, it would not be excessive for mortals to serve and please a living god in any way they could.

It can be said that in the past she gained the title because of the Zoroastrian Empire, and now the Zoroastrian Empire is honored because of her!

Amita returned the greeting to everyone and looked at Byron with red eyes.

She knew very well where everything she had came from, and she was extremely grateful to her "teacher". If there hadn't been so many people here, she would have thrown herself on him and cried.

Byron was also happy for the girl.

In the past, he had no say in this fucked up world, but from now on, kind people should be treated kindly by this world! Instead of being pointed at by bad guys with guns!
"Amita, let the clown out first."

Upon hearing the order, the girl opened the land of nothingness and released the clown's headless "corpse".

After losing the rationality that united the various parts of the body, the remaining torso naturally lost its human form and turned into an amorphous ball of flesh with colorful hair.

The bushes of hair were densely packed with countless faces of men, women, old and young, making all sorts of crazy expressions with clown grins.

"quack"

"Hee hee hee"

The human faces may think they are very funny, but in fact they accurately hit every trough of the uncanny valley. Every audience member who sees them feels their scalp tingling and an electric shock in their back.

My throat is itching and I want to laugh along with them until I die of laughter!

If there were no legal network to protect them, ordinary soldiers would probably have a mental breakdown on the spot just by looking at it.

Byron waved his hand, and the soldiers below the middle sequence at the scene immediately withdrew.

"Lucifer took away the head of the priesthood of fate and the clown.

The remaining minor priesthoods of [Versatile], [Fear], [Dark Fairy Tale], [Drama] and a considerable part of the immortal divinity all remained in this torso.

Except for the time when the six major sects besieged the blood beast's lair, and the time when I ate the queen's soft rice, I have never been so rich. "

He rubbed his hands together and raised his hand. A colorful mask that symbolized the [Versatile] priesthood and was constantly changing fell into his hand.

After washing it with the water from the River Styx, he put it on his face. Without any hindrance, it was completely absorbed into his own strength and became a part of his own strength.

This is a very powerful secondary priesthood, which is an effective supplement to his main priesthood [Change] and secondary priesthood [Fraud].

The means of fighting the enemy also became much richer.

When he raised his hand, his arm expanded ten times, and when he raised his leg again, his legs and feet expanded twenty times. He inhaled deeply, absorbing the inert gas helium in the atmosphere, and his whole body expanded like a balloon, swaying and floating up.

He landed again and jumped twice casually.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
The ground beneath your feet generates strong elasticity like a trampoline, and you can jump to a height of thousands of meters with just a casual jump.

This priesthood can be big or small, short or long, soft or hard, flexible or tough, and it can be considered a standard professional match.

Although he felt a little sorry for this precious [Versatile] priesthood, Byron's first thought was that with this treasure, he would be able to have many new and interesting things to play with.

Fortunately, he pulled back in time, looked up at his cousin Edward across from him, and said with great certainty:
"I must have been infected by this idiot. It's definitely not my fault."

Then he shook his head with some regret:
"I already have a wide range of means at the moment. I don't have the status of a supreme master in the Clown Hall. Overall, the [Versatile] priesthood does not improve my combat power much.

However, if it is put in the hands of other people, it may have miraculous effects and quickly form combat effectiveness.

Giving it to your family or God is the same as giving it to me. With the power of everyone, I can borrow it at any time.

Anyone who has the hope of being promoted to the Temple Sequence of Pseudo-God can consider it, such as Bruch's wife, the Fairy Rigel.

She originally belonged to the Skinning Church, and later switched to the 'Origin Holy Lance School'. She has been promoted to a fourth-level mythical creature [Gorgon] and a fourth-level [Dancer]. She is now the head of the intelligence department for the Beast Paradise region.

Or it could be given to the daughters. Their brothers and sisters have already been ordained as priests, so it’s time for them to do the same.”

Byron made up his mind, took out the [Fear] priesthood and handed it to Edward, saying in a deep voice:
"Edward, we cannot lose our position at the edge of the world.

The Joker is a collection of fear aura and various negative emotions, and the essence of his power is not much different from that of a [Lich] like you.

You are already a fifth-order false god. I will give you the priesthood of [Fear] and the clown's kingdom of God, the dark fairy tale paradise. It will be a great upgrade. No one there should be able to match you.

Do you dare to go back and give it a try? "

Now that Byron has ascended to the highest position on earth, he has even taken control of the legal network that plugged the loopholes in the world's ships. The three laws of gold, silver and bronze are unified into one, and power is infinitely concentrated. No one can stop him from making any reforms.

Next, the most critical question was placed before him.

The Luoyan era is about to come. How should humans in the new era control water?
Apart from the Creator's method of "blocking", there is only one option he can choose next.

It is to use the mighty Styx River at the bottom of the world as a flood discharge channel, and use the "drainage" method to discharge the flood to other worlds.

Without waiting for the end of the round-the-world voyage, they must find out what is on the other side of the Styx, which is said to connect the dark side of death in all the worlds, and whether there are any intelligent creatures downstream of the flood channel?

Therefore, the importance of the edge of the world is no less than that of the material world.

At the very least, we must build a stable underworld colony and never let it collapse under the attack of the old gods like this time.

Edward happily accepted the priesthood and patted his chest to assure:
"Don't worry about leaving the matter to me, I am the man who will become the Lich King!
I just got a bunch of evil clowns and horses. As long as I can't kill them, I will kill them. I can rebuild United Pharmaceuticals in three days at most.

Now that the underlying legal authority of the entire material world is in our hands, we can no longer stand still like the church did.

I have only one request. Please help me contact the Lighthouse Federation and find a few professionals to go to the underworld to help us build the lighthouse so that the "Code of Saint Byron" can be projected directly onto our territory.

By proceeding step by step in this way, United Pharmaceuticals guarantees that sooner or later it will help you conquer the entire world of the dead.

The authority of the [Human Emperor] can interfere with the human world and the ocean of collective subconsciousness, so how can it stop at the edge of the world in the middle, right?

Believe me, in the future, wherever the lighthouse shines will be the territory of the empire!

You can just give me a king title, I won’t be picky.”

Byron coughed dryly when he heard his words:
“I guess even if the engineers of the Lighthouse Federation were offered a high travel fee, no one would be willing to take a hellish trip with no return trip.

But I can lend you the Wild Hunt, which also has many experts in building lighthouses.

In addition, the president of the Lighthouse Federation, Mr. Alexander the Fire Thief, will retire before the end of this year.

I can help you ask him if he is willing to go through the revolving door to work as a consultant for United Pharmaceuticals at the edge of the world a dozen years in advance, and use his remaining energy to develop a hell business."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news, then I'll go back first.

Don’t forget to send Annie and the others back as well.”

Edward took the order excitedly and took over the dark fairy tale paradise that was cleansed by Byron. He swept up a cold and gloomy wind and disappeared into the material world.

As soon as Byron looked away, Bruch hurried over and whispered in his ear:

"Your Majesty, the Emperor Frederick III of the Holy Silver Empire is here."

After a whole night, the results of the North Sea Battle had already spread all over the world along with the defeat of the Orthodox Alliance and intelligence personnel from various countries. Coupled with the recent change in laws, the first to get restless were naturally the original Orthodox Alliance member states.

At the beginning, the Pyrenean Empire joined the war because of its firm beliefs, the Remites of the Netherlands joined the war because of trade conflicts, and the Habsburg dynasty, which had long been tamed, joined the war because of its flexibility.

The family motto is: "Let the nations fight, and we will marry happily."

Others would never shed blood for what they can get through bloodshed, but they would never shed blood for what they can get through marriage, and they will always stand on the side of the winner.

After the fleet that was finally assembled yesterday was defeated by the North Sea Empire with great difficulty, everyone was already scared out of their wits.

People were dispatched to keep a close eye on the movements in the City of Seven Hills.

In the end, no matter who wins, they will all fall to their knees at the speed of light.

This style of behavior was well known to the upper class on the continent, so Byron would naturally not be surprised by the appearance of the Habsburgs.

"Then please invite His Majesty Frederick III to come and see you."

But Byron soon discovered that he had overestimated the bottom line of these guys.

An old man wearing a double crown and gorgeous clothes came to the lake where the City of Seven Hills disappeared. He bowed deeply to Byron with a big smile on his face, and the first words he said were:

"Your Majesty Saint Byron, I have a daughter who..."

Before he could finish his words, Frederick III felt a sudden chill on his neck.

I looked up and met Amita's sharp emerald eyes, and felt that if I said a wrong word, my head would fall to the ground on the spot.

The powerful Double Crown could not give him any sense of security.

Frederick III swallowed hard and had to swallow back the "win-win" plan of taking Byron as his son-in-law.

With a bitter face, he brought out the bottom line conditions that he and the family leaders had agreed on:

"Well, I have a daughter. Many of my fellow tribesmen have become 'possessed by demons'.

If you can help the Habsburg family remove the curse in their bloodline, I am willing to recommend you to become one of the seven electors and inherit the legitimate crown of the Holy Silver Empire within a month.

You have to know that the Silver Empire is the core of the continent's civilization, and the orthodox title and claim are of great significance.

The Habsburgs will also pledge allegiance to the House of Lancaster and serve you and your heirs forever."

As we all know, this once prominent family advocated marriage between close relatives in order to maintain the integrity of its bloodline and territory. Nine out of 11 marriages were between close relatives, and marriages between uncles and nieces, and cousins ​​were very common.

As a result, many "possessed" people appeared in the family. They thought it was a curse from their political enemies, but in fact it was a genetic disease.

It would be difficult to solve even if other demigods were asked, but it was a piece of cake for Byron.

Byron stared at him silently for a while, without saying a word, until the latter was sweating profusely, then nodded:
"Your Majesty Frederick, I accept your allegiance.

But the deadline is not one month, I'll only give you one day.

Prepare everything you promised before the sun sets. I promise that the Habsburg family will not be liquidated afterwards, you will recover and be able to share the dividends of human development like everyone else."

Although Byron could get these things promised by Frederick III himself.

The army, territory, and power were all built up bit by bit by himself, without being checked by anyone. If he wanted to make a top powerful family "legally disappear", it would only take a few words for him to do so.

But in line with the idea of ​​buying a horse's bones for a huge sum of money, he was not stingy in giving a little bit of kindness.

Bruch and his companions witnessed with their own eyes how Byron gradually became the "Saint Byron without any personal grudges" and this time he was indeed very kind to the Habsburgs.

With the escape of the Remites, the disappearance of the royal family of the Pyrenees Empire, and the surrender of the Holy Silver Empire, this religious war finally ended with the destruction of the core of the Orthodox ruling group and the collapse of the Orthodox Union.

At this point, from the east coast to the west coast, all the powerful countries have completely knelt before the throne of the [Human Emperor].

While the three known continents of the world were undergoing tremendous changes, the new continent that was still in the exploration stage also made progress.

Holding the Holy Spear of Origin, Byron penetrated the most ancient collective subconsciousness of all creatures on this land and read the name of this continent: "Ancient Pillar."

As the expedition team continued to move inland from Nauru Island, they discovered that the biological population here was indeed worthy of its reputation.

Compared to the three continents of Dragon King's Court, Beast Paradise, and Corridor of Truth, which are almost exactly in the other hemisphere, the species here are obviously more ancient.

The vegetation species are extremely rich, with forests and grasslands everywhere. From primitive algae to ferns to gymnosperms and angiosperms, there is nothing you can't see.

Various dinosaurs, Archaeopteryx, pterosaurs, primitive marsupial mammals, and other prehistoric animals dominated this continent, which was completely different from the mainstream species on other continents.

Byron also vaguely found some evidence from the oldest collective subconscious sediments, proving that this land was once the place where aquatic organisms first came ashore and evolved into terrestrial animals.

In other words, the "Paleozoic Era", which is so old that it is completely untraceable, may have started from here.

A group of ancient gods who have lived from the Paleozoic era to the present, such as [Echidna, the Mother of Monsters] and [Lilith, the Mother of Creation], may have once made their homes here.

"There are so many floating islands. The scenery here is so beautiful."

Violet and Byron stand on the edge of a floating island, looking inland.

Under the setting sun, countless floating islands of different sizes and heights stretch to the end of the field of vision.

Even in prehistoric biological communities, the climbing tiger firmly occupies a place and can even be said to be one of the cornerstones of the local ecosystem.

The distribution range is very wide, resulting in floating islands everywhere on this continent.

The deeper you go into the land, the longer the Pan Tianhu grows, the better it resists gravity, and the larger the island becomes.

Some of the climbing orchids that have grown for a particularly long time are thicker than century-old trees, and blue light flickers between the cracked bark, which is magnificent.

Perhaps because the two of them had been admiring the scenery for too long, the top predator on this floating island, a tiger not much bigger than a cat, started roaring at them.

Trying to drive them out of their territory.

Violet still had a childlike innocence, and she blew out a breath that made the little guy fall over.

Seeing the silly look of the little tiger, I couldn't help laughing. He covered his little mouth and let out a sweet laugh like a silver bell.

Byron smiled as he watched his wife teasing the little tiger, but he noticed another problem:
“The unique geomorphology of this continent has a clear impact on the evolution of biological communities.

The body sizes of organisms living on land are relatively normal, but species living on floating islands show significant "island dwarfism" and "island gigantism" phenomena.

When immigrants come to open up the wilderness, this will definitely be a big headache for managers.”

The problem of floating islands also exists on other islands.

The island environment is special, usually with fewer plant species, a single vegetation type and structure, few related species and predators, and little competition and predation pressure between populations.

Therefore, under special selection pressure, mammalian populations that have been isolated and lived on islands for a long time gradually diverge from their original mainland populations, resulting in island syndrome.

To put it simply, large ones tend to get smaller, and small ones tend to get bigger. This is also called the "island rule."

Moreover, since it is difficult for the floating islands to communicate with each other and their numbers are too numerous to count, the ecological environments of the floating islands are naturally very different.

Take the little tiger for example, the size difference of the same species on different islands can be hundreds of times!
This kind of scene is likely to appear in the future.

Hunters and adventurers from the Wilderness Sequence ran excitedly into this ancient pillar with their illustrated guides.

On the previous island, you could kill the top predator with a single slide, but on the next island, another slide might turn it into a meal.

“If you want to truly develop this ancient continent, you must make great efforts.

The best scenario would be to find wise natives on this continent and have them help build it.”

At this time, a blood-red bat hurriedly flew in front of the two people, transformed into the honest man Eight Fingers, and shouted to them excitedly:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, one of our scout teams reported that the seagull messenger they sent out just discovered a man-made temple on a large floating island!"

Byron and Violet’s eyes lit up at the same time, and they immediately turned into streams of light and rushed towards that direction.

After they reunited with the scout team, they saw a large ancient temple appearing in the distance under the night sky.

What’s even more amazing is that it was raining heavily over the floating island, but not a single drop of rain fell where the temple was located.

It was precisely because of this anomaly that the scout team did not dare to act rashly.

"Byron, look, what is that?"

Violet suddenly raised her hand and pointed to several strings of spheres hanging on bronze chains under the marble eaves of the temple.

It was wrapped in a layer of white fabric, so it was impossible to see what was inside.

But when their eyes fell on those strange things, they heard a faint song singing in a language they had never heard before.

Through telepathy, I can barely understand what it means:
"Sunny doll, sunny doll, I hope tomorrow will be a fine day. If so, I'll give you a golden bell.
Sunny doll, sunny doll, I hope tomorrow will be a good day. If so, I will give you delicious rice wine.
Sunny doll, sunny doll, I hope tomorrow will be a nice day. If not, I will cut off your head."

After listening to the song, everyone looked at the white cloth spheres hanging under the eaves with ropes and chains, and their backs felt as if they were electrocuted, and goose bumps appeared on the spot.

(End of this chapter)