Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 691 The Correct Way to Open the Imperial System
As the mutilated ratman on the throne woke up, with the sound of rats chirping as a background, every skull in the church of bones opened its mouth and began to sing:
"A wreath of roses; a bag full of flowers; A-choo, A-choo; we shall all fall"

The Black Death that occurred more than two hundred years ago killed one-third of the continent's population in just a few years. The entire continent was littered with corpses and filled with mosquitoes and flies.

Even the church was helpless at one point.

Those hospital sequence extraordinary people who were severely cracked down by the church could do nothing but put on bird-beak masks and collect the bodies of the dead.

Many people also mistakenly believed that the Black Death was spread through stench, so they sewed fragrant flowers such as roses into small bags and carried them with them, but they still could not avoid death.

This nursery rhyme describes the tragic side of that era.

The rat man on the skeletal throne raised his hand, and the sounds of rats and nursery rhymes all disappeared. A thoughtful expression appeared on his ugly, hairy rat face, and he uttered a sharp soliloquy:
"Why did some of the 'Qi Qing Syndrome' virus suddenly disappear just now?
I am the embodiment of the Black Death and plague. Even if all the true gods in the world are added, there is no other virus or existence in the world that has killed more people than me.

The target this time was just a newly promoted fifth-rank false god, how could he have missed it unexpectedly? "

Then his face darkened:

"I see.

It must be because I have not been able to gather all twelve ossuaries and retrieve all my body parts, and I am far from being able to restore my strength to its peak in life."

This half-human, half-rat being with demigod-level power is none other than the [Magic Rat] Gris who was born during the Black Death!

There have been very few demigods born in the Silver Continent in the past thousand years, and the only ones active to this day are "Him" and the Clown.

It was during that massive human extinction event, in which tens of millions of people were wiped out, that this terrifying [Cursed Spirit] was created.

Gris was just born in an endless sea of ​​blood and corpses, mosquitoes, rats, maggots and flies, and he became an undisputed sixth-level demigod, and the most terrifying evil god.

He has a series of terrifying names such as [Demon Rat], [Death Knell], and [Funeral God]. He is almost completely anchored with the concept of "death" and becomes the undertaker of all things.

When He was born, the entire Silver Continent was closest to the collapse of the legal system and the return of the old gods.

Fortunately, the church at that time had not yet become as corrupt as it is now, and the Creator’s split was not as thorough as it is now.

The Night Watchmen built twelve skeletal churches with the bones of some of the victims of the Black Death, all of whom had endless resentment towards Gris during their lifetime.

He also summoned demigod-level angels to descend and successfully destroyed the main body of Gris, the God of Funerals. Most of the "immortal divinity" was taken away by the archangel.

The remaining "animal nature" and the corpse were chopped into twelve pieces and suppressed in twelve bone churches, respectively, and transformed into twelve [First-Level Holy Relic·Bone Churches].

The afterimage of the Archangel is imprinted on the silver cross of every bone church, which can unify the thoughts and wishes of the believers and consume Gris's body day and night.

When Byron went to the Malta monastery to rescue his aunt and uncles, the Holy Infant Society under St. John had one, which they used to infect them and his mother-in-law Vanessa, who was then the Man in the Iron Mask.

It was eventually "sold" by Byron using a first-level relic stock, extracting the authority of the underworld from it, and then completely destroyed it by exploding three "Song of Blood and Fire" shells.

By the way, he gathered the authority of the underworld of the entire world and was able to interfere with the collective subconscious, thus laying the foundation for today's [Human Emperor] step by step.

As for the remaining eleven bone churches, they are naturally in the hands of the church.

Just look at the broken parts of Gris's body and you will know that there are a total of eight thrones that fell into the hands of Lucifer, the Arrogant Morning Star, along with the entire Orthodox Church.

The latter released Him as soon as he came to power, and His tenacious vitality allowed Him to recover quickly.

The eight bone churches were also merged into one, becoming a pocket-sized kingdom of the god of funeral.

As for the last three bone churches, they are still guarded by the Protestant night watchmen, ascetics and paladins.

This is also normal. Lucifer had already corrupted the former Pope Francis IV long ago and had prepared for the subsequent plans for several decades. During this period, deliberately collecting bones in the church was just a convenient thing to do.

It was a surprise that the Protestants were able to retain three cathedrals. If the religious war had not suddenly broken out, those three cathedrals would not have been retained.

At this time, the Silver Continent had completely fallen into Byron's hands, and under the rule of the "Saint Byron Code", those corpses could never be recovered.

"call--!"

The funeral god Gris also knew this, and could only spit out a breath of deadly green disease air and forcibly suppress the depression in his heart.

The remaining left hand flipped over, and an illusory object symbolizing His own authority appeared in the palm.

The upper half is a white holy grail with the color of pus, and the lower half is a small blue-black bell of similar shape and color like a rotten corpse, with twisted and strange runes engraved all over it.

The white holy grail was filled with colorful light slurry, and each drop of liquid formed a painful human face, showing the horrific symptoms of some disease.

Any mortal who dared to take a look would immediately be infected with thousands of the most horrific plagues in the world through his eyes and die a horrible death.

This is the demigod authority of the God of Funeral, [Holy Grail of Plague, Death Knell], which represents the highest achievement in the field of epidemic.

It can call upon the abilities of all bacteria, viruses, parasites and other pathogens in the world for its own use, create a new plague, and sound the death knell for all living beings through both physical and spiritual transmission channels.

Even the Prince of Gluttony, Lord of Flies Beelzebub, and the Lord of Corpse Eels Samedi, who also possess the realm of disease, are no match for Him.

Gris held the Holy Grail and carefully examined the "Prayer Syndrome" inside. Apart from discovering that one point was inexplicably missing, there were no other clues.

I can only console myself by blaming:

“The sun and storms are indeed the mortal enemies of the deep sea. Among a large enough number of infected people, there will always be special immune ones.

One or two people cannot affect the overall situation. "

At this moment, the door of the Skeleton Church burst open.

The God of Funeral frowned. He didn't like the sunlight outside, so he shrank into the shadow of the skeleton throne. Then he raised his eyelids and looked at the person who came with his burnt yellow eyes.

It was Lucifer who strode into the church with a beautiful young woman. The latter had dragon horns on her head, her colorful long hair was piled high, she wore a gauze hat, and a court dress, looking like an elegant lady.

All the rats around were frightened by the power of the newcomer and shrank back into the corners.

“Mr. Gris, is our sacrificial ceremony going smoothly?

Lady Tiamat has just taken over the power of His church and is preparing to incorporate all the totem god tribes bordering the Solomon Empire, and will then send ground cannon fodder troops to attack the Sun Empire.

You two can try to cooperate on both fronts, and your efficiency will definitely be greatly improved."

The noble lady was also the Lord of the Dragon King's Court in the last era [Tiamat, the Mother of a Hundred Heads], and she nodded imperceptibly to Gris.

Although very arrogant, this attitude is considered very "human" among the old gods.

If no one told her, no one would have thought that this noble and beautiful lady would be one of the most powerful old gods of the last era.

Like other old gods, he was unable to descend in person, nor was he able to reclaim his divinity from the Pantheon. Now he is just an incarnation of a priesthood.

However, he had a backup plan that he had laid out at the beginning of the era - "The Book of Beast Families".

After arriving, he immediately prepared to extract the divinity from all dragon species [Beast Spirit Warriors] and [Totem Gods].

Through a massive blood sacrifice ritual, he eats himself back to the demigod level!

But this incarnation is essentially only at the fifth level. If it dares to kill people in the territories of those totem gods who are also at the fifth level and have gained independence through the Immortal Ladder, it will 100% be surrounded and killed and eaten.

So He decisively approached Lucifer and suggested that the Solomon Empire simultaneously start a fierce war to capture the Sun Empire and swallow up the entire southern continent.

Such a huge sacrifice is enough to support several demigods in a short period of time.

Lucifer agreed without hesitation.

His Creation Mountain Falling Ceremony has completed the personal and collective degeneration, and the ultimate pursuit is the "degeneration of the world."

He is arrogant and conceited by nature, never envies others, and does not care who makes the greatest achievements. As long as He can eventually achieve the ultimate goal of the world's depravity, He will naturally gain unimaginable great benefits.

He is the best candidate to lead the old gods.

When his twin son [Monarch of the World] Belia arrives, he will be crowned God King immediately.

Large-scale war and death can also enhance the power of the God of Funeral. He will naturally not refuse when he hears about the new cooperation plan.

He nodded to Tiamat and answered Lucifer's question:

"Your Majesty the Arrogant Morning Star, today is already November 11th.

According to normal progress, the prayer ceremony will be completed by the end of December this year, or the beginning of the Silver Age 12, and the sun god Inti will be hung up as a sacrifice. "

He did not tell anyone about the abnormality he had just discovered, thinking that it was just an accident and would not affect his progress.

Lucifer praised Him with satisfaction:
"Very good. Mr. Gris did a good job.

After the deed is accomplished, all those hated descendants of the Sun God in the Sun Empire will become our sacrifices, and you can enjoy 20% of them alone.

I am looking forward to what expressions those mobs will have when they find out that they killed their own ancestors, hahahaha."

He raised his hand and the [Golden Ark of the Covenant] responded, presenting the appearance of the collective subconscious ocean in the Beast Paradise.

If you listen carefully, you can clearly hear the nursery rhyme "Sunny Day Doll, Sunny Day Doll" getting louder and louder, which means that the Sunny Day Syndrome is spreading to a wider area.

What the group pursues and believes in is never truth and rationality, but blind obedience, cruelty, paranoia and fanaticism, leaving only the simplest and most extreme emotions.

Relying solely on this fanatical consciousness, one can't accomplish anything except destruction, and there is no way to protect oneself in front of the Sea of ​​​​Source.

Only a strong leader who retains his own rationality can control this violent force like a flood.

Before [Alaya] can finally mature, it needs to be balanced between the 'human side' and the 'divine side' so that it can grow into a true unified primate consciousness.

Unfortunately, the biggest weakness of humanity at the current stage is that both the [Bound Creator] and [Alaya] are left with only the pan-consciousness representing collectivism, and are unable to distinguish between good and evil.

[Human Emperor] Saint Byron is not even a demigod, and his state of unity is far from 50%, so he cannot bear the responsibility of sorting out the collective subconscious. Therefore, the collective subconscious of mankind is currently at its weakest.

Just like those children who throw tantrums when they are not given toys, no one can make them stop unless their desires are satisfied.

As we all know, the desire to keep oneself and the world alive is the most instinctive desire of all primate groups and their most essential commonality.

At present, the power of thought and determination in this area is the strongest.

It just so happens that the biggest enemy hindering human survival now is floods, which naturally makes it particularly easy for humans to guide and exploit them.

It can be said that "praying for clear skies" is the biggest political correctness in the primate circle. No one can resist it, and one can imagine how destructive it is.

Once you get caught up in this thing, it's all over.

Even if it is a seventh-order true god, if he allows the desires of his believers to come and go, he may become the shape of countless believers and completely lose himself.

Thoughts and wishes can in turn turn into a deadly poison that can kill the gods!

This is the basic principle of the "clear weather prayer ceremony".

As the "Sunny Day Syndrome" continues to spread, the echoes of the nursery rhymes are getting louder and louder in the collective subconscious of the Quechua people, and the struggle of the sun god is becoming increasingly powerless.

Once they successfully sacrifice the sun, the material world will immediately change its form.

Lucifer turned his head and looked towards the direction of the Old Continent in the north, his eyes gradually becoming colder:
“This time we will hang up the sun god Inti first.

After having the experience of success, I will give the [Human Emperor] Byron Lancaster, who has countless thoughts and wishes on him but is only a fifth-level pseudo-god, to "

As Lucifer was speaking, he suddenly felt his body tighten, as if he was entangled by an invisible chain. With an extremely ugly expression, he swallowed the second half of the sentence back into his stomach:

"Hang it up."

Then he slowly turned his head and asked the rat man expressionlessly:

"Come on, Mr. Gris, could you explain to me what is going on?

Who are we going to kill next? Huh? Answer me!!!"

Gris:
The unexpected thing that Lucifer faced was that not only did he become the object of the prayer ritual, but he was also being slowly coerced by his believers, citizens, and relatives.

"Reload, fire!"

boom! boom! boom! boom!
A few days later, before Tiamat began to recruit the dragon totem gods, a large number of indigenous "orcs" from different tribes swarmed into the border of the Solomon Empire.

In their hands, they had weapons and equipment that were somewhat backward in the Silver Empire but very advanced in the Beast Paradise, and they declared war on the old gods' followers.

All weapons bear inscriptions from the major arsenals of the North Sea Empire, and no one even bothers to cover them up.

Some elite troops even have instructors sent by the North Sea Empire who directly participate in personnel training and battlefield command.

Firearms are different from bows and arrows. Even if you have never used them before, two or three days are enough to get the hang of them. You can easily equalize the combat power of a group of mortal farmers and plate knights.

On the other hand, the Old Gods' fighting force is heavily dependent on their extraordinary followers, and the few alchemy workshops cannot increase production as quickly as the industrial system in a short period of time.

On a small hill in the back, Atahualpa stood between Byron and a group of Taino undead instructors who were not afraid of the long-range explosion of the sun god, and felt that the door to a new world had been opened to him again.

“Your Majesty, Lord of Heaven, is this what you call a proxy war?

It turns out that this is the true meaning of the imperial system.

As long as we are willing to spend money, we can get others to work for us. It’s really great! "

Apart from instructing the fairy Rigel, who was in charge of the southern continent's intelligence, to focus on the Solomon Empire, Byron had no plans to send troops directly to the southern continent to attack the Solomon Empire.

Because there are soldiers everywhere.

They didn't even need the army of the Sun Empire, but could directly bribe the totem god tribes that were facing real crises from the Solomon Empire to fight for them.

Countries that are located in a larger geographical area, cover a larger population, establish distinctive political, economic, social, military systems and humanistic values, form a certain international political system, and promote and maintain this system within a certain range can be called empires.

An empire is usually a vast territory with its own vassal states and dominates a cultural area.

The tributary system, the colonial system, the international trade system with fixed ecological niches, the military-strategic alliance system, etc. are all manifestations of the imperial system.

Regardless of which imperial system it is, it has great potential power and influence and can easily influence regional situations. It all depends on whether the leader of the empire will use it.

For example, today's case is about never getting bogged down in the quagmire of war easily, and supporting the enemy of whomever you want to fight as your agent.

Provide agents with financial and equipment support, let them fight each other to the point of bloodshed, and you will reap the benefits.

This time, Atahualpa was saved by Byron again, and his ancestor, the Sun God, was about to capsize, so he took the initiative to apply to become Byron's follower, joined the "Magic Banquet Council" and became a real member of the family.

Byron then explained to him the vision and methods that a leader of an empire should have:
"For the military-industrial complex, as long as there is war in the world, there will be continued profit.

Massive orders can allow various factories to operate at full capacity, provide a large number of jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities, and drive the prosperity of upstream and downstream industrial chains.
The benefits are endless.

Also, you are wrong about one thing.

What we pay to our agents is not free war funds, but war loans! They need to use the fertile land, minerals and spices within their rule as collateral, and this money needs to be repaid.

Moreover, after getting the loan, we are the only one with sufficient productivity to meet their needs, and the money goes around and ends up back in our hands.

When the money is not enough, they have to continue to borrow."

Atahualpa was dumbfounded and felt that his own Ponzi scheme was not as ruthless as this business.

“Is it possible that those small countries will not buy into it?”

Byron waved his hand indifferently:
“As long as we open up the Golden Law anchor qualification, citizenship of the First Empire on which the sun never sets, and even the title of nobility to the upper class, no one will be able to resist this temptation.

Even if there is a saint who sticks to the interests of the country, he will always have political enemies, right? Just replace him with someone else. It is not difficult to operate.

And the natives all know that humans don’t eat humans, but the old gods do!
If they don't want themselves and their families to be eaten, they have no choice but to work for us.

Finally, when the war begins, all the hot money in the war-torn area will flow into the safest First Empire on which the sun never sets for risk aversion.

You see, once this proxy war starts, the sovereign country wins hands down."

Atahualpa was deeply shocked by the "great lack of virtue" of the North Sea Empire, the "spiritual homeland on the mountain top", and raised his hand awkwardly to ask:

"Your Majesty, what if you lose the battle with someone you are dealing with, or if you win the battle but are raised to be a serious threat with a strong military force?"

Byron made a gesture of wiping his neck:
"Isn't this easy? Then continue to support other agents and continue fighting!

Let all the member states of the British Empire contribute money together, including the North Sea Empire, Iris, the Netherlands, the Golden Empire, the Desert Empire, and the Holy Silver Empire that I just got.

The alliance system swarmed in, and now the industrial revolution tailored to the resource endowments of various places is in full swing. Just piling up supplies can kill them.

Until all the countries in the region are destroyed and the locals are either mostly dead or have fled to other places, we will directly immigrate there and take over the land.

Wouldn't it be nice to make this large piece of land our direct territory and use it to enfeoff our descendants?"

At this point he added meaningfully:
“So we can keep our own great unity, but the enemy’s land must be forever divided and infighting.

Even if there is no trouble, people will create trouble for them.

Just one disputed border can cause generations of bloodshed in two countries."

hiss--!
Even though Atahualpa was a fifth-rank Son of the Sun, he felt a chill on the back of his neck and couldn't help shrinking his neck, whispering in his heart:

'The greatest pastime for us ordinary monarchs is to play a game of family tree elimination. You are playing a game of national elimination!

You must hold on to His Majesty Saint Byron's thighs in the future, or you will have to help him count money after you die.'

Byron was very satisfied with the younger brother's reaction.

If he wants to kill the sun god Inti, he needs the cooperation of Atahualpa.

The King of the Sun Empire is merely a professional manager who manages the country for Inti. He not only has management power, but is also severely restricted.

The previous kings who became gods in the past dynasties were not mascots. After becoming gods, their desires became stronger, and they needed the power of mind, immortal divinity, priesthood, kingdom of God, etc., which they needed to ask for from the empire on earth.

In short, it is impossible to let the ancestor Inti eat for free, and it is even more impossible to let the king have the final say. Adding sand is just a basic operation.

Atahualpa actually had many political enemies in the country.

Byron had already prepared the vaccine in advance, and all the people in the National Reserve Committee were immunized. He then sent other filial sons and grandchildren who were loyal to the gods to reunite with their ancestors.

At the same time, he imitated Gris's "Prayer Syndrome" to poison Lucifer and infect his people and clans.

Launch another proxy war to give the Solomon Empire something to do.

The purpose is to actively control the progress of the sun god Inti being hung up.

In Byron's plan, the best time point is the beginning of next year, when the [World Change] ceremony is completed and the couple and their three companions all break through to the sixth level at once.

With the three of them plus the [Goddess of Magic] Cleopatra and the [God of Assassination] Amita, there are a total of five demigods on their side.

At that time, even if there were flaws in the plan to share the Sun God, there would be enough room for error.

At worst, we can just go out and kill the Solomon Empire!

(End of this chapter)