Witch, Fireball and Steam Evil God

Chapter 25 Saint

The deck was dead silent.

In the eyes of servants and crew members, Master Yuge is still a child who has not grown up. As the eldest son of the current Speaker of the Council, he completed his first voyage with the fleet at the age of seven.

Yuge is not arrogant and can always get along well with them, leaving a good impression on everyone.

However, they all felt that the young master might be more suitable to be an adventurer who sailed freely on the sea than a senator. This was the first time they heard the young master comment on the internal affairs of another country, and it was the kind of comment that was shocking.

Civil war is about to break out in the empire.

They could imagine what kind of shock would be caused when the parliament received such feedback.

They just felt that the young master was unable to understand what the identity of an ambassador really meant - when this voyage was over, every word he said when he returned to the parliament might have a profound impact on the parliament's future policies.

The captain quickly said, "No, no, no, sir, this is not a joke. How could a civil war break out in the empire?"

"At the latest, within a year after His Majesty Henry's death."

Yuger was unmoved. He propped his chin on his left hand and continued on the topic, "Lily, when the Lophik Foundation and the Pope met with us, they both asked the same question - the Foundation or the Church, who would the Deep Sea Council prefer to establish long-term cooperation with?"

"This is normal, young master. A few years ago, the two of them expressed to the parliament their desire to establish a chamber of commerce and a church in our coastal city."

Lily said, “After sea voyages were opened up, the relationship between civilizations became closer.”

"As far as I know, the Imperial Succession Act is different from the Parliament. They place more emphasis on bloodline. The next heir to the throne can only be born among His Majesty Henry's descendants. However, they have never mentioned these heirs even once."

"The struggle for the throne of the empire has always been like this."

The captain said, "It was because of his heroic performance in slaying the dragon that His Majesty Henry gained the support of the Holy Sepulchre of Netheril and succeeded to the throne. No matter what, the chaos is only temporary."

"That's true, but chaos will create opportunities for others. Times have changed. In this era, as long as they are equipped with weapons produced by the Imperial Military Industry, even ordinary people can kill the well-trained Kingdom Army."

Yug sat there, confronting the captain and Lily from the scene, and still no crew member joined his "camp".

After all, this judgment sounds really ridiculous.

Lily shook her head bitterly. "Such a rebellion will not last more than three days. Once the Empire sends out the Saints, the rebels will have no chance of winning."

The evaluation system for extraordinary people was proposed by the Empire. When humans set foot in the third level, they have become an existence that ordinary people cannot understand. However, above the third level, there are two higher levels. No matter what path they take, once they are promoted to the fifth level, they will be awarded the title of Saint.

It's like a god walking among the humans.

This is how people evaluate saints.

Although the Empire was badly hurt in the battle with the Winter Witch, even if we put aside the dying Henry IV, they still maintained close contacts with at least three saints. Her eyes suddenly dimmed, and she lowered her head and said, "In front of the saints, the struggles of mortals are meaningless."

Even if the young master's prediction came true, she could see the end of this vigorous struggle - being crushed like an ant, with her head chopped off and hung on the city wall as a warning to future generations.

Their names will be written into history books as unforgivable sinners and nailed to history's pillar of shame.

Yuge noticed that Lily was acting strange, so he changed the subject and asked, "By the way, when father visited the empire last time, the containment bureau hadn't been established yet, right?"

The captain took over the conversation with great tact and said, "Oh, I've heard of them. It's said that they are an agency that specializes in handling abnormal cases in the empire. They were established in recent years. The former director was an extraordinary figure. When he turned 30, he was awarded the title of a fourth-level scholar by the Enlightenment Academy. It's a pity that he encountered an accident. Otherwise, the empire would probably have a new saint in a few years."

Yuger: "Rather than dealing with abnormal cases, I think it is more accurate to say 'dealing with evil god believers'. After all, most of the cases they investigate are created by evil god believers. This is a naming strategy game."

“Naming strategy?”

"Omitting 'evil god' from the naming process will make the situation seem less serious. Don't you find it strange? Since the Fourth Epoch, the followers of the evil god have never disappeared, but why does the empire now have to set up a special department to deal with such incidents?"

Yuge paused for a while deliberately. When he saw the captain's hesitant expression, he knew that the other party actually knew the answer but just didn't dare to say it out loud.

"This shows that there are more and more followers of the evil god in the empire, so many that the empire has to set up a special department to deal with the activities of the followers of the evil god... Could it be that the followers of the evil god grew out of the ground?"

Yuge took out a parchment book from the inside pocket of his clothes. On the cover was written "Take You to Know 100 Dark Creatures". "I bought this in the Imperial Capital Bookstore. The author is an experienced old hunter. When I was reading this book, there was a question that I couldn't figure out.

"The old hunter said that the belief in the evil god will distort the bodies and souls of humans, turning them into monsters that are neither human nor inhuman. They will lose their ability to think and develop all kinds of quirks, such as addiction to drinking blood and cannibalism. Even their closest people will be afraid of them. They will also be hunted down by the empire and live in constant fear. No matter where they flee to, they will be no different from rats in the gutter."

No normal person would want his life to turn out like this.

However, in the empire, more and more people have fallen into the worship of evil gods, and there has even been an unprecedented fall of saints.

When Yuge visited the Imperial Military Factory and saw the way the workers looked at them, the questions buried deep in his heart finally had an answer.

The Empire has always been very thorough in its propaganda about the evil gods. Even ordinary people in remote cities know the dangers of believing in evil gods:

“Believing in evil gods will turn you into a monster, destroy your family, and plunge you into the abyss… But I think that perhaps the evil gods have never denied this to their believers. They only promise one thing to their believers—as long as they abandon all these, they will gain power.”

This is the unbearable burden of life, and it is also the most miserable life that Yuge can imagine.

Until he realized that for some people, this didn't seem like a big deal.

because,

“A lot of people are already there.”

(End of this chapter)