Chapter 4 The Chaos of the Empire(1/2)
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Hearing Aaron's question.
In an instant, the other party stiffened his body, and fine beads of sweat quickly oozed out of his forehead.
Facing the Holy Group warrior under the God of War, you can see that his feet were trembling slightly, and a trace of cold air was emitting from his back, as if a bitter cold wind had penetrated his body.
He turned his head stiffly, his muscles tightened, and his throat was slightly hoarse: "Sir, we are mercenaries. It is the trolls who hire us to stop the adventurers from destroying the remains of the troll clan."
Aaron frowned.
To him, it was obvious that the other party was telling a lie.
The skin of the forest trolls is the same color as the moss. The white trolls do not belong to the Alpha Forest at all. Moreover, the forest trolls have completely disappeared from the Alpha Forest.
"Wait, there is a discovery here!" Evie found two cages in a bush, imprisoning two humans and a tree demon.
Obviously, this team is a thief who is engaged in the profession of slave traders.
The Spartan Empire allowed the slave trade, and anyone without a status could be sold as slaves to nobles or empires except for imperial citizens.
Slaves have no personal freedom to engage in physical labor, and they may be able to live by selling them to the empire.
If it is sold to a private noble, it is often traded, fun and killed by the slave owner.
"These robbers are dedicated to persecuting the Middle-earth people. Sometimes even the citizens of the Spartan Empire will be killed by them!" Feyer stared at the cunning old man fiercely. He explained the activities he was engaged in.
A sharp dagger accurately cut back and forth on the old man's throat. Aaron allowed Evie and the other four to deal with these slave traders who were unable to stand firmly and unable to run.
His eyes met the tree demon in the cage and asked the other party, "Tell me what your name is."
"Water drops." The other party replied timidly.
In Aaron's memory, the tree demons were only 30,000 tree demons left at that time. Most of them were women. Thanks to the sympathy of Queen Ge, the tree demons obtained the exclusive profession of attendants.
Aaron remembered that he had a tree demon servant named Chenlu.
Just like morning dew, the tree demon called water droplets looks young and gentle. And from the upper body of a human to the lower body of a deer, it is covered with a layer of gauze.
Under the soft bangs, curved eyebrows were faintly visible. Those big and round eyes were full of fear and nervousness.
"Huo! It's actually a female tree demon. We seem to have found a treasure and are about to get rich!" Basset came up and looked at the tree demon with excitement.
I personally learned about more than a dozen disabled human traffickers, including Evie, Fayer and Bretten who came over, and seemed to basically agree with Bassett's view.
If a tree demon is sold on the black market, it will be worth at least fifty imperial gold coins.
The value of fifty imperial gold coins can be purchased on the black market.
Although he lost ten years of understanding and understanding of the empire he created, Aaron still remembered. "According to the law of the empire, the tree demon clan, as a court attendant, had an identity and status above ordinary imperial citizens."
The four of them expressed surprise at Aaron's "antique", and Faye whispered. "Well, Lord Holy See, I don't know if you have forgotten it or really forgot it. The Empire Senate has long deprived the civil rights of the tree demons of the tree demons. They are classified as imperial slaves and are branded with the mark of imperial slaves, which means that slaves that are not allowed to be owned by individuals. That is why the tree demons are so valuable!"
"Why?" Aaron was still confused.
Evi looked at the tree demon who was timid and never over fifteen years old, and a hint of sympathy appeared in her eyes, "Because the white-robed elders in the empire's Senate found that the tree demon's body was full of treasures. The blood of the tree demon can make a nobleman hollowed out by wine, and every organ of the tree demon's horn and the heart of the tree demon can be used as medicine."
Hearing this, Aaron frowned slightly. Although he was a little disgusted with this cruel exploitation, joining the tree demon can really continue the lives of the elders. Perhaps this cruelty may not be evil. Of course, in Aaron's consciousness, his cognitive image of the elders of the empire was still ten years ago when the elite elders who had been in the Toga robe and devoted themselves to their full work.
Evie opened another cage and said regretfully, "Countless Middle-earth people came to the Spartan Empire with their desire for the Kingdom of the God of War, but died one by one in disregard and coldness."
Ten years ago, Aaron had always agreed with the law of the strong in the prey on the weak. But that was a rule that must be followed in a barbaric environment.
In any case, the Spartan Empire today should no longer adhere to the outdated laws.
As Aaron looked at him, the middle-aged man in the cage was about 35 or thirty-five or six years old, medium-sized, wearing blue cloth trousers and a very wide cowhide belt around his waist.
The hair on the temples was slightly bald, the eyebrows were dark yellow and neat, and the eyes were filled with pain, and they could not even breathe smoothly. Just now, the slave dealer in charge of guarding the cage stabbed a dagger into his lower abdomen.
Next to the middle-aged man, there was also a girl wearing a pink and blue skirt. Her slightly wheat-colored skin looked very healthy. Her golden hair was draped vertically on her shoulders like a waterfall, and her face was slightly red.
There were two lines of tears hanging on her face, covering the middle-aged man's lower abdomen with both hands, but she still couldn't stop the blood gushing from her fingers, and just kept crying.
"He can't do it anymore. Fayer, give him a relief."
In Aaron's view, the female swordsman Evie is a strong woman, and she also has her consistent code of conduct. She also has a leadership position among the four.
The axe warrior Faye quickly inserted the dagger in his hand into the heart of the middle-aged man, staring at the other party's sudden enlarged pupils, "Shhhhhh--just like this, breathe, breathe again, my brother, after three breaths, you will be completely free. Leaving this evil era, the god of war Augustus will lead you into the magnificent palace of glory, where there is no pain, no war, no hunger. Only glory and golden radiance bathe on you and wash your soul..."
The most ironic scene of this fanatical belief in God is that the god of war Augusta Aaron stands in front of the dead.
Not only do you look coldly, but you can't do anything.
After all, only Aaron understands best that the demigod is not a true God after all. The God of War, which is respected and believed in by others, is just a person who has lived a longer life with a 600-year life.
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The light in the forest is dark, and straight and tall trees block most of the sunlight. Only the mottled and sparse light shines in through the branches and leaves of the trees, making the forest particularly mysterious and weird.
A group of people, the object of a long snake, walked in the forest. No one and Aaron competed for the front position. Evie walked in the middle with a tree demon and a girl, while the other three broke the back together.
As we continued walking, the forest was filled with erratic fog, but it was surprisingly quiet, as if all living beings had never entered this place.
As we all know, forest trolls are relatively rare human-shaped monsters. They are extremely strong in physiques, and are as tall as three meters like those of the bears. Their green skin is covered with moss.
The tall cheekbones and sharp heads, as well as pointed ears and fangs indicate the powerful fighting talent of the trolls.
In Aaron's memory, a long time ago, in addition to the Amani Forest Troll, there were also Blood Bone Clans, Dark Spear Clans, and Gulapa Clans...
The ruins of the troll clan, the Hundred Demon Cave.
Surrounded by mountains and forests, the terrain is steep.
Finding this place is not difficult for Aaron. Standing in front of the Troll Cave, the cliffs rising from the ground surrounded them into these huge caves that look like ancient ruins.
"Although all the warriors of the troll clan have been buried in the sunset plain, the women, children and children of the troll clan have no reason to disappear. What happened to the so-called troll ruins in these ten years..."
Some unresolved thoughts lingered in Aaron's mind, but suddenly interrupted with a slight movement that sounded around him.
The keen spiritual sense sensing covered every grass and tree within a thousand meters of surrounding area. Aaron discovered that hundreds of wolf soldiers were lurking in the Baimo Cave area. Their torso and limbs were all wrapped in a whole piece of thick steel armor, and their weapons were all ten-inch steel claws, and their heads had exquisite ∧ emblem headbands.
The symbol of the regular army of the Wolf Clan of the Spartan Empire.
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Imperial City, Spartan City!
The palace of the God of War may not be very luxurious, but its majesty is indeed a little too much.
Especially the main hall where the throne is located is definitely the most spectacular hall known. Inside it, the huge shock can definitely make everyone who visits feel their insignificance.
In fact, except for the Imperial Palace.
The entire Spartan Empire Palace complex is divided into two pillars and forests in the east and west. There may be thousands of rooms in the middle by corridors. Like the legend, they are connected by twisting corridors and stairs. The structure is so complex that it is amazing.
At the same time, to the north of the palace is an open-air square, with stone slabs standing around the square, used to record the civilization and glory of the Spartans.
This is an elaborate masterpiece, which was once the starting point of an empire, and what is shown and recorded on it is a magnificent era, an era where glory belongs only to the Spartans.
Everything that the outstanding imperial architect Uriya once painted on drawings became reality.
He raised his head and saw the golden pillars engraved with the quotes of the God of War, "The emperor's actions come from the throne of the emperor, and the throne of the emperor is based on authority."
"The maintenance of all laws of the empire depends on the authority of the emperor."
The Emperor of the Spartan Empire, Li Dong, had various relief details on the wall behind her, and all the murals maintained bright colors.
But there was no expression on her face, just like a wood. The temple sacrifices and servants in the hall were all at a loss. You looked at me and I looked at you, and you could not understand the indifference of His Majesty the Emperor about such a major event at all.
Time fell bit by bit, until half an hour later, the emperor who turned his back to everyone turned around and spoke formally, "The Imperial Senate, the old men who clamored that the rights of the Senate were higher than the emperor's authority and claimed that they had inherited the will of the God of War, what do they say about this incident?"
The representative of the eight great priests of the Pantheon, Xiya lifted up her white floor-torn robe and stepped forward. She looked up at her emperor and said, "Report to His Majesty the Emperor, the old men in the Senate, although they were intimidated on the surface, in fact, everyone was celebrating secretly, and there was finally no mountain on their heads. This is definitely a betrayal of the God of War! You should order these old guys to be hanged."
On the surface, Li Dong's face was calm, but secretly she had to admit that since Nosica, no one has deserved the title of God of War.
Can you imagine it? As a servant of the God of War and a female clergyman, what she is full of her heart is actually greed for power.
But then again, although Li Dong scoffed at the woman under the steps, he still had to win over her and the power of the temple and stand on his own side. Since the disappearance of the God of War, the original concentrated power has been divided, and the Imperial Senate has the most part.
Below are the emperors of the Empire, and there are also sacred corps that do not participate in any conflict, so the Temple of the God of War is the most active.
"With the support of the Holy Corps, and Uncle Kratos and Uncle Xianli, the people in the Imperial Senate, although arrogant, no one dared to attack the Imperial Emperor. This time the disappearance of the two holy cities and the Hurricane Temple was directly declared by the Senate that this was the blame for the God of War Temple. They angered the God of War who stood in the sky in the dark, and they made the God of War give up the Spartan Empire."
Although Lidong can make the Senate and the Pantheon fight to the death. But just after the news brought by General Kratos, all the Holy Group warriors have lost their sub-divine skills and have all become ordinary warriors.
"The Spartan Helmet Legion. Without the sub-divine power, they are still the most elite and powerful legion in the entire empire. They can still maintain the authority of the imperial emperor. But it is undeniable that the Senate controls the Taurus heavy legion and the large number of the Beast Clan Dark Night Legion. They are not afraid of their empire emperor. They will no longer be afraid of the Spartan Holy City Legion that has lost sub-divine power."
The fact is that if you join the Senate and let the sanctuary burn this tragic clergy, then their next goal is to destroy the people closest to themselves, the God of War, and promote their republic.
The God of War Saint Sia continued, "Your Majesty the Emperor, who values both beauty and wisdom, do you know? The old people in the Empire Senate have already discussed in the council. They claimed that the Wooden Elves distorted the Last Commandment of the God of War, and claimed that the God of War did not make you the Emperor of Sparta at all, but said that the Elf Sage Yulan took good care of you. Now, the elves have left the Spartan Empire and surrendered to the northern traitor Kurush. They said that you should be exiled and stay with the Wooden Elves. And, the great Emperor of the Empire..."
Listening to the crimes of the God of War accusing the Imperial Senate in his ears. Li Dong looked up and her eyes returned to the golden pillars, looking at the two lines of the God of War quotations.
In the dark, there is a silent monologue.
"Brother, Li Dong doesn't want to be a great noble again. Li Dong just wants to be your sister. Ten years ago, Li Dong didn't listen to you. If you were still angry about this, Li Dong begs for your forgiveness again..."
After ten years, Lidong thought that the bird could not fly across the sea and thought that he could not become the emperor of the empire.
It was ten years later that I realized that it was not that the bird could not fly over, but that the other end of the sea had no longer wait. Lidong finally became the emperor of the empire, and vowed not to shed tears, hold his eyes against the wind, and use force without blinking...
To be continued...