Chapter 43 Shinto, gathering the power of all living beings
Empire, Sunlight City.
The Duke of Blois was holding a pile of medicine bottles and medicines in his hands, looking a little anxious, and walked hurriedly through the courtyard and several side halls, and came to a quiet room.
Duchess Helen heard the crisp sound of shoes stepping on the marble floor tiles, glanced back and said:
"These medicines are useless."
"What should we do?"
The Duke of Blois suddenly panicked, his hands shook, and several jars of magic potion fell to the ground.
There was a woman lying on the bed in the room.
She has silky hair like silver snow, an exquisite appearance, and a breath of jade and ice, like an orchid in an empty valley. Her beauty is almost unreal.
At this moment, her little white hands were holding the blanket, her body was curled up and she was lying on the bed, her forehead was sweating, and she was murmuring from time to time, as if she was having a nightmare.
"No, don't come here...it's not me...I don't...I don't remember...ah..."
"elder sister."
Helen looked at her sister Lucy with a worried look on her face and grabbed her little hand, as if she wanted to give her some comfort.
But Lucy was still unconscious, her skin was hot, and she moaned in pain from time to time. Occasionally, strange lines appeared on her body.
These lines were colorful, both real and illusory, and they were randomly tangled together, clinging to her body like poisonous spider threads, making her white and tender face look as shocking as cracks.
"Wife, what should I do? Her symptoms are getting worse and worse."
The Duke of Blois walked up and down the room, turning around anxiously.
In the past few days, my sister-in-law suddenly suffered from a strange illness and was bedridden.
They tried their best to treat her, and even invited some high-ranking priests and witch doctors to come over to check. However, no matter how skilled the doctors were, they could not see the specific problem, and they were even more helpless on how to treat her.
This made him anxious.
If the sister-in-law has any shortcomings, his wife may not be able to bear such a blow.
"I will try again."
Helen pointed a finger on Lucy's forehead, and a white lotus bloomed.
Pure radiance spreads from the blooming white lotus into the room, like the down of a dandelion, and many exotic flowers and plants begin to grow out of thin air, creating a beautiful and dreamy scene.
Fairy flowers bloom, radiance flows, dirt disappears, and vegetation fills the whole room with life.
The Duke of Blois took a breath of this air and felt refreshed and exhausted. He felt as if he was in the holy land of heaven.
My wife has become stronger again.
Are you already a high-level legendary powerhouse?
These exotic flowers and plants quickly grew onto the bed, surrounded by the vitality of vegetation and pure light and rain, and Lucy's frowning eyebrows were slightly relieved.
But not long after, she groaned in pain again, colorful and twisted lines shot out from her body, and the power of chaotic rules swept across all directions.
"puff!"
All the exotic flowers and plants instantly withered and collapsed, and the pure light and rain that filled the room also dimmed!
Helen groaned, the white lotus on her fingertips shattered, and she retracted her palm as if she was electrocuted.
Her face turned pale, she staggered back and almost fell.
The Duke of Blois hurried over and hugged his wife, saying in a panic:
"Honey, are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's just that the realm was broken. It's just a minor injury..."
Helen stretched out her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at her sister who was curled up and shaking on the bed with a worried expression.
Trouble, the situation is far more serious than she thought.
There was nothing she could do, and she couldn't contact her grandfather. She didn't know if he really died.
Helen's face was pale, she leaned weakly in her husband's arms, and sighed softly:
"We can only inform Catherine."
"..."
The Duke of Blois shuddered and did not dare to say a word.
He was truly afraid to the core of his being the cheap daughter of the Blood Queen.
………
Central region, Feras Mountains.
This is the dividing line between Falorland and the St. Joan Empire. The mountains are undulating like dragons and snakes, and the peaks are in various shapes and majestic.
Of course, even though it is a dividing line, this area is actually very vast, and independent city-states or even principalities can be built on the flat land between some mountains.
The white horse stepped into the air, the magnificent scenery among the mountains and valleys quickly retreated, and the wind blew up Ren's left sea.
He sat in the carriage, holding his chin with one hand, and asked casually:
"How are you feeling now?"
At this time, there was no one around him, not even Nana and Medusa. The only one who could answer him was the coachman.
Michelle looked at the magnificent mountains and rivers below with deep eyes and said:
"The sea is changing, the world is ups and downs, everything will decay. There is no eternal great and glorious country, and there are few heroes who are passionate and never change their original intention.
The Empire has decayed, and so has the Church, like two rusty iron plates."
Back in Falorland, Michel used thunderous means to cleanse a group of garbage moths within the Holy See. He relied on the help of the saint and the soldier to avoid being executed.
Then, during the national war, he rushed to the front line, fought bravely, accumulated a lot of military merits, and got rid of subsequent accountability.
But when he returned to the St. Joan Empire, he found that the way everyone looked at him had changed.
Not many nobles felt that what he did was right. Many powerful bishops hated him and were wary of him. Even his colleagues in the Knights Templar who got along day and night were wary of him, fearful, suspicious, and did not understand or agree with what he did.
What you did.
Because he had already accomplished meritorious service through military honors, no one could openly target him.
But Michelle was still suppressed and ostracized by many people, intentionally or unintentionally, to the point where he could no longer survive in the Holy City and was almost exiled to the border.
The nobles no longer mentioned the twin stars of the church, as if they were deliberately forgetting him.
This time Michelle was able to return to the Holy City because Renn took advantage of him.
"You said that only by never forgetting your original intention can you achieve success."
Michelle pulled the reins of the white horse, glanced back, and looked directly into Ren's eyes, "However, the fact is exactly the opposite - it is easy to change your original intention, but it is always hard to change!
In the past, the Sun King led mankind to overthrow the rule of demons and establish mankind's own dynasty. He hoped that everyone could stand up, not be slaves, not have to kneel to anyone, and live with dignity.
But now, the extraordinary nobles are at the top, and many bishops also think that they are superior to others, and regard ordinary believers as lambs. They exploit and oppress ordinary people unscrupulously, and their faces are even more ugly than demons.
Those garbage moths within the Holy See are like this. They bully the weak and fear the hard, bully the good and fear the evil. Nobles cannot be easily offended, so they only single out ordinary people to kill them.
How meaningful does such a rise mean to most ordinary people?
Thousands of heroes shed their blood in exchange for the old rivers and mountains we have today."
Ren was silent.
He didn't know how to evaluate or answer, it was just a fact.
When the dynasty was first established and many things were waiting for improvement, the Sun King drafted a code of law, hoping that ordinary people could enjoy the same status and rights as extraordinary people.
However, due to various contradictions and resistance, this code could not be implemented in the end. In the end, Saigon continent formed a governance system to safeguard the interests of extraordinary nobles.
This kind of thing is really common.
Everyone on earth is a mortal, and everyone's equality is only superficial, let alone a world where such extraordinary power is attributed to itself.
How could a strong man who destroyed heaven and earth be willing to sit on an equal footing with a group of mortals?
"I never thought that this world would become a beautiful ideal country. It's even difficult to be ideal, but I don't regret what I did."
Michelle looked at the vast peaks and mountains, her tone calm.
"What are you going to do next?"
Ren looked at him and extended an invitation, "Would you like to come to the Galaxy Kingdom to be the leader of a knighthood?"
It is difficult for outsiders to imagine how suppressed and marginalized Michelle was after returning to the Holy City.
The twin stars of the church, the legendary Paladins, were actually assigned to clean the toilets in a small temple...
This is already Hong Guoguo's humiliation.
Ren felt that if he cleaned up some garbage bugs within the Witcher Association, but was executed afterwards, got away with it, was suppressed, and even had to clean the toilet, he would definitely quit the association in anger.
I don’t want to leave you here, I have my own place to stay.
The labor and management are both legendary and strong. Why should a first-class genius suffer from such folly?
However, Michelle endured it...
"Thank you for the invitation, but I will not leave the empire."
Michelle shook her head, looked at him deeply, and said calmly, "You are not the kind of person who wants to establish a new order. You care more about your personal feelings than your ideals and beliefs.
If your relatives and friends are living well, you will be content. Although you will do things that benefit ordinary people, you will just do it casually.
Therefore, although the Galaxy Kingdom has a brilliant future, it is not suitable for me."
Renn: "..."
You directly say that I have no ambitions and am just getting by.
In fact, Michelle was right. He is really not the kind of hero who likes to ask for orders for the people. Most of the time, he just does it casually.
"Then why do you continue to stay in the Empire?"
"I'm waiting for your cousin, Saint Kate, who is more willing to establish a new order than you and is more concerned about social fairness and justice." Michelle said.
"..."
Ren choked for a moment.
It was the first time that someone judged me as being inferior to my sister, and it felt quite subtle.
I am proud of my sister, but also a little unconvinced.
"Also, although you are powerful, you are not a divine being." Michelle added.
"Shinto?"
Ren raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Do you believe that God can only create the new order and new world you pursue?"
"Yes, the more I think about it, the more I realize that mortals have limits." Michelle replied.
"..."
Will the next sentence be "I'm not a human being"?
Ren's face twitched and his expression was a little weird.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, just keep talking."
"No matter how brilliant or talented people are, their time and energy are limited. They will eventually grow old and become unable to do what they do, or they may shrink back or even degenerate.
Only God can create a relatively ideal kingdom.
Because God is immortal, He has infinite lifespan and inexhaustible energy, and can implement an idea and practice a path for thousands of years.
And God is beyond the world.
The true gods who live in the Kingdom of God are naturally above the political struggles and interest relationships on the surface. For them, who will be the king and which group of people rule the country are not that important.
God only needs to ensure the piety of the masses' faith.
To remove the moths within the country, to cure the poison, to ensure fairness, justice and normal class mobility, although God has to pay a price, it is within an acceptable range...
God's thinking speed is also far faster than that of mortals, and he can handle massive amounts of information and government affairs with ease. He can also have individual incarnations monitor the surface of the earth without being deceived, and he is almost omniscient and omnipotent.
In this way, the kingdom and order created by God will be close to the Utopia and the Brave New World."
Michelle said this in a calm tone.
Ren thought for a moment, smiled faintly, and said: "It sounds good, but if there are good gods, there will naturally be evil gods.
If the nature of an evil god is chaos and evil, and his teachings promote violence, conspiracy, and killing, then the country and order he establishes will be shockingly ugly and a true hell on earth."
For example, Spider-Queen Lolth.
The goddess Lolth is the main god of the dark elves. Under her leadership, the society built by the dark elves is full of blood and terror, and has nothing to do with the Utopia.
Michelle had obviously thought about this issue, nodded and said:
"Yes, if good gods can build an ideal country, then evil gods can create hell on earth, but I believe that good gods can win the final victory."
"Why?"
"The Shinto is the way to gather people."
Michelle said firmly, "Gods increase their divine power by spreading doctrines and harvesting faith. Therefore, gods who can make material prosperity, social stability, and make more people profit and feel happy have experienced a long struggle.
, will eventually stand out.”
"That makes sense."
Ren suddenly thought of the earth goddess Shantia.
The benevolent Earth Mother, the Harvest Goddess, was born after the Night Goddess and the Moon Goddess, but came from behind and reached the height of Godhead 19. She is one of the most powerful and influential gods in Faerûn.
And her teachings and ideas are that agriculture will prosper, material prosperity will occur, all living beings will have enough food and clothing, and will be happy and stable.
The goddess of the earth uses her simple love to make all things grow and make the earth fertile.
The God of War, the Three Gods of Death, the Goddess of Night, the Lord of the Dawn... are all not as powerful as Mother Earth, which is enough to explain a lot of problems.
Shinto is the way of gathering people. From this perspective, gods of order, kindness, neutrality, and kindness will only slowly become the mainstream of the world, and even the final winner.
And the Earth Goddess is the neutral and good camp...
These thoughts flashed through Ren's mind quickly, and he couldn't help but admire:
"I benefit a lot from what you say."
The future is the age of gods, and it is very important to choose a camp and determine doctrines and concepts. This involves the development method and upper limit of a god.
He would organize these things and tell them to his sister.
Michelle just shook her head slightly, her expression as usual, showing no emotion.
[Ren, go to the Imperial Sunlight City quickly, something happened with my mother.]
Ren wanted to say something else, but suddenly saw the news on the contact platform and was slightly startled.
Ren: [What’s wrong?]
Valkyrie: [Aunt Lucy suddenly fell ill, and the situation became more and more serious. The witch doctors and priests in the empire were helpless. My mother asked me for help, but I couldn't get away.]
Aunt Lucy is sick?
She is a legendary singer, how can she still get sick?
[I know, I’ll go over there right away.]
Ren was a little surprised. After thinking about it for a while, he gave up the idea of returning to the Galaxy Kingdom.
Let’s go to the Nokman Empire first.
Aunt Lucy had always been very kind to him. If something happened to her, of course he couldn't ignore it.
"Michelle, let's say goodbye here."
"Aren't you going back to the Galaxy Kingdom?" Michelle asked.
It was Ren's request that he return to the Holy City this time.
As a friend, it was his mission this time to send the military leader back to his country, and also to pay a visit to Queen Medusa as a diplomatic envoy.
It is not that he has broken away from the church and the empire.
"Well, I have to divert to the Nokman Empire, so let's say goodbye here."
Ren flew out of the carriage, and the stars surged behind him, turning into a pair of bright blue and transparent wings. The wings flapped gently, creating a strong howling wind.
Naturally, Michelle can't go with her.
Although the soldier changed his schedule and left midway, as the empire's diplomatic envoy, he still had to bring Emperor Ugo's documents to visit Queen Medusa.
"etc."
Ren unfolded his light wings and was about to fly into the distance when Michelle's voice came from behind him.
"What's wrong?"
Michelle looked at this powerful man of the human race who was once as famous as himself, but now far away from all the geniuses of his generation, with a serious expression and solemn eyes, and said:
"Ren, it's up to you now."
"Um?"
Ren was a little confused.
"There has been a glimmer of light in the bright future, but this light is still too weak. It can be obscured or extinguished. There are too many uncertain factors such as the Demon Emperor, the dark camp, the main god of the orcs, and the goddess Rose.
"
Michelle was rarely a little excited, looking at the soldier with a blazing look full of expectation, "If anyone can calm down the troubled times, I think it is most likely you.
Go, Renn, and sweep away all the demons and monsters!"
Ren was stunned for a moment, then laughed loudly and said, "Do you think so highly of me?"
"Of course, as the most outstanding person of this generation, you have grown up too fast. In just a few years, you have achieved unimaginable achievements. In comparison, the geniuses cultivated by the major forces like us are just a group of mediocre people.
.”
That's because I cheated.
"I now believe that fate has indeed favored us. Go, my friend. As the strongest human race, you have stood at the pinnacle of the times. It is your mission and your mission to end the troubled times and open up a bright future for all living beings.
Immortal great cause, this brilliance will eclipse even the Storm God."
"Hahahaha... Then I'll lend you some good words! Don't worry, I will definitely kill the three evil gods and end the troubled times. It's not for all living beings, I'm just for my sister!
Only after I make her happy can I marry her as my wife."
Ren looked up to the sky and laughed, then flew towards the east. The blue light wings behind his back shone in the wind, drawing two beautiful arcs in the sea of clouds.
Michelle watched him leave, and he didn't look away until his figure completely disappeared at the end of the sky.
He kept staring ahead like this for a long time, until the sun went down.
God is a dream.
Shinto gathers the power of all living beings.
However, if no one pioneers and fights bloody battles, miracles will never come.
"If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. My friend, I wish you good luck."