Blood of Mercury

This can't be called war at all...し0. [Phoenix/Phoenix/Please search] This can only be said to be a massacre.

For some reason, the day before the God of Covenant launched the war, all the priests of Tyre with the Holy Order below the bishop rank lost their ability to cast spells.

The divine grace in their bodies is still retained, but no matter how they are used, just empty consumption cannot have any effect. And once used, these divine favors are no longer replenished.

That is to say, priests who have reached the silver level can still be rescued, at least their magical effects are not weakened.

But their grace is still a little less. No matter how much they prayed, the charism never recovered.

As a result, these Tyre priests immediately realized that something really happened to Tyre.

Without Tyre's protection, they were even a little more vulnerable than the most immature lambs in front of the group of sophisticated killing machines under their hands.

After all, Tyre is not Sivir.

Even if the priests of Tyre can use long swords and rapiers, they are only able to use holy swordsmanship under the blessing of Tyre's magic and holy fire. Once the magic and sacred fire are lost, all that remains is a good-looking shelf.

Realizing that they were in a bad situation, some of the more alert people immediately removed their robes, left the church and hid in the homes of believers with whom they had a better relationship; but there were still some pastors who stubbornly decided not to back down, just daily Silently knelt in front of Tyre's icon and prayed silently, devoutly waiting for Tyre's return.

After all, mercenaries cannot break contracts.

Long ago, when Tyre first established his dominion, the gods that exist today have sworn an oath. They promised never to attack Tyre's priests first, never to plunder Tyre's sacrifices, and never to encourage them to believe in other gods in Tyre's parish.

That's all for other gods. But the followers of Ra alone cannot break their vows.

That's right, it is rare for Tyre to fall into a disadvantageous situation now. But precisely because it was the God of Covenant who started the war first, the priest of Tyre was not really in a hurry.

But it's just grabbing territory and plundering beliefs. The mercenaries couldn't do it themselves, at most they would imprison and persecute those priests who belonged to Tyre. Because they started the war and took the territory first, after the other gods realized the existence of this cake, maybe they would in turn protect the city that belonged to them for the priests of Tyre.

You know, it's a mercenary. It is an enthusiastic party that people trust and exists to help others.

It is precisely because of this that even those pastors who thought they were in a bad situation only left the temple, but not the city where their church was located.

Where can they go if they leave here? Their roots are here. Left here, they are a pastor, no one knows them. Only in their own church were they priests, preachers of Tyre, the impartial arbiters of the people's first thought when they encountered problems.

But then, something unexpected happened

Accompanying the arrival of the mercenaries were a group of casters waving dirty and sticky dark red flames and hiding in dark red flame patterned robes.

With the silent opening and acquiescence of the mercenaries, the spellcasters precisely pulled out every hidden priest in the crowd, and without regard for the safety of the people around them, they waved sticky and dirty poisonous fire and burned them directly in the street. die. The priests hiding in the houses didn't end well either. They didn't try to enter the houses, but as if they could see the priests, they locked the door directly outside the house and set them on fire together with the house.

Afterwards, they sang hymns in praise of the father of Gaia and stormed into the temple waving the blazing flames that reduced everything to ashes.

They tied the priest and nun with laughter, cut open their stomachs with ritual knives, and then squatted there and watched the intestines slowly flow out. Until the wailing and screaming of the victims subsided, they cheered and took out their internal organs and smashed them on the icon thrown at Tyre.

Tyre's majestic brass statue with a sword standing solemnly was stained with thick blood, and even half of his intestines could be seen hanging on the sword that Tyre lifted slightly, making the smile at the corner of Tyre's mouth extremely hideous and cruel.

They are the Ashes. He was one of the cultists who had been vigorously suppressed by Tyre and Sivir.

The Ashes are cultists who are enemies of all gods.

They believe that there should be no clear belief in the world, let alone a government. They advocate that there should be no contractual relationship between people, including marriage, that there should be no private property in the world, that all human beings should be a collective, and that all human beings should abandon all sensual pleasures and work hard for human evolution progress.

In the dictionary of the Ashes, there is no cruelty or blasphemy. In their theory, they don't feel happy about killing a person, so they don't kill the person for their own benefit.

For a time, screams, groans and curses spread throughout the church. In the increasingly loud singing of the Ashes, the raging fire reflected the rigid faces of the silent mercenaries.

They still abide by the contract.

They did not attack Tyre's priests, nor did they **** the sacrifices that belonged to Tyre. They just followed behind, picking up the ownerless treasures on the altars burned by the Ashes, and solemnly removing the gold ornaments from the priests killed by the Ashes.

The money they squeezed out of any temple is comparable to the entire net worth of a well-rounded little country nobility.

Looking at these golden objects placed in front of him, looking at their golden brilliance under the firelight, the dim yellow firelight gradually reflected in their pupils.

The harvest in just one day is comparable to the income of the mercenaries in the previous three years. Moreover, you don't have to do it, you don't have to take any risks, the only thing you need to adapt to is the abuse of others.

Yes, until now, these mercenaries have not realized how shallow they were in the past.

Dedicate yourself to the joy and happiness of others? Don't be silly, what does that get them?

They also have wives and children. They also need life, they need food, they need white bread, wine and meat. They need money to keep their families stable.

Yes, their children are respected from a young age. But then again, what does that get them?

Will respect feed them? Can they go directly to Ra's temple? Respect alone can make others marry their daughters?

So, don't be silly.

People always need to live.

When they help a certain boy confess to a girl he has been in love with for a long time, they may wear a green hat because they have not been home for a long time.

While they risk their lives to cut a gang's ill influence in the city, their wives and daughters are being missed by revengeists for their reckless actions.

When they accidentally fall off a cliff for helping a villager find a lost sheep, their wives and children won't get any compensation for it.

By the way, if he accidentally smashes the sheep to death, then according to the contract, they have to pay the villagers a sum of money.

Even if they complete the task, complete their mission, what do they get to make others happy?

Nothing. Except for a pointless thank you. Except for the respect of people on weekdays.

And if they fail at their mission, their children do end up being looked after by others. But when you think about it, do their kids want that kind of care? Sacrificing one's own parents in exchange for one that might make peers jealous, and doesn't have decisive care?

"Do not be silly……"

They have been taking the risks of the most dangerous profession in the world and wasting a lot of time, but in the end, the money they earn is only enough for a family of three?

Yes! Because the God of Covenant itself is not rich, they can't even raise one more child.

When children are children, they don't have time to spend with them; when their children are older, they don't know them anymore.

How many mercenaries go home and see the vigilant and fearful eyes of their children?

In this darkest age, they are doing things that people in peaceful times can't keep up with.

Finally, now, their Pope can't hold on anymore.

After Ra launched a declaration of war against Thiel, and repeatedly stated that "all the means are for personal gain" and "all gains are personal gains", these mercenaries finally went crazy.

Their pope had friendly contact with the leader of the Ashes, and set out the cooperation content in a simple and clear way.

In theory, mercenaries can team up with anyone and ask anyone for help in order to complete their mission.

Because of the mercenary's prestige, people of any faction may become friends with them. No one will try to attack a mercenary first. As long as a contract is made, even a stranger will become a comrade-in-arms who can entrust his back.

But now, everything is ruined.

The current mercenary has lost its glory.

After tasting the sweetness, they finally realized that they could ask for more money for the same task.

The crevices of their chainmails are full of jewelry and gold and silver coins, and they look at other people's eyes as if they were wondering how much money they could exchange.

In three days, it was enough for them to buy a piece of land and live a comfortable and nourishing life as a master. Their children can eat meat as they want, and they can live comfortably without the sun and the wind.

More importantly, they did all that was permitted by the gods and they didn't attack anyone. All they do is turn a blind eye, and no one can say they are unrighteous.

It's very hard to gain trust, but it's very easy to destroy it.

From the warm welcome of the people, to the angry scolding, to the escape of fear, it only took less than a day.

They have become wild dogs of war that anyone with money can kill.

But the strange thing is that the prestige of the God of Contract, who plundered the wealth of the entire Temple of Tyre with lightning speed, has grown at an unimaginable speed. Gradually, people joined their ranks, and those thieves and killers joined the ranks of mercenaries.

And La didn't know what happened, or he decided to keep his reputation in the dark. Instead, he directly performed miracles and transformed all these people into priests.

Realizing that something was not right, Tyre's priest did not hesitate to show his loyalty to the Banza officials, hoping to gain their protection.

But their request did not get any response, and the silence of the queen and the inaction of the troops from all over the country made their hearts gradually cool.

After the first bishop angrily went to the City Guard Army for theories, and was completely provoked and fought with the army's rather casual attitude, there was one more troop involved in the looting. Although in theory it was "an individual act of some local garrison who were not calm enough and prejudiced against Tyre", no one tried to express their dissatisfaction with the matter against the opinions of three gods and a country.

The wall fell and everyone pushed.

After all, Thiel is too rich and too united. They were rich enough to be richer than Queen Banza, and they were united to the point where everyone had to watch out for them.

The Ashes came from the outside to the inside, the military went from the inside to the outside, everyone was taking advantage of the precious opportunity of Tyre's loss to rob them of the wealth they had accumulated in the millennium, and was preparing to kill them with a stick, never again. Give Thiel a chance to make a comeback.

Therefore, they are extremely ruthless. If Sivir hadn't withdrawn in advance, even if he added another Sivir who could use divine arts, he wouldn't be able to last too long under the hostility of the three gods and a queen.

Finally, on the third day of the massacre, which was the eighth day of the ring ceremony, the mad war wild dogs reached Frankfurt.

When they looked at this holy city, the light in their eyes was no longer longing and looking up, and it was no longer solemn. Their only thought is, how much money can be spent in this city?

Yes, they looted some money. But that's just the small head.

That is the personal savings of some priests or bishops in the local temple~www.wuxiaspot.com~ at most, the savings of several generations.

Frankfurt is different.

This holy city, city of miracles, city of millenniums, is the oldest city that has existed since the birth of Tyre and has always existed to this day.

All the wealth that Thiel has accumulated over the millennia is in it.

It is said that it is a huge wealth enough to buy two banthas.

Not only were the mercenaries squatting outside the city with green light in their eyes like wild dogs that saw bones, but even some regular troops took off their troops' emblems and waited outside the city fully armed. No equipment was removed. Just like that, standing outside.

Forty-eight thousand people in all. They directly blocked the water of the entire Holy City siege.

No one doubts that the Holy City will still exist after today.

It was over before the final war began. (To be continued.)