Chapter 166, Temporarily Stable Scene, "Dragon Falls Valley"
"I am a Joe Kil warrior from Kendal County in the Northwest Province. I am a warrior of the Church of Saturn. Behind me, a blessing ceremony is being held by Priest Lothar Batal of the Church of Saturn. O God of Saturn , seeing that the people are hungry, they are using the hands of priests to give food to the fleeing people in the southern provinces! So, get out of the way and don’t stop the ceremony from happening!"
Keir spoke boldly, his voice was not only loud, but also very confident: "Anyway, there are few vehicles on the road at night, so it's okay to be blocked for a while, right? Just let them go around the street next to it."
Kiel raised his chin: "You spread out in front and back to guide the passing caravans and carriages around, and don't block the people from the southern provinces from coming to receive the God-given food."
Kiel's words made the soldiers look at each other. The soldier captain was very hesitant, not because of the truth of Kiel's words, but because of where Kiel said at the beginning and where he came from.
"Are you Kendall, from Kendall?"
"Yes, that's right. I am the knight squire of Knight Dodel Crow and I am receiving knight training." After speaking, Kil was silent for a moment, then raised his left combat boot, and then stepped on it hard.
Boom—boom!
A small circle of air waves exploded on the ground, and a small amount of soil on the ground was heavily stirred up and splashed around. Kiel lifted up his boots again, and a deep boot mark was left where he had just landed.
"how?"
"Well, in that case, I'll do as you say, but the road can't be blocked all the time with these muddy legs."
"Um?"
"Oh, no, no, no, they are refugees from the southern provinces. They can't gather like this. It would be bad if they gathered people and smashed the shops, causing chaos."
Kil snorted: "It's not like there are no thugs in the store. There is no need for checkpoint soldiers to come over to maintain order. As long as no one takes advantage of the chaos and sets fire to death, you shouldn't have much control over it, right?"
Keir said this just based on a general guess about the scene inside the level, but he obviously guessed correctly. How can the soldiers who maintain law and order in various places really maintain law and order? Aren't they all using this to provide themselves and others with peace of mind? Companions make money.
Seeing that his words were rejected by the knight attendants in front of him, the soldier captain finally gave in. It was not that he was afraid of Kiel, but that at noon, the elite Kendall army of hundreds of people passed through them. , headed to the southern province.
He found some bold businessmen who had the courage to follow the army and asked, and then he learned that Kendall's army, which had the customs clearance documents of Viscount Montauca, was actually going to support the war on the border of the southern province.
This group of people came all the way from the Northwest Province on an expedition! As a soldier, the soldier captain understood the difficulties and will of this very well and had to admire these people.
Because when the garrison at their checkpoint occasionally went to exterminate bandits, they were often in a mess. He couldn't imagine how the army could march from such a distant place.
He had observed that the spirit and will of that army were very good. It seemed that the long march not only did not wear down the soldiers, but also made them stronger?
So now, hearing before him the squire who claimed to be the leading knight in that army, the captain of the soldiers shrank back.
Curling his lips, the soldier captain asked his soldiers to divide into two teams. One team was here to watch the scene, and the other team went around to the opposite side of the blocked street, trying to find a way to guide possible caravans to go around other streets.
He nodded to Kiir at the end: "Remember, the guarantee you made cannot cause riots!"
Keir waved his hand nonchalantly: "It will be over in a moment."
"That's it! There are so many refugees. It will be over soon. What will happen to those who don't get food? Will there be a riot? It would be really funny if the priest was beaten too."
The soldiers under the captain of the soldier moved into action, but he himself stood there and sneered.
Kil snorted coldly: "Why don't you watch the joke? If the customs clearance fee hadn't increased fifty times, would there be so many refugees in the checkpoint? Let the people pass. Anyway, the Cavern and Montoka collars are so big, and So rich, not only do these people not cause trouble, they are also a benefit.”
Unexpectedly, the soldier captain dismissed Kiel's remarks: "Huh, it won't bring trouble? You're joking, right? Not every person from the southern provinces who fled to us will work honestly. And there aren't that many jobs. Let them do it.”
"Then you will raise the tariff fifty times?"
"Why, after so much improvement, which noble said no? Everyone agreed, and soldiers have to make some money to support their families, right?"
Keir angrily tapped the other person with his hand, and the verbal exchange between the two ended just like that. He was really defeated by this man's shameless face. Sure enough, because of the benefits, the little kindness in everyone's heart was like cold water, and was extinguished by greed.
If the opponent were not the captain of the soldiers in the level, representing the authority of the city of Montauca, if he had changed his identity, Kil would have pulled out the opponent's head.
It seemed that his shamelessness had defeated the young knight attendant from a foreign land in front of him. On the contrary, the soldier captain was proud of himself and changed from his shrinking look just now.
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Kiel ignored the man, as long as the local soldiers did not participate. Turning around, he saw that Priest Batal's face was not only flushed with excitement, but also breathing rapidly, and his face was covered with sweat.
Kil had seen that during the previous large-scale battle with the Harpy monster, the Rosari priest of the Church of the God of Wealth who accompanied the army looked like this at the end of the battle.
The divine power in the body is almost exhausted.
He is still standing now, thanks to the blessing of divine magic still operating in his body. Once the blessing of the 'blessed food' ends, his fainting will be a certainty.
Kiel strode over, waving his hand to push away the refugees who had received food or who had not received food. Regardless of whether these people's faces were delicate or anxious, he came directly behind Priest Batal and placed a hand on the back of the priest's robe. He gave it a moment, and then picked up the fainting priest in his hand.
"Stop it all!"
Kil screamed and scared away the approaching refugees.
Although Priest Batal fainted at this time, his hanging hands were still shining brightly, and food kept coming out. The food soon piled up at his feet, forming a small pile.
"Although my companion, Priest Batal, is willing to give the food given by God to everyone, he is a mortal after all, and his physical condition can only be maintained temporarily."
Seeing that some people around him were very anxious, Kiel said, "I haven't gotten the food yet, right? You, you, and you, you must want to say this? Think about it carefully, this is a gift from the God of Agriculture. Let’s go back and spread your food among each other. For the families who have already received it, give some to the companions you know. How did everyone take care of each other until now? It’s hard to find that because of the gift from God, you are exposed to the most selfish side?"
Kiel pointed to the sky with one hand: "The great God of Agriculture is looking at you above your heads! Let me tell you, this is a test that most directly affects the human heart. It is not only a gift from the gods who cannot see hunger, but also a gift from the gods who want to see you. How much dignity do you have! I fled out of fear in my hometown that was gradually becoming chaotic, and how much suffering I suffered along the way. I was blocked by shameless soldiers and bullied here."
The soldier captain not far away snorted quietly, but did not dare to say a word at this moment.
"We help each other in times of hardship. You are all citizens of the southern province. Although we didn't know each other before, the same suffering brought us together and we endured suffering together that we shouldn't have to endure."
"Everyone, listen to me, this is a test. The gods are watching you. If you can maintain goodwill towards every people in the southern provinces who are also suffering tonight, then tomorrow morning, the God of Agriculture will send another one. Bless you and give you the same miracle as just now. Let everyone have a full meal, not just a full meal, but let you regain your dignity and strength. Change from a refugee who is discriminated against and excluded to one who can rebuild The people of the southern provinces of our homeland!”
Although the face exposed in the helmet is young, Kil's tone is exciting and contains an angry and unyielding power.
Hundreds of people from the southern provinces in dirty clothes were silent, listening carefully to his every word.
Some people gradually shed tears, one person burst into tears, and more people couldn't hold it in any longer and began to cry loudly. Some people didn't even have the energy to cry loudly, so they could only shed tears silently. Fortunately, inside the level There was no charge for the water well, and everyone drank enough water, so there was no shortage of water for tears.
Priest Batal, who was holding Kirti in his hand with his head lowered, had water droplets dripping from his face in the shadow onto the grain at his feet at some unknown moment.
Seeing that all the people had lost their previous excitement of grabbing food, Keir took a deep breath and let it out again.
He said: "Take what I just said to the other people who are not here. Let's spread the food in our hands, hold up our chests, and let the gods in the sky not only praise you, but at least don't let the gods down."
Kiel actually got one thing wrong. Although people in other worlds knew that many powerful gods looked down on them among the strange luminous objects in the sky, there was no god of agriculture among them.
Although the God of Agriculture is the god with the most widespread belief and the most believers in the human world, and is also extremely powerful, not inferior to many ancient and powerful natural gods, he is not among the magical celestial bodies in the sky.
Kil didn't know it, but it was the sun god that humans believed in. This god caused a lot of trouble last spring, ascended the throne of the sky, and officially became a member of the powerful gods.
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The fluorescence in Priest Batal's hands gradually faded, and the God-given food that had been popping out finally stopped appearing. The young priest in his twenties finally fainted due to the exhaustion of his divine power, but he held his hands tightly before losing consciousness, because what was held tightly in his hands was the best place the church provided to every Saturn priest. Grain seeds.
The priest holds them tightly to prevent these blessed and copied grain samples from being mixed with other God-given grains, so that tomorrow, after he recovers, he can use these most plump and robust grain seeds to bless them again.
Each time the size of the grain copied by the 'Blessed Grain' is based on the sample in his hand, these grains can at least allow the people to eat more.
After backhanding the unconscious Priest Batal on his shoulder armor, Kil did not expect that a small incident could become such a big deal in the end.
He shook his head, raised his spirits, imitated Knight Crow, and confidently walked towards the hotel where he had decided to spend the night.
The people around him spontaneously moved out of the way, and Kiel did the same. At least he didn't have to forcefully push people away, so he wouldn't appear too cold.
Kiel did not turn his head to look behind him. What the people who fled here in the southern provinces did was none of his business.
These people did a good job and asked Priest Batal to do it again tomorrow. Anyway, although the blessing consumed the priest's own power of the god of agriculture, he guessed that it was the first time that Priest Batal used it and he failed to control it well, or in other words, The priest just tried his best to give the people more food.
And don’t be afraid of blessings when they come. If you have divine power to add to it, then I will make more food for you.
The front lobby of the hotel was full of people, most of whom were young men or girls in the hotel. When they saw Kiel carrying the priest from the carriage entrance of the hotel into his own hotel, they all started whispering.
Everyone looked shocked and excited.
A few bold merchants who dared to do business at this time gathered together, whether they knew each other or not, and discussed what happened just now, no, what happened now.
Everyone was talking about it, but at least they all agreed on one thing. The priest just now was indeed very powerful. He had unleashed a powerful and rare magic that could produce so much food by himself.
"At least it's enough to feed more than a thousand people for a day or two." A businessman who has been involved in grain transportation judged this.
"Fortunately, such priests of the god of agriculture are rare. Otherwise, if they all rely on the food given by the gods, who would still work and farm the land?" Some people feel sad, as if they have truly seen the power of the gods and the church, and are afraid of this power.
"Where are you from? Are you scared now? Then if you listen to "The Dragon Falls in the Valley" which is rarely sung by bards, you will probably be scared to death. Haha." A fat and wealthy businessman turned. The jewelry ring on his hand choked the former with contempt.
""Dragonfall Valley"? What is that?"
Facing inquiries from people around him, the businessman proudly talked about a large-scale performance of a legendary poem that he had heard in the Kingdom's Capital Theater.
"That was a long poem describing the wars between various church holy places in the southwest of the empire. Although I didn't see how the various church holy places fought with my own eyes, it was a performance in the theater accompanied by the bard's singing of the long poem. It made me I’m so scared that I can’t stand it.”
The businessman gestured: "After the priests of various church holy places fought, some churches turned the peaks of the mountains into stone giants. Each one was taller than the tallest castle. The huge rocks thrown could destroy our level in one go. .”
People around were surprised.
The businessman closed his eyes and seemed to have returned to the theater of previous years: "The priests of the church summoned giant lightning from the sky to strike at the stone giant, but it was useless. So another church summoned a lava pool from the earth, The stone giant was trapped in it and burned directly."
"Some churches forcibly summoned a huge light at night to burn all other churches to ashes, while some churches called in dragon allies, spread their wings and flew into the sky, covering the battlefield with huge shadows."
"There are huge vines running through the battlefield. Every opening and closing of a flower on the vines can resurrect a previously dead priest. The knights of the church fly in the sky, radiating light from their bodies and fighting each other. The water in the river It turns into deadly water and becomes a monster, trying to drown every living person. Mosquitoes cover the sky and gather into human faces, spitting filthy curses. There are also mortal bones gathered into towers, sending out deadly ripples to pull people into death."
The fat businessman became more and more evil as he spoke, and the companions who were listening around him were frightened.
Because anyone with a little knowledge has heard of the Holy Land War that broke out in the empire many years ago. The war is a real thing. If it is as terrible as this person said, then in this world where such a terrible war has happened, there are still those who usually deal with them. How much power are behind the various churches in China, and how terrifying are they?
"So, why is "Dragonfall Valley" called this name?"
A brave guy suddenly asked this question.
The fat businessman who was passionately describing the theater scene he saw in his memory glanced at this man dissatisfied: "Idiot, "Dragon Falls Valley" is because of the giant that blocks the sky from the light that can scorch the earth. The dragon was defeated and killed on the battlefield. The valley where it fell is the origin of the Dragon Falls Valley."
"What happened in the end? I mean the result of the war."
The obese businessman shrugged and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Later, because of the death of that giant dragon, more dragons came. The dragons stood on the top of the mountain next to the valley, facing the flames released by various churches, Lightning, torrents, aurora, and white dragon flames spewed out, turning most of the priests of various churches in the valley into white smoke. I heard that the souls of those priests could not even go to the kingdom of God. The priests who came later They all refuse to go to the battlefield because they are not afraid of death, but they are afraid that they will not be able to go to the kingdom of gods after death."
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Hahahaha, these guys."
"I don't think this life is important, but I look forward to the rest of my life in the Kingdom of God after death. It's like those priests are talking about it. It's not like us, a fulfilling life is the most important."
"Isn't that right! Raise a glass!"
"May we have nowhere to go after death!"
"Then why not wish us immortality?"
"That makes sense, that makes sense!"
"Ha ha ha ha."