Chapter 179 Control and Mastery
The next day, when the warmth of the sun once again filtered through the dense leaves and fell on the fallen leaves of this unknown forest, the handful of ashes in the cave suddenly came to life. The ashes gradually emitted a gentle golden light and began to boil and stick together automatically. First there are the bones, then the blood vessels and nerves, then the muscles and skin, and finally the white hair and nails. In the blink of an eye, an intact Paladin was leaning against the stone wall naked.
In a daze, he opened his eyes. A golden light flashed from his eyes. In just one night, Paladin experienced life, death, and then rebirth. This kind of experience will happen every night in the long future. For a moment, Paladin seemed to have some understanding. Death is not terrible, it is just the beginning of life. When even the fear of one's own life being consumed disappears, then the fear of death will never come again. Because he has nothing to fear.
"Opportunity...qualification...price..." Paladin, who looked blank, murmured the three words that the gods kept talking about. Now he somewhat understands that the invisible laws that govern the world are based on opportunities, qualifications and prices. Every gain comes with a price, but the price may also be an opportunity. You can also use this opportunity to gain qualifications and pay the price again. The two complement each other to build the smallest forest survival and the most complex human society.
Paladin stood up slowly and took a look. Despite the massive killing, he only gained less than 300 elements. "It's too slow, and it's dangerous." Paladin frowned and walked out of the cave, only to see Abelius chewing happily with a corpse in armor. I lowered my head and saw that more than seventy-seven, eighty-eight or so bloody corpses were scattered all over the grass. Looking at the coat of arms on the armor, Paladin naturally knew that these were soldiers of the Principality of Barbary. They came to search for the murderer of the villagers.
Apparently during this period, the remains of Paladin's hunts everywhere attracted the attention of the principal's senior officials. "It is indeed very dangerous. We cannot stay in this place any longer." Paladin concluded. If things go on like this, it will not only attract the army, but it will even be serious enough to attract those guys from the Inquisition. It will be difficult to end it then.
Looking at the grassland strewn with corpses, Paladin had a faint smile on his lips. He has a bold plan that he hasn't tried yet, and maybe now is the time to try it.
Two months later, it was time for spring to bloom and the summer wind to blow. The conference hall of the Kingdom of Malta was filled with various nobles and lords. Philip, who was wearing a gorgeous robe, stared at the generals below, making these nobles sit upright one by one. Even the bright lights in the hall and the large rectangular table in front of them could not bring them a sense of security.
Indeed, over the years, their king Philip, a famous war madman, although crazy, did bring them more lords and gold coins. They were also willing to serve such a king on the battlefield. But since two months ago, Philip's temperament suddenly changed. The overwhelming taxes and large amounts of forced conscription have made them very dissatisfied. Nowadays, a large amount of gold coins have been spent to purchase a large number of weapons and horses from the neighboring Kingdom of Nohad.
That's their lord's money! And Phillip didn’t ask them at all when he used it! Naturally, some people stood up and objected, believing that the current state of vitality was not suitable for fighting again. But the price paid by that noble colleague was also cruel. The mummy hanging at the city gate says it all.
"I'm going to attack the Kingdom of Nubia." The hall, which had been silent for a long time, finally received the first words of Philip with a gloomy face. However, the nobles obviously disagreed with such a proposition. One of the marquises in Chinese robes stood up immediately, frowned and patted the table and said rudely: "Your Majesty the King, we have recently been defeated. If we forcefully attack the Kingdom of Nubia, we will only be defeated." drag the country into the abyss of destruction!”…,
Another noble immediately stood up and echoed: "The Marquis is right. The Kingdom of Nubia has not received the threat of war in these years, and it has a treaty with us. We should not take the initiative to attack this neutral and powerful enemy!"
Seeing these humans greedy for money and afraid of death, Paladin, who was hiding in Philip's body, suddenly laughed, and his face became even more gloomy: "Because the Kingdom of Nubia is too strong, Ai Xinzhe and the Principality of Kasmi will definitely join forces. Join us to fight against him. The Three Kingdoms Alliance will definitely be able to defeat this Nubia, allowing us to safely expand our army and conquer more lands and women." "I object!" As soon as Philip finished speaking, a viscount stood up immediately , pointed at Philip and yelled: "If you want to rush to see Enos, you can do whatever you want, but don't drag me into the funeral!"
After the viscount said this, he kicked off the stool and turned around to leave. When the other nobles saw this, they hesitated slightly and stood up and left. On the contrary, Philip looked at these nobles who disobeyed him, but he didn't feel the slightest anger at all. "I knew there would be resistance. After all, no one wants to die."
Suddenly at this moment, a young man's voice suddenly came from in front of the door. Everyone turned to look, only to see a young man with silver hair, golden eyes, and wearing a white robe slowly walking in. "Who are you! How did you get in? Guard, guard!" Several nobles suddenly felt that this man had evil intentions, and immediately shouted at the top of their lungs. Unfortunately, he couldn't see the guards outside who had completely turned into handfuls of ashes.
Seeing this man walking in confidently, the nobles drew out their swords and stared at him warily. The previous Viscount seemed to have some realization, and suddenly turned his head, only to see Philip sitting in his seat leisurely, without any trace of nervousness. "Phillip! Did you find this person? Answer me!"
The Viscount angrily raised his cross sword and pointed it at Philip. But the man in front of the door, Paladin, didn't care about this at all. He took a step forward, his eyes showing no sadness or joy were detached and ethereal. "My name is Paladin... Actually there is no need to tell you my name..." "Wait!" The noble who suddenly noticed something was wrong looked at Philip and then at Paladin. As if he understood something, he pointed the cross sword at Paladin and shouted: "What did you do to our king! You evil mage!" "Don't compare me to those mage, human being."
Paladin strode forward and looked at these noble nobles with a downward gaze. The Almighty Eye suddenly appeared on his forehead, and the golden light scared the nobles to keep retreating! "What are you going to do!"
These nobles are as weak as lambs waiting to be slaughtered. But when Paladin slowly raised his hand, the Almighty Eye immediately emitted a dazzling light, illuminating the entire hall with dazzling light! "I want your bodies..." Along with bursts of wailing, the eyes of these nobles burst out with golden light at the same time. The Kingdom of Malta has ceased to exist in name only.
In the following months, Lex in the Aixinzhe Kingdom also suffered the same fate. However, Paladin did not attach himself to the Grand Duke of the principality. Perhaps considering the relationship with the Engelland Empire, Paladin had no intention of letting this huge empire notice it. An undercurrent struck that frightened the four countries.
Everyone was afraid of another fight. Large quantities of armor and iron tools were in short supply. Soon after, the news that Archbishop Salil resigned from the position of archbishop and recommended Paladin to take the throne seemed particularly inconspicuous under the cloud of such a war.
PS: Maybe...I just said maybe. It may be on the shelves in early October... Those who have money will support it for money, and those who have no money will support it personally... Please give me some support for the sake of my little brother who has written four books and is finally on the shelves.