In the year 329 of the Holy Calendar, the Pope declared it the most peaceful year in a century.
I made an indelible contribution to this.
Because I was caught.
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In the ye...
Chapter 616: Unexpected news, is the problem solved?
The political disputes made Vanilla a little angry.
After returning to the office, Vanilla personally helped Rand and Lisa move their seats, even though Rand said there was no need for Vanilla to do so.
In fact, Vanilla felt it was a great honor to help Rand and Lysa move their seats.
I heard that the old men who moved the chair for Rand back then are now in high positions in the Holy Land.
Vanilla felt that one day she would be able to occupy a high position in the Sanctuary.
Although she has not yet escaped from her status as a slave, Vanilla is not in a hurry about it. She will be automatically free in a few years, and it would be a huge loss to pay a ransom.
Once Rand and Lysa sat down, Vanilla started complaining.
"Damn it! Can they realize that if it weren't for us, these so-called elven nobles would be nothing? Do they think the royal court will treat them as human beings, or that the revivalists will not take them away..."
Even if the reformists had not emerged, the Elf Forest would have been a mess, and in that case it would have been a struggle between the Restorationists and the Royal Court.
And these nobles who support the reformists will obviously not be able to occupy any place in the royal court or the revivalists.
"Forget about it! If another vampire shows up, I'll have a headache. I've finally disgusted Grand Duke Vladimir, and I don't want to encounter anything related to him again." Rand joked.
"Regarding the current situation of the elven nobles, I think you have handled it very well. There is no need to worry too much. They will all submit to you in the end." Rand is also very experienced in dealing with noble issues.
When they were weak, the nobles were arrogant, greedy and dangerous, but when they became strong, they could be easily disposed of.
"Let's just say I won a game of chess. So how do we deepen the influence of our Moon Kingdom here? I feel that a reasonable work system alone is not enough. That is subtle, and now we can use some more obvious methods." Vanilla is very positive about protecting the interests of the Moon Kingdom.
She had no idea that the elven nobles were now trying to sow discord between her and Rand.
Anyway, Vanilla is very concerned about her current annual evaluation in this job, which will involve a considerable part of the performance bonus.
As for breaking with Rand, or even overthrowing Rand's rule...
Wouldn’t that mean all the years of service would be reset to zero?
Of course, it doesn't mean that she doesn't care about the fate of her people, but no one has stipulated that the archons of the elves cannot receive salaries from the Lunar Kingdom, right?
After discussing for a while, Vanilla came outside with Rand and Lysa.
A church school has been established in this giant wooden city.
Although in order to adapt to local customs, the god worshipped by this church school is the god of elves rather than the goddess of torches or the goddess of harvest and health.
Not all elves are fanatical believers in the Elf God, but it can almost be said that elves cannot accept any gods other than the Elf God as their faith.
As for the elves of the revival faction, it is obvious that they only use other evil gods instead of believing in them.
Because of religious issues, the curriculum of the church schools here is different from that of church schools in other parts of the human world.
Now Vanilla brought Lysa and Rand to the church school to hide their whereabouts and conceal their appearance, so they did not attract onlookers.
"At present, one part of our work is to deepen the cultivation of the new generation, and the other part is to fully integrate culture into people's lives." Vanilla picked up a textbook to introduce, "The concept of reform and opening up is to contact the outside world and use more advanced technology and concepts to manage the Elf Forest, so we have opened cultural courses related to humans."
Rand took a look at the contents of the book, which were all cultural courses similar to those taught in the church school at the holiday resort.
In short, you need to learn a lot about the culture and history of the kingdom.
Just like the Frost Moon Kingdom produced many young nobles who were more united with Rand because of Rand's church school.
In the future, there will be a new generation of elves in the Elf Forest who are more inclined towards the Moon Kingdom.
"Even now, there are still very few students and teachers. I guess many elven nobles are unwilling to let their descendants take these courses that may be suspected of treason." Vanilla snorted lightly, "Not all of them, and there are already quite a few elven nobles who are close to us."
As for the other side of life, it refers to some lifestyles and items that are in line with the characteristics of the Moon Kingdom and can increase the convenience of life.
These will not only affect the lower class, but will also have a significant impact on the upper class of elves. By then, they may not be too resistant to things related to humans.
For example, clothes, food and some special cultural products from the human kingdom, such as paintings, film and television works, especially film and television works.
Today, the Moon Phase Kingdom Crystal Film and Television productions have been developing better and better.
In the beginning, the film and television works of the crystal were only used by Rand to deal with Grand Duke Vladimir who was lurking in the darkness.
The work "Scarlet Night" at that time received a very good response.
Later, the remaining film and television works were used by Rand to deal with the Kingdom of Bollen.
In terms of life, the cultural transmission and cultural influence brought by film and television works are also very effective.
The world's transportation and information transmission are very closed.
Most of the time, what many people know about a place is just a place name or a color block on a map.
Many people even have no idea about any place other than where they live, and have never even heard of its name.
But as the photo crystals were able to follow the caravans to various parts of the world, people from many places, whether they were nobles, knights, or even some relatively wealthy citizens, all had some impression of the resort villa and other places in the Moon Kingdom.
This will make the Moon Kingdom's influence extend beyond all dimensions of this world.
It seems that the effect is not very great now. There is only a small increase in the number of nobles who occasionally come to the Moon Kingdom Resort to travel and the number of adventurers who come to adventure.
But the impact has already occurred and will only become more significant in the future.
The same is true for the Elf Forest.
This time, there were many teaching-related things brought to the Elf Forest, such as photos related to military teaching and agricultural teaching, and some photos that were nominally related to entertainment and leisure.
These should leave a more friendly impression on the Moon Kingdom in the eyes of the elven nobles and in the eyes of the elves, and the protagonists of these photos are often the elves.
This was certainly not Rand's foresight. He really just thought that the wind chime was suitable, and there was no one available at the time.
It should be of some help at present.
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Rand coordinated the work in this giant wooden city for a period of time, and then two months passed.
In the late spring of the year 341 of the Holy Calendar.
The time for Vanilla to take the initiative has come.
The reformist elven army has set out.
And Vanilla, the governor, and Rand, the sponsor, naturally also set out with the army.
"We have received intelligence that the army of the Elf King's Court will gather in the dense forest at the rear. If we calculate the time, they may not have finished gathering now. We can take advantage of the time difference and launch a sneak attack on them." Vanilla asked Rand for his opinion.
Rand nodded. "You can decide on the current military issues yourself. You are more familiar with the environment of the Elven Forest and will be more accurate in your judgment of the current situation. I will not interfere. I will deal with the other issues with Lysa and Elsa."
Vanilla nodded nervously.
He began to command the army in an orderly manner.
Before coming to the Elf Forest, Vanilla had received a lot of military training. She also underwent a period of practical training when dealing with the rebels of the Moon Kingdom. Now she is very skilled.
Vanilla is absolutely familiar with the required courses one, two, and three in the study of war.
Vanilla herself is very talented, and Rand believes that nothing will go wrong.
And Rand was not trying to shirk his responsibility or be lazy. In such a serious situation, he would not be lazy. He really had other things to deal with.
That’s the problem with the revivalists.
Now the royal court army is already gathering, and because Vanilla received the news, it is about to be raided by the reformist army.
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Apart from providing support to the rebels in Giant Wood City, the Restorationists have not taken any more obvious actions.
If the Restorationists were not planning to wait until both the Royal Court and the Reformists were defeated so that they could reap the benefits, then they were probably doing something even more shady.
Rand decided to take people to investigate all these possibilities.
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And at this time outside the Moon Phase Kingdom.
The stronghold of a cult.
Morin and Dazhuang, who were assigned by Rand to investigate intelligence, have made some progress.
During this period, Molin and Dazhuang have been upgraded to senior believers because of their achievements in destroying a large number of villages in the Moon Kingdom.
To be honest, it is easier for these lurkers to be promoted than normal believers.
Because apart from their fanatical emotions, most cult members have very poor rational thinking ability and knowledge reserves.
To get things done requires knowledge and logic.
For Morin and Dazhuang, who are being supported by the bishop of the Moon Kingdom, things will become much easier.
As a result, he quickly made many contributions and was promoted.
The next step is to receive the blessing from the Son of God himself.
In fact, they already have a relatively vague concept and understanding of the Son of God.
At that time, the followers of the Scourge Apostle established the City of the Dead, bringing death to the land.
Then, in that case, everyone was amazed to find that such a terrible disaster had been quelled.
After learning from that incident about the destructive power of cults without the suppression of the Torch Church, nobles all over the world became more vigilant against evil forces and more active in eradicating cults.
Then the Torch Church, which was originally divided into pieces, seemed to have signs of revival, and another Orthodox church, the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health, emerged. This church was even more hateful.
The Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health is more familiar with the evil ways of hiding and doing things, and they can always destroy the evil plots of the cultists in some unexpected places.
Over the years, things have gotten harder and harder for the cultists.
Then one day, they felt hope.
For reasons that are still not fully understood, the Son of the Dark Fertility Goddess appeared in this world.
This Son of God is now the leader of this stronghold. He possesses terrifying power, which is still growing.
As for why it is hard to understand, it is naturally because the Son of God himself is not too rare, and there are traces of his birth.
They are all evil forces. When they grow to a certain size, the gods will be able to sense it and infuse their divine power into a chosen person.
After that, the Son of God was born. Before that, the Son of God of the Dark Goddess of Fertility had also been born, but it seemed that he was killed by the powerful fighting force of a certain Torch Church.
Moreover, although the Son of God is powerful, he is only slightly stronger than the highest-level professionals and can definitely not reach the king level.
The Son of God in this stronghold is different now.
The son of a dark fertility goddess was inexplicably born without any accumulation of evil power, and his combat power was not up to the level of a normal son of God.
This son of God possesses the combat power of a king.
Is it so easy to be born as a king? This makes many cultists very skeptical.
Rand, the leader of the Nurturing Blood that swept the world back then, was also a king-level leader. Even such a king-level leader could not defeat Karin Eldridge, the Crimson King who grew up on her own in the Torch Goddess Church.
Although everyone has already felt that it is much easier for them to get a response from the evil god, the birth of a king-level son of God so easily...
However, although there are some doubts about this, it is obviously a good thing to have the Son of God to preside over the overall situation, especially now that evil is declining and the cult forces are precarious.
So this Son of God became the leader of the surrounding cult forces and unified the evil.
If a cult stands out and is very powerful, they will exclude other cults. After all, the gods they believe in are not the same. This was the case with the Scourge Cult during its heyday. They only cooperated with the God of Struggle after encountering setbacks.
But now, if this continues, it is obvious that everyone will be doomed, so there is a basis for cooperation.
The Dark Fertility Goddess sect, which obtained the Son of God, did not exclude other sects.
Although these cults have different doctrines and philosophies, what they need is actually not much different.
The Cult of the God of Struggle requires struggle, the Cult of the Scourge requires death, and the Cult of the Dark Goddess of Fertility requires slaves or blood sacrifices.
"You two, the Son of God is ready. You can follow me to be baptized now." The guide called out to Mo Lin and Da Zhuang, with uncontrollable envy in his words.
Although being baptized by the Son of God will not substantially increase one's power, being able to meet the Son of God and receive his guidance is of great value to every cultist here.
The gods they believed in were not the same, but the Son of God had obviously mastered some method of communicating with the gods efficiently, which was the dream of all cultists.
(End of this chapter)