Tap tap tap…

Accompanied by the sound of horse hooves stepping on the road, a group of fully armed knights wearing gorgeous plate armor were slowly advancing along the road.

Merchants, mercenaries, and travelers all showed expressions of surprise and awe when they saw their flag.

Because this team of knights does not belong to any noble lord or king, but to the French King's Hall which represents theocracy.

As an existence similar to the Papal States in medieval Europe on Earth, although the military strength of the French King's Office is insignificant, its political influence is terrifyingly great.

From ordinary people's spiritual beliefs to weddings and funerals, to the coronation of kings, all need their recognition and endorsement, otherwise there may be many troubles and problems.

Most importantly, the nobles would use this as an excuse to launch a legitimate rebellion, taking the opportunity to expand their family's power and weaken the prestige of the royal family.

Therefore, although "divine right of kings" helps rulers to quickly establish their authority and prevents ordinary people from easily rebelling, it also places themselves under the supreme authority of the religious system.

Anything that might conflict with religion can become extremely troublesome.

Therefore, most of the lower-class people have a mixed attitude of respect and fear towards the French King's Hall.

What we worship is that they represent the only true God in this world. Anyone who does not want to go to hell after death and endure eternal torment and torture must sacrifice his or her faith.

What they feared was the religious tithe in addition to the share paid to the noble lords, as well as the possibility of being labeled a pagan, heretic, witch or other religious persecution.

After all, the right of interpretation lies in the hands of the priests, and priests are also human beings and have their own greed and desires.

For example, a young priest falls in love with a beautiful girl or widow and wants to take her as his lover, but is ruthlessly rejected by the other party.

He then held a grudge and found an opportunity to slander and frame the other party as a heretic or a witch. He wanted to poison the town and village where she lived through terrible witchcraft, and eventually incite the people to tie her to a stake and burn her alive.

The same method can also be used on some businessmen and workshop owners who have no background or power but have some wealth, and their property can be confiscated reasonably and legally.

In addition to the darkness and sins of the church itself, many civilians also report and frame each other due to negative emotions such as envy, jealousy, hatred, and anger.

In addition, the god worshipped by the Hall of the King of Law is the God of the Abyss, so the entire church presents a creepy and terrifying atmosphere from top to bottom.

Just look at the attitude of the civilians around at this moment to avoid it, and you will know how terrible this religious oppression is.

Perhaps the only person who made passers-by feel a little curious and might take a second look was the young female knight riding in the front, who was also the leader of this religious knight order - Farnese du Vatimio.

After all, female knights are rare these days, and young and beautiful female knights are even rarer.

Just as many people were discussing who this woman was and which prestigious noble family she came from, a handsome young man with squinty eyes and a foxy face quickly rode up from behind the team and reported in a low voice, "Captain, I have found out everything according to your instructions."

"Oh? What on earth happened in this kingdom?"

Farnese asked without turning his head.

Because since crossing the border, she clearly felt that this country was different from other feudal kingdoms.

For example, commerce and handicrafts were extremely prosperous, and the living standards of the lower classes were relatively good. At least they were not hungry, and their mental outlook was not like the serfs and tenants in other places who had dead numbness in their eyes. Instead, they had an inexplicable vitality.

Everyone seems to know what they are doing and is always busy.

If the young lady hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would not have believed that there was such a country on this continent.

“It’s simple, the royal family and nobles of this country have all been overthrown.

It is said that a prince from a foreign country entered into a marriage contract with the Roald family, and then used this as a basis to launch a war to conquer the entire country.

Not long ago, the army he led fought a decisive battle with the coalition of nobles, destroying all resistance forces like a whirlwind.

The royal capital did not even put up any last-ditch resistance, but simply opened the city gates and surrendered under the leadership of the Municipal Council.

Now this country is the property of that foreign prince.

Perhaps these anomalies we see are what he brought from his own country.

This included distributing land to serfs and tenant farmers, and replacing the nobility with a citizen class including merchants, craftsmen, and military officers.

The squinty-eyed young man blurted out all the information he had gotten.

It is not difficult to tell from the expression on his face that he himself is quite unbelievable about this.

After all, in this aristocratic-dominated continent, this is the first time in thousands of years that someone has been able to rise to power and seize political power by opposing the aristocracy.

In particular, the process of conquest was so rapid that no surrounding country could react, let alone mobilize troops to interfere.

The madness of completely disregarding existing rules, laws and order deeply shocked him, who had been a law-abiding person since childhood.

Farnese asked in confusion: "Isn't the foreign prince afraid of being attacked by nobles from other countries? You know, the nobles of this kingdom have a tradition of marrying nobles from neighboring countries.

Even the queen the king married was a princess from another country.

By the way, what happened to the king, his queen, and his offspring after the fall of the capital?"

The squinting young man obviously hesitated for a moment, but still replied with a wry smile: “The king and all the males of the royal family were beheaded in public.

The queen, princesses and all the women were demoted to prostitutes and had to receive at least a dozen to dozens of guests every day.

As long as one can afford the money, anyone can oppress these once high and mighty aristocratic women and ravage them at will.

As for interference from other neighboring countries, it cannot be said that there is no interference.

An earl once gathered an army of 6,000 people with his allies and wanted to invade from the border, but they were easily defeated by the 2,000 defenders who arrived later. He himself was captured and nailed to the city wall as a public example.

It was obvious that this prince would not play those war games between nobles, and he did not care about the ransom.

Once someone falls into his hands, no matter whether they are nobles or kings, there is only one outcome, and that is death.

Oh, yes, one more thing.

The foreign prince's excuse for starting the war was that the country's nobles had turned into greedy, bloodthirsty and cruel monsters.

So he stood up to uphold justice and fairness and to protect the lives and property of civilians.”

"What? How dare he use us!"

Farnese's eyes widened in surprise, and at the same time, an irrepressible anger rose from the bottom of his heart.

Because in her eyes, who was extremely pious to God, this was naked blasphemy and she deserved to be tied to the stake and burned alive.

“Shh—

Keep your voice down! That foreign prince is not like the kings and nobles we have met before.

The first thing he did after occupying the capital was to confiscate all the church's land and then arrest all the priests for trial.

Through almost cruel torture, he exposed all the dirty deeds done within the church to the sun for everyone to see.

Otherwise, what do you think is going on with the weird attitudes and looks from passers-by around you?

So no matter what happens, don't be impulsive.

Because if you anger this foreign prince, he won't care about the French Hall and the Vatimio family behind you.

So promise me that you won’t act on impulse no matter what.”

When saying this, the squinting young man's tone suddenly became serious and earnest.

"Serpico, are you worried about my safety?"

Farnese turned his head and looked into the other's eyes.

The young man called Serpico nodded without hesitation: "That's right. Because what we are facing next is a subversive, a madman who doesn't care about any rules. It is impossible to predict what he will do. There is also the danger that your identity and status may cause."

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

After saying this, the young lady no longer paid attention to anyone and walked along the road towards the royal capital.

After several days of marching, she finally arrived at this ancient city with hundreds of years of history at dusk.

However, when they saw the construction teams dismantling the city wall like ants, everyone felt confused and puzzled.

Because for a city, the two most important things are the city walls and the moat.

Especially the city walls, in addition to defending against foreign enemies, they also have a very important function, which is to maintain public order.

After all, in this world where bandits are rampant, the difference between having city walls and not having city walls can be said to be a world of difference.

At least with the city walls, when the public security situation deteriorates significantly, the city gates can be closed, and searches and raids can be carried out house by house, so criminals will be more or less cautious.

But if there were no city walls, people would come and go as they pleased, and could rob markets and shops dozens of times a day. Merchants would simply not be able to do business properly, and over time the entire city would decline and die.

So both Miss Farnese and her servant Serpico were very puzzled by this.

But as outsiders, they couldn't go up and ask directly, so they could only suppress their curiosity and enter the city through one of the guarded entrances.

moment!

The noisy sounds of hawking, shouting, and quarreling echoed in my ears.

At a glance, both sides of the street were lined with small vendors setting up stalls, and there were so many pedestrians that the entire road was almost blocked.

The hustle and bustle that comes across is not at all like the capital of a country where a large-scale war and regime change have just broken out.

There wasn't even a hint of fear towards the patrolling soldiers on people's faces.

What happened? On the one hand, there is the tragedy of the nobility, and on the other hand, there is the happiness and joy of the lower-class common people.

The eldest lady had more questions in her mind.

Because even in the area ruled by her family, ordinary people would subconsciously avoid the guards when they saw them.

Otherwise, if the nobles were to go out and dodge in time, the entire stall might be overturned.

Just when she was puzzled, a man in a blue robe came over on horseback, put one hand on his chest, bowed slightly, and greeted politely: "Good afternoon, Miss Farnese du Vatimio. I am Bertrand, the Royal Butler and the Court Steward. On behalf of His Majesty, I welcome you."

"His Majesty?"

Serpico was visibly stunned.

As far as he knew, no bishop of the French Royal Church had ever held a coronation ceremony for this foreign prince, so in theory it was illegal for him to claim to be king without permission.

"That's right. Just a few days ago, Your Majesty wore the crown and became the monarch of this country with the support of Parliament."

Bertrand answered in the affirmative without hesitation.

Although he himself felt quite uneasy about this act of contempt for the French King's Office Church, considering the brilliant military achievements of the master he was now loyal to, he was not too afraid of the possible coalition formed by neighboring countries.

After all, the army under Zuo Si was rapidly transitioning from cold weapons to firearms.

Especially after he took control of the country's population of over 2.5 million and a large number of craftsmen, the number of bronze cannons alone reached dozens.

On the front battlefield, the horrific damage this thing caused to infantry and cavalry units was obvious to all. Basically, a few rounds of volleys were enough to cause the enemy's morale to collapse.

In addition, the reserves of gunpowder barrels and primitive grenades are also steadily increasing.

The most important thing is that due to the breakthrough in steelmaking technology, the musket, a weapon that originally only existed in the theoretical design stage, was finally created.

Although the range was still very short and the barrels were prone to overheating and exploding after continuous firing, hundreds or thousands of muskets formed into an array could definitely inflict a devastating blow to the attacking enemy.

Within fifty meters, even the best aristocratic full body armor could be penetrated and killed by lead bullets in an instant.

What's more, the new kingdom established by Zuo Si was completely incomparable in terms of organizational and mobilization capabilities under the previous feudal system.

If war breaks out, it will only take about two or three weeks to raise an army of 100,000 people.

Because according to the agreement, all tenant farmers and serf families who obtained land were obliged to provide a young and middle-aged laborer as a soldier.

The reason why we are not recruiting so many people now is, firstly, because they are not needed temporarily, and secondly, the finances cannot afford to support so many people who are eating idle meals.

"Can you tell me the name of the new king?"

Farnese resisted the urge to accuse the other party of blasphemy, and asked in a routine tone with a stern face.

Bertrand smiled and responded, "His Majesty's name is Roald I. You can call him that later."

"Roald I? He used the Roald family name instead of his own?"

Serpico's narrowed eyes suddenly widened to reveal the director's inner uneasiness.

Because in his opinion, a madman like Zuo Si who completely disregards rules and authority should be an extremely arrogant person.

How could he possibly use the surname of the Roald family that he held in his hands? Especially since all his family members had died and only Miss Mana was left, she should be just a toy in the hands of the other party.

If it were me, I would definitely terminate this marriage and marry a royal princess to increase the legitimacy of my rule.

Could it be that the foreign prince really fell in love with the young lady of the Roald family? While Serpico was daydreaming, Bellandt put on a helpless expression and spread his hands to explain: "I'm sorry, we don't quite understand what Your Majesty thinks about this.

But he never said his last name on any occasion.

So we infer that he might want to make a break with the past in this way.

Only in this way can he devote himself wholeheartedly to the new role he plays.

Well, enough greetings and small talk, his majesty is still waiting for you in the palace.

Now please follow me."

As the last word came out of his mouth, Berlant made a gesture of invitation, and then led the way through the path on the other side and went straight to the main gate of the palace.

As a royal residence that lasted for more than three hundred years, it has undergone construction and renovation by several generations and looks very majestic.

In addition to the castle as a defense, there are also quite a number of facilities such as courtyards, gardens, palaces and towers.

In particular, a small underground river gushing out from the ground provides the cleanest water source for the entire palace.

Among them, several of the unique and exquisite fountain sculptures can be described as magnificent.

The plants in the garden are taken care of by someone specially assigned to take care of them. Not only do they grow very lushly, but they are also trimmed very neatly.

Several beautiful pet cats and dogs were running and playing around, and occasionally a captive bird would land on a branch and chirp sweetly.

If no one knew what happened here in advance, no one would have thought that this place had just changed its owner, and the original owner's fate was extremely miserable.

When approaching the main hall of the palace, Serpico first discovered several cannons standing in the bunker above, as well as the strange weapons in the hands of the guards that looked like long and thin iron pipes.

For some reason, when facing the black muzzle of the gun, he felt a strong sense of uneasiness and fear in his heart.

Fortunately, this situation did not last too long and disappeared completely after entering the hall.

When Berlant bent down and respectfully completed his report, Serpico then noticed the figure on the throne.

young!

Too young!

He looked almost like himself! This was his first impression of Zuo Si.

What followed was an aura and sense of oppression that could not be described in words.

When that pair of black eyes stared at him, Serpico instinctively lowered his head and dared not look at them.

Because those eyes seemed to penetrate his body and see into his heart and soul.

nervous!

disturbed!

trembling!

fear!

It seemed as if every cell in his body was reminding him to escape.

But for some reason, my feet seemed to be rooted and I couldn't move even a step.

In comparison, the eldest daughter Farnese, who had even worse psychological quality, collapsed to the ground with a thud, folded her arms across her chest and trembled constantly, tears streaming down her eyes uncontrollably.

Needless to say, this pair of half-siblings were actually affected by the great devil's fear aura.

Zuo Si deliberately released a little of his own strength, intending to test the quality of the two men.

As it turned out, Serpico's performance did not disappoint him, but Farnese's performance was somewhat disappointing.

But it’s no wonder.

As the eldest daughter of the Vatimio family, Farnese has lived in an environment with great material wealth but insufficient care since childhood, and has to endure loneliness and solitude for a long time.

Anyone who knows a little about psychology and child education knows that it is impossible for a child who grows up in such an environment to be mentally healthy.

When she was sixteen years old and was asked by her father to get married, she was mentally stimulated and completely lost control. She set the entire house on fire and burned it, causing a terrible tragedy.

Later, he entered a monastery and was brainwashed and poisoned by religion. He was eager to use faith to strengthen his weak will, and always believed that he was some kind of evil and filthy being. He often knelt secretly in front of the statue and whipped himself to atone for his sins.

The most important thing to fight against the supernatural force like the fear aura is a person's willpower.

Fox-faced Serpico had made up his mind a long time ago to protect his half-sister, so he was not confused at all, but extremely determined, so he finally held on and did not collapse.

"Your Majesty, this is..."

Berlant obviously noticed the reactions of the two young men behind him, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Zuo Si smiled and waved his hand: "Nothing, there is nothing for you to do here, go down. Not only you, but also let the guards leave, I want to talk to them alone."

"As you wish!"

贝朗特单手抚胸鞠了一躬，紧跟着便使眼色示意大殿内的卫兵跟自己一起出去。

伴随着大门关闭发出的响声，空荡荡的大殿内就只剩下了三个人。

只见左思缓缓从王座上站起身，顺着阶梯一步一步的走下去，一边走一边问狐狸脸：“作为法王厅骑士团团长的侍从，你的剑术应该不错吧？”

“我不明白您的意思，陛下。”

塞尔彼高低下头尽量让自己看起来谦卑恭敬。

尽管他早就知道这次任务可能会是个大麻烦，但却万万没料到才刚见面就麻烦到了这种程度。

“呵呵，别那么拘谨，就当是朋友之间的闲聊。来吧，拔出剑，让我看看你的剑术。”

说着，左思拔出了自己身上那柄压根没有开刃的礼仪用剑。

塞尔彼高见状赶忙推脱道：“不不不，我怎么有敢在您面前拔剑的胆子。毕竟您的勇武已经在之前的战争中得到了足够的证明，而我只是个微不足道的小小侍从而已。”

“谦虚是一种美德，但过于谦虚就是一种虚伪。不过没关系，反正我知道要怎么才能让你拔剑。”

左思脸上浮现出一丝玩味，紧跟着便走到大小姐的面前，以肉眼几乎无法捕捉到的速度划开对方身上盔甲的缝隙。

下一秒……

法尔纳塞身上的盔甲迅速脱落，露出里边贴身的丝绸衣物。

还没等她来得及做出任何反应，左思便一把将其拉起来抱在怀中，其中一只手顺着腰部缓缓向上滑动，最终在靠近胸部的位置停了下来。

“嗯，想不到你的身材居然意外的有料，想必应该是这两年骑士训练的成果。也许我应该考虑把你纳入后宫变成自己的女人。”

伴随着这句话脱口而出，塞尔彼高的脸色勃然大变，立刻便拔出佩剑发出威胁：“放开我们家的团长！立刻！马上！否则别怪我不客气！”

“哈哈哈哈！ 看，你这不是拔剑了吗？

现在来陪我玩玩吧。

记得要全力以赴呦，不然我保证她今天晚上就会出现在我的床上。

而且最多几个星期之后便有可能会怀孕生子。”

说罢，左思扯开法尔纳塞的发髻，让后者一头金色的长发直接散落开，并且用近乎变态的动作抓起一缕头发嗅了嗅发梢。

作为一名典型的“妹控”，塞尔彼高瞬间被这个动作激怒了，挥舞手中的细剑直勾勾刺向对方。

原本总是一副笑眯眯的眼睛也透露出冰冷刺骨的杀意。

毫无疑问，这才是他一直试图隐藏的真面目。

即便是号称人类最强的格斯，在某些特定地形时也曾经吃过他的亏，差一点点点就被干掉了。

铛！ 伴随着剑刃碰撞发出的清脆鸣响与金色火花，左思成功招架格挡了这次相当凌厉致命的攻击。

不仅如此，他还把搂着大小姐的手往上挪了挪，直接抓住了不该抓住的地方。

“啊！！！！！”

法尔纳塞瞬间不受控制的发出了一声尖叫，但因为受到恐惧光环的影响根本使不上力气，只能眼睁睁看着那只大手肆意妄为的侵犯自己。

“混蛋！”

塞尔彼高整个人像疯了一样一次又一次发动迅猛的突刺，但结果无一例外都被那柄未开刃的仪式用剑挡了下来。

那种后发先至的速度和反应，让他第一次体会到了强烈的挫败感与绝望。

因为越是攻击他就越能察觉到自己与对方在实力上的压倒性差距。

甚至好几次攻击的间隙，对方明明可以做出反击动作将自己打翻在地，但都在最后关头收了回去。

所以对于他而言这根本不是什么战斗或者切磋，而是赤裸裸的碾压与羞辱。

“怎么，你就只有这种程度吗？太令人失望了。看来你还需要更多的刺激才能激发自己的潜力。”

说话的功夫，左思手中的剑突然调转方向，直接在大小姐的身上划了两下。

瞬间！

法尔纳塞身上原本就不多的贴身衣物立刻出现了好几道巨大的豁口，里边大片白皙的皮肤完全暴露在空气中。

尤其是后背自虐时鞭挞的伤痕清晰可见。

“咦？

想不到名门望族出身的瓦提米奥小姐居然还有这种不为人知的嗜好。

如果传出去的话恐怕会轰动整个贵族圈子呢。

要是你不想这件事情传出去，那最好乖乖听话不要乱动。

等晚上的时候，我再找个时间单独传授教导一下你这方面的技巧。”

左思轻轻抚摸着大小姐遍布鞭痕的背部，继续刺激着狐狸脸青年那根最敏感的神经。

“不！！！！！把你的脏手从法尔纳塞的身上拿开！”

塞尔彼高咆哮着冲上来，眼神中透露出决然与疯狂。

在冲到近前的刹那，他猛然间将细剑朝左思的眼睛投掷出去，然后拔出隐藏在腰带后边的两柄介于匕首和短剑之间的武器。

铛！ 随着细剑被磕飞，这家伙终于抓住了一闪而逝的机会，同时刺向心脏和肾脏两个致命部位。

如果换成其他人在这种情况下可能压根来不及进行防御，只能将怀中的大小姐推出去当挡箭牌。

而这，恰恰就是塞尔彼高想要达成的目的。

但左思显然并不是普通人，直接抬起腿给了对方两腿中间要害部位一脚。

砰！ “啊啊啊啊啊！！！！！！”

伴随着撕心裂肺的惨叫，刚才还来势汹汹的塞尔彼高立马便扑通一声摔在地上，宛如一只煮熟的大虾蜷缩成一团，鼻涕和眼泪更是止不住的往下流。

很显然，尽管左思并没有怎么用力，但也已经让他品尝到生不如死的滋味。

毕竟像这种专攻下三路的招式，一直都是受到贵族圈子里极度鄙夷的。

塞尔彼高做梦都不会想到，已经是国王的左思会使出这种损招。

“塞尔彼高！”

眼见自己的侍从遭到重创，法尔纳塞立刻挣扎着想要摆脱束缚，但仅仅几秒钟之后便放弃了。

因为在她挣扎的过程中，身上原本就破破烂烂的衣服彻底撕开，只能用双手捂住破碎的布条遮挡隐私部位。

她非常害怕对方突然兽性大发，在这里就把自己给办了。

但好在左思显然并没有这样的打算，而是将所有注意力都放在塞尔彼高身上，用手中没开刃的剑敲了敲狐狸脸的脑袋，笑着调侃道：“就以你现在的实力，想要保护好这位大小姐可不太容易呢。如果我愿意，她从今天晚上开始就是我的人了。”

“你……你难道就不害怕法王厅和瓦提米奥家族的报复吗？”

塞尔彼高强忍着让自己虚弱的疼痛抬起头质问。

“当然不担心。

因为我原本的目标就是统一这片大陆。

无论是法王厅也好，还是瓦提米奥家族也罢，都不过是这条道路上必须要清理的绊脚石。

我迟早会一个一个的将它们踢开。

更何况我现在已经得到了一个王国，用不了多久还会继续发动战争彻底摧毁周边国家的贵族，建立一套全新的、更加先进的统治结构。

那些腐朽陈旧的东西将会在新时代的轰鸣声中崩溃瓦解。”

在说这番话的时候，左思从头到脚都散发着强大且自信的气息，仿佛他说的话就是不容质疑的最高真理。

“你在做梦！像你这种亵渎神明的人一定会引来神罚的！”法尔纳塞鼓足勇气厉声反驳道。

“亵渎神明？ 你可真是天真的可爱。

因为你所信仰的神非但没有因为我的所作所为而感到愤怒，反而试图想把我纳入它的阵营中做它的代理人。

喏，这个就是最好的证明。”

左思直截了当拿出了之前莫名其妙出现在自己身边的红色贝黑莱特，又被称之为“霸王之卵”。

不用问也知道，深渊之神对于左思所展现出来的邪恶倾向非常满意。

再加上他本人也在积极融入到因果律之中，因此会得到霸王之卵作为奖赏并不奇怪。

“霸王之卵！你……你怎么会有这种东西？”

法尔纳塞明显吃了一惊。

由于法王厅的断罪塔原本就是囚禁神之手——波伊得的地方。

所以那里曾经留下了关于他的手稿和一些似是而非的模糊预言。

这也就意味着法王厅并不像其他人那样对霸王之卵一无所知，而是隐约知道它意味着什么。

“当然是你所信奉的那位神给我的。

在这个世界，所有人的命运都受到它的操控。

你们的人生从降世的那一刻就被安排好了。

无论是顺从也好、反抗也罢，都不会有任何变化。

Because rebelling against fate is also part of fate.

How about that? Doesn’t it sound desperate? What’s even more despairing is that all of this stems from the darkness and evil in the hearts of human beings.

In other words, it was human beings who created God and longed for God to arrange their own destiny.

And the God who was created responded to your request."

Zuo Si fiddled with the Overlord's Egg in his hand, his tone revealing a strong sense of sarcasm.

After all, in the Warhammer universe, humans can only be regarded as victims of the Chaos Gods in the Warp at best. It is not them who created Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and Slaanesh.

When the Old Ones fought the Necrons, primates were not even known to have appeared on the historical stage.

But in this world, human beings are definitely committing suicide.

"No!!! This is all fake! You are talking nonsense! How can God be dark and evil!"

The eldest lady's spirit suddenly collapsed and she yelled at Zuo Si like a madman.

As a person with very unstable emotions, her heart has always been very fragile.

Whether it was when he was sixteen and learned that he had to marry a stranger, which caused him to lose control of his emotions, or when he later met Guts and witnessed the existence of the apostles with his own eyes and began to deny his inner belief in God.

"Nonsense? Then why don't we give it a try? Now, you can pray to the god you serve as much as you want and see if it will send down a miracle to save you.

If nothing happens, then something really terrible is going to happen.”

As he spoke, Zuo Si tore off the last bit of cloth covering Farnese's body, and then slowly approached him in a very slow but extremely oppressive manner.

Although strictly speaking he was not a strongly anti-religious person and even thought that religion was a good tool for ruling, he was still full of disgust for this monotheistic religion with its highly exclusive nature.

Because all such religions usually try to turn everything around into a binary opposition of black and white, and can only ease internal conflicts by constantly releasing pressure to the outside.

"Don't...don't come over here!"

Farnese was visibly horrified.

Because since she was born, she, who has noble blood and status, has never been treated so rudely.

But Zuo Si sneered and urged, “Pray!

Why don't you pray to your God?

Don't you know that it won't come to save you?

Open your eyes and look at the peasants who were sentenced because they could not pay the religious tithe, and look at the refugees who were starved to death because they served God devoutly.

Tell me where is your god? Why doesn't it save its believers? Either this god doesn't exist, or it is a complete evil god who enjoys watching its believers suffer and be tortured. "

"That's enough! Stop forcing Farnese. I swear I'm willing to do anything for you from now on, as long as you let her go."

Serpico struggled to get up from the ground, with a pleading look in his eyes.

Because he knew that if he continued to push her like this, his sister would definitely go crazy, and her condition would be permanent and could never be cured.

"Oh? What can you do for me?"

Zuo Si stopped and turned around with a playful expression.

"I know the relationship between the French King's Office and the Eastern countries, and I also know the situation of various noble families. If you want to conquer this continent, I should be a good helper, or even a spy."

Serpico did not dare to be negligent and demonstrated all his functions in one breath.

“That sounds pretty good.

But to ensure your loyalty, Farnese will live with me from now on.

If there is any attempt to conceal some important information or any sign of betrayal, you should know best what the consequences will be.

Don't worry, I won't be touching her any time soon.

At least not before unifying half the continent.”

After saying that, Zuo Si took off his cloak and covered the almost naked young lady with it, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Because for him, this is a very useful chess piece. Not only can it be used to control Serpico to work for him, but the magical talent it possesses is also quite valuable for research.

Seeing that the other party did not further violate his half-sister, Fox Face instantly breathed a sigh of relief. He sat down on the ground as if he was weak and said breathlessly: "If you want to know something, you can ask now. I promise to tell you everything I know."

"Very good, I like your attitude."

Zuo Si nodded in satisfaction, and then asked bluntly: "Have you heard the rumors about the Black Swordsman and the Eagle Group?"

"The Black Swordsman? Sorry, I've never heard of him.

But I have heard of the Eagle Group.

They are the only mercenary group that transformed from mercenaries to nobles during the Hundred Years War between the Mitlan Kingdom and the Yoda Empire.

Not only was he incorporated into the White Phoenix Knights, but his leader Griffith was also named a noble general.

This is a wonder that has not been seen in hundreds of years.

Some nobles even mocked the king of the Midland Kingdom for being old and foolish, and for promoting a group of untouchables to become nobles.

But later, for some unknown reason, Griffith, the leader of the Eagle Group, was arrested for raping the princess.

Other members also fell apart due to the long-term siege and bounty.

What happened afterwards is unknown.”

Serpico spoke at a leisurely pace, unloading all that he knew.

Although he didn't quite understand why Zuo Si was so interested in a defunct mercenary group.

"I see! This means that the sacrifice and the demon ascension have probably already happened..."

Zuo Si stroked his chin and muttered softly.

Although the information was very limited, he still roughly confirmed the time he was in. It should be the period from when Griffith ascended to the demon to when Guts acted alone to hunt down the apostles.

Griffith probably hasn't completed his reincarnation yet and returned to the human world to become the Eagle of Light and establish his own country.