On the wide stern deck of the cruise ship, many well-dressed passengers were enjoying the sea breeze and watching the sea. Some people were leisurely dining at the dining table fixed on the deck. Some more leisurely tourists gathered at the side of the ship, fishing from the high side of the ship with their own fishing rods, and there was a group of people watching around.
Dorothy, wearing a light knee-length dress, a sun hat and sandals, sat on a seat on the stern deck, leisurely admiring the scenery around her while eating the fruit on the table in front of her. While eating the fruit, her eyes occasionally turned to the newspaper in her hand. The newspaper published the latest news about Sister Vanya, a well-known young figure in the church who has been in the spotlight recently. The newspaper recorded the news that Sister Vanya began her pilgrimage as a relic bearer, and the target of her first pilgrimage was called Moncarlo.
"Sister Vanya is the custodian of the holy relic. She chose the gambling city of Monte Carlo for her first pilgrimage, intending to spread blessings to the land of desire."
"The former pirate city will welcome the first holy relic pilgrimage. Can the glory of the holy relic soothe the impetuous sinful desires?"
"Sister Vanya's first pilgrimage goal is to demonstrate her determination to spread the Lord's call to all places. Under the glory of the Lord, there is no edge..."
Dorothy's eyes swept across the reports and comments on Vanya's actions in the newspaper in front of her, and her eyes repeatedly lingered on the name of the city of Mon Carlo. Then she finished eating the strangely shaped tropical fruit in her hand, closed the newspaper, and sighed in her heart.
"Monte Carlo... It seems that this place is not well-known in the mainstream society. No wonder the reaction in the newspapers after Vanya chose this place as her first pilgrimage site was stronger than expected."
After thinking about it, Dorothy picked up another banana, peeled it and slowly ate it. While eating, Dorothy began to recall the information she had found about Mon Carlo. Much of the information was what she had learned from Beverly, involving extraordinary and secret things.
Mon Carlo is an island city located on the east side of the Conquest of Ukraine. It is an independent free trade port. Although it is a trade port, it is not on the main trade route between the mainland and northern Ukraine. On the contrary, it is a bit far away from the main route. But even so, it is still one of the most prosperous trade ports in the Conquest of Ukraine.
The reason is that Mon Carlo is the largest gray area in the Pacific Ocean, a transit point for many extraordinary businesses, the largest casino in the entire Pacific Ocean region, and a city for legal gamblers.
When talking about Mon Carlo, we have to mention its founder, the great pirate Edward Gibbs. Four hundred years ago, the arrogant king of Ivig, Rio, supported by the Afterbirth Cult, broke out the Turbidity War with the Church of the Holy Mountain and the countries that protected the church. The battlefield originated in Ivig, and then expanded to the foot of the Holy Mountain and even the entire Conquest Sea area. Because the war caused the order of the entire Conquest Sea to collapse, a large number of pirates were spawned.
After pacifying the Arrogant King Leo and his allies, the Church of the Holy Mountain immediately began to tackle the problem of pirates rampant on the sea. However, they found that this problem could not be solved in a short time. In a sense, it was more difficult than the Turbidity War itself.
At the beginning, the church united with other naval powers on the main continent and sent fleets and strongmen to attack the big pirates with extraordinary power one by one. In a short period of time, most of the well-known pirates were sent away. However, there was no sign of stopping the pirate activities on the conquered sea. A large number of small-scale pirates were still roaming around. These countless small pirate groups whose leaders might not even be extraordinary were the main source of pirate disasters on the conquered sea. They accounted for more than 80% of all pirates. No matter how the navy of the church, the big country, could not deal with these small pirates, it consumed a lot of manpower, material resources and spirituality. Although they almost won every battle, they could not solve the problem.
Later, the church analyzed the cause and found that the source of the large number of pirates who conquered the sea was the civilians of the defeated countries in the Turbidity War who were afraid of the extreme policies of the church. Because the Afterbirth Cult, which was mainly based in the Abyss, was widely spread in Ivig and surrounding countries, the church carried out a cruel purification order during the war. Pagan cities were burned down one after another, and a large number of pagans were massacred, among which many were innocently implicated. This caused the population of several countries to flee in large numbers for fear of the church's troops. A large part of them did not really believe in paganism, but were worried about being implicated, so they fled. The number of these people far exceeded the size of the army of the arrogant king Leo in the Turbidity War.
In order to escape purification, these countless war refugees flocked to the islands in the Conquer Sea and Beiwu in large numbers. In order to survive, a considerable number of them directly turned into pirates. These pirate groups composed of soldiers from the defeated countries, old nobles, and refugees, together with the original pirates, turned the entire Conquer Sea area upside down. The pirates plundered merchant ships and attacked the coast. A large number of pirate activities even interrupted the normal trade between Beiwu and the main continent. The chaos that enveloped the entire Conquer Sea was caused by the Turbidity War, but it did not end with the end of the Turbidity War. On the contrary, it has become more and more serious.
Another point is that in order to prevent the Afterbirth Cult from reviving in the defeated countries, the church imposed strict religious controls on several countries after the war. A large number of inquisitions were built in several countries. Heresy inquisitors walked through the streets and arrested ordinary people at will on trumped-up charges. Several countries fell into a century-long era of religious terror. During this period, countless people chose to flee to the sea to avoid the horrific religious persecution. These people also became a steady source of strength for pirates.
The Sea Abyss Church, which was defeated in the war, also found an opportunity in the rampant pirate activities. They began to contact a large number of pirate leaders and refugee representatives, secretly recruiting them, and using their powerful abilities at sea to remind the pirate leaders of the location of the church's strongmen and warships, to cover them, and even use ocean currents to hide them.
With the operation of the Abyss Church and the cooperation of other branches, the pirate leaders gradually became less defenseless in the face of the encirclement and suppression by the church and major countries. They also began to grow bigger and stronger, and even gave birth to big pirates with captains of the 50th level.
The end of the pirate era was due to the policy adjustment of the church. When the church saw that the afterbirth might be followed by the rise of pirates again, it finally began to reflect on its own policy issues. The tough Inquisitors, who had dominated the church and held the right to speak, had been unable to solve the problems of pirates and afterbirth for a long time, which gave the Redemptionists an opportunity. The Redemptionists took this opportunity to exert their influence and took advantage of the opportunity when the Pope returned from the upper world to defeat the Inquisitors at the Grand Council of Cardinals and gain the dominant position on the pirate issue.
Afterwards, the Redemptionists influenced the church to abolish the terrorist religious policy that had long enveloped Ivig and other corrupt countries, abolished a large number of inquisitions, released a large number of suspected criminals in prison, and pardoned more than 300,000 people in a short period of time. They also operated the church to issue an amnesty, announcing to all pirates and settlements on the conquered sea that as long as they now returned to the faith of the Three Saints, they could wash away the sins of apostasy of themselves and their ancestors, and there would be no punishment for the past. As long as they were willing to repent, even the serious sin of apostasy could be pardoned.
Once this amnesty was issued, the effect was immediate. The basis for the survival of the pirates in the Sea of Conquest was immediately destroyed. There were no more religious refugees fleeing from countries such as Ivige. Countless "sinners" who were wandering in northern Ukraine and the islands of the Sea of Conquest began to return to their homes. After all, for most people, they just wanted to find a place to live where they could survive.
After the Savior-led church destroyed the pirates' manpower base, it began to use both kindness and force against other big pirate leaders. By means of alienation and division, it successfully provoked their relationship with the Sea Abyss Church. Finally, it recruited some of them and besieged others, and finally completely eliminated the pirate forces that conquered the sea.
Although the Turbidity War only lasted for a few centuries, its impact was far-reaching. From the beginning of the Turbidity War in the 10th century of the Holy Calendar to the end of the 10th century, during these hundreds of centuries, the Conquered Sea and even the world's oceans had been in the Age of Pirates, which was rampant with pirates. Eventually, due to the policy adjustment of the Church, the Age of Pirates was declared over.
The last great pirate to be recruited was Edward Gibbs. Mon Carlo was once the base of this great pirate. It was a carefully built pirate city. After he was recruited, this pirate city began to change in line with the times.
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