John spoke in this calm tone, and after he finished speaking, he reached out to pick up the water cup on the bedside table and took another sip of water to moisten his throat. Ed, who was sitting in the corner, asked after listening to him.
"In order to fight against Baldrick, Jeffrey started to revive the original native religion of Pritt... Can he really increase his power by doing this? This approach will completely cut off the possibility of reconciliation with the church... Is it worth it?" Ed asked, and John answered after drinking the water.
"At least from his point of view, it is definitely worth it. Five hundred years ago, Plit was not like today. It was severely invaded by the culture of the Glorious Cult everywhere. Most of the customs and traditions were no different from those of other countries on the main continent. Although the influence of the Glorious Cult in Plit was strong at that time, it was not as thorough as it is today. Many customs and traditions based on the old beliefs were preserved, and the expansion of the Glorious Cult was committed to destroying them. This would naturally cause disgust and opposition from many conservative Plit people. Jeffrey raised the banner of reviving the old gods and naturally won the support of this part of the people.
"This... is based on Jeffrey's consideration of actual benefits. However, as far as he is concerned, perhaps he does not need to act entirely based on actual benefits. He himself is a loyal believer of the Queen of the Night Sky. He believes that he can get the help of the Queen of the Night Sky and win this war..."
John responded with this, and Ed couldn't help but frown slightly at his words, and then he continued speaking.
"Why does he really believe that an old faith god that has been gone for hundreds or thousands of years can help him?"
"With a 'divine messenger' beside him."
"God's messenger?" Hearing John's response, Ed's expression showed a deeper look of surprise, while John continued to speak slowly.
"Yes... According to our research, during the Wind King Rebellion, there was a person beside Jeffrey who called herself the Messenger of the Queen of the Night Sky. She was originally a witch active in the countryside of Plit. It seems that she was recruited by Jeffrey because she could perform miracles. She gave Jeffrey advice and helped him fight against Baldrick's army on the battlefield and integrate other Wind Kings. She was very helpful, so Jeffrey trusted her and really regarded her as the Messenger of the Queen of the Night Sky, thinking that she was sent by the Queen of the Night Sky to assist him.
"The name of this witch's envoy is no longer known, but we know that Jeffrey's rise is inseparable from her support. At that time, her existence also made Jeffrey and the entire Zun Gu faction believe in the true existence of the Night Sky Queen. The envoy claimed that the Night Sky Queen abandoned the land of Prit and the people on it, but as long as they can repent, the Night Sky Queen will return again.
"And the so-called method of repentance is to search for the relics left by the Queen of the Night Sky throughout the territory of Prit and perform a 'repentance ceremony' on them. As long as the relics that have undergone the repentance ceremony are large enough and numerous enough, the Queen of the Night Sky will be able to sense the sincerity of the people on this land and will come again to help her loyal believers."
"Confession ceremony...what exactly is that?" Listening to John's words, Ed continued to ask with a frown, and John shook his head in response.
"I don't know. We haven't found any documents about how to perform this ceremony. All we know is that Jeffrey believed the words of the witch. While fighting Baldrick, who was supported by the church, he sent people to search for the remains of the Queen of the Night Sky in Quanpreet and held a confession ceremony.
"However, this confession ceremony seems to be really useful. As more and more ceremonies are held, the power of Jeffrey and the gods' messenger seems to be constantly growing, and it can even allow the Zungu faction's army to gain the upper hand. The strength of the Zungu faction even makes Shenglinshan consider whether to increase its interference in Pritt." John continued to speak calmly, while Ed spoke with a serious expression.
"So... in the end, the church is preparing to send more troops to help their agents win this war?"
Qianxun"Free!Novel"!?.Say..Skirt"2?5,!.?5,!5!9!,5!:.,30,0 "No... the war ended without the church sending in reinforcements. Just when the Zun Gu Sect was gaining momentum, an accident happened during the whole Wind King Rebellion. The Black Zun Gu Sect suddenly died and committed suicide. The entire Zun Gu Sect was leaderless and fell apart. Baldrick won the war, founded a new dynasty, and changed his surname to Despenser Orthodox." John responded to Ed's words, and his reply startled Ed. He paused for a moment before speaking.
"What... committed suicide? Why? Is he crazy too?" There was obvious surprise in Ed's tone. It seemed that he had never expected that the battle would end like this. John, who was sitting on the bed, continued to answer slowly.
"We actually don't know what Jeffrey's final state was. When we were researching this period, the secret documents we collected only showed that Jeffrey died suddenly, but did not record the cause of his death. The record of his cause of death was found in a letter found in a corner of the royal archives by Richard at the end of last year.
"It is unknown who wrote and sent this letter. The recipient was an important lord under Jeffrey at the time, Ampel Devonshire. During the Wind King Rebellion, he followed Jeffrey's orders to search for the remains of the Night Sky Queen in Manpreet. He was the main force in the search for the remains. Most of the remains used by the Zun Gu Sect for the confession were found by him.
"At the end of the Wind King's rebellion, after Jeffrey suddenly died, Ampel was the first lord of the Ancients to turn his attention and surrender to Baldrick. As a result, he was valued by Baldrick and was treated well afterwards. He is now Lord Devonshire."
John said this, and Dorothy, who was hiding behind the name Ed, was startled when she heard the name Devonshire. Then she thought, isn't this Misha's last name? Misha is from the Devonshire family.
While Dorothy was thinking about this, John on the other side continued to speak.
"At first we thought Ampel was an unprincipled traitor who was used to changing his mind, but in the process of interpreting the letter, I found some interesting and important points.
"This letter was written very sloppily, with many mistakes and ambiguities. Although the mysterious writer seemed to be in poor condition, he had a tone of life and death to Ampere in his letter. He asked Ampere to immediately destroy the 'secret' he had found about the most important temple in the ruins of the Queen of the Night Sky. If it cannot be destroyed, he must do his best to protect the secret forever and never let it out.
"And on the side of that letter, there was a letter that Amper wrote but seemingly failed to send. In the reply letter, he said that he promised to keep the secret forever, and even take it to his own grave after his death."
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