Chapter 1400 Faith is Exploitation
Some forces can be provoked, but some forces cannot be touched.
Especially the forces related to faith, which may not seem very strong at first glance, but as you get to know them more deeply, you will understand how terrifying they are.
Especially in the earliest times of the West, people believed that the kings were granted by God, and the power of the church was above that of the monarch. This practice lasted for hundreds of years and penetrated into every field.
In other words, their believers are active in the political arena, active in the military field, and have layouts in science and technology, medicine, finance and other fields.
For example, in the Western continent, babies are baptized by priests after they are born; almost every Great Eagle warrior holds a cross, and even after they die in battle, their tombstones are crosses.
The various festivals they celebrate are also full of religious colors.
Faith has become a culture, and no one dares to challenge their authority. Even if the church has not been modernized into a regular military unit, once something happens, believers will take the initiative to defend it.
Many times, what is being maintained is not faith, but culture.
Lei Zhen destroyed the missionary headquarters. Although he did not kill all of them, he basically slaughtered them all.
Bunker-buster bombs buried the headquarters alive, and cluster bombs carried out a massacre. No one who was in the headquarters at the time escaped, and even the twelve archangels were killed, their bodies could not be pieced together.
These are the ones who do the dirty work for the church, and they are also their most powerful armed force, like a scepter in their hands, supporting their dominance from behind.
As a result, they were all killed. The loss could not be described as devastating, but rather the scepter was shattered and the authority was challenged as never before.
If this issue cannot be resolved, the status will inevitably plummet.
Therefore, we must march south.
Use force to tell everyone that there is only one outcome for offending them, and that is to be purified; let believers know clearly that they are the gods, and myths are just people.
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Plateau Continent, Warrior Base.
All bases, security consulting companies, paramilitary agencies, organized units, etc., all entered a state of contracted defense to deal with the attacks of the three major knightly orders.
"Red King, is there any need to be so nervous?" Andre said with a relaxed expression, "The three major knightly orders have no more than a few tens of thousands of men, and coming to our territory is simply offering their lives."
This is the plateau continent, their territory.
With hundreds of thousands of mercenaries at your disposal, how many tens of thousands of you are coming to march south?
Are you kidding? It’s not even enough to fill the gaps between your teeth!
"You know shit! We can kill these tens of thousands of people, but how are we going to kill the tens of thousands of believers behind them?" King Qin said, chewing on a large cigar. "If we dare to kill them, we will become public enemies of the world. Besides, there are many believers among the mercenaries. If we really kill them, it will definitely cause big problems."
As an absolute warmonger, he never considers interests when fighting, but only thinks about having fun. He especially likes to fight with large troops and bully the weak.
His style is completely different from his master's, so much so that all forces on the plateau continent are eager for the return of the myth, because people fight wars for money.
Unlike this idiot who fights just for the sake of fighting.
But now it’s different. Facing the three major knightly orders, King Qin dare not take it lightly.
If it is done well, it's fine. But if it is not done well, he will collapse from the outside to the inside, from the inside to the outside, or even from top to bottom. At that time, he will not even have tears to cry, and will not be able to explain to the master.
"You're overthinking it. I'm still wearing a gold cross." Andre took out the cross.
It is made of pure gold and inlaid with diamonds, and it looks very expensive at first glance.
"You believe in the God of Wealth, not God." The King of Qin said disdainfully, "Many of the people below believe in it. We must not take it lightly."
"Yeah, I'm so rich now, of course I don't believe in God. If I have to have a belief, I will definitely believe in mythology, haha." Andre laughed.
That's the thing. When you have a lot of money, faith becomes just lip service, and you also become the exploiter of faith.
Therefore, the most terrifying thing is not ghosts and gods, but human manipulation and exploitation of faith.
From ancient times to the present, whether in Eastern or Western history, the ultimate manifestation of any belief cannot escape these two definitions.
"But some of the mercenaries below are indeed full of faith, which makes it a bit difficult to deal with." Andre frowned slightly.
They are all mercenaries who have their heads tied to their belts, living on the edge of a knife and risking their lives to make money. These people should believe in money, but because of the instability of life, many mercenaries have erected pillars for their spiritual world.
Of course, more people use other things as spiritual support, such as a cat, a dog, a turtle, shoes, a belt, a prostitute, etc.
In short, they are all kinds of weird, but once they are formed, they will become extreme.
Although there are not too many mercenaries who believe in the cross, in this situation it is enough to have a catastrophic impact on the Warriors Base.
"Let's hold back our defenses and see what happens first." King Qin exhaled and said, "And by the way, temporarily cancel all the mercenaries who believe in the Cross and keep them at the base."
This is a way to deal with possible internal problems. Although it is not a very good way, it is the only way for now because we cannot change other people’s extreme beliefs.
"It's mainly about the outside world. The church is so disgusting that it uses so many believers to pave the way. It's not right to kill them, and it's not right not to kill them." Andre had a headache.
This is the church’s favorite tactic, leveraging the power of believers to place themselves on the moral high ground.
As long as you dare to start killing, you will immediately become the world's public enemy. At that time, all forces bathed in holy light will join the battle.
What are hundreds of thousands of mercenaries?
If things get any bigger, Western forces will inevitably implement a joint stranglehold, because the moral high ground has been established, and there is no need to worry even if the massacre becomes more severe.
"My master has to take action on this kind of thing. I can't handle it anyway." The King of Qin exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "Although I am also very smart, I am definitely not as cunning as my master."
"Did the boss tell us to shrink our defense?" Andre asked.
"Of course, otherwise how can I swallow this?" The King of Qin was helpless.
But he was being stubborn at this moment. Even if Lei Zhen didn't explain, he had to shrink his defense, because the war with the three major knight orders had deviated from the essence of war and involved too many things.
As long as war breaks out, the unarmed believers will have to be killed, and there will be chaos both inside and outside the country; if war is not started, they can only watch the Knights advance straight ahead and swallow up their territory bit by bit.
It’s not right to hit him, and it’s not right not to hit him.
This is the horror of the church. It seems to have no strength, but in fact it is the most difficult to deal with and can easily occupy the moral high ground.
But even more terrifying things are happening all the time: flights in many Western countries are full, and countless believers are arriving in the plateau continent by plane.
Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions?
I don’t know, but they kept pouring in, gathering together in an organized manner, each holding a cross and singing hymns.
What is this?
Exploitation!
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