Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 581: The Kingdom of God is the Navy, and the Navy is the Empire
"I'm not dead?"

Andrea opened her eyes again, and her scattered vision regained focus.

Suddenly recalling the bloody scene where his head was crushed by the second clown, he unexpectedly found that he was still conscious.

He immediately exerted force from his waist and legs, and jumped up from the ground with a "whoosh".

The [Gunner Sisters] of the Cathedral of the Holy Armed Forces are not ordinary weak clergymen, but members of the armed forces, and they receive all the training that musketeers and swordsmen need.

Not to mention that this fourth-rank heroic [Gun Sister] also studied "Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven".

Relying on the extremely high compatibility with the [Ten Thousand Winged Angel] and abundant resources, he rushed all the way to the rank of a third-order great wizard in a short period of time.

His physical fitness might not be as good as some powerful monsters, but it has already surpassed the limits of human beings.

When she stood up and looked around, she was shocked to find that she was in a room that seemed to have been dug out from the trunk of a big tree.

There are beds and furniture made of fine mahogany around you, and outside the tree hole is a huge sea of ​​flowers in the valley.

Walking to the window and looking down from a high vantage point, I saw a sea of ​​flowers in all colors, almost endless.

Only a line of ripples could be vaguely seen at the very edge, as if a big river was flowing around the sea of ​​flowers.

With every breath, the extremely fresh air carrying the fragrance of flowers passed through her lungs, and she felt so light that she seemed to be able to float up.

The fear of dying from a head explosion quickly dissipated, leaving only peace and joy in the heart.

“I am indeed dead.

But is this the kingdom of heaven? Does the great [Ten Thousand Winged Angel] live here? Will I be able to always be with God in the future?"

Andrea pinched her arm, which seemed to be the same as when she was alive. Instead of feeling sad about the death, she was so excited that two blushes appeared on her cheeks.

For a follower, nothing is more important than his own god.

Proverbs: "Being with God" is the greatest gift to them.

Under normal circumstances, if a human dies on land, he or she will be sucked directly into the edge of the world. If a person dies on water, the Sea of ​​Element will claim their soul, requiring a ghost ship to transport them safely to the edge of the world.

Unless there are special circumstances, such as being swallowed into the stomach of the old gods, or transformed into a natural spirit, evil spirit, or monster, it is impossible not to go.

The treatment of Byron's followers was obviously different.

The effect of Crystal Skull No. 13 [Suicide Goddess] alone is to open a portal to the edge of the world, sheltering the souls of suicide victims, anchoring them between life and death, allowing them to maintain their sanity and exist in the material world like natural spirits.

The former king of the Empire of the Sun, [Civilized Firewood Gatherer], once used this passive ability.

If Byron uses his current power, the effect will be hundreds or thousands of times stronger than that of the opponent.

Not only did Andrea come directly to Byron's kingdom of God, she retained her sanity and memory intact, and even had the enormous spirituality and extraordinary rank that she had painstakingly accumulated to the fourth-order heroic level during her lifetime.

Apart from losing his physical body and the fact that the anchor on his body automatically moved from the [Silver Law] to the [Golden Law], there was almost no difference from when he was alive.

But she was unable to bring in any of the equipment she wore during her lifetime, and she was only wearing a simple white petticoat.

clang!clang!clang!
Suddenly, a solemn bell rang in my ears.

Andrea's spirituality was triggered, and she instinctively felt that a being who was most intimate and important to her was about to come.

He rushed out of the tree hole barefoot and ran to the gorgeous sea of ​​flowers in front of the door. He knelt on his knees, with his palms facing up, making the most pious welcoming gesture.

His shoulders were shaking slightly, almost trembling with excitement.

The spiritual wind swirled, the entire sea of ​​flowers cheered, and a blazing white beam of light broke through the clouds and fell from the sky.

The hymn of heaven was ringing over the whole valley. The flowers and plants were singing, the tree houses were singing, even the soil under our feet and the air around us were singing:

"Holy, Holy, Almighty God!

In the morning our voices pierce the clouds and reach the holy land;
Holy, Holy, Merciful and Almighty,
Glory and majesty are all in one;
Holy, Holy, All Saints Adore,
Wearing a crown of gold, and surrounding the shores of the crystal sea;
Millions of heavenly host bowed down and praised the name of the Lord together."

Bathed in the holy light of God, Andrea felt like she was soaking in warm water. Her mood gradually calmed down, as if she was lying in her father's arms when she was a child, warm, generous and extremely reliable.

Following the guidance of an unbreakable chain of faith, she slowly raised her head and saw a great figure with thousands of wings surrounded by holy light turning from virtual to real.

Among the layers of wings was a young man as handsome and flawless as white jade, and the look he gave her was particularly warm and kind.

Behind Him, millions of majestic celestial soldiers wearing silver armor and carrying wings stood in rows, stretching as far as the eye could see, covering most of the sky.

The spiritual light on his body merged into one, and the powerful sense of oppression made it almost impossible to breathe.

Andrea couldn't help but lower her eyes again.

Unfortunately, all this is fake!
The real scene behind Byron was only the endless and mighty River Styx.

Others could not see clearly, but Byron, as the owner, saw it clearly. This river had two sides, one was the black River of Styx, and the other was the red River of Blood.

It symbolizes the "two" born from his "one", which is opposition, yin and yang, life and death.

Thousands of Wild Hunts are sleeping at the bottom of the River Styx. Will-o'-the-wild lights flicker, making the river surface appear blue. Lightning flashes on the bodies of the Wild Hunt Knights, who are being baptized by Byron's divine glory.

Sooner or later they will truly become synonymous with storm and death.

On the other side, in the long river of blood, countless monsters are floating up and down.

Tiger-headed vanguards, giant squids, death worms, giant water wolftooth fish, werewolves, sheep-headed men, Nemean lions, two-headed dogs, colorful dragon lizards, harpies. Together they formed a hideous and terrifying [Monster Legion].

Most of them are various biological materials collected by the Bloodthirsty Cult in the past, and a few are the results of his independent development.

He gradually began to look like the father of monsters.

The Wild Hunt Legion and the Monster Legion, just like the Sea Monster Legion under the [Ocean Throne], formed the core [King's Left Hand] in Byron's hand.

And it’s the kind you can carry with you.

Even if the human guards happened not to be around, he could still fully unleash the true power of the King.

Just relying on the King's Left Hand, Byron can no longer be regarded as an ordinary king or a false god.

Even if there is an immortal who has lived for hundreds of years, if he dares to charge head-on without testing the depth, he will definitely be hit head-on and bleed.

But Byron was still not satisfied:

“Although the two legions combined have more than 10,000 soldiers, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of ordinary human legions, and they do not need any logistical supplies.

But although I, the [Ten Thousand Winged Angel], claim to have a million heavenly soldiers, in reality I can't even muster a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers. It's really too shabby.

No matter whether you are a pirate, a king or a god, to survive in this world you essentially rely on three things: money, loyalty and many brothers.

But even if I have a heavenly army of 100,000 demons and monsters, it is not safe. I am afraid that others will send millions of monkeys to attack me.

Not enough. Far from enough.”

Of course, no matter what Byron thinks, or how watery this heavenly army is, the momentum displayed by the power of [Fraud] is more real than the real thing.

This means that if you want to deceive others, you must first deceive yourself.

By the time he was able to firmly believe that he was the Holy Spirit, a trinity with the Creator, even when he was alone, he had completely mastered the art of deception, the best in the world.

"Praise the winged angels, praise Saint Byron!"

Andrea bowed devoutly and called out the holy name.

If anyone else dared to look directly at the Ten Thousand Wings Angel at close range, there would be a high probability that the wind of divinity would have been blown into their body, causing their flesh and bones to melt away and their body to disintegrate, turning them into a ghost howling day and night.

However, she felt that she was getting stronger every minute and every second, and it was a thousand times more powerful than the cleansing of her body and mind by the divine light when she practiced "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven" during her lifetime.

Having been transformed by the [Ten Thousand Winged Angel] during her lifetime, she has a very high compatibility with Byron and is naturally the best candidate for the clan.

If Byron's two daughters, who had just begun to develop, were of blood descent, then she was of French descent.

The bridge for the former is blood, and the bridge for the latter is knowledge.

The wings behind Byron spread out layer by layer, revealing his true body inside. He stretched out his finger and pointed at the first follower who returned to the Kingdom of God.

A point of divine light fell, and the spiritual wind instantly blew through every corner of the nun's body.

As the spiritual light shone brightly, the body slowly floated up.

Bang!
Two pairs of huge light blue wings suddenly spread out behind him, flashing lightning like a thunderbird, and a golden triangle emblem appeared on his forehead.

In an instant, it turned into a completely new race, which was also Byron's exclusive clan - the elemental creature [Storm Angel]!
[Storm Sword Skills], [Gun Fighting Skills], [Storm Aura], [Storm Wings], and a series of other extraordinary abilities were also greatly enhanced and emerged in her mind.

Andrea died in the human world, but in the blink of an eye she was reborn stronger.

This is also the reason why Byron was not in a hurry at all after Violet and Catherine found suitable candidates for their families.

The seeds have been planted, and we just have to wait for them to blossom and bear fruit.

With an entire church to use as a backdoor listing for him, he doesn't have to worry about not having enough believers.

Andrea simultaneously received the title of [The World's First Storm Angel] and slowly landed on the ground and knelt again:
“My Lord, you are the true God who created the universe and everything in it!

By the word of your mouth the heavens were made, and all the host of them by the breath of your mouth. You gather the waters of the sea like a heap and store up the deep in storehouses. For you speak, and it comes to pass; you command, and it stands. Let all the earth fear your holy name.

Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven!

Because of your great power and love, and by your will, I have walked through my life on earth. May you always be with us from now on. "

Then, the extremely pure thoughts and wishes of this storm angel were fed back to Byron along the anchor chain of faith.

Magical changes are happening quietly at this moment.

A feeling of weightlessness that only Byron could feel came from under his feet.

[God's Vision] instantly broke through the border of Huashan Heaven, and saw the entire spherical prototype of the Kingdom of God, which actually began to float up to the human world little by little from the boundary membrane of the world of the dead close to the edge of the world. He was overjoyed:

"The Kingdom of God has begun to ascend in dimension!"

No wonder Byron was excited.

Among the three prerequisites for becoming a demigod, the requirement for the kingdom of God is that it can be a small world that can be self-contained and allow its followers to settle in and provide for themselves.

But those newborn kingdoms of God that have just begun to be built, whether they are slowly opened up with divine light or occupy natural independent space, can only rely on the boundary membrane at the edge of the world in the beginning.

It is not only convenient for guiding the dead souls of its own believers, but also because the nature of the newborn kingdom of God itself is an illusory and dead thing.

Only through the extremely strong "faith" of many at least devout believers, preferably fanatical believers and true believers in their own gods, can the small world be pushed to upgrade.

Rising from the edge of the world to the material world little by little is equivalent to a transcendent being rising from the fallen animal side to the orderly divine side, and finally becoming a true kingdom of God.

Just like [Sun God] Inti, who was already a false god thousands of years ago, why did he waste so many years? But he took a crucial step within a year when the pantheon replenished the power of the underworld?
Byron couldn't think of it before, but now that he is on the same level with no quality gap, he understands it instantly.

Whether it is the promotion of extraordinary people, the blood of transmutation, the panacea, or the philosopher's stone, the promotion of human beings as a "variable" is indispensable.

The more believers' souls that are enlightened into the clan, and the more devout they are, the faster the process will be!

One fanatic can be worth a hundred or a thousand ordinary believers, not to mention that Andrea was a heroic bishop who had reached the fourth level during her lifetime.

Her birth undoubtedly made the Huashan Kingdom, which had been cultivated as a zero-level holy relic by the Taya Empire for thousands of years, take a crucial step in qualitative change.

And the speed must be much faster than [Sun God] Inti!
“With the triple powers of matter, energy, and information that my two sisters and I possess, even if we search the entire history of the mythological age, we will not find a kingdom of God that is built faster or more perfectly than ours.

In the future, as more and more clans move in, the world will be upgraded faster and faster like a snowball.

Every fanatic and true believer is invaluable to us."

To be honest, Byron used to hate Margaret I, the "Queen of Eternal Night", who was fanatical and superstitious about the church.

Only now did he realize that what he hated was not other people’s superstition, but that the object of their superstition was not himself!
At this moment, looking at the first [Storm Angel] Andrea, who was kissing the ground with tears in her eyes, Byron only wanted to say:
"It's so fragrant!"

From questioning the Queen of Eternal Night, to understanding the Queen of Eternal Night, to becoming the Queen of Eternal Night, and then to surpassing the Queen of Eternal Night!
Byron felt a little upset, feeling that he had accidentally missed a small goal.

There was even a thought that when the future Holy Spirit was able to successfully steal the anchor chain of faith from the other party, he would find an opportunity to pull Margaret I out of the Ark.

This die-hard fanatic must have had some pretty strong faith.

“No, the Empire governs the world with ‘filial piety’, she didn’t act like an elder, but we can’t watch her sink and suffer in the Ark.

This is not because he covets her "faith", but because he wants her to come to the kingdom of God to retire. There are still many greater blessings to come.

That’s what it is.”

Byron made up his mind, looked at the Storm Angel in front of him, and ordered her:

"Andrea, I appoint you as the Archangel of the Kingdom of God. You are responsible for guiding the devout believers below the middle sequence and transforming them into angels through the [Reincarnation Pool]."

"As you command, my lord!"

In the Kingdom of God, God's words are laws.

As soon as Byron finished speaking, a stone-carved pool appeared behind Andrea, filled with light red liquid.

It is the power of the creative power manifested.

For low-quality souls, this Angel Reincarnation Pool is enough. Only mid-sequence transcendents are worthy of Byron’s personal visit.

When there are more and more angel helpers in the future, they will be able to complement the human world.

When some low-order followers perform "Holy Descent", they can also allow these [Storm Angels] who have gained a trace of the divinity of [Ten Thousand Winged Angels] to descend and return to the human world.

The clan is a direct extension of the power of the gods, and the interests of the gods are the first priority in everything.

When Byron is promoted to demigod, he can rely on his family to do many things. Only then can he truly possess the power of a god.

Southern Hemisphere.

At the southernmost tip of the "Beast Paradise" in the southern continent, which is radish-shaped and about half the size of the Old Continent, there is a glacial archipelago that has sunk underwater.

This was the first large island to be submerged after the material world entered the intertidal zone.

It is also the end of the first circulation belt in the Echidna triangle circulation and the starting point of the second circulation belt.

Starting from here and going to the Eastern Continent through the Second Circumference Belt is currently the only ocean route that has been proven to be feasible.

Last year, Byron rescued his cousin, the Sea Mage, Salant, here.

I also witnessed the first group of adventurers who were adventurous but also a bit ignorant and fearless, rushing into the deep sea.

Since then, many adventurers have come one after another, but until now, no ship has brought back any news from the East Continent.

Without large treasures like gold, spices, and whale oil to act as the carrot dangling in front of the donkey, humans' enthusiasm for exploration has obviously decreased a lot.

The "triangular trade" that was envisioned a hundred years ago and opened up through the triangular circulation was out of the question.

Even Byron, who knew the most about the Eastern Continent, seemed to be able to think of only the fully automatic cotton harvester as its specialty.

As a result, fewer and fewer ships have ventured into the second circulation belt this year.

The Lighthouse Association has a team of keepers stationed here. Although they light up the first-level lighthouse on time every day, no ship has been seen passing through for half a month.

This place is thousands of kilometers away from the nearest colony in the Old World. The land is full of dangers and supplies are very difficult.

If they had not reached a material supply agreement with a friendly nearby tribe that believed in "Whale Hunters", they would have been able to only eat dried fish at this time.

Life is really hard.

"What is that? Look, the ship is coming!"

Until one day in late June.

A ray of golden light emerged from the waves in the north. At first it was just a small dot, but suddenly it jumped out of the blue waves like the sun and came suddenly.

A group of weather-beaten-faced tower guards all ran out, staring with wide eyes at a fleet of unprecedented size approaching.

A young man suddenly cheered:
"I know him, that's the legendary battleship [Golden Deer] of our Vice President Saint Byron [King of the Wild Hunt]!
I have no regrets in dying because I have seen one of the most legendary warships in the world."

He was immediately corrected by his companion who nudged him with his elbow:
"It's the president of Saint Byron! The title means deputy. You really deserve to be here guarding the tower."

"You're still talking about me, aren't you guarding too?"

A few young people were playing around.

The fleet came quickly in front of them.

"Thank you for your hard work, brothers. Go on!"

Bruch, the first mate and vice admiral of the Imperial Navy on the Golden Hind, shouted, grabbed seven or eight heavy oak barrels beside him, and threw them one by one at the lighthouse that was dozens of meters high.

The barrel made a terrifying sound when it was launched, like a cannonball, but it was as light as a feather when it landed.

The strength is inhuman, and the skill is even more inhuman.

Then the entire fleet continued to rush towards the second circulation belt without stopping.

A group of overjoyed tower guards opened the oak barrels and found rum, canned beef, canned cod, fresh oranges, green beans, and even tobacco inside.

They swallowed their saliva and realized that these supplies were more to their liking than gold, silver and other treasures.

"Your Majesty Saint Byron is also going to explore the East Continent? That's right!"

The leading third-level [Navigator] quickly grabbed his whale oil lantern and sent a message to the Golden Deer through the [Lighthouse Matrix].

That is - a detailed record of all ships passing through the lighthouse since it was built.

The ship's name, captain, main personnel, figurehead capabilities, and passage time are all included.

Every lighthouse is part of Skynet, making it extremely convenient to collect information.

Under normal circumstances, it must not be leaked, but as long as there are rules, there are always exceptions and backdoors.

Threshold, threshold. If your status is not reached, it is a “threshold”; if you have reached your status, it is a “door”.

Now Byron has already qualified to have the door offered to him automatically without having to go through the back door.

Even when seeing someone off, they would compliment them by saying, "The leader actually walked here himself. You must have worked hard."

Byron nodded to the tower guards and accepted their kindness.

I got through to the Golden Deer's navigator Delia's father [Spark] Rudolph, and casually greeted him and mentioned this tower guard.

Then, with the Golden Deer as the lead ship, they led the way into the second circulation belt.

Before this, he had already arranged everything in the country, and when he learned that the "traitor" had already set off with "The Gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven", he did not waste any more time and immediately gathered his men and set off on the legendary battleship [Golden Deer].

And it was not just a single ship, but a powerful ocean-going fleet consisting of twelve heavily armed cruisers!
I have made up my mind to give someone a taste of their own medicine.

Moreover, after defeating the mythical battleship Noah's Ark last time, the Golden Deer once again completed an impossible challenge.

The current level zero relics are called relics only because the great beings that left them behind are all dead. In the mythological era, they had a more resounding name - artifacts.

This legendary warship has taken a major step forward on the road to becoming a divine artifact.

A new ability has been awakened: [The Navy is the Empire, the Empire is the Navy]!
A group of violent elements on the ship were rubbing their hands in anticipation, eager for someone to jump out and let them try their skills.

(End of this chapter)