Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 668: Cleopatra Gives Birth to a Child, East Lancaster Dynasty
On this day, Byron, located on the west coast of the Dragon King's Court at the westernmost end of the known world, conquered the Star-Moon Empire and most of the Holy Spirit Church;
Byron sailed all the way around the world to the easternmost point of the known world, successfully condensed the new king, the [Sun King], and began to explore the newly discovered continent in depth.

Byron, in the Iris Kingdom of the Old World, still has a few final touches to clean up.

Rumble.
[Justice is never late] The golden light that fell down became brighter and brighter.

Every blood-red streak of light above the heads of the Orthodox Alliance members, every sin they commit against the human race, continues to increase the power of this first-level holy relic.

What these people have done, they know better than anyone else.

The reason why he instructed the kingdom guardian to keep this powerful relic close to him was so that even if he could not use it, he must not let others use it against him.

Unexpectedly, he ended up making things worse and the hammer fell on his own head.

I can only say that this is also a perfect example of not only dedication but also bringing its own tableware, just like "Garlic Oysters".

The divine domain of the Sacre-Coeur was vulnerable and collapsed in an instant before it could even hold out for a breath. With the violent earthquake, the majestic marble building was crushed into debris inch by inch.

Before the gavel itself arrived, the foreign aid and nobles of the Orthodox Alliance who were responsible for carrying out the assassination were all blasted into bloody mist one after another by the invisible pressure.

Just like the royal family members they had killed before, it made no difference where they were hidden.

Especially the group of people who took away the body of the bride, Princess Charlotte Margot of Valois, had their bones crushed to ashes, and even their souls were destroyed.

No matter which feudal country it is, assassinating a member of the royal family is a serious crime among serious crimes, not to mention that they almost wiped out the entire Valois royal family?

At this time, Queen Anne, who was pregnant with a big belly, had no trace of the joy on her face of having cheated on her husband, been cuckolded, had given birth to a child, stolen the country, and successfully taken revenge on her husband Louis XI.

Her beautiful face was distorted and she screamed:
"It's coming, it's coming, that's the Justice That Never Comes Late! Saint Matthew and the Kingdom Guardian have both been defeated, Angoulême, save me—!"

The groom, Count Angoulême, standing beside her, was holding a large Level 0 holy relic [King Solomon's Key] in his arms, which was their only hope of survival at the moment.

But a trace of struggle flashed in the latter's eyes, and then turned into determination. He pushed her hard from behind, forcing her to face the gavel on her own initiative.

Queen Anna was horrified, staring at her lover, the father of her child, with wide eyes, and cried out in disbelief:
"You! Why???"

There is a most basic concept in economics, called rational economic man. Only when decision makers consider everything from the perspective of gains and losses, will economics be meaningful and can it truly predict the economic situation.

Count Angoulême is a fourth-level extraordinary person of the Gold Yuan Sequence who has joined the ranks of Duke Remet, and naturally he follows this set of standards when doing things.

At the beginning, the divine realm closed off the inside and outside, and even the iron law of Iris's royal power could not discover what they had done.

As long as we kill all the open opposition leaders like Richelieu, everything will be settled.

But as Meganilla and her daughter escape, the legal barrier set up by St. Matthew dissipates, their crimes are exposed, and the situation is very different.

Even if he and the queen had a child, it would be impossible to proceed according to the original plan. Anna and the child were no longer "rare goods" but a burden!

This was his answer to his lover.

Traitors are more hateful than foreign enemies, and justice really hit the queen on the head first, causing her brain to burst.

While the gavel was killing Queen Anna, Count Angoulême quickly turned to the first page of "King Solomon's Key" and summoned the demon inside.

Baal: The first of the 72 pillars, he holds a huge hammer in his right hand and a thunder ball in his left hand. He wears a conical crown with two horns on his head and rides on thunder.

The name means "thunder", and he is the king who rules the East and has the power to make people invisible and fast. "

The tall shadow of the demon suddenly possessed the body of Count Angoulême. Without trying to resist the gavel, it instantly became ethereal and disappeared into the material world.

Then the gavel fell completely, and all the members of the Orthodox League were killed on the spot, leaving only the remaining bodies of the Valois royal family unharmed.

In just a flash, most people, including the count who temporarily took charge of the zero-level holy relic, did not notice that as the "Protestant Massacre Order" came into effect, many Protestants were massacred, and countless blood lines had quietly connected to the world's top magic book.

It's like a straw that continuously absorbs the Protestants' "resentment" and "changes" towards the Orthodox.

A majestic and proud human figure with six black wings on his back and a crown on his head gradually appeared on the title page of the magic book.

The more nutrients it absorbed, the clearer the figure became.

This fallen angel clearly ranks above all 72 demons.

It just so happens that all 72 demon gods come from the one-third of fallen angels who betrayed in the mythological era, and the master of the fallen angel army and all demons is [Arrogant Morning Star Lucifer], to whom the upper echelons of the Orthodox Church collectively converted!
Although Byron did not see the unknown changes in the book, he learned about the existence of the Level Zero Relic from his aunt, and through the special nature of the logbook, he saw the fleeting blood lines in the sky.

The decryption density of [Secret: The Corruption of the Pope and the Council of God, Historical Influence 69] in the ship's log jumped from 35% to 38% on the spot.

I couldn't help but feel depressed:
“I feel like the Protestant Massacre Order is not just the work of the Pope, there seem to be other issues behind this.

Especially at this special time point, it is even more suspicious.

October 10st at the end of this month is the annual Night of the Dead, and the next day, November 31st, is the church's All Saints' Day.

The Silver Law is already as leaky as a sieve, and many places in the Holy Silver Empire have been turned into a den of evil. If hundreds of thousands of innocent people were to die tragically on the continent this month.

Given the constant evil nature of the weird and evil spirits that bring unexpected events upon us, it would be strange if nothing serious happens on that day.

The God's Council, a bunch of bastards who have ruled the continent for 1,500 years, probably have something to rely on and have begun to act recklessly. "

A sense of urgency arose in him, and so did Richelieu.

The cardinal rushed into the Sacre-Coeur, took the fleur-de-lis crown off Louis XI’s head, handed it to Byron respectfully, and solemnly advised:

"Your Majesty Saint Byron, please go to the Palace of Fontainebleau immediately to be crowned.

I know my former colleagues in the Orthodox Church. Since they have taken action against the Iris Royal Family, it means that they have already made preparations to send troops to the mainland in advance.

After the death of Saint Matthew, I have mobilized the legal network to send orders to nobles, administrators, and generals across the country, and they will participate in your coronation ceremony with legal projections.

After that, I will fully cooperate with you to coordinate the military forces to fight a national war with the Orthodox Alliance to avenge the tragic death of the royal family and the innocent citizens of the capital!"

Before the outcome of the Red and White Rose War was decided, the Prime Minister had been planning to demolish all the noble castles in the heart of the kingdom to help the royal family achieve centralization and lay the foundation for Iris to replace the Holy Silver Empire and dominate the continent (Chapter 576).

He initiated the centralization of power much earlier than the Kingdom of Hastings.

They had already built a professional army that was not dependent on the nobility, and unlike the North Sea Empire, they did not emphasize the navy over the army, but were good at both.

If they had not been ambushed by the huge Orthodox forces that were colluding at home and abroad, they would never have lost so badly.

He thought to himself:
'To be disrespectful, there is one good thing about all the bloodshed of the House of Valois.

It was a good excuse to ruthlessly eliminate all the Orthodox sects in the country, and even lead the entire country to convert to Protestantism.'

Although the royal family changed, the people did not change, and the iris remained the same iris, which made Richelieu very pleased.

Although some people say that no one can capture the capital before Iris surrenders, others say that Iris can only win the battle under the leadership of women, foreigners, and dwarves.

Regardless of whether these prophecies were true or not, they were all refuted the moment Byron, a foreigner, was crowned.

Byron was also very satisfied with Richelieu's decisiveness. He patted the old man on the shoulder and gave him the position of Prime Minister in the right hand of the sixteen kings of the [Human Emperor].

From now on, Richelieu will not only be the Prime Minister of the Iris Kingdom, but also the Prime Minister of the entire North Sea Empire.

Smiled at him:
"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you should now address me as: Your Majesty."

Some people are greedy for money, some people love fame, and some people just want self-realization.

The famous "Red Prime Minister" Richelieu was obsessed with patriotism and was determined to lead his country to become a hegemon. He even decisively abandoned the Orthodox Christianity he had believed in all his life.

In addition, he has extremely strong abilities and outstanding achievements.

Then you can't just love irises, you have to love the entire North Sea Empire and the human race as well.

And Byron was very much looking forward to the wonderful chemical reaction that would occur if a genuine Iris person came to Kingston to perform "Yes, Prime Minister".

"This is."

The old man didn't take it seriously at first, as his impression of the North Sea Empire was still limited to the tip of the iceberg that Byron had made public.

But after obtaining the highest authority within the Iron Law of the King, his eyes widened as he gradually accepted some of the core secrets of the North Sea Empire.

For the first time, I saw how wide the scope of Byron's iron law of kingship was.

"Silver Law, Golden Law, Bronze Law. From the west coast of the continent, to the east coast, to the south continent, to the east continent, and to the enclave in the Storm Ocean.
There are also special effects of the title "The First Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets", "Sun Blessing", "Mountaintop Kingdom", and "Berserker Gene"
hiss--! "

With just a few words, Byron gave him the huge stage, absolute support and trust he had always dreamed of.

Moreover, all these evidences indicate that the image of the Savior in the Gospel of Creation begins to perfectly coincide with St. Byron.

"From the river to the sea, to serve the Messiah as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of God on earth? I, Richelieu, can actually have this day?!"

There is no need to oppose theocracy and monarchy, faith and reality anymore. For a devout cardinal and patriot, there is nothing more wonderful in the world than this.

Happiness came too quickly, the old man's body twitched and he almost ascended to heaven on the spot.

He slid to his knees with a plop, and subconsciously shouted out a word that he had thought was a joke when he was collecting intelligence on the Kingdom of Hastings:

"The Emperor is Loyal!!!"

"Long live the Messiah King!!!"

A thick anchor chain quickly formed between him and Byron.

If Byron relied on himself to slowly put the Iris Kingdom in order, it would take at least several months, but after completely conquering Richelieu, the old man's initiative would be even higher than his.

On the other side, the Corridor of Truth in the East Continent welcomed daylight earlier than the Dragon King's Court in the Old Continent.

Before daybreak, the nobles and ministers of the Desert Empire had been summoned to the palace by the Queen Cleopatra VII.

Since a sixth-order demigod was already considered "indescribable" beyond the standard, the gap between them and mortals was too great. A trace of divine light accidentally released from their bodies could easily kill them.

So ever since Cleopatra was promoted to the sixth-rank demigod [Goddess of Magic], it has been the fifth-rank incarnation Isis who has been handling government affairs on her behalf. Most people have not seen Cleopatra in person for several months.

Even the details of the witch hunt and myth reenactment are unclear.

Until today, they were able to meet their gods for the first time.

No one dared to disrespect a demigod.

However, when the ministers of the Ptolemaic dynasty saw Cleopatra VII, who had remained a virgin for three hundred years, appear on the throne wearing a golden robe and with a big belly, they could not help but look surprised and confused.

Om-!
"Whose child is the Queen pregnant with?"

"If I remember correctly, after His Majesty Ptolemy XIV was executed for colluding with the Desert God System, His Majesty should not have remarried, right?"

"And with such a big belly, she must have been pregnant for a long time. How come we didn't know anything?"

They dared not make a sound, but their brains were working frantically.

It’s no wonder that they reacted so strongly. In the past, the Desert Empire did not recognize female rulers, no matter how powerful they were.

Over the past few hundred years, Cleopatra had nominally married her two younger brothers, Ptolemy XIII and Ptolemy XIV, using their identities to maintain her rule.

The precedent was not broken until all the male members of the Ptolemaic royal family died out and Cleopatra herself was promoted to a demigod, the only one in the current human race.

The ruling class had to accept her as the queen with a pinch of their noses.

But the power of the conservatives was still very strong, and many people were ready to make Cleopatra choose a new husband so that they could take the opportunity to ascend to the throne in one step.

When Cleopatra was preparing to find a backup to give birth to "Horus", many people felt that they had a chance.

Unfortunately, it's too late now.

If this happened in a world without demons, as it concerns the succession to the throne, many heads would be killed.

But here, Cleopatra just glanced casually at the nobles and ministers at all levels, without any intention of explaining to them.

Just said casually:
“You all want to know who the father of the child is?

We will know at dawn, just wait and see."

Until time passed, when the first ray of sunlight at dawn, where night and morning light intersected, passed through the door of the palace and fell on the queen.

The goddess was suddenly surrounded by golden light, and solemn hymns from foreign lands filled the palace.

The moon and stars that had disappeared long ago in the sky once again shone together with the rising sun.

A natural phenomenon!

The bright light blinded everyone in the royal capital, Sun City, but suddenly all of them had an inspiration and followed the nobles and ministers in kneeling down to kowtow to the being on the throne.

A few breaths later, everyone in the palace suddenly heard the laughter of two children in the palace.

"cluck"

When they looked up in surprise again, they found that the queen was still sitting on the throne, but her belly under her golden dress had become flat again.

Instead, there were a boy and a girl in his arms, one on each side, who had grown rapidly to about one year old.

The brother and sister have similar physical features, with black hair, blue eyes, fair skin, a radiant glow, and a fragrant scent.

It was Cleopatra and Byron's son, Amon Lancaster, the Sun God, and their daughter, Nut Lancaster, the Goddess of Night and Mother of Stars, who was the opposite of the Sun God!

This goddess gave birth to a pair of children after only three months of pregnancy.

And their development level is much better than that of normal children.

You should know that there is a saying: "Two lifts, four turns, six sits, seven rolls, eight crawls, and the baby can walk." This saying refers to the growth process of a baby from birth to the time he can walk.

Newborn human babies need to be fed when they eat and coaxed when they sleep. If they don’t have a stable environment and no one to take good care of them, they will definitely “come and go in a hurry.”

In an era when medical conditions were backward, the infant mortality rate was alarmingly high.

In contrast, most mammals in the world are born only after they are fully developed in their mother's womb.

Many newborn animal cubs can walk immediately, and can even run and jump to avoid predators.

But human babies can only cry for food when they are born and have no ability to resist when encountering danger.

Many people may wonder why babies are less likely to cry if they are rocked while being held, and why childcare tools such as cradles have been invented specifically for this purpose?

One theory is that shaking is a residual memory from ancient times or from the time when human babies were prey.

When they are just born, they can only lie in their mother's arms and run away.

Crying at this time will attract predators' attention, and young children are always easier to hunt than strong adults.

So all the babies who cried while escaping died at the hands of predators, and the rest were also selected by nature.

Therefore, compared with the energetic animal babies when they are just born, human babies do not seem to have developed well at all, and the ten months of gestation may not be enough.

In fact, all human babies are considered "premature" even if they are born full-term.

According to common sense, a baby should be conceived for 18 to 21 months, and only when it is born at 21 months will it be in a state similar to that of a newborn monkey cub.

Theoretically, the best gestation period for humans is 21 months, which is almost two years.

But there is nothing we can do about it.

Because humans have been walking upright for a long time, their legs must be closer together than the legs of quadrupeds. If they are not closed together, they will not be able to walk steadily.

If this goes on for a long time, the female human pelvis will become smaller and smaller, to the point where if the baby's head is too big, it won't be able to come out at all.

This is why they have to sacrifice pregnancy time and give birth early.

But just because others can’t do it doesn’t mean that the [Magic Goddess] Cleopatra can’t do it either!

With the support of the two [fertility] priesthoods in her and Byron's hands, the pair of children grew to the developmental level of others at more than 20 months in just two or three months.

When giving birth, you can directly use spatial ability to transfer the baby out of the belly, which is easy and convenient.

The brother and sister, the Sun God and the Night Goddess, are not only able to walk and run, but they also have the inherited memories of the descendants of gods. They know everything naturally without the need for boring acquired learning.

This level of prenatal education is much more advanced than what others learn throughout their lives.

Moreover, he was born as a powerful fifth-order pseudo-god with divine duties!

However, among Byron's four current children, there are even dragon eggs. With the cheating device of the [Fertility] priesthood, the birth time can no longer be used to measure the age of children.

It can only be calculated based on the time of conception.

Although Amon and Nut were born early, they were still only the third and fourth children.

Cleopatra looked at the pair of children she had given birth to for Byron with fondness, and announced a shocking news to the ministers below:

“From today on, my eldest son Amon Lancaster will succeed to the throne of the Pharaoh of the Desert Empire!

I will also take my husband's last name and change my name to Cleopatra Lancaster.

The Ptolemaic dynasty ended, and there remained only the House of Lancaster."

Looking at the stunned ministers, he added:
"To be more precise, in order to distinguish ourselves from the North Sea Empire across the Sea of ​​Monsters, we are considered the East Lancaster Dynasty."

Just like the House of Lancaster replaced the House of Valois as the new rulers of Iris.

With the birth of their son, Cleopatra gave an order and the Lancaster dynasty officially replaced the Ptolemaic dynasty as the new rulers of the desert empire.

Little Amon is at the age where he can no longer control his peeing, but he has grasped the throne of a huge empire and his entire life!
Before we knew it, in addition to the North Sea Empire in the Dragon King's homeland, the Iris Kingdom that had just been acquired, the Star-Moon Empire that had taken the position of [Caliph], and the Zoroastrian Empire;
The Holy Golden Empire of the Beast Paradise in the Southern Continent, the Sun Empire which was partially covered by the Golden Law, the Desert Empire of the Corridor of Truth in the Eastern Continent, and the Lighthouse Federation all became the sphere of influence of the North Sea Empire, either near or far.

Even if they are not considered real territories, some are religious reserves, some are economic colonies, some are dowries, and some are controlled parliaments.

All are part of the concept of “the sun never sets”.

next moment.

When the sun of a new day shines across the desert empire in the easternmost part of this colonial empire, something magical happens.

The sunlight enters the atmosphere, is imbued with the spiritual cycle of the entire planet, and is harmonized by the ocean of humanity’s collective subconscious, becoming something completely different than before.

The power of the title "The First Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" has already radiated to every inch of the territory of this vast colonial empire along with the bright sunshine.

Of course, effects such as the [Solar Blessing] that can increase the awakening rate and the [Berserker Gene] that can elevate the race will definitely be divided into different levels based on the closeness of the relationship.

The mainland must be stronger than the colonies.

But who dares to say that the desert empire, which is already known as the East Lancaster Dynasty and directly ruled by Byron's son, is not a direct territory?
After learning the country's title from Byron, the first person to be infected by "The Mountaintop Country, Spiritual Homeland" and to compete to become a core citizen was Cleopatra.

Soon, in the next day, the sunlight of October 1473, 10 of the Silver Age illuminated the entire territory of the "First Empire on which the Sun Never Sets" one time zone after another along the horizon.

All the citizens of the empire subconsciously looked up at the sky, inexplicably feeling that today's sunshine seemed warmer than usual.

Then someone was shocked:
"I'm spiritually awakened?!"

(End of this chapter)