Chapter 322: Nedith's Travel

Chapter 322 Nedith's Travel
Rolle, the eastern province of the empire.
As the largest city in the eastern part of the empire and the capital of the eastern province, the situation in Rolle is very chaotic at the moment.
The flame warrior regiment of the religious religion took control of the entire city many days ago and expelled the imperial government officials here.
Originally, there were 30,000 garrisons stationed here. Unfortunately, the eastern provinces of the empire are indeed the areas with the most profound religious forces. In the entire eastern provinces, the believers are the most devout and have the largest numbers. Even the original defenders had quite a few devout followers in it.
Five thousand of the 30,000 defenders are devout believers (this is also partly due to the fact that the religion deliberately infiltrated a group of people in the local garrison in order to strengthen the penetration of the empire in the eastern province of its base camp. ), and under the sudden attack of a large number of flame warriors and religious warlocks, they quickly controlled the city government, and then forcibly expelled the defenders.
It can be said that the government loyal to the imperial royal family was defeated in Luo', where the religion was deeply rooted. The army was defeated without mobilization, and the five thousand pious believers lurking in the army took the lead in the mutiny. In this case, the local defenders did not play any role.
After the Cult took control of the city of Rolle, it immediately released the officials of the city government and some detained nobles.
And here is also the center of religious rebellion in the eastern part of the empire. In these days, a large number of Flame Warriors have moved closer to the city of Luo Er. According to preliminary estimates, the highest strength here has reached 100,000. It does not include devout believers, some believers, and the militia formed by mutiny imperial soldiers.
With the city of Rolle as the center, a large number of flame warriors spread out in all directions, igniting this religious rebellion everywhere in the eastern province of the empire. In less than a week, most of the territory of the Eastern Province fell into the control of the religion.
Now there is no thorny flower flag symbolizing the imperial power of the light empire on the city wall of Luo'er. The governor’s mansion, which originally belonged to the governor of the province, was burnt down, and the new authority was established in the original religious institution. From time to time, a group of militia organizations with religious armbands passed by on the street. They were wearing white robes and pointed hats. Security patrol soldiers.
From time to time, in the central square of Rolle, there are missionaries giving various impassioned speeches and agitation. Of course, in such speeches, without exception, the royal family of the Bright Empire is described as This is a criminal group that blasphemes the gods and goes against the will of the gods, and is the core of sin.
Some signs of withering can be seen everywhere on the streets of the city. There are traces of the fire, collapsed houses, mountains of on the street, and pedestrians in a hurry.
Obviously, as a purely religious organization, although the sect relied on the deep-rooted forces in the eastern provinces to seize control rights, they did not have the ability to manage a city-to be frank, they were an excellent The saboteurs drove the imperial government officials, disbanded the institutions, and broke the original system that promoted the operation of the city, but they did not build an effective new machine.
A group of fanatical religious elements turned the entire city into a center of religious fanaticism. Even the huge statue of Emperor Abbas, standing in the center of the central square, was torn down. The stones were crushed and transported to the city wall as a military preparation for the upcoming holy war...
The cult even began to issue weapons publicly, recruiting devout believers from among ordinary civilians to take up weapons and join the ranks of armed rebel empires.
It’s a pity that even though the missionaries shouted at the place where the weapons were sent every day, there were very few responders. In a week, only less than 300 people were summoned, and most of them still depend on the richness. Some local gangsters and rogues who participated in the payment of the army.
Of course... no matter what, the entire city of Rolle is shrouded in a frenzied religious atmosphere. Walking in any corner of the city, you can see militiamen with armbands and all kinds of slogans. You can see the piled up on the street (because the government was disbanded, and the new government agency established by the gods was busy with major things such as jihad, and has not allocated energy to manage trivial things like street rubbish).
It can be said that most of the cities in the eastern provinces controlled by the gods are the same as the city of Rolle.
Of course, there is another characteristic of the Eastern Province. Because this is an area of ​​traditional religious forces and the outbreak of the "Holy War" here, the kinship forces in the Eastern Province are unprecedentedly weak and almost completely extinct!
A carriage slowly drove out from the west gate of Rolle City. The window opened a corner, revealing a pair of charming eyes from the inside, looking at the busy militiamen and the craftsmen who were recruited above the city.
"Oh... these lunatics." A graceful voice in the car seemed to sigh: "Do they think these rabble crowds can withstand the elite army of the empire?"
There was a long queue at the gate of the city, and the crowd waiting to interrogate the gate was extremely crowded.
The new gate control system established by the gods two days ago also added a new gate tax.
Originally, after the gods dispelled the imperial officials, they obtained a large amount of property from the local government, but it was obvious that the gods did not know how to control these funds. After spending a lot of money to repair the city walls, spending a lot of money to recruit militias, and spending a lot of money to stock up military supplies and weapons, they suddenly found that their pockets had bottomed out!
In desperation, they began to collect taxes!
Not only has the traditional religious contribution tax increased by 30%, but at the same time, even the entrance and exit of the city gate have to pay a certain fee.
Obviously, judging from the expressions on the faces of those waiting to enter and exit the city gate, they are very dissatisfied.
Old Skeleton once said: Religion is nothing but ethereal, after all, once the actual benefits of survival are involved, people will probably abandon that emptiness of piety. After all, there are only very few fanatical religious elements in this world.
"A bunch of idiots." The people in the carriage looked at the angry pedestrians and sighed sincerely: "Since you have obtained control of the city and obtained a large amount of territory, the first thing to do is to find ways to buy it. Human heart! Don't those godly people even understand such a simple truth?"
The carriage gradually moved westward, away from the city of Rolle. The man in the carriage opened the window, revealing a pretty face.
"How long will we go west to get to the place?" In her soft voice, she seemed to be naturally charming. The woman who talked was exactly the descent Nedith who had been away from Roddy for many days!
At this moment, Nidis pierced her long hair casually behind her head, wearing a very simple coarse cloth. Her face seemed a little thin, and her beautiful eyes were also a little tired, and she lost a little bit. The look of the past.
The coachman turned his head and smiled and said: "Miss, we'd better go south for a long time and then go west. Now the west is very chaotic. I heard people say that there was a disaster in Panka city the day before yesterday! Thunder fell from the sky and the whole city was destroyed. Destroyed! Now a large number of troops are rushing there! Alas... I said, Miss, now the entire eastern province is in turmoil, you should be careful..."
Nedith smiled slightly, she seemed to sigh in a low voice, "Is it messy? There are so many Flame Warriors here, for me, it's the safest... At least, there won't be any kind of people here. Come to trouble me."
After a pause, she laughed loudly: "You said that Panca was destroyed by a natural falling lightning? What's going on?"
"Hush hush hush!" The driver was taken aback, looked around his head, and then whispered: "Miss, you can't talk nonsense about this. I also accidentally heard it when changing wheels in the car shop in the morning. When the two members of the Flame Warrior group talked, they heard a little bit. It seems that this is a tightly sealed secret of the gods, and you can't mention it casually!"
After a pause, the old coachman sighed, "Isn’t it said that the religion represents the gods? Why did God destroy the city of Panka by thunder and lightning? Alas, I heard that there was nothing left in the entire city, all It's in ruins. Oh... there are so many people there, so many people have died in one fell swoop, pitiful..."
After speaking, he raised his whip.
Nidis heard it curiously, and smiled: "Oh? I heard you say that there are noses and eyes, is there such a thing?"
"Of course!" The coachman whispered: "Don't you know? A lot of weird things have happened in the east in the past two days! I heard that there are many villages, often overnight, people died suddenly. In other places, there was clearly a mountain, and after one night’s effort, the mountain suddenly disappeared. I don’t know what the is going on. Those Flame Warrior regiments don’t care, even the garrison of the previous empire. Go down and patrol everywhere. But these gods have a glamorous appearance on weekdays. They open their mouths and they are gods, but these days they always ask for money. I don't understand. Why do gods want so much money?"
Nidis heard what he said funny, and couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing his beautiful passenger smile, the coachman was also excited, and couldn't help cursing in a low voice: "Damn, I will cost me five copper coins in taxes if I go out of the city gate. If it weren't for the lady you gave me more money for the car , I have lost money this time. Alas, I hope the Duke of Tulip will bring people to drive away these money-demanding clubs! They are simply vampires!"
When she heard the three words "tulip", Nedis's face turned dark, and she fell silent and stopped talking.
The wheels rolled, all the way to the west, after walking for a while, it went to a fork in the south.
Nedith looked outside in the car. At this moment, there was a wilderness everywhere, only some low hills in the distance. She smiled and said, "Where are we?"
"It's fast, it's a small town in front of you." The coachman said, his tone became a little tense, and he whispered: "Miss, you don't know, this place was haunted the day before yesterday! You! Look..." He pointed to a hill in front, and said, "Did you see that hill? It was originally connected, but now it seems that there is a piece of it in the middle, right?"
Nidis looked towards where he was pointing, as expected. The hills that should have been connected together seemed to have been dug out in the middle.
She smiled and said, "So what?"
The coachman shook his head repeatedly and said, "It's different, it's different! Did you know? Just when I walked this road a few days ago, the mountain was not what it is now! It was originally in a row. I heard it was there. The night before yesterday, the sky was thunder and lightning, but it’s so weird. There was no thunder and no lightning in other places, but the thunder and lightning that day gathered here and smashed the ground desperately, and the hill was smashed. There is a gap! You say, isn't this haunted?"
"Oh?" Nidis frowned, her face also showing a somewhat solemn expression.
The hill in the distance is not high, only a dozen meters, it is the kind of low hills peculiar to the east.
"Could it be that the army of the empire came over, and the warlocks in the army and the magic warlocks of the gods were left behind?" Nidis muttered to herself, and then relieved: "What's my business? I'm just wandering around, what's the matter? Don't worry about it, as long as you don't encounter a blood clan, it doesn't matter who they beat anyone!
Thinking of this, a smile reappeared on her face and said: "Then, since you know that this place was haunted the night before, you still dare to walk this way?"
The coachman laughed and said, "Miss, I am a vulgar person. Although I don’t know much, but a good horse doesn’t eat the grass, I still know it! You think, even horses like beasts know the truth? Don’t know? Hey... If a good horse doesn’t eat the grass, then the ghosts and gods won’t turn back, right? I had a trouble here the day before, and I guess it went to other places to make trouble, so ah, let’s go this way today. It's safest!"
Although the coachman spoke rudely, it was also quite funny. Nedith and him casually babbled for a while, feeling a little tired, and smiled: "Okay, I will rest for a while, and we are in the town ahead. You wake me up, I think Go down and buy something."
The coachman laughed and said: "Okay, turn the hill in front, it's a town, miss you rest, I'll call you after a while."
Nedith nodded, retracted into the carriage, and napped in it, but she was a little sad in her heart by the word "tulip" of the coachman today. Although she was resting, she couldn't calm down for a moment. The tall figure of the man remembered the bright smile on his face for a while, and then remembered the scene of him breaking in when he was taking a bath at sea that night. Smile for a while, sigh for a while.
I don't know how long it has passed. Just as Nidis felt a little drowsy, she heard a very sharp scream from outside!
Years of being chased and killed made Nidis immediately vigilant. She got up as soon as she turned over. She pulled out a short knife hidden in her boots and held it in her hand. She opened the window and shouted: "What's wrong! "
At this moment, the carriage had stopped, and Nidis opened the window and saw the coachman sitting in his seat, staring at the front dumbfounded...