Volume 2: Funeral Song of Crows Chapter 21 Black Light City
"Candidate? What candidate?"
Roy was a little confused.
After hearing William's plan to restart the Holy Spirit Church in the Blackwater Swamp, Roy's mood changed from "confused" to "fearful".
She was just an ordinary priest of the Sealing Temple, and only held the rank of priest in the church. How come she was suddenly assigned a task of this level to rebuild the Holy Spirit Church in Blackwater Province?
Or the person directly responsible?
How could she have such merit?
"I just want you to explain what happened in the Sealed Temple to the bishop here, and then cooperate with Vincent's work to replan the parish in the Blackwater Swamp, reopen the Church of the Seven Holy Spirits, and then carry out missionary relief activities. Don't think too much about this matter."
William explained this as follows.
"But planning dioceses and opening churches is something that only the Patriarch of the Central Church has the power to do..."
Roy answered subconsciously .
William sneered and said:
"Actually, I also plan to try to contact the Central Church first, but I don't think they will respond to our request."
Roy was silent.
The tragedy that had occurred in Hongquan Town earlier was enough to explain the situation. The Holy Spirit Church had completely abandoned them here.
But that wasn't what she really wanted to ask.
After hesitating for a long time, she finally asked:
"But you know that I am a ..."
"The unbelievers."
William finished her words for her, and then said:
"Isn't this good? Anyway, my title of the Eighth Holy Spirit was falsely created by later generations."
False idols and false believers. There is probably no better place to start a religion than with false idols and false believers.
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In William's time, the Nakuland region was not included in the Blackwater Kingdom.
In fact, even during the period when tensions were highest among the kingdoms on the continent and the desire for territory was greatest, no force had ever thought of making that place their target of conquest.
Because it is hard to say that there is order in Nakuland. If I must describe it, it is like the sewer of the entire Vic continent, or a place of exile.
The reason is that due to a war whose origin is difficult to trace today, the land of Nakuland has been cursed forever. No matter what crops are planted there, the fruits will be dry and bitter. And children who grow up eating the food here are more likely to be cursed with deformity and madness than those in other places on the continent of Vic.
In addition, apart from the extremely ferocious wild beasts nearby, there are no rare minerals or natural resources here, which has caused Nakuland to be a garbage dump for exiles by major forces for many years.
During the Unification Wars, Terra I conquered this land as well.
William didn't know whether the other party wanted to achieve the achievement of unifying the continent. After all, it was undoubtedly less troublesome not to occupy a place like this.
Later historical documents also proved this. During the reign of Terra I, Nakuland still existed as an independent province, and the Platinum Palace was constantly investing resources in the hope of establishing order there.
But after his son Terra II succeeded to the throne, he stopped the aid because he found it was a financial bottomless pit. So he completely quit and Nakuland was incorporated into the Blackwater Province.
Because of this, although the entire Heishui Province is nominally under the jurisdiction of the Rose Palace, it is actually divided into east and west.
Of course, it is not quite correct to say that the east and the west are divided. The situation here today is the same as it was many years ago. It is hard to say that there is any order of rule.
If there is any change in Nakuland after these hundreds of years of turmoil, it is the city of Blacklight City.
Originally it was just a large settlement, but now it has become a city built around the Star Lighthouse and basically controlled by the Star Council.
It is also the only place with a hint of order in this disordered land.
The only purpose of this order is to protect the stable operation of this star lighthouse.
In other words, apart from this bottom line, everything can be broken here.
"Why do I feel that this lighthouse is much larger than the one in Thorn City?"
William asked as he looked at the huge lighthouse rising from the ruined city in the distance, pointing in a spiral shape towards the sky.
He rested in Thorn City for two days, and after arranging the next stage of work for everyone, he rushed directly to Blacklight City.
In fact, he had originally planned to take some time to return to the Dusk Fortress. After all, in the future invasion of the Moon Realm, the fortress played a vital role, and many projects required his personal supervision. But after he learned that the line of the Demon Sealing Rune had not yet been laid, he had to give up.
Although there are many enchanters in Thorn City, most of them exist in the form of small folk workshops. Many of them even just have a few sets of enchanting techniques passed down in the family, and the later generations just copy them. The basic skills of those enchanters are not up to standard at all and cannot meet William's requirements at all.
So the progress of the project was delayed again and again.
The Crow Feather Prophet who was following behind him replied:
"That's right. When this lighthouse was first built, the complex environment and various possible accidents were taken into consideration. Therefore, the Star Council basically fortified this Star Lighthouse and the surrounding land. They also arranged for an entire Battle Mage Order and two Magic Swordsman regiments to be stationed inside to prevent any possible damage."
After all, Nakuland is the place with the most martial virtues and simple folk customs in the entire Vic Continent, and the most abundant thing here is desperate criminals. In order to deter those people from making some restless thoughts, this bit of military deterrence is still necessary.
William looked at the dark light on the tower that flickered slowly like breathing and nodded, then smiled:
"There are so many magic casters and magic swordsmen, basically comparable to the Rose Palace Mage Hall that has never been cleared out. No wonder Vincent is so resentful of Blacklight City for not cooperating with his work. If he had so many people, he wouldn't be so stretched as he is now. I heard that he even went to Offa University to ask for people. Isn't this nonsense?"
Nowadays, most of the magic casters in the Mage Hall have been sent out to lead teams to perform various tasks. Even the royal mages responsible for guarding the Rose Palace are no exception. Now the security of the palace is taken care of by the stone guards summoned by William. It can be seen how great the need for magic casters is right now.
The key is that there is no way to replenish them quickly. Even under the Star Law, it takes at least five years to train a usable wizard, not to mention that the Star Council has now stopped the awakening service for magic casters in Blackwater Province. In the long run, the entire Blackwater Province may even lose its competitiveness in magic.
"Mr. Judge, the battle wizards and magic swordsmen here are all members of the Star Council. They are the most staunch supporters of the Star Law. It may be harder to persuade them than to persuade stones."
The Crow Feather Prophet, who guessed what William was thinking, reminded him.
William did not reply to his question, but continued to ask:
"What do you think of their defensive strength here?"
For many years, the crows have been trying to sneak into the fortress and steal the soul fragments. Although they always return empty-handed, they have gained a thorough understanding of the defense capabilities here.
The Crow Feather Prophet immediately replied:
"Very strong. Not to mention the Magic Swordsmen stationed outside, if we only talk about the Star Lighthouse, first of all, the tower keeper is a genuine legendary expert. She can even use divine level spells for a short time in the tower. And the ones guarding the seal are two master-level masters. In addition, the Battle Mage Order has many teleportation arrays in the tower, and they can rush over to support at any time..."
The more Prophet Crow Feather spoke, the more pessimistic he felt, and he didn't even notice the smile that unconsciously appeared on William's face.
"Besides, there are specialized Enchanters Association and Alchemists Association in the fortress..."
"There are also enchanters, are there many?"
William exclaimed.
Prophet Crow Feather nodded heavily and said:
"There should be quite a lot. I remember that the last time I came here, even the patrolling guards were equipped with a full set of enchanted equipment."
"That's really..."
Previously he was still worried about the repair progress of Dusk Fortress, but now there are so many well-trained enchanters here all of a sudden, it's like a sleepy person hitting the pillow.
"In short, according to our leader's summary, it is estimated that the fortress can only be forced into the peak realm of legend. Considering that the demon general 'Mania' is sealed inside, it is estimated that only the level of the God Realm can escape unscathed... Hey, Judge, what are you laughing at?"
