At this time, some of the people of the Torun Fangcheng were swearing allegiance to Marco. They all looked at Marco with pious faces, not because Marco gave them food and land, but because their old gods had shown miracles.
Just last nite, many of the people who had devout faith dreamed of the divine kingdom where the old gods were. The real feeling and the powerful amount of the gods completely conquered all the believers, and the god king on the high seat was the appearance of Marco, which made the people even more excited. When they thot that they were ruled by the gods, many people felt that they would have a bright future.
The Northerners have always believed that their faith is the faith of the true God, and last night's dream has made many people more determined in their ideas.
The people listened to the beautiful song of the children of the forest under the weirwood tree, and felt extremely peaceful in their hearts. When the legend became a reality and the myth shone into reality, everyone felt a glimmer of hope.
When the Children of the Forest had finished singing, a woman in white standing beside her said:
"The singer of the gods told me that you can get up. The seeds in your hands are given by the gods. Later, I and another saint will tell you how to use these seeds. Long live the gods, all beings return to one!"
"Long live the gods, all beings return to one.."
The hundred or so commoners around him prayed devoutly, and the heart tree in front of them gently swayed its hand-like red leaves, as if in response to their prayers.
The Pantheon of the Gods is an Old God faith sect established under Marco's conception. So far, there are only three places in the land of the Northern Territory. In Marco's conception, this sect will be composed of five preachers.
One child of the forest would oversee all the affairs of the sect, and two male and female saints in white robes would be responsible for communication and missionary work. The saints must be skinchangers, and the three-eyed crow also taught the children of the forest how to communicate with skinchangers.
In addition, there will be two male and female Wind Whisperer soldiers who will exist as temple warriors. They will be responsible for the training and guarding of the temple warriors. In addition, their powerful strength can also attract some aspiring young people to join the Pantheon.
These Windtalkers are all new warriors from the forest capital of Windhelm, which is now under the control of Leaf Overseer and has become the base camp of the Pantheon, where many devout believers come to study.
Originally, the three-eyed crow was going to come over personally after hearing about Wen Lan's matter, but he was reluctant to part with the vitality magic spring, so after weighing the pros and cons, he sent his most capable disciple Ye Zi over.
After Marco used the art of messaging to communicate with the Three-Eyed Raven, the Three-Eyed Raven suggested that they could try using shapeshifters. Thus, two druids, a man and a woman, appeared in the Windward Isle.
The druids here are different from the druids in the system. They don't use regular system magic. If you have to say so, they are more similar to the druids in the Warcraft game. Men can transform into snow bears, while women can transform into eagles.
The only offensive magic is to manipulate plants to attack, especially in controlling the weirwood, which is as handy as driving his own body.
And their shapeshifting abilities have also been greatly enhanced, and they can unknowingly make a mental link with the people around them, and even control some people with weak powers.
At this point, Marco had also deduced the transformation conditions for the forest faction's humanoid creatures. As of now, he had already mastered the transformation methods for Wind Speakers and Druids.
However, Windstorm was different from Gryphonburg, or rather, it was more like a magical city. The shapeshifters were more like they were awakening, rather than being forcibly transformed like those in Gryphonburg.
As for the unicorn and the treant, he had no idea at all. However, Marco had already gotten used to the system's坑爹. Of course, it would be even better if the treant could be summoned successfully. Moreover, Marco had already spent resources to build all the buildings in Wenlan, and was waiting for the day when these two powerful creatures would be summoned.
At this time, another male saint suddenly opened his mouth and said:
"Children of the gods! His Majesty Markol is the God King who descended from the upper realm to the human world. It is your honor to be able to swear allegiance to him. All right, the Vana Saints will teach you how to use the seeds later. You can leave now!"
After everyone left, Marco asked the male saint, "Winner! You're very skilled. You already have the appearance of a clergyman."
The male saint named Winner said humbly, "Your Majesty! All of this is inseparable from your help. Your understanding of the gods and the world is different from ours. Many of our brothers want to listen to your teachings, but they didn't expect this opportunity to fall on me."
At this moment, the female saint Vana, who had just left, walked in. She bowed to Marco and said:
"Your Majesty! The four queens are here, and they seem to have something to ask of you!"
Then, a figure quickly walked in from outside the fence door and rushed into Marco's arms. The fiery red hair and Marco's silver hair were intertwined.
"Nymph! You must pay attention to your appearance, you are the queen now, you can't be as rude as before!"
Dani looked at Nymph with some displeasure and said, although she said so, the trace of envy in her eyes could not be concealed.
"Sister Danny! What you said is a bit funny. I don't know who it was last nite, who said that he wanted to...呜呜.."
Before Nymph could finish her rebuttal, Maeve covered her mouth. Nymph had always been one to say whatever was on her mind, and Maeve, who was thin-skinned, had covered her mouth many times because of this.
"Honey! Let's not bother with this stupid fish. Sister Yueying and I found an ancient tomb by the lake. Sister Yueying said she felt the power of a different god inside, so she brought us here to find you."
Seeing Nymph being pressed down, Dani ran up excitedly, grabbed Marco's arm, rubbed it and said.
Marco pinched her pretty face, then turned his gaze to the Moon Shadow beside him, and asked with a smile:
"Moonshadow! Did you feel that guy's power? Or is it some kind of existence that has been eroded by its power?"
Hearing this, Yueying lowered her head and pondered for a while, then said with some uncertainty:
"I felt its power was a little strange, it seemed a little like an alien god, but it wasn't. The ghosts wandering nearby told me that it was an irreverent soul cursed by the original king. They compared themselves to the ancestors of all the first people, so they were trapped in the underground cemetery!"
"Oh! That's interesting. Let's go and have a look! Maybe we'll find more!"
Marco said to his wives that the troops were now resting and he would need to integrate the troops and supplies before continuing to the next place.
The North, White Harbor
While Roose Bolton was losing battle after battle in the west of the North and was on the verge of losing his foothold, the Bolton family was unstoppable on the eastern battlefield. After taking the city of Hornwood, Dommerick Bolton arranged a marriage for his brother Ramsay Snow, who was to marry the widowed Lady Donella of Hornwood.
In the face of the Bolton family's powerful military strength, the city of Hornwood did not dare to have any objections, and finally accepted this fact obediently. After Ramsay married Lady Donella, Ramsay became the Earl of Hornwood in name and in fact, while Lady Donella was sent back to the Dreadfort to live out her days.
Dominic then spread the word that Lady Donella had been starved to death in the tower of Hornwood, and that her death had been a terrible one.
Finally, Willis Manderly, heir to White Harbor, could stand it no longer. He defied his father and insisted on leading a force to attack Hornwood.
Willis Manderly told his father that the Faith of the Seven did not allow him to stand by while his kin were humiliated.
Before he left, Willis Manderly prayed to the Father, one of the Seven, for the two bastard Boltons to receive their due punishment. In the Faith of the Seven, the Father represents judgment, and people like to pray to him for justice.
But Willis was destined to be disappointed this time. When his army surrounded the city of Hornwood, it was attacked by Ramsay. The army suffered heavy losses. Later, when he was gathering soldiers, he was attacked by the cavalry led by Dominic. The whole team collapsed directly, and he himself died directly in the chaos.
Afterward, the two Dommerick brothers sent troops to capture Wolf's Den, and set up an ambush around Wolf's Den to attack the White Harbor troops who came to support them. The two brothers originally planned to take advantage of the defeated troops to directly attack White Harbor, but they were seen thru by the old and cunning Earl Wyman Manderly.
Finally, Lord Wyman and the Bolton family confronted each other outside White Harbor. Both sides had been trying to make trouble for each other. Lord Wyman even used the hidden naval forces to transport cavalry to prepare for a sneak attack on Dominic, but Dominic discovered it before the attack.
To this day, the two sides have been deadlocked for more than a month. The Bolton family does not seem to have any plans to break the city. They are deadlocked with the Mandalay family. It was not until several small nobles' reinforcements were eliminated that Earl Wyman guessed the purpose of the Bolton family.
The news that followed was even more chilling to the allies of the Manderly family. The Bolton family released all the soldiers in the Wolf's Den prison, and together with the Bolton family's blood hands, they formed a looting team, burning, killing and looting everyplace in the White Knife and Broken Flow River basins, causing a large number of casualties and a large number of refugees.
Because of the war in the south, the people of the realm had no choice but to flee to Winterfell in the northwest. All the young men were conscripted, and only some of the old, weak, women and children were released.
Only White Harbor of the Manderly family was spared, which also made many allies of the Manderly family dissatisfied. They came to help with good intentions, but their territories and castles were destroyed. This kind of thing, no one can avoid thinking too much.
The whole of White Harbor was now in a very oppressive environment, and it was like a powder keg that could explode with the slightest spark.
Just as Lord Wyman was at a loss, a raven letter was delivered to him. After dismissing the Maester of the Manderly family, Lord Wyman unfolded the raven letter in his hand.
Looking at the fiery heart-shaped crowned stag crest on the raven's message, Lord Wyman's heart skipped a beat. He had not even had time to attend his son's funeral, hoping to repel the Bolton family's attack. However, some of the requirements on the message made him frown slightly.
Biting Bay, Three Sisters Islands, Sweet Sister Island
Stannis Baratheon was watching the burning lords of the Three Sisters, while the lords behind him watched their screaming fellows in the flames, their faces twitching.
After Stannis borrowed money from the Iron Bank, he organized a powerful navy and army, intending to take the entire North step by step based on the Three Sisters Islands.
Under the guidance of the powerful priestess Melisandre, the Dragonstone fleet defeated the nobles of the Three Sisters again and again, the Bonnell family of Sweet Sister, the Longthorpe family of Long Sister, the Torrent family of Little Sister, and the most powerful Sunderland family.
Although Stannis became a little bit superstitious after he converted to the Lord of Light, he never forgot the knightly honor and spirit in his heart. Therefore, he promoted the faith of the Lord of Light on the one hand, and cracked down on smugglers and pirates in the Three Sisters Islands on the other.
Stannis is indeed a natural general. He only spent half a month to integrate the power of the entire Three Sisters Islands, burning the Seven Gods to change their beliefs, slaughtering pirates and destroying smuggling, and collecting a large number of materials and ships.
"Do you think the Mandalay family will agree to my request?"
Stannis felt the person coming to his side, and said to the beautiful Melisandre, his eyes were very complicated. He had experienced a very soul-stirring feeling on Melisandre, so every time he saw Melisandre, Stannis would feel a little uncomfortable.
Stannis had his own set of ideas about justice and fairness, and he could use any means to achieve this idea. Although he was a little "shy", Stannis still asked the beautiful female priest beside him.
Melisandre seemed to be in a trance until Stannis coughed, and she said,
"Your Majesty, please rest assured! We did not ask them to directly believe in the great true God, but only asked for the right to preach and a castle at the mouth of the White Blade River. They will definitely agree!"
Melisandre's confident answer filled Stannis with determination. All he needed now was a piece of land to use as a springboard, plus an excuse, and he could lay the foundation for his conquest of the North.
"That's good, let's get ready to go! The Lord of Light is still waiting for us to sacrifice the flesh and blood of the enemy!"
Stannis ordered those around him, he could not wait, the Iron Throne was still under the ass of that incestuous bastard, which Stannis would not allow.
In Stannis's view, only he, who has the blood of Targaryen and the blood of the Storm King, is the most authentic heir. After the Battle of Blackwater, Stannis understood a truth, that is, strong strength is the foundation of all rights, so he will listen to the arrangement of the King of Light to come here.
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