Chapter 64: Temple of the God of War

  For several days, the parliament city has been blocking all merchants who come to the parliament city at the gate. A large number of soldiers are stationed at each key position, and the shadow of soldiers manipulating instruments can be seen vaguely under the city wall, with a defensive posture like during an attack. This makes everyone who comes to the parliament city feel that something is wrong.

  Through some means, the merchants obtained information about what happened in Parliament City and the details of the Speaker's sensational speech that shook the entire city. It was confirmed that the Speaker of Parliament City had been crowned Emperor at the Temple of War three days ago. Parliament City will also expand its army by 10,000 and form ten new legions to conquer Thunder Ridge.

  The news was quickly spread through the internal network of merchants to various cities in Eran, and all villages were shocked by Azera's audacity. Such a thing had never been heard of in Eran, and it was strictly forbidden by Eran's ancient laws. All towns and villages immediately dispatched their representatives to Ankud, the second largest city in Eran, as soon as they received the news.

  Ankud is a city north of the Parliament City, backed by a still somewhat treacherous high mountain. In the northwest direction of the city, there is the largest lake in Eran, which provides Ankud with daily water and some freshwater fish resources. With a population of 500,000, Ankud, although not very prosperous, has the second-largest population in Eran.

  At this time, in the council hall of Ankude, some representatives who arrived at Ankude ahead of schedule had already unfolded a fierce discussion here. The consultation on how to solve this huge change is extremely difficult to attack the parliament city from the current intelligence that the legion of the parliament city has been completely controlled by Azera.

  The numerous defensive facilities possessed by the Parliament City made it rare for it to be breached in history. The last time the Parliament City was breached was a thousand years ago, when the Malo people attacked Elan. A thousand years of peace allowed the Parliament City to have a population of one million, and Azera even recruited 10,000 more soldiers, making the Parliament City even harder to breach.

  The council chamber of Ankud, the discussion is still going on fiercely, they are waiting for other representatives to arrive. First discussed why Azera made a coup or how to attack the Council City.

  "We can't take the Assembly's stronghold! We'll just lure them out and crush them on the plains!"

  "Why would the Temple of War help Azura?"

  "The high priest of the Temple of War is a good friend of Azera's, they grew up together, it should be reasonable for the Temple of War to help him."

  "But in the battle of Lobito, there was no participation of the chosen warriors. If it is said that because of good friends, and helping him with a coup, this is obviously not convincing."

  "I don't know what it is either."

  "Perhaps it's because the situation was unclear? The coup that took place in the Council City was launched by Azera after he had already grasped all the legions of the Council City. Or perhaps it was because the Temple of War thought he would succeed, so they helped him. Don't forget the temple's creed: the God of War is always on the side of victory."

  At that time, the Temple of War did not understand the strength of Thundercliff, they could not make a judgment on who was strong and who was weak, so they chose to turn a blind eye. In fact, their choice was correct, the Allied Forces of the Council City were defeated on the first day of arriving at Lobito, 1,200 people were killed.

  "But even so, the God of War has never interfered in the politics of the people of Sault. The God of War only governs glory and victory, when will he support a person to ascend to the throne?"

  "I don't know why, maybe there's a deeper reason. But that doesn't change the fact that Azera has broken Elan law. And he's also misled many young people in the Council City to join his newly formed legion. What we need to consider now is how to defeat Azera and retake the Council City."

  "Silence, everyone! Please return to your seats." The lord of Ankude climbed onto the central podium in the council hall, a wooden lectern with a wooden mallet striking the surface, shouting: "Although there are still several representatives from distant cities who have not arrived, we no longer have time to wait. Now, we will make a decision regarding Councilor Azera's conspiracy to seize control of the Council City. All those in favor of punishing Azera, please raise your hands."

  In the council hall one arm after another rose, and on this question there was no doubt among the representatives: Azera, who had broken Eran law, would have to be put to death.

  "Very well, this matter is passed. Next we will discuss how to solve the problem of the rebels in the Council City." The lord of Ankude looked at the number of raised hands on the scene, nodded and continued to say while looking at the proposal in his hand: "How to solve Azera's rebellion this time will be crucial, everyone clearly understands the degree of difficulty in attacking the Council City, so if..."

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  Just as Ankude was deliberating on Azera's problem, a group of divine warriors were also holding a meeting in the Temple of War in the City of Parliament.

  "Are we really doing this in accordance with the will of the God of War?" A red-haired woman wearing a light crimson robe sat in the council chamber of the Temple of the God of War, her brown eyes looking at the Chief High Priest as she asked: "The God of War has never interfered in the politics of mortals, and doing so would only bring shame to the God of War."

  "This is in line with the teachings of the God of War." The High Priest, who had been listening to the woman's question, replied in a calm and composed tone: "Although the God of War has never participated in the politics of mortals, it does not mean that He opposes participating in mortal politics. Now that we have lost contact with the God of War, we need to make our own judgment."

  "The God of War has not issued any decrees or guided our martial arts since the last rainy season." The priest next to the High Priest on the left said, "Could something have happened in the realm of the gods? Before a god falls, they will be like this..."

  "Shut up, Klar!" The high priest's voice turned icy, his silver eyes staring at the speaking priest. "The War God is the most powerful deity, and in the divine realm, there is no god who can be his opponent. Falling is completely impossible! Our divine symbol has not dimmed at all, which means the War God has no problems."

  "That's right, Krall," the woman said. "We enjoy the offerings that mortals make to the war god and grow in the art of combat under his teachings. You can't have any doubts about the actions of the war god, especially not question his power."

  Kral was scolded by two people, hanging his head in silence. As the youngest person in the war group, he had no right to speak in the temple. Strength was also the weakest of the five-man war group, and in the Temple of War where strength was everything, he who was not strong enough could only follow others' orders.

  "Now that you've said so, Shaxs, the question is whether he can succeed. As an elected Speaker, does he have the ability to calm the chaos in the city?" The woman continued: "He has already hanged over 200 people who opposed him on the gallows in the square of Parliament City."

  "Do you really think Azera was elected?" The high priest looked at the woman and said, "Azera's family is a prominent family in Parliament City, he has many powerful supporters in the city, and only the ordinary people in the city are resisting. Even the position of Speaker was obtained through his behind-the-scenes manipulation."

  "Now Azera has control of the legions in the city, and the City Council has been disbanded. The nobles in the city also support him, and it's clear that relying solely on commoners won't accomplish anything significant. Just killing a few will make the people in the city behave, what I'm worried about now is other cities in Eran."

  "They will inevitably come to attack the Parliament City." Klar continued, "However, after they pass the resolution and determine the amount of supplies and the number of warriors from each village, I think the Speaker... Your Majesty should have already completed the training of the new army. They won't have any chance to take down the Parliament City."

  "Although what you said is true, it's not a safe way." The high priest said after hearing Klar's words: "So we can only help Azera stabilize the situation in Congress City and will not participate in his affairs with the allied army that came to conquer. This is what this meeting is going to announce, at present without direct instructions from the god of war, we can only act according to the teachings of the god of war."

  "We will quell the unrest within the city." The other four high priests sitting at the round table nodded in agreement, they who had already lost contact with the war god also acknowledged High Priest Shax's words. Standing on the side of the victor, rather than the vanquished.

  Because of this tenet, they chose to help Azera quell the unrest in Council City and crown him king. And because of this tenet, they chose to remain neutral in any potential battles between Council City and the Allied Forces.

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