Chapter 12 "Natural Disaster" (1)
The Duke of Aquitaine was attacked by natural disasters.
In the first few days, on the long coastline of the Duke's leadership, the fishermen found that the species and number of fish suddenly increased. The fish that could only be caught in the far sea suddenly squeezed into the near sea. After one net, the fish and shrimp harvested were almost three times that of normal. The fishermen who didn't know what was going to happen were excited for several days and even held a festival for it.
At the festival, a madman with disheveled hair suddenly ran to the middle of the crowd and shouted to everyone he met in horror: "Escape quickly, run away!" When someone asked why, the madman pointed to his blood-filled eyes and said word by word: "Did you see the fear in my eyes? The fish that have been filled these days have the same eyes as mine!"
No one believed his words. Because of disturbing the festival, the madman was caught by the guards and threw him into the dungeon.
However, people soon realized that what he said was true.
In the following days, more and more fish were increasing, and they were restless and wanted to jump out of the water, like wild beasts encountered forest fires. People found that the temperature of the sea water seemed to have become higher than before, no longer cool, but warm.
Soon a long-distance ship returned and told everyone that they had seen a huge, moving island. The island was gushing with magma and black mist, making the sea water roll as if it was boiling.
"The island is approaching quickly!" said the crew in panic. "It has been following us all the time, we rushed to the road day and night, and then we took advantage of it to stop!"
"That's not an island, it's a beast."
An old man opened the popular scriptures from the Tianfang Empire with his shriveled hands, pointed to the line of words and said: "...I saw a beast coming up from the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, ten crowns on them, and seven heads with blasphemy names. He was given a mouth for speaking big words and blasphemy, and he was given authority to act as arbitrarily for forty-two months. Those who live on the earth, who have no name recorded in the book of life of the slaughtered lamb since the creation, will worship it."
"This is the beast incarnated by the demon, the call for the coming of the end." The old man raised his trembling hand and said, "We should join the Orthodox Church of Abraham and let the Lamb of God who abolishes sin protect us, otherwise we will fall into endless hell in the judgment of the end!"
But the local priests in the Almani Federation did not agree with this statement. They believed that this was a certain god's appearance, or at least as a mount as a messenger of the gods. They believed that sacrificial activities should be held, throwing the heads of cattle and sheep into the sea to calm the disaster.
"You cannot do this, this is a demon! We cannot worship the demon!" Those who believe in the church of Abraham took to the streets to block the priests' door, "The only God in that heaven can enjoy our worship!"
The matter became more and more serious, and there was even a conflict between the two sides. In the end, this incident was put before the Duke of Aquitaine.
"I don't care whether this is a god or a demon, all I want is peace and stability in the territory." said the great and wise Duke of Aquitaine, "Since the church of Tianfang says it is a demon, let them eradicate him. If it cannot be eradicated, then I will eradicate Tianfang's church."
"This is the incarnation of the most terrifying demon, the leader of the demon." Tianfang's believers argued, "How can we eradicate it with our strength?"
"The 'lamb' you believe in will at least protect you from demons, right?" The Duke of Aquitaine made the final judgment, "Tell me the order to move the residents of the coast to the inland, but keep the believers of the Tianfang Church to see if their 'lamb' has the ability to protect them!"
The Duke of Aquitaine entered a state of war.
One day later, the rumored island appeared on the coastline. The magma that gushed out of its back made the sea water roll like a boil, and the black mist that gushed out of its back turned the day into night!
When the soldiers lined up to the seaside carefully, the island had already left. The believers of the Tianfang Church sat on the ground in amazement, depicting the scene they saw: "In the black fog, a group of human-shaped animals jumped off the back of the beast, wearing wild beast-like masks, wearing gorgeous cloaks like flames, and bleeding bloody smells from their mouths. As soon as they came to the land, they began to rob, and they were allowed to fight the saints and overcome them; if anyone was destined to be captive, he would be captive; if someone was destined to be killed by a knife, he would be killed by a knife... The scriptures say that the patience and faith of the saints are here."
The sea was filled with dead fish, all of whom rolled their eyes.
Soon, the losses were counted. This was a huge disaster, which caused the major chambers of commerce to lose a lot of property, including but not limited to those written clearly in the accounts, but had not carefully counted the goods in the warehouses before. The store clerk was responsible for purchasing the goods. However, the newly imported goods that had not been inspected by the owner seemed to have been robbed by a robber, but somehow came back, but Schrödinger's goods were robbed this time. Not only the chamber of commerce, but many residents also found that there were fewer things in their homes, such as the wine hidden in the cellar and not allowed to be stolen by her husband, the copper coins kept by her wife were missing, and some pots and pans that she had not used for many years, the devil could not find them after coming.
In short, the losses were heavy.
A chamber of commerce said that several boxes of snacks in its warehouse were looted, leaving only a bag of things that looked like gold coins. However, this one was not the one that everyone thought was done by the devil, because the doors and locks of other places where the things were thrown were good, and the only one chamber of commerce had the doors broken. The devil could not have to break into the door.
However, thanks to the Duke's early evacuation, no one was injured and no one died.
The believers who were left in the port shouted madly to the sky: "We have survived! We have survived! The Lamb of God who abolished sins, thank you for giving us peace!"
However, the Duke of Aquitaine had a different view. He asked calmly: "Your God can protect you from the hands of that beast, can he bless you from the swords of mortals?"
"Then... I'm afraid it can't."
"That's strange. Even if you can't protect you from the swords of mortals, you can protect you from the most terrifying demons in the scriptures." The great and wise Duke of Aquitaine revealed the secret in one sentence, "I'm afraid this beast is in the same group as you?"
The church of the Tianfang Church was destroyed, believers were arrested, and the priests were sent to the stolen rack.
Chapter completed!