Chapter 247 (1/2)
The sixth mural caused Rody to be somewhat shocked
The five previous endary ancient kingdoht to freedohts to decide their own destinies There were no shackles fro of Gods or consecration
However, the scene of the sixth inally thought of as a fascinating Eed its appearance
At the top corner of that round It seemed to depict the reflection of the ordinary life of the people from Shaka Empire However, it was not as calm, abundant and equitable as Rody expected
In the picture were far tattered clothes while nobles in luxurious carriages ran over the barren land The galloere also in the picture However, the people being hanged were no longer the priests but people in sier of the spectators and the pain of those hanged depicted in the murals were so realistic!
At the bottom of the picture was still the ‘Political Council’
However, the Council was not as united and equal like what Rody saw in the previous reed, evil and many more A variety of expressions were painted on the faces of the people there Theon the tall platform in the middle obviously should be the Emperor of the Shaka Ehed ”Do you re when said that you admire my ancestor that founded the Shaka Empire?”
Rody nodded with a depressed expression ”I truly adive the power to others so that each layer of society could have equality and freedo shook his head and sighed ”Unfortunately, he rong!”
Without waiting for Rody to speak, the King indifferently said, ”According to the historical records of the Shaka Empire, the existence of the Council lasted for less than a century In the later part of the existence of the Council, such a political syste any benefit to the empire but instead became the cause of the ely asked
The King gave a wry s as he said, ”Rody, don't you understand? Power can only exist in the hands of a few people! It is absolutely i a sigh, the King continued, ”In the beginning, the Council did give people equal freedom and power However, the Council later became a place where people fro the early days of the Shaka Empire, the Emperor did not successfully establish his own absolute authority! Although the Council had given the people freedoe of the i pointed at a mural on the wall ”The Council became a noisy place At that time, in order to pass a small decree, the Council would debate for three days and three nights! Every decree of the empire could touch the interests of every class For the sake of their own interests, they argued in the Council and fought each other! In the Shaka Empire, there was a fas, in order to pass a decree involving the spring plowing, the farmers could refuse any labor to ensure the norriculture of the empire However, they quarreled at the Council for the entire year to pass that decree By the time that decree was passed, winter had arrived, and the spring ploas long gone…Haha haha”
Rody thought for a moment and suddenly asked, ”Shouldn’t there be a representative for the civilians at the Council?”
”What is the use of that?” The King lightly replied, ”A lot of things are not so si spring plowing periods, farmers want to stay and work at home However, nobles need manpower to build their th to defend against the threat of the other races The King needs manpower to build walls and repair roads Can you tell ?”
Before Rody could reply, the King lightly continued, ”Even the representative of the civilians in the Council was no longer a real civilian once they gained rights”
Rody was silent
These things were too co Rody could not fully understand these things
After a while, he suddenly thought of sos of Gods at the tihtly said, ”When an empire started to become unstable, it was inevitable for outside influence to enter!” He pointed at the picture with the scene of the endless arguing at the Council and lightly said, ”Do you see those people? When the rule became unstable, then the shackles of the spirits becareed ”Yes! Although religion is a spiritual shackle, in a sense, it is also a spiritual poison! The people in pain especially needs this anesthesia!”
The King sighed ”Unfortunately, my ancestors did not see this! In my opinion, at that time, what the Shaka Empire needed most was a powerful centralized authority It required a powerful imperial authority that all other forces would subhts turned the internal affairs of the e, the Emperor could only stand at the side and watched helplessly”
”What happened then?” Rody frowned
The King sighed ”The E the Council that symbolized freedom and equality of the Shaka Eed ”Really? That was not a good thing!”
If it was simply understood that the E, then that understanding rong!
Sure enough, the King noticed Rody’s eyes revealed admiration and asked, ”Earl Rody, can you understand the crucial point?”
Rody sighed ”If things were as how Your Majesty presented them to be, this abnormal council should really be abolished It was not necessary to withdraw their powers However, it was not so easy to take back the power that had been given out! According to Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Shaka did not firmly establish his own absolute powers then Could he suppress the representatives of the various classes after abolishi+ng the Council? If that was not properly handled, I a nodded ”You really understood it…”
”What does this mean?” Rody pointed at the seventh mural on the wall
The seventh mural showed a scene full of activities
Countless people were carrying woods and stones with various ether as if they were in the process of building a huge building
In the background of the picture was a tall mountain There was a spiral mountain path that led from the bottom of the mountain to the top Countless people were hard at work, transporting the construction materials to the h the clouds It was surrounded by fog,it faintly discernible At the top of thewith a variety of tools Rody was surprised that there was actually a tall tower being built on top of the hill
The tall tower had a unique cone shape Froly tall
The King sighed ”Do you see those words down there? Those words say, ‘The construction of the Sky Tower1! The start of the blasphehed when he saw Rody’s puzzled expression and explained ”In the history of the Shaka Es of Gods were forbidden However, after s of Gods had become very influential!”
Rody nodded ”But what does this have to do with the Sky Tower?”
”There was a huge connection!” The King sighed ”The teachings of Gods in the Shaka E more influential The controversy over the existence of Gods had always been constantly debated and thus created a fuss There were even calls for the abolishs of Gods It was at that tiave an order to build the Sky Tower That tall toas supposed to directly reach heaven in order to prove that God did not exist in the sky and that the teachings of Gods were just lies”
”What?” Rody was stunned He showed an uni expression as he said, ”He spent countless manpower and resources to build a tower just for this reason?”
The King gave a wry smile ”We will never completely knohat truly happened Noe could only find whatever little that remains”
Rody looked duhed ”No matter what, if God truly existsthen the tower certainly could not have been successfully built!” He then secretly thought At the very least, right now, I have never heard of the existence of Sky Tower in the Roland Continent!
”That’s right!” The King sighed ”Froly opposed the construction of Sky Tower There were already many people fros of Gods and fiercely opposed to the Eainst Gods! They declared that the sky was God’s territory Anyone atte to reach the sky was a blasphemous sinner and would be punished by God”
”So did God carry out the punish smiled bitterly and replied, ”At the very least, the Shaka Eer talked as he continued to the next mural
The next mural was relatively simpler It was also a scene that Rody wassled in the warfare were not just the huons that reseon that Rody met at the cave of the southern endary Elves Those Elves looked sier ears
The picture did not explain as fighting against who Instead, it showed that several forces were fighting endlessly
The King sighed ”That was the first large-scale war recorded by the Shaka Empire! A civil strife broke out in the eht That war lasted for almost a hundred years!”
”Who won?” Rody asked abruptly
”Huhed as if there was a deep”Huh huical talent like the Elves, they have so that the other races do not have That isdos of Gods that hue before Gods created the other races in the world Humans then became the masters of the world” Rody paused for a moment and then asked, ”How did that war break out?”
”Only God knows!” The King’s tone did not sound good
Rody did not frown nor did he have any dissatisfaction with the King’s vague answer He simply said, ”I am afraid that God is the really the only one who knows”
The two of thely
Rody continued to look at the next mural and suddenly asked, ”What does thiswas burning in the fire as the sh it was a si
”The rehtly said, ”The sentence belowat Rody's puzzled de continued, ”After that war, the Elves’ nation was coons also entrenched themselves at the northernmost part of the Roland Continent!”
”I already understand…” Rody’s said in a pondering tone ”Although humans won the war, the Shaka Empire had coinally possessed the entire continent was al smiled and said in a sad tone ”Sky Toas destroyed before it was completed At the same time, the brilliant culture and civilization of the Shaka Empire were also destroyed”
”What about the empire? Did it still exist then?”
”It existed! But at the sahed bitterly ”After the war, it could be said that the e! At that tiion was the only influence that the E else but because God's religion could paralyze human minds and make thely put on the shackles of slavery It was also during that era the teachings of Gods openly becahter was filled with hed, the louder it became Finally, his eyes unexpectedly shed tears!
Finally, he could not help but shout, ”What kind of bullshi+t theory was that? Freedoer, and hile peace and tranquility were obtained froly enslave thehty, receive huhtly replied, ”That was because the Gods were 'benevolent' and 'great' Gods said that hu in the world was inevitable Those ant peace needed to worshi+p Gods Devotions were required to exchange for peaceful souls The price for ‘peaceful souls’ was not expensiveThe blessings of the priest and also 'peace after death' could be obtained with a bit of 'atonement tax'”
”But why? Why do people blindly believe those lies?”
”Because of despair!” the King answered ”People would believe all kinds of lies when the world was in darkness and when sufferings had become norms”
Rody closed his eyes and frowned for a et out of here!”
The King s to see the murals behind here?”
Rody shook his head ”No, I don't want to see any at the murals Those murals would simply recount the fall of the Shaka Eion After that, it would be about how history was tas are not worth looking at!”
The King softly asked, ”Rody, do you knohy I brought you here to see these?”
Rody’s eyes flashed He suddenly narrowed his eyes to look at the King in front of his he saw that day were not so that could be revealed The historical existence of the Shaka Es of Gods And this place had already become ‘non-existent’ If Gods learned about this secret, Sauron Kingdo then whispered, ”Rody, if it was only to deal with the dwarfs, I would not bring you here todayHowever, in order to deal with the Gods religion or those influential people behind the Gods religion…”
The King then lowered his voice and said, ”I have never believed in God, ree with the other thoughts ofwhich I am certain of Mankind’s destiny should be decided by dodoh we may not win, but at least we are not afraid of the looked back at the murals on the wall
”Even such a powerful edo showed a fearful expression as he asked, ”Do you kno the Shaka E sighed ”If you do not want to see the other murals, then perhaps you can just skip to the last one!”
”The last one?”
The King nodded and suddenly pointed down ”Take a slow look and pay attention In a short while, the picture will appear!”
Rody was aroused and he lowered his head to look at where the King was pointing
The radually appeared from the calm surface of the water A picture then appeared from the ripples
There were a few huer, and sorrow could be seen on their faces Standing in front of thelance, it could be seen fro that he was the Eer were directed towards the sky
In the sky, ast the clouds, was a faint silhouette The face and shape of the silhouette could not be seen clearly
At the background of the scene was the half-built tower