Chapter 439 The King Can Be Replaced, but the Head of the Council Is Indispensable

The gray statue is always peaceful and solemn.

Whenever she encounters a difficult problem or faces a crucial choice, Maocao always comes to the statue of Yaoshen to pray.

Here, she can get the hard-earned peace and tranquility.

In the past, Maocao was always full of expectations, hoping that Yaoshen would look at her, just like a soldier guarding the border waiting for the king's inspection.

But she also knew.

That is almost impossible.

God has to illuminate so many worlds, each of which is so complex and changeable. Just to take care of these completely different worlds, Yaoshen is already very busy.

Even the gods closest to Yaoshen and those apostles who followed the gods early on rarely get the gods' call and attention.

Not to mention this ordinary prophet.

Maocao prayed in her heart.

Great God, please rest assured that I am still sticking to my mission and urging the civilization and kingdom here to move forward.

Now, I will go to correct a mistake.

…

Outside the temple, the sun is shining.

A whole team of skeleton knights are fighting bloody battles.

They rode on skeleton horses, held swords and shields, and wore bone armor, and were caught in a meat-crushing battle with dense skeleton soldiers.

The leading hero Sidal carried a bone crossbow on his back, wore a wide-brimmed hat, and held two broad-bladed bone swords. He rushed left and right on the battlefield, and his two swords chopped the surrounding soldiers who dared to approach the temple.

The skeleton soldiers in the front held large shields and spears, and were advancing step by step on the broken bones of their comrades. The soldiers in the back held longbows, ready to launch an overwhelming long-range offensive at any time.

When Maocao, who was only wearing a light robe, walked out of the temple gate, the two sides fighting outside couldn't help but freeze.

She stepped forward alone, and the skeleton knights wanted to protect her, but she waved to stop them.

Wherever Maocao went, the skeleton soldiers couldn't help but retreat.

"Soldiers."

Maocao looked around and didn't speak for a while.

As if confirming something.

She then continued: "Everyone should know that I am an outsider from a distant foreign land."

"But I hope this country can prosper more than anyone else, not for power, not for wealth, but because of faith. Because of my devout and firm belief in God Yao, and my ever-deepening love and responsibility for this land."

"This is my other hometown."

"Here, I see ignorant children grow into brave warriors, see kingdoms and cities expand their territory, see hope and confidence rise in this country, and see you become invincible in hundreds of battles."

"Everything now is not out of thin air. We fought together, worked together, dealt with various disasters and difficulties together, and together in the Twin Snake Empire I have grown up rapidly under pressure, and now I can finally say no to them - and in the past, this was a power that even the king did not have. "

"This is what we have done together, making a weak and young country strong, and making every citizen proud of it."

She looked around and said in an unquestionable tone: "The kingdom is ours, and yours, but it will eventually be yours."

Mao Cao looked at the soldiers one by one: "I know why you came, and I also know what the orders you received... No matter what I have to face, please remember it."

"The only crime I have committed is to fearlessly protect this country!"

"Soldiers, who of you want to kill your leader?"

"Then come on."

She opened her arms, with no fear in her eyes.

The skeleton soldiers looked at each other, and none of them dared to act rashly.

Finally, an enemy skeleton knight suddenly raised his sword: "Protect the leader, protect the kingdom!"

This voice broke the uneasy silence, and the officers and soldiers cheered loudly, and the aggressive besieging army instantly became the most staunch supporters of the people in the center.

Mao Cao was not surprised by this, as this situation had happened once before.

It's just that this time there were more troops attacking the temple than before.

She looked at the soldiers: "The kingdom needs a new leader, a better king who can shoulder responsibilities and lead everyone forward. Now, let's go and depose the king."

The soldiers shouted in unison: "Depose the king, depose the king!"

Mao Cao walked towards the palace under the protection of the skeleton knights. Wherever she went, the soldiers turned their backs and followed her. The mighty royal army quickly surrounded the palace.

In the empty and lonely palace, the king wearing a golden crown sat on the throne.

There was a flame of reluctance and pain in his eyes: "I am the king! I am the master of this kingdom! Why! Why! Soldiers, soldiers!"

The only response to him was his own echo in the hall.

"In the name of the kingdom."

Mao Cao whispered: "King Chesak, you are dismissed."

"I am the king! You have no right to dismiss me!"

Chesak roared angrily, waving the bone scepter in his hand: "The Temple of the Kingdom has no right to dismiss the king of this country! In the name of the king, I sentence you guilty! Everyone in the entire Temple will be executed!"

"Soldiers, soldiers, catch her, catch her!"

"Soldiers, soldiers! Didn't you hear me? I am your king! Didn't you hear it!"

Mao Cao didn't speak.

The knights and soldiers behind him also said nothing.

"Chesak."

Mao Cao walked up the steps slowly, looking at the poor man sitting on the throne and shouting at the top of his lungs: "The people chose you as king because you have made great contributions in the army. You have excellent command ability, and you can share weal and woe with the soldiers. You have shown convincing ability as a general of mercenaries stationed abroad..."

"But after you became king, you were greedy for pleasure, keen on power and war, and no longer cared about the plight of ordinary civilians. You are the worst king I have ever worked with."

"Your trial will be conducted immediately."

Mao Cao said to the back: "Go, knights, go and gather civilians from all walks of life to come to the Temple to participate in the trial and deliberation."

...

After a long trial, the Temple's Thousand-Man Court completed the trial.

The trial believed that King Chesak had embezzled a huge amount of money, killed a large number of civilians and innocent people, and used extremely cruel means to subvert the kingdom's regime. In order to fight political enemies, he killed and indirectly killed many loyal and innocent soldiers...Finally, King Chesak was sentenced to death and executed immediately.

After his death, Chesak was buried in the [Skeleton King Mausoleum]. He was also the second king to be executed in the past hundred years.

In the past hundred years, five kings have come to power in the Kingdom of Resurrection.

The first king, Theodore, who abdicated voluntarily, is not counted. The third king was executed by angry soldiers for launching a coup after repeated attempts to assassinate, poison and set fire to the Temple Council and failed... The remaining three were all decent and abdicated voluntarily.

In the Kingdom of Resurrection, the king has great power, but also great pressure.

There are two apostles, Theodore and Appia, and even higher up are the gods of this world who are martyred.

The king must lead the kingdom to further develop and grow, expand the city's boundaries and labor capacity, increase the population and occupations, and complete the transformation of the sleepless civilization from pursuing population quantity to quality.

There is also the Temple Council to supervise, always asking the king to be cautious in his words and deeds.

These are all internal environmental pressures.

The outside is even more complicated.

After several generations of kings' efforts, the Kingdom of Resurrection gradually stabilized its foundation from a backward and weak country in the past, and became a labor exporting country that exports mercenary groups and skilled workers.

This is also to give full play to the characteristics of the kingdom itself.

Although it is still despised by the absolutely core main civilization Twin Snake Empire, the Empire also began to hire skeleton soldiers and farmers, herdsmen and craftsmen from the Kingdom of Resurrection.

With the continuous progress of civilization, the Kingdom of Resurrection finally had real trade with the Empire, and obtained a large number of mature goods, primary technologies and some professionals who migrated from the Empire. Cultural integration and learning are also going on imperceptibly.

The only thing that never changes is the kingdom's unique temple supervision system.

The merchants and officials of the Empire often sigh about this.

"The Temple Society is actually above the royal power. The Resurrection Kingdom is really a weird country."

"Your Temple Society actually believes in other gods... This has never happened in other vassal civilizations. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

"Is the secular ruler of the Resurrection Kingdom the king or the head of the Temple Society?"

In response, the citizens always proudly and unhesitatingly answer: "Of course the king rules the kingdom, but our hero is the head of the society."

"The king can be replaced, but the head of the society is indispensable."

...

Mao Cao came to the Kingdom Temple - it was only one street away from the Temple Society's temple, but the two represented completely different realms of gods.

She presented the latest king candidate to the two apostles.

"A farmer and a craftsman? People with these two professions may know more about the real situation of the kingdom." Apia said with interest: "Will the final election of the king be completed in the temple meeting tomorrow?"

"Yes."

"Which one do you think is better?"

Mao Cao said: "I am just a supervisor. No matter who the next king is, it is the choice of the people."

"If you had listened to me at the beginning, the successor king would not have been so troublesome."

Theodore still felt a little worried: "If it were you, the progress of the kingdom would be more coherent and stable, and there would not be so many twists and turns."

In response, Mao Cao just said: "The mission given to me by Lord Yao is to supervise and correct, and it cannot be exceeded. The Resurrection Kingdom will not lack excellent kings."

"By the way." Theodore Duo stroked his beard: "Your term of office for a hundred years has also come to an end. Do you want to consider staying here?"

"I follow the oracle of Lord Yao."

"Actually... I'll tell you the truth. Apia and I have already requested the God of Martyrdom, and asked Lord God to ask the great Messenger to let you stay here for a long time."

Theodore said: "This is also in the interests of the gods. Lord Yao needs to ensure the development of the civilization of the sleepless. The gods are more assured that you are here, and you can also spread Lord Yao's faith."

"On our side, the kingdom and civilization can grow further and rapidly. Both Lord Martyrdom and Lord Messenger are happy to see it happen. Other things are not important. Only the increase in population and the further growth of faith are real."

Mao Cao knew it well.

These words are actually the attitude of the God of Martyrdom and the messengers of the gods. If the gods did not agree, the two apostles would not dare to say so.

Theodore and Apia have hinted many times, and all kinds of promises and statements are just to hope that Mao Cao can stay. Although it is inconvenient for the martyrs behind them to contact Maocao directly, they have expressed their position through their apostles.

Suddenly, Maocao felt a powerful force surge into her body.

The power of Lord Yao!

She immediately knelt on the ground.

After listening to the oracle, Maocao was stunned.

After a while.

Maocao looked to the side.

Theodore and Apia were dazed, as if they had heard some extremely surprising news.

Of course.

It was incredible that two extremely powerful gods would work together to create a new world.

Maocao received the recognition and gift of Lord Yao and officially became the twelfth apostle. From then on, she could finally get the oracle of Lord Yao directly.

She will continue to sit in the Resurrection Kingdom and exist as the supervisor of the entire civilization for a long time.

Lord Yao and the messenger officially reached an agreement to jointly advance and develop a new world.

The Resurrection Kingdom will serve as the front line and logistics of this operation, providing all support such as manpower and materials, and the Twin Snake Empire will also deliver all kinds of necessary items for this purpose.

The rules of the new world are strange. Only the undead races such as the Skeleton Ancestors or Ghosts can enter without being attacked by the terrifying monsters inside.

Moreover, the entrants cannot have faith in gods. To ensure the loyalty of the entrants, other means other than the fire of faith must be relied on - the nurturing and identity of civilization itself.

The real challenge is about to begin.

The Yao tribe also sent an assistant to assist her, and the other party is already on the way.