The riots of the citizens of Ascatra were easily suppressed by the paladins, and the wounded citizens could not be healed by the priests of the temple, because they were all sinful fools, and their pain was a god-given test, and they would only repent if they tasted the holy beatings carefully!

On the continent of Faeron, if a city loses the protection of the gods, then the city is not far from the day of destruction.

There are countless cities on the mainland, and there are always one or two gods behind the big people who control the city, and the destruction of the city will inevitably be interfered with by the gods who protect the city.

The city of Ascatra is the capital of merchants, and the goddess Workin, the patron god of merchants, has been missing for a long time, and the city has long been coveted by many parties, whether it is the gods of justice or the forces of evil, they have planted hidden stakes in the city.

The merchants had amassed a great deal of wealth, but the gods they served could not provide them with security, and the money in their hands had long since become a talisman, even if it was not for Bredero's demagogy, sooner or later, the merchants of Amm would be sheared.

The method of sheep shearing may be the plunder of the forces of evil, or the taxation of the forces of good.

Are the six knights who occupied Amm worried about forcing the Ams to rebel?

Don't worry!

How can a flock of lambs, who have lost the protection of the gods, rebel against the gods' attendants?

Can a citizen with a dagger, a pitchfork, and a slingling defeat a paladin wielding a greatsword and a full-body steel armor, or can he defeat a priest, mage, and arcane knight who wield earth-shattering magic?

A hundred rioting citizens rushed up, a mage recited a spell, and a few fireballs smashed down, and it was a piece of charcoal.

Do the god's acolytes need to take into account international influence and public opinion when they punish the corrupt people of the fallen city?

You don't need to!

Everyone can punish those who have no faith, and everyone can punish those who believe foolishly! Those who believe in Bredero are the same as blind believers, Mind Flayer puppets!

The citizens of Ascatra are labeled as fallen people who question the gods, and without the protection of the gods, their social status on the continent of Faeron is not as good as that of goblins, even if they are killed, it is only equivalent to exterminating an evil goblin kingdom, and they will not be condemned in any way.

What is the difference between a foolish people who cannot provide the power of faith and a foolish livestock, and what use is there to the gods?

It's like weeds in the field, if not removed in time, they will spread out and infringe on the crops!

The High Priest of Dawn thought that the plundering of one-third of the property was merciful enough, and did not exhaust the fish, because the merchants in the city of Ascatra still had some talent for gathering wealth, and with the remaining two-thirds of the property, the group of merchants could still recover after ten years, and wait for the next plunder.

If the gods knew how to be gentle and knew how to give benefits to the fools, there would not be so many shadow thieves, beggars, street children, and street girls in the city of Askatra, and there would not be so many evil organizations and high-level undead.

This is still the case with the richest city on the continent of Faerun, but what is the scene of other poor and remote places?

……

The dispersed citizens fled home, hiding in their homes to lick their wounds, shivering as the tax collector came to the door.

Under theocratic rule, the tax resistance was not like the six-member council when it was just arrested and locked up for two days, and the tax resistants were lunatics who denied the gods, maggots who did not feel the grace of God, and rows of burns were erected at the stake in the temple area, preparing for the disposal of those degenerate fools who tried to resist taxes.

For the sake of the development of the Loshanda Church, the priest who kills people and arsons is a demon who slanders God, a strange person who is unwise, and a ghost who should not exist in the world!

If he can use the gold coins he has earned from killing people and setting fires all his life to build the most magnificent temple in Faerun, he will be canonized and become a conjugator!

The class position has nothing to do with good or evil.

In Dame Hathaway's mansion, the Dame sat blankly on the sofa chair in the bedroom, feeling hollowed out, and at this time of the day, Io would stand by the bed, looking at her quietly, tenderly, and listening to her babbling.

But the past will not come again, and what is lost will be lost forever.

The butler knocked on the door to report that a lady wanted to see her, and Dame Hathaway did not want to see anyone, and was about to refuse, when suddenly she thought of something, and hurriedly sorted out her appearance and ran downstairs to the parlor.

The lady waited in the drawing-room, her manners elegant, her sumptuous aristocratic service, and her veil.

As soon as she saw the Damezza, she took off her veil, and Hathaway immediately recognized this face, which was a beautiful face that everyone in the Continent of Ferron knew.

"Miss Monroe, it's you!" The Dame exclaimed.

It was Monroe, the popular actress of the Braderow Theatre Company.

"Mr. Braderow has received your magical teleportation and sent me to infiltrate the heavily guarded city of Ascaltra to deliver his words to you in person."

Monroe saluted her and spoke.

"What does Mr. Bredrow say?" The Dame asked eagerly.

"He doesn't approve of your idea."

"Why?" Dame Hathaway exclaimed in disbelief: "Didn't he say in his speech recorded by the Magic Shadow that only revolution, only by overthrowing the three mountains that oppress the people of Faerun, and liberating the minds imprisoned by the gods, can true freedom and dignity be obtained......"

"Mr. Braderow believes the time has not come." Monroe said: "The imperialist forces are too strong to be invincible in the short term. ”

"How long will we have to wait?"

"Fifty years at the shortest!"

Dame Hathaway smiled wryly and shook her head: "Fifty years? Fifty years later I'm dead! What's more, I can't tolerate this kind of life at all, I can't bear it for a moment! ”

Monroe was silent.

Hathaway sat slumped on the couch, even the last hope was extinguished, and the whole person was like a walking corpse without a soul.

"But ......"

Monroe changed his words and said, "Mr. Bredrow also said that he respects the people's own choice, will not interfere, and will try to help if the Ams decide to revolt." ”

Hathaway stood abruptly, staring at Monroe with burning eyes.

"In the innermost layer of the Sewer Eye Devil's lair, Mr. Bredrow has hidden a cache of weapons there, which have been quietly hoarded through multiple smuggling attempts."

Monroe said slowly: "The arsenal is covered by illusion, and you need to recite a specific spell to open it, and now I will tell you the spell, and the rest is up to you." ”

Dame Hathaway took a deep breath, knowing she had an important choice to make.

Do you want to live like a living corpse, or do you want to take Io back with your own hands!

This matter is not something she can decide alone, after the destruction of the Knights of the Six Council of Am, the citizens spontaneously formed the Council of the Underground Six, and Dame Hathaway is an important member of the Council of the Underground Six.

Monroe leaned into Hathaway's ear, recited the spell, and hurried away.

……

Hathaway immediately took the news to the vault in the sewers to discuss it with the members of the Council of the Six Underground in Am.

"Impossible, we are no match for the Knights at all, and there is only one way to die if we resist!"

"Mr. Bredero has provided us with weapons that will help us defeat the knights."

"Yes, we've already tested that kind of weapon, it's amazingly powerful, and it's not difficult to operate, as long as it's a simple training ......"

"Are you crazy? We're going to be killed! ”

"If it goes on like this, we will be slowly tortured to death, even if we don't die and lose our former free life, what is the point of us living?"

"I'm in favor of the uprising! Without these weapons, our uprising would be tantamount to sending us to death, and we can only endure it, but with this batch of weapons, we have a chance to fight to the death! ”

Eventually, Handak, the representative of the plebeian class, gritted his teeth and said, "The nobles can reduce taxes by virtue of their titles, and the commoners and unbelievers must give one-third of their property to the uninvited invaders!" It's not fair! The invaders didn't know how long they were going to stay in Am, and the military budget was a bottomless pit, and in the long run, the gold capital would become the capital of poverty! Originally, the civilians were living very hard, and in this way, they couldn't live at all, and if they didn't revolt, they would wait for death! ”

"The Knights have blocked Am's land and sea trade routes, and commercial activities have come to a complete halt!"

The representative of the merchant also roared in a low voice: "The country of merchants has become a theocratic state, and the way of life we advocate has been completely denied!" Just like Bredrow said, we are just pigs raised by the gods, and we will be slaughtered when we are fat, the goddess Waujin is missing, there is no longer a god to protect us, the disappearance of the goddess must be a conspiracy of the gods, and the merchant class will never come out in the continent of Faeron, and will always be the object of slaughter! ”

"What is the sin of a man who is burned at the stake? Just because there is a private collection of art at home! Those fanatics are getting mader and mader, and if we don't resist, we will all be burned at the stake unless we become selfless nerds! ”

"That's right!"

"Yes!"

"They treat us like this just because we woke up and figured out the truth, and they want to continue to cover up the truth, only to get rid of us all!"

"Well, Mr. Bredrow might as well not tell us the truth......"

"Stupid, do you want to be an ignorant and happy pig forever? Sooner or later, this kind of harvest will come, and the Faren Continent has never stopped war! If the armies of the good gods do not attack, Bane's evil armies will sooner or later conquer Am, a rich but lowly country! ”

……

The council quickly came to the conclusion of the discussion, and the citizens of Askatra were unified, and they decided to resist!

Without these weapons, they might have endured as silently as they had in the past, when towns were destroyed by dragons, when they were brutalized by tyranny, when they were attacked by monsters, and when they were ignored by temples and lords in their misery.

But with weapons, with the means to fight back, with the ideological guidance of resistance, why put up with it?

The organized militia arrived at the Eye Devil's lair, and Hathaway chanted a spell to open the arsenal, where they found crates of strange sticks and round orbs with pull rings.

Dame Hathaway introduced to them: "This stick is called: 'Yao 1372 Rifle', those crystal orbs are super crystal bombs, we who do not have extraordinary powers, we can rely on these weapons against paladins and priests and mages!" ”