Archdemon

The temple warrior who was chanting the curse quickly had the flame of divine power burning on his body.

The flame almost ignited his entire body, and the flame quickly changed from gold to black.

This was the punishment of the gods for the traitors. The divine power cultivated by these clergymen would become the weapons of the gods against them.

The burning of the divine power flame almost burned the clergyman to death.

But in the end, he survived, but he also lost everything. He was no longer a believer of the gods, and there was no power in his body.

If another god was willing to accept his faith when he betrayed, then there would be a chance to regain power.

But now it is obviously not, because now all the gods are Huo Ling's enemies.

How could any god accept the faith of a captive in the enemy camp? Isn't this asking for trouble?

After all, the prayers of believers will also be transmitted to the ears of the gods.

The same is true for this last betrayal curse.

Of this small number of clergy captives, only about one-third survived the backlash of the divine flames.

The other unlucky ones were much more miserable, and it was better to be beheaded directly.

Being burned alive by the divine flames was really a painful torture.

Those who survived by chance also lost their value.

However, Huo Ling did not mean to give up on this group of people. Although they could not serve as professional soldiers, they were at least a labor force, so it was okay to keep them.

Huo Ling was in the command tent, looking at these clergy soldiers who were burned into a pile of charcoal, and shook his head regretfully.

The clergy were so miserable that they could not even surrender.

It was a pity.

These traitors had their souls completely burned dry, and they could not get any benefits.

In contrast, those ordinary believers, even if they converted, would not be punished by the gods, because they did not have the divine power cultivated by the clergy in their bodies.

Huo Ling threw the lump of coke away, then turned to look at his commanders, and said, "Gentlemen, it's time to make achievements!"

"Go, conquer this entire continent for me!"

"I need all countries and cities to surrender to me, and all believers to be forced to abandon their faith!"

The senior officers in the military tent shouted in unison:

"Yes, Your Majesty!!!"

One by one, the troops set out, some of them were soldiers from the Donghe Marquisate, but more were the undead soldiers assigned by Huo Ling.

These undead soldiers will serve as the main force of the battle, and those soldiers from the Donghe Marquisate will be the victors and incorporate all the cities.

Many surrendered soldiers have been incorporated into these troops, and these soldiers will serve as vassal troops to assist the officials of the Marquisate and manage these cities.

As for Huo Ling, he carried the main force of the army and marched forward, destroying all large-scale troops that dared to assemble.

Unfortunately, during the period when Huo Ling led his army, there was almost no organized armed force that dared to stop the army.

Most cities surrendered at the sight of the enemy, even if the enemy was a force with many undead.

But these nobles would vote with their feet. Compared with resisting Huo Ling's army, they would die immediately and then be cruelly turned into undead.

Then surrendering to this army with a large number of undead, and being killed and turned into undead at an unknown time in the future, this choice can at least live a little longer.

These small and medium-sized nobles who did not have time to escape would also vote with their feet.

As for the free people or serfs at the lower level, their choices had even less say.

The nobles had made decisions for them. The free people had little military power, and the lives and deaths of the serfs were controlled by the nobles. They basically had no independent will of their own.

Cities surrendered one after another, and nobles bowed to the army under Huo Ling.

Huo Ling did not blame these surrendered nobles too much for the time being, and did not reform the political system of this world.

Reforms are never achieved overnight. At present, in the era of conquering the world, Huo Ling needs more support.

If all these nobles were directly deprived of their territories, Huo Ling would not have so many officials to replace the roles these nobles once played.

No matter how bad the order is, it is much better than disorderly chaos.

Huo Ling also has constraints on these surrendered nobles. They need to send the remaining private soldiers and the descendants of the family to come to Huo Ling's army to serve Huo Ling.

This is the condition for these nobles to surrender, and they also exist as hostages.

A group of soldiers with poor strength gathered together, and the nobles' children willAs their leader.

These troops were simply reorganized into a group of servant combat troops.

Huo Ling also had his own ideas about the use environment of this servant army. He was not going to send it to the fierce plane battlefield.

These troops have low combat effectiveness and mysterious morale. They may collapse at the touch of a button on the plane battlefield, which would disappoint Huo Ling's intentions.

They will exist as garrisons or occupying troops next.

This unit will exist as Huo Ling's horse bones.

In any plane, royal power and divine power are two mutually suppressive existences. When divine power is strong, the coronation of the king requires the consent of the Pope.

In the plane with gods, it is obvious that divine power is extremely powerful.

Ordinary people don't feel anything about this. Believing in gods or not is just praying before meals, providing a psychological sustenance.

And what are kings and emperors? They can't even be called people.

They are power creatures. They have been working hard to control power all their lives. With the suppression of divine power, the king's power is pitifully small.

For the plane invaders, the secular dynasty is obviously not more afraid than the gods and the church.

Because under the rule of the plane invaders, the dynasty may continue to exist, but the gods and the church will definitely be destroyed.

As for the nobles, they have no psychological burden. Some of the first nobles who surrendered to Huo Ling soon had greater rights in the occupied areas.

This is the opportunity Huo Ling gave them. If it were in the previous plane structure, these small and medium-sized nobles would not have had such an opportunity to control a large territory.

These conceited nobles soon completely abandoned their belief in the gods and their loyalty to the royal family, and began to convert to Huo Ling's command.

They are now Huo Ling's most loyal lackeys. With the existence of these vassal armies, it will become easier to recruit more nobles and cities in the future.

The army advanced with unstoppable force. Wherever it passed, the nobles had already prepared food and drinks to welcome the king's army.