mechanical court

"Everyone, the traitor Ozymandis is dead, and it's time to put an end to the disputes between the royal court and the church." Ellome said with a smile, looking at the tired-looking priests on both sides.

"..."

The priests looked at her unanimously, with awe in their slumped eyes, and nodded their heads.

"Don't worry, I didn't call you here to settle the crime."

She observed everyone's expressions, leaned back slightly, leaned her back against the back of the chair, and said calmly:

"The Menesian Empire is now facing the greatest crisis in history and is on the verge of subjugation and extinction. Only by uniting from top to bottom can we hope to survive the current disaster. Therefore, the royal court decided to release goodwill, reconcile with everyone, and join hands to deal with the invasion of the invaders." Spiritual penetration."

"Your Majesty said yes!"

"We have no objection!"

"If His Majesty needs our efforts, we sinners will definitely do our best."

The priests who used to be aloof, but now have been bereaved dogs for a long time, lowered their proud heads in front of the powerful aura of killing the prince and daughter.

"Then, I would like to introduce to you my partner—Ivan."

Elulo Meiping raised his left hand and pointed at Ivan with his fingertips. After confirming that all the priests wanted him to bow their heads in salute, he continued:

"He will take control of the Pluto Temple that was vacant in the past, and take charge of religious affairs as the spokesperson of the god Osiris. Do you have any doubts?"

"..."

The space was quiet again, only the sound of everyone's breathing remained.

Among the temples of the Nine Pillars God, the Temple of Pluto is in an awkward position. From the perspective of personality, it theoretically has the right to keep pace with the Sun God.

But the royal court couldn't tolerate the appearance of a shrine that was faintly equal to itself, even if the priests were held by members of the royal family, so they gradually emptied the Hades shrine, and finally even left it vacant for a long time.

But now the Queen let her husband, Ivan, the Sun King, control the Pluto Temple, which was unprecedented since ancient times.If it's just to dilute their rights, it's enough to just find someone to control the temple of Pluto, why move out the high-ranking Sun King?

Could it be that... she wants to annex the sect completely! ?

Chapter 33 Pluto

The same is true.

After experiencing the rebellion of Ozymandis, the death of King Akhenaton, and the kidnapping of Ivan, Ellome, will never allow a second Ozymandis to appear in today's empire.The sect, which is semi-independent from the royal court, is like a tumor parasitic on the rule of the dynasty. It seems to be harmless on weekdays, but at a critical moment, it can kill the old life of this declining empire.

In order to reduce the resistance of the priests and strengthen the connection between the religious order and the royal court as much as possible, she even moved Ivan out.

The current Ivan is completely different from the original puppet.

He abolished the missionary treaty that was enough to destroy the order, and saved the lives of most of the high priests from Ozymandis. He almost had the grace of rebuilding the entire order and had a decisive influence.

And it also has the "Jade Seal of the Nation" of the Holy Code of the Hades-Ivan is in charge of religious affairs, and the priests really have no reason to refuse.

"Follow His Majesty's orders."

"Our Temple of Tefnut has no objection."

"Since His Majesty Yiwen is willing to condescend to take charge of the church's internal affairs, we will of course fully cooperate."

The priests really have no reason to refuse, and they don't want to refuse - they have suffered enough from fighting against Wang Ting for so many years, and now they only want to be safe and live an honest life on their own territory.

"Evan."

Ai Luluomei turned her head and glanced at Ivan, her pupils flickered like a dragonfly, her expression was very much like a little girl who just got a gift from her beloved, and she reminded with a smile:

"The people here will be handed over to you. You have to take care of them for me, you know?"

"I see."

He kept a calm expression and nodded.

Although Yiwen didn't say anything on the surface, and only his cousin would see everything, but his heart was already overwhelmed - it was a shame that she could come up with such a wicked idea to let an empty shell of the Pluto Temple be in charge of religious affairs.

It is really an excellent arrangement to put myself in such an important position with poor resources and long-term development.She doesn't have to bear the resistance of the sect, but she can use the status of Pluto's wife to exert influence. When the time is right, she can take away the fruit of victory in advance. It really kills two birds with one stone.

"However... Even if it's a hard job, it can be regarded as a little practical right... It's not worth it." Ivan glanced at the obedient priests on the left and right of the long table, thinking to himself.

After anointing her husband as Hades and giving him authority to manage religious affairs, Ellome pursued the victory and announced a more comprehensive religious reform plan.The content includes restricting the right to further sacrifices, confiscating improper religious properties, collecting taxes on believers' offerings, and that religious members are not allowed to engage in business.

After this combination of punches, the church was directly beaten back to the original prototype of Ozymandis.It also means that when the rebellious and rebellious Atum Order is officially in the past, the Menes Empire has one more loyal and patriotic religious group, which is gratifying.

……

The Temple of Hades is located on the hill at the edge of Mirror Lake, isolated from the outside world by a shrub forest. The ground is artificially reclaimed to form a terraced terrace for grapes, and the downward slope is planned to form six wide terraced terraces.

The building is purely made of volcanic rock. The central part of the main hall is a square conical vault, the two wings are long conical ridge buildings, and the center of the hall is a round hall.In front of the foyer, there are twelve pillars juxtaposed, and twelve servant gods of different shapes are carved in semi-recessed form, standing silently on the square in front of the hall.

The entire shape of the stone gate resembles a beast's mouth, and the load-bearing pillars are also designed as canine teeth. From a distance, it looks like a monster devouring the earth.

The black ceremonial car was parked beside the square in front of the temple. Ivan got out of the car, stared at the temple in front of him, turned around and waved to the driver, signaling that he could just send it here and go back to rest.

He walked alone through the square in front of the temple. Due to the long-term lack of repairs, the statues on the stone pillars had long been weathered and blurred, leaving only silhouettes with different postures, which really made people unable to see the sacred majesty.

"..."

Ivan walked to the stone gate of the beast's mouth, took out a dagger-sized key, inserted it into the keyhole, and turned it counterclockwise with all his strength.

Boom--!

With the tooth-piercing sound of the door, the stone door slowly separated to the two sides, and a strong air current immediately rolled up the dust and slapped him on the face.

In the abandoned palace, sunlight slanted down from the broken window, and dust was flying in the beam of light.The space in the front hall is very wide, and the checkered stone slabs have been paved into the darkness in the distance, and the end cannot be seen at first glance.

The semi-recessed pillars protrude from the outer wall, above which are attached statues of beauties of various shapes.Each statue has at least one hand in a posture of supporting the dome upwards, and the lower body is a skirt with clear lines, which evolves into a broken shape and gradually disappears downwards, with a sense of strength, dynamics and fantasy beauty.

"Although there is no furniture, this house is not bad, at least it is big enough and magnificent!"

Ivan walked to the wall, raised his head, looked at the three-meter-high statue of a maid, and nodded in satisfaction.

He turned around in the front hall and found that the space was closed, and there was no exit to connect with the outside world.There is a bronze mural in the center of the wall directly opposite the Shimen. A balance slightly protrudes from the center of the mural, and beside it are esoteric and obscure line drawings.

"Is there any mechanism?"

Ivan muttered and walked to the bronze mural, looked at the balance, and felt that the thing was slightly protruding, and there were faint gaps in the edge outline, which seemed to be removable.

As the owner of Hades Temple, he naturally had no taboos, since he thought it was possible, he reached out and gave it a try.As a result, he grabbed the balance and pulled it lightly, and it really tore it off. There was still a long bronze chain attached to the balance bar of the balance.

Boom--!

As he pulled hard, the Pluto Temple shook up and down, as if waking up some giant monster that had been sleeping for a long time. An indescribable sense of deterrence radiated from the bronze wall.