CHAPTER 199: CHAPTER 96: CRUSADE AGAINST KING UTHER!_2

It seems that someone has perished, and then a newcomer is selected from the Lake Fairy and Forest Fairy to take their place.

A round of exchanges.

Duncan seemed to have a realization and said, "You mean, first worship Suliss, avoiding the church’s attention."

"Then replace other Celtic beliefs with Avalon and Suliss."

"And then."

"Find an opportunity to restore the Holy Sanctuary of Minerva and Athena?"

The Crow Queen - Triss nodded, seemingly surprised by Duncan’s quick understanding, and said softly, "That’s right."

"Athena can be worshiped secretly first."

Create a diversion to cover a secret maneuver.

With that said, Duncan understood. The Divine Spirit is like a piece of clay, and Minerva is a fusion body that can be molded into Athena or the Celtic Suliss. The task now is to first make this piece of clay strong.

Isn’t this just a strategy to develop while in disguise!

Duncan understood.

Great Britain is too small.

So many Celtic gods dividing faith, each one too weak, it’s better to suppress and annex some, concentrating power in fewer hands.

The stronger the Avalon Guardian Fairy, the stronger the Sword of Oath and Victory, and the stronger the supernatural powers Duncan can wield.

Ten fingers are not as good as a fist.

The Crow Queen - Triss continued, "The Celtic beliefs are quite similar to Greek mythology."

"Both involve generations of succession of the Divine Kings."

"If you want to unify the Celtic belief, you can use this point to enter a new Mythical Era."

According to Greek mythology.

One of the candidates for the next generation Divine King includes Athena.

The Crow Queen - Triss even said something slightly disrespectful at this point, stating, "Athena could become the new Greek Divine King."

"In the future, you could use secular royal power to push Athena to the position of the Greek pantheon’s Divine King."

"Completely replacing Zeus."

She did not mention Diana or Artemis, because indeed, there was no better candidate than Athena.

Besides, the early Roman Empire also had the tradition of worshiping emperors as gods.

There was even a dedicated altar, with dedicated priests, trying to condense the emperor’s divinity through sacrifice. However, no one took it seriously; successive emperors might implement it only during their reign, but once they died, the empire’s populace did not acknowledge it at all.

Nero even built his own magnificent statue.

To put it more straightforwardly, there were two emperors in Eastern history who liked to do this, one was Jiajing and the other was Emperor Huizong of Song. They both liked to give themselves divine titles.

Look at future generations, who takes their divine titles seriously?

Jiajing had many titles, with the representative one being ’The Great Emperor of Longevity, Lord of Five Thunders, Great Celestial of Superior Celestial’, a magnificent title, yet no one acknowledged it.

The Roman Empire had so many emperors.

Even Caesar and Octavian were not deified. Those emperors who self-deified were still overthrown if they ought to be killed. It might even backfire. You can fool yourself, but you can’t fool the world’s Root Law.

The Crow Queen - Triss did not bring up these because she was afraid Duncan might go astray. Deification has its thresholds, and the Roman emperors’ self-deification was a joke.

Everything discussed tonight is sealed as a secret!

Even Anya knows that none of it can be leaked, except that the Crow Queen - Triss suddenly became much busier.

Duncan was also busy.

He was settling talents and preparing the London armory. Kent has iron mines. Now with artisan talent, they must be self-sufficient and capable of crafting their armor and weapons.

Quintus returned satisfied three days later.

He secured nominal support for the empire’s emperor, and more importantly, he personally forged a friendship with Duncan and reached some secret agreements.

The emperor’s interests are not important; his own interests are most crucial!

Quintus is also a man of understanding.

The port area.

Anya personally escorted Quintus to board the ship. His old face grinned like a chrysanthemum, pounding his chest, he promised, "If anything happens in the imperial court, I’ll immediately send someone to inform Lady Anya."

Just yesterday, Anya forged a secret pact with him, allowing Quintus to hold a thirty percent stake in the Overseas Chamber of Commerce.

From Great Britain to Carthage in North Africa, and the Italian Peninsula, Anya managed the operations.

But due to the turmoil in the Mediterranean, Quintus extended his influence over the Italian Peninsula’s trade route to Egypt. It was a friendly favor, Anya couldn’t manage that side.

However, Quintus could barely sustain it with his connections, ensuring the trade route wasn’t cut off.

The Silk Road.

To maintain it, even barely, it must continue to exist.

As for Emperor Valentinian III?

Sorry.

Quintus wanted to fill his own pockets and sought a protective patron, a fallback at crucial moments. His relationship with the emperor wasn’t that close, but his collaboration with Duncan was rather closer.

That’s how realistic it was.

Quintus returned fully loaded, having appeased Valentinian III above, sought benefits for himself below, and successfully befriended Duncan.

Money in hand, the matter settled, his purse bulging, greasing some palms upon return might even see him advance further.

A sea breeze blew.

Anya watched Quintus’ departing fleet and couldn’t help but spit, disdainfully saying, "Old fox!"

The empire is really beyond saving.

Valentinian III is surrounded by talents like Quintus.