Online Game: Island War

Compared with the open bar, the decoration and layout of the tea house are more traditional. Most of the tea guests there are elderly mermaids and old ladies, and a small number of them are middle-aged people who prefer the leisurely leisure time of drinking tea. Mermaid.

Unlike the previous bar, the occupiers are young people.

The old men gathered together in twos and threes to drink tea. There was a storyteller on the pavilion who was giving a story. The content was probably about the great achievements of the Mermaid Empire of a certain generation.

Some were listening intently to the storytelling, while more were chatting quietly.

Of course, everyone is very conscious. Those who listen to the storytelling sit closer to the storyteller, and those who want to chat sit further away.

Lei Jiu put on a worried expression, sat far away from the storyteller, then relaxed his mind and listened carefully.

The result made him dumbfounded. Most of the topics among these chatting merman men turned to him.

Some are speculating whether he is lovelorn, unemployed, or has made a mistake. Some are commenting on what kind of bird the Jiu Ge on his shoulder is, and what kind of sea snake baby the Jiu Ting on his arm is...

Fortunately, I was still quite focused and didn't notice Lei Jiu coming in at all.

Sitting at that table were three old mermaids. They were lamenting and comforting each other.

All three of them have children who serve as priests in the Ocean Temple, and all three of them received notices of the death of their children in the past two years.

After all, two years have passed. It is difficult to eliminate the pain of a white-haired person sending a black-haired person away, but time can make them sink into the heart and gradually not show up on the face easily.

Gradually, the tone of the three people changed from sadness to anger, because it had been more than two years since the incident happened, and their children's pensions had not been paid yet. It was clearly stated at the beginning that their children died fighting for the empire.

I went to the temple again and again. The receptionist priest of the temple could only smile bitterly and said that the temple had been having a hard time in the past two years. It lost the Poseidon Trident and its authority was greatly lost. The empire also began to limit the supply of various supplies to the temple. neck.

Originally, every time the temple went to war at the invitation of the empire, the death pension was allocated by the empire to the temple, and then distributed by the temple.

This has been done before, but this time...

In addition to the empire's allocation, the biggest source of the temple's utilization is the dedication of believers.

As the only temple of the God of the Ocean in the world, the annual income from believers’ donations alone is considerable.

only...

The size of the team of priests and priests in the Ocean Temple is too large. Although the empire allocates certain training resources every year, for the obviously overstaffed priest system, it is far from enough to meet their training needs.

Therefore, excluding corruption, misappropriation and the like, most of these believers' donations were filled into this big hole.

Therefore, there are certainly many good things in the temple's inventory, but there are not many ordinary goods left that can be used as pensions. Normally, if one or two, or even a dozen priests die occasionally, the temple can afford to pay in advance.

But in recent years, the number of priests who fell into the hands of Huanghuang Island twice has reached nearly 3,000. Even the high priests have died several times. With such a big hole, the temple will not be able to fill it for a while, unless some of the treasured good things are taken away. Go out and replace.

But... don't say that the temple's senior officials are unwilling to take out these things. Even if they are willing, they can't afford to lose face.

The Ocean Temple, the temple dedicated to the supreme Poseidon in the sea, has been reduced to the level of selling iron and hair for pension?

What does this make those believers think?

Lei Jiu understood. It seemed that the conflict between the Ocean Temple and the royal family of the Mermaid Empire was no longer a matter of a day or two.

Regardless of whether it is an ocean temple that thinks it should have a transcendent status in the sea,

The royal family of the Mermaid Empire, which controls large areas of the ocean and leads countless mermaids and fishmen, all believe that they are the supreme.

To put it bluntly, it was still a battle between imperial power and divine power, but it did not escape the scope of Lei Jiu's speculation.

Presumably, both sides have the idea of ​​​​determining who will have the first say through the external pressure of the Kunpeng clan.

As for losses in the process...

In internal power struggles, losses are inevitable; losses from external invasion? As long as you stay in the city and don't go out, what will you lose?

When the dust settles, the siege of the Kunpeng clan can be broken.

As the capital of the Mermaid Empire, the survival supplies in the Mermaid Capital are enough to last them until they decide the outcome.

It’s so old-fashioned and nothing new!

But think about it, one force has two beings with the highest status. If the relationship is not smooth, it would be strange not to fight.

Like Huanghuang Island, all rights belong to the island owner, so similar problems will naturally not arise.

Of course, this has a lot to do with the fact that the Ocean Temple's prestige is too high among the sea tribes except for a few special races such as the Dragon Tribe and the Kunpeng Tribe.

The three old mermaid men didn't know much, and Lei Jiu could analyze that much from their words.

As for the power that each side can use, and when the battle will be launched, these are not things that ordinary people can know.

However, if you think about it for a moment, you will understand that if you want to attack the Ocean Temple directly, the Royal Family of the Mermaid Empire can only use the most direct forces that can guarantee 100% loyalty. Otherwise, the secret will be leaked in advance or suddenly betrayed during the battle. Died.

After all, the Ocean Temple has a strong mass base, even among the military. In addition, the eight high-level fishmen will definitely stand on the side of the temple. If the royal family's actions are not secretive, it will be difficult to succeed.

That is to say, the Ocean Temple has lost the Poseidon Trident. Otherwise, the Ocean Temple holds the Poseidon artifact with high protection authority to operate the array, and the royal family will not even think about taking over the temple.

It's not easy to deal with the temple. They can only wait for the royal family to take action first and get an excuse before launching a defensive counterattack.

Only in this way, after victory, can they put all the blame on the royal family, and then begin to weaken the imperial power and try the divine right of kings.

Um...

No, there is still a doubt about the attitude of the three saints in the Mermaid Empire.

If it was because he was afraid of the sacred Mystic Lock in the hands of the Ocean Temple, now it has been snatched away by Lei Jiu. If three saints took action, the royal family wouldn't have to prepare for so long, right?

Could it be that the three holy levels do not all belong to the royal family? Or maybe their own opinions are not unified? Or...the Ocean Temple still has a trump card that can suppress multiple saints?

It seems that he wants to take advantage of troubled waters and needs to figure out a few more things before he can handle it!

It is simple to use the operating authority of the Poseidon Trident to control the formation and smuggle in a group of Kunpeng to kill them, but that will make the Mermaid Empire royal family and the Ocean Temple stand together again. Although it will cause certain losses to the Mermaid Empire, I think It's difficult to hit it hard!

However, there are only a few people who know more in-depth information, so it is not so easy for him to obtain it.

Alas~!

I can only go back first and bring the Mirage Dragon Fantasy Sea in. Why didn't I think about everything before? I just thought about ensuring safety. I brought two holy beasts for personal protection, but I forgot to get information. The mirage dragon with its powerful illusion ability is simply indispensable...