Banner of the Evil God

At first glance, the Dahl family still has other options, such as trying to conceal the news, such as trying to purify the bloodline... and so on.

But these options are actually not reliable. They can certainly choose to conceal the news, but there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and sooner or later there will be a day when they can no longer conceal it. What's worse is that blood awakening is often cyclical, that is, blood awakening often occurs in a generation or two.

Now that the eldest son of the baron has awakened his bloodline, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be many people who awaken the demon bloodline in the next one or two generations, and it is likely that there will be more than a few.

In this case, how can it be concealed?

It's impossible!

The method of purifying blood can greatly reduce the risk, but the cost is too high to bear.

Purifying blood is a ritual that combines divine and magical spells, and its difficulty is probably at the quasi-legendary level. It requires a high-level priest or priest, plus a high-level wizard or warlock, two high-level spellcasters to jointly perform, and it also consumes spellcasting materials equivalent to about 5,000 gold coins. At the same time, the person who receives the purification will become physically weak because of the weakened bloodline. Not only is his life span destined to be short, but it will also be difficult for him to fight with others in the future.

The second-generation baron of the Dahl family was ill when he was young, and his health has not been good since then. Although he led troops to fight more than once, he actually did not have the ability to fight with others. The actual battles were all handled by trusted knights.

Now that I think about it, he was not ill at all, but his bloodline was clearly purified!

It’s just that the ceremony he received was probably not very complete, so he was unable to completely purify the demon bloodline, and it has been passed down to the present. The demon bloodline is much stronger than that of humans. Even if there is only a little left, it is slowly recovering until now it has entered the awakening period again.

Thinking of this, Baron Dahl blamed this ancestor a little bit - can't you do things more reliably and cleanly! If you had done it well enough and thoroughly enough back then, there wouldn't be the trouble now!

And now, if the Dahl family wants to purify their bloodline, they have to hold a purification ceremony alone - there are 42 sessions just counting the core direct line.

Forty-two purification ceremonies, gold coins alone will cost 210,000!

This huge sum of money is enough to give people a headache, and what's more troublesome is that they can't find so many reliable spellcasters.

Holding such a high-level ceremony will also damage the spellcaster itself. Even if the high-level spellcaster is physically strong, it will probably take one or two months to hold it. However, the Dahl family can't afford to delay. Every day of delay will increase the danger!

Therefore, they really have no choice. The path of purifying bloodline is simply not feasible.

This doesn't work, and that doesn't work. In the end, of course, there is only one way left: to leave the aristocratic system, join the Void Mask, and transfer to the clergy system.

Once they become lords under the Void Mask Church, they are no longer bound by the rules of the aristocracy. Even if the demon bloodline is exposed, the Void Mask Church will support them. No matter how much the other nobles disagreed or how jealous they were, they couldn't do anything about them.

As for the price, of course, they had to follow the teachings of His Majesty the Void Mask from now on, work hard and be a good person.

This price is not small, but compared to the family being excluded or even persecuted, losing the territory or even being surrounded, it is still acceptable.

There is no other way to go now...

So the discussion went smoothly, and the core members of the Dahl family finally all agreed and passed the decision to switch camps and join the Void Mask Church.

But they also said that in order not to over-stimulate the noble faction of the Gold Coin Federation, they would temporarily retain the banner of the Gold Coin Federation, and wait until the next generation of barons succeeded to the throne, and then officially remove the gold coin flag.

The Kabala priest had no objection to this. He was a kind person and would not care about this.

As long as the Dahl family is willing to be good people honestly, willing to sincerely believe in His Majesty the Void Mask, and willing to be a group of theocratic lords, everything else will be easy to say.

So that night, the Dahl family issued a general call for all members of the family to gather together, even those who were too old to get up were carried over, and the babies in their swaddling clothes were also carried out, in short, no one was allowed to be missed.

Baron Dahl gave a death order, those who could not come to the gathering this time, don't say that they are members of the Dahl family in the future!

On the morning of the fifth day, the entire Dahl family gathered, and more than a hundred direct and collateral branches came to the temple of the Void Mask Church together. Under the auspices of the Kabala priest, a baptism ceremony was held.

After the baptism, in an uproar, Baron Dahl handed over the seal, scepter, sword and family tree to the Kabala priest.

The seal means the regime, the scepter means the decree, the sword means the army, and the family tree means the family. Handing over these four things means that the Dahl family completely abandons its independence and completely merges into the Void Mask Church.

After accepting these four things, the Kabala priest prayed and returned the seal and sword to Baron Dahl.

This means that in the name of God, their family will be appointed as the administrators of Dal Territory, and they will be appointed as the highest leaders of the Dal Territory military.

Keeping the scepter and family tree means that this territory will take the teachings of the Void Mask Church as the law, and the entire Dal family will become believers of the Void Mask Church.

Because this matter had been announced internally, the members of the Dahl family had no objection, but the audience was very surprised. Many people were discussing why the Dahl family suddenly made such a crazy decision.

Generally speaking, only those fanatics who were completely brainwashed by religion would do such a thing. Although Baron Dahl seemed to be pious, he didn't look like a fanatic at all!

When Baron Dahl's eldest son took off his hood and revealed the short horns with sulfur on his forehead, the reason was really clear.

Baron Dahl did not hide it and announced the family bloodline directly. When they learned that the Dahl family actually had demon blood, many knowledgeable people, especially those who knew the history of the Dahl family, suddenly realized it.

In this case, it is not surprising.

Although the territory is important, in order to continue the family and avoid crisis, Baron Dahl's choice is understandable.

In contrast, many people are curious-although demon bloodline also has many dangers and troubles, it can also bring benefits. Since the Dahl family has demon blood and has escaped the crisis with the support of the Void Mask Church, will they quickly become stronger in the future?

I am sure...

So, the green jellyfish flag on the gate tower of Dahl City was finally raised as expected.