The world-devouring dragon

(The updates were released two days ago. I was so tired that I slept for a long time yesterday. I will continue with the third update today!)

On the continent of Europa, wars never disappeared. In the end, the empire that once dominated the entire Europe and turned the Mediterranean into an imperial lake collapsed because... the barbarians arrived.

On the prairie of Eastern Europe, the Huns known as "Attila" led his tribe to fight with the Roman Empire many times, and finally tore off the last veil of the weakened empire. After him, the western part of the Roman Empire Complete collapse. The northern Germans once served as mercenaries for the Roman Empire, but now, these northerners who poured into the empire in large numbers have become the main culprits of the empire's destruction. They pillaged Rome several times and ravaged the original birthplace of the empire.

However, these barbarians who occupied Western Europe still accepted official positions in the Roman Empire. At least for a long time, Western Europe was still nominally the territory of the empire...

Charlemagne, the monarch who inherited his father's Frankish kingdom, eventually became the Christian emperor under the coronation of the Roman Pope. He once tried to request the Eastern Roman emperor in the east to have an emperor on each side of the Roman Empire. It was customary to be crowned Emperor of the Western Romans, for which he was willing to abandon the conquest of southern Italy and stop at Rome.

However, the Eastern Roman emperor only promised him the title of emperor and said nothing about the position of Western Roman emperor. This made the talented and ambitious Frankish emperor furious.

When Charlemagne was alive, he once had the opportunity to form one empire for all of Europe forever, but he died before he could complete this matter...

When Charlemagne died, his descendants jointly inherited his huge empire, and divided his empire into three parts during the endless battles, the Kingdom of East Francia, the Kingdom of Middle Francia, and the Kingdom of West Francia. This is what later became The prototypes of France, Germany, Italy and many small and small countries.

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The kingdom rose and fell, and in just a few generations, Charlemagne's descendants lost their thrones. In France, the last descendant of Charlemagne, King Louis V of France, breathed his last, and the Carolingian dynasty that once dominated all of Europe was extinct.

In order to compete for the throne, the French nobles finally unanimously decided to make the famous Count of Paris Hugo Capet the king of France. Because he was weak and could not threaten these powerful princes, there was also a Carolingian royal family in his ancestors. Princess, meeting the requirements for royal succession.

Because of its weak strength, it could hardly influence anyone except Paris where it was located. So people at that time jokingly called Paris "Ile de France" and called the King of France the Count of Ile de France, because the King of France could only stay on this "island" but could do nothing. can not do this.

As a result, this humble Earl of Paris acted cautiously and carefully, and was good at dancing among the great princes. The forbearance of several generations of kings finally paid off for a day of pride and glory, and he became the real king of France. But embarrassingly, the Capetian dynasty also encountered the same problems that once troubled the Carolingian dynasty...

Extinction.

In 1328, the Capetian King Charles IV of the French royal family passed away. When the old king passed away, it was natural to choose a new king. However, the problem was that Charles IV did not have any male descendants, and the Capetian family became extinct.

Charles IV's father, Philip III, had three sons. Charles IV was the youngest, but both of Charles IV's brothers died early. In addition to three sons, Philip III had only one daughter, and his daughter Isabella was the queen of England and the mother of the current King Edward III of England.

Therefore, as the grandson of Philip III, King Edward III of England declared himself entitled to the throne of the Kingdom of France.

However, the French nobles did not like the Englishman and chose Philip VI, Charles IV's cousin, as King of France. The angry Edward III was very angry about this. In the end, after several negotiations to no avail, the longest war in the world began between Britain and France...

This started the Hundred Years War between England and France.

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February 1419.

To be fair, the village of Donremy in the Lorraine region is not purely French territory, because the Holy Roman Empire also retains claims to this place. The two most powerful empires on the European continent have fought for the sovereignty of the Lorraine region. There have been several battles. In the end, France reluctantly ended up temporarily victorious, but everyone knew that the Shinra Emperor would never give up on this area and would always keep an eye on it.

However, for Jeanne who was born here, she did not think that she was related to Emperor Sigismund from Luxembourg, because in Lorraine, most people spoke French, and the similarities between the languages ​​made everyone Most people in Lorraine consider themselves French rather than German.

Jeanne Acker, her father was a local squire with more than fifty acres of land. If we trace it back further, her ancestors even served as tax collectors for the King of France, collecting local taxes. But no matter what, After all, she is just a country girl.

For a little country girl, going out to play is a normal thing, but... it doesn't mean that now is also the time to play.

Behind the hill, a little boy and a little girl were lying down behind the hill, carefully hiding their figures. In their sight were English soldiers galloping on the trail.

There were less than a dozen English soldiers, wearing leather armor or thick leather armor, as well as various types of iron armor, chatting and moving forward in small groups.

These are some small troops from England, either sent on reconnaissance missions or plundering missions, but for these two children, they naturally don't know that clearly. They only know...

"The thief of England."

The little boy looked at the soldiers with disgust on his face. In his impression, these Englishmen would only continue to plunder their things every time they came, which made him extremely disgusted with these Englishmen.

But the little girl next to her was calmer and said softly to the little boy next to her.

"Bernard, go back to the village and report the news."

She was going out to play with her playmates, but she didn't want to meet these English soldiers by chance. She knew in her heart that if these English soldiers went to the village, they would probably rob things again.

"how about you?"

The little boy looked at her worriedly.

"I'm here to watch. Go quickly."

Turning to look at the boy beside her, the little girl said eagerly. Without any more nonsense, the little boy beside him nodded, tiptoed back, and ran back.

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However, in the end, the little girl watched the familiar village in front of her being burned to ashes by a raging fire.

Even though the little boy, based on his familiarity with the roads, rushed back to the village before the English and told the news, the farmers still only had time to take away important things, and those that could not be taken away were made of wood and withered grass. The house was inevitably burned down by a fire set by the English before they left.

It is conceivable that many people will have a hard time this winter...

Looking blankly at the raging fire in front of her, the little girl knelt down slumped, looked at the sky above her head, clasped her hands on her chest, and murmured a prayer.

"Lord, when will this end..."

But she didn't realize that with her voice...a pair of eyes opened in the sky of heaven.

The god lowered his head and looked at the mortal world, already thinking about it.

"This time... it will definitely succeed."

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And in the underwater temple, on the cold throne, the monster that had been sleeping for a hundred years awakened again.

He raised his eyelids, revealing his cold and indifferent eyes.

"Again?"

Looking at his sharp fingertips, a low and calm voice sounded in the temple.

The invisible power slowly spreads from the monster's side. It's strange. Looking at the ethereal black shadow clearly makes people feel a deep sense of coldness and fear. It makes people breathless just by looking at it. But When you unconsciously feel a sense of awe and worship in your heart, looking at the deep darkness gives you an inexplicable sense of warmth...

That feeling is as if the heart is filled with something invisible, giving rise to a deep sense of satisfaction and happiness, which makes people not want to go against its words, but just want to obey.

After all, how beautiful it is.

The violent, indifferent, and cold existence on the throne is like a god overlooking all things, and its beauty is breathtaking.

During these thousands of years, there have been countless battles between gods and demons, and traces of their battles have even been engraved in history, forming numerous legends.

Just like the British King Arthur, she was chosen by God in this world and appeared as a woman. She even conquered Rome and shocked Europe, but in the end she died on the sword fence driven by the devil. It's like Charlemagne, or Attila...

Many monarchs and heroes have become pawns in the battle between gods and demons. Human beings are caught in the middle, constantly changing between light and darkness.

And this time...

"Huh? Saint? It's interesting, let's see how you plan to control the fate of this mortal..."

In the ancient temple, the deep laughter became louder and louder.