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"Joseph woke up, got up, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took his wife."
"Just didn't have sex with her. When she gave birth to a son, she named him Jesus."
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The scriptures were sung, and the faith that originally belonged exclusively to the Jews began to spread in Rome, and since then the Bible has been divided into old and new.
Chapter 280 Five Lord's Shadow on Earth
Under the guidance of Romani, Fujimaru Tachika soon came to the nearest Gaul, but encountered a war as soon as he arrived here.
"Are they all crazy?"
Fujimaru Tatsuka looked at the soldiers on the battlefield, they charged forward to kill the enemy, they were brave and fearless, but the Gaul side showed defeat after only a moment of confrontation, and they were chanting words, which made Fujimaru Tachika a little familiar.
"I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
"As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him like a dove."
"He was tempted by Satan for forty days in the wilderness. He was with wild beasts. And angels came and attended him."
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The scriptures are chanted from the mouths of the soldiers, obviously without any magic power, but they can stimulate the power in the hearts of the people.
At the moment when the two armies confront each other, combat power, tactics, and will... the Gaul side has completely fallen into a disadvantage.
"Doctor, what do they read?"
"The New Testament Gospel of Mark."
Romani or Solomon, as the king of Jerusalem, is naturally a believer of God. Although the Jews only recognize the "Old Testament" and not the "New Testament", he still understands its content.
"Christian belief originated from the Jews, and the original "Bible" is called the Old Testament, which refers to the agreement between God and the Jews, but for the spread of faith, the Old Testament is no longer applicable, and Christianity needs more Believers, that’s why we have today’s New Testament, God’s covenant with all people.”
Romani briefly talked about the difference between the old and new Bibles. Most of these soldiers are Romans, so it is naturally impossible to recite the scriptures of the Old Testament.
But was the New Testament compiled in this era?
"Fujimaru, the emperor of Rome in this era is Nero, and it's not time for her to die yet."
"I see."
In this feudal era, the life and death of an emperor can often determine the direction of a country, and this country is Rome, which is crucial to the entire Western world.
Fujimaru Tachika shuttled among the rebellious army. Although she practiced magic hard these days, without Matthew's guard, she couldn't get close to the woman in the fiery red skirt among the rebellious army.
Nero, the famous Roman tyrant, turned out to be a woman, and she looked so similar to the later King Arthur. If it was another time, Fujimaru Tachika might be surprised.
But King Arthur is a woman, so what else is unacceptable in this world?
Only now the Roman emperor seems to be overwhelmed by another fat man.
"Wum is so powerful that he actually became the running dog of the Elder's Court, why not become Yu's servant, and Yu can afford whatever bargaining chip the Elder's Court gives you."
After a brief fight, Nero came to a conclusion that he was no match for the fat man in front of him.
Why does a fat man weighing more than 200 kg have such agility? It's too foul.
Although Nero can use his emperor's privilege to enhance his combat power, but because of his old problem of headache, that state can't last long, if he can persuade him to surrender is the best result.
"You actually plan to buy the enemy general on the battlefield. Have you ever considered that no villain, no matter how treacherous he is, can't agree to it under the watchful eyes of everyone, otherwise he will be torn to pieces by his own soldiers."
Caesar looked at Nero with a look of hatred for iron and steel, the emperor who pushed Rome to its peak, no matter in terms of strength, vision, and spirit, he was above Nero.
Although he also understands that it is very unlikely that there will be several emperors stronger than him in Rome in the future, but it is inevitable for someone like Nero...
Caesar's whole body is about to sweat soy beans.
"Is that something to discuss?"
"No, when you said the previous sentence, we had no discussion."
Caesar resolutely rejected Nero's persuasion to surrender. In fact, he himself was forcibly pulled over by Romulus, and he originally wanted to work without any effort. Otherwise, why did he come at the sword level instead of the peak state of the cavalry level?
It's just that he didn't expect that Nero turned out to be such a rough-headed emperor, which really made him start to think about whether he should change to a Roman emperor.
At least such a woman should not be allowed to take over the power of Rome. Although it has not been decided who to replace, Rome is now at the bottom of the valley, and whoever is replaced will be up.
"Oh, it's this time again."
Nero was originally an optimistic person, even if he failed in persuading him to surrender, he would not be depressed, the worst would be to start a fight, but at this time the headache came again, and such a huge loophole would never be let go by Caesar.
"clang"
The huge shock force returned to Caesar's hand, and a huge shield blocked him and Nero. Although it was slightly different, he still felt that the other party was a follower just like him.
"The girl with the shield, and the last master of mankind, is Chaldea."
Caesar looked at Tachika Fujimaru who was late, and it was a bit cruel that the huge pressure of human reason was placed on such a young girl.
"Are you OK?"
"Wum's old problem, Yu will recover soon."
Nero's headache came from a poisonous killing. Although he was lucky enough to survive that year, he had a root cause of the disease. Although it was not fatal, he fell ill in such a scene, which is really impressive.
"Withdraw your troops, the opponent is Gaius Julius Caesar, you are not opponents."
A familiar voice appeared in Fujimaru Tachika's mind. She had an inexplicable sense of trust in this voice, but the battlefield is too chaotic now, so she didn't remember who the other party was for a while.
"Gaius Julius Caesar? Caesar!"
"I should have not reported my name."
Caesar did not deny his real name, unlike some followers who would expose their weaknesses if they knew their real name, Caesar believed that he did not have that kind of fatal weakness, even if his real name was known, it would be harmless.
To defeat him, you have to surpass him in all aspects, otherwise it is impossible to defeat him.
"Caesar? Hasn't he already..."
"I appeared as a servant. As an emperor, although I don't need to rely on mysteries, I should also learn about some methods of magicians."
For Caesar, as an emperor who came here, an emperor doesn’t need to know everything, but he can’t understand everything, otherwise the people under him will not be able to find out if they cheat.
"Humans with great achievements can become heroic spirits after they die, and servants are heroic spirits who came to this world after degeneration. Although I am indeed a dead person to you, the dead person has indeed come back now."
"Why? Why did the emperor of Rome..."
"Because Rome is destroyed."
Caesar sighed.
"There is no immortal empire in the world. I admit this, but what I cannot accept is that the inheritance of Rome is divided up by other countries."
Rome and the Qin Dynasty belonged to the same era, and after the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Rome still existed, but the system of the Qin Dynasty continued to exist.
No matter how many dynasties rise and fall on that land in the future, their culture will always assimilate foreigners.
But the Roman culture at the same time has been divided up by other small countries.
The European powers of later generations all hope to have a Roman crown, but their race, belief, and culture are not dominated by Rome.
Are those still Roman?
Compared with Romulus' vision of wanting the Roman Empire to last forever, Caesar is relatively peaceful and wants to keep Roman culture alive.
"Nero, let's retreat as soon as possible. We must defeat Caesar on the battlefield... At least we must be prepared enough."
"Where can we go if we retreat?"
Even if Nero is pretentious, he is not absolutely sure that he can confront Caesar on the battlefield, but where can they retreat?
"To Britain."
That voice came again, and Tatsuka Fujimaru relayed this thought to Nero.
"That rural place... there is no other way, and we can only go there at this time."
Originally, a place name that would never appear in Nero's ears appeared in Nero's ears, but considering the strait as a natural barrier, even Caesar would not pursue it too violently.
"withdraw troops."
Nero gave an order, and the soldiers retreated slowly, but Tachika Fujimaru remembered that the owner of that voice was Zeus.
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"Nero has started to retreat. If you retreat to Britain according to your idea, with Caesar's personality, you will not continue to pursue it."
On the hilltop in the distance, a man in a white robe watched the two armies clash, and Zeus stood beside him.
The two are like friends who have made an appointment to go outing together, but who would have thought that they had never met before today.
"However, this doesn't change anything. The natural barrier is a natural barrier for both parties. It will be difficult to return to the mainland after retreating to Britain."
Zeus doesn't mind sharing his thoughts with someone he just met.
Not long after he came to this world, he felt a strange feeling, an inexplicable sense of crisis, as if there was something hidden in the city of Rome.
A thing that can become very dangerous once it is born.
Zeus needs to wait for that thing to be born normally, and he wants to find the thing inside that thing.
"Actually, you don't have to do this. It doesn't matter if you just sit back and watch Chaldea fail. The existence of human incineration has awakened something that shouldn't be awakened."
The white-robed man seemed a bit tired, the servants at the side found out and immediately wiped the rocks aside, and let the white-robed man sit on it.
"Your servant?"
Zeus looked at the humble old man, he was not so much a slave of the white-robed man, but a person who voluntarily became a slave out of guilt.
"No, he is my father."
"Don't dare."
When the white-robed man uttered the word "father", the old man was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, hoping to be forgiven.
But the man in white robe didn't do anything, just watched.
"Not to forgive him?"
"There are only two beings who can forgive others in this world. One is God, and the other is the victim. I am neither God nor victim. How can I forgive him?"
The white-robed man just looked at the old man indifferently, he didn't have any respect for his "father".
"He likes to see the beautiful broken and the noble fallen, so he personally destroyed his life's faith, but after destroying it, he regretted it and fabricated a puppet to deceive himself. What such a person wants is not forgiveness."
The words of the white-robed man were very harsh, but Zeus knew that what he said was extremely correct.
The old man kneeling on the ground was once one of the thirteen disciples, but now he was expelled from the ranks of the thirteen disciples, because he died because of his betrayal of the Son of God.
Betrayer - Judas.
"Stealing the corpse of a former admirer and trying to use magic to resurrect it, it seems that you really haven't learned anything in these years."
Zeus looked at the white-robed man in front of him. His relationship with Jesus was similar to Gaetia and Solomon. They were both born from corpses, but the man in front of him was more dangerous than Solomon.
"That's right, the so-called Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. When Jesus died, his spirit returned. Faced with a false shell, what can you resurrect?"
"No, that's not true. You must have said that to punish me."
The white-robed man's words obviously made Judas unacceptable. He just wanted to try it at the beginning. He knew that with the ability of Jesus, he would never die, but why...
"Then what should I call you?"
Zeus naturally couldn't use "Jesus" to address the person in front of him. The gap between this guy and the person whose Lord came as the savior is too big.
"Emmanuel, that is the name he gave me, and in that case I am Emmanuel."
Nor did Emmanuel intend to equate himself with Jesus.
Even if fakes can be as good as real ones, "fake" will never become "true".
For the Jewish man who seeks the real over the fake, Immanuel doesn't have everything he wants.
"Emmanuel, what is your choice? What do you want in this world facing the burning of humanity?"
"All I want is redemption."
Both Emmanuel and Zeus actually understood that the person in front of them was the biggest obstacle on their way. They were bound to gain something in Rome, but there was only one thing they had to fight for.
"The world needs redemption, and what the Messiah cannot do, I will handle it."
Emmanuel wants to bring redemption to the world, not Getia's future of eradicating "death" from the planet, but another kind of redemption.
"But is your salvation what the world expects?"