Chapter 1252 Kizaru's Future Journey 32 - Death Worship Cult
The famous Death Cult is a cult that both Barry and Gwen, two young people living in the earthly world, have heard of.
Death worship, like Zoroastrianism or animal worship, is a general collective concept. No matter how fancy the name of a new cult is, as long as it worships the Empress of Death, it will be classified as a death worship.
Barry often listened to the stories about the Death Cult as bedtime stories. For those who were disloyal to the Empire, the Death Cult followers would sneak into their rooms at night and cut off their heads while they were asleep.
Parents often tell horror stories to deliberately scare their children so that they will be obedient, otherwise they will be captured by the cult members and will never be reunited with their families.
Barry is considered a member of the proletarian civilian class. In his daily life, he has no contact with the followers of the Death Worship Cult. His level is not high enough.
Gwen's impression of the Death Cult is similar to Barry's. Although she lives in a powerful family, she is usually well protected by her parents and lives a life of luxury.
"Can you help me find a Death Worshiper who isn't extreme? Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to pass the test and get beheaded by them first." If Harley Quinn hadn't had no other choice, she really didn't want to come into contact with those crazy Death Worshipers.
"There is actually a very alternative Death Worshiper in my shop. I will call her up later so you two can get in touch with her. If there is a conflict and you want to fight, go outside and don't dirty my tavern," Koko said, then she cleaned up the tableware on the table, went down from the second floor to the first floor with the sundries, and went to find the female believer.
Kizaru is an outsider among outsiders, and this is the first time he has heard the name of the Death Cult. Why would he want to cause trouble for the Warning Society, but why would he ask another cult for help?
"The Death Cult, is it a cult that worships death? The name sounds even more evil than the Warning Society," Kizaru expressed his subjective conjecture.
Harley Quinn showed an awkward smile on her face and said, "You can say that to me, but if we meet the followers of the Death Cult, they will definitely fight to the death when they hear that they are comparing themselves with the Warning Society."
Harley Quinn explains to the three people on the ground the true meaning of the death cult in the underground world, which is even bloodier than what Barry and Gwen know. The bedtime stories that the upper class have heard have been deliberately beautified.
Most of the Death Cults worship the female emperor who founded the Holy Roman Empire and saved all living beings from the Dark Ages with her personal strength and charisma. She is the symbol of the Imperial Age, Artoria Pendragon.
There is no need to say much about the great achievements of the Empress. History books have been read through to pieces, but whether Artoria Pendragon died or not has always been a mystery.
The Death Worship Cult believes that the Empress has transcended death and has been sitting quietly on some high place overlooking all living beings. They have decentralized management power to allow human leaders to manage all matters of the empire.
In the beliefs of the Death Cult, Artoria Pendragon has been deified. It is believed that she is no longer a human, but a high and mighty god who has been silently guarding the empire for hundreds of years.
Offering loyalty to a human ruler is completely different from offering loyalty to a divine ruler. Offering sacrifices to the gods using all kinds of material that can be measured by money is a blasphemy against the gods.
Only life is priceless. The Church of Death will behead and bleed the rebels who are disloyal to the Empire as a sacrifice to Artoria Pendragon, praying for the attention of the Empress.
One of the main reasons why the Death Cult is tolerated by the imperial high-ranking officials is that they are moved by their loyalty, and these cult members are good at suppressing rebellions.
Some imperial officials would even spend a lot of money to contact the Death Cult assassins. As long as they provided the Death Cult believers with the black material that showed disloyalty to the empire, the other party would eliminate their competitors for free.
Every member of the Death Cult has a strong tendency towards martyrdom. During assassinations and battles, they are not afraid of being injured at all. They are willing to die on the road to building the empire and to die for the Emperor.
They believe that death will only bring them closer to the God-Emperor. If the followers of the Death Worship Cult behave well, they may have the opportunity to enter Avalon and go to Paradise, where they will be immortal and live a happy life with the God-Emperor.
Avalon is the final resting place of Artoria Pendragon in the legend, and is also known as the Blessed Island or the Blessed Land by later generations.
"If Avalon really exists, I hope my mother can always be with the Empress," Barry thought of his father before entering the prison.
It explains that Barry's mother is a kind person and will definitely be accepted into Avalon and live a happy life. In the future, Barry must be strong and support his family on his own.
The three people were discussing whether Avalon existed. Kizaru was sitting on his chair feeling very uneasy. A lot of heavy information flooded into his mind, and he was a little overwhelmed for a moment.
He knew that the Holy Roman Empire was only established after the navy defeated the pirates, but he did not deliberately learn about the later organizational structure, and he was too lazy to look up information on how the empire operated.
When he was hanging out with Barry, he spent most of his time watching porn movies and talking about art with the naked teacher. He didn't care about the tedious politics at all.
Altria Pendragon made the leap from a naval marshal to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. Although no one knows what kind of major event will happen in the future to allow a woman to be crowned emperor!
In his time, Kizaru had never heard of Avalon. Does the legendary paradise or utopia really exist?
Kizaru is a realist. He thinks that Avalon does not exist. It was probably later generations who beautified the death of the female marshal and made up a story about her going to Avalon, deifying Altria Pendragon as an individual.
The Death Cult is more extreme in loyalty than most imperial officials. If Harley Quinn encounters this group of lunatics, her first thought is to turn around and run away.
The Warning Society spreads reactionary ideas, deceives the lower classes into overthrowing the rule of the empire, and compares Altria Pendragon to an immortal devil, making it naturally hostile to the Death Cult.
The followers of the Cult of Death and the Society of the Warning often clashed in the underground world, calling each other heretics, and each fight resulted in heavy casualties and resulted in a bitter fight.
Harley Quinn's idea is to fight the cult with a cult, so she cooperates with the followers of the Death Cult, sneaks into the territory of the Warning Society, and then causes chaos.
While the two cults are fighting, you can take advantage of the chaos to rescue Gwen's best friend. Although this method is risky, it is the simplest and most practical, and it is also the fastest way to rescue people.
Cults fighting each other is common in the underground world. The followers of the Death Cult don't mind being used, they just hate that they didn't kill enough disloyal people from the Empire.
"Are all the followers of the Death Worship Cult so extreme?"
Kizaru thought of his friend Sakaski, whose style of behavior was very extreme. Could it be that the Death Cult was related to Akainu?