Pioneer Lord: Starting From Daily Intelligence

Chapter 736 - 70: Formation of Territory Cultural Heritage and the Academy_3

They insist on engaging in corruption and embezzlement, stealing Su Li’s money, so they can’t blame Oliver for seizing their money in return.

Then Su Li asked, "How much funding does the academy have now?"

"There are still 1667 Golden Crowns."

Su Li raised an eyebrow: "Isn’t this more than the funds we allocated and confiscated?"

Oliver answered calmly, "Aside from the funds we confiscated, the academy also received a donation from a rich merchant. This donation amounts to over 1500 Golden Crowns."

"Huh?" Su Li was slightly surprised: "How could it be so much, even more than the donation to the Dawn Church."

One must know that the Mother Earth’s Holy Pool of the Dawn Church can cultivate a large number of Dawn Church nuns, who will go to various countryside villages and farms to preach, as well as guide agricultural production and midwifery.

This is how the Dawn Church managed to gather 1000 Golden Crowns with difficulty from landlords, the Knight Clan, and some farm and ranch owners.

And yet, just one class of rich merchants provided Oliver’s academy with 1500 Golden Crowns? What are their motives?

A smile appeared on the corner of Oliver’s mouth, and he said, "This is related to the Sun Goddess and the knights."

Related to the Sun Goddess?

Su Li glanced at the gigantic religious statue over 40 meters tall, towering into the sky, and asked, "Speaking of which, I’m curious, why is there a statue of the Sun Goddess at the entrance of the academy? Is it because of the territory’s faith? Otherwise, it seems the Goddess of Justice and Knowledge would be more suitable for the academy?"

Oliver, who is the Divine Chosen of the Goddess of Justice, pushed the project, only to have a statue of another Divine Spirit placed at the entrance. This act is quite disloyal. Doesn’t the Goddess of Justice mind?

Oliver answered calmly, "As long as knowledge and wisdom are respected, the Goddess of Justice Virena will be very appreciative. And as far as I know, Her Majesty Violet, this Sun Goddess, is also an embodiment of wisdom and strategy, so having her statue in the academy is quite appropriate in itself."

"In terms of respecting knowledge and progress, the Southern Three Goddesses, Violet, Shalya, and Virena, form a close alliance to some extent. Just like in the northern Empire, Yurik and the Redema Church form a defensive alliance."

The order gods of the Empire indeed have distinct differences, besides these regional deities, there are also some Ancient Gods, like Mole, Tal, Shalya, who have existed since the creation of the world.

Additionally, there are minor deities like Lanode and Manan.

Their relationships are complicated yet simple to clarify.

At least in the Hesse Territory, the three goddesses have no complex relationships and form a very reliable offensive-defensive alliance. Just like the alliances among Hesse, Gray Rock, and the Redbeard clans, which benefit each other and jointly resist the encroachment of the Evil Legion.

After introducing the relationships between the deities, Oliver shifted the conversation back to the mortal world, saying, "The followers of the Sun Goddess also place great emphasis on imparting knowledge. In the past, they would preach and enlighten the imperial subjects on rest days. Now that an academy is established in the territory, some monastery directors, knights, and priests from the church have voluntarily started preaching, teaching, and resolving doubts here."

"They established the Sunshine Military Academy, offering strategy and tactics courses primarily to knights, explaining warfare, imparting tactics, analyzing battle cases, while spreading faith, researching new tactics. It is the territory’s highest institution for cultivating high-tier intellectuals, implementing military thought, and conducting wargaming. It’s also the supreme holy hall maintaining high-tier knightly purity, steadfast faith, opposing chaos corrosion, and corruption decay."

Upon hearing Oliver’s introduction, Su Li could not help but nod slightly, as this is very much in line with the style of Sun Goddess followers in this world.

Explaining strategic and tactical courses while conducting wargames is one of the favorite activities of the followers of the Sun Goddess Violet. When not engaged in physical training, the followers of the Sun Goddess will conduct extensive military strategy discussions, including legion maneuvers, terrain utilization, and artillery deployment, followed by tactical rehearsals to improve their command capabilities and combat efficiency.

According to legend, Violet even prepares a special afterlife for her faithful followers who earned honor in life.

In the afterlife, the faithful souls enter a magnificent hall. Here, they are differentiated by their lifetime achievements and ranks. Commanders find themselves gathered, with a giant sand table and lifelike mini models before them, where they can discuss tactics and oppose each other. While soldier souls from their life join battles among the mini models.

Those who achieve victory and survival in a battle may join the ranks of commanders, while those who fall in battle are not destroyed but temporarily removed from the game, where they can observe discussions or join another battle.

Therefore, the Sunshine Military Academy will certainly promote these courses, which is both a promotion of doctrine and a crucial way to combat chaos and corruption.

After all, chaos corruption is omnipresent. To counteract corruption, extreme faith is required, allowing no opportunity for corruption to take hold.

Su Li turned his head and asked, "Who is the professor of the Sunshine Military Academy?"

"It’s Lord Rong’en." Oliver pointed to the Shepherd Leader of the Sun Goddess Church among the crowd.