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Today was a glorious day in the Adonis's holy empires.
Good things spread like wildfire, with many forces smiling rrily despite the heavy blizzard outside.
While so places un the world haven't seen Snow yet, a majority of Lampe and Dania, Adonis' 2 empires, had long seen snow since after Halloween period in late October.
At first, the snow was fluttering and cute, but soon took off to heavier feats the mont December arrived.
Snow and hail storms smooshed in left, right, up, down and in other directions no one would've thought of.
The seas surrounding the empires were extrely rough during this ti, and the days were darker so fast that by 3:30 PM, the sun typically held two fingers up in deuces, vanishing before anyone could enjoy the day.
All around, people fell to the ground, never rising again.
The streets were littered with piles and heaps of snow with dead bodies buried underneath.
Close your doors and keep the fires at ho burning nonstop for days, weeks and months.
This was what many typically did, as at the center of their ho, was a sizable circle dug deeper than ground floor and lined with nothing but rocks and nothing flammable.
The circle's top edges on ground floor were also surrounded by bigger rocks, creating a protective fence.
At the bottom of the circular and uniform-based hole created, fires were lit and never put off till the end of Spring.
There was always soone at ho to keep the fire going, typically the won who stayed back cooking, cleaning, sewing and doing other chores.
Each family already had a sizable portion of firewood stored in a cellar underneath their kitchens.
All they had to do was pull open the trap doors made of barks of wood and step down with lit torches to grab the wood or any other winter supplies and food stored down there.
The fires provided so level of warmth within the hos that kept them sowhat warm.
In the dayti, they also hung their blankets on the large stones surrounding the fire pits, wanting to keep them warm before use later.
Everyone ate frugally, afraid they wouldn't have enough to last them throughout the entire winter ti since no matter how much one saves, Winter taxes must also be collected.
And believe it or not, Taxes were typically much higher in winter than in any other period as Soldiers needed more food to keep their bodies burning after doing assignnts in the harsh weather.
Many people didn't understand science, but they knew for a fact that in cold seasons, humans eat more than they would in hotter seasons.
This is very true, especially if one lived in regions that were cold all the ti.
The best example of those is in very cold regions like Alaska and Polar regions.
To be a Polar explorer or researchers camped out there, isn't an easy feat.
Firstly, understand that the average recomnded calorie intake for an ordinary adult living in normal conditions is between 1500~2500 Calories per day.
But for these people, they need to eat no less than 6500~8000 calories per day.
And even then, they would still lose weight.
In extre cold, the body burns fuel at an alarming rate. This was why people in extrely cold places hardly grew fat.
It was near impossible to see such a person unless they were nobles who could consu 10,000 to 15000 calories a day in such a place where food hardly grows.
I an... When winter takes up close to 6 and a half months in these areas, what ti does food have to grow?
So places are also constant Ice lands, never seeing sumr or clear mountains. All they saw was snow no matter what season one visited.
They say it's always snowing in Santa's ho in the North Pole. Well, this much was true.
Like so many in Adonis' empires could only silently pray that the winter will flash by fast.
So stared out their windows, wishing they too could beco true Adonis followers, becoming knights for the cause.
In the face of impending death, lack of food and crazy blizzards, who wouldn't want to beco an Adonis warrior?
These warriors, no matter how low their ranks were, enjoyed incredible benefits.
Be it dical, food, clothing and housing, they got the best of everything in the eyes of the masses.
Even the few commoners who didn't fully believe in the power of Adonis wanted to join in just to ensure their longevity during winter.
Of course, so wanted to join because of the bodily perks Adonis offered.
It wasn't a surprise to many that every month, won are captured in groups and sent to the nearest Temple for cleansing.
These won were either those who defied their husband's orders at ho or those who refused to give their husbands sons.
What good is a woman if she can't even birth a male child?
Many peasant n quickly reported their wives wanting them to go for cleansing before having them returned.
In there, Adonis warriors and temple priests would lay down with these won forcefully, having their way with them until they birth male heirs.
They would only let these won go if the won birthed male children.
So no matter how many tis they were pregnant in captivity if the child was a girl, then they would stay there for years if that was what it took to cleanse them of their stubbornness.
It was also funny that when these won typically returned ho, their husbands had long married other won, who had them make heirs.
When they did return, the sa husbands who sent them for cleansing were now disgusted with the notion that a thousand and one n had their way with these won.
They would start calling them whores and taunting them even to the point of suicide.
Many a ti, these won turned into maids and slaves who did all the chores in their own hos while the new wives enjoy a spoiled and lavish life, even as commoners.
Heh.
A majority of people did not pity these won who were adamant about not giving their husbands make heirs.
As they say, you reap what you sow.
Should they have prayed harder and controlled their wombs, wouldn't the issue be solved a long ti ago?
In the end, their current situation was their doing.
Many people in Adonis were brainwashed into believing all this to be true.
Thus, the money they sensed the spirit of disobedience in their won, and they wasted no ti reporting and having the won dragged away to the temple for clenching.
So wives also never ca back, as they died there after having nurous n forcefully touch them every day even when pregnant.
So had miscarried severally and had deep internal injuries to the point that their wombs were utterly destroyed.
To such won, they were imdiately shipped out as Army whores to keep the forces entertained.
As for their humans, the temple simply told these n that their wives had proven very stubborn, refusing to birth them to make hers by destroying the wombs themselves.
In this way, the won were no longer needed by their husbands at ho.
In fact, many n already brought in other wives and could care less about the lives of these won taken by the temple.
In the end, the status of won in Adonis was very low, almost the sa as cattle.
And the ones typically called in to cleanse these won from sin were, of course, the Adonis warriors and priests.
Tsk.
The perks for joining Adonis' armies were too great that even its haters would feel tempted.
This was how many n saw it, after years of Adonis brainwashing.
All in all, many had long grown accustod to Adonis' influence... And you see, today was yet another day when Adonis could make many smile.
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Java had a smile on his lips as he calmly walked across the vast Holy Grounds with his hands behind his back.
Like the Vatican in Ro, it was truly a breathtaking sight to behold, one that made many Adonis followers hold their faces up high with pride.
While walking up the grand 50-step outdoor stairway, Java has often felt that if Adonis had a palace in the heavens, it would be so similar to this.
The outdoor stairs looked like they were made for giants, which only enhanced their uniqueness even more.
Java could only sigh in delight, thinking that soon, his coronation would begin and all this would be under his control.
Many passed by, quickly stopped and dropped to their knees when seeing his mask.
"We greet the Holy heir."
"Hmmm..." Java tried calmly, as he proceeded forward till he reached a majestic building at the center of the Holy Grounds.
Looking at the building, Java couldn't help smiling victoriously.
Today, he was here to witness the power of Adonis's new weapons.
But why was today's demonstration so important?
It was because the weapons were made with the blessings of the HOLY feather!
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