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Haru looked at the message from the GM. It said that after the Naga Dynasty was sacked by Aetherium Kingdom's Royal Army, a total of 38,000 Nagas chose to join his kingdom. The GM was asking whether he would accept it. If he refused, then his army would kill all the Nagas without leaving any captives.
"If I remember correctly, the Nagas split from Elves. They seem to be worth nurturing!"
Haru considered it carefully and chose to accept their surrender. After the Nagas mutated from Nature Elves, they no longer belonged to the Kind and Order faction but joined the Chaos and Neutral faction.
This was not a problem as the Dragons under Haru's command also belonged to the Chaos and Neutral faction. These Nagas would not cause a conflict of factions. On the contrary, if the Dark, Evil, and Undead faction troops appeared in his kingdom, then that would immediately cause the conflict.
Conflict of factions was a very serious matter as it even negatively influenced the effects of special buildings in a territory. Moreover, the Holy Light and sacred power emanating from the Holy Light Temple, Altar of Faith, Angel Reincarnation Pool, Holy Monastery and other such buildings will also forcibly reduce these troops' combat power. If weak Undead joined him, the Holy Light might even directly destroy them.
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When Haru confirmed his choice, a notification followed:
[Congratulations 'Divine King' Kazehaya Haru. A total of 38,642 Naga have joined your kingdom. They are willing to pledge their loyalty to you! (PS: The Nagas' loyalty is maxed out. This is the effect of the King's Scepter.)]
[Special Reminder 1: Because you chose to accept the Nagas, the attitude of the Naga Clan on the Endless Continent has changed. They have greatly increased friendship value towards you!]
[Special Reminder 2: Countless Naga Tribes have found out about the existence of the Aetherium Kingdom. They will most likely choose to join your kingdom!]
[Special Reminder 3: The attitude of Her Majesty, the Queen of the Elf Empire, towards you has changed. Her favorability towards you has greatly increased!]
[Special Reminder 4: The Dark Elves have greatly increased their friendship value towards you!]
Accepting the Naga tribe had triggered a chain reaction. The Elf Empire and Dark Elves had greatly increased their favorability towards his Aetherium Kingdom. Even the other Naga Tribes on the Endless Continent now had a high chance of taking the initiative to join his kingdom.
This positively surprised Haru. Who would have thought that accepting the surrender of these Nagas would have such a huge impact?
Haru thought about it a little and figured out the reason, "Ah! Apparently the Nagas are infamous as evil demons in the Human Empires of the central region. As a result, they are generally outcasted by the intelligent races of the Endless Continent."
"They are intelligent creatures, part of the Chaos and Neutral faction, but a lot of people from the human empires list them as evil creatures and no faction is willing to accept them."
"Now that I've accepted the Nagas and made them my Kingdom's citizens, the Nagas, Dark Elves and the Elf Empire probably think of me as someone similar to the activists fighting against racism back on Earth, resulting in this increased favorability towards my Kingdom."
To Haru, this was good news. As for whether there will be Nagas coming forward to join him, Haru did not hold much hope. Many of the special buildings in his kingdom could increase the chances of native intelligent races taking the initiative to join him but this has never worked. Haru even suspected that this whole 'probability of voluntarily joining' was a scam.
He believed that if Lily had the same amount of buildings with the same effects, she would probably have assembled an army strong enough to conquer a native empire. According to Haru's knowledge, there were almost 100,000 Gray Dwarves and Pure Blooded Dwarves in Lily's territory. Among them, apart from a small portion who were recruited by her, most of the others were native Dwarves.
Haru was quite envious of this. However he also knew that the Goddess of Luck did not just care about Lily, she even lived in her territory and helped her become a Goddess. Under her influence and Lily's natural charm, it was normal for those Dwarves to take the initiative to join her territory.
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Not long after, a huge amount of resources were transported to the Aetherium Kingdom through the teleportation array. These resources were all from the Naga Dynasty. The numbers were so huge that they were piled up into mountains!
Celestia immediately ordered some of the Dwarves and Goblins who stayed behind in the kingdom to count and process the resources to reduce Haru's workload. At the same time, there was also a resplendent crystal that was sent to Haru's hand. This was the Dynasty Heart fragment that was dropped after the Naga Dynasty's destruction.
Earlier, Haru had already fused all the fragments of the Dynasty Heart into his Kingdom Heart, greatly increasing the efficiency of meditation for his kingdom's citizens.
This Dynasty Heart fragment was also directly fused into the Kingdom Heart. After the assimilation, Haru could sense that his kingdom had become 'stronger'. Strengthening the Kingdom Heart didn't just simply increase the meditation efficiency of the kingdom's citizens.
It could also increase the kingdom's luck and speed up the growth of the kingdom's resources, which didn't just refer to food crops. It also referred to magical herbs, mineral resources, etc. Strengthening the Kingdom Heart increased the overall strength of the entire kingdom, not just individual strength of the 'King'.
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