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Inspired by Hobert, Feynapotter, Lenberg, and Masin also began to describe their own countries' demands.
In fact, Lenberg and Masin's losses were caused by the Feynapotter Kingdom, but at this time, they were also demanding compensation from the defeated countries.
Even with the League of Nations as a prerequisite, this negotiation was a back-and-forth tug-of-war, and it would take a long time to argue before a resolution could be formed, and it could easily be overturned at the next day's meeting.
The only thing that everyone tacitly agreed upon was that the Duchy of Southern Balam obtained the five colonies it had requested.
After all, Intis and Feysac had lost their morale at this time. At the beginning of the war, those colonies surrendered or abandoned their cities one after another. It took almost no effort, and Medici had already actually controlled these five colonies.
There was no dispute on this matter.
However, Hobert's other demands were still under negotiation.
Although Hobert still looked very strong, He was very clear that with the current power of Southern Balam, controlling these five colonies, as well as the three states ceded by Loen from Eastern Byland, was already the limit.
Before Southern Balam joined the war, it had completed negotiations with Loen. After joining the war, the Duchy of Southern Balam had successively taken over the territories of the three states from Eastern Byland.
This was Loen's condition for Southern Balam's participation in the war. At the same time, the Duchy of Southern Balam obtained franchise rights in many fields of the Loen Kingdom.
It was precisely because it had gained too many benefits at once, and needed a large number of people to replenish them, that Southern Balam was currently recruiting soldiers and carrying out a nationwide mobilization to establish rule in the new territories.
Therefore, Hobert had not launched a new war, but instead let Audrey and Benson use diplomatic strategies to negotiate with representatives of other countries.
Hobert, on the other hand, did not seem to focus too much on the negotiations, but often chatted with his old friend Leonard in Backlund, appearing too lazy to argue with these politicians.
In the following month or so, Backlund staged a grand diplomatic strategy show.
Under the leadership of Audrey and Benson, the Duchy of Southern Balam first formed an alliance with Feynapotter and Lenberg to deal with Intis, demanding that Intis withdraw from the Central Highlands and that the number of troops in this republic not exceed 150,000.
This was very much in line with the interests of Feynapotter and Lenberg. If the Intis Republic became weaker, they could gradually become stronger.
Intis Prime Minister Bivis's counterattack was: Please invite the delegation of the Balam Empire to attend the meeting.
Although the Balam Empire did not participate in the war, Intis's reason was: That is a major power in the Southern Continent, and it should have a seat in the "International League".
At the League of Nations meeting, this proposal was supported by some countries for various purposes, and the Balam Empire thus obtained a legitimate seat in the "International League".
The Balam Empire bordered Southern Balam and felt the threat from Southern Balam, so this delegation naturally opposed the Duchy of Southern Balam.
While dealing with this counterattack from the Intis Republic, Audrey also joined forces with the Loen Kingdom to plan the establishment of the Midseashire Industrial Zone.
The plan was to build the entire Midseashire coast into a huge industrial park, with Loen, as the victor, leading the management of this park.
For the occupied area on the north shore of Midseashire, Benson proposed a proposal that was very beneficial to Loen: the victorious countries would jointly send troops to occupy it, and all the supplies for these soldiers and the expenses incurred by the stationing would be borne by the Feysac Empire.
This made Aguesid once again waver, because Loen had always had the desire and idea to completely lose Feysac's industrial potential.
Most of the Feysac Empire's industry was on the north shore of the Midseashire. If it obtained that area, Feysac would no longer be a threat, and Loen's industrial strength could be enhanced.
The key was that the plan proposed by Benson solved the current situation of insufficient soldiers in Loen, which dispelled Loen's last trace of worry.
Intis's counterattack was: It is recommended to establish a country in the northern part of the Southern Continent, centered on the Paz River Valley, to protect the interests of the countries of the Northern Continent.
The meaning of this proposal was already obvious: it was to protect the national interests of the Northern Continent, and Southern Balam was a country of the Southern Continent! In fact, it was to create an enemy for Southern Balam.
For geopolitical considerations, Loen and Feysac strongly supported the establishment of this country.
The delegation of the Duchy of Southern Balam used its veto power, and the revived Southern Continent kingdom lost its chance to be revived. At the same time, Audrey accused Bivis of using the interests of the people of the Southern Continent as bargaining chips.
Just when the negotiations had been going on for a month and a half, but still no decent agreement had been reached, Hobert once again showed his extremely strong control ability.
At the beginning of the negotiations on December 16, Hobert spoke first: "First of all, I would like to announce a very important matter. The religious negotiations in Yorktown officially ended yesterday."
"Everyone may have received some news, such as that most of the forces of the Church of Steam and Machinery must leave Loen, and the Church of the Earth Mother will have the opportunity to preach in Loen and the Feysac Empire."
"But there are some contents in the agreement that you may not know. The Church of the Evernight Goddess will begin to preach in the Duchy of Southern Balam."
"At the same time, the original parishes and churches of the Storm Church in the Duchy of Southern Balam will be returned to the Storm Church, and in the newly acquired colonies, the Rabaste area will become the preaching area of the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom."
The representatives of various countries once again showed surprised expressions. The orthodox churches did not announce all the resolutions of their negotiations yesterday, but only notified the governments of various countries of the changes in the Northern Continent parishes in the future.
These changes were expected and did not surprise them much.
At this time, their main energy was focused on the peace talks in Backlund, so they did not pay attention to the changes of the churches in Southern Balam.
Hobert continued: "If anyone does not understand what this means, you can consult the professionals around you."
Recently, He often met with Leonard to inquire about the situation of the religious negotiations, and also to facilitate the large-scale preaching of the Church of the Evernight Goddess in the Duchy of Southern Balam as soon as possible.
At the same time, Hobert also wrote to "Vice Admiral Iceberg" Edwina, asking her to contact the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom, promising to provide the Church of Knowledge with a territory about the size of a state.
Finally, with Alger's secret mediation, he completed the contact with the Storm Church and invited the Storm Church to preach again in the Duchy of Southern Balam.
Thus, the Duchy of Southern Balam became a gathering place for religions. The main religions were the Church of the Earth Mother, the Church of the Evernight Goddess, and the Church of the Fool.
The Storm Church and the Church of Knowledge also each had non-adjacent parishes.
This was Hobert's binding to the winning side of the War of the Gods, and at the same time, he once again pulled the negotiations back to the game centered on strength.
This world is ultimately based on extraordinary power, which gives the church great power and influence.
In the Backlund negotiations, the results of the Yorktown religious negotiations will ultimately be used as an important reference.
It's just that the part of the Yorktown negotiations in the Northern Continent was expected, but everyone just happened to ignore the part in the Southern Continent.
Politicians, in their subconscious, still regard the Southern Continent as an appendage of the Northern Continent, and their thinking about the economy, politics, and religion there is still stuck in the colonial stage.
The only fly in the ointment was that in the negotiations between the Duchy of Southern Balam and the churches, the contradictions between the Duchy government and the churches also emerged.
At this time, the Duchy of Southern Balam was a brand new polity, and it had extremely strong control over the grassroots. The influence of the church in the Southern Continent would be far lower than that in the Northern Continent.
Even with the Church of the Earth Mother, some unpleasant things happened because of the Judgement Group.
At this time, another characteristic of religion was reflected: the gods are gods, and the churches are churches.
That is to say, if Hobert encounters danger at this time, the Earth Mother and the Evernight Goddess will never sit idly by, and even the Lord of Storms will help.
But this does not affect the Church of the Evernight Goddess and the Storm Church's opposition to the national policy of the Duchy of Southern Balam.
This matter also made Hobert feel that before he becomes a god, he can only make certain compromises to the church, so he successfully completed the negotiations with the church.
The final result of the religious negotiations was enough to deter other countries, and they seemed to suddenly wake up: the Duchy of Southern Balam has also become a part of the center of this world.
The major churches agreed to preach in the Duchy of Southern Balam, which meant that those churches supported the regime of the Duchy of Southern Balam, which was also a manifestation of the power of the Duchy of Southern Balam.
The subsequent negotiations went much smoother, and no one mentioned the establishment of a new country in the Southern Continent. The main purpose of the negotiations returned to war reparations and the construction of a new world order.
Since the churches have recognized the political model of the Duchy of Southern Balam, what else do they have to object to?
After more than half a month of consultation, this peace talk finally ended.
The Duchy of Southern Balam obtained 3 billion pounds of war reparations, which the two defeated countries paid in two years, and obtained franchise rights in the defeated countries' electricity, machinery and other aspects.
At the same time, the Duchy of Southern Balam withdrew its angels from other countries and had to release all prisoners of war within one year.
However, the game of great power geopolitical relations still exists. Loen is unwilling to see the influence of Feynapotter increase, so it does not agree to Intis withdrawing from the Central Highlands.
Feynapotter is also unwilling to see Loen become stronger, so it also clearly opposes the victorious country occupying the north shore of Midseashire.
These two proposals were discussed for a long time and finally became invalid.
The Duchy of Southern Balam is relatively satisfied with the current situation in the Northern Continent and is unwilling to see a powerful Loen, so it did not mention these proposals again.
On January 22, the countries signed the "Sodela Agreement", marking the end of the three-month-long negotiations and also marking the redistribution of the world.
However, the contradictions between the countries of the Northern Continent have not been alleviated by this agreement.
After the signing ceremony concluded, dignitaries and heads of state from various countries posed for a group photo.
King Jevington II of Loen stood in the very center of the front row, with Hobert to his left, and Prime Minister Bivis of the Intis Republic to Hobert's left.
While waiting for the photo, Hobert extended his hand to Bivis with a smile, saying, "You are a well-deserved diplomat."
Bivis firmly grasped Hobert's hand, replying, "Your diplomatic talent is also admirable."
Faced with Bivis's compliment, Hobert didn't refute it, but gently shook his head.
Hobert's strength in this negotiation, and the excellent diplomatic results he achieved, were based on the power of the Duchy of South Balam.
As the prime minister of a defeated nation, Bivis became the third most active national representative besides Hobert and Aguesid. It could be said that he preserved Intis's status as a first-class nation by leveraging the power struggles between major countries, and also managed to protect the Feysac Empire.
In the subsequent press conference, representatives from various countries answered questions from the reporters.
In reality, this was just a formality. The reporters' questions had already been submitted to the dignitaries, and they were well prepared.
When the reporters asked Hobert questions, he was well prepared for the first two, answering flawlessly.
When it was the turn of the reporter from the 'Loen Evening News' to ask the third question, the reporter stood up and asked, "Duke, why doesn't the Duchy of South Balam allow people to become wealthy? Why seal itself off?"
This question immediately surprised many people, as it was clearly very aggressive.
Then everyone looked at Hobert, watching the Duke's reaction.
Audrey, sitting below the stage, was secretly worried, because this question was not part of the plan.
Hobert gave the reporter a cold look, asking, "Have you been to South Balam?"
The reporter hesitated slightly, "I... I have been there, once with a special envoy's delegation."
Hobert asked again, "Then what did you see at that time?"
Before the reporter could answer, Hobert preemptively said, "Everyone can check the 'Loen Evening News' reports after the Loen special envoy's delegation returned.
"If I remember correctly, the newspaper praised South Balam's measures in infrastructure construction and poverty alleviation.
"Now, I don't know what the reporter's purpose is in asking such a clearly biased question.
"I refuse to answer such a ridiculous question and express my doubts about the professionalism of the 'Loen Evening News'.
"At the same time, everyone is welcome to come to South Balam and observe this country for themselves. Is it as maliciously slandered by certain 'bad evening newspapers'?"
The other reporters immediately wrote down Hobert's answer. This interlude was enough for a major report.
After the press conference ended, Xio, disguised, was already waiting for Hobert outside the venue.
She naturally followed Hobert and Audrey onto the tram before saying, "I've already sent people to investigate that reporter. It's said that someone from the Loen Foreign Ministry contacted him yesterday."
Xio's quick efficiency was thanks to the 'Beyonder Communication' system. After she issued the task to her subordinates in Backlund, she received feedback in just over twenty minutes.
Not a single member of the South Balam delegation had left the main venue, and Xio had already obtained the information she needed.
Audrey, sitting on the other side of Hobert, sighed, "That's not surprising."
During the talks, she could vaguely sense the isolation of the Duchy of South Balam by the northern countries.
This wasn't an issue that could be resolved by the Church's willingness to preach in South Balam. They felt that South Balam's national policy was very unfriendly to them.
Of course, Audrey also sensed fear in them.
Fortunately, during the peace talks, Hobert was also stirring up conflicts between the countries, preventing them from working together to deal with South Balam.
"I understand," Hobert said with a smile, "Coincidentally, we are currently the rotating chairman of the 'League of Nations', so we can send a big gift to Loen."
So, three days after the end of the peace talks, before the heat had even faded, Benson Moretti, the representative of the Duchy of South Balam as the rotating chairman of the 'League of Nations', initiated a hearing on the independence of the Rorsted Archipelago.
At the hearing, the pro-independence representatives brought by the Duchy of South Balam stated their desire for independence, claiming that national independence was the best interpretation of democracy and freedom in a civilized society, and hoped to receive the support of every freedom-loving country.
This hearing caught Loen off guard. During the war, Loen's control over the Rorsted Archipelago had weakened, and there had indeed been a wave of national independence.
After the war ended, although Loen immediately mobilized many forces to rush to the Rorsted Archipelago, the power of the pro-independence faction was already considerable. Duke Southville personally went to the Rorsted Archipelago to suppress the momentum of the pro-independence faction.
However, terrorist attacks on the Governor-General's Office and the colonial army continued. At the same time, the low-level Beyonders in Loen, who had experienced more than a year of brutal war, generally showed war-weariness, which led to the low efficiency of the Governor-General's Office and the failure to completely eliminate the pro-independence faction.
At this time, the Church of the Sea God, the main force of the former resistance army, proposed the establishment of a coalition government.
They were called the Coalition Faction, advocating the establishment of a parliament in the Rorsted Archipelago to rule this wealthy archipelago, with Loenese people occupying half of the parliamentary seats and locals occupying the other half.
Hobert was very clear that if a country was not built in the flames of war, even if it had complete sovereignty, it would be subject to restrictions everywhere.
But he didn't intend to interfere too much in this matter. This was clearly a proposal instructed by Klein to the Church of the Sea God.
Loen basically agreed to the proposal to establish a coalition government, and the two sides were already in negotiations.
At this time, the Duchy of South Balam suddenly invited a more radical pro-independence faction to participate in this hearing. Although Loen ultimately used the 'veto power" to resolve it, it made everyone aware of the mess within Loen.
The three major powers, including Intis, certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity and joined the ranks of supporting the independence of the Rorsted Archipelago.
This change forced Loen to speed up the pace of building a coalition government, for which it gave up many benefits.
Politicians at this time realized that although the war was over, it didn't mean that the world had entered an era of peace.
So, as soon as the peace conference ended, countries announced their military expansion plans!
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Hobert left the matter of arguing with the Northern Continent to Benson, while he returned to South Balam to inspect the construction situation in recent months.
Seeing the appearance of the villages in the Saint-Sern region, Hobert sighed, "It feels like I've been talking to those politicians in Backlund for several years."
New row houses had been built in the villages, tall and bright, with architectural styles clearly different from those of the Northern and Southern continents. They had red walls and high tiles, with a section of eaves protruding from the front, as well as gatehouses and simple cloisters.
At first, everyone felt awkward, but after living there for a while, they felt the benefits of these buildings. Because the windows were generally opened very scientifically, the lighting was very good, and the moisture-proof effect was also very good.
Not only were they tall, but the use of the rooms was also very flexible, and people gradually became accustomed to it.
Especially as autumn was about to arrive in the Southern Continent, Grand Duke Hobert's heating technologies were deeply loved by everyone.
Of course, what people talked about most was the construction speed.
After completing the harvest and storage of grain, a portion of the people in a village went to the town to burn bricks and tiles, while the rest concentrated manpower to build houses one household at a time. Every two or three days, the whole village went to the town to pull bricks, tiles, and wood.
The Duchy of South Balam seemed to have an endless supply of bricks and tiles. No matter when you went to pull them, you could get as much as you needed.
At this rate, an average of one house could be built for a family in one day. Hobert had been gone for more than four months, and basically half of the residential construction task had been completed.
When he left, as far as the eye could see, there were still patches of tents. When he came back, half were tents and half were new houses. In his opinion, it was of course a big change.
At the same time, Hobert sighed, "This is the power of the Beyonder."
If only normal agricultural time were used for construction work, it might take several years to achieve such a scale.
Only under the premise of the early arrival of spring and the harvesting of two seasons of grain in one season could the manpower of the whole country be invested in large-scale construction.
Hobert rode in a carriage and inspected all the way north. The speed of housing construction was slower in some places than in the Saint Sern region, and faster in others.
The slower places were basically poorer villages. The houses of the locals were similar to the adobe houses in Hobert's memory. The houses had to be demolished first, the adobe removed, and then brick and tile houses rebuilt, so it was slower.
The areas with faster progress were towns or cities. Originally, the building quality in these places was quite good, and only a little modification was needed, so the progress was faster.
However, according to the data collected from various places, it might not be until the end of the year, when the second wave of large-scale construction is carried out, that all the residential buildings can be rebuilt and renovated.
Only then will there be manpower to build some public facilities and build another batch of factories.
Hobert wasn't very anxious, because he could already feel that the potion had obviously been digested again. This was the tampering of architectural style and culture, and it was also a kind of "Sequence Murder."
This could not only digest the potion but also prepare for the "Black Emperor" ritual.
The second wave of large-scale construction would certainly not be able to digest as much potion as the first wave, but Hobert estimated that his potion should be digested almost completely after the second wave started.
In addition, when the people now see their houses, those universities, and those factories, and every time they think about having land, they can deepen their impression of Hobert and the "Creator."
This is a political task that Hobert has assigned to grassroots officials, who must frequently promote the rights and interests that Grand Duke Hobert and the "Creator" have given them, as well as the new changes they have brought to their lives.
When Hobert inspected his territory, he gradually felt that the number of his anchors was rapidly expanding, which should be the effect of the grassroots officials' propaganda.
The people had only heard the officials' propaganda before, but now that Grand Duke Hobert from the propaganda appeared in front of them, it allowed them to connect that illusory image with the real person.
So, after a tour, half of the country's people had become Hobert's anchors.
So many anchors were enough for a god.
After returning to Angel City, Hobert began to worry about his mausoleum again.
Currently, the second batch of mausoleums have been completed or renovated, and the construction of the third batch of mausoleums has also begun.
Of the remaining three mausoleums, Hobert plans to build one in the belly of a mountain. Hobert directly used Beyonder abilities to hollow out the belly of the mountain, and then arranged a teleportation array inside, without moving a single tree or grass outside the mountain, to build a mausoleum without anyone knowing.
Hobert also plans to build one in the dense forest of the eastern mountainous area of Angers. Although it is also being built secretly, he will reveal some information about this mausoleum.
Thereby destroying the "secret construction" rule, making this mausoleum different from other mausoleums and not belonging to the category of the nine mausoleums.
Because Hobert suddenly had the idea of a false tomb, he estimated that it should not be very peaceful when he was promoted, so he might as well build such a false tomb to attract the attention of the enemies.
Hobert is preparing to build the real mausoleum at the bottom of a lake in a hilly area. When the time comes, he plans to be promoted there, and after successfully promoting, he will rush out to the false tomb not far away to chop people.
As for the location of the last mausoleum, Hobert was very entangled. He really wanted to build it in the "Nation of Disorder", but because the "Nation of Disorder" is not in the real world, it may be difficult to play the role of pulling himself back to the real world during the advancement.
Hobert thought for a while and decided not to take the risk. After all, the process of promoting to "Black Emperor" is the process of himself becoming the "Shadow of Order" and becoming abstract.
And the "Nation of Disorder" is the Sefirah that is detached from the real world, and the role of the mausoleum built here may be very limited.
So Hobert finally decided to build the ninth mausoleum on Longtail Island, where the Underworld Emperor once sealed "Mountain God" Megali.
After the third batch of mausoleums is completed, Hobert plans to try to accommodate the Uniqueness.
If the time is right, he can actually try to accommodate it now. After all, six mausoleums have been completed, and as long as the corresponding connections are established, there should be no problem in accommodating the Uniqueness.
Hobert guessed that Trunsoest should have become the King of Angels, but he didn't think it was a threat.
I believe that after the end of the War of the Gods, Trunsoest should probably know the relationship between the Earth Mother and Hobert, and coupled with the fact that his body was obviously shaped by the gods, he should be very clear that if Hobert is in danger, the Earth Mother will not stand idly by.
So Trunsoest still dare not come to find trouble with the Southern Balam Duchy.
After finishing the domestic affairs, Hobert began to plan how to fight against foreign enemies.
The first is the problem of the Balam Empire. Although the "Pale Empress" had helped Trunsoest before, their diplomats pretended that nothing had happened and continued to talk to the Southern Balam Duchy about establishing embassies in each other's countries.
Hobert also asked the diplomats to continue talking to them, and then secretly contacted the "Artificial Death" in an attempt to provoke infighting within the "Numinous Episcopate".
However, when Hobert sent Dophis to contact the "Artificial Death" faction, he learned that this faction was disintegrating.
The reason is that more and more members cannot feel "Death", or rather, they cannot feel the existence of the Uniqueness of the "Death God" pathway.
Since the Evernight Goddess took away the Uniqueness of the "Death" pathway, this faction has begun to question the cause they are pursuing, and many members have defected to the "Royalist faction".
Before this, the "Numinous Episcopate" was mainly divided into two factions, the "Artificial Death faction" and the "Royalist faction". The purpose of the "Artificial Death faction" was to activate the Uniqueness to a certain extent through rituals and prayers, in an attempt to revive the "Underworld Emperor".
The "Royalist faction" supports the descendants of the "Underworld Emperor" to become the new Balam Emperor and find an opportunity to advance to the new Death God.
There are also small factions such as the "Sleeping faction" and the "Underworld faction". Dophis is a member of the small faction "Revival faction".
They realized that the infighting between the factions had seriously consumed the "Numinous Episcopate". At this time, it was impossible to revive the Balam Empire. They hoped to revive the Eggers family first through external forces or joint efforts.
Because the Evernight Goddess took away the Uniqueness of the "Death God" pathway, the intentions of the "Artificial Death faction" were obviously impossible to achieve, so the "Royalist faction" led by the "Pale Empress" became increasingly stronger.
Hobert still attaches great importance to the enemy of the "Numinous Episcopate".
This organization is not as well-known as the "Rose School of Thought" simply because they are relatively low-key and not as crazy and evil.
Hobert has done a simple investigation and found that the strength of the "Numinous Episcopate" is stronger than the "Rose School of Thought".
Just Dophis knows that there are three angels, two in the "Royalist faction", one is the "Pale Empress", and the other is the "Death Consul".
The "Artificial Death faction" also has a "Death Consul", Haiter, but this angel seems to have been eroded by the Uniqueness during a ritual before, and his condition is not very good.
It is said that this angel's words and deeds are becoming more and more strange. Hobert seriously suspects that the Evernight Goddess is using the Uniqueness of the "Death God" pathway to influence this angel.
Judging from the current situation, the disintegration of the "Artificial Death faction" is a foregone conclusion, and even their leader may defect to the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
The leaders of the other factions are basically "Ferrymen". According to Dophis, the leader of the "Underworld faction" is suspected to be an angel, but he has not appeared for hundreds of years. If he is really an angel, I believe his condition is not much better.
Hobert suspects that that guy may have been killed by the "Rose School of Thought" and formed a Sealed Artifact, which was later captured by Hobert and named "0-73" Death God Domain.
In addition, Hobert also remembers that there was an angel-level monster of the "Death God" pathway in the city of Saint Ayadello. Since Trunsoest harvested the Beyonder characteristics there, then Trunsoest is very likely to use that "Death Consul" characteristic to cooperate with the "Pale Empress".
In terms of angel-level power, the "Numinous Episcopate" is stronger than the "Rose School of Thought".
Although the "Numinous Episcopate" does not have a King of Angels like the "Chained God", the "Pale Empress" is in much better condition than the "Abomination" Suah!
In addition, the number of demigods and the number of backbone forces such as Sequence 6 and Sequence 5 are also not small.
The reason why Hobert's diplomatic strategy towards the Balam Empire was mainly peace talks at the beginning was because the war in the Northern Continent was the main focus, and it was impossible to start a war in the Southern Continent as well, so the Southern Balam Duchy behaved extremely restrained.
But now it is different. The main force of Southern Balam, including Hobert himself, has returned to the country. The task of occupying the five colonies and receiving the three states from Eastern Balam has also been completed. The various departments are gradually gathering in Yason City, where 90,000 regular troops have already gathered, and the various Beyonder troops are also being transferred there.
However, the territory of the Southern Balam Duchy has just doubled again. The entire southern part of the Southern Continent is already the territory of the Duchy. In addition, those areas in the central region of the Southern Continent that either have fertile fields or abundant mineral deposits have been seized by Hobert using the opportunity of war.
In Hobert's view, having a huge scale of land that needs to be established for rule and a new order needs to be established is the key to digesting the potion and preparing for the godhood ceremony. For Hobert, it is an important matter.
But considering that the enemy is unlikely to wait for the Southern Balam Duchy to accumulate strength and wipe out the Balam Empire in one fell swoop, Hobert also has to make the worst plan.
Gathering troops to respond to emergencies as quickly as possible is the first step.
The second step is that Hobert once again uses the strategy of "You fight yours, I fight mine", establishing rule while not affecting the advancement of a "Balancer" and a "Duke of Entropy" under his support.
If there are two more angels, the Balam Empire, which seems to be relatively active now, will definitely not dare to fart.
In fact, the Balam Empire does not dare to actively attack the Southern Balam Duchy now, because this country is now entrenched with the power of the four orthodox churches, and the Balam Empire simply does not dare to provoke it.
But the power of the church can only be used as a last resort. For Hobert, there is no need to use the church to deal with opponents at the level of the Balam Empire.
He is also unwilling to ask the church for help, because the more he uses the extraordinary power of the church, the more he has to rely on the church, which is a situation that Hobert does not want to see.
The first choice for "Balancer" is Hobert's adoptive father, Christian. Hobert has absolute trust in him, and his "Chaos Hunter" potion has been digested almost completely.
But if Christian is now promoted to angel, it is equivalent to giving up everything he has gained in Backlund.
Loen cannot trust an angel who has such a close relationship with Hobert. If he continues to stay in Backlund, he may still be in danger.
Hobert took advantage of his mother Mona's birthday to quietly discuss the matter with Christian. After a few minutes of consideration, Christian agreed to go to the Duchy of Southern Balam.
After all, this was an opportunity to become an angel. The Duke's title and a seat in the Upper House were nothing compared to an angel.
Then Hobert considered the choice for the "Duke of Entropy." Elliott would need some time to digest the potion. In theory, Lawrence was the most suitable, but he represented the power of the Beyonder Families to a certain extent.
And Hobert had spent a lot of effort before to reduce the influence of the Beyonder Families on the Beyonder Troops.
After much consideration, Hobert thought it would be better to use that Beyonder characteristic of the "Ancient Bane" to promote Sharron to angel!
Hobert had no trust in the "Duke of Entropy." After all, the process of advancing to Sequence 1 was a process of betrayal.
At least after he became a True God, it would be more reasonable to have a "Duke of Entropy." By then, Hobert's confidant, Elliott, should have digested the potion.
As for promoting Sharron to angel, Hobert did not directly talk to Sharron, but asked Mr. "Fool" for help, first discussing the matter with Klein "above the gray fog."
After hearing about this, Klein once again marveled at the "Creator's" "wealth," actually offering an angel-level Beyonder characteristic.
But this Beyonder characteristic was not surprising, after all, in the previous war, the Duchy of Southern Balam had at least killed one of the enemy's angels!
Then Klein leaned back in his chair: "The war is over."
Hobert smiled and said: "As you said before, the end is coming."
Klein took a deep breath: "Alright, go talk to Sharron."
The reason why Hobert first looked for Klein was because after Sharron became an angel, she would completely join the "Creator's" forces and no longer belong to the Church of the Fool's demigod.
Of course, given the current cooperative relationship between Southern Balam and the Church of the Fool, Sharron could definitely go back to help when the Church of the Fool needed it, but she would have to prioritize completing the tasks assigned by the Duchy of Southern Balam.
Hobert nodded: "For this, I will give you a Beyonder characteristic of a 'Puppet' and a Beyonder characteristic of a 'Disciple of Silence' as compensation."
Klein did not refuse. He currently lacked the means to manipulate the "Temperance Faction." With these two Beyonder characteristics, he would have much more room to maneuver.
After this meeting, Hobert went to Yason City to find Sharron and talked to her about it.
Of course, Sharron would not refuse the opportunity to become an angel. Her teacher, Reinette Tinekerr, had already told her in advance that if the Duchy of Southern Balam wanted to recruit her to become an angel, she should immediately agree!
Reinette was very clear that in the process of destroying the Highland Kingdom, the Duchy of Southern Balam had obtained at least one Beyonder characteristic of an "Ancient Bane."
And the "Prisoner" pathway Beyonders cultivated by the Duchy of Southern Balam itself would not be able to use such a high-level characteristic until much later.
If the Duchy of Southern Balam faced external pressure, Hobert, as Sharron's friend, would likely let Sharron become an angel to alleviate the pressure on the Duchy of Southern Balam.
In any case, this was an excellent opportunity.
After discussing the main business, Hobert asked Sharron: "How is your current state?"
Sharron, like a delicate doll, nodded, indicating that she was doing well.
Hobert hummed and nodded: "After becoming an angel, you will have to further fight against divinity. If the 'Disciple of Silence' potion is digested, it is best not to be so taciturn?"
Sharron listened quietly to the side.
Hobert said: "I suggest you interact with others more. If you have the opportunity, you can try to have a relationship or start a family.
"This is beneficial for you to maintain your humanity. According to my observation, the trivialities of life are very helpful in resisting divinity.
"Of course, this is just my personal opinion, and I don't know if it will be useful to you, but it can be used as a reference."
Sharron looked at Hobert deeply.
"I know what that look in your eyes means," Hobert said helplessly: "I already have two wives, and having one more would make my humanity too strong.
"What I mean is, you can go to crowded places more often, such as the Angelelu Night Market, in short, integrate yourself into life."
When the time comes, use the same reason to let Klein also visit the Angelelu Night Market to see if the two of them have a chance to meet.
Sharron nodded, indicating that she understood.
After the main business was finished, Hobert bid farewell and left.
After selecting the two people to be promoted to angel, Hobert began to organize manpower to go to the northern part of the Southern Continent, which is currently mainly controlled by the Loen Kingdom and the Feynapotter Kingdom, to promote the political model of the Duchy of Southern Balam to see if there was an opportunity to carry out a national independence movement.
This was also planning ahead. If they became hostile to Loen and the others, the Duchy of Southern Balam would immediately support the local national independence movement. It would be great if these places could become independent.
Even if they did not become independent, they could bring a lot of trouble to Loen and other countries.
After finishing all this, it was already March.
The southern part of the Duchy of Southern Balam entered winter again.
… …
West of the Star Highlands, in a secret tomb in the deep mountains.
Haiter, with a pale face and thin body, looked at the wall in the depths of the tomb. The wall was very illusory, and it seemed to be filled with things that were very terrifying.
Suddenly, a human face appeared on the wall. The human face looked at Haiter with empty eyes, made a very painful expression, and then disappeared from the wall.
Haiter couldn't help but frown: "What are those people from the underworld doing?"
That wall was connected to the underworld. He could feel that some changes seemed to be happening in the underworld.
At this time, the entire tomb suddenly shook, and a breath that made Haiter tremble descended on the tomb.
As if Haiter had been prepared for this, with a slight wave of his hand, two huge stone tomb doors opened, and the person who came from outside was the "Pale Empress" Sia with a cold expression.
Haiter said coldly: "It seems that Palenque has really betrayed us."
Palenque was his confidant and knew the location of his tomb.
Sia also said in a cold tone: "You should have contributed the Uniqueness long ago so that I can become a King of Angels!"
She just glared at Haiter, and Haiter knelt on the ground without resistance.
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