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In the following days, Medici once again staged a classic annihilation battle on the territory of the Balam Empire.
Taking advantage of the temporary retreat of the Balam Empire's Beyonders and regular forces, He pursued them closely, causing this portion of Beyonders and regular troops to collapse utterly.
In fact, the Imperial army was not in full retreat at this time; they had received orders to temporarily cease the siege of Vanity City.
They had only intended to retreat temporarily, waiting for the ministers in the capital to discuss a diplomatic stance towards the Atlantis Kingdom before making new military plans.
However, Medici used the teleportation array within Vanity City to send one brigade after another to the front lines.
As a result, the number of pursuing soldiers increased, and in just one day, nearly thirty thousand men and a large number of Beyonders were assembled, creating a strong momentum to invade Cevas.
The Balam Empire quickly mobilized its forces and even requested reinforcements from the Paz Kingdom.
After hastily setting up defenses in Cevas, they finally awaited the Atlantis army.
However, the Atlantis army only attacked once before immediately retreating.
The Imperial army thought that the previous attack by the Atlantis army was a bluff, so they pursued with all their might.
At this moment, the Atlantis armies stationed in Lanyd and Miguel City in the north and south suddenly launched an attack, initiating a pincer movement, like a large pair of pliers, cutting off the pursuing Imperial army at the waist.
The Atlantis army used to lure the enemy also turned around and began to fiercely attack the Imperial army, routing the enemy in mobile warfare.
However, after achieving a great victory, the Atlantis army suddenly plundered the nobles of the Balam Empire while fully retreating, ultimately only garrisoning the three small cities of Lanyd, Vanity, and Miguel.
It is said that most of their main force even withdrew to Ason City, leaving only three brigades like nails stuck in the territory of the Balam Empire.
The Balam Empire had to remain in a state of war, but it temporarily lacked the strength to launch too fierce an offensive, so the war entered a stalemate.
The longer the stalemate lasted, the weaker the Balam Empire became.
...
Late May, the outskirts of Ason City.
The Atlantis Kingdom's spring plowing plan was not delayed by the war; on the contrary, it was more than twenty days earlier than last year.
Like last year, the entire Atlantis Kingdom experienced an early spring, and the harvest would be like last year, with two harvests in one season.
Hobert strolled through the fields with Medici, who had been stationed in Ason City, feeling the vibrant spring atmosphere.
Eventually, the two stopped on a small mound, watching the busy spring plowing of the people in the fields.
This is the first time I've seen such strict requirements for spring plowing," Medici suddenly said, "I heard that there are strict regulations on how many seeds are used per acre, and even the usage of agricultural tools and the feeding of oxen are standardized."
He smiled and said, "The locals are not very good at using new agricultural tools, and there are also problems with feeding the oxen, so giving specifications is to improve efficiency."
Then Hobert added: "According to my idea, agricultural production should use more machinery.
"However, we still need to give the machinery factories some time to complete their transformation."
Medici shook his head: "I don't think it's necessary to put too much energy into farming."
Hobert had issued a strict order that all actions that wasted manpower should be stopped during the spring plowing period, and all labor should be invested in spring plowing.
In addition to industrial production, all construction projects were to be stopped, and officials were not even allowed to hold cocktail parties and dances. Of course, war was definitely not allowed!
Hobert replied: "Cultivation and harvest can make people feel at ease. You can think of it as a national ritual."
He didn't continue to talk about this topic: "I'm here to see you about something else."
"What is it?"
"Prepare to launch a war that will sweep across the entire Southern Continent," Hobert said seriously.
Medici nodded with great satisfaction: "You've finally figured it out! As long as you provide the corresponding angel support, I can help you destroy the Balam Empire and the Paz Kingdom within three months."
He grumbled: "To be honest, if these two opponents make it past the new year, it would be an insult to me."
In Medici's view, the situation had reversed after Hobert's coronation, and the Atlantis Kingdom could completely adopt an active offensive posture.
"It's not just about facing these two opponents," Hobert said, "but also facing the powerful countries of the Northern Continent."
Medici was a little surprised: "Are you planning to fight to the Northern Continent?"
Is the orthodox church going to abandon the countries of the Northern Continent?
Hobert smiled: "I'm responsible for making them transfer all their elites to the Southern Continent, and you are responsible for annihilating them all in the Southern Continent."
Then, a standoff across the sea, and the Atlantis Kingdom would begin to occupy the strategic initiative.
Medici's eyes lit up: "No problem!"
So, during the spring plowing period in the Atlantis Kingdom, the wording of the 'Atlantis Daily' and the 'Angel Daily' suddenly became fierce towards the countries of the Northern Continent, and for the first time, the slogan 'Fight to the Northern Continent, liberate the world' was published.
At the same time, they vehemently criticized the exploitation of the people and the indifference to life in the countries of the Northern Continent.
They criticized them for letting 4-year-old children enter factories and 24-year-olds work more than 16 hours a day!
It can be said that the sinister side of the prosperous scene and prosperity of the Northern Continent was revealed with very precise angles.
Before this, everyone knew that Hobert had 'invented' a new political model, which was significantly different from the political model of the Northern Continent and had a clear tendency to oppose it.
The countries of the Northern Continent had already sensed that the ideological wave brought about by this political model was very terrible.
To this end, they began to strictly control propaganda materials such as newspapers and periodicals in the Southern Continent, and arrested many people and members of organizations that organized strikes and promoted the Atlantis Kingdom.
However, Hobert had never made any statements that were opposed to the Northern Continent.
Because He was very clear that as long as they did not explicitly challenge the authority and interests of the nobles and members of parliament in the Northern Continent, their attitude towards the Atlantis Kingdom would always have doves and hawks.
This would make them consume each other first, and then introduce some policies for the Atlantis Kingdom that had been mutually compromised.
This gave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Atlantis Kingdom time to operate, and the staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would try their best to make the decisions of the Northern countries develop in a more favorable direction.
Many times, as long as some interests were tied together, it would be difficult for the countries of the Northern Continent to completely regard the Atlantis Kingdom as an enemy.
But now it was different. Hobert began to seriously criticize the countries of the Northern Continent, which meant that He was likely to launch large-scale military operations!
So the countries of the Northern Continent sent special envoys one after another, hoping to talk to Hobert face to face about the current international situation.
...
June 1, Monday.
Sitting in his office, Hobert briefly arranged his next work.
He planned to meet with special envoys from all countries this afternoon and evening.
Hobert looked at the clock, but before that, He had to attend today's Tarot Gathering first.
After ordering everyone not to disturb him again, Hobert came to his lounge, where Audrey was already waiting.
Now Hobert took turns attending the Tarot Gathering with them. This week he attended with Audrey, and next week he would attend with Fors.
Hobert had also discussed with them whether they could attend the Tarot Gathering together, but they were sternly rejected.
As soon as he entered the door, Audrey smiled and said, "This time Alice's visit actually brought my parents too. My father even talked to me at noon today."
The special envoy sent by Loen this time was still Alice as always.
Hobert knew that what Audrey meant was that Alice had hoped to use her, the queen, to see Hobert first through various means.
Because the special envoys had been here for three days, but Hobert had not met any of them, nor had he arranged any visits for them as usual, which made them inexplicably anxious.
Hobert smiled and said, "Since you are so embarrassed, let's meet Alice this afternoon, but she has to be second."
While chatting, the two lay on the bed, making the final preparations for attending the Tarot Gathering.
Audrey was slightly stunned by Hobert's answer: "You don't have to disrupt your own plans for me."
"Your feelings are of course more important than my plans," Hobert lied to her face, relying on the fact that he was the King of Angels and Audrey could not observe his inner thoughts.
"Your plans are still important," Audrey said, but she was quite happy in her heart.
"It's settled then," Hobert held Audrey's hand and said, "I suddenly thought of a question these two days."
"What question?"
"The question of letting you become an angel," Hobert said, "You also know that the end is coming, and becoming an angel is the only way to have basic self-protection ability."
Audrey was somewhat surprised, but then she smiled bitterly: "The Beyonder characteristics of the angel level in the pathway I am in should all be in the Twilight Hermit Order, right?"
And the Twilight Hermit Order was Adam's organization. Adam had already become a god. With the protection of a true god, it was almost impossible to obtain Beyonder characteristics at the angel level.
"I have a way," Hobert smiled and said, "If you seriously digest the potion, the opportunity for advancement may not be too far away."
In his impression, the 'Psychology Alchemists' should have come to Audrey at this time. The fact that they still had not come was probably because Audrey had become the queen and the people of the 'Psychology Alchemists' did not dare to contact her again.
Hobert planned to actively create opportunities for Audrey to contact the clues to the Beyonder characteristics of this pathway's angel level.
Audrey hummed. If she remembered correctly, this was the third 'clue about the Beyonder characteristics of angels' that Hobert had obtained.
The other two were the clues to the 'Creator' characteristics that he planned to fund Mr. 'Moon', and the Beyonder characteristics of the 'Death Consul' that he planned to fund Mr. 'Star'.
At this moment, the sight of the two was blocked by the gray fog, and in a blink of an eye, they appeared in the ancient palace, on both sides of the bronze long table.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Fool~," 'Justice' Audrey's greeting arrived as scheduled.
'Fool' Klein glanced at Hobert: This guy has really become a King of Angels, but sadly, Mr. Fool is still a Sequence 2.
After greeting each other and taking their seats, 'Moon' Emlyn looked around and said first: "Everyone, I would like to know if the 'Planter' and 'Moon' pathways have certain special features compared to other pathways?"
After asking the question, he did not hide it at all, and added quite frankly: "I recently learned that the internal system of the Church of the Earth Mother is different from normal churches, and is divided into two parts: the Blessed and the Favored.
"The 'Favored' is the main body of the church, basically Beyonders of the 'Planter' pathway, while the 'Blessed' are Beyonders other than the 'Planter' and 'Moon' pathways.
"The main affairs of the church are handled by the 'Favored', and the 'Blessed' have only one thing to do, which is to confirm the oracle!
"It is said that the oracle confirmed by the 'Blessed' is the real oracle."
Under the recommendation of 'Child of the Goddess' Hobert, Emlyn, who was already a Sanguine earl, easily entered the high level of the Church of the Earth Mother and was responsible for building the church and extraordinary system in Loen with two other demigods.
Recently, the Church of the Earth Mother has basically had churches in every city in Loen and has begun to preach.
Currently, Emlyn is preparing for the ceremony of advancement. When he has prepared the ceremony and obtained the Beyonder characteristics from Hobert, he will immediately advance to Sequence 3 and become an important member of the Divine Council, responsible for church affairs in the Loen Kingdom.
After listening to 'Moon's' description, the other members had their own guesses, but they were not sure of the accuracy of their guesses, so no one spoke, and 'Emperor' Hobert was not in a hurry to answer this question.
Just when Emlyn thought that this question could not be answered, 'Fool' slowly looked around and smiled and asked a question: "Where do you think the source of the twenty-two pathways is?"
Everyone was pleasantly surprised. This question had been discussed at the Tarot Gathering before. At that time, everyone expressed their opinions and formed a relatively clear answer.
However, no conclusion has been reached on the specific process of the formation of Beyonder characteristics.
Mr. Fool suddenly asked this question, which meant that He would answer Mr. Moon's question through the answer to this question.
So everyone cooperated very well and described the conclusions of the previous discussion.
'Hermit' Cattleya said first: "The essence of the world is knowledge, the essence of knowledge is number, human beings are number, and the Beyonder characteristics of the twenty-two pathways are also number. Everything is number, and it has been like this since birth."
'Star' Leonard gave a relatively official answer: "The Seven Churches all believe that Beyonder characteristics come from the 'Original Creator', who transformed into all things, including gods, humans, the sea, the land, and Beyonder characteristics."
Then he glanced at 'Moon' Emlyn and said: "The Life School of Thought believes that the world is divided into three layers: the material world, the soul world, and the absolute rational world. Beyonder characteristics are the projection of certain things in the absolute rational world in the material world and the soul world. Therefore, characteristics are immortal and will only be reorganized."
Emlyn looked back at Mr. Star and said: "As one of the masters of the Second Epoch, we Sanguine believe that Beyonder characteristics do originate from the Original Creator, and then the accumulation of different characteristics gave birth to the ancient gods, who then created different races."
He paused and added, "However, I still agree more with Mr. Emperor's view that humans were transformed into different races by Beyonder characteristics."
For a while, Emlyn had been calling Hobert "Child of the Goddess," but Hobert found the title a bit awkward, so he asked Emlyn to continue calling him "Mr. Emperor."
Audrey summarized, "In other words, there's a fairly consistent understanding that Beyonder characteristics originate from the Original Creator."
Regarding the Antarctic encounter, because it involved a prehistoric civilization's research station, Hobert didn't mention it to the two Empresses.
At this moment, "The Fool" Klein asked, "Then, where did the 'Original Creator's' Characteristics come from?"
Everyone was stunned, and after a little thought, they understood what "The Fool" meant.
"The Hanged Man" Alger tentatively asked, "Honorable Mr. Fool, isn't the Original Creator the beginning of everything?"
Recently, Klein had obtained a lot of advanced information from the Seven Lights of the spirit world, and he calmly asked again, "Does anyone know the extended theory of the Beyonder characteristics Laws?"
Cattleya opened her mouth, but she didn't answer the question, because she didn't know if the knowledge she had obtained was the answer Mr. Fool needed.
To avoid the awkward situation of "'The Fool' asking, 'The World' answering," Hobert raised his hand slightly and said, "According to the Law of Beyonder Characteristics Convergence, the higher the level of Beyonder characteristics, the greater the tendency to converge, but after converging to a certain extent, there will be a tendency to diverge."
This is the so-called "All that convergence must diverge, and all that diverges must converge."
"The Fool" Klein nodded with satisfaction, "Currently, 'The Original Creator' is in a state of Convergence. After He awakens, He will converge more Characteristics from the cosmos."
Even Alger and Cattleya took a moment to understand what Mr. Fool meant; Audrey and Leonard were a half-beat slower.
Immediately afterward, they were shocked by Mr. Fool's words.
After a long while, Alger asked, "In other words, the Original Creator hasn't awakened for the first time?"
"The Fool" didn't answer the question, which was equivalent to tacitly acknowledging it.
Cattleya thought: This completely subverts the Beyonder world's long-standing explanations and thinking about the extraordinary! We are not the only existence? Humans didn't necessarily appear or were born in the First Epoch!
Then she thought of the information she had obtained from the "Emperor" earlier: The "Emperor" said that some Outer Deities hoped to obtain some high-sequence Beyonder characteristics from the real world, so could it be that these Characteristics originally came from those Outer Deities? Or are those considered adjacent pathways of the Outer Deities?
After a long while, "The Magician" Fors asked, "Honorable Mr. Fool, what is the relationship between this and the special nature of the 'Planter' and 'Moon' pathways?"
Everyone then came back to their senses and recalled the initial question of this topic.
Mr. Fool only smiled and didn't answer.
Alger guessed based on Mr. Fool's previous words, "Is Mr. Fool saying that these two pathways are pathways that have just been converged, and they still have a certain connection with the cosmos, which is why they caused the special nature of these two pathways?"
"The Fool" Klein slowly nodded, giving an accurate answer.
Emlyn murmured to himself, "The cosmos."
The answer to this question greatly exceeded his expectations.
The Tarot Club had already shared information about the corruption of the underground and the dangers of the cosmos. All members knew that simply understanding these two concepts would lead to erosion.
After giving everyone a few seconds to react, Klein added, "It's not just these two."
Audrey habitually raised her hand and asked, "Honorable Mr. Fool, which other pathways have been converged from the cosmos?"
"The Fool" replied, "'Prisoner,' 'Criminal,' 'Lawyer,' 'Arbiter.'
"The first two originate from the 'Mother Tree of Desire,' and the last two come from the 'Son of Chaos.'"
Audrey and Fors were almost simultaneously stunned. They both looked at Hobert, and Fors also recalled Xio.
The other members also belatedly looked at the "Emperor," and at the same time, they also thought of the "Creator."
At this time, "The Fool" Klein smiled and said, "'Arbiter' and 'Lawyer' are relatively better."
As far as he knew, the "Son of Chaos" didn't have a deep influence on the "Arbiter" and "Lawyer" pathways, and it couldn't be compared to the "Mother Goddess of Depravity"'s influence on "Moon" and "Planter," or the "Mother Tree of Desire"'s influence on "Criminal" and "Prisoner." This Outer God was as quiet as if it had disappeared.
Audrey and Fors immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Hobert thought, "The 'Son of Chaos' was sentenced to thousands of years of life imprisonment by the 'Celestial Worthy' and is currently continuing to serve his sentence in the lamp."
Emlyn sorted out his thoughts and said, "The special nature of the 'Planter' and 'Moon' pathways comes from the 'cosmos.' Is it possible that the divine revelations perceived by the Beyonders of this pathway are a kind of corruption?"
Alger glanced at Mr. Fool at the head of the bronze long table, and seeing that He didn't intend to speak, he nodded and said, "That's probably the case."
At this time, Cattleya, who had been pondering since just now, said, "I have a question: If the Original Creator's Characteristics come from the cosmos, then why are some affected by the cosmos, and some are not?"
Everyone was slightly stunned. This was indeed a question, so everyone looked at Mr. Fool again.
But "The Fool" didn't give an explanation directly, but smiled and looked at everyone, with a "I'm testing you" expression.
He thought in his heart: Uh, I didn't ask about this!
To be precise, when discussing this issue with the Seven Lights, I didn't think of this point.
After a few seconds of silence in the hall, "Emperor" Hobert said, "Mr. Fool only said that 'The Original Creator' is currently in a state of Convergence, but He didn't say that all of His Characteristics come from the cosmos.
"I think that when 'The Original Creator' was in the splitting stage, although many Characteristics were scattered throughout the universe, He must have retained some Characteristics and Sefirah, otherwise He would not be able to trigger the Convergence of Beyonder characteristics."
Hobert believed that "The Original Creator" should always hold the eight pathways of "Omniscience and Omnipotence" and "Mysteries," as well as the two Sephirot of "Chaos Sea" and "Sefirah Castle."
These two "Sephirot" and two "Pillars" are relatively special.
Moreover, "The Original Creator" only split into the two personalities of "God Almighty" and "Celestial Worthy," which also explains the problem.
In addition to the six pathways that everyone just mentioned, and the eight pathways held by "The Original Creator," the other eight pathways may also come from Outer Deities.
The reason why they are not affected by Outer Deities is that, first, those Outer Deities may be gone, such as the ones in the "Antarctic Prison," or some may have been killed by "God Almighty" and "Celestial Worthy."
Another possibility is that the Beyonder characteristics that have been "processed" by "The Original Creator" several times may be different?
Klein, sitting at the head of the table, immediately thought in his heart after hearing Hobert's explanation: Ah, that's right!
Cattleya nodded, "I understand."
Immediately afterward, Emlyn said, "I have already mastered the names of the high-sequence potions of the 'Planter' and 'Moon' pathways, and I don't understand two of them."
Whether it was the Sanguine Earl or the Archbishop of the Church of the Earth Mother, they had given him the corresponding authority to access a lot of information that he couldn't access in the past.
Seeing that the other members of the Tarot Club were looking over, Emlyn continued, "Mr. Emperor has already announced the names of Sequence 3 and Sequence 2 of the 'Moon' pathway. Sequence 1 is called 'Beauty Goddess.'
"Sequence 3 of the 'Planter' pathway is called 'Pallbearer,' Sequence 2 is called 'Desolate Matriarch,' and Sequence 1 is called 'Naturewalker.'
"What I don't understand is that the names of the potions 'Beauty Goddess' and 'Desolate Matriarch' have a certain gender orientation. You... um, what are your opinions?"
For a moment, the other members of the Tarot Club looked at each other, and no one spoke. They successively thought of a possibility.
After a few seconds, "Justice" Audrey controlled her expression and said, "I remember that Sequence 7 of the 'Assassin' pathway is called 'Witch.' The assassins who take this potion eventually become witches."
Emlyn opened his mouth: This... this must be a test for me.
He had a certain premonition and guess when he saw the names of the potions, but he was unwilling to accept it and hoped to get another explanation at the Tarot Club.
The atmosphere of the Tarot Club was a little quiet. Leonard coughed and took the initiative to say to the "Emperor," "The high-level members of the church have given a reply and agreed to the transaction with you."
Then he said, "I am very grateful to you for giving me the opportunity to become an angel."
At a Tarot Club meeting a few months ago, Hobert had asked Leonard if he wanted to change pathways? He lied that he had clues to the "Death Consul" Beyonder characteristic.
After thinking for a week or two, Leonard decided not to change pathways for the time being. He was used to life in the church, and a true god church could not accept a high-level deacon obtaining Characteristics from forces outside the church and becoming an angel.
In other words, if he wanted to become an angel, he would have to leave the Church of the Evernight Goddess, which he didn't plan to do at the moment.
However, Leonard casually asked Hobert what reward he would have to pay in exchange for that clue?
At that time, he thought that the church might be interested in this clue.
Hobert, who was already planning to launch a war against the Balam Empire during the Backlund conference, casually said that he was going to kill an angel of the Balam Empire.
What Hobert didn't expect was that Leonard took advantage of an opportunity to report this matter to the church.
At this time, a misunderstanding occurred between the two parties. The Church of the Evernight Goddess understood it as: Hobert was preparing to eliminate an angel of the Balam Empire, but He planned to trade the Beyonder characteristic of that angel with the Church of the Evernight Goddess.
When Leonard asked Hobert again what he would use to trade that Beyonder characteristic, Hobert realized that he had shot himself in the foot, so after thinking for a while, he made a request: The condition was that Leonard become the "Horror Bishop"! And Leonard would have the opportunity to become the church's next "Servant of Concealment." To this end, Leonard would provide shelter for "Earl's Light" and help "Earl's Light" develop the Feysac Empire's market, providing corresponding protection.
Leonard was completely stunned when he heard this condition. He didn't expect that even if he didn't change pathways and didn't leave the church, he would still have the opportunity to become an angel.
If someone else had made such a transaction with the church, Leonard wouldn't even have reported it, but Hobert was different. He was once a member of the "Nighthawks," and the church wouldn't have too many doubts about him, Leonard, or this transaction.
The Church of the Evernight Goddess agreed after little discussion.
The high-level members of the church also knew that with Hobert's coronation, the differences between the countries of the Northern Continent and the Atlantis Kingdom would become greater and greater, and wars might break out later.
Although it was only to protect "Earl's Light," there must be spies and Beyonders of the Atlantis Kingdom in "Earl's Light."
However, for the Church of the Evernight Goddess, this transaction was also very worthwhile, after all, it was a Beyonder characteristic at the angel level!
Leonard continued, "After I have completely digested the potion, the church will help me advance to 'Horror Bishop.' If there is an angel-level Beyonder characteristic, my advancement opportunity will be ranked first."
Alger opened his mouth. While he was very envious, he also wanted to remind "Star" that such an opportunity might have to wait a long, long time, and there was even a high probability that he would never become an angel.
But because the "Emperor" didn't express his position, Alger didn't say anything.
Hobert and Klein both knew that in the near future, Leonard would have the opportunity to advance to an angel. At that time, one or two archangels might appear in the Church of the Evernight Goddess!
Hobert nodded after hearing the Church of the Evernight Goddess's reply, "Okay, as soon as I get that Beyonder characteristic, I will complete the transaction immediately."
The situation at this time was different from the situation when the transaction was first initiated. In the near future, the Beyonder characteristic of "Death Consul" will definitely be harvested, so there is no need to crush the sealed artifact at all.
After this transaction was completed, Leonard said again, "I will share some things."
He spoke unhurriedly about some of the deeds of the wandering magician Merlin Hermes, as well as the "Fully Automatic Wishing Machine" and "Utopia."
While narrating these things, he unreservedly glanced at "The World."
Klein let "The World" say, "I have left the southern coast of Midseashire."
To be precise, Leonard's news about the "Wandering Magician" was somewhat delayed, after all, those were mostly just rumors, but "Utopia" was different. That was a real Beyonder event, so the spread of the two pieces of news was different.
For the past half month, Klein had been staying in Utopia and had begun to gradually "receive" more outsiders.
The other members were stunned. They didn't expect that "Star's" narration was actually done by "The World." They even felt that it was already a miracle.
As a high-level deacon of the Church of the Evernight Goddess, Leonard had recently been sent to investigate Merlin Hermes.
After hearing "The World's" answer, he thought: Has he already left the southern coast of the Midseashire? Then my investigation will be much easier. I can just make up a conclusion. At worst, I can directly write that Gehrman Sparrow has become a "Miracle Invoker" and is acting... anyway, I already know what I need to know.
After this topic ended, Alger asked "Sun" Derrick, "Are you currently adapting to life outside?"
Since they all moved to the Southern Continent and renamed New Lanagua City to "New City of Silver," he hadn't heard much about their new life.
"I've basically adapted." Derrick glanced at "Emperor" and continued, "South Balam… no, the Atlantis Kingdom has sent us many teachers. Some are life skills teachers, while others teach us general knowledge of the outside world, which has helped us adapt to life outside."
Cattleya joined the conversation, asking curiously, "What is your main source of income? I remember it should still be winter in the southern part of the Southern Continent. Are you not experiencing food shortages?"
"In the beginning, the Atlantis Kingdom basically helped solve the food problem," Derrick replied. "Later, after we produced our first harvest and grew fruits and vegetables, we no longer needed the Atlantis Kingdom to continue supplying us.
"Currently, the Atlantis Kingdom has entered spring. Although I am away, I heard yesterday that the residents of New City of Silver have completed this year's spring plowing…"
Cattleya keenly noticed something was wrong: "It's only early June now; it should still be winter there."
"Spring in the Atlantis Kingdom arrived early this year," Hobert explained. "Actually, it was early last year too, but it's even earlier this year."
Cattleya and Alger, along with several other members, were a little surprised. Alger asked, "How could spring arrive early?"
"Because we need to complete spring plowing as soon as possible so we have enough manpower to do other things," Hobert replied without much emotion.
Cattleya immediately understood: "Emperor" wanted spring to arrive early, so spring arrived early. This… no wonder the ancients called angels "Subsidiary Gods," this is simply a miracle!
Alger had similar feelings, and he imagined this scene: during the coldest time of the year, people are already working in the fields! It sounds… a bit eerie.
After a few seconds of silence in the hall, Derrick continued to answer "Hermit's" previous question: "Initially, most of the city's expenses were resolved with the help of the Church of the Fool.
"At the same time, we also actively went to the market to trade, selling some animal skins, and in the Atlantis Kingdom's official Beyonder market, selling some Beyonder ingredients and 'low-sequence' Beyonder characteristics."
Derrick smiled slightly as he said this, "Actually, it didn't cost much at first because the Atlantis Kingdom also provided us with a lot of living supplies."
Emlyn raised his chin when he heard this, but the other members didn't quite understand why "Moon" suddenly became so arrogant.
Leonard glanced at "Emperor" and asked, "Is it all free?"
"Some of it is free," Derrick said. "Most of it needs to be repaid at market price.
"In the beginning, the government of Lanagua Port often organized some of us to help them with some construction.
"One-third of the salary was given to the participants, and two-thirds were used to repay debts.
"Later, after we gradually became familiar with the factory's machines and production processes, we began to produce many industrial products, which the Lanagua Port government would purchase at the factory price.
"After that, the factory's output became our main source of income. Tang… um, the Atlantis Kingdom's chief liaison encouraged us to sell the products ourselves because the kingdom government would only buy them at the factory price.
"We have tried to sell products to Angel City and Rockville City. Through these opportunities, we have also seen the outside world.
"It turns out the outside world is so beautiful and peaceful, and the government officials everywhere are also very kind."
"That's the Atlantis Kingdom!" Emlyn emphasized. "Only the Atlantis Kingdom is like that. Officials in other countries are more like villains."
Derrick nodded, "That's what I've heard too."
Then He added, "In addition, the Church of the Fool also has a need for Beyonders. Some of our members have joined the church and can receive a fixed income there.
"Some have formed mercenary groups and fought alongside the Atlantis Kingdom's Beyonders. They were even commended by Marshal Medici in the 'Vanity War' that ended not long ago."
Alger and Cattleya realized from these descriptions that the City of Silver's power had been fully mobilized.
Some extraordinary powers entered the Church of the Fool, and some formed mercenary groups.
Ordinary people entered factories, worked in sales, or farmed, having their own jobs.
However, as Derrick described, everyone inevitably thought of the current tense international situation.
Alger first said to "Emperor," "I saw in the newspaper that the conflict between the Atlantis Kingdom and the Northern Continent seems to be escalating?"
In fact, he was being polite because the Loen newspapers were already denouncing Hobert and the Atlantis Kingdom's betrayal and saying they were destroying world peace.
"Yes," Hobert said seriously. "I said last week that after Loen and other Northern Continent countries joined forces to restore the Paz Kingdom, we completely lost the possibility of dialogue and negotiation.
"Everyone, if someone puts a bomb in front of your house, what would you do?
"Anyway, I would shoot at him!"
Cattleya realized, "I didn't expect a new war to break out so soon after the previous world war ended."
Leonard frowned slightly, "It shouldn't start immediately, right?"
According to his observation, the countries of the Northern Continent have not completely recovered from the decline of the war. Construction is underway everywhere, and industry and industrial production have just returned to normal.
But after Leonard finished his conclusion, he still looked at Hobert.
Hobert smiled, "That's not necessarily true."
For Him, this was an opportunity because the longer they waited, the stronger the Northern Continent countries would become.
Now it depends on whether Loen and other countries have enough strategic focus to watch Hobert unify the Southern Continent.
If they have such strategic focus, with their original foundation, they can quickly restore their national power.
But similarly, by that time, Hobert will be able to deal with the Northern Continent countries more calmly.
Klein manipulated "World" and asked, "Is there no room for reconciliation?"
Hobert suddenly recalled a sentence: "The Iron Curtain has fallen."
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