While Roland was slacking off in the Bardi capital, the world didn't stop at all.
In the west, the Ottoman Empire achieved an unprecedented victory in their 68th counterattack. Due to Diana's sudden appearance, the cleanup of the water was much faster than expected. Coupled with the fact that the Sea Tribe's funeral troops were willing to go all out, the Sea Tribe was able to hold on for quite a long time even after the Sea Tribe's royalty led a large tribe to attack.
When the humans finally retreated on the second day, the Ottoman Empire's engineers were able to empty out all the inventory in their underwater base. Perhaps the Ottoman Empire's proud aerial fleet would arrive much earlier than expected.
Of course, the Sea Tribe could still declare them the victors since their opponents had been forced to retreat in the end.
While the Aurora Knight, Four Elemental Swordcasters, Desecration Priest, and Anti-Holy Knight all gained the attention of the world, the small, remote country in the north once again entered the sights of the major countries.
Just as the Ottoman Emperor Dasos hoped that he would be able to keep these new powerful individuals here, he discovered that they had already headed north. It was said that their target was the Bardi capital.
Meanwhile, in the south of Bardi, the war between the undead and the wood spirits had come to a standstill. The wood spirits were using this time to expand their territory in the Forest of Dreams. In just a little over a month, they had expanded to twelve cities the size of Oak Town. The undead seemed to be completely oblivious to this.
After the new undead commander arrived, the wood spirits focused most of their attention on attacking Nightrain City. Unlike Davey, who was "related" to them, the new commander was rumored to be an Empire Senator. It was just that he would never be able to become a SemiGod due to his injuries from the previous battle.
Under the supervision of the Undead Emperor, the new undead army was formed after two unlucky individuals who were slacking off were executed as a warning to the others. The second attack on Nightrain City was now in its prelude. However, since the entire Bardi Empire was constantly accumulating supplies, and even the backup army had caught up, the outside world didn't think that this attack would be any different from the first one.
The wood spirits of the Forest of Dreams seemed to be satisfied with their victory. The three Virtues had all returned to their mother's home. Only the Contract Heroes were still working hard to hunt and earn points. However, only the higher-ups of the wood spirits knew that the return of the three Virtues and the contraction of the defense line were all in preparation for the birth of the fourth Virtue.
Meanwhile, in the eastern part of Bardi, the "Holy War's vanguard squadron" had fallen into a stalemate. They were unable to advance, as the furious dragons had already patrolled the skies twice. The warning was quite obvious. However, they were even more unable to retreat. Otherwise, the furious Holy Light Church would only need to label them as traitors who betrayed the Holy Light to make their lives worse than death.
The Holy Church behind them was unable to force them to their deaths. The incident of the Holy Light Church stealing military achievements had already spread far and wide. Just cleaning up all the rumors and slander had taken up a great deal of effort. Even worse, this incident had shaken the trust of the Holy Church's insiders in the Holy Church.
And it just so happened that at this time, someone brought up the incident of the Mist Kingdom. That abnormal Crusade expedition, the Holy Church's internal conflict, and the fact that the Prince of Holy Light, who had died unjustly, was now Emperor Yongye's identity. Most people immediately treated this as a legend. However, it just so happened that the Holy Church personally experienced this incident, and all the details proved that this was true.
When someone from the Holy Church asked Estrada, the "Living Legend" and "Strongest Holy Knight", this Holy Knight, who had aged significantly in recent years, responded with silence.
Although this information was soon locked down, there were already many people who had doubts about the Holy Church. At the very least, many new Holy Knight and priests who had been hesitating to begin with left the so-called Holy Blessing system and chose to become Estrada's Contract Heroes. For a time, Estrada's new Holy Light teachings in the Northlands, which stated that one's identity and birth shouldn't be judged as a sin, and that one's actions should be judged as a sin, spread far and wide. According to this belief, it seemed that it was possible for a Holy Knight to coexist with the intelligent undead.
And so, the Holy Church fell into a new round of internal conflict and purging.
While the main battlefields of the Holy Church fell into a temporary lull, or a new war was brewing, the mega empire of San Antonio also met with trouble. But from a certain standpoint, San Antonio's troubles were self-inflicted.
San Antonio was located in the center of the continent, so it wasn't invaded by external enemies. However, after Emperor Hant II suddenly died, San Antonio's only son suddenly left with his father. Meanwhile, Princess Maria and Prince Winston accused each other of conspiracies and assassinations, which led to a civil war.
If it had been an ordinary civil war, it would have been fine. Princes with powerful troops would have been able to easily obtain victory and swiftly restore peace to the country. However, it just so happened that Princess Maria was rumored to be the strongest demon warlock in all of history. She directly opened the Dimensional Door to Hell, but the only thing worth celebrating was that she didn't summon demons filled with destruction and slaughter. Instead, she summoned the relatively gentler Sulu Demons and Devils. At the very least, they could still be negotiated with and reasoned with.
But when the Holy Church directly judged Princess Maria to be a heretic, the Holy Church was unable to do anything about it. In fact, since Princess Maria had made ample preparations, the Holy Church actually gained the upper hand in the civil war … And according to rumors, Princess Maria was the Death God Aillé's God Envoy, which made the situation even more complicated.
At the same time, all the powerful countries in the continent more or less met with some trouble. The entire continent welcomed the arrival of spring in the new year, and by now, everyone knew that the Holy War was unavoidable.
While the entire continent was in chaos, in the Northlands, there was a region that had sunk into peace and tranquility. That's right, that region was the Northlands, where the Seven Northlands countries were located.
The basic structure of the Mist Alliance had already been completed before a certain someone had left. San Antonio's civil war caused many core members to return to the Northlands to join the Northlands Alliance's faction. This actually loosened San Antonio's restrictions on the vassal countries, so some people had their own plans. At the very least, without the Northlands Alliance's constant obstruction, the Six Northlands countries' integration sped up.
The Underground beastmen's migration had ended. New banners were being raised on the highlands. However, this time, the Underground beastmen tribes didn't have any customs of being hostile to humans. Trade with the beastmen of the plains was also progressing rather smoothly. As long as the beastmen were properly controlled, the already isolated plains beastmen would have to actively integrate into the Northlands society if they didn't want to die.
The Northlands Elven Kingdom was still arguing over whether or not to completely integrate into the Mist Alliance. Meanwhile, the newly reborn grayblood elves had already completed their migration and were beginning to integrate into Donglan society. Before the merchant caravans arrived, a large amount of handicrafts and specialties had already been prepared. These would probably be used to exchange for the Northlands' food supplies that the Northlands lacked.
Perhaps this wasn't necessary. After all, Amelia's new food supplies were being planted abnormally smoothly. The Northlands' military orders were booming as well. Timlad, who returned to the Northlands, followed a certain someone's instructions and began a new industrial development plan for the new year. Although two members of the royal family were unreliable and had left, with everyone's support, this time-tested country was still developing in a positive direction.
After the war ended in the wilderness, Anne and the other Underground residents began constructing new settlements. This wasn't an easy task. Although there was a lot of land to choose from, there was almost nothing. Meanwhile, the Underground residents' desire for land was almost limitless. Plus, there were so many different species living here that there were conflicts and troubles. The heavy work caused Anne and the centaurs to complain endlessly. If it weren't for the fact that the older generation had been invited to take charge and the dragons patrolling the cities, they would have been in trouble. It was likely that there would have been major chaos.
Even though Marguerite, who had a poor life, had been dragged into this work, and even though the Church of Law, including Xueti, had put most of their efforts into this work, there were still countless unexpected incidents happening every day. The pitiful centaur and beastman king had been doing their best to escape every day, but he had never succeeded even once.
In the Northlands, the Sleuweir Kingdom and the Donglan Principality were now viewed as one family. After completing negotiations on tariffs and border crossings, in a way, they were now on the same side. However, the most vexing part of the Sleuweir Kingdom's upper echelons were their queen's new guests.
Forget about that shota who always showed off his muscles. Forget about his strange personality where he would suddenly make strange bodybuilding poses, his unique commanding skills were quite popular among the military. However, Omar's "younger brother" who looked rather similar to Lord Roland was even stranger. Omar would always shout about how explosions were art, and then cause numerous explosions.
Alright, this obviously suited a certain queen's taste, so the three of them started researching military tactics together … Yep, to be honest, I don't know what they actually researched, but the power and number of explosions kept increasing. As that brat named "War" became more and more capable of causing trouble, Queen Glina's explosive techniques seemed to be gradually improving as well. Every day, the people of Antoon prayed that the city would survive until tomorrow without being destroyed by explosions, prayed that they wouldn't be blown up into the clouds in their sleep.
The Xiluo Empire had also begun preparing for war. They had already completed the order for four out of six super battleships. Judging from the current progress, the North Star Fleet would be completely reorganized within half a year. As for reorganizing the entire North Star Fleet and its internal factions, according to the Empire's prime minister, Lionheart, it was "Let me die again. That's impossible." "You bastards, all of you are running far away and making me work myself to death." "No, Ah Dang, I'm not talking about you. I'm happy that you want to help, but I'll be even happier if you don't do anything at all. By the way, please let go of that ambassador you're talking about. He's almost scared to death."
But no matter how difficult it was, he would still have to do it. Lionheart was still quite busy in order to complete the mission that a certain boss had given him.
Who else had he forgotten? That beast friend? After Roland left, he lost control of himself and celebrated in public in his own way. And so, while shocking the entire world, his crimes were finally discovered by this world's Animal Protection Group (Druil Parliament), and he was now being hunted down by the entire world. Meanwhile, Eaglestorm, who was far away in Bardi, unhesitatingly said that he didn't know anything about this at all. Otherwise, it was likely that even he would remove his status as a Druil.
And at this time, Roland himself was in some small trouble. Or, it should be said that the trouble he created finally found him.
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