With the death of the Balor, the chaos had come to an end. However, there was still a lot of work to be done. Blue Lake Town had been destroyed, and it needed to be rebuilt. Other than the residents who had been killed by the Balor, many had escaped to the surrounding wilderness.
The town needed to be rebuilt, and the refugees needed to be settled as soon as possible. At the same time, because of the destruction of the Balor, a large part of the farmland here was destroyed and needed to be replanted in time. The destroyed farmland also needed to be purified of evil energy. There were a lot of things to do.
In addition to these, Suhlen also had to summon the Paladins and give them rewards. After all, when the Balor was raging, these people helped stop him and reduced Florence's losses.
As soon as the battle was over, Suhlen found these people. At this time, there were less than twenty Paladins left, and all of them were injured. After Suhlen came here, he directly used Physical Healing to treat these people's injuries.
The effect of Physical Healing was very good. Except for a few who were seriously injured, the injuries of the others were almost healed. Even the rest were fine.
Suhlen expressed his gratitude to these Paladins and priests and promised to give rewards. The rewards for those who died in the battle would be doubled. Then he found a relatively intact house in Blue Lake Town for them to live in. Among these Paladins, except for two who had recovered and went back to report to the Paladin, the others lived here for the time being.
After arranging these people, Suhlen went to check on Chrissy. Chrissy, who had just completed her advancement, had not yet controlled her power. Through the Spirit Devouring Array, she could at most seize about 80% of the energy. Chrissy had 80% of the Balor's power.
Not only the power, but also the divinity of the Balor. Divinity was different from other energies. Chrissy did not directly absorb it now. There were still a lot of residual consciousness of the Balor on it. If she absorbed it directly, it was very likely that the Balor would take the opportunity to resurrect. This kind of thing was not unprecedented. In the multiverse, many gods had been resurrected through various methods.
Chrissy was not a legendary demon before. Once she engaged in a battle of wills, the consequences would be very dangerous, so the best way was to temporarily seal this divinity. After she fully adapted to her own energy, she would try to absorb it slowly.
The balor had a total of seven points of divinity. If he had a little more, he would have been able to advance to a demon lord. But now, all of this divinity had been obtained by Chris.
Suhlen took out a magic staff and used the power of thunder to seal all the divinity of the Balor in one place. Endless power of thunder entered Chrissy's body and then continuously squeezed the divinity of the Balor. This process was very painful, and the taste of thunder and lightning was not pleasant. However, the little succubus often enjoyed the treatment of plasma cannons, so her resistance to thunder and lightning had obviously increased.
In addition, Suhlen's lightning was not an attack. Although it was uncomfortable, it was still bearable. Soon, the Balor's divinity was all squeezed into one place. Then, a dozen lightning chains separated from Suhlen's body and completely sealed the divinity. With a flash of lightning, a lightning rune appeared on Kris's arm.
After all, the power seized by the spirit devouring circle was not from her own cultivation. It would take some time to digest and master it. At the same time, the Balor's power had a lot of negative will, which Kris had to remove by herself.
After Kris completed her advancement, Suhlen looked around at the people of the Church of Soul Snatchers. These people were still under Kris's control. The charm of a legendary succubus was very powerful. Suhlen did not plan to kill these people for the time being. They might be useful in the future. He ordered these people to pack up and then let them return to Harvest City to wait for orders.
After checking that there were no fish that had escaped the net, Suhlen left with Kris. After returning to Harvest City, Suhlen asked the Imperial Guard to pass on his orders and then directed the city hall to start the post-disaster reconstruction work.
This time, the Balor's energy was sucked out by the spirit devouring circle. Suhlen did not get any experience, legendary skill points, or soul crystals from it. In the end, he only got a gold treasure chest and some experience from the people of the Church of Soul Snatchers.
If Kris did not successfully become a legendary, it would be a big loss.
Without the Balor's interference, the post-disaster reconstruction work went very smoothly. The nobles around all contributed money and manpower. The news of Suhlen's appearance was heard by the nobles the next day. Some of them wanted to curry favor with Suhlen, but they did not dare to neglect his orders. The first batch of supplies was quickly prepared. Then, Suhlen notified San Felto City and asked Phyllis to send some officials over.
At the same time, he also began to settle the score for the balor incident. This time, it was not just Baron Brent who was involved, but he was the most unlucky one. With his strength alone, there was no way for him to carry out such a legendary demon summoning ritual.
Of course, the Church of the Soul Reaver was involved in this, but many of the nobles around Harvest City were also involved. During this time, Su Lun had ordered the Imperial Secret Service to collect all kinds of information. Although the Imperial Secret Service was not good at war, they were experts at collecting information. The nobles thought that they were doing things secretly, but in reality, the Imperial Secret Service had already investigated everything.
After the investigation was completed, the people from San Felto City arrived and began to investigate the nobles.
With the help of this demon incident, Suhlen began to make a move on the nobles in the southern plains. After the last rebellion, Suhlen wanted to clean up the area. However, considering that the nobles in the southern plains were already frightened at the time, if he was too aggressive, the nobles would very likely submit to the surrounding countries.
At that time, it was very likely that the civil war would escalate into a war between Florence and several other countries. At that time, even if Suhlen won, the southern provinces of the kingdom would be completely destroyed. Even the northern provinces that had just settled down would be in chaos again, so Suhlen did not think too much about it.
Now, with the demon incident caused by Baron Brent, it gave him a very good excuse. Of course, this incident was more to weaken the local nobles' strength and increase his control over the south. Suhlen currently lacked a large number of experienced grassroots officials. Although the academy in San Felto City had been training them, there was still a shortage of manpower.
It would take at least three months for the basic officers to be trained. After that, they would need to go to prison for political studies. Only after passing all of that could they take up their posts. Many of these people were former members of the aristocracy. After all, in this era, the literacy rate of the aristocracy was the highest. Ordinary people could not even write their own names.
Suhlen was very clear about the morals of these nobles. All kinds of corruption, bending the law for personal gain, there was nothing they did not dare to do. However, at this time, they could not not be used. Therefore, Suhlen stipulated that those who had not gone through political studies in prison were not qualified to work in the council hall. They were not even allowed to be grassroots officials.
There was a lot of food in Harvest City, so there was no pressure to use it to provide relief to the victims. This time, because of the Balor's arrival, at least a dozen villages were destroyed, and three towns were severely damaged. Although the death toll had not been calculated, it was estimated to be five to six thousand people.
The number of people who escaped into the wild was estimated to be more than twice the number of people who died. If so many people were only given food, it would be a complete waste. Moreover, they had nothing to do, so it was easy for them to become a social danger. They would lose their jobs, lose their property, and have nothing to do. If the nobles were in charge, the crime rate here would skyrocket, and even more serious things would happen.
Suhlen planned to use the method of providing relief with work. This method had been proven very effective in his previous life. It just so happened that Harvest City had not been renovated yet. The city was dirty and messy, and the demons had destroyed a lot of farmland, so these people were needed to repair it.
Of course, although the method of providing relief with work was good, it also had some disadvantages. That was, it consumed a lot of resources and money. Fortunately, Harvest City had enough food, so there was no need to worry. As for money, Suhlen planned to replace it with farmland. This time, many people had died, so a lot of land had become ownerless. Suhlen planned to give these lands to the victims as a reward.
At the same time, many nobles had died in this incident, so their property was not a small amount. It was just right to use it as a reward. Basically, Suhlen did not need to pay extra money to complete the renovation of Harvest City and the restoration of the destroyed towns.
In order to repair the land destroyed by the Balor Demon, Suhlen found the church of Harvest City. The priests of the church of the Goddess of Nature were willing to help Suhlen purify the polluted land and make it fertile again. In exchange, Suhlen had to pay a price. Money was the most basic. Suhlen expressed his support for them to develop their faith among the victims.
After every disaster, the souls of the survivors would be greatly damaged. This was a very good time to develop their faith. They could easily gain a lot of believers, and many of these believers would become devout believers, which was very important for a church.
Of course, the other churches would not let go of this opportunity. Suhlen would not stop them, nor would he support them. After all, a single church was not a good thing. But even so, the church of the Goddess of Nature had a big advantage.
Balors and fire elemental elders were not popular in the material world. The main reason was that the land they passed through would become dry and barren. If it was a fire deity or a fire elemental lord, the consequences would be even worse.
The best way was to use water elemental magic and the power of nature to repair it. Of course, wizards also had ways to do it, but the effect was not as good as others.
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