Dimensional Alliance

——Some lords are very likely to have such an idea.

Volume 1043 Conquest of Hell: Chapter 1009 Chapter [-] Pretext for War

1009

In the "setting", the human beings in the sanctuary world are the offspring of angels and demons, and according to the results of APA genetic testing, the human beings in the sanctuary world are genetically different from the normal humans in the APA world. , Their No. 15 and No. 23 chromosomes are a lot longer than the average human chromosome, and there may be important genetic information about demons and angels in them.

But in any case, since the self-cognition of the human beings in the sanctuary world is also 'human', and in the past few months since APA arrived in this world, the human beings in the sanctuary world also have a strong yearning for modern life and questioning , the Human Alliance is also willing to try to transform them and gradually accept them into their own system.

The only thing that worries the human coalition is that in the original "plot" of the dark world, after the world stone was destroyed, the sanctuary world that lost the world stone suppression is not only easier for humans to obtain supernatural power, but only 20 years have passed, the sanctuary The world has awakened the "Nephalem" who can wrestle with the king of demons and high-level heavens. If this cannot be guided and controlled, it is likely to cause huge damage to human society.

Therefore, even if the Foundation's request is not considered, strengthening the research on the effective mode of the World Stone is still a very necessary work for the human coalition forces and needs to be carried out as soon as possible.

However, how to persuade the various countries or organizations in the sanctuary world to agree to the request of the human coalition is still a headache.

Leaving aside the countries established by mortals in the world of sanctuary, in various supernatural organizations, perhaps Rathma priests (necromancers) who regard angels and demons as threats at the same time and barbarians who have guarded the Arreat Plateau for generations can Understand and agree with the approach of the human coalition. As for other organizations, it is difficult for the human coalition to guess their attitude towards their desire to study the World Stone, but what is certain is that if the human coalition ignores the opposition of the vast majority of human forces in this world , Attempt to forcibly carry out research on the World Stone by means of force suppression. These organizations will most likely go to the opposite side of the human coalition forces.

No matter what these organizations think about the human coalition forces now, if the human coalition forces take the initiative to provoke a war, in the eyes of these supernatural organizations, it is a group of people from different worlds who have just arrived in this world for a few days, trying to plunder and maintain the stability of their own world. An important cornerstone, I am afraid that the human united front will then turn around and attack the human coalition forces.

Just as the Human Coalition is unwilling to conquer the fantasy world by force, the Human Coalition does not want to have direct hostilities with the human supernatural organizations in the world of Sanctuary.

Although compared with the teleportation magic that can easily send an army across the mountains in the fantasy world, the attack magic that is as powerful as a nuclear bomb, or the soul magic that can simply reverse life and death, the magic in the world of sanctuary seems to be much more petty. Even the devil The fireball released with all its strength on the battlefield has a range of less than 50 meters, which is not even as lethal as a cloud bomb.

But the many special abilities of the world of Sanctuary are also enough to make people hard to guard against.

Whether it is a mage who can teleport for a short distance, a druid who can summon and transform into an animal, or an assassin who can come and go freely on the battlefield and assassinate his lord in front of hundreds or thousands of demons, They all have the ability to easily bypass the defense of the human alliance.

Unless the human coalition can use the 100% pure metal that was tested on the battlefield not long ago to build the defense system of important facilities, once the two sides turn against each other and these organizations start to attack the rear of the human coalition desperately, the human coalition There may also be a small price to pay.

In addition, if the situation really develops to the point where all countries or organizations in the sanctuary world must be forced to stand in line, it is also setting the APA on the fire that has just agreed to join the human coalition. Even the APA is also clear, If the human coalition forces can really figure out the working mechanism of the World Stone, it will also be of great help to their future development, but from the perspective of APA, this is equivalent to accepting the invitation of the human coalition forces before the APA , the human coalition forces began to dismantle the forces formed by APA, which is not conducive to the long-term unity of the human coalition forces.

Likewise, secret research does not work.

After realizing that the devil coveted the World Stone, the defense forces on the Arreat Plateau are no longer only barbarians. Various organizations and countries in Sanctuary World have dispatched long-term defense forces to this place, even the APA. Taking advantage of the situation, a synthetic brigade was deployed here in case Baal or other hell forces went back and forth.

If the human coalition forces only study the fragments of the Worldstone, that’s fine, but if the human coalition forces cannot obtain enough information from the Worldstone fragments, then the huge size of the Worldstone also makes it impossible for the human coalition forces to bypass the defense of the Worldstone defenders and secretly Research it.

As for the fragment of the world stone seized by APA when destroying Mephisto's body, considering that the fragment of the world stone has been polluted by Mephisto, and the soul of a demon king is sealed inside, this piece of world stone hastily If the world stone fragments are used as samples for research, no one knows whether the final research will be harmful or beneficial to the human coalition.

But after careful consideration, when the human coalition and the representatives of various countries or lords in the sanctuary world discussed the details of the merger of the human coalition and the human united front a few days later, the human coalition still proposed that it wanted to send The request of the research team to go inside the Worldstone Fortress, or to cut a sample from the Worldstone for close-up research.

Unsurprisingly, when the human coalition made this request, it immediately aroused strong reactions from all parties in the sanctuary. Except for a few lords who had already had in-depth cooperation with APA and fully understood the power of APA, they remained silent. Representatives of the vast majority of countries believed that the request of the Human Alliance was "unreasonable", and immediately after the meeting, representatives of many kings and lords began to join forces, as if preparing to teach the Human Alliance a "lesson".

As for the supernatural organization that the human coalition is most concerned about, the representative of the barbarians first denied the idea of ​​the human coalition wanting to cut the World Stone, but then said that as long as the human coalition can pass the test of the souls of the ancestors, they can allow the human coalition to continue without destroying the world stone. Research on the premise of world stone or affect its stability.

The church reorganized by the crusaders and the remaining paladins believed that as long as the barbarians did not oppose the research plan of the human coalition forces, they could remain neutral in principle. With the approval of the soul, they entered the interior of the World Stone Fortress, and they also sent personnel to "protect" the research of the human coalition forces throughout the process, so as to prevent the human coalition forces from "being attacked by demons."

In addition, the church also pointed out that due to the depravity of the Zakarum Church, they have become very cautious about their beliefs, so they hope to have further exchanges with the Sun Temple as soon as possible, and re-draft their own teachings and core beliefs, Make sure that your own personnel are not mixed with the corrupting power of the devil before performing the follow-up "protection" task.

Both the Amazon warriors in the Scovos Islands and the druids in Tadulla did not directly respond to the human alliance's attempt to study the World Stone, and maintained a relatively neutral attitude for the time being.

What surprised the human coalition forces was that apart from Priest Rathma, mages from Xiansai also showed support for the research plan of the human coalition forces. One of the mage representatives even found The human coalition forces, hope that the human coalition forces can take them with them when conducting research.

——Of course, this request was rejected on the spot by the human coalition forces.

So the current situation is that most of the supernatural organizations in Sanctuary World have expressed neutrality or a stance in favor of the human coalition, but many major countries and powerful lords have shown clear support for the research plan of the human coalition. Opposed, and representatives of Kejistan and Westmarch even directly warned the human coalition not to touch things they should not touch.

And this is exactly what the human coalition forces want to see the most.

In fact, everyone knows very well that after the APA and the human coalition came to the world of Sanctuary successively, it is impossible to continue without making any changes, whether it is the technology of growing magic herbs in greenhouses or the assembly line The advanced forging and enchanting techniques have already benefited the lords everywhere. Even though because of the current war with demons, most materials need to be supplied to the frontline at close to cost prices, but as the war situation in the World Stone Fortress eases, what these industrialized production lines can do The resulting benefits gradually began to reveal themselves, and even the king would be moved by it.

But on the other hand, although the United Front of Mankind had already reached an agreement on the distribution of benefits when the United Front of Mankind established production lines in the concession lands of these countries, the conservative instinct of the feudal lords to resist changes would make them distrust these lands under the control of the United Front of Mankind. The machines and production lines are very repulsive, especially when they see that APA sells them at extremely low prices because of the overcapacity of magic potions to civilians who may not have been able to afford potions in the past, they feel that APA is eroding their economy, harm their interests, and embezzle their power.

Therefore, the instinct of the feudal lords will make them try to control all these production lines in their own hands, and then arrange their own confidants in every link, so that not only can they obtain greater benefits, but the order of the territory is still in control. In the hands of oneself or one's own family, it is simply the choice of the best of both worlds.

It's just the same as the concerns of the human coalition forces. If they backstab the human coalition forces for no reason, it will mean to the frontline soldiers, "We were fighting against demons side by side the day before, and today you order me, let me fight against demons." My comrades-in-arms are facing each other with swords and swords", not to mention that the soldiers on the front line may not be able to accept it, I am afraid that as long as the human coalition forces give them a hat of "suspecting collusion with the devil", they will be able to isolate them, and maybe even move the Holy Spirit. The teaching army turned around and launched an "investigation" on them.

But since both sides are very clear, if the two sides continue to stick to their positions and do not make any changes, then the human coalition and most countries in this world will part ways sooner or later, or it will eventually develop into the human coalition's treatment of other races in the fantasy world. Except for trade and academic exchanges, the two sides will never communicate with each other, or a war will inevitably break out between the two sides.

On the premise that neither side is willing to initiate disputes, both sides are actually waiting for the other party to make a mistake, so as to obtain a sufficient justification for their next actions.

In fact, before APA established the united front of mankind, it had already realized that when the ideas of modern and feudal civilizations began to collide, conflicts could not be avoided. In this situation, the positions of the two sides determine that there is absolutely no room for compromise.

It's just that when there are a large number of supernatural organizations, and most of these organizations claim to represent justice, no one is willing to initiate wars without reason.

If there is no human coalition, APA's original plan is to increase efforts to promote a more advanced production model in Sanctuary World after preventing Barr from spying on the World Stone. , raising the industrial level of the world of Sanctuary to around the level of the two world wars.

In this way, the advanced productivity and the backward distribution system will inevitably lead to great dissatisfaction. APA only needs to send a few theoretical books from another world to these cities where the dissatisfaction is exploding. With these cities being breached from within.

But now that the human coalition forces have come to this world, the human coalition forces that have the absolute ability to crush in the oppressive environment of the world stone naturally don't need to adopt the slow-acting and trouble-filled approach of APA.

The feudal lords of the world of Sanctuary need a casus belli?

Then give them a casus belli.

Although based on the human coalition's understanding of the feudal lords, most of them may not have a clear judgment on the military strength of the human coalition.Even those soldiers who have fought with the human coalition forces outside the World Stone Fortress will reveal some information about the human coalition forces when they return to rest, but this information is very likely to be used by the local lords as soldiers exaggerating to show their bravery. get their attention.

Otherwise, after truly understanding the strength of the Human Alliance, they should either cooperate with the Human Alliance to actively carry out internal reforms like Queen Catherine, and maintain a good cooperative relationship with the Human Alliance without compromising their own power as much as possible; or It should be like the elves, reducing the channels and frequency of communication with the human coalition, and maintaining the independence of its own civilization and culture to the greatest extent.

But even if they don't have a correct understanding of the military strength of the human coalition forces, the human coalition forces can basically be sure that they should not prepare for a full-scale war with the human coalition forces, and probably just want to pass some small-scale friction or low-intensity battles Forcing the human coalition forces to retreat, so as to "justify" take back the production equipment in its own territory, but...

As long as the war starts, it's up to them when it ends.

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Volume 1044 Conquest of Hell: Chapter 1010 Chapter [-] Conspiracy

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The king of Kehjistan, Hakan I, has had an uneasy life recently.

From the perspective of a feudal monarch, Hakan I basically did nothing wrong. Relying on the Sarangkam religion, Hakan I was able to establish a huge dynasty in the Eastern Continent as the treasury of Kejistan. Lanster Harbor has become one of the most prosperous and glorious cities on the east and west continents, and the hundreds of kilometers of land within the radiation range of Kuranster Harbor has also developed rapidly. During his reign, Kejistan China's economy and military have reached the peak of history.

Within the area of ​​influence of Kuranster Seaport, the number and proportion of merchants, craftsmen, doctors, alchemists, adventurers, and other free citizens living in the city have reached the highest in the history of the world of Sanctuary, and in order to support these full-time professionals, every day All kinds of food supplies transported from the Eastern Continent to Kurast are enough to maintain the prosperity of more than a dozen cities or villages along the way.

In addition, there are available magical energy nodes all over the territory of Kejistan. Although there are no magic equipment that can be used by ordinary people in Kejistan due to problems of concept and perspective, it not only attracts people from the entire world of Sanctuary. A large number of spellcasters have come, making Kejistan another sacred place for mages besides Xiansai. At the same time, there is also the largest magic academy in the eastern continent. Entering the magic academy and becoming a mage is also Kejistan's response to civilians—— Specifically refers to freemen with a certain income - a relatively common and easy way to obtain a higher status.

Although there are a large number of rainforests in Kurast, with a large number of mages and countless funds invested, Kejistan insisted on opening up a series of roads extending in all directions in the rainforest and temporary settlements along the way. Relying on these facilities, not only The various cities in Kejistan will not be blocked by the rainforest. On the contrary, the large amount of medicinal herbs and monster organs produced in the rainforest have become another source of income for Kejistan.

And because of the rapid economic development, in the most developed cities such as Kustrand Seaport, Hakan I also delegated some powers to a council composed of Sarangkam priests, local lords and royal family members. It was in the former capital of Kehjistan, Kurast Seaport. Although in principle it was still necessary to obey the orders of Hakan I, most of the time, the order here was maintained by the council, which was regarded as the embryonic form of democracy.

But the success of the Sarangkam Church and the failure of the Sarangkam Church,

No one expected that the Church of Sarangkam, supported by Kejistan, would degenerate quickly in a way that no one could have imagined. When a large number of demons poured out from the most central council of the councilors in Kuranster Harbor, and When this pearl of Kehjistan was turned into a demon base full of mutilated corpses and evil sacrificial rituals in a very short time, even the remaining members of the Kehjistan royal family had to flee from their own capital in a hurry.

In fact, the emergence of demons is not without omens, whether it is the sacrifice of the living that appeared at the assembly ceremony of the Sarangkam Cult, or the wailing and screams that appeared from time to time in the sewer, or the red skin that was witnessed many times in the dark night. Monsters are enough to prove that the city is gradually getting out of the control of the king of Kejistan.

But both Kurast and the Zakarum Church are important pillars supporting Kejistan, so even if they know that the city is undergoing distortion, the ministers of Kejistan still think that at least Kurast must be maintained. Superficial prosperity.

Until the entire Sarangkam Cult was completely corrupted by Mephisto, and the former demon king was resurrected through a large number of sacrifices, and the situation fell into an irreversible abyss, some ministers of Kejistan were still suppressing the emergence of demons This not only prevented Sanctuary World from getting the news of the demon's re-invasion in the first place, but also caused the citizens of Kejistan to pay an extremely painful price.

Although some citizens have chosen to leave Kurast Harbor since the rumors first spread, but due to Kejistan’s blockade of news, until the city center of Kurast was completely captured, the residents located on the outskirts of the city and the surrounding villages and towns Neither was able to get an evacuation order.

Even after Hakan I found that it was impossible to prevent the fall of Kurast, he immediately organized the royal guards, the mages, and the uncorrupted Sarangam church knights to jointly protect the civilians, but during this period there have been countless Commoners die to the carnival of demons and the fallen.

Before APA led the team to arrive at the city, the demons gushing from Kurast were attacking other surrounding cities along Kurast's transportation network. Except for large cities with sufficient defensive forces or protective magic circles, All cities and villages along the way were burned under the attack of demons, and the blood of the Kejistan people flowed in the rainforest, converging into rivers several times.

The rich rainforest has become a dangerous place where demons and flaying lunatics are infested. All important rivers are surrounded by drowned dead bodies resurrected under the power of hell. The trade between the east and west continents is completely cut off. The rapidly rising Kejistan Kingdom in Te Harbor was quickly brought back to its original form.

What makes this incomplete and damaged kingdom even more precarious is that during the period of suppression of information in the early stage and hasty evacuation in the later stage, neither the people who withdrew from Kurast nor the royal family brought enough supplies to survive for a long time, and the various cities The connection between them was basically cut off due to the raging demons, and the small amount of supplies that can be carried by the teleportation scroll is simply not enough. Perhaps in less than a month, Hakan I will have to choose which part of the people to abandon.

APA can hit the door at this time and wipe out the demons occupying Kurast and the rainforest. For Kejistan, it is not just helping them take back the capital. It is not an exaggeration to say that Kehjistan's life and death are closely related.

Therefore, even if APA burned a large area of ​​the rainforest hiding demons during the battle and dismantled most of Kulister Harbor into ruins, for the Kejistan people who can return to this city, they still feel grateful for APA mostly.

After that, in order to support the war against demons, APA not only helped Kejistan build a piece of recommended resettlement houses, but also opened a large number of production lines for magic potions and alchemy items here, helping the people of Kejistan to survive the most difficult time. Now, as the demonic forces begin to shrink, the vast majority of people in Kehjistan feel that the future is more and more hopeful.

But that’s still the problem. For a feudal lord, no matter whether he is wise or stupid in history, it is determined by the limitations of a feudal lord. Their interests are not consistent with the masses. When the residents of Kurast are active While listening to the APA broadcast on the square made up of board houses, a conspiracy was going on in Kejistan's 'Royal Palace'.

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"bang bang bang..."

Hakan I, who was sitting alone on the throne, was taken aback by the sudden sound of armor rubbing in the empty "audience hall", but when he saw clearly that the person walking into the audience hall was his most trusted guard, he relaxed again down.

Although APA did not want to specialize, the frontline battle situation was urgent, and APA did not waste too much time arguing with Kejistan's king, ministers, and lords. On some unimportant matters, APA chose to give in.

For example, the APA fully met the requirements of Hakan I for an 'audience hall' with "large enough space", "supported by at least four pillars", "two braziers", and "exquisite floor tiles and carpets". A prefabricated house was assembled together after retaining the frame, and the steel seat in it was incongruous no matter how it looked.

"Your Majesty, Ernstinger's envoy has arrived." After the guard closed the door, he walked to a position three meters away from Hakan I, bowed slightly, and said.

"Let him in." He quickly remembered the task of meeting with Envoy Ernstinger today, which made him a little awkward and twisted his body, sitting up on the throne.

"Your Majesty the King." Envoy Ernstinger, who received the signal, opened the door and walked in, stopping half a step away from the guards. "I brought Ernstinger's message, we are ready, Hopefully in three days there will be action."

"Villas," Hakan looked at the former bishop of the Blind Eye Order, but because of the appearance of the APA, he was kicked out of Kanduras by Akara and Rogue fighters. The hostile position with the APA, and eventually became the Enstinger envoy man, calling the man by name, "Have you controlled the alchemy factory yet?"

Vilas nodded: "We have bought the principals of those alchemy factories. As you said, those guys are as short-sighted as ever. We didn't pay much, and those principals have already stood by us. By the way, under their persuasion, the workers have gone home, and the alchemy factory is now under our control."

"That sounds very good," these days finally heard a good news, Hakan I heaved a sigh of relief, the whole person fell limply on the throne, and could no longer tense up, but when his eyes swept over Vilas again When he was on his body, Hakan I immediately sat up straight again.

"Veras" Hakan I stared into Vilas' eyes and said sincerely, "I heard the news that the blind eye drove you out. For the state religion, well, you come to be the bishop."

"Your Majesty," Vilas showed just the right amount of surprise and emotion, and his tone became more respectful, "You should know that if you get too close to us, it is likely to cause APA's resentment."

"I know this, but Kejistan cannot be devoid of faith," Hakan I said in a tone that sounded a bit sad, "Sarangkam is no longer possible to become Kejistan's faith, and the blind eye is in this battle. The role of needles and threads in the war with demons is obvious to all, and we will not have any objections to the painful belief that we choose the blind eye, as for your identity..."

The tone of Hakan I became a bit meaningful: "The blind eye just expelled you from the Rog camp, and did not deprive you of the status of bishop, so I will choose a blind bishop to serve as the new Kejistan. Why not the person in charge of the church?"

"What do you want me to do?" Vilas asked bluntly after a few seconds of silence.

"I want you to help me regain control of this city. The outsiders took advantage of the collapse of the Sarangkam Cult and won the support of too many people with their small favors. I want you to find those guys who speak for the outsiders. , No matter what method is used, let them shut up."

"Through some secret information sources, I know that some of my ministers have defected to people from other worlds. You have to help me investigate which ministers have betrayed me and find evidence that they have cheated. I will expose the truth in front of all ministers. Open their treacherous and ugly face."

"I don't know who I should trust, so you, who have nothing to do with Kejistan, and have deep conflicts with APA, are the only person I can trust now. Find out the traitors, and get rid of the influence of those outsiders. Force every one of Kejistan to be expelled, so that I can make Kejistan continue to be great, and you can also display your talents on a broader stage." "Your Majesty, you can completely trust me!"

Perhaps because of Hakan I's words, Vilas's face was full of excitement that could not be concealed. Large wrinkles and dry scars crowded together, making Vilas's smile look a bit ugly.

After being expelled from the Rogge camp, Vilas's face was already weathered. When Hakan I saw the resolute expression under this ugly smile, the king stepped down from the throne for the first time and walked to Vilas's Beside him, straightened the wrinkles on the surface of his clothes, then nodded and said: "Go, I'll wait for your good news."

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"The situation in Kejistan no longer allows us to continue to delay, we must launch the plan as soon as possible!"

When the plot in the audience hall was about to end, another "conspiracy" was also going on in a board room less than 200 meters from the audience hall.

"We have evidence that Hakan and his anti-government groups are engaged in some disturbing plans, and if Hakan's rule cannot be ended immediately, the executioners may put their knives on the unarmed masses at any time! "A bloated man was roaring loudly.

"The time is not yet ripe. Our biggest enemy is not the emperor Hakan. If we can't pull out those blood-sucking guys who are rooted in us at one time, they will appear again in a short time-like the group of Like an invincible demon."

"But it will be too late if Hakan and his political allies really gain control of the various factories!" The man said with some hatred, "Even if we can fool them once, we will never be able to fool them forever." To be confused, they will have to look at the factory's income, trade flow and other things sooner or later, or more simply, as long as they get out of the board room and take a look at the front line of the factory, they can easily find those alchemy factories that should be 'shutdown' Still in normal production!"

"But they're never going to step out of the fortresses they've made for themselves, are they?"

"We can't bet on this probability! This is irresponsible to everyone!"

In this room, there are workers’ representatives from Kurast, factory directors who have been “bought”, city patrol captains, uncorrupted followers of Sarangkam, and even a few Hakan I Minister, but apart from a few books on the bookshelves, the Human Alliance and the APA have not had any intervention in this organization in this city.

And the one who was speaking at this time was a finance minister of Hakan. After discovering that the devil and APA had completely destroyed and distorted Kejistan's economic foundation, the finance minister was the first to take refuge in APA.

"Not yet."

However, when the chancellor was impassioned, the door of this prefabricated room was unscrewed from the outside, and several soldiers standing at the door immediately pulled out their submachine guns, ready to pull the trigger at any time.

A figure in a black burqa came in from the half-open door together with the cold wind. He walked quickly to the conference table, just like the master of this conference, with his hands on the table, half-bent down, his eyes upward He squinted at the others in the conference room.

"Comrades, we have a traitor among us."

This figure pushed back the hood of the burqa, and it was Vilas who was still talking to Hakan I not long ago.

Volume 1045 Conquering Hell: Chapter 1011 Chapter [-] "It's Over"

1011

Whether Vilas accepted the APA's recruitment before being kicked out of the Rogge camp, or discovered that the road given by the APA was the correct way in the process of going north, is unknown. In short, Vilas When Ernstinger's envoy met Hakan I for the first time, the human coalition had already received news that the two kingdoms of Sanctuary World and many lords under them were colluding.

but……

"They dare to attack us before they can even assemble their troops. Are they a little too courageous?"

When the frontline command of the Human Alliance Army received the news gathered by the intelligence agencies, it felt very angry and funny about the secret plans of these kings and lords.

The plans of these lords are very simple and unpretentious in the eyes of the human coalition forces. Simply put, they plan to recruit a group of troops in their own territory while the human coalition forces are suppressing the demons, and then launch an attack on the human coalition forces in the territory. The leader of the human coalition army couldn't take it into account, and blasted the forces of the outsiders out of their city in one go.

These lords probably still think that this is still the era before the demon war when they are in control, and the world can gather to respond to a single order.

Perhaps in their view, they have an absolutely correct pretext for war in their hands - to protect the World Stone from being desecrated by outsiders. Even if there is an organization that opposes internal strife at this time, they have no position to prevent the various lords from 'protecting the sanctuary world' ' and 'spontaneously' mobilize troops.

But in fact, with the corruption, destruction, and desecration of many churches in Sanctuary World, people's belief in most churches has been shattered. In addition to taking responsibility and minimizing the influence of demons on civilians, most of the lords who were the first to flee in the face of demon soldiers also caused the authority of the nobles in the world of Sanctuary to plummet.

Now that the royal power and the religious power have fallen at the same time, although the prestige and habits of the past hundreds of years still make the common people subconsciously obey the orders of their lords, don't think that they will continue to work hard and dare not resist any orders.