"It's really annoying..." Aurora sat blankly on a quiet bench somewhere in the palace, looking up at the clear and cloudless sky, slowly taking a bite of the cigarette in her mouth and blowing out a smoke ring.

He complained again: "Why don't you just skip work? Anyway, Mr. Hammer is still in the mission..."

"What's the use of me here?" Suddenly Hammer appeared from nearby and strolled to the bench where Aurora was sitting, sat down and said: "If you dare to run away, then I will sail directly back to Wilsk.

!Also, why have you become so decadent recently? And how did you get such a disease?"

Facing Hammer's responsibility, Aurora had no choice but to take the cigarette she had just lit from her mouth, throw it into the air, and then be burned into a plume of smoke by the magic that was quickly activated.

"It's nothing, I've just been a little upset lately." Aurora flicked the cigarette ashes floating on the corner of her clothes and said in a low mood: "The Algasburg side...has there been a war recently?"

"Yes, the war had just started when the envoy came to Wilsk." Hammer sighed helplessly, and then added: "The target is several border nobles of the Aaron Kingdom, and the excuse for the war has already been concocted.

Okay, by the way, I also got permission from the Kingdom of Aaron and the Kingdom of Hamara in the south, and before the war started, the parliament also bought the Five Rivers Plain in the south from the Kingdom of Hamara for 1,000 Marfa gold coins."

"Oh, how stupid." Aurora snorted disdainfully, then thought about the terrain around Algasburg in her mind and said: "The purpose of the parliament is all the land east of the Calais Mountains.

, then south to the Five Rivers Plain, and take Mailin Lake into your pocket?"

"That's almost it. In short, after this war, Algasburg will declare a state and then form a new administrative system." Hammer shook his head and said: "In short, I don't think the parliament will be satisfied with the land of the two duchies.

, at least they will calm down a little after this battle, but after digesting these territories, they will continue to expand their territories in up to three years. But this time I estimate it will be eastward or northward..."

"Whatever..." Aurora snorted disdainfully again and said: "Anyway, from now on, our First Library will not be the same as them. They can expand as much as they like. If it weren't for

I am too lazy to get involved in this kind of thing! In short, after this time, our Astrad family will be separated from the administrative system of Algasburg. At that time, everyone in the family except me will be directly included in the garrison camp.

middle……"

"The garrison is actually not very peaceful. There has been an internal transfer of positions recently. Marx was transferred to the First Army and became a general. Moreover, he took advantage of the opportunity of escorting the mission to secretly reveal that the garrison at least

One of the three generals favored the parliament. Although Commander-in-Chief Stark decisively separated the garrison from the parliament, it was still a bit late. So this time Stark planned to use force to purge the garrison internally, trying to make the commander

Try your best to break with the parliament as much as possible." After Hammer finished speaking, he looked at Aurora uneasily and asked: "Do you think...will this time..."

"No." Aurora replied decisively: "The garrison may fall out with the Parliament, but a civil war will never break out. After all, we will not allow them to do this. And the Parliament will not be so stupid.

To tease the beards of the garrison, the most they can do is to win over some generals of the garrison and get them to support their future expansion policies. Although the people in the garrison have differences, they all have the same bottom line. In the final analysis, they

He is not a warlord but a holy warrior, and he has absolute consistency in his beliefs."

"Listen to what you said...you don't seem to be opposed to this expansion war?" Hammer unexpectedly looked up at Aurora and asked, "Can you tell me your opinion?"

"It's not that I don't oppose it, but I can't stop it." Avrola smiled helplessly and then explained: "Algasburg's external expansion war is an inevitable development. After all, if they want to establish a country, they need to change their past existence.

method, so territory is an inevitable condition. And you should also know that due to the influence of our developed medicine and healing magic and other factors, the entire population of Algasburg has experienced explosive growth in the past five years. In fact,

In the census two years ago, the number of ordinary residents in the Hermosan Heights alone exceeded 200,000. Adding in the peripheral garrison and our library, the entire population of Algasburg has reached 35

Around 10,000 people. With such a large population, the Hermosan Highlands and the surrounding fragmented territories are simply not enough to accommodate all of us. Therefore, if Algasburg wants to continue to survive, it can only choose to expand its territory outwards...

…Even if…he does not hesitate to use force…”

Hammer was so quiet and silent, and after Aurora finished speaking, he didn't say anything. Just like this, along with this sunny afternoon, the two of them remained silent and subtle.

In fact, Hamer was not ignorant of what Avrola said before, at least he was aware of some of Algasburg's internal problems in recent years. When Algasburg was founded, the total population was

However, there were only 17,000 people. At that time, no one predicted that the population would grow to a terrifying number of more than 400,000 two hundred years later. After all, Algasburg is different from other human countries. When they encounter this situation, they will either cultivate it or cultivate it.

To establish new gathering places in wasteland, or to compete with neighboring countries for suitable land. After all, there is no barrier between their countries.

When Algasburg was founded, the closed barrier was only used to avoid disputes and troubles from the outside world, but those ancestors may not have thought that this barrier that has protected Algasburg for two hundred years has now become a

A kind of prison, although it isolates external intrusion, it also hinders internal development. Fortunately, for a long time in the past, Algasburg has been working hard to change everyone's closed minds, especially the government.

They have always been promoting radical ideas such as "getting out of the enchantment and expanding outwards". This has led to the current layout of Algasburg's frequent contact with various external forces, and it has also laid the foundation for the formal expansion of Algasburg today.

The war has laid out the way forward.

As for the aristocratic lords on the border of the Aaron Kingdom who are currently being "invaded", Hammer can only pray for them silently from the bottom of his heart. Of course, Hammer is not a fool with overflowing sympathy. Although he does not like the now very radical Al

There are many decisions made by the Gasburg Administrative Council, but they do not deny that their policies are wrong. At the same time, the lords currently being invaded are not randomly selected targets. At least although concocting an excuse for war sounds a bit absurd, but

The fact is that those lords did do many outrageous things, so that the local people were too dissatisfied with them. In the past, Algasburg had penetrated those places for a long time, and with the efforts of intelligence personnel, the local people

Naturally, the people will be biased towards this side in many ideas. In addition, the court of the Kingdom of Aaron also gave a very legitimate reason and allowed Algasburg to "recover the old soil". It is conceivable that

This war will not last long before it comes to an end.

On the other hand, while launching a war of expansion, Algasburg also purchased a large area of ​​river territory south of the Hermosan Highlands from its southern neighbor, the Kingdom of Haramay, through more legitimate and legal means.

This gave Algasburg a new source of food and a convenient channel to follow the river to the sea.

Here, Algasburg used the birth of the new Chosen One and the favor of the Supreme God to attract the attention of the Principality of Michael. However, the Parliament chose to win over the Principality of Michael and

Propose some "technical exchanges" and other excuses to support the Principality of Michael to become its strategic ally, and the most critical point is to use the Severna Faith to tie the future interests of the Principality of Michael to itself. Of course, if the Principality of Michael

If you don't agree, then Hamer thinks that the parliament will definitely choose to use the same method to infiltrate and capture the southern region of the Michael Principality, and strive to support a pro-puppet regime near the Selida Forest.

Although this method is very extreme, the parliament is faithfully ensuring the core interests of Algasburg. For this reason, even if the method is extreme, the garrison and the First Library are not easy to say anything. At most

It's just a matter of controlling the pace of the parliament that is getting out of control.

Today's Algasburg is no longer and cannot continue to be the simple small group of Severna believers in the past. For this reason, after having sufficient power and influence and a population base suitable for development, Algasburg

The next step is to establish a secular force that defends the absolute theocratic belief. This is the long-cherished wish of the forefathers when Algasburg was founded. At the same time, the ultimate purpose of the Algasburg Parliament choosing this path is also to strive to heal the

The "divine punishment" that has lasted for more than 200 years has come to an end, and we pray that the temple of the supreme god Severna will be re-established on the earth, so that the mortal creatures can once again bathe in the glory of the supreme god.

In fact, this idea is not unique to the Algasburg Parliament. In fact, the entire Algasburg has similar ideas regardless of class. After all, the people of Algasburg used to be devout gods.

For this reason, the residents of Argasburg, who have a complete inheritance, naturally cherish and expect more from the gods than those outside humans who have even forgotten history.

However, people are not blindly praying for gods to reappear in the world. After all, the supreme god Severna was not as kind to mortal creatures as in the legend. However, this does not deny that this majestic supreme god exists in the mortal world.

It brings absolute order and tranquility to the mortal world at the same time. For this reason, most people in Algasburg now have this idea in mind and have made a series of big actions today.

But Algasburg is not all in lockstep. At least the garrison and the First Library have chosen to watch the radical behavior of the parliament as coldly as possible. This is not to say that the beliefs of these two sides are not as strong as those of the parliament.

Piety, on the contrary, the reason why they chose this was actually to follow the "correct" choices they made according to the instructions of the supreme god Severna.

As the chief secretary of the First Library, Hamer naturally has access to some accurate records about the gods leaving the world more than 200 years ago. For this reason, he also knows that the so-called "divine punishment" for all mankind has actually passed long ago.

Well, the punishment of the gods is not that they abandoned humans, but that they didn’t pay much attention to humans in the first place. For the gods, humans are just a part of all living things, and this is not worthy of the gods’ investment in them.

The reason why there are a large number of human followers in the earthly temple is because the number of human beings was the largest in that era.

The real reason why the gods left the mortal world cannot be verified by humans at all. Although the chosen ones of that era may know some inside stories, it is a pity that they did not leave much useful information for future generations to refer to. But

It is undeniable that the gods' departure from the mortal world was definitely not due to any divine punishment for being disappointed with mankind. This seemingly "reasonable" excuse was just an excuse used by the original temple survivors to paralyze themselves, and this excuse

As time went by, it continued into the era of Algasburg.

In the past, only some high-level officials in the First Library knew about these things. At the same time, although Avora's official position was very low, she was also someone who had the authority to know the real history, and the high-level officials in the garrison were also more or less involved with the first library.

The library has some connections, so they don't have a fanatical belief in gods like the general public.

Perhaps until now, anyone in Algasburg who knows part of the historical truth has remained silent about the current radical approach of the parliament. Although everyone knows that their self-assertion is somewhat extreme and even has serious ideological errors, but

But everyone unanimously did not interfere with the actions of these people. After all, even Hammer felt that the expansion and development of Algasburg was inevitable, but he was not sure how bad they would become when facing the truth in the future.

At this point, everyone unanimously remained silent. Because in their hearts, everyone did not hope that this was wrong, at least everyone did not want the Supreme God Severna...or in other words, all the gods did not pay attention to human beings, at least everyone least

What one hopes for is to be meaninglessly abandoned by the gods.

Hammer sighed deeply, and then he tilted his head and looked at Aurora, who was sitting aside looking at the sky in a daze. In fact, when he heard that she had come into contact with the supreme god Severna, Hammer's heart was like a volcano erupting.

I almost fainted, because from Aurora's mouth, Hammer saw a Supreme God that was completely different from the historical records, or it could be said to be another side that was unknown to the public. But in any case, the Supreme God, Severna, was very concerned about being a human being.

The attitude shown by the fourth chosen one was beyond everyone's imagination, and it also rekindled the piety of the First Library, which was originally indifferent to the belief in gods.

Of course, everyone in the First Library, including Aurora, had also wondered whether this situation was caused by the special identity of Erica, the Chosen One. After all, everyone knew it from her mouth.

Erica claimed that she was the child of a chosen one, and that this chosen person was once good friends with the supreme god Severna. But unfortunately, the First Library almost searched through the entire library but could not find it.

Any record of the Chosen One she described as being able to be friends with the Supreme God, and even inferring from the age group, everyone is trying to trace back to who Erica's parents are.

Regarding this chosen one who was born here but grew up on the earth, everyone has always been curious and cautious about her. After all, her identity has reached an unprecedented level of specialness, and even Aurora is facing her

During the internal report, they also teased her by saying that she might be Severna's illegitimate child, but so far no one has dared to really think so.

But in any case, the appearance of this special God's Chosen One did give everyone in the First Library some hope. Everyone was looking forward to Erica perhaps changing the Supreme God's attitude toward humans, or mortal creatures.

The feeling of indifference can even be said to allow the Supreme God to reappear in front of the people through certain methods. Even just one glance can completely boil the entire Algasburg. Perhaps this will not correct everyone's wrong expectations, but

At least it can be regarded as giving hope to the entire Algarba family.

No one wants to be forgotten, especially the residents of Algasburg who once belonged to the gods' favored people. But changing the thoughts and attitudes of a god seems even more unbelievable or unrealistic, but by now

Now there is nothing that everyone can do. Apart from pinning their hopes on a chosen one with whom they have had little contact, the only thing left is to try to restrain various internal problems and wait for the judgment of the gods.

.But no matter what, trying every means to appear in front of Severna to attract attention is also something that Algas, or the First Library, must work hard on.

Through Aurora's revelation, everyone also knows that the Supreme God Severna has recently been living in the Selida Forest south of Welsk City, which is also the residence of Erica, the Chosen One. For this reason, the First Library

I just plan to try to settle in the city of Wilsk. Everyone knows the truth of "children who bark can get candy", so now how to become a "child" that can attract the attention of the "mother" but not cause resentment is natural.

It has become the most important goal of the First Library at the moment, and everyone has naturally entrusted this burden to Aurora, who does not know much about it in detail. After all, she is the only one who can do this at the moment, and
Chapter completed!