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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
Divine Judgment, as the name implied, referred to the judgment of Goddesses on man.
There could be many reasons for this, but there was only one specific reason for the judgment to take place.
It means that a person did something to provoke the wrath of the Goddesses.
Looking at it that way, what the Kingdom of Gates did was the same thing, but the mystery was why they went to such an outrageous extent.
In this world, Goddesses clearly existed, and even Divine Judgment was handed down through the ages as a fact of life.
Of course, there was no way that they would do anything that would cause that judgment to take place.
Nevertheless, the mission of the Kingdom of Gates incurred the wrath of the Gods this time.
From the outside, it might seem like a foolish thing to do, but in fact, it was not.
Countless times in the past, churches and states deceived the name of God to seize people’s hearts and minds, aiming at the very edge of the line where they would not incur the wrath of the Gods.
Based on these results, they had confidence in their ability to do so.
From their point of view, this incident was also within that range.
Goddesses did not directly interfere with what was done on the ground.
This was a natural recognition not only among clergy, but also among those involved in national politics.
That was why they did not mind talking to Kousuke, who was on the ground.
That was their lack of awareness.
It was true that the Goddesses did not interfere in the affairs of land.
However, this time, they directly interfered in the work of the Goddesses.
From the perspective of the Goddesses, this was a clear violation of the rules.
If the people of the ground were allowed to interfere in the work of the Goddesses, the Goddesses would not be happy.
In addition, Kousuke also confirmed the existence of a messenger, yet they were still confident that they would not be interrupted.
From their point of view, they were demanding that Kousuke should do his job as a God, and not slandering the actual deity itself.
Even if this resulted in an act of restraining Kousuke, they thought that they were not directly harming Kousuke himself.
As a result, Kouhi and Mitsuki did not move.
They would have moved if Kousuke had ordered them to do so, but since he ordered them not to, they could not move.
Just like before, they would have moved without hesitation if Kousuke did not directly command them, even if Kousuke was directly disgraced.
This was the main reason why the Divine Judgment came down the way it did this time, so it could be said to be a complete failure.
Even without the Divine Judgment, however, the two did not move.
After all, the Gods, including Kousuke, were angry.
They understood that they did not need to make the move.
In addition, the Goddesses had directly appeared in the commotion, and there was nothing they could do about it.
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All eyes in the hall were on Kousuke to see what kind of judgment would be handed down.
“First, the judgment that will be directly handed down to the Kingdom of Gates will be the sinking of the warships that were heading towards our continent.”
At these words, the faces of the attendees on the Gates Kingdom side changed, and the executive branch side tilted their heads.
“… Warships?”
Alec let out a mutter, as if he was surprised.
“This was originally planned. Since we’re here, I thought I’d have them accept it as Divine Judgment. There are more than a dozen ships coming toward this continent right now.”
“That’s not what I was told…”
Alec was slightly flustered, and Kousuke moved his hand up and down as if to calm him down.
“I don’t know if that can be helped in a way. It seems that they are planning something, and they are going off the normal shipping route.”
The route used by merchant vessels was also used by other merchant vessels, so there would be no way for them to hide.
Needless to say, word of the arrival of a ship belonging to some other company would naturally spread.
However, once off the route, even such gossip would disappear.
There were several routes, but merchant vessels would naturally use the most efficient ones.
Of course, among the routes they discovered in the past, there were routes that were historically hidden, but it was such routes that they were using.
Alec, who understood the situation, looked as if he was biting a bitter bug.
In his head, he was getting a headache thinking about those routes.
It would be almost impossible to monitor all the routes that had been discovered in the past.
“You didn’t expect us to find them, did you?”
Kousuke asked the silent Gates Kingdom officials with an amused smile.
In fact, it was neither Kousuke nor Tower’s function that discovered the existence of those ships, but there was no way he was going to mention that.
No one would believe him if he claimed to have seen it in a dream.
It was Peach’s dream that first made him aware of the presence of the ships.
Once it was known that the ships had arrived, it was not difficult to find them using the Tower’s functions.
“I’ll give you a time frame, just in case, so you can tell those people to get off their ships as fast as they can. Luckily, they seem to be anchored at a large island currently.”
Perhaps naively thinking these words, King Arthur looked overtly relieved.
However, Kousuke caught up with King Arthur.
“You know, you’ve only got a few hours to spare. You should ask them to do their best to get food out of the ship.”
“Oh, no!”
“What? Were you thinking that it would have been alright if I had just given you more time?”
[If it were me, I wouldn’t give them the time to move and simply sink it quickly. They should be thankful to Kousuke-sama.]
Goddess Elisa Meir interrupted King Arthur, who seemed to want to complain.
He was not foolish enough to argue with Goddess Elisa Meir at this point.
He soon gave up trying to retort.
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“The next one is against a Tower in Bachem, but Amamiya Tower will launch an offense against it.”
Karl was the only one who responded to this, the rest just tilted their heads.
They had no idea what the offensive meant.
This was understandable, since there had never been a Tower siege in history.
As for the siege, Floria explained.
“Simply put, it is a war between Towers. When this is done, no matter how it is crafted, the entrance to the Tower cannot be closed by those involved in the Tower who have become the enemy. The rest is the same as a normal tower attack. The attackers win if they can reach the top floor, and the defenders win if they can stop them.”
Everyone agreed that the rules were simple.
Shortly after, they realized what it meant.
“Tha, that’s…”
King Arthur mumbled.
Karl, the Tower’s administrator, already knew what was going on and his face was pale.
He probably already knew what would happen if Kousuke, who owned seven Towers including Amamiya Tower, attacked his Tower.
And King Arthur clammed up because that Tower of Bachem was important to the Kingdom of Gates.
He didn’t care about the change of ruler from Karl to someone else.
The point was whether the kingdom would still benefit from it as before.
“Oh, don’t worry. We will liberate it as soon as we conquer it.”
Kousuke’s words once again caused the Gates Kingdom side to tilt their heads.
This was understandable.
There had never been a Tower that had been liberated after an attack until now.
This, too, was explained by Floria.
“The point is that we will return it to the state it was in before anyone owned it. The Gates Kingdom side should do their best to capture it again after we liberate it.”
He was willing to give up the Tower that he had acquired at an unexpected time, so it was a very reasonable offer.
For Kousuke, he could only say that he did not want the Tower on another continent, since possessing it would cause nothing but trouble.
The Kingdom of Gates had a weak expression on their face.
Although it was better than being managed by Kousuke, who was already an enemy of the Gates Kingdom, they were not sure if they could conquer the Tower with the current personnel in the Gates Kingdom.
The current Gates Kingdom could be said to have been able to survive based on its assets from the past, including Karl, who managed the Tower.
This applied to all the nations that currently possessed a Tower.
There simply was no adventurer or national army capable of conquering the Tower at this era.
As a result, Amamiya Tower’s attack on the Tower of Bachem certainly proved to be a punishment for the Kingdom of Gates.
