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Translator: Kazumi
Editor: Kabur & Silavin
The information about the rebellion in the northern town was immediately brought to the attention of the blue church leader.
The person who brought the information was one of the upper echelons of the northern town, a member of a family with close ties to the Blue Church from long ago.
He immediately fled to the northern continent in the circumstances of the gathering crowds.
The fact that the entourage of Lucas, the lord, was busy doing something was also a deciding factor in his decision to rely on the Blue Church.
As a result, he was able to escape to the northern continent without losing any of his accumulated wealth.
He had to pay a considerable amount of money to the Blue Patriarch, but that was tolerable.
If he had remained in the northern town, there was no telling if his life would last, so that was a sufficient result.
It appears that those who clung to past glories could not leave the northern town, but in that sense, the man in front of the blue master did well.
“I see. So there has been a revolt?”
“Yes. The guards are just part of the people. Even if I had ordered them to be put down, they wouldn’t have functioned properly.”
In the end, the order to the guards was not given until the very end.
Part of the reason they couldn’t issue the order was to evade responsibility, but by the time they finally grasped the situation and tried to issue the order, it was already too late.
In every sense of the word, there was no one in the upper management who could make a proper decision.
Conversely, those who were capable of making sound judgments had quickly fled the scene.
The first of them was Lucas, the former lord.
Lucas, who was connected to the ringleaders of the rebellion, had been planning to defect to Razequa Amamiya even before the rebellion broke out.
“What will happen to the northern towns after this?”
The blue cleric dared to ask what he knew.
“Nothing much, they will be tightly controlled by the best and brightest from Razequa Amamiya.”
Even for the man, Razequa Amamiya has a high reputation.
Even so, he was opposed to the company’s entry into the market because he did not want all authority to be taken away from him.
In the end, they ended up with the same result, so perhaps there was no point in opposing it.
“To that extent, is it?”
“Otherwise, there would have been an explosion of discontent around some village in the last decade.”
Razequa Amamiya’s governance over the past decade has been brilliant.
The outbursts of discontent that are bound to happen, big or small, have not occurred anywhere.
This is unthinkable in the history of the Central Continent.
“To suppress discontent, I think that’s precisely what the prayers to God would do, don’t you think?”
The man shook his head at the clergyman-like opinion of the blue cleric.
That logic would only make sense in the opinion of a continent where there is less damage from monsters.
Perhaps this was where the blue cleric, who did not know the reality of the Central Continent, miscalculated.
“In the Central Continent, that logic does not apply. Because what is required more than anything else is that there be less damage from monsters.”
Razequa Amamiya created a new army of defeat at the beginning of the founding of the state.
For Razequa Amamiya, which does not have another nation on the same continent, it is a dedicated anti-monster army.
Because of the successful functioning of this army, no town or village has ever been destroyed by monsters.
In the history of the Central Continent, this would have been unthinkable.
“Monster damage…?”
The Blue Faithful finally understood what was missing.
He thought he had a good understanding of the continent since he ruled the area closest to the Central Continent in the northern continent, but he only knew about monsters as knowledge and did not really feel it.
But he had no idea about monsters.
He was not convinced that doing this on his own would have such a big effect.
“Razequa Amamiya has a dedicated anti-monster army.”
“I know that, of course, but?”
The blue cleric frowned, not understanding what the man was trying to say.
“That army, the army of defeat, is worshiped as the main deity, and that deity is the current god.”
“What!”
The blue leader was surprised by this unexpected information.
It was not unusual for an army to have a main deity.
In fact, it would be more unusual for an army not to worship a deity.
In the extreme conditions of war, having faith was more supportive than anything else.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the army that defeated Razequa Amamiya had faith.
But he did not know that its main deity was a living god.
“So you didn’t know that after all?”
“Mm. No, this is the first time I have heard of it.”
“That’s right. The defeated army did not intentionally hide this fact, but they did not dare to spread the word about it.”
The belief in a living god was symbolized by the only temple in Amamiya Tower.
The temple, which still had no priesthood to administer it, was believed to be a place where the deity was simply hoped to be worshiped in peace and quiet.
Since the Gods existed in this world and even a living god was present, there was no need for any idols.
The only symbol of faith was the crown card, or more precisely, the status displayed on the crown card, which was said to represent the power of the living god.
It was not clear whether Razequa Amamiya initiated or whether it spread spontaneously, the fact that the defeatist army had the incumbent deities as its main deities.
Perhaps it was a phenomenon unique to the Central Continent, where the threat of monsters could be felt by even the most ordinary citizen.
“In the past decade, the presence of the living gods has certainly grown in the Central Continent.”
“Well, that makes sense. That was a valuable opinion that I would not have known from being here. Thank you for telling me.”
“No, no. If this is all you need to know, we are always happy to help.”
After the conversation, the man walked away from the blue master.
I did not know how he would live the rest of his life, but since he was capable of at least escaping the chaos of the rebellion, he would probably manage to do so.
If he were so capable, it would seem that he could not have been suppressed without starting a rebellion, but there must have been circumstances that did not allow that to happen.
From the Blue Patriarch’s point of view, the upper class that ruled the northern town had a terrible aspect.
That was why it was easy for him to interfere, but now that it is gone, there was nothing he could do about it.
The Blue Patriarch decided to put his obsession with the northern town, which he had been so obsessed with, to the back of his mind and sort out the information he had just heard from the man.
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“That’s something.”
Floria said to Alec.
There were only two of them in this office right now.
The atmosphere was not as stiff compared to when they were on official business.
“Yes, I wondered what would happen when Lucas suddenly approached us, but I’m glad it all worked out.”
The original plan was to have some bloodshed.
They did not want that to happen, but they had decided that it was inevitable for the future.
However, the presence of Lucas changed the plan, and the northern towns came under the umbrella with very little bloodshed.
As a result, it turned out to be a great success.
But luck was also on their side.
Razequa Amamiya was also lucky that the former upper echelon offered little resistance, so there was no unnecessary fighting.
The residents who had gained control of the town readily handed over their rights to Razequa Amamiya.
The residents who had obtained control of the city easily handed over their rights to Razequa Amamiya, which means that they have high expectations for the city, but they will continue to proceed with the procedures as before.
The route to the northern continent, which had been intermediate by the northern towns, was also obtained.
From now on, Razequa Amamiya will focus on trade with the four continents.
The next step was to develop the undeveloped areas of the continent, but Floria did not intend to go that far in her own lifetime.
She wanted to leave the task to her sons and daughters, but she had decided to develop the town on the fifth layer of the continent first.
Now that they have all the Central Continent in their hands, they have decided that they need to solidify their ground first.
From now on, Floria will be busy consolidating the royal family and educating her sons.
