<h4>Chapter 80: Vol1 Ch80: Three years of war</h4>


    Trantor: La0o9 Editor: La0o9


    With Negary’s involvement, the war gradually leaned towards Interkam and the vigorous counterattack began.


    Under N’s lead, the lost territories were reimed little by little, causing Interkam who nearly had their spine broken to burst with renewed enthusiasm and vigour.


    The nearly-ruined country of Interkam was once again rejuvenated, and N’s name of ‘Saintress of Salvation’ was bing more and more legitimate day by day.


    The war was also bing crueller day by day. Among thend that they reimed, quite a few of the nobles who used to own them were already dead. If you make enough military contributions in battle, then those who were originally peasants could be knights, while those who were originally knights could obtain peerage and their own territory.


    Meanwhile, Royas’ side was even more dedicated to the war, because they had no other choice. Under the pressure Eldridge had ced, these nobles barely had any rights and authority remaining. If they couldn’t win this war, then the only choice left for them was tounch a rebellion on Eldridge.


    The counterattack began and continued for three years, the devastation and intensity of which was significantly greaterpared to the seven years before that.


    ...


    This was a long staircase with stonempstands lining on both sides that housed orange mes within them. At the end of the staircase, there was a huge ck stone statue that depicted a humanoid creature. The creature had both arms extended upwards as if begging for something, or perhaps embracing something.


    The stone statue was facing away from the staircase, while a person was staring at the back of this stone statue as if pondering something.


    Even when there were noisesing from the stairs behind him, the man didn’t pay any attention to it and simply continued to stare at the stone statue. His face was a little blurred, but if someone focused on him, they would feel that he gave off a natural sense of pressure, followed by a feeling that he was born to be above them. As if the only thing that they should do was prostrate themselves at his feet.


    If the people of Hale saw this man, they would find his existence to be simr to the God within their perception, he was like an abyss that no matter how much one tried, they would never be able to tell his true depths.


    “Your Majesty, Klee County—-” two men in uniform appeared from the bottom of the stairs, both of them had heavy expressions on their faces. Quite obviously, the situation of Royas today had made them concerned.


    “I already know” Eldridge interrupted the two. It was simply the loss of Klee County that was reimed by Interkam, even though Klee County was one of the few territories originally belonging to Interkam that they still had left.


    This stone statue in front of him was called the Statue of the Last God. It was the root of Royas. The ancestral spirit ritual of Royas and the potion of the Last God he developed, both came from this stone statue.


    “What a hopeless world we live in” Eldridge said with a sigh. After several generations of umtion, it was he who managed to obtain more information from the Statue of the Last God. It was information from the Statue of the Last God that shaped Royas into what it was today, but it was also what was causing Eldridge to slowly step towards his destruction.


    For example, the truth about the copse of the First Empire. The First Empire was called the Age of the Gods. At that time, among the three gods born from the first me, except for the Giant that created all things from his body, the New Deity and the Progenitor Dragon still remained in this world. Both the Divine race and the Dragon race were not considered rare.


    Unfortunately, the majority of the Divine race and Dragon race then abandoned this world. It could be said that, from the perspective of this world, the New Deity and the Progenitor Dragon were both sinners. It was their abandonment that led to the first eruption of the ck Abyss and caused the First Empire to perish.


    If the Last God, which was this statue in front of him, had not appeared together with a few other heroes who stood up to save this world, then the world itself might have already returned to the ck Abyss.


    The price to pay for salvation was that the Last God turned into the statue that he was today. Furthermore, now that the ck Abyss had be turbulent again, who are they going to rely on if there was only one Last God? That fake God from the Church of Divine Grace? Or the ghouls in Sacred Valley?


    Perhaps Negary, who has caused me countless troubles, might be qualified to do such a thing. But that entity would definitely not do that, even if this entire world fell to ruin, he would not do such a thing.


    “Who’s their leader?” Eldridge asked.


    “N Tag” his two subordinates replied in a deep voice.


    “I understand, you may step down” Eldridge nodded and continued to stare at the stone statue.


    Eldridge’s attitude was causing his two subordinates to feel more and more puzzled day by day. With his majesty’s greatness, in the past, he would have already arrangedyers uponyers of preparations so that even the so-called Saintress of Salvation wouldn’t even get a chance to resist.


    But in truth, ever since the appearance of that Saintress of Salvation, Eldridge had not left this ce, nor did he send down any orders. For thest three years, it had been them who dealt with every official business, big or small.


    “Saintress of Salvation, hah hah” Eldridge simply grinned.


    She is indeed Salvation, just not for a mere country.


    He stared at the Statue of the Last God and fell back into contemtion.


    ...


    “Your Excellency the Princess, please hand over themand to Sir Rhys Laval ande with me back to the capital to receive further orders” the herald coldly said and caused a disturbance in the barracks.


    “This is a decision made by both His Majesty and the Grand Dukes” the herald continued.


    N was currently donning her armour with the dragon scale sword in her hand,pared to three years ago, she had matured considerably.


    She nced around herself, the nobles and knights who followed her were disying anger and confused expressions on their faces, but some of them had also lowered their heads in shame.


    Rhys was not blinded by the right tomand. He understood very well what was happening right now, it was nothing more than the country’s own power struggle. At this point, Interkam had already reimed the majority of their lost territories, leaving at most one or two battles left.


    As the Saintress of Salvation who had saved Interkam, N’s prestige had reached a terrifying degree, enough to cause a few people to lose sleep. Seth the First was certainly one of them, but they also included the very aristocrats who supported her to this position in the first ce.


    Wasn’t it Eldridge’s prestige that allowed him topletely oppress every single force including aristocrats within his country? Well, the current N had a level of prestige that surpassed Eldridge’s prestige in Royas at the beginning of the war.


    If she really took the throne, the power of aristocrats in Interkam would likely fall to a historical low. If these people were able to sit still while Interkam fell to ruin for the sake of their aristocratic rights, it was natural that they wouldn’t sit still and watch as N continued to develop her forces and prestige.


    Naturally, N’s character could be vouched for by all of her subordinates and the people she had met, but there was still the Church of Divine Grace who ced her onto this position in the first ce. Not to mention her devout believer of a mother, these were all factors that could affect her.


    Therefore, victories under N’s name could not be allowed to increase. Meaning, recalling her to the capital to act as a mascot was the right choice to make. This way, N would only be the leader in the early stages of the counterattack, while it would be Rhys who trulypleted the counterattack.


    Even if Rhys didn’t want to admit it, he was still a member of the nobility, he could support N’s ascension to the throne, but he could not allow N be the puppet of the Church. And this was also part of the noble’s consideration.


    Although N was simple, she was not stupid. Thismand was jointly issued by the majority of those in power within the country, she couldn’t resist it, nor did she n to do so.


    “Be careful of Seth the First. The other domestic nobles might still hope for you to take the throne, but Seth would surely try to do something about it” as Rhys took overmand and became the new Marshal, he whispered that to N. The only thing he could do right now was to take good control of military power for N’s sake.