Divine Kingship

Chapter 613 If you can't have your fill on the battlefield, you can only find it on the sex field...

Elsa still hasn't found someone worthy of her full effort.

However, the rebel forces in Giantwood City were basically wiped out.

There are also some chronic and deep-seated illnesses that can be eliminated during this opportunity.

Similarly, the influence of the Holy Domain will also deepen.

In short, at least for Giantwood City now, and for Rand, it's a win-win situation.

The next step is simply to interrogate these enemies.

As for the time before the interrogation.

Yes, Elsa defined it as "enjoyable" time.

In short, Lysa went to interrogate the elf opponents, while Elsa and Rand began their private time.

In the room that had been arranged beforehand.

"Stare..." Elsa stared at Rand.

Rand's eyes narrowed, and he tried to cover his underwear.

"Hmph." Elsa effortlessly conjured up Rand's underwear in her hands as if by magic, revealing an evil smile.

“It’s impossible to protect something from a master thief,” Elsa chuckled.

This is a special ability that Elsa was born with. Her skillful hands allow her to steal without regard to physical reality. It was difficult to control in her early years, but now it is completely under Elsa's control.

Now, combined with another ability, Void Walk, it can create some incredible effects, which Rand is somewhat familiar with.

But putting aside all these combat-related matters, Elsa could easily steal a pair of underwear anytime.

Rand glared: "Give me back my underwear."

Elsa chuckled: "I won't return it."

Rand pinned Elsa down on the bed and pulled at his own underwear.

They couldn't get it back at all, but Rand did manage to snatch Elsa's underwear.

Elsa blushed slightly and turned her head away, offering a weak resistance, but she made no attempt to take back her underwear.

Although she was a little embarrassed to expose her private parts to Rand, she really didn't need to cover them up.

Elsa said softly, "The fight just now wasn't enough, so let me have my fill now?"

In terms of combat prowess, they have never escaped being at the bottom among the higher-ups of the Holy Land.

However, if we're talking about abilities related to Rand as the male protagonist, then Rand is invincible among the higher-ups of the Sanctuary.

"Then you are doomed to lose." Rand laughed viciously.

Elsa scoffed, "Then defeat me."

……

Two days later, Rand finally obtained some new intelligence.

This intelligence came from information leaked by the Sunburst Adventurer Team and the rebels.

Rand met with the Sunrise Adventurer Team at the upper level of the Giantwood City Hall: "I have understood the information you gave me and will verify it later. Thank you all for your help. The Moon Phase Kingdom and the Adventurers' Guild will give you different forms of reward. In addition to the ones that are stipulated, I can personally promise some special rewards."

Rand smiled.

In his previous life, Rand fantasized about time travel, but his fantasies mostly consisted of adventure stories rather than becoming a wealthy lord who would provide rewards.

Now Rand can be very generous and magnanimous in rewarding these kind and capable adventurers.

The top-tier magical equipment, wealth, fame, and status that adventurers dream of are nothing to Rand for.

"We want some magical equipment." The Sunburst Adventurer Party was overjoyed with Rand's reward.

Although the Sunrise Adventurer Team is now showing signs of becoming the number one adventurer team of the new generation, they only have two or three pieces of magical equipment. Of these, only one is not defective; the rest are barely usable.

It might take them more than a decade of hard work to ensure that everyone has a decent piece of magical equipment.

Magical equipment is highly prized by top-tier professionals and is considered a family heirloom.

But for Rand, it really wasn't a big deal.

“This is hardly a request. Your previous achievements are enough to earn you some suitable equipment. You can make some more specific requests.” Rand smiled, not wanting his reward to go to waste.

The members of the Sunburst Adventurer Team had an internal discussion.

Then Captain Luca said, "Um, so, can we apply to have our own restaurant in the restaurant district? The kind where we don't have to pay rent?"

"You guys are going to retire and open a restaurant like the Steel Burning Squad?" Rand asked, somewhat surprised. "But if you want that, of course you can."

“We’re not planning to stop taking risks yet, but we want to think long-term first. We might not be able to afford rent in the restaurant district when we retire,” Luca said. “The competition is fierce right now, with chefs from all over the world who consider themselves skilled wanting to prove themselves there.”

Rand nodded: "I will write back and make the arrangements, everyone. Don't worry."

The Sunburst Adventurer Team was quite excited. It seemed that because adventurers often went on adventures and didn't get to eat good food, they were quite obsessed with food. For example, the Burning Steel Adventurer Team, the entire team loved food.

It now seems that the Sunburst Adventurer Party is also showing this trend of change.

As for renting out the restaurant area to them for free, that was not a problem for Rand at all.

To be honest, Rand really didn't want the kingdom's capital to become a place where every inch of land was incredibly valuable, a place only the rich and nobles could live in.

However, in some places, if Rand demands perpetually low land prices, then the only way to fight for land might be through duels.

Therefore, Rand allowed the capital's land prices to rise.

However, RAND still imposed strict restrictions, such as providing affordable housing that could not be bought or sold but could only be lived in, and strictly limiting price fluctuations for essential necessities such as food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

Furthermore, RAND strictly limited the types of clothing and food available. In short, it ensured that ordinary people would be able to enjoy relatively high-quality food and drinks after working for a period of time, instead of being forever limited to the most basic fare. In conclusion, RAND allowed for the existence of luxury goods, but it absolutely prevented ordinary people from falling back into a situation where they couldn't afford food or housing.

That would completely contradict Rand's original intention.

If someone appears at this point and opposes Rand, Rand will not resort to political or economic means, but will instead draw his sword directly.

Then Luca and his adventurous party happily departed.

His Majesty Rand promised them a rent-free opportunity to open a shop in the restaurant district after their retirement.

This undoubtedly delighted them. Now, the restaurants in the area are all run by top chefs from various regions. Once they retire, it will be very difficult for them to compete with them.

There's no need to worry too much now, otherwise they'll hone their culinary skills through constant adventures.

They are not worried that gourmet food will no longer be popular in the Holy Domain, because it is obvious that His Majesty Rand is very fond of gourmet food. His Majesty Rand even held the Holy Domain Chef Conference to promote the development of gourmet food, which has become a grand event for chefs in the Holy Domain.

As for their survival and combat capabilities, Rand said that they wouldn't have to wait until they returned; someone would soon deliver the weapons and equipment they needed to them.

These adventurous squads, which focus on small-scale and open-world combat, will see their fighting power significantly enhanced once they acquire suitable magical equipment.

After Luca's Sunburst Squad left, Rand looked at Lysa, the elf in the house: "The information from the Sunburst Adventurers' Squad says that most of the evil power obtained by the Restoration Faction comes from the Apostles of Calamity, and a small part comes from the God of Struggle."

"The intelligence obtained through interrogation states that some members of the Restorationists appear to have become cultists. Furthermore, the Scourge is attempting to spread the Gift of Death in the Elven Forest, a place lacking the power of the Torch Church."

“Furthermore, there’s another very important piece of information.” Rand produced another fragment of parchment. One fragment came from the Sunburst Adventurers’ party, while this one came from Nidhogg.
Nidhogg has already translated the ancient Elven script on the parchment fragments, so there's no need to trouble Lysa with her help this time.

Rand squinted at the contents of the parchment fragment: "The Elven God is the god of the Elven race. If you pray to Him in the forest on a full moon night, you may receive His response. If a large number of elves are in danger, the Elven God will also send an elf to save them. This elf is naturally an ancient elf."

"This should be the beginning of the parchment fragment we obtained last time. The parchment fragment we got last time said that the Elf God no longer favored the elves. But this one tells us how to get the elves to receive a response from the Elf God."

Honestly, the idea of ​​getting a fragment and gradually being able to piece it together is unrealistic.

The probability of piecing together a shattered piece of debris is incredibly low.

Other fragments may have been destroyed or buried somewhere underground or in the deep sea.

These are all possible.

Rand found it somewhat unbelievable or strange that he was able to obtain a second fragment.
If we consider the existence of extraordinary forces in this world, it could be the will of a god, the will of the world, or perhaps the arrangement of fate.
Although Rand has not yet experienced such a thing.

This so-called destiny only appears occasionally in the strange knight novels that Rand occasionally writes in the bookstores of the Sanctuary forces.

In short, something was very strange. Rand felt that someone might be behind it all, but he had no evidence.

Anyway, the intelligence we've gathered so far is all quite important.

With the intelligence gathered to this point, Rand can at least clearly guess what the Restorationists want to do.

They want a big one.

They could start a war, or bring about a terrible disaster, and then have the spirit god watch over them and guide them again.

As for how to deal with disaster if the Elf God does not cast his gaze upon them, the Restorationists are completely unconcerned.

"Lysa, as a senior ancient elf, what are your guesses about the Restorationists' decision?" Rand asked, sitting in his office seat.

"I think that for elves, if we exclude the common calamities such as war, famine, and plague, then there is only one left—the Golden World Tree. If something happens to this protector that safeguards elves from external invasions, the Elf God might really turn his attention to it."

Lysa remained expressionless: "Of course, the large number of deaths caused by common wars, famines, and plagues may also be an option for his revival. Right now, it's all just our speculation, without any basis."

"Now that you mention it, I think the probability of the Elven Golden World Tree having problems is quite high," Rand sighed.

He looked up and saw that the Golden World Tree was located at most 200 kilometers to the north of Giantwood City.

In the era when time began to coil into a ring, the roots of the Golden World Tree pierced through this land.

This colossal tree, born in an era when the gods were still in their naivety, forged the glory and suffering of the elven civilization into flowing golden liquid, constructing the elven forest—a "paradise"—in the eternal twilight.

This monument, born in ancient times, this golden World Tree, was planted by the legendary Forest Moon God.

It represents the gaze of that deity, as well as the will and the place of existence of that deity.

The God of Elves does not require Elves to offer their faith to Him.

Because everything He did was already rooted in the breath and heartbeat of the spirits.

In theory, this giant tree is impossible to destroy.

Because it truly possesses the divine power of the Elf God, unless another god expends a huge price to try, even if all the kings in the world used their great power to "gnaw" at the roots of this giant tree, it would have no effect whatsoever.

Even if there really is a god, whether it be an evil god or the Torch Goddess, who decides to pay the price to destroy this giant tree.

They might not succeed, as no one knows just how powerful the ancient god of elves truly is, or what terrifying trump cards he may possess.

The Golden World Tree of the elves has protected them since ancient times, but it is precisely because of the comfort brought by this Golden World Tree that the elves have lost some of their determination to explore the outside world on their own.

Rand withdrew his gaze, no longer looking at this ancient wonder.

"That leads to the next question: how do you think someone could possibly try to destroy the Golden World Tree?" Rand asked.

“Perhaps they will try to attract the attention of the evil god with an evil altar?” Lysa said softly, “and then use the evil god’s evil power to destroy the World Tree.”

“That would be difficult to handle, and hard to counter.” Rand scratched his forehead.

In the past, before the gods had a weaker influence on this world, their interference in this world was limited, and the altar obviously could not be used to sacrifice the Golden World Tree.

Even now, the altar is still unable to offer sacrifices to the Golden World Tree.

If we can attract the attention of the gods and provoke them to intervene in this world, then this theoretically indestructible World Tree may be destroyed.

"Although it's still just speculation at the moment, let's prepare as soon as possible," Rand sighed.

As humans and as outsiders, we may not really care much about whether the Golden World Tree will be destroyed.

But he knew very well that if this miracle were destroyed, it would likely benefit the evil god.

(End of this chapter)