Divine Kingship

Chapter 614 Will the Vanilla Queen tolerate being pointed at and talked about by humans?
Although he had some guesses about the Restorationists' plans, all Rand could do at this stage was to investigate.

Moreover, the first thing to investigate is not whether these people will harm the World Tree, but whether the destruction of the World Tree will create any troublesome enemies.

If not, Rand actually felt that it might not be necessary to spend too much effort or resources.

After all, Land's Moon Kingdom is far from the Elf Forest, and the power that Land can radiate here is not much. There is no need to risk one's life if the problem is not serious.

However, Rand still believed that if any major problems arose, Lysa, the ancient elf, would step in. Rand always felt that Lysa should have some backup plan.

In short, for now, we need to investigate the possible Golden World Tree conspiracy while also dealing with the current situation.

Currently, the Elven Royal Court has reached its limit of tolerance for the reformists, while the restorationists are stirring up trouble and waiting for an opportunity to act. At least they were involved in the rebellion that was dealt with earlier.

It is estimated that the Elven Royal Court's army will arrive at the foot of this giant tree city soon.

Today, Vanilla went back to work.

After a few days of rest, Vanilla returned to work.

She first went to Rand and Lysa's office to pay her respects, and she seemed to be in much better spirits.

"Nothing particularly noteworthy happened during your leave. The rebels have been dealt with, and now you just need to continue strengthening your rule." Rand handed Vanilla a document containing previously gathered intelligence and current speculations, looking at her. "However, the royal court will definitely take action. What preparations do you have?"

“We were already prepared.” Vanilla carefully examined the intelligence that Rand had handed her.

After reading it and thinking for a while, he said, "I originally planned to defend, but now it seems that we should take the initiative."

"What do you mean?" Rand smiled.

"I've studied the issue of cults before when I was preparing lessons. What they want to do is simply create death or conflict on the battlefield to gain enough evil power to achieve their goals." As a member of the Holy Domain, Vanilla is also very experienced in dealing with hostile evil cults.

“However, the power that normal fighting and death can bring is limited and uncontrollable, unless they also prepare an altar to serve as a control center for evil forces,” Vanilla said.

“We don’t know where their altars are or where they plan to collect evil power, but if we passively engage them, we will definitely fall into their trap. Why not find an opportunity to take the initiative?” Vanilla’s analysis was complete, and it was similar to Rand’s idea.

It seems that Vanilla does indeed know a lot about cults.

So, as the vice principal of the church school, Vanilla had taught all sorts of courses, including politics and economics, religion and military affairs, and even magic and engineering. While Vanilla wouldn't say she was an expert, she had a basic understanding and concept of most of them.

If Vanilla can be considered a student of Rand, then Vanilla must have learned the most from Rand's skills and ideas.

In short, an all-around excellent student.

"So when do we set off?" Rand continued to inquire about Vanilla's strategy.

“We can start preparing now. Those old fogies in the royal court will need more time to prepare. We can strengthen our influence first.” Vanilla showed no fear of an enemy that outnumbered them tenfold.

Back then, even when the enemy outnumbered us by a hundred or a thousand times, we couldn't destroy them, let alone now.

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Vanilla, Nidhogg, Rand, and Lysa arrived outside the town hall. As for why Elsa wasn't there, she was sleeping in bed; she had been defeated by Rand.

In front of the towering city hall was a square, which was already filled with elves.

And when Vanilla arrived at the high platform in the square outside the City Hall.

Cheers erupted from the elves in the square.

The cheers were like a mountain roar and a tsunami, drowning out all other sounds.

Clearly, vanilla has gained an incredibly high level of support in such a short period of time.

The transfer of power in the Elf Forest does not come from the support of the lower elves. The royal family has passed down the throne through generations, and the lineage of elders has long been solidified. Only a very few geniuses can move slightly within this solidified system.

But now, in this time of power turmoil, those elves who could become a force, who in the past had no right to speak or make choices, have spontaneously come here and come under the command of the vanilla archdeacon.

The spring sun shines through the leaves and falls on the white jade square.

Vanilla raised her hand.

The cheering crowd immediately fell silent, awaiting the guidance of the vanilla magistrate.

“Just recently, some terrible rebels emerged among us. They tried to storm our armory and disrupt our lives.” Vanilla’s clear voice echoed across the square.

"Kill them! Kill them all!" A chorus of indignant shouts rose from the audience.

“Of course they can’t do anything. A traitor can’t do anything!” Vanilla said calmly.

Cheers erupted from the audience: "Good! Good! Good! Good!"

“Based on the interrogation of the traitor, we have learned that it is those people from the royal court, the so-called ‘restorationists,’ who are instigating and obstructing things. What should we do?” Vanilla’s voice rose slightly.

"Defeat them! Defeat them!" roared the elves below the stage.

“Yes, of course we will defeat them, but now I want to introduce you to our friends.” Vanilla looked at Rand.

Rand stepped to the front of the stage.

"In the past, humans were portrayed as evil demons by the elves who wanted to harm us. But in reality, evil humans are only a part of humanity, just as there are evil elves among us who intend to destroy our Giantwood City. And now, we have reached a cooperation agreement with those humans who are willing to cooperate with us and support us..."

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Vanilla's move to push humans to the forefront has drawn criticism from many of her own supporters.

After the speech, Vanilla will face impeachment from her elven noble supporters, as well as other forms of supporters.

Vanilla sat at the head of the conference table, surrounded by a host of elves who stared at her with serious expressions: "Vanilla, how could you do this? How dare humans interfere in our affairs? Don't you know your place?"

Vanilla chuckled softly.

“Your Excellency, you are the one who hasn’t recognized your place.” Vanilla stared coldly at the elven nobleman.

When Vanilla first arrived as Rand's chosen one, she faced skepticism and trials.

Vanilla accomplished these things and then gained support.

Vanilla is now the true governor of more than a dozen major cities, including Giantwood City.

Vanilla is the true leader here. And clearly, there are many elven nobles who, while supporting Vanilla, don't truly respect her; they see her merely as a tool in their power struggles.

They might even simply view vanilla as a puppet.

Vanilla had long noticed their disdain and arrogance, but she didn't care.

Because it's obvious that vanilla can handle the problem at any time.

Take, for example, this elven nobleman who dared to question the vanilla governor.

“I am the leader of our reformist faction. Are you questioning me?” Vanilla’s eyes were sharp.

She was actually quite apprehensive, but Rand told her that if she was too lenient and did everything according to the rules, she would be absolutely unqualified as a ruler, at least not suitable for the job of consul.

Leadership qualities may sound abstract, but if you can't gain the respect and support of your subordinates, it will be very difficult to do anything you want.

So Vanilla has made up her mind.

“If you beg me now, I might forgive your offense.” Vanilla’s azure eyes stared like an abyss at the person she had chosen to make an example of.

The elven nobleman was somewhat exasperated, yet also somewhat timid.

He stood up and looked at the elven nobles around him. Originally, these elven nobles all shared his thoughts, but now that they saw Vanilla making trouble, they all fell silent.

The elven nobleman's voice trembled slightly. Was he really going to kneel down and beg for mercy from Vanilla, this little elven girl who hadn't even grown her first hair?

"You... uh..." The elven nobleman hadn't said anything more.

Vanilla's guards had already pinned him down on the conference table.

"That's enough," several elven nobles finally spoke up to stop it.

Vanilla waved.

The guards released the elven nobleman who had offended her.

“Since someone is speaking up for you, then I will allow you to leave this place on your own two legs,” Vanilla said coldly.

The elven nobleman swallowed hard, then tried to speak again before quickly walking out of the meeting room.

Vanilla is capable of killing, but under the current circumstances, these elves are not strictly speaking true enemies; rather, they are supporters of the reformists.

Directly killing people might push more people to the opposite side, but this level of making an example of someone can make many people who don't understand the situation realize it.

For those who remain stubbornly obstinate, vanilla will eventually kill.

Although the conventional forces of Vanilla don't have much influence here, in terms of high-end combat power, Nidhogg can be considered the strongest elf in Giantwood City at present.

If we include His Majesty Rand, Ms. Elsa, and Ms. Lysa, Vanilla feels that killing someone would be quite easy for her.

Is it possible that the High Elder of Nidhogg is more powerful than Lady Lysa? Vanilla scratched her head inwardly.

"Alright, now that the idiot has been removed from the meeting room, is there anything else you want to say?" Vanilla's words were sharp.

In fact, Vanilla doesn't really like to treat others with such a sharp attitude. Even when she was the director of the teaching affairs office and the vice principal, she wasn't too cold and hard when dealing with those naughty students.

But now it is indeed necessary to make some people realize who has the right to speak here.

In truth, Vanilla would prefer that everything belong to His Majesty Rand.

Vanilla also knew that things had to be done step by step.

The elven nobles in the conference room remained silent. At present, the reformists were actually the weakest faction, but this was because their strategies in various aspects were already very promising.

And if the Vanilla Archon eventually ascends to the throne of the Elf Queen.

It is clear that these initial supporters will reap huge rewards.

Then, when victory was within reach, they no longer wanted to share much with humanity.

They certainly know that many resources now come from cooperation with humans, but when everything is successful, wouldn't it be enough to just give back resources?

Even if these resources are doubled or tripled in return later, it would still be perfectly acceptable.

However, allowing humans to interfere in the internal affairs of the elves is something these elven nobles find unacceptable, as it means their power and interests will be affected, or even diminished.

What they need are human resources, human weapons and equipment, human wealth, and human wisdom, but absolutely no human political interference.

They agreed to vanilla as the leader of the reformists, largely because vanilla could garner human support.

Furthermore, Vanilla is young and doesn't have much influence among the elves. If they succeed, it will be easier for them to influence or even control Vanilla.

It now seems that they have already gone too far at this stage.

Vanilla's abilities were far greater than they had imagined, and Nidhogg wasn't on their side either.

Even more seriously, the human forces supporting vanilla are completely different from what was imagined.

Of course, I went to talk to the elves who had visited the Sanctuary and the resort to learn about the details of that human land.

Perhaps Rand, as a human king, does have a broader perspective; other human kings wouldn't be interested in interfering in the internal affairs of the elves.

I also know that Rand was a man who rose from duke to king through war.

Their military capabilities must be considerable, but they are undoubtedly a family with little legacy.

The previous rebellion had made them acutely aware of the extraordinary personal combat power that Rand possessed. With Nidhogg and Vanilla on their side, they had little recourse against Rand, this human.

But must they really have to endure humans interfering in their politics and even controlling them?
The elven nobles remained silent.

The meeting ended quickly.

In fact, they had already come up with a solution, which was that although Vanilla and Rand were currently very close.

But both humans and elves are selfish, and all intelligent beings are selfish; all that's needed is to create discord between Vanilla and Rand.

Moreover, it doesn't have to be now; right now, we still have a common enemy: the royal court and the restorationists, whom we haven't dealt with.

If victory is achieved and the Vanilla Archon becomes the Vanilla Queen, would she tolerate a human king criticizing her wisdom? Would she tolerate the elven resources being plundered by humans?
(End of this chapter)