Divine Kingship

Chapter 615 Expected News: Is the Problem About to Be Solved?

The political strife made Vanilla somewhat indignant.

Back at the office, Vanilla still personally helped Rand and Lysa move to their seats, even though Rand said Vanilla didn't need to do that.

Vanilla actually felt it was an honor to help Rand and Lysa move their seats.

I heard that the old men who moved chairs for Rand back then are now high-ranking officials in the Holy Domain.

Vanilla felt that one day she would also be able to occupy a high position in the Holy Domain's forces.

Although she hasn't actually escaped her status as a female slave yet, Vanilla isn't in a hurry. In a few years, she'll automatically gain her freedom. Paying ransom is a terrible waste.

After Rand and Lysa sat down, Vanilla began to complain.

"Damn it, do they even realize that if it weren't for us, these so-called elven nobles would be nothing? Do they think the royal court will treat them like human beings, or that the Restorationists won't take them away...?"

Even without the emergence of reformists, the Elf Forest would still be in chaos, and there would likely be a struggle between the Restorationists and the Royal Court.

These nobles who supported the reformists would obviously not be able to gain any foothold in the royal court or among the restorationists.

"Don't be ridiculous. If some vampire shows up again, I'll have a headache. I finally managed to disgust Grand Duke Vladimir, and I don't want to encounter anything related to him again," Rand joked.

"Regarding the current situation of the elven nobles, I think you have handled it very well. There is no need to worry too much; they will eventually submit to you." Rand was also very experienced in dealing with noble issues.

When they are weak, nobles are arrogant, greedy, and dangerous, but when they become powerful, they become things that can be disposed of at will.

"I'll consider myself to have won this round for now. So how do we deepen the influence of our Lunar Kingdom here? I feel that a reasonable work system alone isn't enough; that's subtle and gradual. Now we can use some more obvious methods." Vanilla was very proactive in safeguarding the interests of the Lunar Kingdom.

She was completely unaware that the elven nobles were trying to sow discord between her and Rand.

Vanilla is very concerned about her annual performance review in this job, as it affects a significant portion of her performance bonus.

As for breaking with Rand, or even overthrowing Rand's rule...

Does that mean all the years of service I've earned over the years have been wiped out?

Of course, it's not that she doesn't care about the fate of her people, but no one has stipulated that the elven governor can't receive a salary from the Moon Kingdom, right?

After discussing for a while, Vanilla, Rand, and Lysa went outside.

A church school has been established in this giant wood city.

Although, in order to conform to local customs, the deity worshipped at this church school is the God of Spirits rather than the Goddess of Torch or the Goddess of Harvest and Health.

Not all elves are fanatical believers in the Elf God, but it is almost impossible for elves to accept any other deity as their faith.

As for the elves of the Restorationists, it is clear that they only regard other evil gods as objects of exploitation rather than faith.

Because of their religious beliefs, the curriculum at the church schools here differs from that of church schools in other parts of the human world.

Vanilla brought Lysa and Rand to the church school in secrecy and concealed their appearance, so they didn't attract any attention.

“Currently, our work consists of two parts: deepening the cultivation of the new generation and comprehensively integrating culture into daily life.” Vanilla picked up a textbook to introduce it. “The concept of reform and opening up is to contact the outside world and use more advanced technologies and ideas to manage the Elf Forest, so we have opened cultural courses related to humans.”

Rand glanced at the contents of the book; they were all similar to the cultural courses taught at the church school in the resort.

In short, it means learning about the culture and history of many kingdoms.

Just as the Frostmoon Kingdom produced many young nobles who were more aligned with Rand because of the church schools established by Rand, so too did the Kingdom of Frostmoon.

In the future, the Elf Forest will also have some new generations of elves who are more inclined towards the Moon Phase Kingdom.

“The problem is that there are still very few students and teachers. I estimate that many elven nobles are unwilling to let their descendants accept these courses that are somewhat suspected of treason.” Vanilla snorted. “Not all of them, and quite a few elven nobles are already leaning towards us.”

The other aspect, "lifestyle," refers to lifestyle patterns and items that conform to the characteristics of the Lunar Kingdom and can increase the convenience of life.

These effects won't just impact the lower levels; they'll also have a significant impact on the upper elves, who may then be less resistant to anything related to humans.

For example, clothing, food, and some distinctive cultural products from human kingdoms, such as paintings and films, especially films.

The film and television works produced by Lunar Kingdom Crystal have become increasingly successful.

In the very beginning, the film and television works featuring the crystal were only used by Rand to deal with Grand Prince Vladimir, who was lurking in the shadows.

The work "Crimson Night" at that time received a very good response.

Later, the film and television works featuring the image were used by Rand to deal with the Kingdom of Bolen.

In terms of daily life, the cultural transmission and influence brought about by film and television works are also very effective.

The world's transportation and information transmission are very limited.

For many people, their understanding of a place is mostly limited to a place name or a colored block on a map.

Many people are completely unaware of any other place besides where they live, and have never even heard of its name.

However, as the image crystal could travel with caravans to all parts of the world, people in many places, whether nobles, knights, or even some relatively wealthy citizens, became aware of the resort in the Moon Phase Kingdom and other places.

This would extend the influence of the Lunar Kingdom beyond all dimensions of this world.

It doesn't seem to have a very significant effect yet; it has only led to a slight increase in the number of nobles who occasionally visit the Moon Phase Kingdom Resort and the number of adventurers who come to explore.

But the impact has already occurred, and it will only become more and more significant in the future.

The same applies to the Elf Forest.

This time, I brought quite a few photos to the Elf Forest related to teaching, such as photos related to military and agricultural teaching, as well as some photos that were nominally related to entertainment and leisure...

These images should make the Moon Phase Kingdom more endearing to the elven nobles and to the elves themselves, and the subjects of these images are often elves.

This was certainly not Rand's foresight; at the time, he simply thought wind chimes were a good fit, and there was a situation where there was practically no one else available.

It should indeed be helpful in the present moment.

……

Rand coordinated the work in this giant wood city for a while, and then two months passed.

In the late spring of the year 341 of the Holy Calendar.

The time has come for Vanilla to take the initiative.

The reformist elven army has already set off. And Vanilla, the governor, and Rand, the patron, have naturally also embarked on the journey.

“We’ve received intelligence that the Elven Royal Court’s army will be gathering in the dense forest behind the city. Judging by the time, they may not be fully assembled yet. We can take advantage of the time difference and launch a surprise attack on them,” Vanilla asked Rand for his opinion.

Rand nodded: "You can decide on the military issues yourself. You are more familiar with the environment of the Elf Forest, and your judgment of the current situation will be more accurate, so I won't interfere. I will handle the other issues with Lysa and Elsa."

Vanilla nodded nervously.

He began to command the army in an orderly manner.

Before coming to the Elf Forest, Vanilla had undergone a lot of military training and had also received some practical training while dealing with the rebels of the Moon Phase Kingdom. Now she is very skilled.

Vanilla is absolutely intimately familiar with the three required courses in War Studies.

Vanilla herself is also very intelligent, and Rand believes there won't be any problems.

Moreover, Rand wasn't shirking responsibility or trying to be lazy. In such a serious situation, he wouldn't slack off; he genuinely had other things to deal with.

That's the problem with the revivalists.

The royal army is currently assembling, and thanks to Vanilla's intelligence, they are about to be ambushed by the reformist army.

Aside from providing support to the rebels in Giantwood City, the Restorationists have not taken any further significant action.

If the Restorationists aren't planning to wait until the Royal Court and the Reformers are both weakened before reaping the benefits, then they're doing something even more clandestine.

Rand decided to take his men to investigate all these possibilities.

……

Meanwhile, outside the Moon Phase Kingdom.

A stronghold of a cult.

Morin and Da Zhuang, who were assigned by Rand to investigate intelligence, have made some progress.

During this time, Morin and Dazhuang have been promoted to high-ranking cultists due to their achievements in destroying a large number of villages in the Moon Phase Kingdom.

To be honest, these undercover agents have an easier time getting promoted than regular believers.

Because, apart from fanatical emotions, most cult members have very poor rational thinking ability and knowledge reserves.

To get things done, you need knowledge and logic.

For Morin and Dazhuang, who also have the bishop of the Moon Phase Kingdom as backup, things become much easier.

Therefore, he quickly made many contributions and was promoted.

Next comes receiving the blessing of the divine child himself.

In fact, they already had a relatively vague concept and understanding of the divine child.

The followers of the Scourge Apostles established the City of the Dead, unleashing death upon this land.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, they discovered that such a terrible disaster had been quelled.

After learning about the destructive power of cults without the suppression of the Torch Church from that incident, nobles around the world became more vigilant against evil forces and more proactive in eradicating cults.

Then the Torch Church, which was originally fragmented, seemed to be showing signs of resurgence, and another orthodox church, the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health, appeared, which was even more despicable.

The Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Health is more familiar with the ways in which evil hides and operates, and they can always thwart the evil schemes of cult members in some unexpected ways.

Over the years, cult members have become increasingly distressed.

One day, they felt a glimmer of hope.

For reasons that are still not fully understood, the goddess of dark abundance appeared in this world.

This divine child is now the leader of this stronghold; he possesses terrifying power, which is still growing.

As for why they don't quite understand, it's naturally because divine children aren't too rare, and their birth is traceable.

They are all evil forces. Once they grow to a certain size, the gods will sense it and infuse their divine power into a chosen one.

Then the divine child was born. Previously, the divine child of the goddess of dark abundance had also been born, but it seems that he was killed by the powerful fighting force of a certain Torch Church.

Moreover, although the Divine Child is powerful, he is only slightly stronger than the highest-level professional and will never reach the level of a King.

The divine child of this stronghold is different now.

The child of the goddess of dark abundance was inexplicably born without any accumulation of evil power, and its combat strength was not at the level of a normal child of a goddess.

This divine child possesses king-level combat power.

Is a king really born so easily? This makes many cult members very skeptical.

The leader of the Blood of Nourishment who swept the world back then, Rand, was only a King-level being, and even such a King-level being could not defeat Karin Eldridge, the Crimson King who rose to power through the Church of the Torch Goddess.

Although everyone now feels that it has become much easier for them to get a response from the evil god, the fact that a king-level divine child was born so easily...

Although there are some doubts about this, it is obviously a good thing to have a divine child in charge, especially now that evil is waning and cults are in turmoil.

Therefore, this divine child became the leader of the surrounding evil cults and united the evil forces.

If a cult becomes dominant and very powerful, it will exclude other cults, since they worship different gods. This was the case with the Cataclysm during its period of strength; they only cooperated with the God of Struggle cult after encountering setbacks.

But now, if things continue like this, it's clear that we'll all be doomed, so there's a basis for cooperation.

The Dark Abundance Goddess Cult, which received the Divine Child, did not exclude other cults.

Although these cults differ in their doctrines and ideologies, the things they actually need are not that different.

The Cult of the God of Struggle needs struggle, the Cult of the Scourge needs death, and the Cult of the Goddess of Dark Abundance needs slaves or blood sacrifices.

"You two, the divine child is ready. You can come with me to receive the baptism now." The guide called to Morin and Dazhuang, his words filled with barely suppressed envy.

Although receiving baptism from the divine child does not grant any substantial increase in power, the opportunity to meet the divine child and receive guidance from him is invaluable to every cultist here.

They worship different gods, but the divine child clearly possessed a way to communicate effectively with the gods, something that all cultists dream of.

(End of this chapter)