Man on the ark, forced to become king

For a country like this, let alone interfering in their sacred trial, as long as SilverAsh is willing to pay a sufficient price, even if he wanted to become the rightful king of Kjerag right now, the Golden Tree could help him achieve it.

All the combat power that is worth looking at is just a god. What is there to be afraid of?

The reason he didn't respond immediately was because he was thinking about Yeragand.

Following SilverAsh around the road, we arrived at Sylvanas's mansion but couldn't sense His presence or find Him anywhere. Perhaps the Holy Trial would be a good opportunity to make contact if we wanted to find Him quickly? What if He was secretly monitoring the details of the trial?

If it exists, finding it is easy; otherwise, it would be quite time-consuming to conduct a thorough search on your own.

"Alright, forget about any compensation or anything like that."

After a moment's hesitation, Lin Lu looked at Silver Gray and gave a clear response.

“You’ve picked out a good piece of land for me, so I’ll help you with that. But there’s something I need to tell you beforehand: if I make a move, it might cause quite a stir.”

"It doesn't matter."

SilverAsh paused for a moment, but didn't pay any attention. In his mind, how big could the commotion get?

"After the ceremony for selecting the Holy Maiden begins, Manju Academy will seal off all entrances and exits to the Holy Mountain. In the wind and snow, no one can see what is happening on the Heavenly Road, so there is no need to worry."

"kindness."

Lin Lu nodded and smiled with satisfaction, "I'm relieved to hear that."

"..."

For some reason, upon seeing Lin Lu's smiling face, Silver Gray paused slightly as he picked up his teacup, a chill running down his spine, and he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Chapter 104 Jeragand, come out and see me!

SilverAsh got the result he wanted and left satisfied. With the Saintess selection imminent, no matter how much the other two major families and Manju Academy disliked him, as the current patriarch of the Shivaesh family, he had to go to the Holy Mountain today to await the results of the Saintess selection.

Lin Lu wasn't in a hurry and didn't go with him. Instead, she stayed in the old house of the Shivaesh family, had a cup of tea, and looked at the books about the history of Sherag in the silver-gray study.

As is customary, the timing of the selection of the saintess is not fixed. After being selected, the candidate needs to undergo a series of preliminary preparations to show her piety to Jeragund before she can embark on the heavenly journey and offer holy objects to the great god.

Therefore, since there is still some time before the ceremony actually begins, he can take this opportunity to learn about this closed country.

It must be said that, aside from the perennial snow and wind, Kjerag's geographical location is excellent. After learning more, Lin Lu discovered that the fact that Colombia, Victoria, and Casimir had never been interested in this place for many years was also due to its topographical factors.

—The location here is really too good. It is a typical place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and is a forbidden area of ​​ice and snow where few people go. Since he was not sure where SilverAsh had put the Golden Tree leaf, he came in through the normal route. Even with SilverAsh's help, it still took him a lot of effort.

There is only one way to get to Shelag, and it involves traversing a harsh, snow-covered mountain path.

In this situation, to deploy troops here, one must first overcome the effects of the harsh environment. Even disregarding the Jeragund factor, it is not an easy task. If a large army is dispatched, non-combat casualties are unavoidable.

Why waste time and effort attacking a useless, dilapidated snow mountain?

The top officials in Colombia and Victoria probably have this idea.

Without sufficient incentives, attacking this place would be a losing proposition. Even if it were captured, the desolate, snow-covered land would be of no use whatsoever.

The premise is that there are not enough benefits.

After careful consideration, Lin Lu could roughly guess some of the thoughts of the elders of Manju Academy—their restrictions on Shivaesh's development in various ways were perhaps not simply for the sake of their own status, but rather for deeper reasons.

As long as Shelag remains closed off and does not communicate with the outside world, it will be absolutely safe under the protection of Yelagand.

However, once Sherag connects with the outside world and develops industry under the guidance of the Kalan trade, its status in the eyes of its two neighbors will be quite different.

There was no profit to be made before, but once Sherag develops and has everything it needs, then taking action here will no longer be a losing proposition.

Because you've become a hot commodity!

A barren land with no value is incomparable to a rich land with a complete system.

With a huge piece of fat meat lying right at their doorstep, how could those greedy nobles and politicians not be tempted?

impossible.

Colombia and Victoria will definitely send people to learn about this unfamiliar land, and then send troops to occupy it.

Yeragand has the ability to protect Sherag, but that would also shatter the long-standing peace here and push everything into the unknown, something the elders absolutely cannot accept.

However, what they failed to consider was that the outside world was now very different from their shallow impressions. The Originium industry had developed rapidly, mobile cities and land-based ships had been built, and natural barriers that were once insurmountable could now be easily reached by sending steel-forged war machines, and were no longer considered difficult.

Shelag is not truly permanently closed off from the outside world; it's only a matter of time before it comes to the attention of the outside world.

If preparations are not made early, then one day, Sherag will become meat lying on a felt board, torn apart.

Based on the available information, Lin Lu also felt that SilverAsh's approach was correct.

Continuing to close off the area is tantamount to sitting and waiting for our demise!

Do you think covering your head will make others not notice you?

The establishment and development of trade in Karan may accelerate this process, but it will also allow Shelag to develop rapidly and build its own defense capabilities to cope with crises.

Whether it will be effective or not, and whether it can stop the two malicious neighbors from spying, is uncertain. However, one thing is certain: doing something is better than doing nothing. It is the most foolish thing to entrust one's safety to the thoughts of others.

Otherwise, when the enemy actually arrives, the Sherag people will have no recourse other than to pray for the protection of Jeragand.

Look at their fighting style and weaponry, how ridiculous!

Lin Lu found the so-called army and guards she had encountered along the way laughable. Not to mention other places, even the lowest-ranking military police in Ursus had far more advanced and sophisticated equipment than them. These people were still wearing animal skins and carrying crudely made iron weapons! It was as if they were living hundreds of years ago!

Of course, Sherag has gods to rely on, but can gods really be trusted?

According to the records, Lin Lu clearly found that the great god Yeragand was unreliable; He had fallen into a deep sleep several times and rarely responded to the prayers of his followers.

What if the enemy attacks while He is sleeping?

This is not impossible; on the contrary, it is highly likely.

Just look at the wolf mother; a single slumber of a god can mean the passing of several generations for mortals.

How did the selection of the saintess come about? It was because Jeragand slept for a thousand years, causing Sherag to be shrouded in bitter cold for a hundred years!

Now that He has stopped responding to His believers, He may have fallen into a deep sleep once again. How can the Sheragans obtain His protection?

Colombia and Victoria are not comparable to mere snowstorms; if they really wanted to fight Shelag, it wouldn't even take a year!

In fact, the battle could be over with just one landship arriving. The primitive and backward Sherag is more fragile than paper in the face of modern industrial power!

Furthermore, judging from the so-called selection of the saintess, that great god may not necessarily have been very kind.

However, SilverAsh was lucky, and Seraphim was lucky enough; they no longer needed to worry about this problem because—

"Golden Tree wants this land."

Surrounded by mountains and sealed off by heavy snow, this terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Is there a more ideal place to bury seeds?

Regardless of what Columbia and Victoria thought, Lin Lu had her eye on the place after learning about it.

Find a place to plant a golden tree, which is equivalent to leaving a backup. No matter what happens to the golden tree in the future, even if it faces the danger of collapse, it can rise again through the seeds left here.

The Golden Tree is not afraid of the cold. Kjerag is not even as good as the snowfield where the Flame Giants of the Borderlands live. He could have planted the seed in the extremely harsh and dangerous forbidden zone. Even the locals of Kjerag would not know that there is a Golden Tree there.

Furthermore, if they could go a step further and reach an agreement with Jeragand, Sherag might very well become one of the sources of soldiers for the Golden Tree.

"It seems we need to talk to Jeragand as soon as possible."

Lin Lu put down the book in his hand, stretched his body, and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been reading in the study for a long time. He quickly calmed his mind and tried to sense the location of the golden leaf.

After arriving in Shelag, he was able to discern some things relatively clearly through the golden leaves, which is why he wasn't in a hurry to go to the snow mountain.

But upon seeing this, he immediately couldn't sit still.

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"Enciodes, you don't seem worried about your sister at all?"

At Mount Kalan, in the Manju Courtyard, Latatos, the current patriarch of the Brantau family, one of the three clan councils of the Sherag, glanced at the sky outside the window and, for reasons unknown, suddenly asked a question, breaking the long silence in the room.

The Grand Elder of Manju Academy and Actos, the patriarch of the Perrochi family, both turned their heads to look at Silver Grey, who was sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, trying to discern something from his face.

Even if they looked down on Shivaesh, they had to admit that Ensiodis was indeed a troublesome figure who deserved their attention.

The Ensiodis of today is no longer the down-on-his-luck boy he once was.

Unfortunately, there was nothing. SilverAsh was extremely good at maintaining his composure and rarely showed his emotions on his face, especially in situations like this.

“Enya’s piety is evident to all, I believe she can do it, God is protecting her, I have nothing to worry about.”

"Yes, Enya is indeed a good girl."

The elder squinted, his cloudy eyes reflecting the silver-gray face of the young man. After a moment of silence, he continued the conversation.

“We were not originally prepared to start the selection of the Holy Maiden at this time, but the previous Holy Maiden was summoned by the gods, and there was nothing we could do to stop her.”

"The snow and wind have been really heavy these past few days, so Enya is probably going to have to suffer a bit."

"Moreover, the animals that inhabit the Holy Mountain may be affected by the wind and snow, and may become irritable."

"..."

Silver Grey straightened his body and met the First Elder's gaze, unconsciously tightening his grip on the chair.

He understood what the old man meant.

Wild beasts? Mount Kalan is entirely under the control of Manjushri Monastery, where would there be wild beasts?

The old man was clearly saying that they had indeed placed people on the Heavenly Road and might take action against Enya!

The reason for saying this now is simply to get his attitude, to make him back down and admit his mistakes to Manju Academy. Then Enya will be safe, and the position of saintess will be within reach.