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Although it doesn't contain a large amount of Tiamat's primordial divine power like Josie's Ea, it still carries a trace of divinity.

Therefore, even this staff can be considered a divine artifact.

Actually, Josie initially wanted to give Carol's Sindorei Golden Staff or Antonidas's Staff of Acus, but unfortunately they wouldn't sell them, so she had to ask Tiamat for help to forge one herself.

If you don't want to sell, then don't. When you die, I'll have Abidis collect your corpses.

The reason the scepter was made into a magic staff is naturally because Carol is a mage with considerable talent, having learned a great deal about the magic of Kamar-Taj and Azeroth.

This is also why, as the Ancient One mentioned before, Carol also called her "teacher."

Following the crown and scepter are the flag and coat of arms of the new United Kingdom of Austria.

When the new national flag and coat of arms were displayed to all the guests, it caused another stir.

The national flag has a simple color scheme, just the original red and white stripes, with a national emblem in the center.

But the national emblem is different.

The original coat of arms was a black eagle, a symbol of Austria, but with only a head.

However, the current national emblem has become a double-headed eagle.

This was the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire hundreds of years ago.

The difference lies in the fact that the shield on the chest of the double-headed eagle has added symbols representing the member states such as Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

The representatives of European countries were extremely dissatisfied with the United Kingdom of Austria, a symbol that aligned itself with the Holy Roman Empire in every way.

After all, it took them hundreds of years to dismantle this vast empire, and now it seems that the empire is about to be "reborn".

How could they possibly be satisfied?

However, considering the super nuclear bomb that detonated in the Arctic yesterday, the representatives from various countries present, no matter how dissatisfied they were, could only watch helplessly as the coronation ceremony was completed, and dared not utter a word.

Seeing the European delegations' expressions of utter delight, Thor and the other Asgardians were also incredibly curious, but due to the occasion, they refrained from asking too many questions.

However, Loki guessed that it must be because of Josie.

This reminded him of the terrifying scene of Xandar's destruction, and as a frost giant, he couldn't help but shudder.

This caused Thor to mutter to himself, because Carol, who was holding a scepter, wearing a crown, and draped in the Golden Fleece cloak given to her by Asgard, did look stunningly beautiful, but did you have to get so excited?

Following the coronation ceremony was the military parade.

As the mighty Austrian army marched across Heroes' Square, the nations that had been pondering how to unite and contain Austria immediately abandoned any such thoughts.

why?

The delegations from various countries that came this time were basically accompanied by their best military observers and military experts.

However, as the parade progressed, they discovered that they couldn't understand much of the Austrian military equipment.

The infantry formation at the front was relatively normal, except that they were carrying new, unidentified automatic rifles and their equipment looked a bit too "bulky".

But armored forces are different.

As the guardian tank of the main battle tank, they could understand it to some extent, but the various vehicles behind it, such as the multi-functional infantry fighting vehicle, the phantom tank, the wave tank, and the Athena cannon, whose appearance was extremely bizarre for this era, were completely beyond their comprehension. They couldn't understand what the various devices on these strangely shaped vehicles were for.

They couldn't understand helicopters either. Apart from the heavy attack helicopter, the Twinblade helicopter, and the Nightingale, which was obviously a transport helicopter, the other two helicopters, the Frozen helicopter from the Allied forces in Red Alert 3 and the VX Striker helicopter from the Empire of the Rising Sun, were completely incomprehensible to military experts from various countries.

There weren't any major surprises in terms of combat; the modified F4 monsters became the mainstream.

However, besides the heavily modified F4, another very beautiful new fighter jet has also appeared.

That's the F16.

Since the performance of the modified F4 far surpasses that of the F15, there is naturally no need for the F15 to exist.

However, the F4 was a twin-engine heavy fighter, so a light fighter was also necessary, and that's how the F-16 came about.

If the fighter jets weren't too alarming, the appearance of the bombers later on made the faces of various countries look rather unpleasant.

Austria released two types of bombers, both of which were peacekeeping bombers and century bombers from the Allied faction in Red Alert 3 World.

The sheer size of the two jet bombers made them look formidable.

The subsequent missile forces, especially the final strategic missile formation, cast a shadow over the faces of European countries.

Good heavens, we haven't even figured out how to use fixed land-based ballistic missiles yet, and Austria is already playing with vehicle-mounted ones?

And if we already have vehicle-mounted systems, what about ship-mounted systems?

At this moment, the military experts in the US mission suddenly remembered a piece of intelligence that they had previously overlooked.

That is, in the Adriatic Sea, Austria had previously launched several submarines that were somewhat oversized.

The US Navy stationed nearby at the time jokingly remarked that Austria was trying to learn from Germany's outdated wolfpack tactics.

Could that be...

In fact, the United States had already launched the nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, as early as 1954.

However, a nuclear-powered submarine is a nuclear-powered submarine, and it is a strategic nuclear submarine that can launch strategic nuclear missiles.

The first strategic nuclear submarine on Earth in the original timeline, the USS George Washington, was launched in 1959 and is still under research.

Now these military experts are thinking, could those ships all be strategic nuclear submarines?

If it's true... then this is a really serious matter.

Mobile, land-based nuclear weapons with extremely long range, and highly stealthy strategic nuclear submarines.

Austria has taken the lead in the world in achieving a nuclear triad!

What? You're asking if there are only two rings? The other ring is naturally airborne nuclear weapons—those two bombers that just flew by, you say they can't carry nuclear bombs? Nobody believes that!

The United Kingdom of Austria is now completely out of control.

Since we can't contain it, we have no choice but to cooperate!

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The military parade ended, and although Austria warmly welcomed and tried to persuade them to stay, many foreign delegations returned to their own countries immediately, their minds heavy with worry. They needed to work through the night to formulate and adjust new national policies toward Austria!

However, these are mostly large countries.

The smaller countries, on the other hand, remained completely unperturbed, peacefully attending the Austrian banquet and enjoying the top-notch hospitality provided by Austria.

Because these small countries have never had the strength to confront these large countries, they might as well just give up.

Austria's hospitality standards are very high; officials and representatives from these smaller countries usually can't afford to enjoy such treatment.

Of course, there are also those who are carefree and don't care at all.

For example, Prince Thor of Asgard and his retinue.

Josie didn't feel comfortable letting these Asgardians have too much contact with representatives from other countries, so they attended a private dinner hosted by the Kahn family.

Those who participated included Josie's friends, Ouroboros' subordinates, allies like Kamar-Taj, and vampire families who had maintained some contact with Austria since Dracula left.

Everyone here is an extraordinary being, and with these people keeping them company, Thor and his group were able to eat, drink, and have fun quite comfortably.

Loki, however, left the banquet hall when they weren't looking and found Josie.

"I apologize, sir, but it was inconvenient to bow to you in the previous situation!" Loki said to Josie with great respect.

“It’s alright, you did a good job today. But why didn’t you tell me in advance that you were coming to Austria to attend the ceremony?” Josie waved her hand to signal Loki to stand up, and then asked.

"My lord, I was unaware that you had returned to Earth, and I also did not know that Her Majesty the Queen was your daughter. It was my oversight!" Loki hurriedly apologized.

Upon hearing Loki's words, Josie realized that Loki was unaware that he had been controlled by Loki when he returned to Earth and Austria.

However, as the leader, he certainly couldn't apologize to Loki for this, so he just nodded to indicate that he understood.

"How's it going with what I asked you to do?" Josie immediately changed the subject and asked Loki.

“I have already sent a large number of Vrykul into Jotunheim. They have now gained Raul’s trust. Even if Raul wanted to explain, he would never be able to do so!” Loki hurriedly replied.

However, in order to confirm the destruction of Xandar and the Frost Giants, Josie had previously deliberately asked Loki to find a way to send some Vrykul to Jotunheim and make them "please" Laufey.

In this way, if someone continues to investigate who destroyed Xandar, they will first associate it with Jotunheim.

As for Jotunheim, because of Asgard, they have always been in a semi-isolated state, with their minds only focused on retrieving their treasure, the Casket of Ice, and overthrowing Asgard's rule. Therefore, they have no idea what is happening in the universe, let alone that they have unknowingly taken on a huge burden.

The reason Josie wanted the Frost Giant to take the blame was to prevent a special force from investigating.

This force is the true master behind the Nova Empire.

The Shia Empire.

According to messages from Dracula and Vereesa not long ago, the situation in the Nova Empire has now stabilized.

After Xandar was destroyed, the Nova Empire lost a large portion of its territory to the Kree Empire, but it did not perish.

Because the Shi'ar Empire has made its move!

Chapter 301 Discussion

After Josie destroyed Xandar last year, the Nova Empire has been plunged into endless chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Kree Empire temporarily suspended its wars in other areas and began a large-scale invasion of Nova.

Although the remaining forces of the Nova Empire did their best to resist, they could not pose much of an obstacle to the Kree invasion due to the loss of their ruling core and the resulting internal chaos.

Soon the Kree army swept through the region and occupied large swathes of Nova's star system.