Mystery: Time Travelers of the Fourth Era

Chapter 463 A Lively Era

The only use of money is when it's spent; that's when its value is proven.

"Our faith is relatively pure."

Xia Er smiled and thought it was a great idea to print faces on banknotes.

Even though these people are not lacking in faith—Shael can create faith by hand, Amon's own clones can serve as anchors, and Antigonus's puppets are not only his food but also his anchors—no one feels that they have too much faith.

The currency of the Tudor Empire was extremely, extremely, extremely powerful.

The Tudor Empire also controlled the Roside Islands in the Middle Sonia Sea and, in cooperation with the god of spirits, colonized parts of West Baronland...

According to the standards of this era, it is not really a colony. Although the God of Spirits was not an original shareholder of the Tudor Empire, he was still the King of Angels with 2+1 rank. He was more like a partner of the Tudor Empire, the kind of person who carved out a territory and established a kingdom in the southern continent.

The entire Southern Continent is now divided into two parts. East Bairon is in the hands of the Eggers family, meaning it has completely submitted to the Underworld Emperor. The remaining half, West Bairon, is mainly the territory of the spirit god Thorzna and the Church of the Witches. Needless to say, Thorzna's relationship with Jacob is... not bad.

The Witch Church... that's basically... a relationship built on hookups.

Because of the needs of the witches, they don't need a stable territory; what they need is a place where they can spread calamities and diseases. The Southern Continent is undoubtedly more suitable than the Northern Continent. In addition... the Tudor Empire provides money. Even if the original witches don't need it, the people of the Witch Church still need money.

Once the Tudor Empire provides enough money and supplies, the entire West Bairan will be stable. Then, various raw materials and resources from the southern continent can enter the Tudor Empire through the "Raging Sea" and the "Misty Sea." Only the Tudor Empire can conduct commerce and maritime trade between the north and south continents.

The conflict between Death and the God of Night is profound. The possibility of the Ternsost Empire establishing cooperation with the Byron Empire of East Byron is extremely low.

The islands of Sunia and the Roside Islands are still in the hands of the elves. The interests of the Sunia Sea are also transferred to the Ternsost Empire through the church of the three goddesses, which is vaguely represented by the "Goddess of Beauty" Olnia, the emperor of the night.

The Church of the Earth Mother has food supplies, the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom controls the island of Sunia, and has the Naga race and other sea monster races that it relies on, enabling them to control the North Sea, the Sunia Sea, and the southern seas. The Church of the Night occupies the area south of the Amanda Mountains, which is perfectly suited to support the island of Sunia.

The Storm Church is undoubtedly the strongest at sea, but the Naga don't listen to it. They have indeed subdued some sea monsters, but these monsters are not easy to generate wealth directly. The Storm Church mainly focuses on hunting rather than raising them. Most of the sea monsters with some intelligence still speak Elvish because Elvish has a simple vocabulary and is already engraved in their race. The current mainstream language of the Fourth Age, the ancient Fusak language with a larger vocabulary, is making things difficult for these sea monsters living in the deep sea.

The Second Solomon Empire had little to do with the sea. They were located in the northern part of the Northern Continent. If they wanted to go to sea on a large scale and at low cost, they had to go around the island of Sonia. However, the Solomon Empire found it difficult to take over the island of Sonia. In the current era, gods and angels walked on the earth. The Black Emperor and the Fallen God would not easily start a divine war for a sea outlet.

Even if we were to actually acquire the Sunia Sea, it would be meaningless, as the interests at sea have already been divided up, and even the Storm Church, the strongest force at sea, would not receive any major benefits.

To draw a simple analogy, the present-day Tudor Empire is somewhat similar to the Spanish Empire in the original history. The Spanish Empire colonized South America, while the Tudor Empire controlled West Bayrand.

The Tudor Empire is essentially an enhanced version of the original Spanish Empire, with added technology. Although its main focus is on art and culture, it has flourished across multiple fields. In terms of results, ignoring the gods, the Tudor Empire is now the strongest nation in the world.

The Terensust Empire, this melting pot, also had diverse attitudes toward the Tudor Empire. At least some of the Tudor Empire's culture, goods, ideas, and books were able to flow into various fields of the Terensust Empire. The Storm Church, invincible at sea, mainly played the role of pirates.

That's right, pirates!

Even though the Church of Storms is invincible at sea, they lack the ability to integrate the five major sea regions. They lack excellent ports and cannot build a diversified trade network. This is not a problem that can be solved by brute force alone. Raw materials, trade routes, production and manufacturing, and market dumping...

The Storm Church alone could not establish itself. The one that did the best within the Ternsost Empire was the one represented by Night Empress Ornia, which included the Church of the Earth Mother, the Church of Knowledge and Wisdom, vampires, elves, Sauron, Einhorn, and some other forces that it had won over. It controlled the main knowledge, food, and productivity.

This branch has a tacit understanding with the Tudor Empire and is able to participate in world trade, keeping the entire system running.

The development of commerce is beneficial to the Church of the Eternal Sun, so after the distribution of benefits was properly handled within the Ternsost Empire, there was not much resistance.

Terensust, of course, is the emperor of the Terensust Empire, and also the emperor of law and order in the real world. But within the rules, he cannot compete with the Night Emperor in this respect. Olnia represents the interest group, and even... the Night Emperor Olnia has imposed a sea ban on the Terensust Empire.

Without official backing, non-governmental teams are completely excluded from the vast ocean.

This stands in stark contrast to the Tudor Empire, where a vibrant, untamed, and pioneering nation, with its support, sings praises of the powerful empire and the great emperor, venturing into the vast seas without fear of dying abroad or worrying about their livelihoods at home.

Anyway, the empire will support orphans and widows, and food production is sufficient, so no one will starve. A hunter in a country led by the Gui San family is someone who seeks excitement and adventure. In particular, the empire does not regulate magic potion recipes, so getting one is a matter of luck and skill.

This drove the people of the Tudor Empire to rush towards the sea like madmen.

Within the empire, under the imperial code, they naturally could not challenge the nobility in terms of rules and were suppressed to the core. But at sea, it was glory, wealth, and freedom. In the southern continent, it was a land waiting to be conquered.

The Tudor Empire and the Byron Empire, of course, did not sign any peace treaty.

Open warfare is impossible, but conflicts among the people should be left to the people. Hunters need to hunt, the Gui San family needs to cheat and swindle, witches need to spread calamity, and the Grim Reaper certainly needs dead people. Even alien species and demons like to dance in the Southern Continent because the Tudor Empire allows it.