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With the help of Theresa, the operator behind the Holy Cross Kingdom, the situation in the Holy Cross Kingdom has stabilized, but...

Blaze quietly groped his way behind Anderson. It was a sweet Valentine's Day, but Anderson looked sad and scratched his head.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with Ryan?"

Anderson's twin, former Archbishop of Hell, now walks in the shadow of the Holy Cross. Anderson handles the problems of the Holy Cross in the open, while Ryan handles the things in the dark.

But if Blaze were to say, no matter what time, the problem of the Holy Cross Kingdom, both overtly and covertly, is that they are foreigners. Of course, this is a joke.

Anderson was startled, but when he saw it was Blaze, he not only breathed a sigh of relief, but also pulled Blaze as if he had seen a savior.

"I've been having a hard time lately. You need to give me some advice."

"What's going on?" Blaze pulled out the chair next to him and sat on it. He wanted to talk to Anderson about something, but he didn't expect Anderson to ask him to do something instead.

"Some cardinals want to fight."

"Huh? Didn't the situation in the Holy Cross Kingdom just stabilize? Could it be that some sneaky creature has entered the Holy Cross Kingdom and is trying to cause trouble again?"

Blaze's expression became serious, but Anderson showed a helpless expression. He sipped the milk tea handed to him by the waiter and told him the whole story.

It was because the Holy Cross Kingdom had experienced a turmoil that the cardinals decided to start a war and use a victory to prove the power of the kingdom.

There are also many things that are beyond one's control, which is to vent out the historical problems caused by the turmoil, such as harsh taxation.

Compared to solving those troublesome problems, there is nothing better than a big war, and the target of the war is, as expected, the Giant Kingdom Alliance.

"Again." Blaze was no longer surprised. The conflict between the Holy Cross Kingdom and the Giant Kingdom Alliance had never stopped. A large-scale conflict had even occurred a few years before the stranger visited this world.

Marika was also hailed as the Red Dragon in that war, but unfortunately that war ended in failure as usual.

"So Ryan is going to give those cardinals to..." Bligh made a subtle gesture of wiping his neck.

"No, no! He knows better than me that those cardinals are not the key to the problem, but..." Anderson smiled bitterly, "It has always been like this. Solving those problems has never been the priority for the bigwigs. They always choose to create another problem to cover it up."

"Then there's nothing to worry about."

Blazer ordered a glass of milk, clinked glasses with Anderson, and gave Anderson a bright smile.

"You're the big shot now, aren't you?"

Anderson's eyes widened slightly, and then he smiled as well, and his tone became a little frivolous.

"I really envy that Red Dragon Marika, who has known you since childhood. Just by looking at you, she will know whether she has betrayed her childhood self."

"You only see the good side. I'm also a troublesome person." Blaze shrugged and patted Anderson on the back.

"Look, I'm going to start causing you trouble now. Withstand the pressure and don't fight."

"Wow~ You really make it sound so easy." Anderson raised his eyebrows and subconsciously tightened his grip on the cup, but then relaxed.

That is easy to say, but if you don’t say it or do it, how will you know how difficult it is?

Maybe it has always been a simple thing, but no one has ever done it.

Anderson raised his glass and shook it as if in celebration.

"You pay for my consumption today, and I will work hard!"

"If you don't want to help, forget it. I'll go find someone else."

"No, no, no, it's my treat, please come to me for help."

Chapter 1405 Solve all problems with a fight

On Camelot's West Street, Anderson sat at the bar with a serious expression, cold sweat on his forehead.

Blaze is almost using up his food allowance for the day.

It feels like feeding Blaze is harder than not fighting.

"You, can you eat so much?"

"My appetite is just average." Blaze lifted his face from the basin and licked the cream off his lips with his tongue.

"But I have a skill from Ouroboros. Eating food can improve my attributes. The more I eat, the more I gain."

"You're using me as a scapegoat to level up. Fine! That's enough!" Anderson raised his hand, distancing himself from Blaze on the bill.

But even so, his food expenses had run out.

"Damn it, why is Camelot so expensive?"

"That's because this store is opened by a foreigner, and it's Valentine's Day now, so they're promoting chocolate coins as currency, so prices have gone up." Blazer put the chocolate coins in his pocket on the counter and paid for Anderson.

"As long as you earn chocolate coins and spend chocolate coins, you will find that the consumption is actually not high."

"Is this true?!" Anderson's eyes widened when he saw the exchange rate Blazer presented.

"Even now there are quests and events where you can get chocolate coins. You can try them."

Blaze gave Anderson a stack of chocolate coins, and Anderson touched the back of his head sheepishly.

"This is not good."

"It's okay. I still have a lot. I have connections at the factory that makes chocolate gold coins."

Anderson, who had been very polite just now, put all the chocolate gold coins into his purse and tossed the heavy purse proudly.

"Where is the casino?"

"The casino is in that direction, but..." Before Blaze could finish his words, Anderson disappeared.

Casinos are a gray industry that exists in every large city. They can stimulate the economy, but they can also destroy a family.

Blazer has a relatively averse attitude towards casinos. Even if he is old enough and meets the requirements to enter, he would not want to go.

However, he wanted to stop Anderson, not because he was averse to casinos, but because the casino was probably full of foreigners at the moment, and if Anderson went in, it would be better to use all the money to feed him.

"This is the first of the representatives from the three kingdoms that you have come into contact with. Did you gain anything?" Jasmine seemed to be following him all the time. As soon as Anderson ran, she immediately popped up and asked about the progress.

“War is never the best option, but it is the most convenient and simple one, as if all problems can be solved as long as war is fought.”

Blaze twirled the fork in his hand, thoughtfully.

"The Holy Cross Theocracy's reason for starting the war is simple. They want to maintain their position as the leader to prove they haven't weakened and are still powerful. This is similar to the reason why the Golden Sea of ​​Trees launched the attack. However, the Golden Sea of ​​Trees's intentions are more pure, without so many conflicts of interest."

"So do you have any ideas about the solution? As long as you have a little idea, I can help you make a detailed plan." Jasmine carefully put her long hair on the chair next to her, and then patted her chest to make a promise.

"I'm thinking... maybe eliminating the war between the three kingdoms is an idea that is too naive and unrealistic."

"Hmm, and then?" Jasmine opened her eyes wide and looked at Blaze expectantly, even opening and closing her mouth to shape the answer.

"So, why not find a place for the three kingdoms to have a good fight, let out some steam, and then shake hands and make peace after the fight and live the life they want."

"Ha... you meant [fight challenge], not a declaration of war." Jasmine didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Blaze certainly didn't think of something as naive as completely eliminating war, but he proposed an even more naive solution.

"Do you think sending a few representatives to fight and decide who is better will solve the kingdom's backlog of problems? The fields will not grow more food, the economic gap will not be narrowed, and the contradictions will not disappear."

"That's right." Blaze shrugged, but then he said it very seriously.

“But the fields will grow more food with better fertilizers and better cultivation methods, and if people and resources are invested properly, even poor places will have something to be proud of, and those contradictions…will never disappear.”

"Solving these problems is what the big guys should do. War is just their way of shirking responsibility."

"That statement... is not without reason." Jasmine snorted, crossed her arms, and raised her voice, "That's right, giving these big shots a place and sending a few representatives to prove our national strength is already giving them face."

"Otherwise, I used external force to make them submit."

Blaze rarely rejected Jasmine directly. If a war really broke out between the three kingdoms one day, then directly intervening and forcibly ending the war would be the best option.

But since Blaze didn't answer, Jasmine continued on her own and came up with a terrible proposal.

"Why don't we convince the foreigners to establish a country?"

"Don't do that, that's no different than trying to rule the world." Blaze shook his head. He really thought it was a bad idea.

There are many cases of foreigners who claim to be for justice and peace, but actually become dictators or even disasters. Such people are often not only pretentious, but also like to digitize the sacrifice of life and call death a great sacrifice.

The suggestion made by Jasmine is basically moving in this direction.

"Okay." Jasmine lowered her head, muttering that this would definitely be faster, and said, "Then we can only increase the benefits of [Fighting]. Simply competing for strength will soon make the three kingdoms lose interest. There must be tangible benefits."

"No~ There is no benefit, only honor." Blaze curled the corners of his mouth and showed a sly smile.

"Think about Jasmine. Giving them benefits will only make them parasites like blood-sucking worms. No matter how much you give them, they will never be satisfied. The big shots use the interests of the entire kingdom as an excuse to make what they think is a good choice for people. As a result, people's problems are never solved, and the big shots don't even know people's names."

"Then this big stage is not prepared for the big guys, but for the people to decide. We have to break up all the kingdoms, and let people [fight] for their own interests in cities and villages."

"Everyone fights for their families, their neighbors, and the people they know, and in the end, their victory will be returned to everything they know without reservation."

Chapter 1406 Conspiracy and Sincerity

This statement sounded a bit selfish and detrimental to the stability of the kingdom, like a big conspiracy, but Jasmine realized that Blaze was just seriously carrying out his pure ideas.

If war can really bring wealth to people and solve their problems, then war would not be a "bad thing". But in fact, the bigwigs start wars for the sake of the people, but in the end it is the people who suffer, and it is the bigwigs who benefit in the end.

Blazer's idea is very simple. Since war is something that will happen no matter what, at least those who participate in it should benefit.

Competitions between villages can compete for village-level interests, competitions between towns can compete for town-level interests, and at the kingdom level... there is only honor.

This is actually an open conspiracy. This [fight] can bring tangible benefits to the villages and towns that make up the kingdom, so isn't this equivalent to the kingdom getting benefits? Why should there be rewards for kingdom-level competitions? Wouldn't it be better to just give them honors?

In this case, direct war is unnecessary, and people's needs have been met. If a war is forced, people will not support it, after all, the argument of "for the benefit of the kingdom" is no longer valid.

Even the big shots can't refuse, because the [fight] will hit the vital points of the villages and towns, and will bring real benefits that can solve people's problems. Not allowing villages and towns to participate is tantamount to not letting them live.

The big guys can indeed ignore the voices of the people and force them. This is ultimately because the voices of the people have not been gathered together, but are scattered. Therefore, [Fighting Appointment] divides people into village and town levels, and the number of people is much larger.

Let Jasmine evaluate this idea. The original intention is very naive and simple, but the dark side is well blended.

The only problem is that the cost of this fight is extremely high.

Assuming that what a village needs most is cattle, seeds, and livestock for farming, the demand for tens of thousands of villages is staggering, not to mention the scale of the towns that will follow, which is an astronomical figure.

But this is not the only problem.

[Hermes' Traveling Hat], the world's largest economy, can cause a small kingdom to collapse with a yawn, and can turn a town into the capital of a new kingdom with just a few words.

Although most of the liquid funds of [Hermes's Travel Hat] were destroyed due to the resurrection of Argus, [Hermes's Travel Hat] still had more valuable supplies.

Jasmine became excited, but she found that Blaze was holding his chin and looked a little unhappy.

"what happened?"

"...I thought of this method when I was thinking about how to solve the problem of the golden forest. This method was originally used to [deal with] the golden forest." Blaze held his chin and swirled the spoon in the dessert cup.

"When you suggested creating a new enemy, I thought of this idea. We don't need to create new enemies, we just need to create more opponents. Differentiate the tree of life and split the huge golden forest into smaller ones. If there are enough opponents, they won't be in a rush."

"But I don't like this, no, I hate this."

Jasmine knew why Blazer was depressed. He hated the idea, and perhaps hated himself even more for thinking about it.

"There's nothing we can do about it, Blaze." Jasmine stood on a chair and patted Blaze on the head. "These are [growing pains]. The more you see, the faster you grow, and the further you are from your past self."

"But don't be too hard on yourself. Just like you can't love every minute of your life, there will always be times when you hate yourself. And that's good, just like people feel pain as a form of self-protection."

"The fact that you hate yourself means you are still on the right path and haven't deviated."

"How is it? This is a collection of good mother's quotes! The effect must be very good!" Jasmine crossed her arms proudly, reciting the good mother's quotes, but with an expression of expecting to be praised.

The effect was naturally very good. Blazer relaxed completely and slapped the table to ask for another bowl of rice. He was able to eat the rice, which showed that his mood was not affected.

There are countermeasures for the conflicts among the three kingdoms, but there are none for the Golden Forest. Humans, with complicated hearts and full of all kinds of distracting thoughts, are much more troublesome than the Golden Forest, but as long as you know the way, it is easy to deal with them.

On the other hand, Huang Jinshuhai is difficult to deal with because his ideas are too simple. Now Huang Jinshuhai is like a big sister. She thinks that the two new girls are stealing her people and now she wants to teach them a lesson with a stick.

"There is actually a very simple method, but it may be very tiring." Blazer finished a large bowl of rice and sighed, "That is to find every tree of life and explain to them the situation of the Peace Olive Tree and the Sea of ​​Golden Apple Trees."

"If we convince every tree of life, wouldn't that be equivalent to convincing the sea of ​​golden trees?"

"But this is what you like to do, isn't it?" Jasmine held her chin and looked at Blaze's distressed face, but there was no gloom between his brows.

Treat those dark ones with fair and honest methods that are truly good for everyone, and treat those pure ones with sincerity as always.

Blaze said he had changed, but Jasmine thought he had just become a reliable adult.

She had wanted to collect Blaze's food preferences, but it seemed that the kid had a good appetite and would eat anything as long as he was in a good mood.

Not picky about food, good.

"It's difficult to execute. I can't do it alone. Ah..." Blaze turned his head away, surrounded by a sea of ​​strangers.

An idea came to my mind.