Starting with the defeated female knight

But this is the capital city, and we just had a problem with green bugs.

Even with Green's protection, there are risks involved in going out unnecessarily, and since the area is under reconstruction, there's not much to spend money on.

After some thought, Green decided to combine their work with a reward, allowing them to take back a few of the best-growing tentacles he had cultivated.

As for the remaining wages, they will be paid out once the situation stabilizes or we return to Dawn City.

But it's clear that the AI ​​sprites have absolutely no interest in wages or anything like that.

Instead, their eyes lit up when they heard that Green had allowed them to take the tentacles they had planted back with them.

Then they even went to the tentacles garden they were in charge of and picked out their most precious children without having to choose.

After receiving Green's permission, he happily carried his assigned room back to him.

It can be placed on the bed, in an incubator, or on the bedside table.

They don't do anything else, they just put it there and look at it.

As it turns out, Dolores was right in some respects.

Even without the mental suppression modification, the reaction time of these elves is ridiculously long.

According to Melia, before Salis went mad, the elves were still studying art.

These elves, who live so long they can treat their lifespans like trash, may not excel in other areas, but they are exceptionally skilled at being bored and wasting time.

Some people stare at a sapling for days on end, others agonize over the design of a pattern for weeks, and still others immerse themselves in the creation of a work of art for years on end.

The main selling point is its long lifespan, which truly allows you to do whatever you want.

Now, however, they've switched to staring at tentacles.

Well, Green even started to understand Dolores a little.

We really need to find something for these lazy elves to do, right?

[Who can stand being stared at all day without doing anything?]

Fortunately, these elves now have to farm here. Although the crops are tentacles, at least they have something to do and won't be watching him every day.

Meanwhile, the captured elves were working hard for Grin.

On the other side, Grimm didn't waste the green worm fragments that burst out after Dolores's transformation was destroyed.

After calling Melia over and telling her his plans and intentions,

The little elf's ears twitched.

Realizing what Green was saying, his face turned bright red, like a kettle boiling over, and steam even rose from his head.

"No, um, this..."

Even his speech has become fluent.

【What's wrong? Is it not working? Are there technical difficulties or something?】

"No, that, it's just..."

Melia stammered for a while, then lowered her head.

"...Technically, it should be possible."

"...Theoretically, by repairing the clone and performing a reverse ritual, sensory transfer can be achieved."

"...If we can enter the kingdom and preserve the ceremony, we can...empathize."

"...But this kind of thing, this kind of thing..."

I know this method sounds amazing.

The tentacle sighed and tapped the fragment of the green worm next to it.

But your mother's condition is very serious, you know?

I've slept with her there several times already, but she still won't accept my touch when I lift her skirt. So I'll have to resort to some extreme measures.

"......ah?"

Melia was stunned for a moment, then realized what the tentacles were saying, and her already human-machine expression became even more blank.

"...What did you just say?"

I said your mom won't recognize your tentacles once she lifts her skirt.

"..."

The lovely elf did not answer.

His expression grew increasingly blank.

Then, after reaching a certain level.

She let out a cute little hum.

His eyes darted around as he fell down.

"Mother......"

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P.S.: Second update delivered. I'll take a break and see if there's anything else.

Volume 1: Chapter 117: It's Time to Let Go

Under the control of the tangible tentacles, everything began to slowly begin to operate.

The reconstruction of the empire, the recovery of the economy, the flow of wealth, the education and upbringing of children, and the underground spirits, and the spread of tentacles...

Under the operation of the tentacles, after experiencing the baptism of war, after countless deaths, after countless bloodshed, and after paying a heavy price,

The corpse in the capital city finally stopped rotting.

Blood continued to circulate, granulation tissue began to grow, and even the heart, which had been dead for who knows how long, began to beat slowly.

Of course, even at a considerable cost, and even with the manipulation of tangible tentacles, some things are always unavoidable.

For example, for various reasons, the current noble families, and even all the people in the capital, are very willing to follow his orders, and he can basically do whatever he is asked to do immediately.

However, once outside the capital, especially beyond the reach of the tentacles, the execution and efficiency of various commands will be greatly reduced.

Later, when this problem became more and more obvious, Blue Butterfly, unable to bear it any longer, provided some support by bringing out a group of managers from more than two hundred years ago to work overtime.

However, this only barely stabilized the situation and ensured that various instructions were effectively implemented.

Moreover, due to its perpetual nature, this method cannot last. In the end, a sound management system must be established, but that cannot be accomplished in a short time.

Moreover, it wasn't just the Empire that was involved.

After the events in the capital were over, problems gradually arose within the Blood Order as well.

It's not that the empire suppressed them too much.

On the contrary, because of the presence of that crimson hue in the sky, and because the Blood Cult is one of the key components stabilizing the crimson hue.

Even though they managed to pull off a major operation during the chaos in the capital, after discussions (which basically involved directly asking the tentacles what to do), they eventually succeeded.

The capital city still classifies it as a newly emerging religious group and allows it to apply for the establishment of churches and normal religious practices.

Strangely, even when things were clearly irregular, the Blood Order was still operating normally.

However, after the situation was settled in the capital and a decision was made not to pursue the matter further, numerous problems began to emerge within the cult.

But this is actually quite normal.

The Blood Order was originally just a group of people who couldn't survive and huddled together for warmth.

[Because of Wendeta's food supply, the common enemy of the Empire, and a small amount of constraints from rules and beliefs, a relatively simple but stable interest group was formed.]

But now that things have improved, there's no longer a need for people to stick together and support each other.

Because the elves are gone, Wendeta can no longer conjure up food as continuously as before.

[Besides, she can transform. Now that Dawn City is supplying her with a large amount of food, her other things aren't that important anymore.]

Furthermore, the sudden disappearance of the empire as an enemy could also create internal conflicts.

[Those who intensely hate the Empire and are determined to take revenge, those who don't hate the Empire as much and feel that continuing the war would be a losing proposition, and even those who simply want to be recruited by the Empire for its own benefit...]

There are also various issues related to distribution, corruption, industry, internal structure, and the chaotic mix of good and bad people resulting from rapid expansion...

For an organization that truly wants to last, the biggest problem is never external, but internal.

[In fact, having a powerful and unified external enemy could be a good thing for the organization.]

And now, that enemy has vanished.

Your real test has only just begun.

To be honest, Green wasn't very optimistic about the future of the Blood Order.

As a hastily assembled organization centered on sacrifice and revenge, it had not yet developed any particularly firm beliefs, and was a purely makeshift group that had not even fully grasped doctrines and dogmas.

After the core crisis was resolved and the Empire recognized them, it was already quite good that they weren't disbanded on the spot.

As for how long it can last, how the internal conflicts will escalate, and how things will ultimately end...

It can only be said that he is not very optimistic about it.

However, what happened afterward unexpectedly exceeded his expectations.

Although it did go through a period of considerable turmoil, the Blood Order eventually stabilized.

Moreover, the reason is very simple and can be summarized in four words.

"Stronger than the Empire."

Yes, after all, it was a team that Green had indirectly educated through guiding Wendeta.

Although the overall level is still so bad that Green would love for them to disband, he dares not tell anyone that he indirectly coached this team.

Even so, thanks to Green's guidance and Wendeta's diligent execution, even though her skill level was still so poor that Green couldn't bear to watch.

But even this group of people is still far more skilled than those around them.

Although the internal conflicts were indeed serious, even if they really wanted to split up, after looking around at the surrounding insects...

They hesitated to speak, then hesitated again, and then pondered it over and over again.

In the end, they slunk back, and even found themselves looking at their mortal enemies from different factions with a newfound sense of decency.

Moreover, let's not forget that when the Blood Order expanded, it absorbed many talents from the original church.

Moreover, the church pastors who are most likely to be "reddened" (i.e., become "red" in the church) are often those who possess understanding, action, and faith.

Although this group may have joined relatively late, they are all outstanding talents, and most of them have received special training from the church, so their abilities are naturally quite good.

After Wendetta left for the capital, the Blood Order was basically run by these people.

Furthermore, due to their abilities and past experience, these individuals, while supporting the operation of the cult, also discovered many shortcomings and dangers hidden within it, and discussed the future direction of development.

Although no consensus was ultimately reached, these discussions proved useful when the religious order faced subsequent divisions.

In addition, there are a series of reasons such as the external environment and shared experiences.

In the end, the Blood Order, which seemed to be on the verge of collapse from every angle, miraculously survived.

In fact, it continues to spread.

"The organization's ideology remains unclear, and there is a general sense of confusion among its members..."

"The different factions still disagree on their ideologies, and they even came to blows during their arguments..."

"But even so, we know that our real enemy is not each other."

“We may not be clear about what we are going to do yet, but as Lady Wendeta once said.”

"When you don't know what you want to do, you can first think about what you don't want."

“We don’t want the order to disband.”

"I don't want those tragedies to happen again."