Chapter 665 - Fracture (1/2)

Chapter 665: Fracture

Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu

The Holy Church had recently just received athe Chaos Abyss The Holy Knights and low-level angels had suffered severe losses due to the return of the Great Deh the physical losses could be made up for, it would be far more difficult for the Holy Church to recover its reputation

Not only that, the Northlands, a part of the hell Faction, just had a glorious victory, which would make the Holy Church seem like even more of a loser… Indeed, the people of Eich viewed the result of what happened when fighting against Donatis and the demon wave as a victory As for the death of all the Elven Gods? That was so destined the moment that the demon wave chose its first location to descend upon

Everyone had been watching the results of these battles The Holy Church suffered major losses and was absolutely crushed in their battle, while we obtained plentiful results, saved the elf species, and even transferred the Elven Empire into the Northlands With such a comparison, it was only natural that the Holy Church’s reputation took a severe blow

For some people, when they suffered a loss in battle that ca of how they could regain face, they would instead think about how to strike a blow at their allies and subordinates in order to prevent others froainst them due to loss of authority…

The rise of the Southern Sect and the fact that the God of Holy Light had been impeded multiple ti of the Holy Church’s reputation all around the world In fact, the power of belief they were receiving had noticeably decreased as well This was so that could shake even the foundation of the Holy Church That hy certain factions within the Holy Church felt that the individual behind the hell Faction was even erous than the Chaos Faction

Although it was understandable that they wanted to have a solid internal alliance first before dealing with enemies, the attempt to establish the Northern Divine Battlefront Alliance was the Holy Church’s way of testing us If we didn’t respond well, their new alliance would beco us “barbarians” off fro as the Holy Church successfully sealed us in, the Mist Alliance would land in a worse strategic situation If anted to go south at all, ould need to break through the blockade, and give the cardinals an excellent excuse to declare the Northlanders as “those ould attack their allies when everyone needed to be united” Additionally, if ere truly sealed in, there would be even more benefits to the Holy Church than there appeared to be on paper

The Northern Divine Battlefront Alliance’s threat to the Northlands wasself-sufficiency We still needed to trade with other countries for food, , wood, and all sorts of other resources If all these trade routes were cut off, it would have a treative influence on us Not only that, the elves were currently on their way to the Northlands If the elven caravan was prevented fro us… I would never underestimate the lack of boundaries for the Holy Church With the coreedy Gods and fanatics, they were co even the hteous They were definitely the type to declare every ordinary merchant on their way to trade with us as a demon worshi+pper and kill them all off So, if the Northern Divine Battlefront Alliance was successfully established, ould indeed be completely cut off from the mainland

Not only would our troops be unable to proceed south if anted to send reinforcements to one of our allies, even our aerial forces would be blockaded by angel arically isolate the entire Mist Alliance, and if the Mist Alliance tried to force its way through the blockade and go south, then ould be given the tarnished reputation of invaders who attacked their allies

In a way, at least on paper, this scheme indeed seemed quite vicious and sly, but in my opinion…

“Is the person who planned this scheme a complete idiot? The schemer really thinks that all the other countries are idiots who are willing to be used as chess pieces? Who would fall for such an obvious method to make others cannon fodder?”

I was truly astonished This was basically forcing the small northern countries south of the Mist Alliance’s border to choose between the Mist Alliance and the Holy Church Just as the Holy Church so confident that everyone would choose theon would have to respect the local authority Even though the Holy Church still had a strong foundation, their strength was in the mainland continent Here in the north, the Mist Alliance was still far more influential

“…No, they’re not idiots They just haven’t woken up frolory yet They still think that it’s just like 10 years ago, when the Holy Church could declare anything they wanted in the land, and royal authority would always sub they codorateful for this opportunity to lick their shoes and join their alliance”

Glina’s words were quite vicious, but they were indeed the truth Whoever ing a powerful ar more belief in the land—would easily make these tiny northern countries sub with their scheme? There’s a total of 12 countries on our southern border, and the Holy Church invited all of them to join the Northern Divine Battlefront Alliance Yet, the other 10 countries haven’tto us? Doesn’t this mean that the Holy Church has almost fully succeeded?”

Reyne’s words caused everyone else to shake their heads She was the type who could only see as on the surface if nobody assisted her She wouldn’t know that someone had fooled her until it hit her in the face

Once again, I confire for an expert politician to stay by Reyne’s side Thankfully, her new concubine Avi would likely be able to fill that role At thison her wife Reyne’s sleeve, indicating that Reyne shouldn’t just blabber whatever she thought, while also giving an analysis that was likely true

“No, the other 10 countries are waiting right now They’re waiting for us to make an offer to them and respond to the first two countries which applied to join us as those two are testing the waters They’re waiting for us to have a ‘shon’ against the Holy Church”

Courage would be needed in order to be decisive No matter when and where, it would be most coer to them Moreover, if those small countries were forced too far, it would be equivalent to pushi+ng them over to the other side

Now, I truly felt a headache The situation was different now If those two countries had simply wanted to join our Mist Alliance for the sake of i their defenses, we could have rejected them with any sort of excuse However, if we rejected the a previously neutral country into the arreed to let those two countries join our Mist Alliance, this would definitely be good for our long-tere food production, so them join us would be absolutely catastrophic for our defense lines, which would be greatly lengthened in the south, and ould have to abandon the natural obstacles in the Northlands and instead try and defend open plains That would be such a treic loss

Perhaps it was just a coincidence, or perhaps it was all part of their plot At the very least, the Holy Church’s sche us a difficult time

We were currently in the conference hall of the Mist Kingdo very high in the Mist Kingdo with the potential negative influence on the Northlands’ defense lines, not a single person responded

I even handed out my prepared information and docu For the next 30 le as spoken in the conference hall as everyone read the docue expressions after they finally digested all the information Basically, their expressions said, “Why didn’t you say so earlier?”, “Why are you so good at digging pitfalls for us?”, “Why do you have such a lack of trust in our allies?”, “Why do you have no confidence in our defenses?” and so on Yet, they all frowned at the difficult problem I placed before theress made Some wanted to accept the two countries as new allies, but others asked them what to do about the defense lines Some said to directly reject the two countries, but then they would i sealed in

One individual even wanted to sca to first accept thee our minds afterwards That idiot was instantly kicked out of the conference It wasn’t easy in this day and age to obtain good reputation It would be far too ood reputation for so little

In the end, I could only helplessly shake my head

“…Let’s just stall for ti that could be rushed We needed ather our opinions and think of a plan The sht now, it was still absolutely necessary to ood relationshi+p with the northern countries

Most people had now left the conference, but I was still thinking