When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#179 - The End of the Thirty Days War

The terrain of Daze Township is different from other places.

Originally, it was just a mountain basin, but due to blockages and siltation after the earthquake, the river course was semi-permanently changed, turning the entire basin into a swamp.

Most of the beastmen live on the foothills plain.

From Hohen's observation just now, those foothills plains were cut into gray-green pieces of varying sizes by small rivers and stagnant pools, forming the Swamp Heart Continent.

Most of the kingdoms are located on these small Swamp Heart Continents.

In the swamp, whenever Hohen looked to both sides, he could see beastmen riding rafts or canoes fighting on the rivers and lakes.

They were clearly holding a peace conference here, but they were still fighting on the other side. Hohen didn't know what to say.

This Swamp Heart Continent is about 60 meters long and wide, and its relative height from the lake surface is low. It is flooded by floodwaters every spring and summer, making it impossible to cultivate.

Therefore, this place has always been recognized by all the queens as a permanent neutral zone.

Leading the commanders of the two coalition forces, Hohen walked onto the Swamp Heart Continent. Four or five rows of queens sat on each side, clearly separated. Even those who could not come sent the Hand of the Kingdom or the Chief Minister.

There were also some old scholars and old priests standing by the roadside with a few children waiting.

When Hohen walked out in a simple crimson priest's robe, these old women queens who were originally scolding each other stood up one after another, stopped talking at the same time, and paid tribute to Hohen.

After all, the queens didn't want to listen to Hohen at first, but after Saint Joan led a dozen holy musketeers to easily suppress the other beastmen armies in fierce battles, they immediately became much more obedient.

When Hohen escorted hundreds of divisions from the Shuttlewood River battlefield to the scene, this obedience immediately turned into awe.

Beastmen also admire the strong, but most of the imperial troops who try to conquer them are heretics, and no matter how strong heretics are, they are fake.

Therefore, the beastmen still maintain the spirit of the aboriginal people of the Eastern Continent during the Great Migration Era - pure and stupid.

Without saying a word, he passed through the queens and walked to a black velvet teak chair snatched from the city hall. Hohen turned around and sat down.

With his hands on the armrests, he silently scanned around until there was no sound at all, and then said sonorously:

"Beastmen, your emperor has returned!"

"I have returned, bringing peace. I bring you a generation of peace!"

"I have returned, even more for the glory of the angels Koge and Moge!"

After taking control of the situation by preemptive strike, Hohen pressed down with both hands to let the queens sit down, while Busak stepped forward and began to read the papal bull in his hand.

"Ah, eternal and all-knowing, all-powerful Father..."

"Here, the servant of servants, the grandson of the Holy Father, the adopted son of the Holy Lord, the eye of the Holy Trinity, the sinner Hohen, on behalf of the Father, announces to you..."

"Hereby declare: the establishment of the Great Pope and the United Kingdoms of Heed, Ausha, Hella, Wolf Fang, Gadaji, Pate, Luria... and North Bayern."

Busak finished reading the name of the United Kingdom, which contained nearly three hundred kingdoms, and was a little out of breath for a moment.

After listening to this edict, the queens leaned out of their seats and discussed with the people around them.

What is this United Kingdom? Why have they never heard of it?

Is it using a personal union to establish a new kingdom? Could it be that the Pope wants to unite all of them with just words? Then are they still queens?

Beastmen still retain matrilineal clan traditions similar to those of the ancient Elves. Most of the kings are queens. Outside of war, their way of unifying other countries is often through marriage.

Seeing the queens whispering and thinking wildly, Hohen immediately explained: "The so-called United Kingdom is actually a union of many kingdoms of the same faith, the purpose is to maintain international peace and security, and it will not take away your thrones."

If there was time, he should have conquered them one by one through alliances and conquests to maximize benefits and the strictest control.

But now time is running out, Hohen can only form such a loose organization to dispatch and gather resources.

Seeing the voices of dissent in the field getting louder and louder, Hohen slammed the ground heavily with the papal scepter in his hand, and scolded him for failing to live up to expectations:

"Why do I want to form this kingdom, don't you know? Look at what you are like now. You are clearly brothers of the same faith, but you are actually fighting each other, creating a thirty-day war.

If those evil gods see it, they will think we are not united. You are all proud and don't even think about reviving the Holy Church and returning to the old island."

"Your Majesty..." The Queen of Gadaji Kingdom had just spoken when Hohen interrupted her.

"I know you have disputes, but that is our own business as beastmen, why let outsiders laugh at us?" Hohen stared at her intently, "Can't we sit down and talk?"

Putting the Queen of Gadaji's words back into her mouth, Hohen looked at them and continued: "The main purpose of establishing this United Kingdom is to provide you with a platform, a platform for mediating disputes, a platform for brothers of the same faith to unite against foreign enemies.

The barbarians are in front, and the old homeland of Autumn Twilight Island is in front. You don't think about making progress, but you want to fight your brothers. What's the reason?

Let me tell you, I was originally going to leave and go to the Holy See to be crowned, but my mother told me that her kind believers were actually killing each other regardless of the existence of heretics.

I could have easily defeated those Edict Knights and then left, but I pitied your encounters, so I returned to bring you new hope.

I know the disputes between you, and I also know that none of you are convinced by each other. This is indeed a difficult problem.

As Pope, I shouldn't be involved in secular affairs, but now I have no choice but to sacrifice myself and reluctantly be the emperor of this United Kingdom.

I have finished speaking, who agrees and who opposes?"

The queens looked at each other, and after a while someone asked: "What about the Hella Kingdom and the Ausha Kingdom? What about Jilarymi?"

"The citizens of the Hella Kingdom can follow whoever they want, and those who want to stay in Heed can stay." Hohen waved his hand and began to smooth things over, "Those who don't want to stay and just want to be Hella people can start a new place and establish a new Hella Kingdom.

As for the assassination of Queen Ausha by the female warrior of the Heed Kingdom, life for life, debt for debt.

From now on, all similar incidents will be handled in this way. Do you have any objections?"

The queens discussed again in a low voice. This thirty-day war lasted for a long time, and both sides suffered serious losses.

September to November is the time when the fish are fattest, and their young and strong men have gone out to fight, and they often engage in water battles, which seriously affects fishing.

Although the Queen of Heed lost a warrior, she gained another kingdom and unified the entire Heed Continent.

The Ausha Kingdom lost its queen, but it was also united by the Gadaji Kingdom. The Queen of Ausha's great revenge was avenged, the Hella Kingdom was not destroyed, the family's face was saved, and the Gadaji Kingdom had no reason to continue the war.

As for the other kingdoms'争夺over fisheries and territories, Hohen told them to postpone it and complete the two most important things first.

"I agree!"

"I also agree!"

In a chorus of approval, Hohen waved his hand and pressed the red seal on the papal bull with a temporary carved radish stamp.

To commemorate this great moment, the old scholars immediately took out the thorn strips and began to whip the children they brought.

Whipping them until they would never forget this matter in their lives.