In the capital of Bashalan, inside the Royal Wizarding Corps.

High-level wizards from all over the empire have been staying here for more than half a month, but the discussion on the summoning of immortals has still not produced any results. Some imperial wizards even attribute the source of the incident to the remaining forces that had not been eliminated in the early days of the founding of the country, believing that they had gotten involved in forces that they should not have peeked into and were taking revenge on the empire.

There are many people who support this view.

However, many people still don't believe the claims of the so-called ancient god believers...

Ancient God.

The term first appeared in the research of archaeological recorders, who also coined it. It primarily described ancient beliefs...natural, unknown, or inexplicably powerful forces. However, most studies do not directly mention any ancient gods.

Most of them are man-made organizations that believe in something that doesn't exist at all.

Of course, some of it is difficult to explain.

It's like an unsolved mystery...

However, these cannot directly serve as evidence for the existence of ancient gods. There are still a large number of people who believe that seeing is believing and need more evidence, because in their understanding, if gods really exist in the world, they should have appeared long ago. There is no record of their appearance in human history for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.

As for those deformed creatures, they can only be regarded as the mistaken creation of nature and cannot be the basis for the existence of ancient gods. Therefore, the discussion about the Tacoma area seems to be a big event, but in fact there has been little actual progress.

Frelia alone was summoned several times because she was the only one in Tacoma who had personally witnessed the so-called followers of the Ancient Gods...

"I've said many times that I've seen the so-called Deep Ones and the Old God believers with octopus heads, but all I saw was a giant octopus tentacle!"

This explanation has actually been given more than once, and it was even given among members of the royal family at the beginning.

But some people still raise questions...

"Many people saw it at the time, including the leader of the Black Feather Knights."

"Of course. We didn't suspect you of lying, Red Dragon Witch Frelia. Later investigations also revealed some mutants that had been hiding deep in the swamp."

“They are called the Deep Ones, Your Excellency,” Frelia retorted.

"Regardless of what they are called for now, perhaps they are just a mutant race corrupted by magic? Just like forest witches, including dragon-training witches."

Frelia clearly felt that the other party's words were directed at her, and she responded with dissatisfaction.

"I must remind you again, Your Excellency. That doesn't belong to any human species at all. It's a completely different species that we have never come into contact with."

"Many people will think that what they see is the truth in a crisis. We must seek truth from facts... Miss Witch." The official who asked the question said with an incomprehensible smile, then turned to face the larger audience.

"This matter still requires more evidence and investigation, but the incident in the Tacoma area has indeed brought us immeasurable disaster..."

"I think the most important thing right now is reconstruction..."

"Then maybe the same thing will happen in other areas. I think it's more important to strengthen defense. We need more manpower!"

"...but that would cost too much..."

"So we need to readjust some policies, such as taxation..."

"Yes, each lord should strengthen their own defenses and recruit more capable people."

"You're talking nonsense..."

"Be quiet!"

There was only one person sitting in the middle of the platform, saying nothing. Just listening to the conversations below was noisy enough. Next to him was another beautiful woman.

The King of Basaran has yet to come up with a plan for dealing with the Tacoma region...

Less than a month had passed before two unidentified attacks occurred in his own country. Explaining such events as coincidence was clearly untenable. The Bashalan Empire had abandoned its policy of external expansion in favor of domestic development over the years, and its current state had only grown through the efforts of two generations of kings.

But now...

It seemed as if the foundation of the country had been shaken.

The nobles began to demand a more open policy, while the calamities of the empire continually demanded higher taxes.

I heard that there have been frequent sightings of religious believers recently, as if these two incidents have made the propaganda, which they originally did not believe, more credible.

In fact, this is also the reason why the officials present kept saying otherwise.

If the people begin to believe in an illusory existence, then their rule will be in crisis...

He flipped through the two incidents, constantly comparing what had happened.

I discovered a very interesting character from it...

"Sean Weigel." He silently recited the name.

……………………

On the way to the Southeast...

Sean led a team of more than 200 people on foot to the Tacoma area, no. It should be called the Oro area now!

A few days ago, the herald from the imperial capital finally arrived in Telemian and announced Sean's promotion to earl.

From then on, the Tacoma area was renamed the Oro area...

The new city of Oro will choose the large city of Oro located west of Tacoma City in the past, and name the new area after it. It will also officially announce that the new Earl Sean Weigel will become the lord of Oro City.

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