When Fang Zheng saw Fina again, it was in a church at the Twilight Border.
"Long time no see, Mr. Fang Zheng."
"Well, it's been a long time since I saw you either."
Looking at the girl in front of him, Fang Zheng raised his hand and greeted her. At the same time, he took a closer look. The current Fina was not much different from the one in Fang Zheng's memory. Even her clothes were the priest's uniform that Fang Zheng had seen before. If there was any difference from before, it was that she was wearing a plush cloak on the outside, which looked more or less the same.
"I heard from Jin Long that you have resumed your position as Pope...but why does it seem that nothing has changed?"
Fang Zheng carefully looked Fina up and down. He originally thought that she would wear some particularly gorgeous clothes and look very impressive...
"After all, this is the Twilight Frontier, so it's most convenient to move around here."
Fina turned around with a smile, then looked at Fang Zheng again.
"Thank you for coming in person. Actually, I should have invited Mr. Fang Zheng to attend the banquet in the Holy City of the Holy Kingdom..."
"Forget it. I think that place and I are incompatible."
Before Fina finished her words, Fang Zheng raised his hand to interrupt her. Since he was reborn into this world, every time the Holy Kingdom held a banquet for him, nothing good happened. Although he didn't know if this was a coincidence, Fang Zheng was unwilling to try it again.
Therefore, when he learned from the Golden Dragon girl that Fina was planning to invite him to visit the Holy City, he ran over directly.
"In that case, how about having a quick meal here? The potato stew here is pretty good lately."
"That's fine."
Anyway, as long as we don't hold a banquet, it shouldn't be a problem.
As the Pope, Fina naturally had privileges. Soon, she and Fang Zheng opened a "private room" in the church, and then the servants brought the food ordered from a nearby tavern, plus a bottle of wine...
"Well, three dishes and one soup, you are really frugal."
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"Nothing."
Seeing the puzzled expression on Fina's face, Fang Zheng waved his hand, then took a bite of the grilled steak in front of him before looking at Fina.
"Do you know about Mephisto?"
"Of course, I've been reported."
Fina nodded, and at the same time glanced at the girl named Jinlong who was sitting at another table not far away with her head almost buried in the basin.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, what do you think?"
"If you ask me, this is a really good idea."
"……Yeah?"
"certainly."
Fang Zheng swallowed the steak in his mouth and turned the fork in his hand.
"We can't kill all the people of the Fire Nation, but keeping them would be troublesome. In this case, exiling those idiots to another planet is also a good choice. Moreover, if there is a qualified 'experimental field' in Hell, then wouldn't we be safer here?"
"But……"
Hearing this, Fina frowned slightly.
"If we do this, we will push all the people of the Fire Nation to the opposite side of us..."
“They were on the opposite side of us.”
Fang Zheng snorted coldly, interrupting Fina's words.
"They have been our enemies since they tried to hold us back. And now they are like scabby dogs with broken spines. It is meaningless to talk about peaceful coexistence with them at this point. So why not just be straightforward and put an end to it all? Isn't that good?"
"But I believe that civilians are innocent."
Fina sighed softly, put down the cutlery in her hands and looked at Fang Zheng.
"Don't you think so, Mr. Founder?"
"I don't think so."
Fang Zheng answered without hesitation.
"They made their choice, and they have to bear the consequences. I remember what those idiots from the Fire Nation said. Oh, they want freedom... That's what they said, right?"
"But they were just deceived..."
"That can only mean they are unlucky."
Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. Damn it, he still remembered the knife that the Fire Nation contacted the Demon Lord to give him. MMP, luckily I survived. If I didn't survive, what would happen to the Tiandao Palace and those little girls? Fang Zheng didn't dare to think about it. Not to mention going to the Dusk Border to fight after this, those idiots actually tried to make trouble from behind?
Fang Zheng has always had a very low tolerance for enemies, and there is another reason why he thinks Mephisto's suggestion is good.
"Miss Fina, let me tell you a story."
"story?"
"That's right."
Fang Zheng picked up a piece of bread and looked at Fina with a smile.
"In a world a long time ago, the planet was already overcrowded, and the prisoners in the prison were even more overcrowded. In this situation, people came up with a solution. They built a prison on the moon and then sent all the prisoners on Earth to the moon prison."
"Then what?"
After hearing Fang Zheng's story, Fina looked at him curiously. Obviously, this story was quite interesting to Fina.
"After the prisoners were sent away, everything was peaceful, and the prisoners in the moon prison were soon forgotten. However, to everyone's surprise, the prisoners sent to the moon prison did not die as they thought, but worked hard, using their own strengths, and soon built a very powerful country."
Fang Zheng poured another glass of wine into the glass in front of him and continued speaking.
"Then the people of the Moon Prison used their powerful technology to conquer the original planet. In the end, the people of that planet had to sign a treaty with the people of the Moon Prison and surrender."
Having said this, Fang Zheng spread out his hands.
"How is it? Isn't it interesting?"
However, compared to Fang Zheng, Fina looked even more serious.
"But, according to what you said, Mr. Fang Zheng, shouldn't we stop the people from the Fire Nation from leaving?"
"Of course not."
Fang Zheng shook his head.
"Every civilization needs opponents, because only opponents and enemies can make it progress rapidly. The Fire Nation has no value in staying here except to disgust us. But if we send them to another planet, it will be different. At that time, Miss Fina, you can tell people all over the continent that the people of the Fire Nation made a deal with the devil and went to the vast starry sky. They will return to this world one day to seek revenge. In this way, in order to avoid being powerless in the future, your country and civilization will also start to improve desperately."
"this……"
"Without the stimulation of the Fire Nation, do you think the Holy Nation would be able to develop floating battleships to the current level?"
“…Indeed.”
"The demons obviously won't be so kind. If they bring the citizens of the Fire Nation to a new planet, they will naturally vigorously promote hatred against you, just like the dark elves and elves. They will also be eager to improve their technology one day and then return to this continent to fight back."
Fang Zheng had already finished the delicacy in front of him and picked up the wine glass again.
"As the incarnation of the goddess of order, you should understand that order is not good or evil. All we need is the power to fight against chaos. If the civilization of this land loses its power in comfort, then it may not even be able to deal with the enemies from the moon prison, let alone chaos."
At this time, Fina was silent. She understood Fang Zheng's intention very well. To put it bluntly, Fang Zheng wanted to create an enemy for the Holy Kingdom. Only by facing the threat of this enemy would the Holy Kingdom have the motivation to move forward. Although it was a bit cruel, but... I have to admit that this is really a good idea.
In fact, after regaining the Twilight Border, Fina also saw a general mood of laziness within the Kingdom of the Holy Religion. Most people believed that they should take advantage of the opportunity to regain lost territory and seize the time to engage in construction and production, rather than investing resources in the military. Fina also felt that something was not right about this. As Fang Zheng said, without the Tiandao Palace, the strength of the Kingdom of the Holy Religion and the Kingdom of Fire would be evenly matched.
Not to mention fighting against Chaos.
Fina also knew that there was a common sentiment within the Kingdom of the Holy Religion that if the sky fell, the tall people would hold it up. Even if they couldn't defeat it themselves, they still had the Tiandao Palace!
But the problem is that Fina knows very well that now is not the time to relax.
This period of time is the development period that Fang Zheng has fought for himself and others. If he does not seize the opportunity to develop and instead enjoys life, he will probably be pulled down by the Tiandao Palace.
It now appears that a solution to this situation has been found.
"There is one more very important thing, Mr. Fang Zheng."
"Oh? Anything else?"
"It's like this. Recently, we have almost recovered the entire Twilight Border."
"Almost means that there are still some that have not been recovered."
Fang Zheng was not a fool, so he naturally understood the meaning of Fina's words.
"Yes, in fact, I originally planned to retake the core area in the Dusk Border, but I couldn't get deeper. The core area was surrounded by thick fog, and most of the search teams I sent out disappeared without a trace. Although a few people survived by chance, they all..."
Having said that, Fina sighed.
"They have turned crazy and it's impossible to communicate... Not only that, their appearance has become terrifying, as if they were corrupted by chaos... Although I want to go there..."
"You better stay back. No one can handle it if it happens again."
Fang Zheng knew without asking that Fina must have been persuaded by others.
"Leave this to me... Well, I hope it's not too much trouble."
Having said that, Fang Zheng took a special look at the system.
Well, there are no pop-up tasks, so it shouldn’t be a big problem?