Elden: Ring of Calamity

Chapter 365 Speculation
After he becomes king, what kind of country will he establish? Or in other words, what kind of order will he bring to this world?
Lucia did not start thinking about this problem today, but three years ago, when he and Clevelle were discussing the future of the world in the mountains of Sunset Pass, or even when he was first born into this world.

Because he knew the consequences of failure better than anyone else, the doomsday that existed in his memories of his previous life was more powerful evidence than any deduction.

He can't lose, no mortal can lose, so how can he win?
Restore the former glory of the Ancient Dragon Dynasty and establish a huge country spanning the East China Sea islands with power no less than that of the Golden Dynasty?
Or would he go a step further and take control of Gailed, the Weeping Peninsula, and even the Nimgefu continent that once belonged to the Storm Dynasty, and achieve even greater feats than his father's?

Is that enough?
If that was enough, then how could the Star-Moon Civilization in its heyday lose the forbidden war thousands of years ago when it faced off against the Outer Gods?

Not enough, far from enough.
"Draft a reply letter for me to Elder Okris. I intend to go south to Nimgefu to recruit the Storm Clan first, then to the west to form an alliance with the Royal Family of Kalia, and then to the northwest to flatten the volcanoes and settle the snowfields, and bring the displaced people from all four regions back to the Far East, and then hold the ceremony of crowning the king."

"Yes."

Anacia was about to leave to send the clerk to draft the letter when she met a messenger guard.

"Your Highness, Priest For has delivered the latest report from Rodel, along with Viscount Chapolili's reply."

This time, the content of the letter was much more substantial than the previous letter of persuasion, and Lucia took longer to read it.

He tapped the tabletop lightly with his slender index finger, and after a long moment he said, "Everyone, leave and go get Lakkad."

A quarter of an hour later, Lacard, who was busy handling the affairs of the Ionia dock, hurried back and asked, "Is there any definite news from the capital?"

"Yeah." Lucia responded and threw the report into Lakkad's arms.

"It's pretty much what we expected. The capital was silent before because they hadn't figured out how to deal with our separatist rule in the East. It wasn't until ten days ago when the Mad Fire Plague broke out that they were really unable to spare any effort."

"Epileptic Fire Disease" Lacard quickly browsed the shocking data in the report and muttered, "After the last Holy Judgment Ceremony, those Beta Two-Finger Guards who died in front of the Eternal Palace were the first batch of patients with epilepsy? But if it is really a 'plague', why did it take until now to break out?"

Today is no longer the chaotic and strife-filled Age of Recovery. In this prosperous era where the Everqueen holds the Circle and the Golden Tree shines its light everywhere, even the word "plague" has become strange and distant.

When was the last time a large-scale plague broke out in the border area? The ominous birth tide nineteen years ago? Could that be considered a plague?
The physical fitness of ordinary people in the Golden Age is no longer the same as that in the troubled times. Common epidemics have long disappeared. Even if a few stubborn diseases occasionally spread, they will be quickly wiped out in the face of the countless absent Golden Churches.

Lakkad was familiar with thousands of years of history, but he only remembered that the last large-scale plague was nearly seventy years ago. Urud, the "God of Filth and Plague", tried to create a plague that killed hundreds of thousands of people in order to seize divine power. However, he had just spread the source of the disease to two villages in Lienia when he was discovered by the Queen of Death. Within a few days, he became a dead soul under the sword of the Divine Skin Apostle.

That's right, it was Urud, the "God of Filth and Plague". The reason why I have to mention his name specifically is that there were at least seven or eight wild gods with similar duties at that time, although they were basically sewn into divine leather robes later and could no longer be distinguished from each other.
"There is no need to hide it. The insanity must have originated from the golden tree. It has only erupted on a large scale now. Either the condition of our god has undergone some unexpected changes recently, or someone is deliberately spreading the source of the disease behind the scenes." Lucia said lightly.

Lacard pondered for a moment, glanced at the divine barrier that Lucia had set up around the room, and sighed that he really couldn't understand his brother-in-law's realm anymore. He relaxed and thought, "It could be both."

"Yes. Maybe it's both." Compared to Lacard, Lucia knew more about the Supreme Will, such as the split between Order and Chaos, the first experiment with Marica and Catepera as test subjects, and the second experiment with Beta as a test subject.
Ever since Beta was executed by the Supreme Will, the balance between Order and Chaos, or Alpha and Omega, has been in an extremely dangerous situation. Then, in the battle in the East, Queen Marika shattered the blockade of the Supreme Will and forcibly bestowed the blessing of the law upon herself. From a certain perspective, this may have exacerbated the collapse of the balance.

Is the outbreak of the Mad Fire Plague proof that Alpha is unable to completely suppress Omega, and that the latter's power has broken through the blockade of the Golden Tree and begun to infiltrate the real world?

But whether judging from the current situation or referring to the history known in the previous life, Chaos has never defeated Order this time, and the impact caused is extremely limited. Otherwise, the plague of insanity fire is unlikely to be limited to the small area around Rodel, and Omega does not need to wait until after the Shattering War to seduce the Faded Ones to go to the underground of the royal capital to release the insanity fire.

In fact, it is very easy to understand. Ever since Marika became the final winner of the War of Gods and the Will of Order became the apparent "supreme will", Alpha has always maintained absolute suppression over Omega in the past hundred years, and through the Returning Tree System spread throughout the border areas, it has swallowed up the Runes provided by the Golden Age.

Such a huge advantage cannot be completely lost by losing one game to Beta and then losing another game to Esti.

The Ring is still there, the Beast of Elden is still there, Marica and Godwin are still there, and Order can continue to suppress Chaos.

On the other hand, this unsuccessful counterattack launched by the Will of Chaos was able to cause such a stir. Was it possible that the Will of Order deliberately condoned it, or even secretly fanned the flames in an attempt to profit from it?
This is what Lacarde and Lucia mean by “both.”

However, Lacard does not have such a huge amount of information like Lucia, and it is really surprising that he can make such inferences at the same time.

"Don't look at me like that. It's not hard to guess—" Lacard shrugged disdainfully. "Before, we were just too weak. He didn't take us seriously at all. He just kept us as a few backups. At that time, we didn't dare to say anything, but we could just complain in our hearts. Even if He heard it, we didn't bother to take it seriously."

"It's different now," Lakkad lay on his back on the sofa, staring at the divine barrier flowing around him and smacked his lips with satisfaction, "With you protecting me, I dare say that the Supreme Will is an idiot!"

"You are all idiots. If you don't do something stupid, how can you justify calling Him that?"

".It's that simple?"

"What else? When I was fighting the beast tide and couldn't get any reinforcements, I knew that this old bastard was not a good guy!"

"Ok."

"What's that expression on your face?"

Lucia rubbed her temples as if she was annoyed by his noise and sighed, "I am seriously considering whether it is a wise decision to ask you to go to the capital to take charge."

(End of this chapter)