The fisherman druid is in another world

Chapter 734

The Glory Society, the extraordinary force that was completely annihilated by Victor under Black Rob's control, was the Glory Society.

The Glory Society once successfully summoned the Holy Spirit to descend from a secret sanctuary in an unnamed valley in the state of Hirona.

The Holy Spirit infiltrated the Glory Society's Pantheon exploration team, attempting to become the sixth member. As a result, the allied forces, like Luo Suzu, fell into a time-space trap and were transported to a new time-space created by the Elf King. Only with the Holy Spirit's presence could they barely hold on and prevent the incarnation of God from annihilating them in one fell swoop, instead waiting for Luo Suzu's rescue.

The State of Hironia is the name of the Pan-Northern Federation. For ease of administration, the entire northern continent, which is almost larger than the Eurasian continent, was divided into several states, each with its own governor.

The State of Hironia was almost the same territory as the Golden Oak Dynasty at its peak. It had a very unpleasant falling out with its former neighbor, now a neighboring state, over this division of the Federation, and they had fought each other several times.

This was actually a deliberate act by the Pan-Northern Federation, which aimed to exploit the greed of the Golden Oak royal family by granting them tangible wealth exceeding their actual capabilities.

In this way, the federal government would have more reason to intervene in the affairs of the two states, exert influence, and cultivate and place its own people.

By the time of King Euchar VI, the Golden Oak dynasty was in increasingly dire straits. Under the bold advocacy of Misera, the royal family adjusted its power structure by further promoting constitutional monarchy reforms.

While it may seem like a power relinquishment, with the monarch no longer wielding the same immense power as in the past, in some ways, it is actually even greater.

As the saying goes, even an emperor won't starve his soldiers. If you have money and provisions, you won't lack people willing to serve you; and if you're willing to spend more money, then generous rewards often attract brave men…

Money and grain, in short, are the economy, and under the reform strategy proposed by Misera, royal business is tax-free.

The subtext is: Look, even the king has given up real power, willingly becoming a figurehead, doing small business to support his family, and can't he even offer some preferential treatment?

The problem is that the best professions are controlled by the royal family.

For example, the sacred artifact for grain cultivation controlled by the royal family is like a beggar's version of the goddess of agriculture. Although it is not comprehensive and only involves grain cultivation, and even only has a certain promoting effect on planting, it does not need to attract believers all over the world. It is only focused on the Golden Oak Dynasty, with the royal estate as the core, so the land is naturally cultivated extremely well.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Golden Oak is one of the top grain merchants in the entire Pan-Northern Federation.

Of course, the Federation had long had its eyes on this lucrative prize, and the two sides had been fighting back and forth for dozens of rounds, spanning several decades.

Just as the Golden Oak, with Misera's assistance, was gradually breaking free from the Federation's various constraints and was about to live up to its name and become a truly respectable person of the new era, the plague struck.

The plague has brought many respectable people back to reality.

For a period of time in the past, the reason why the economy was said to be a manifestation of strength was because it was backed by the behemoth that was the Pan-North Federation, and behind the Pan-North Federation was the Alchemy-based Extraordinary Force Alliance.

Now, without this endorsement, everything returns to the jungle era. The economy is still important, but as the saying goes: "If my neighbor hoards food, I hoard guns; my neighbor is my granary."

Having money alone makes you a fat pig. What? You're willing to pay and provide thugs? With that kind of force, you could just rob me and be the boss yourself, wouldn't that be better? Why would I have to be at your beck and call, working for you like a henchman?

There may be many details and superficial situations that can mislead people and distort their understanding, but those with clear minds can see that the big trend, and even the essence of the development of things, all point to more direct violence.

To put it in a sophisticated way, violence is something you can choose not to use, but you can't live without.

Will Misera be able to understand this situation?

That's incredible.

The kings, generals, and ministers she distinguished were, frankly speaking, all tools. Many of them were directly related to violence, or even represented violence themselves.

Of course, conversely, she also instrumentalized herself.

As the saying goes: marrying this princess means skipping a generation of struggle and instantly becoming a winner in life.

Now, Princess Misera, who can make male animals leap across social classes to become superior people, and for whom even the title of 'successful person' is just an afterthought, is completely smitten.

She wanted to tie the one who came riding on a rainbow cloud to save the Golden Oak to her chariot, whether he wanted her as his goddaughter, wife, confidante, or even a lesbian, it didn't matter. In short, as long as he possessed a certain level of humanity and could accommodate others—even just one—she would be that one!
Unfortunately, Black Rob didn't give Misera that chance at all.

Or rather, it was given, but it was practically the same as not being given at all.

Black Robb sent a soul-possessed puppet as an envoy to make contact with the Golden Oak.

Its style remains as lofty and sacred as ever.

The messenger said, "My Holy Lord does not covet any material or non-material possessions of the Golden Oak Royal Family, and you do not even need to know the name of my Holy Lord."

You just need to take good care of yourselves.

If, in addition to all this, you can also take care of those who are willing to follow you and their families, then this rescue will have a significance worthy of being recorded in writing…

Black Rob believes that this seemingly generous behavior is precisely where his brilliance lies.

Put yourself in others' shoes; everyone dislikes being told what to do or what to say.

Even if the other party has done you a favor, you will often tolerate it out of gratitude, but once it's over, you will feel that the other party is taking advantage of your kindness to ask for something in return.

Those who wield power and are accustomed to being superior to others become increasingly sensitive in this regard.

Another issue is that his understanding of the Golden Oak royal family is actually quite superficial.

In this context, it's easy to make mistakes like giving blind orders.

It's a thankless task, and his energy is so precious, why waste it on such inefficient and trivial matters?
Being greedy and trying to do everything perfectly is a common pitfall that people can easily fall into when doing things.

He just needs to do what he's best at.

The most important thing left is communication.

This is not only to avoid misunderstandings and keep the other party informed of the overall situation so that they can make the right choices, but also to always distinguish who the enemy is, who the main enemy is, who the current enemy is, who the major enemy is, and who the enemy can be dealt with later.

As for who the friends are.

He didn't care anyway, because while he wasn't exactly without desires in this regard, he could at least be described as having 'few desires'.

I don't want you, I don't want your money, I don't want your fame, and I don't want your precious artifacts.

It doesn't matter if you consider me an enemy.

All I ask is to let you operate according to your own wishes as much as possible.

Once you achieve this, the independence and selfishness of human nature will be enough for you to see clearly who your greatest enemy is and who the most urgent enemy you need to deal with is.

There's basically only one answer: the chaotic staircase and the sinister.

The Golden Oak royal family understood this, and the rest was left to their own devices.

Black Rob's goal is to help those in distress, create more and more enemies within the Chaotic Ladder, and incidentally, to ruthlessly eliminate a group of frontline enforcers within the Chaotic Ladder.

He wanted to see how the massive plan for the Chaotic Ladder would be implemented in the second half, with most of the capable executors gone.

Of course, metals also have a fatigue period, and Victor is not completely without maintenance.

Continuous long-distance transmission requires 'radiation'.

The extraordinary beings of this world don't call themselves that.

But Black Robo likes it because it's very fitting.

Long-distance teleportation involves spatial and temporal forces that far exceed those of the conventional, both in quality and quantity.

As a higher-level law (causality, spacetime, destiny), the power of spacetime has an extraordinary priority.

From the perspective of its drawbacks, this means that once you get infected with it, it will be very difficult to get rid of.

As a result, Victor's own spacetime instability will increase. The most obvious manifestation of this is that he will appear to become elusive, seemingly close at hand yet also very far away.

This state is dangerous; if we teleport again over long distances, the probability of an accident will increase dramatically.

If the opponent happens to seize the opportunity to make a move, then they can be banished to a foreign land.

This alien realm is unknown; it may be a spacetime turbulence, a certain spacetime, or an endless void.

Although Black Robb was unaware that one of the biggest problems facing the Black Robb lineage was precisely the fact that his clones were exiled for various reasons.

But he was a cautious man. He only had one high-level account, and he hoped it would play a greater role. He couldn't afford to make a basic mistake for the sake of minor gains, lest it be exploited by those with ulterior motives. After all, his opponents were not lacking in such technical expertise and execution.

So after Victor finished his show at the Royal Nature Park, he lay down in a special coffin that had been prepared for him, and was then transported to a designated sanctuary by a professional team led by a soul-possessed puppet.

While the messenger was negotiating with Misera, Victor had already begun radiation de-radiation work in a special compartment.

This is the advantage of having a strong industrial base and logistical capabilities.

As one veteran who served his entire life and fought countless battles said: "Most of the time is spent either on the road or in preparation; the actual combat time is not very long..."

It is evident that the unsung heroes of logistics, such as preparation and equipment maintenance, are the cornerstones that support the war and lead to victory.

It is precisely because of this established business that Black Robb still has the confidence to continue fighting against the Chaotic Ladder, even in the face of a global outbreak of evil.

After all, in his view, his core strength was no less than that of the Chaos Ladder. Ignoring the value of human life itself, the Chaos Ladder's move to exterminate the population through the plague, however brilliant, was still just a move, not a complete overturning of the chessboard.

Since it's just one move, we can keep playing. The final outcome remains to be seen...

Not long after Black Robb came ashore from the River of Time, he established his newly formed Puppet Group to save the world, with odd-numbered members responsible for external affairs and even-numbered members responsible for internal affairs.

Among the people who came from outside the church, the first to arrive were numbers 7 and 9, the miscellaneous people that Bassingford had taken in.

At the time, they had no power, no money, no connections, and no connections. They hadn't made any progress, but they had some technical skills. That's why two small-time guys with some courage, some knowledge, and some good luck managed to get into the team. Now, they're actually veterans.

Black Robb is quite tolerant, mainly because his team has a high tolerance for mistakes. Supporting tens of thousands of idle people is a piece of cake for them, and there's no need to do something as ugly as discarding someone after they've served their purpose.

However, No. 7 and No. 9 are quite ambitious and have always been lucky. Although they are limited by their talent and have no hope of becoming legendary, they have made many contributions and accumulated points to obtain a superb enhancement that is close to the title level, specifically level 17, which can be considered as stepping into the top level of the superb circle in this era.

Number 7 and Number 9 now each have their own tasks.

Number 7 is better at dealing with all sorts of people, so he is mainly responsible for the purchase of raw materials and the sale of products for the organization.

Black Rob's Old Days Group doesn't follow the dumping route, since worldly wealth has very limited meaning for him.

The reason he sells products is that, through AI calculations, acquiring certain raw materials from Fanshi is more cost-effective.

Therefore, he needs worldly-recognized wealth to trade with.

This led to the production of some products, which were then sold to generate real money to purchase raw materials.

Number 9 was originally Number 7's assistant. He lacked autonomy but had good execution skills, especially for monotonous jobs like sitting in an office. He was always diligent, conscientious, and dedicated, rarely making mistakes.

So Blackrob recently sent him to the Broken Isles.

That's right, the broken islands of this time and space.

Black Rob was somewhat suspicious of the information Luo Su sent him, and he felt that there was a reason why the Elf King chose to do something in the Broken Isles.

The Elven King was, after all, a true local and a long-lived being, while he was an outsider. Even the most meticulous can make mistakes, and it's possible that he didn't see some of the Broken Isles' hidden advantages or secrets.

So shortly after communicating with Luo Su, he sent Number 9 to develop the Broken Islands.

The plans and the technology are readily available.

Given Number 9's personality, firstly, he is fully committed and meticulous in his work; secondly, when encountering any unusual situation, he will never cover it up or try to solve it himself, but will report it immediately.

Black Robb wanted exactly this. He believed that whatever shady dealings the Broken Isles might have, they would eventually come to light as the development plan progressed, and then he could make the necessary adjustments.

Number 5, the Insect King, was created by him personally as a figurehead to promote the Pantheon Remains Exploration Project.

Although the Elf King was unscrupulous, the surprise package originally intended for the explorers was snatched up by his own people, who were also the planners of the exploration project.

However, it must be said that the secrets of the Pantheon ruins are more numerous than the Elf King himself believed.

That sounds like a bit of an exaggeration.

Don't forget that Black Robo attacked the Pantheon five thousand years ago by manipulating the pseudo-World Tree of the God of Life.

At that time, the gods regarded the Temple of the Pantheon as an exquisite and highly symbolic divine object, treating it with a mixture of use and worship. He, however, had no such reverence and acted without hesitation.

Therefore, Blackrob believed that he had at least been in contact with the Pantheon before the Elven King, and had conducted numerous analyses of it.

He might know more about the Pantheon than the gods themselves.

Moreover, the Elf Kings' later bizarre actions amounted to nothing more than using the Pantheon as a colony, a clumsy and misguided attempt to misuse the temple. It's hard to say how much they truly understood the Pantheon.

Therefore, he had his reasons and hidden needs for having No. 5 continue to delve deeper into this project.

His original intention was to find a suitable medium to contact the backdoor he had secretly set up years ago, and use it as a starting point to severely trick the Elf King and his ilk.

However, the latest development is that it seems the Evil Plague has been brought under the guidance of the Elf Kings.

This is interesting.

Black Rob made a point of guessing how the Ghost Emperor had given him his guidance.

He felt it was unlikely that the Demon Emperor had turned the gods into obedient executors, and that He would then rule arbitrarily and dictatorially to wage the game.

He felt the most likely approach would be to provide in-person guidance, which would generally fall into two categories: one simply pointing out the direction, and the other offering some tips and tricks.

The plague is a manifestation of the combined power of the two.

First, the plague destroyed human civilization, at the very least plunging humanity in this timeline into a prolonged period of decline. This gives the already rapidly developing new timeline more time to catch up, further strengthening its potential to become the dominant timeline.

Secondly, the plague also accumulated supernatural power, which disrupted the operation of supernatural power under the control of the Heavenly Dao through abnormal means.

The laws of nature have always governed all things, much like a watermill, while the gods are the thieves who exploit loopholes to steal the mill's produce. They are the mill's hired agents, the guardians of the mill.

In short, everyone was fighting over the mill. Nobody thought about stopping the mill from automatically grinding flour.

But the treacherous emperor's actions were like turning wheat into pine nuts.

Using a millstone to grind pine nuts, you can harvest a lot of large kernels if you work hard. However, the flour from this grinding is basically unusable, since the pine nut shells are not ground very finely and will be gritty when mixed with flour.

The reason the Demon Emperor did this was to further scrap the old millstones and make way for the new ones.

Look at this double kill: the evil Robo has not only preserved the future of this timeline, but also provided food for the gods.

With this batch of food rations, the next step is to head to another time and space to continue being exploiters.

Of course, he didn't know, nor did he need to know, how they divided the spoils after their illicit affair.

All he needs to know is that this incident demonstrated how it pointed out the direction and utilized clever tricks.

The ability to "defeate a million soldiers with a few words" aligns with the character of the Ghost Emperor, an ethereal deity, and the reality that he cannot do much in his battle against Black Robo himself.

In other words, the back door he set up in the Pantheon can still be used, and may even be more useful now.

It is possible that the reason the plague was so successful was because the repurposed remains of the Pantheon were one of the tricks taught by the Demon Emperor.

Regardless of whether the Ghost Emperor had set up a backdoor for him, he intended to give it a try.

Even if the Demon Emperor turned the tables on him, using the back door he had set up to trap him.

He wasn't afraid.

He has the background of the old rulers, and he is a foreign monk who is better at chanting scriptures. He wants to have a showdown to see whether the foreign monk with broader knowledge is more impressive, or the old monk who has been working behind closed doors for a long time is more impressive!
Therefore, the fact that Number 5 is still handling the Pantheon Remains project seems strange, but there is actually a reason behind it.

So, the only remaining key personnel for foreign affairs is Slot No. 3, which is nominal but not real.

It's alright, we've already made the necessary preparations, and now is the perfect time to activate number 3...

(End of this chapter)