Chapter 244 The surging people of the empire
A few months later.
The plane of eternal night.
Eternal Night City, Imperial Council of Elders.
Compared with the original simple Presbyterian House, the newly expanded Presbyterian House now covers an area several times larger.
When you walk into the Presbytery, the first thing you see is a magnificent meeting hall. The door of the meeting hall is inlaid with a dark golden Evernight emblem, symbolizing the authority of the empire. The interior of the meeting hall is luxuriously decorated, with exquisite tapestries hanging on the walls, thick carpets on the floor, and comfortable seats placed around it. The overall layout is fan-shaped.
Elders from all over the plane gathered here. Due to the expansion of the empire's territory and the continuous growth of the population over the years, the number of empire elders has also increased, from a few hundred at the beginning to Today there are tens of thousands of them.
Everyone took their seats one by one. As the last elder entered the meeting hall, the whole space suddenly became quiet, leaving only the sound of slight breathing and the friction of clothes. Everyone's eyes were focused on the front of the conference hall, where there was a huge oval conference table.
The consul sat on the main seat, and the ministers in charge of the power of the empire sat in the front row.
Looking at the consul above, most of the elders had respect and a hint of fear in their eyes.
The current imperial governor remains the same as he was decades ago, Artison Ulysses.
As a once-in-a-century genius in the empire, Artison Ulysses not only possesses strong political abilities, but is also a top cultivation genius himself.
Unlike the previous consuls, most of whom were only in the epic and legendary realms, Artison broke through to the ninth level of the holy realm at a young age.
Now he has reached the ninth level limit. He is only one step away from breaking through to demigod and becoming the top living being in the world.
Artison Ulysses does not have a powerful family background, but his growth experience is legendary.
He was originally a child from an ordinary family in the Northern Continent. He showed great talent in cultivation since he was a child. He was discovered by the local priest of the Eternal Night God Cult and was later sent to study at the Extraordinary Academy.
After passing the rigorous assessment, he successfully entered the best extraordinary academy in the Eternal Night Empire, and then went to the "Xue Li" plane to experience and compete with geniuses from all planes. Established a life goal for Artison.
He didn't expect that the world was so big.
In that vast void, there are as many demigods as ants, and there are no fewer gods.
Even in the eyes of mortals, the supreme great gods actually have different levels of strength.
This made Artison, who originally lived in a comfortable world, wake up in an instant.
After graduation, with the support of his friends, Artison formed a ragtag army and won many military exploits on the way to destroying the Blood Empire. With his outstanding military exploits, Artison climbed all the way up and was promoted to A great nobleman of the empire, he later entered the Council of Elders until the last election, when he was successfully elected as the consul of the empire.
Under the leadership of Artison, the Eternal Night Empire showed a more iron-blooded side, which was very in line with the taste of the citizens of the empire, so it was very popular among the citizens. In the subsequent elections, he overwhelmingly won Re-elected with a high number of votes.
After coming back to his senses, Artison looked at the people in the audience and couldn't help feeling a little emotional. Even as the imperial consul and the highest authority in the Evernight Empire, he was still shocked by the strength of the empire at this moment.
The elders below come from all over the world, including humans, sea tribes, dragon tribes, dog demons, and undead. It can be said that all races in the eternal night plane can be found here.
The entire Eternal Night Plane is an affiliated force under the Eternal Night Empire. Even if the lord himself cannot make it, he has sent a representative to come. This level of grand occasion has not happened for a long time. .
“Today’s conference is held for one thing only, territorial expansion.”
After glancing around, Artison said softly: “In the presence of our supreme, eternal and great god, With the help, the Eternal Night Plane has now been upgraded, and its territory has expanded more than ten times. Our originally crowded territory has now become vast again.”
Everyone below was in an uproar when they heard this. Although I thought there would be a big change, ten times is too outrageous.
Territory is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. Good or bad is determined by one's own strength.
This is a good thing because as the plane territory becomes larger, it means that the empire's territory can also expand accordingly, and the Eternal Night Empire will gain more land to thrive.
With land, the treatment of empire citizens will naturally increase.
Currently, the Evernight Empire does not lack labor, so those lands can basically be directly linked to resource production.
To say it is a bad thing is because the plane is expanding too fast.
The original Eternal Night plane is completely under the control of the Eternal Night Empire. Whether it is the sky, land, or ocean, they all belong to the territory of the Eternal Night Empire.
Now, the territory of the Eternal Night plane has expanded tenfold, even if part of those plane territories have been controlled by the Eternal Night Empire before.
But relatively speaking, uncontrolled and undeveloped areas still account for the vast majority, so now the empire’s actual control over the Eternal Night Plane barely exceeds one-tenth.
Most of the territory is still a wilderness.
Artison slowly explained the situation of the plane, and then thanked the gods. Finally, he looked at everyone, with a smile on his face and said;
"Just as Just like our predecessors who conquered thousands of miles of territory for us back then, now it is our turn to leave even greater territory for future generations! Everyone, the era of conquerors has arrived! ”
"Since the Blood Empire was destroyed and the entire plane was unified, the empire has not conducted any large-scale wars for nearly a hundred years. I wonder if your legionnaires and citizens of the empire are still capable enough to fight? Are they still willing? Fighting for the empire? "
Although the Eternal Night Empire has been developing and has never stopped exploring the void outside, it has not been engaged in a large-scale war for almost a hundred years.
In this plane, the empire can no longer find an opponent worth fighting.
The exploration process of the Void Plane has never slowed down, and wars have never stopped. However, in most Void Planes, large-scale wars will not break out.
Because it’s not necessary.
The forces in the Void Plane are indeed not weak in strength, but compared with the Eternal Night Empire, there is already a level gap, and the two sides are no longer opponents of the same level.
To deal with them, the Evernight Empire can wipe them out by sending a few legions there.
"Please rest assured, Archon, we will take action to tell His Majesty the God that even if there has been no war for many years, the warriors under His command are still the most brave and powerful warriors in this void!" Hearing that Atty Sen had doubts about the warriors under his command, and even then one of the great lords responded.
"The warriors of the dog demon clan will also use actions to show their loyalty to our supreme king!" The body of the dog demon lord shrunk several times, and the dog demon lord sitting in the front row shouted enthusiastically, if it weren't for the location No, he even wanted to show everyone directly what strength was.
"Naga warriors will use the blood of their enemies to sacrifice to the great gods!" The Naga elder from the deep sea world also said piously.
"Wherever my lord looks, is where our swords point."
"May death favor us." The lords and representatives from all forces in the front row expressed their opinions one after another, and some This feeling of eagerness to try seems to have been settled for too long and has given them time to get sick.
Over the years, the Empire has become less advocating for fighting.
After all, they really don’t need so many militant elements.
The volume is too huge and it will be too difficult to control no matter how much it continues.
But the empire does not advocate it, which does not mean that they can change back. The believers in the Evernight Empire still believe in absolute force.
This has formed a inheritance and cannot be changed.
And all creatures have a characteristic, that is, after they become stronger, they always want to find something to fight with to verify their strength.
This also caused violent conflicts to continue to occur within the empire after leisure, and there were even many casualties every year, and they continued to persist despite repeated admonitions.
In the end, the empire and the local lords had to open dueling venues on a large scale so that these violent elements could have a space to vent their energy.
And this also makes the empire, which was already full of martial virtue, become even more abundant at this moment.
This is also the reason why lords from all over the world responded so positively after hearing the consul's arrangements.
The restless guys under their command finally have somewhere to go.
Let's put it this way, even if the empire does not take action, or even prohibits action, as long as the Eternal Night God Cult does not issue clear instructions, then it won't be long before these lords themselves will organize their own manpower to go to the newly expanded territories. explore.
“Since everyone is so supportive, then I will go directly to the topic, conquest and expansion, and you cannot do it randomly, at least as the great lords of various places, each of you has hundreds of thousands of people on your shoulders. , the destiny and future of millions of people in the empire, we must be cautious enough in this regard."
Artison tapped his finger, and a magic projection immediately appeared, which was a newly drawn plane. Map, according to the strategy formulated by the imperial think tank, Artison began to assign conquest tasks to everyone.
As a consul who came up from the bottom and has been in charge of the Evernight Empire for so many years, Artison knows these lords very well.
Never give them vague instructions, otherwise big problems will definitely occur.
This is not to say that they will do anything bad. As the most devout believers of the Evernight King, their loyalty is unquestionable. They will definitely complete the instructions given by the empire.
But how to accomplish it is another matter.
For ordinary small teams, no matter what they do, Artison doesn't care, it doesn't affect the overall situation anyway.
These big lords cannot do this. They must give them precise instructions and restrict them to a certain area.
There was a huge dispute in the Presbytery over the allocation of conquest tasks, and it took nearly half a month before the first phase of tasks was completely allocated.
With the promulgation of the imperial policy, various territories began to expand their armies and recruit imperial subjects from the local areas.
The entire people of the Evernight Empire became active.
No way, I’m really too busy.
After falling ill in their spare time, they responded very actively to the empire's call and began to join the army to fight for the empire's territory.
No wonder they are so active, mainly because the Eternal Night Empire has gained great benefits from the previous wars, which in turn has brought great gains to the imperial warriors.
To put it bluntly, it went too smoothly.
Since the arrival of the dark gods and their blessings, from the original Night Tribe era to the current Eternal Night Empire era, they have not lost any major wars.
Not to mention battles, no matter how powerful a force is, it is impossible to win forever. Along the way, the Evernight Empire has encountered many powerful enemies, and there have also been situations where legions have been annihilated.
But one thing is certain, in all large wars, they are the final winners.
There may be some fluctuations in the middle, but the final result must be victory.
This is one of the reasons why the people of the Evernight Empire love war so much.
They firmly believe that they will definitely win. Who wouldn’t like a war that is bound to win and can reap huge benefits?
To put it in a harsher tone, in fact, he has never been beaten.
They have never suffered the trauma of war, but only enjoyed the benefits of war.
Su Xingyu had nothing to do about this. Although this situation was not very good, he couldn't deliberately lose a few games to make his followers suffer, right? Then there's something wrong with your brain, it's a thankless job!
The reason why they continue to win is not because God favors the Eternal Night Empire, but because it really cannot lose.
Whether it was the kingdoms that bulldozed the Eastern Continent at the beginning, or the subsequent sweeping of the Northern Continent and the blitzkrieg of the Western Continent, before the war began, the Yongye Empire conducted a long process of deduction and only took action after it was sure to win.
With the overwhelming force, even if there are ups and downs, they will be quickly flattened.
The huge size gives them a very high fault tolerance rate, which also means that it is almost impossible for them to lose.
Because the winning rate is not high, they will not fight at all.
In wars with a high winning rate, after they take advantage of their physical strength and continue to expand their results, the enemy's so-called "winning rate" will become smaller and smaller until it only exists in theory.
The people of the empire who are keen on war either join the local army, form an adventure team on their own, or go alone. They leave the control of the empire and head towards the wild land.
This move caused some territories in the empire to become empty for a while.
Even though the empire officials had anticipated the enthusiasm for exploration of the empire’s people, at this moment they found that they had underestimated it.
Fortunately, the lords from various places responded quickly and formulated a plan overnight, raising the threshold for "land reclamation" a lot, allowing most of the empire's people to stay within the territory and continue to develop the empire.
But even so,
A turmoil sweeping the entire plane began.
(End of this chapter)