White Deer Fortress.
Pande Bank headquarters is very quiet.
Now the branches in Long River City and Lion City are the main places to do business. The main work of the White Deer Fortress headquarters is reconciliation and coinage.
Of course, when it comes to cash reserves, it is the White Deer Fortress headquarters that has more money - all gold, silver and Mithril and other minting materials are stored in White Deer Fortress's underground warehouse.
Li Ang and Charles are also in the underground warehouse.
This underground warehouse was originally the prison of White Deer Fortress. It was once used to store potato seeds. It is completely underground - or in the middle of the mountain where the main building of White Deer Fortress is located.
a few hours ago.
When seeing Li Ang, Charles seemed very calm.
"Your Majesty, I know I may have made a mistake, but I can only tell you the reason now..."
Li Ang didn't ask anything, and Charles took the initiative to tell Li Ang what happened.
Charles had been preparing border defenses in Fletcher, and was also stocking up on supplies in accordance with Li Ang's instructions. The supplies sold to Gatu people had been stocked a few months ago. When Li Ang asked Ramon to buy sheep, the plan had already been implemented, and it was not a temporary initiative.
Fletcher also has a statue of Li Ang - also built by Charles, in the riverside camp where Li Ang once fought, at the head of the bridge.
There are two sculptures at the head of the bridge, one is Goddess of Order Eunomia and the other is Li Ang.
Charles goes to talk to the statue every day, and by the way, he also prays to Goddess of Order - he indeed regards Li Ang as an idol and puts Li Ang on the same level as Goddess of Order.
Goddess of Order is the belief of most people in Lion Territory, and Charles's "belief" is Li Ang, so he built two statues so that the people and himself can have spiritual sustenance.
It is indeed a bit inappropriate to worship Li Ang as a god. After all, Li Ang is still a living person...
However, it is normal in many places to equate one's respected leaders with gods, and it is not anything out of the ordinary, so no one thinks there is anything wrong.
In early September, Charles encountered a wonderful thing.
The statue spoke.
But the one who spoke was not Li Ang, but the statue of Eunomia.
Charles said that that kind of voice goes straight into the soul - Li Ang can understand it because he has also heard Eunomia's voice many times.
At that time, Eunomia said to Charles, "You should not worship evil spirits from other worlds..."
Evil spirits from another world?
Charles didn't understand what that meant at the time.
But Goddess came and spoke, which scared Charles quite a bit.
So he told this matter to his respected elder, Herriwold who was stationed at Brave Shield Fortress at that time.
Of course, Herriwold didn't understand what this meant. He felt that Goddess was lower than Oracle over Charles, which probably meant that Goddess of Order favored Charles. Maybe Goddess was just warning Charles not to be tempted by evil spirits.
But Charles knows that he has not encountered any temptations, and he is not the kind of person who has a strong desire for power and wealth. He is very satisfied with his current life and status.
Moreover, it is completely unreasonable to say that Goddess of Order favors him - Charles simply does not believe Goddess of Order...
He is not a believer of Goddess of Order at all. Why does Goddess favor him?
Maybe this voice is an evil spirit?
Charles At that time, I felt that the statue of Goddess could not be kept...
But the problem is that most of the members of Herriwold and Horn Summon Ranger Corps are devout believers of Goddess of Order. Charles does not dare to tell them that he no longer believes in Goddess, and of course he does not dare to destroy the statue of the god.
After returning to Fletcher, Charles began to dream every day.
And those dreams were like prophecies - he could always dream about real things happening thousands of miles away.
First, I dreamed that Li Ang was hit by a javelin and seriously injured on the battlefield - this was indeed happening, but Li Ang was near Imperial Port at the time, thousands of miles away from Charles.
Then I dreamed that Amy was leading farmers to reclaim wasteland in Baranli Town. Unfortunately, he was bitten by a poisonous snake in the grass. Fortunately, the farmers rescued him in time and there was no serious problem - not even Li Ang knew about this.
Then I dreamed that a riot broke out in the Cliff Bay area. The farmers and businessmen were raided again and again by Fieltzwe people. They could hardly survive and launched a large-scale uprising.
After that, Charles began to have continuous dreams about the experience of Li Ang.
From the time Li Ang set foot on the Pande Continent, until Li Ang went to Imperial Port - except for the year when he was struck by lightning and disappeared, almost everything happened in Charles's dream.
Charles is like watching a TV series about Li Ang in a dream.
Until mid-September.
That was the last dream Charles had. In the dream, he 'saw' Li Ang and a woman whose face he couldn't see clearly were in a strange chaotic space.
The woman looked like a shadow, and it was hard to tell what she looked like.
As for Li Ang and Charles, I always feel that something is different, but I can't tell what is different.
Probably, it looks like Charles looked like when he first saw Li Ang at the door of Noble Council - maybe a few years younger than he is now.
"Charles, go and cooperate with Gatu warlord Zakar, let Gatu people occupy Long River Town..."
In the dream, Charles heard the young Li Ang say these words.
That is indeed what Li Ang looks like, and it is indeed the voice of Li Ang.
Of course Li Ang had to obey the order, but Charles was still a little hesitant at the time. He asked, "Your Majesty, why do you do this? Who is this... lady?"
"She is a god. Charles, if you don't do this, Li Ang will die, and you will die too... That evil spirit will eventually kill everyone, just like Herriwold!"
The two people left such words and then disappeared, replaced by Herriwold--Charles in the dream. Herriwold died of illness in the dream.
One day later, Charles received the bad news from Brave Shield Fortress - Herriwold really passed away due to illness!
Charles personally investigated and found that Herriwold was not harmed by others, but really died of illness. This is not a man-made conspiracy, this is indeed a revelation from the gods!
"Your Majesty, I know that all my dreams are true - just like Uncle Herriwold... Even if their words are malicious threats, I must obey them, otherwise... I am not afraid of death, but I am not afraid of death. I can bet your life. I went to Zakar according to what His Majesty said in the dream, and let his troops enter the hinterland from Noldo Forest, but I restricted him from looting within the territory, otherwise I would not cooperate with him."
Charles smiled bitterly, "But after being imprisoned here, I figured out that I might be possessed by an evil spirit - that person said 'Long River Town', not 'Long River City'. Maybe they are the evil spirits, and they pretended to be you to deceive me, so Goddess asked me to 'expel evil spirits from other worlds'."
"As long as you can figure it out... I won't blame you, on the contrary, I should thank you, Charles."
Li Ang sighed with a headache.
He knows, but actually Charles doesn't understand at all.
But fortunately, Charles was indeed extremely loyal to him. He did not think about other possibilities at all, but made up his mind that 'evil spirits disguise themselves as Li Ang to deceive'...
He only dared to explain the reason to Li Ang, and it was also for the sake of Li Ang's reputation - it was 'Li Ang' who personally gave him the order. Charles could not tell other people, and he did not think that Li Ang was 'killing the donkey', but planned to take the blame himself.
Li Ang has understood that the evil spirit that Goddess Eunomia wants Charles to expel is actually Li Ang himself...
He is indeed a soul from another world, occupying the body of the original 'Lion'.
It turned out that Eunomia did this to control Chosen of God against Snake Worship Cult.
But after the explosion of Az Dahaka, his soul truly merged with Leon's body, and Eunomia's control over Chosen of God was released - in other words, Eunomia could not send Li Ang's soul back...
This kind of out-of-control soul, to Goddess, is indeed an alien evil spirit like the abyss demon...
The dreams Charles had were actually Goddess telling him that his current boss was not him, but another soul.
The young man he dreamed of last was not himself, but the soul of 'Leon'.
Charles started dreaming about it in early September. At that time, Li Ang was attacked and injured by Agason in Buyulin Village and stayed at Bax.
The dream lasted until mid-September. Charles received instructions from 'Leon' to cooperate with Gatu people...
And mid-September was when Li Ang met Kavala and Malbert in Imperial Port.
In other words, after Li Ang was injured on September 1st, Eunomia started making preparations. If Li Ang replied to Long River City after being injured - it is estimated that Eunomia would not harass Charles, but would directly harass Li Ang himself like Kavala...
Because the beginning of September should be the time when Kavala first started to cause trouble - the two gods should have started making preparations after discovering that Li Ang was seriously injured.
But Li Ang did not return to Lion Territory after being injured, but stayed at Imperial Port to recuperate...
Originally, this was because Radiant Cross Knights was very good at treating trauma, and the injured chest was not suitable for movement.
This just avoided the original preparations of the two gods - Bax is not the territory of Eunomia, and there is neither a statue of Eunomia nor a statue of Kavala in the territory.
So the impatient Kavala used Ares and Malbert to go to Imperial Port.
Eunomia, who was calm and composed, waited until mid-September, after Li Ang locked Kavala into his soul space, then he took the original 'Lion' to Charles in a dream, and asked Charles to let Gatu people enter the country.
Let Charles lead Gatu people into Changhecheng. This may be to allow Li Ang to face a more difficult battle again while his injury has not healed.
She may be trying to make Li Ang lose consciousness so that the original 'Lion' can return to this body, or try to delay Li Ang's conquest of the continent.
Li Ang can actually understand why Eunomia wants to deal with himself...
Because Snake Worship Cult of the Pande Continent has been eliminated, Kavala has also been imprisoned in his soul space by Li Ang.
Eunomia obviously wants to kill the donkey, and this can also send Kavala away together - now banishing Li Ang's soul is equivalent to banishing Kavala together. Eunomia probably doesn't want to miss this good opportunity.
In addition, there should be another very important reason - Charles built a statue for himself and ranked himself with the gods...
This is what Kavala once did.
Eunomia may have thought that Li Ang would become another Kavala.
Moreover, she could no longer come to the earth in person, so she could only try her best to let others kill Li Ang - before Li Ang could gain enough faith and become a true god.
Stupid God...
Li Ang is a little helpless now.
Gods also have obsessions - or in other words, it is precisely because of their obsessions that they can become gods.
The teachings of Goddess of Order Eunomia are of course to maintain harmony and order on the earth. She must also know that only a unified Pande Continent will have real order.
But if the king who unified the continent wants to become a god... just like Kavala, then in the eyes of Eunomia, this person is a cancer on this continent - her view is a bit extreme, but it is not wrong.
If it is Kavala's thinking, if Pande Continent is conquered by him again, he may brainwash everyone into Snake Worship Cult disciples, and then turn those who cannot be brainwashed into 'devoured ones' - so that he can always be the only god.
In this way, everyone is indeed dead - perhaps more terrifying than death. A world where everyone is brainwashed is probably not as good as Blood Prison Abyss. At least there is true love in Blood Prison Abyss.
As for whether Li Ang will be different from Kavala...Eunomia definitely doesn't want to gamble. One Kavala is enough for her. If she is unlucky and gets another one, she will be screwed...
Eunomia knows better than anyone else how Kavala became a god - Kavala has never lost a battle in his life. He is God of Knights in people's eyes. He has been worshiped by many warriors. In his later years, he actually became a god in the flesh.
And Li Ang is definitely more terrifying than Kavala in the eyes of Eunomia, because Li Ang's process of conquering the continent is more terrifying than 's Kavala is much faster. In just a few years, he went from a penniless poor boy to a king who controls half of the continent. He is also good at making money, and he also solved Red Death... It seems that nothing can stop him.
This means that not only warriors and lords, but also businessmen, doctors and civilians will worship Li Ang - Charles is an obvious case. He is a lord without much ambition. The reason why he worships Li Ang is actually because Li Ang seems to be able to solve all kinds of problems.
Therefore, Eunomia wants to stop Li Ang. She wants Li Ang to be defeated or die in battle...
From the perspective of Eunomia, this is really what we have to do - no matter it is Gatu people, the Crow Man, Misty Mountain people, it doesn't matter who it is. So, as long as it can kill Li Ang or prevent Li Ang from unifying the continent, don't let Li Ang become a god like Kavala.
Destiny is a strange thing...
Li Ang and Kavala are both Chosen of God of Eunomia, but they are both targeted by Eunomia.
In fact, Li Ang is very aggrieved now - he really has no idea of becoming a god. Building the statue is also Charles's personal behavior. Li Ang doesn't know at all...
But that's how it is with many things. Both opposing sides may be doing it for the well-being of the entire continent and the future of more people.
Li Ang didn't blame Charles. He really can't be blamed for this.
The question now is how to solve this matter - otherwise Eunomia will definitely continue to cause trouble, and Goddess who is obsessed with it is quite scary.
Li Ang wants to try and see if he can communicate with Eunomia.
But this must wait until Wendy comes back, because only Wendy can recall Maltis from the Vengdarian Continent.
If you want to communicate with Eunomia, you can only do it in the soul space.
However, if the soul space is opened, that is, the protection of the soul is given up, then Kavala may cause trouble - probably only Maltis can keep Li Ang from causing problems.
In order to avoid anything else happening before Wendy came back, Li Ang first locked himself in a bank warehouse.
Just treat it as a vacation. Anyway, with Charles by your side, you won't be lonely.