"Since that was the case, then I'll sever your connections!" With a thought from the Red Queen, royal authority spread out, seeking those who had formed connections with the Shepherd.
She had already found a way to defeat the Shepherd.
Since the Shepherd represented the Human Path, as long as she controlled the Human Path, she could control the Shepherd.
She would turn him from a puppet of the common people into her own puppet.
The first step was to control the people who had the greatest influence on the Shepherd... his fellow villagers.
That was right. The Shepherd's moral foundation had not gone astray entirely because he had grown up in a small village on the fringes.
In such a small village, the relationships between people fully conformed to morality.
That simple, natural moral outlook had fostered the Shepherd's recognition of pure and kind-hearted people.
That was why he had been so proactive in fighting for the people's happiness.
This was the Shepherd's most important connection.
As long as she controlled it, the Shepherd's uniqueness would instantly be cut in half.
And these people lived under the duchy's rule. She already possessed extremely strong control over them.
Yet when the Red Queen's royal authority spread toward them, she discovered that the moment her power moved, it began to disperse. Turning these seemingly ordinary humans into puppets was difficult.
"Royal authority has too little influence over them!" Only then did the Red Queen realize.
These seemingly insignificant people from the fringes had never received any favor from royal authority.
On the contrary, royal authority had always exploited them, collecting the resources they produced.
Under normal circumstances, royal authority could still control them.
But now, the Shepherd's power was flowing back along their connections.
Under that witchcraft interference, her witchcraft clashed