And the truth was exactly that. After the trial assembly ended, little Sherry would report to Nalant from time to time about the commoners' word of mouth in the city.
The sentence the commoners said most often now was: Lord Nalant truly was merciful.
Thank goodness it was Lord Nalant who led his army to occupy our Machile City. Otherwise, if Machile City had been taken by those from Divine Kingdom Continent, we probably wouldn't have been so lucky.
We hope Lord Nalant can keep governing our Machile City from now on, and while he's at it, drive all the Divine Kingdom legions back, letting Lord Nalant protect our Flame Continent.
And these most straightforward conversations from the depths of the commoners' hearts also meant that although Machile City had over ten million people, Nalant would probably find it even easier to manage than those previous cities.
Compared to Nalant's side, where he received the commoners' wholehearted support, when the news that Machile City had already been occupied by the army of Aio Continent spread a few days later, the God of Waves received the news even faster.
The expression on his face was as ugly as could be.
Originally, buying off Commander Kandel of Machile City had been the most important chess piece in his plan this time to occupy Flame Continent and drive away the other gods' legions.
Not only could it allow him to work from within and without, taking the Holy City of the God of Flame at the smallest cost and in the fastest time, but afterward, relying on the Holy City's defenses, he could gradually clear out the other three gods' legions.
Who would have thought that Nalant and those ants from Aio Continent would suddenly scuttle out?
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