Advancement drew near

However, it is clear that the True Creator cannot do this.

After Ouroboros finished speaking, Kronos bowed and said, "Thank you."

Ouroboros said nothing more, but continued to devoutly face the True Creator and began his prayer once more.

Seeing that Ouroboros was no longer looking at him, Kronos said nothing and silently retreated outside.

The Holy Mountain is located deep within the Forsaken Land of the Gods, where the environment is extremely harsh, so few people venture out.

Aside from believers in the True Creator, no one would consider this a worthwhile place to visit.

Therefore, Kronos silently withdrew from the Holy Mountain without encountering a single person.

After leaving the Holy Mountain, Kronos didn't linger and flew towards the Giant King’s Court.

Kronos didn't need to do anything to relocate the people of the Forsaken Land of the Gods, so he was quite idle.

On the Northern Continent, the war was completely over.

The victory of the Evernight Goddess allowed Loen to turn the tide of the battle.

The sudden betrayal of Earth Mother stunned everyone, including the True God.

As defeated nations, both the Republic of Intis and the Feysac Empire paid a heavy price.

The Republic of Intis is alright; it's just a matter of ceding territory and paying reparations. After all, the God of Steam and Machinery and the Eternal Blazing Sun are still alive.

As for the Feysac Empire, the power previously controlled by the Church of the God of Combat was completely taken over by the Church of Evernight Church of Evernight became the "supreme ruler" of the Feysac Empire.

As for the territory of Loen, the Demigod and level 1 or higher Sealed Artifact of the Church of Steam and Machinery were forced to withdraw from Loen, giving up most of their sphere of influence.

Although the Church of Steam and Machinery still exists, without Demigod and level 1 or higher Sealed Artifact, its power is practically nonexistent.

The reason for this approach is that there are still many believers in Steam within the territory of Loen, so they cannot be completely expelled; a gradual approach is necessary.

The territories ceded by the Church of Steam and Machinery were naturally taken over by the victors.

When Archbishop Anthony was ordered to take over the resources of the Church of Steam and Machinery in Backlund Diocese, he discovered something was amiss.

The resources available to the entire Church of Steam and Machinery of Backlund Diocese are far too limited.

The entire Saint Hilleran Cathedral was as if it had been robbed; it was completely emptied.

Archbishop Anthony could only curse inwardly, thinking how swiftly the Church of Steam and Machinery had acted, leaving them with absolutely Western Capital.

What he didn't know was that the Cathedral of Machinery also cursed inwardly, thinking that Anthony was truly Greed for looting the Saint Ceyran Grand Church.

However, the Cathedral of Machinery has not made any public statement, given that they were the defeated party.

The reason for this outcome is one person: Van Aisting.

He informed Old Fan the moment Kronos made his move against Perfect Land.

As expected, Old Fan emptied out the Saint Hilleran Cathedral and took Western Capital from it to the Above the Ghost Empire.

As for the political resources of the Church of Steam and Machinery, Old Fan handed them all over to Marquis Argel.

Because of the downfall of the Church of Steam and Machinery, those who had relied on it for Church of Steam and Machinery were filled with fear.

The Marquis Argel's offer of recruitment delighted them.

The current Marquis Argel is completely different from the Marquis Argel of the past.

The Marquis Argel now holds firm control of the Sonia Sea Fleet, a position personally entrusted to him by George III.

In addition, given the Argel Family's stronghold in the Sonia Sea region, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the capital of the Sonia Sea region.

Anyone with eyes to see can tell that the Argel Family has risen again.

At the same time, two other families have also clearly risen to prominence.

The Negan, which controls the Royal Navy, and the Levett Family, which controls the Sonia Fleet.

Although the Royal Navy is called the Royal Navy, it has never been directly led by the Royal Family, but rather is a private domain of the nobility.

With this victory, the Negan completely seized control of the Royal Navy, establishing the largest army near Backlund, centered around Pritz Harbor.

As for the Sonia Fleet, under Amyrius's command, it suffered minimal losses during the war.

Amyrius is an old hand; he kept lying about being severely injured, which is why the Loen Royal Family was careless.

Now that the war has ended, Amyrius has finally shown his true colors.

The nation's most elite navy, coupled with a Sequence 3 commander, is indeed Confidant to the Augustus Family.

Gawinton hadn't discovered so many problems after he ascended the throne.

But now that the war has ended, that's when he's truly in trouble.

The Argel Family was a local power in the Sonia Sea region, making them impossible to completely eliminate.

The Negan was deeply entrenched, with virtually all the nobles as their allies, making them extremely difficult to target.

As for the Levett Family, their background was the least impressive, but the Earl Levett was the leader of the Conservative Party, and with the combined political and military power, he had no way to make a move.

Gawinton repeatedly sought help from his ancestors, hoping to eliminate these families with swift and decisive action.

However, William Augustus, the "Founder of the Nation," intervened to stop his idea.

According to William, many things are not suitable to do now, after all, the situation has just calmed down, and it is a very sensitive matter to take action against meritorious officials.

The reason he said that was mainly because he didn't care.

He's not William Augustus, so why should he care about the Augustus Family?

After Trunsoest came back to life in William's body, he returned to the Augustus Family.

Given his status, he could easily access the family's resources.

In his statement, he said he was injured in battle with the Sanguine Blood Moon Queen and therefore needed to recover.

With the support of the Augustus Family, Trunsoest has recovered quite well.

Despite the current situation, the Sanguine are still in high spirits.

The Blood Moon Queen and the Night Emperor returned, and it turns out the Progenitor also Feign Death. Suddenly, the Sanguine has become the most powerful organization in the world.

Therefore, some members of the Sanguine have repeatedly proposed to directly seize the Loen Kingdom and allow the Sanguine to once again stand at the top of the world.

However, Trunsoest has consistently refused.

Having once been an emperor, he naturally understood the benefits that imperial power could bring him, but he could not do so.

Firstly, Sanguine are, after all, a supernatural race, and it is not appropriate for them to be exposed to the public in this way.

The main reason why major True God Churches keep such a tight block on Information about the supernatural world is to maintain stability.

Putting everything else aside, just the idea of Apocalypse —if ordinary people knew about it, the resulting chaos would be immeasurable.

Furthermore, can humanity allow itself to be led by another race?

After all, humans are the main body of the world.

Secondly, Loen is Kronos's target, and it wouldn't be good for them to just raid his base like that.

After the war subsided, Trunsoest, Olnia, and Lilith had a brief exchange.

During this exchange, Lilith specifically mentioned that, unless absolutely necessary, one should avoid conflict with Kronos.

Kronos's potential is beyond the estimation of even the True God, so he may become a powerful ally in the event of the future Apocalypse.

It's not worth making an enemy of Kronos over such trivial matters.

Trunsoest and Olnia shared the same view, so naturally they were unwilling to steal Kronos's target.

Whether it was the Argel Family, the Negan, or the Levett Family, they were all eyeing the Augustus Family's rule with covetous intent.

However, the main reason for the lack of action was that Kronos had lost contact.

They all knew very well that the Augustus Family had Angel and Archangel, which was not something an army could easily deal with.

Without the support of Kronos and his powerful Beyonder, they would rather remain in their current state, becoming local tyrants in their respective regions.

However, they did not bring with them the things that Kronos had previously instructed them to do.

The main issue is promoting new academic disciplines.

The Negan and Argel Family already had influence in various places, one in politics and the other in business.

With their efforts, the new discipline of the Microscopic World began to be established all over the world.

Loen even defined it as a subject that must be learned from the very beginning of enlightenment.

This action was taken because of Earl Levett's proposal, which was approved by Parliament, and Gawinton did not object.

Therefore, the names Microscopic World and Kronos became the most widely used names after the war.

The reason why Loen was able to spread so widely is because of official promotion.

This practice can also be applied in other countries, for the sake of stability in governance.

The War of the Gods broke out so openly that, in order to minimize its impact, other news had to emerge.

Emerging disciplines and Young Scientist are also good options.

Therefore, all other countries spared no effort in cooperating with Kronos's Advancement Ritual.

However, there was one exception: the Church of Knowledge.

In the South-Central Nations, people were only allowed to admire the knowledge of the Church; other knowledge could be learned, but not admired.

It's not that the God of Knowledge and Wisdom is too stingy; it's simply that his faith is insufficient.

The populations of the South-Central Nations are still far smaller than those of the major powers, so in order to gather religious support, they have no choice but to implement policies of strict control.

After employing a series of methods, including the divine right of kings and restrictions on faith, the church was barely able to gather the faith it needed.

If Kronos were to interfere, it would have a significant impact on the Church of Knowledge.

However, the South-Central Nations are not that important; the other major powers are sufficient.

While the Advancement Ritual proceeded smoothly, Kronos sat on the sea-facing side of the Giant King’s Court, gazing blankly at the boundless ocean.

To avoid being found by Amanises or Stiano, he was forced to remain in the Forsaken Land of the Gods and could not leave.

Forget about going out to cause trouble and steal Loen's power, he didn't even dare to go to the school in the Northern Continent to attend classes, and could only continue to have his Avatar do it for him.

Fortunately, the Potion is digested relatively quickly.

While it's true that having multiple people preaching in Avatar isn't very efficient, his students have already begun spreading his teachings in various places.

This behavior also helps the Knowledge Mentor digest the Potion.

While the effect of a single unit might not be very good, the effect of several thousand units together is still considerable.

Kronos could sense that by the time the Ritual was completed, his Potion would have been fully digested.

This was proceeding smoothly step by step, leaving Kronos with little else to do.

He would sit by the sea every day, using his abilities to suppress the waves, which was also a way to train his skills.

However, the results were indeed very poor, far inferior to those of the Enlightenment Monastery.

Speaking of the Enlightenment Monastery, I forgot to mention the Church of Steam and Machinery's attitude towards it earlier.

After the war ended, the disguise of Horamick was completely exposed.

Bornova managed to stop the Hidden Sage with great difficulty, and two Scholar of Yore died in the process, but Horamick still did not appear.

Stiano searched frantically, but couldn't find a single Silk of Horamick. Who else could it be but him?

However, to this day, no one can be certain whether Horamick defected or whether Horamick was an imposter all along.

Therefore, the Cathedral of Machinery could only try to issue a warrant for Horamick's arrest, but they didn't hold out much hope.

Even if Horamick is a defector, he wouldn't be foolish enough to keep his face and continue to roam around.

Therefore, during this period, Stiano's temper was always very bad, and he would often beat and scold the Angel.

Regardless of Stiano's character, Kronos's life was undeniably leisurely and boring.

The Ghost Empire arrived in the nearby seas in just a few days, but Kronos ordered it to dock next to the Giant King’s Court, waiting for everyone to arrive.

When they first saw this huge ship, not only the people of City of Silver, but even Klein was taken aback.

After learning that this was the legendary Ghost Empire, Klein's admiration for Mr. Fate was beyond words.

The Treasure left behind by the Night Emperor, one of the most mysterious Treasure at sea, is actually in the hands of the Mr. Fate.

This gives you an idea of how powerful the Mr. Fate is; it's not something that can be defined by Angel or Archangel.

To illustrate, one can draw parallels with Nast, who controlled part of Solomon's Treasure, and Bernadette, whose father was Emperor Roselle. A powerful person with Treasure and a powerful person without Treasure are definitely not on the same level.

Klein was in charge of notification and transmission, while City of Silver was responsible for reception and accommodation; the number of people in the Giant King’s Court was increasing.

City of Silver is relatively lucky; it's closer to the Giant King’s Court and has Blackface Grass to eat, so life there is barely manageable.

The people in those more distant cities lived in even worse conditions, feeding on mutated Monster, and most of them died from accumulating madness or toxins in their bodies.

Upon arriving at the Giant King’s Court and seeing the sunlight and moonlight outside, these people wept bitterly, and some even Loss of Control and died as a result.

What we enjoy every day is their greatest fortune in this life. How pitiful!