With the merciless slaughter by the Pale God Norton time and time again, all those who dared to rebel were burned at the stake, and the entire Southern Continent finally became completely obedient.
There was nothing we could do; the dishonest ones were all dead.
That Pale God Norton doesn't care about what you have or don't care about public opinion, let alone the rebellious sentiments in the hearts of the people of the Southern Continent. He also doesn't have any child protection policies, any laws exempting the elderly from punishment, or any legal privileges for women.
Regardless of your gender, age, or age, if you dare to show your face, any young person with enough blood will be captured and kept like pigs or dogs to serve as a blood slave for the Vampire in the monastery. The old and frail will be killed on the spot. Young members will also be used as examples, tied to the stake and roasted at the stake to have a deterrent effect. The main idea is to make the best use of everything and make everyone happy.
There are no rebellious young men in northern China, just as there are no people in the Southern Continent who do not respect the Pale God.
Flames bake away the rebellious soul, Father, I am a member of the Church!
That Pale God, embodying tyranny, bloodshed, cruelty, and wickedness, profoundly demonstrated humanity's servility through his actions.
But it also set the tone for this era—a dark age in which non-human species controlled the fate of humanity.
However, although its ancient management system and top-down, total control eliminated the possibility of capital generation and the basis for social change in the Southern Continent, it also laid a stable foundation for the entire Southern Continent's development.
Following the coronation of the Pale God, the entire Southern Continent entered a period of vigorous development.
Everyone in the Southern Continent owns land, and the local Church does not levy agricultural taxes on these farmers, which makes it possible for everyone to have enough to eat.
Unless you're lazy, the days of people starving to death will likely never return.
The crops planted in the first and second years may need to be stored, but after two or three years of accumulating food, almost every household in the Southern Continent has surplus grain, which allows them to have more time or energy to do other things.
The once distrusted Pale Church is now welcoming a large number of new believers. To the upper and middle classes of the Southern Continent, the Pale God may be the culprit who oppressed and killed them.
However, for the lower classes who originally had no jobs and couldn't even afford food, the modern Holy Empire, with its own land, its own houses, and the fact that the Church didn't collect agricultural taxes, truly instilled in them a strong sense of belonging and loyalty.
The lives of urban residents have also undergone tremendous changes.
In the past, even managers in small factories in cities would extort money and goods due to their depraved nature. Officials, even lowly police officers, could amass vast wealth by using their limited power, leading to an extremely distorted development of the entire Southern Continent and the emergence of capitalist tendencies.
But now, with the ascension of that Pale God, all administrators, big and small, have been abolished. The Vampire clan, led by Elizabeth and Abraham, has taken over the city's management, and all other personnel have been reduced to true production workers, thus completely eradicating the past practices of extortion and bribery.
After all, even if Vampire dared to extort money, they would only ask for a little blood. The wealth generated by society as a whole was of little use to them, and under the Pressure of that Pale God, no one dared to risk offending that Pale God by amassing wealth.
If they get caught, He will skin them alive.
Besides eliminating the management class, all other former gray areas were also brutally destroyed. The criminal gangs, mafia, and even slave traders that once existed in the city either went back to work obediently or became blood slaves, imprisoned in monasteries and fed to the Vampire within them. As a result, the living environment of the entire Southern Continent was completely changed.
The idea of the Pale God Norton, who viewed all humanity as slaves, truly placed human society on a level playing field where everyone was equal.
In addition to this, they even built numerous schools, sending all children of the appropriate age to attend school for free.
Even the Pale God, in order to urge these children to study hard, kindly divided them into different classes.
Those who diligently attend school and achieve certain results will be able to continue their studies, fully supported by the Holy Empire, with all tuition and expenses waived. Their status will be fundamentally changed, far surpassing that of ordinary Vampire management. If they produce sufficiently significant research results, they will truly be received by His Majesty and granted the honor of immortality!
Those who diligently attend school but fail to learn will be absorbed into the Church and watered with holy water day and night to completely transform them into loyal Church members.
This can be considered a change of social class, becoming a civil servant supported by the Pale Church.
Those who don't attend school properly and have poor grades will be accepted into the 'Juvenile Correctional Institution' built by the Pale God. They will be taught various valuable lessons by priests day and night until they are moved to become honest people who are loyal to the Church, and then they will be released.
In just a few years, the once universally condemned Pale Holy See and Pale God have seen their reputations reversed, and are now being sung about and elevated to godhood by everyone in the Southern Continent.
But this is just the beginning.
With the Pale Church's significant expansion across the Southern Continent, Mass activities, which were originally confined to the territory of the Aodelan Empire, have resumed.
The two Mass a year mean that throughout the year, Holy See processions carrying holy water can be seen traveling to various places.
Now that the reputation of the Pale God has reversed and the number of believers in various places has surged, the number of people participating in Mass is much greater than before. As a result, the transportation of holy water has become a huge problem.
Based on this, some well-known inventions came into being.
In the third year of Norton's reign, the Holy Empire Royal Research Institute improved upon the existing ' Norton Steam Engine ', creating a prime mover applicable to the metallurgical, textile, and machinery manufacturing industries, which was named ' Norton No. 1 '.
This steam engine greatly increased production efficiency in industries such as textiles and metallurgy, and also showed the potential of machinery in applications.
This also marked the arrival of the First Industrial Revolution.