"Ladies and gentlemen, today we stand here, on this land that belongs to humankind, on the land that our ancestors watered with their blood and dignity!"
Behind me is the image of God from the Holy Lord Church of the past. He was the God who was recognized by our Southern Continent in the past, and he was the faith of our ancestors!
But all that past glory and heritage has been stripped away by that Pale God!
Gentlemen, look at you! A nation groaning in humiliation!
Ever since that Pale God used despicable means to slaughter the royal family, deny the legitimacy of our Southern Continent's human race, and alter our nation's beliefs and traditions, our nation's pride has vanished! Under the leadership of that hateful Pale God, those Vampire and Werewolf ride roughshod over us, trampling on our dignity and erasing our legitimacy at will!
Saint Peter Church, a thousand years ago, taught us to always believe in the light, always defend freedom, and always fight against evil!
But today's Pale God forces us to bow our heads and necks, to obediently be dogs whose lives are endlessly consumed!
Gentlemen, tell me, do you want to be a fighter for freedom, or a slave...?
A passionate speech echoed from the tavern.
If Norton were here, he would probably burst out laughing.
However, Abraham and Duoxia were unaware of the reason behind this, so neither of them had any particular feelings about it.
No, I do have some thoughts.
"Hmph, the world is still insatiable. Your Majesty has been more than kind to them. If my Blood Clan could receive the same treatment, we would probably praise Your Majesty to the skies. Yet these fools still think Your Majesty has wronged them. They deserve to die!" Abraham sat at the small wine table, not tasting the wine in his cup, but watching the humans in the distance whose bodies had obviously undergone some changes, and coldly observed them.
Norton's work ethic has been inconsistent; in the past three years, he has neglected his duties, and consequently, his subordinates have also become lax.
Not only has management in all aspects become much lax, but even social classes, cliques, and even the Mafia, which had never appeared in the past few years, have resurfaced.
For example, the black market blood trade is actually controlled by some local mafia.
Now, some people even dare to gather in this tavern in broad daylight to discuss Your Majesty's right and wrong.
Although Abraham had always wanted to replace them and even enjoyed their behavior, he instinctively felt sorry for His Majesty.
Your Majesty has been far more merciful than ever in your treatment of these people from the lower classes.
"Oh? I didn't expect that you, who have always wanted to replace him, would now stand up for him?" The thin, skeletal Duoxia wore a hood, his entire face hidden in shadow.
Two blood-red eyes gleamed terrifyingly in the shadows, yet no one knew that this Vampire had actually hardly ever drunk blood.
Behind him stood a Vampire who appeared to be younger, but whose face was also emaciated and looked like a dried corpse.
This is Jacob, who previously awakened him and is a staunch supporter of Norton's ideas.
In truth, these Vampire are the most determined people, each enduring their inner desires with the difficulty of doing so, much like ascetics.
"I don't want to replace them and end up with a bunch of ungrateful scum like this!" Abraham sneered.
"Ha... You will not take his place, Abraham. In fact, power is not what you seek. What you truly desire, from ancient times to the present, is freedom from oppression."
Otherwise, in the past, you wouldn't have been content to stay in one place and obediently be your Blood Clan Progenitor." Duoxia sighed slightly, a hint of wavering appearing in her heart.
The main reason for the past attacks on that Pale God Norton was his brutal rule and his cruelty in not regarding human life as human life.
When faced with a choice between the Yalian Empire, the Holy Lord Empire, and Norton's Blood Court, he could only choose the least bad of the three. Therefore, he initially supported the Yalian Empire, but later supported the Holy Lord Empire.
However, Norton's approach today is completely different from what it used to be.
Under its current management system, the human race lives a prosperous and free life, with open minds, harmonious civilization, and rapid development of science and technology. Apart from being rather cruel to Vampire, the Pale God is extremely gentle to all other humans.
Although Vampire are also transformed humans, don't worry about that.
On the contrary, the Northern Continent, now ruled by the remnants of the empire, has embarked on a new journey of oppression and slaughter.
The local indigenous people, who already had limited technology and culture, were now being slaughtered and driven away. Pieces of their scalps were peeled off and joined together, enough to make a pair of boots for each person. They were not only committing massacres against outsiders, but also brutally oppressing their own people.
The emergence of capital led to internal power struggles, with constant knife and gun battles, appalling sanitation conditions, and rampant oppression of the lower classes.
In this comparison, the difference in their abilities is immediately apparent. Therefore, Duoxia no longer knows what reason he has left to oppose this Pale God.
He even felt that the world governed by this Pale God was the true paradise of Garden of Eden.
"Alas, in reality, we have no reason to meet now. The people of the Southern Continent live in prosperity, enjoy freedom of thought and culture, and even shouting about the Pale God in this tavern will not be targeted. Everyone has food to eat, and free education is implemented. Such a living environment is completely different from the rule of the people of the Northern Continent."
I no longer consider targeting His Majesty to be an excellent idea; he is like a supreme deity, and has truly brought about the best results for the development of the Southern Continent.
"Imprisoning or killing them would only lead to chaos in the Southern Continent." Duoxia sighed slightly, unsure whether to be right or wrong.
The main reason was that he had witnessed too much bloodshed in the Northern Continent, and only after suddenly coming to the Southern Continent could he feel the stark contrast.
However, it also brought him a moment of wavering resolve.
Abraham, on the contrary, saw through his thoughts very clearly.
"You're dreaming, Duoxia."
Your Majesty's current rule is entirely for your own benefit.
In the past, His Holiness, in order to maintain his tyrannical rule and ensure his own survival, sought to use this to counterbalance the Papal State and ensure his complete safety.
Your Majesty's current benevolent rule actually has its own distinct purpose—to seek an opportunity for advancement. It seems to have reached the critical point of the former God, unable to advance on its own, and therefore vainly attempts to learn from the methods of the former God in order to find a way to advance.
I suspect the main reason lies in the fundamental nature of Existence Level.
To advance, one must either transcend the limitations of Existence Level or Existence Level even higher than one's own... and either of these methods is relevant to Your Majesty's advancement.
It implies that I have betrayed him at least ten times. Now, the cultivation of all things in the Southern Continent is probably to cultivate the power to betray him. Otherwise, we could have completely wiped out the useless Werewolf race and there would have been no need to cultivate these mutated human races in the Southern Continent.
I do not know the root cause of this change, but I am quite certain that if Your Majesty's path to advancement is to slaughter all living beings in the entire Southern Continent, then Your Majesty will not hesitate to try it!
Therefore, Your Majesty must ultimately be sealed away so that Garden of Eden can truly find peace!
Compared to Your Majesty, all other killings are nothing but petty squabbles!
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(Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, brothers and sisters! Sorry for being so late with updates these past two days. I kept saying I'd add more chapters, but I haven't managed to. I'll try my best!)