The emperors of the Southern Continent have never lacked the courage to fight to the death.
However, the Holy Empire had only one queen who was also emperor.
The other emperors are all in the Northern Continent right now.
As the will of the Holy Empire Supreme Parliament began to shift, undercurrents began to stir throughout the entire Holy Empire Parliament.
Over the years, Queen Maria, who has transformed herself into Third-Generation Vampire and lies flattered by her touted honors, has once again been brought out by the Holy Empire Parliament to serve as both the initiator of the war and a sitting duck.
The Holy Empire Supreme Parliament, citing Queen Maria's Maria as the spiritual pillar of the entire Holy Empire, forcibly bound her to the war machine, intending to use her to draw upon the anger of the people who had relentlessly exploited the Holy Empire over the years, as well as the anger of the people and the Pale God as the imperial war began.
Although the Holy Empire resembles a constitutional monarchy, the Holy Empire Parliament is the true controller of the state.
However, since it was never formally documented, the true, overt ruler remained Queen Maria. This created a false impression among the common people and those unaware of the underlying truth: that all their suffering was due to Queen Maria's incompetent rule...
Queen Maria was indeed incompetent, manipulated at the mercy of the Holy Empire Parliament.
This nearly forty-year-long boasting and overwhelming false honors had made Queen Maria completely lose her sense of self-importance.
She enjoyed the abundant wealth provided by the Holy Empire Parliament, yet she believed that the entire empire was as prosperous and brilliant as they reported.
Through various newspapers and the words of her servants, she truly believed that the Pale God who raised her was a fake deity, and that her own greatness far surpassed that of the Pale God. She felt that she was the true leader of mankind, the supreme and glorious queen!
Therefore, when the Holy Empire Parliament announced that it would send troops to fight against the Pale God had once fled, in order to defend the Queen's supreme glory, Queen Maria readily accepted the task of declaring war, which she considered the most famous one.
In the winter of the fifty-first year of Norton, the Holy Empire's Supreme Queen Maria delivered a declaration of war speech in the Imperial City.
"Our dynasty has been benevolent and generous for the past thirty years! However, thirty years ago, during the reign of the Pale God, right and wrong were indistinguishable, black and white were unclear, and the people suffered greatly."
They have deceived our people, humiliated our honor, destroyed our land, and ruined our ancestral heritage. Their actions have aroused the wrath of both gods and men!
However, despite the mighty force of our dynasty, he showed no remorse and fled on his own, violating the law. His crime deserves death! But considering our past relationship, I will show leniency and not arrest him.
Yet today, they show no gratitude, no appreciation for the preciousness of life, and still dare to oppose my Holy Empire. I hereby order them to be executed without mercy!
From this day forward, our Holy Empire enters a state of war, declaring war on the Pale God! Declaring war on the Pale Holy See! Declaring Pale Crusade! Declaring war on the Northern Continent ...
It is said that Queen Maria, after forty years of relentless boasting, had become mentally unstable and confused. Upon hearing of another opportunity to make her famous, she became overjoyed and even lost control of her bladder that very night.
During her speech that day, she was extremely excited, striking various elegant poses for reporters to take pictures. She even demanded that the Holy Empire Parliament set up a special Queen's train for her to run around the entire Holy Empire in order to enhance the national sense of honor.
His speeches were incoherent and nonsensical, culminating in a call for all nations to declare war, which was utterly ridiculous.
He was abruptly pulled off the stage before his speech was finished, becoming a laughing stock, yet he remained smug about it...
Regardless of how Queen Maria has been artificially transformed over the years, she remains the true embodiment and representative of the Holy Empire's spirit!
Now that they have issued a statement, it means that this imperialist war has officially begun!
In the fifty-second year of Norton, the Holy Empire entered a state of war.
Its Holy Empire Parliament, in the name of Queen Maria, raised trillions of dollars in national debt to amass wealth, produce firearms and supplies, and expand the army!
In just three months, the Holy Empire had conscripted more than five million soldiers from all over the country. Various firearms and logistical supplies were transported by train to the front lines in the Pale Holy See's territory, in order to launch a true Cataclysm War!