The Third Era of the Astral Realm
Chapter 319

The Royal Court Calendar and Shifts in the Balance of Power

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The Gendaya People designated the establishment of their Royal Court as the first year of the Royal Court.

According to this calendar, the progenitor descended in 2835 BC and created the Gendaya people.

According to the Royal Court calendar, this year is 1677.

In the year 1570 of the Royal Court, the current Pope of the Dawn Empire Anthony Douglas, proposed the concept of an "absolute defense perimeter," which would not allow any unfriendly forces to emerge around the empire. He began to clean up the four borders, with the most powerful Gendaya Royal Court, bearing the brunt of the attack.

In 1576, the strongest figure in the Royal Court Gendaya, High-Rank Demigod Gendaya King, had his whereabouts discovered by the Dawn Empire. He was surrounded and killed by several mid-level or higher Demigod and perished in despair!

At the same time, the Dawn Empire launched a war against the Gendaya Royal Court, using space-type Transcendent and various space equipment and tools to launch a large-scale attack on the Royal Court's two major territories in the east and west at the same time.

The Western Capital of the Rising Sun Peninsula quickly fell to the Japanese.

In less than three days, all twenty-four of the Royal Court's land provinces fell into enemy hands.

The flourishing fortunes of the Gendaya Royal Court were interrupted, during which eight Demigod perished, and nearly a thousand Epic and Legendary died.

A series of horrific massacres unfolded across the peninsula, and it was during this time that the blood curse of the Gendaya People was planted, mediated by more than a million pure-blooded Gendaya People and tens of millions of Gray-Eyed Blood Descendants.

This war undoubtedly interrupted the Royal Court's rise to power.

Although the Dawn Empire, as the attacker, suffered even greater casualties, the disparity in national strength between the two sides was so vast that the Dawn Empire was not crippled, Gendaya Royal Court was on the verge of collapse.

During the Dawn Empire's blitzkrieg against the Royal Court, many far-reaching events occurred.

First, betrayal by allies.

The Corte Alliance has always been the most steadfast ally of the Gendaya Royal Court, and the two sides have always maintained a close relationship.

In a sense, the Gendaya Royal Court was the front-line agent of the Corte Alliance, responsible for standing in the forefront and engaging in a hot war with the Dawn Empire. The Corte Alliance was responsible for providing most of the logistical support, such as supplies, intelligence, and other aspects of assistance.

For many years, the two sides have cooperated seamlessly and were once regarded by other forces as a model of allies.

The relationship between the Gendaya People and the Giant Race was so close they were practically inseparable. (The Corte Alliance was dominated by four major races: Giant Race, Elf Race, Barbarian Race, and Dwarf Race.)

However, the world is full of people who are driven by profit.

In relations between nations and between races, sentiment is only a secondary factor; self-interest is the Eternity and unchanging topic.

Just like the famous saying of the Prime Minister of the Tia Empire, "Weikedun," after the Twilight War hundreds of years ago. "In the face of the Tia Empire, there are no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, only Eternity interests."

The rapid growth of the Gendaya Royal Court's strength is gradually showing signs of becoming the seventh imperial-level power on the Planet Oklo.

This phenomenon undoubtedly touched a nerve with the six major imperial powers.

Don't let the appearance of these old thugs fool you; they're always at each other's throats.

Once other emerging powers rise and show signs of becoming new empires, they will join hands and suppress and contain them without prior agreement.

After all, Planet Oklo only so big; if you take a bigger slice of the pie, other factions will get a smaller one.

Countless wars have been triggered by this.

Not to mention the savage and fierce nature of the Gendaya People, and their exceptionally strong desire for invasion and expansion!

All the land is ownerless!!

This is a famous saying among the Gendaya People!

This race has a special worship of territory, and their genes for savage expansion are ingrained in their bones. When it comes to land, they will seize it if they can, regardless of whether it is useful or not. They are extremely keen on land grabbing!

Coupled with his exceptional talent in warfare, this undoubtedly put other empires on edge.

Therefore, after the Dawn Empire launched a war against the Gendaya Royal Court, the other five empires, although they all condemned the Dawn Empire's aggressive actions on the international diplomatic level, did not take any real action. Instead, they seized the Royal Court's assets in various fields.

Almost simultaneously, a frenzy of dividing up the Gendaya Royal Court swept across the entire Planet Oklo.

As allies, the Corte Alliance received the distress signal from the Gendaya Royal Court immediately.

If the Corte Alliance comes to our aid with genuine sincerity, it will absolutely be able to curb the Dawn Empire's aggressive advance.

The tacit understanding among the top rulers of Planet Oklo imperial powers would not directly engage in hot-button battles has been in place since the Twilight War.

Once the Corte Alliance launches a full-scale military campaign, the Dawn Empire will never dare to act recklessly again.

However, the Corte Alliance used the excuse that its main force was tied down to delay the situation for two and a half days.

During this period, they constantly made excuses and procrastinated, sending messages to the Royal Court to hold on, saying that reinforcements would arrive soon. This caused the Royal Court's high command to seriously misjudge the war situation, resulting in even greater losses.

Thus, it wasn't until the Dawn Empire completely conquered the Rising Sun Peninsula and both armies were simultaneously pointing towards the Trident Archipelago that the Corte Alliance truly began to exert its strength.

The Trident Archipelago are not only an important transportation hub, but also the southwestern gateway to the Corte Continent.

If the Dawn Empire were to actually conquer this place, not only would the lucrative Dawn Trade Route, dominated by the Corte Alliance, be completely severed.

The West Sea of the Corte Alliance would also be completely exposed to the Holy See's military might. This was something the "Four Kings" of the Corte Alliance absolutely could not tolerate.

On the other hand, in order to defend the Trident Archipelago, the Royal Court had no choice but to reluctantly request the Corte Alliance to send troops to garrison them.

At the same time, it opened its airspace and territorial waters completely to the Corte Alliance, lent out hundreds of ports, and ceded a large amount of benefits.

Later, in order to revitalize the economy, develop military equipment, and purchase people, they borrowed heavily from the Allies.

All of this has led to a surge in the influence of the Corte Alliance within the Trident, and the Royal Court has effectively become a semi-vassal state of it.

It is worth mentioning that after the war ended and the situation stabilized, the Royal Court's high command, after careful analysis, discovered that the Dawn Empire had no intention of taking the Trident Archipelago at all.

The previous attack on the Trident Archipelago was merely a feint, intended to tie down the forces of the Eastern Capital and prevent it from fully supporting the Western Capital.

Even without the support of the Corte Alliance, the Gendaya Royal Court can hold out.

But the Royal Court dared not gamble.

If they lose the gamble, they won't even have their last piece of land to settle down in, which is why they are willing to pay any price to give up huge amounts of benefits in exchange for strong support from their allies.

Furthermore, a story circulates within the Gendaya Tribe that the fall of the Royal Court a century ago was actually a pre-arranged plan by Dawn Pope and the Four Kings of Kete.

The argument for this claim is that Gendaya King's demise was suspicious, and the Corte Alliance may have played a role in it. As the strongest member of the tribe, Gendaya King's whereabouts were a top secret of the Royal Court, known only to a select few. The Corte Alliance, as the closest ally, naturally had a deep understanding of the Royal Court, so it's not surprising that they knew Gendaya King's whereabouts.

As we all know, the previous Gendaya King's talent for cultivation was extremely terrifying. He advanced to the High-Rank Demigod realm with unstoppable momentum. Given time, he might actually break through the barrier of gods. Even if the possibility is very small, given the nature of those imperial powers, we have to be wary!

Faced with the dual threat of national power and the strongest military force, it is not surprising that the Corte Alliance would turn against its allies, and it is highly likely that other empires were also involved.

Of course, these are just popular rumors, and the Royal Court court has never officially acknowledged them.

In conclusion, the actions of the Corte Alliance were a complete betrayal of the Gendaya Royal Court.

The Gendaya People harbored immense anger, but their strength was inferior. Furthermore, the curse of the Dawn Empire severely damaged the Gendaya People at the bloodline level, greatly reducing the speed at which strong individuals were born and their overall potential.

For the sake of their survival, the Gendaya People had no choice but to endure it.

This violent race finally learned to be patient after this incident, which was a huge step forward in a way and laid the foundation for its future resurgence.

The second far-reaching event was the betrayal of Diriel, the Son of the White Wolf.

The Western Capital of the Rising Sun Peninsula was the capital and administrative center of the Royal Court a century ago, Eastern Capital was only a secondary capital at that time.

As the capital, it is naturally heavily defended, with more than three hundred Mage towers of four stars or above.

There are as many as 12 Space Detection Tower.

It also has all kinds of high-tech weapons.

A space fleet still hovers above the capital.

Such a super-luxurious configuration would normally be difficult to breach even if the Dawn Empire sent twenty Demigod, let alone capture the Western Capital in just one day.

This is because of the existence of an inside traitor.

The easiest way to breach any Sturdiness stronghold is always to attack it from within.

This time was no exception.

No one expected that Diriel White Wolf, the young master of the White Wolf Clan, one of the Seven Great Clans, who was the number one genius of the Royal Court and was hailed as the next generation War King, would betray the Royal Court and the clan that had raised him for two hundred years.

He personally shut down the four Space Detection Tower in the Western Capital, as well as the [Space Confinement Belt], thus creating a huge vulnerability in the entire capital's defense system.

A strike force from the Dawn Empire, composed entirely of Sanctuary, entered the Western Capital via spatial teleportation, catching all the Gendaya People completely off guard.

The mass casualties among the high command left the Royal Court leaderless. The Dawn Empire's army, which had been preparing for a long time, swiftly occupied large swathes of territory with a blitzkrieg and carried out one bloody massacre after another.

This led to the Gendaya Tribe Yuan Qi and being forced to retreat to the Trident Archipelago, where, with the help of the Corte Alliance reinforcements, they found themselves in a stalemate with the Dawn Empire.

The biggest reason why all twenty-four provinces of the vast Rising Sun Peninsula fell into enemy hands in just three days, with the command center being wiped out in one fell swoop, is this.

If it weren't for the fact that the Royal Court's hidden trump card, the Night Watchers, stepped forward at the crucial moment, turning the tide, blocking the enemy, and allowing a large number of elites to evacuate, the Royal Court's situation would be far more difficult than it is now. It might even have collapsed or become a complete vassal of the Corte Alliance.

The betrayal of Diriel, the Son of the White Wolf, remains a mystery to this day. No one knows why he betrayed his Son of the White Wolf. He was a genius of the Gendaya Tribe, a seed of Demigod, an object of worship for countless Gendaya People, wielding great power and with a limitless future. Why would he betray his tribe?

Is it truly for the liberation of the new Blood Clan? To create a completely new Gendaya People nation?

This publicly stated explanation clearly failed to convince the Gendaya People.

In addition, the betrayal of Diriel, Son of the White Wolf, dealt Deadly Strike to the spiritual realm of the entire Gendaya Tribe.

As the High Elder of the Night Watchers said, Diriel's betrayal was an unprecedented blow to the entire race. It was not only limited to the material level, but also tore apart the spirit of unity within the race.

Before this, the Gendaya People didn't even have the concept of betrayal. More seriously, the trust between people and between clans was shattered. On the eve of the upcoming Third Plane Exploration, the backbone of the Royal Court... snapped!!

The third far-reaching event was the rise of Sebawen Faith.

In fact, the current Dawn Pope's goal was not only the Gendaya Royal Court, but he also intended to remove all the thorns in the side of the Dawn Continent in one fell swoop.

This includes the four major lords along the southern coast (the Sunset Lord the Four Directions) and the Golden Sands Khanate in the northwest.

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to make a move after dealing with the Royal Court, the Sebawen Faith rose to prominence with lightning speed. Countless Puritans, appearing out of nowhere, greatly distracted him, forcing the Pope to abandon his original plans and switch to a defensive strategy, focusing on both national defense and the complete eradication of the Puritans!

Ultimately, the Sebawen Faith was brutally suppressed, and its leader, with the help of several other major empires, fled to the Light-Bathed Sea to continue causing trouble for the Dawn Pope.

The fourth, and final, far-reaching event was the covert intervention of the major empires.

Since the Twilight War, the situation on Planet Oklo has become clear.

They are roughly divided into two camps.

One side is a faction mainly composed of the Dawn Empire and the Sea Dragon Alliance.

The other side consists of factions led by the Winter Empire, the Corte Alliance, the Crimson Alliance, and the Tia Empire.

The two sides are locked in a struggle, each with their own interests intertwined with the other.

The Destruction blow dealt by the Dawn Empire to the Gendaya Royal Court was a situation that all four empires were happy to see.

However, the complete Destruction of the Royal Court was not in the interest of the four great empires, so they immediately took action after the fall of the Rising Sun Peninsula.

The Corte Alliance helped defend the Trident Archipelago.

The Crimson Alliance and the Tia Empire heavily funded the four lords along the southern coast, providing them with massive resources and various advanced weapons, and launched a large-scale attack on "Leyn City," a key southern border town of the Dawn Empire.

In the northwest, the Golden Sands Khanate, with the support of the Winter Empire, also attacked the northwestern border of the Dawn Empire.

Meanwhile, on the space front, the four empires also launched targeted actions against the Dawn Empire.

These actions, coupled with the internal strife that erupted in the Dawn Empire due to the rise of Sebawen Faith, completely ruined the Pope's original strategic plan, and also brought about a huge change in the international political situation of Planet Oklo.

P. S. This chapter mainly provides background information and a timeline of major events, explaining the story beforehand and laying the groundwork for later events to avoid confusion.

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