"Looking back four years ago, at the beginning of the founding of the Far East, my father and I stood here and made a solemn promise to all of you compatriots who had just been freed from the slavery of the Empire: give us five years and we will create a mighty kingdom of Kolas! Four years have passed in a flash, and now I can tell you with a clear conscience that the dream that my father and I promised will come true this year!

"Dear compatriots, please remember this moment, for on the first day of 1625 we will witness the arrival of a turning point in history, and the royal court of the Far East will thus ascend to the stage of the world power of Vares!"

Roland concluded the evening with an impassioned declaration, his right arm raised, his fist clenched, and a short, powerful slogan that encompassed the nations, peoples, and religions of the Far East:

"The goddess blesses the self-reliant people!"

This sentence has long been engraved on the Far Eastern Type 1624 "Wind Spear", spread to thousands of households, and has become the most well-known aphorism of all the people of the Far East. After a catastrophe, Roland himself uttered this maxim, giving it a deeper meaning, which immediately struck a chord with people, and millions of people burst into tears, following the example of His Royal Highness the Prince, and all raised their arms and shouted.

"The goddess blesses the self-reliant people!"

"The goddess blesses the self-reliant people!"

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Later that day, the "Voice of the Far East" resumed broadcasting. The moderator recounted the terrorist attack on Krasbourg last night in a tone of grief and indignation, and strongly condemned the cult terrorist organization headed by the Naraku Cult. In the second half of the program, the host played a live recording of Roland's New Year's speech, so that the audience in front of the magic radio who were aware of it understood the whole story of the terrorist attack at Colasbourg from another level, and felt the grief and indignation of the Far East government and the opposition, the extremely resolute will to revenge, and the solemn expectation of 1625 - a sense of mission.

After the live recording was played, the host finally announced the personnel changes that had just been announced by the Far Eastern Cabinet. Since King Rudolf I was injured in the terrorist attack last night and needs to be bedridden for a long time, he will not be able to take care of state affairs himself, so His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will act as regent until the day of His Majesty's recovery.

It is conceivable that this announcement immediately sparked heated discussions in the Far East and even throughout the territory of Vares. Many people are skeptical that the so-called "wounded" and "cultivated" in the broadcast are just to avoid the serious, in fact, Rudolph I's situation is likely to be more dangerous, either kidnapped by the Naraku Order, or he has been subjected to accidents, otherwise even if he is seriously injured, he should at least insist on showing his face in public in order to reassure the people.

But what is the truth? Krasbourg's top brass was silent, and outsiders could only speculate out of thin air.

In fact, at the time of the announcement, even Roland himself could not be sure of his father's safety. After delivering his New Year's address on the balcony on the second floor of the cathedral, he hurried back to his private chapel and tried to contact his father by "text messaging", only to be told that "the spell failed and the target did not exist".

Roland's heart sank, which meant that his father was probably no longer alive. After calming down a little, Roland took out a thumb-sized diamond and used this expensive gem as a spell casting material to cast a 9-ring "Complete Resurrection Technique".

"Complete Resurrection" is the most powerful resurrection magic that mortals can perform. Even if the deceased has passed away for many years and can't even find a single bone, he can still bring the dead back to life with this 9-ring spell.

With a glimmer of hope, Roland recited the prayer, and the diamond in his hand turned to dust and ignited a silver flame. The flames flickered and then suddenly extinguished, and the casting process was interrupted, and Roland's efforts to resurrect his father failed.

The hand holding the emblem couldn't help but tremble, and Roland sat down in his chair in despair, his mind blank.

What he feared most finally happened. My father was forced to cast the legendary forbidden spell "Transcendent Sanctification", and after two minutes, his body automatically dissociated and turned into ashes, but his soul was not harmed. It stands to reason that as long as you use the "complete resurrection technique", you can recall your father's dead soul and reshape your body. However, the cruel reality tells him that this path is not working, and full resurrection cannot save Rudolph, what does this mean?

Roland quickly thought of the most likely scenario—something was wrong with his father's soul.

Once the soul is destroyed, no human spell can bring the dead back to life. This phenomenon is rare, but it is not non-existent. Roland himself experienced a similar situation. The original owner of his body, the native Roland Koras, was killed by the dog demon and damaged his soul, and Rudolph could not completely resurrect him even if he used "miracle magic" afterwards.

In addition to this, Roland also knew some other ways to destroy souls. For example, his Excalibur Durandal needs to absorb the soul of a legendary creature every time he evolves, including Kraken and Grande's mother and son, and the souls absorbed by Excalibur will be completely destroyed, and no spell can revive it.

There are also high-level demons from the hell of Bato, who do everything possible to tempt mortals to fall, and once they succeed, they will take the soul of the other party as their own and transform it into a crystal called the "soul prism", which acts as the currency circulating in hell, once the "soul prism" is destroyed or devoured, the dead will be completely unable to be resurrected.

Thinking that his father might have suffered the above fate, Roland couldn't help but feel black in front of him, and it took great perseverance to calm down and try to convince himself not to think about the worst of things.

In addition to the destruction of his soul, there are other possibilities that prevent him from resurrecting his father. For example, if someone casts "Soul Bondage" or "Soul Binding" and imprisons Rudolph's soul, it will also make the resurrection spell fail. But this is much better than destroying the soul, as long as you manage to find the container where the soul is imprisoned, usually a gem, to free the soul, you can still cast a spell to resurrect it.

The question now is, Roland doesn't know what happened to his father - the soul is destroyed, or the soul is imprisoned?

Feeling in a mood of gain and loss, Roland went to the altar of the chapel, lit the incense burner, poured holy water, prayed silently in front of the statue of Sindra, and used the 5-ring "Psychic Technique" to ask the goddess of fate to help him answer his doubts.

After completing the casting preparation ceremony, Roland took out a "six-sided dice" carved from ivory and asked the first question in his mind.

"Wise lord, I wonder if Rudolph is still alive."

Roland threw out the small cube in his hand, and the dice rolled in the porcelain basin before finally coming to a standstill, with the bright red and dazzling number "1" printed on the upward side.