In the first year of the New Empire, the Swan World, the ruins of the Bronze Fortress - the place where the largest war in the history of the Swan World took place, is now known as the "Three Directions Lake".

A huge celebration is about to take place here.

The morning star on the horizon slowly faded, the last of the pre-dawn darkness hung over the camp, and the morning breeze blowing from the lake blew the flags fiercely. Dense flagpoles surround the shore of the lake like a tree, and there is no end in sight.

It was a moment of triumph – after a hundred years, humanity had finally banished demons from the main plane.

Although small groups of demons still emerge from the Great Demon Rift from time to time, they are nothing compared to the Iron Army that can defeat the entire Demon Tide and the Ocean Empire.

For a bright future, the entire civilized world is full of confidence.

This is also a moment of unification, even if it is a hundred years of fierce battle with the demon tide, and then it has to face the sudden sneak attack of the Ocean Empire, but the entire civilization still finally comes under the same banner! Of course, this is also full of countless efforts by gods and men, as well as necessary compromises. Although the best option is for the Southern Army to continue to advance and sweep away all the bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods. However, the reality is that this devastated continent can no longer withstand another violent toss, and it is better to adopt a gradual approach to reform rather than revolution.

Due to humanity's internal divisions and procrastination in the fight against the Tide, the Lizardmen and Dwarves can no longer trust the Empire with 100% trust. In the future, the lizardmen and dwarves will take the form of tribal kingdoms, owning the less fertile lands in the western part of the continent and recognizing the suzerainty of the empire...... That's all.

The part of the nobility that split and took refuge in Hell during the Night of the Imperial Capital returned to the empire on the condition that they would not reduce their territory and not interfere with their faith. In fact, the four northern principalities united to protect themselves, and standing behind them was Filna, the fourth-layer lord of hell.

Finally, there are the Imperial Army and the Imperial Capital Nobles - it stands to reason that they are five times as numerous as the Southern Army, and they legally have twenty times as many territories as the Stormwind Kingdom! The only thing that is not as good as the south is the prestige, but the person with the highest prestige in the south is dead...... However, with the intervention of the aristocratic god Asa Constance, the Constance family took the lead in throwing themselves to the south, which brought the strength of the two sides back to the balance line. Then, after a series of differentiation and co-optation, it finally became a pattern dominated by the south.

As a former nobleman, Sandy showed an extremely flexible wrist in it and won the support of most nobles. But Sandy refused to sit in that position countless times, and his attitude was very resolute! So much so that the imperial nobles had to change the conditions...... They can agree that Erica will become the empress of the new empire, but the future throne must go to Erica and Sandy's children, or another member of the Constance family.

In this regard, Erica, who became silent after her father's death, was noncommittal.

Those fools don't know that in addition to the Southern Army, the city of Green Horn in the South and the two largest organizations in the world, the "Templar" and the "Hospital", and even the world's largest smuggling network, the legendary powerhouses Michelle, the Red Dragon and Augustine, the Church of Tribulation and the Church of Courage...... These people are all standing behind Erica!

Not to mention the gods......

Although Shen Yan still hasn't come back at this moment, the connections he has accumulated are also Erica's connections. Compared with the love and killing, enemies and friends between Shen Yan and Shawalier; The relationship between Shen Yan and Erica is simply childhood sweethearts and intimacy, and Erica's domineering is inferior to that of Xiuvarie, but the affinity is far surpassing, so these people have spared no effort to support Erica.

After planning the siege of the sea goddess with her own hands, Penny's personality became more resolute, and she personally gave the order to purge! Ann, the former leader of the shadow guard of Shovariet, is now one of the deputy leaders of the "Hospital" killers, numbered "233". Under the joint planning of him and the leader of the number "97", Fan Lunting, the "Hospital" organization quietly cleaned up thousands of die-hard aristocrats.

Blood has shocked countless people's hearts, and blood has also built the foundation of a new empire!

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The festivities begin when the first rays of the morning sun cross the Broken Ridge and shine on the lake.

At first, the roaring drums gradually sounded from north to south, and finally turned into rumbling thunder.

This was followed by a dull and majestic trombone, which relayed around the shore of the lake, causing flocks of startled birds to fly into the jungle.

The people who had been ready for the ceremony walked out of their tents and towards the designated area.

One hundred thousand dragoons, riding six-legged wildebeests and wearing beautiful silver armor, marched in a neat stride, pouring out of a dozen barracks, and finally converged into four neat and huge phalanxes by the lake......

Directly south of the shore of the lake, where the Southern Bureau was once encamped, a flat and vast stone platform is now built of stone, one meter high, with a higher altar in the middle.

As the rays of sunlight shining on the surface of the lake moved in the direction of the stone platform like a clock, Erica in the costume also walked in the direction of the lake with Sandy with her. She didn't have a single piece of jewelry on her body, and although she was dressed in court attire, she still had a broadsword hanging from her waist. Everyone knows that it is the sword of kings!

Sunshine and Erica happened to meet the moment Erica stepped up to the altar.

The sunlight falling from the sky shone on the girl in a white dress, and then it refracted a thousand rays of light!

Time freezes at this moment! The golden human form of a middle-aged man in armor stepped out of the sunlight, it was Atwood, the god of courage. Erica bowed her head respectfully, and Atwood held a platinum crown in both hands and placed it lightly on Erica's head. Atwood and Erica spoke softly, and no one could hear what they said, and Atwood had no intention of showing divine power at this moment.

God has granted divine power, and Erica has ascended the throne as emperor!

Earth-shattering cheers erupted from around the stone platform, then spread along the shore of the lake to the left and right until the whole world joined in the cheers!

The vast surface of the lake seems to have turned golden, and more and more golden human figures appear on the surface of the lake. The gods projected their avatars into the celebration to share the joy of the moment and send blessings to Erica.

Because the future of this world is better than expected - just like the plot where the villain repented and inserted the boss at the last moment - although there are countless bad things in this world, when it wins the abyss in the plane war, the whole plane directly turns around!

In this way, there is no need to completely close the Abyss Great Rift, as long as it takes a few hundred years, the main plane can be out of contact with the abyss plane. How can you not celebrate such a joyous event? And the blessing of the will of the plane will be even more important.

Therefore, in such a festive atmosphere, Erica, as the empress and invincible commander at the same time, also needs to hold high the sword of the king and gallop through countless phalanxes to review the army and accept the army's allegiance.

The gods, led by Atwood, came to the presence of the regent Sandy Constance.

"Sandy Constance, in view of the great contributions you have made in the fight against the demon tide, I will unconditionally grant a wish for you on behalf of the gods." Atwood said with a smile, of course, this was not an impromptu idea, but a communication in advance.

In Atwood's mind, this is the moment when humans and gods are closest and most in harmony. He had whispered a hint at Sandy as to what he wanted...... In Atwood's mind, there is no better wish than to ask the gods to open the "path to the gods". In the past, the gods were promoted to gods according to their own ideas, and then helped to transform from gods to formal gods, just like the recommendation system in ancient China.

And Atwood wants to make this private ascent public before he leaves, and everyone who is qualified can step on it. That is, from the recommendation system to the imperial examination system...... That's about it.

If it is realized, it will have great benefits for the advancement of human status! Humanity will be transformed from a herd of sheep into a cradle for the birth of gods.

However, someone was not too late and clearly did not intend to do what he hinted at. The gradual opening is too slow, and he wants to do it in one step!

Sandy took a deep breath, calmly took out the scroll that had been prepared a long time ago, and put his hands in front of Atwood. "Yes, we do have a request, and that is to ask the gods to sign the ...... of the human gods with the human beings"

Just as he was about to finish the last two words, a white light flashed, and a big foot appeared out of thin air and kicked the regent of the empire in the face!

A familiar voice scolded,

"Sign you paralyzed!"