Chapter 203: Dynamic Equilibrium
For thousands of years, there has been a fragile but strong dynamic balance between the evil gods and the good gods.
I say fragile because if there is a certain change in the strength of either side, it can immediately lead to a drastic change in the whole situation.
It's not without reason to say it's tough.
Although both sides are hostile to each other, hoping to eliminate or at least weaken their opponents and expand their own territory, they also have to take into account an embarrassing fact:
If the gods only use the model of proxy wars, let mortal believers fight each other to the death, and occasionally use doppelgangers to end the final decision, then no matter whether they win or lose, there is no possibility of endangering their lives.
At best, you will lose a doppelganger, and you will be able to recreate it after a few years.
But if you fight with real fire and use your real body to fight each other, no one knows what will happen.
Maybe you can win, maybe the opponent still has hole cards to kill you...... It may also be that after paying a huge price and finally winning the battle, he was plotted by the guys in his own camp.
When the gods stay in their own kingdom, their power will be further strengthened, and even stronger gods will find it difficult to defeat the kingdom of a weaker god.
And the kingdom of God is very difficult to move.
So it's no surprise that the turtle shrinks the way of playing – who wants to venture out and go out if staying at home can ensure safety?
Therefore, so far, there has only been one truly fallen evil god - the others have been severely damaged or lost a powerful clone, and although the foundation on the ground will be almost destroyed, it will still survive and recover after a period of time. It's pretty much the same on the side of the gods.
However, after all, the stronger gods have more advantages, and even the upper limit of the doppelganger strength of the stronger gods will be higher, which no one can deny.
Aya said that in order to unite as one, the gods made a covenant with each other to squeeze out a part of the benefits of each new god or god who had been successfully promoted, and to support them to open up new areas, so as to prevent them from snatching more people's interests within the alliance of the gods of the righteous path and starting a civil war.
When the goddess of spring water is on the verge of promotion, the evil gods will naturally be dissatisfied, and although this matter seems to be more beneficial to the gods of the righteous path, many of the gods of the righteous path are not happy to see it.
If she succeeds in her promotion, then the gods of the righteous path must each give her a part of the benefits to achieve a new balance, and at the same time give her a free part of the power to help her expand her sphere of influence in the world.
Many gods don't like to give up their interests for nothing, after all, the gods of the righteous path seem to have an advantage over the evil gods, not a disadvantage.
If they are at a disadvantage, they will naturally unite as one, support each other, and do their best to improve the combat power of each god, just to ensure that they can survive. But in the case of advantages...... "If she is missing, we will not lose, why should Lao Tzu give up his interests", such ideas will spread.
It is said that the most concerned is the titular leader of the gods, the Lord of the Dawn, but he is not the true king of the gods, at best he is only an alliance leader, unless it is a matter of life and death, he can only advise other gods at most.
Overall, it would be difficult for the Goddess of Springs to get much help from the other gods, and she would most likely face the hostility of more than one evil god.
Moreover, there is no room for peace at all - if the evil gods have the ability to hinder the promotion of the Spring Goddess, then they will naturally have the ability to severely damage or even kill her, and then the Principality will also be in a very dangerous situation.
Luo Ming is not yet arrogant, thinking that he can survive all crises with the strength of a mere knight leader and his own sword master when the principality is in chaos and order collapses.
In that case, I can only give it a go...... It is not difficult to imagine that in this moment of calm on the surface, but in fact stormy times, if you can make even a small contribution to the goddess, you will be remembered by the church and by the goddess herself, and as long as the goddess is not defeated, then she will definitely try her best to give a reward, in order to unite the hearts of her followers in times of crisis.
If the goddess not only did not fail, but was also promoted, then it should be rewarded to praise these charcoal givers in the snow.
Next, Luo Ming was basically thinking about other things, but his mind was divided into two things, maintaining the most basic attention on this award ceremony.
However, he was not unusual, because many people were either excited or upset (probably doing something bad) after knowing that they had just been watched by the gods, and there were not many Romin ones.
Finally, it was Luo Ming's turn to play, and he temporarily withdrew all his attention and walked to the center of the square.
The princess herself pinned a knightly medallion to his chest, and took a wooden box from the handmaiden beside him and placed it in Luo Ming's hand.
Originally, this was supposed to be done by the Grand Duchess herself, but since she wanted the princess to brush her face more in front of the nobles as her heir, it was not surprising.
In the wooden box is a series of legally valid documents such as new title deeds and noble identity certificates, although these documents are in duplicate and have a backup on file in Brandon, but if you lose the documents yourself, it is embarrassing to go to Brandon to ask for a replacement.
After returning to his seat, he opened the wooden box and confirmed the contents of the box.
The documents that ordinary nobles will have, naturally there is no shortage of them.
In addition, there are some small things that were specially added at Luo Ming's request - after all, it is not a big deal, and the princess will fulfill them one by one.
For example, a document proves that Grant is now the "Knight of the Inner House" of Lockin and enjoys the most basic personal rights of a nobleman.
The key is the personal rights of the nobles - no matter how small the nobles are, they are much stronger than the commoners, they have a lot less trouble, and they can be more respected. From then on, she could openly claim to be a knight.
He counted the rest of the documents, and sure enough, there were a lot of them.
At the same time, the last person had already received the award and returned to his seat with a wooden box in his hand.
Then the princess walked to the middle of the square.
There was a fountain, and the princess herself walked on the water of the fountain, as if she were walking on the ground, and even the spring changed shape to suit her.
The divine bloodline of the goddess of spring water is playing a powerful role in her body, and influencing spring water is just the most common ability.
Standing at the top of the fountain, she looked down on the people present, smiled and began to speak.