The Holy See has an extraordinary influence in the eastern part of the entire continent, as a religious organization, in addition to spreading doctrines, in many ways the Holy See also plays the same role as the peacekeeping forces and the Red Cross in the original world of Yalin, and it does do what it should do, for example, in the recent war between the Carl Cermen Empire and Cresus, the Holy See planned a church in the war area between the two countries as a refugee camp to take in wounded soldiers and refugees.

Moreover, it is said that after the victory, the prince of the Karlsemon Empire, Augusta, did not sell the people and captives in the defeated areas as slaves, but adopted a policy of tenderness and release, partly because Augusta wanted to quickly quell the resistance in the occupied areas, and partly because the Holy See also hinted at the king who was to be baptized in private.

The Holy See did not degenerate into a cloak of 'justice' to do some evil deeds that could simply be called gangsters, hooligans, and villains, but did do everything it had to do, mainly because the goddess Ishtar it believed in was not corrupted, and both the Pope and the Pope understood one thing, the gods above their heads were real and looking down on everything.

And the power of religion has always been huge in the hearts of human beings, some cults in the original world of Yalin can fabricate a god out of thin air to show some false and ridiculous miracles, and even just by a mouth of bewitchment can brainwash some people to be willing to smear their livers and brains, if the gods really exist, and really have the power to make human beings feel unbelievable, then this effect may be thousands of times stronger. And it is precisely because of this that there is no shortage of fanatical fanatical believers among the believers of both the Holy See and the Holy Capital.

Compared with many religions in the original world of Arin in ancient times, they would do everything to win over the upper nobles and powerful people, the Holy See and the Holy Capital all chose to start with ordinary civilians without exception, because the gods of the former are fictitious, and the Pope thinks more about his own interests, and a hundred poor paupers are not worth a rich nobleman. And here God is real. The first thing God considers is the amount of the power of his faith, because it is related to whether his power is strong or even the possibility of continuing to exist, and the amount of money is not as important to the gods as the divine power brought by faith. The amount of belief determines the size of the divine power, and the size of the divine power determines the power of the gods and the area that can be controlled.

A god counts how rich a believer is. However, if he has too few followers and his own strength is too lacking, then he will be defeated and replaced by another god, and then the wealth of the god's followers and even the believers themselves will become the spoils of others.

It is for these reasons that many kings are quite jealous of the concept of the Holy See's theocracy above the king's power, but the prestige of the Holy See among the common people has an unimaginable influence, and even the people of some countries may not know the king's surname, but no one does not know the name of the only lord in the world.

Augusta also understands this, with the help of the Holy See, then the Holy See will not even need to worry about riots in the occupied zone after conquering and annexing a country, and the Holy See will be enough to appease all the people, and they will quickly accept and integrate into the Kalsermen Empire to become a part of the imperial power rather than a burden that needs to be digested for a long time.

That's all for Augusta. Your own plans can be accelerated infinitely, but Ishtar has more to offer Augusta!

"I know you're trying to restore the technology of the Overlord era, but it seems like progress is slow, right?"

"It's completely stopped now, I should say. ”

Augusta sighed, almost all the war dividends against the Kingdom of Kreses were turned into ice crystals under the final blow of the half-elf female mage, even if it was the angel of the goddess after purifying the crystallized valley, there were very few things that could be turned out of it, and it could almost be said that the entire investment was wasted, although various materials were also backed up, but they had to be restored unless another fat sheep like the Kingdom of Kreses came to search for the Karlsemon Empire. Otherwise, the whole plan will not have to be thought about in more than ten years.

What's more┉┉The only half-elf female mage in the empire who can crack the ruins was also lost in the battle.

Ishtar smiled lightly as if to comfort Augusta and said, "The Holy See can provide you with a sum of money to help you quickly restore your plans, and at the same time, a messenger will be sent to continue to help you crack the various technologies left over from the Overlord Era." ”

"Ha~ The Holy See also has the technology of the Overlord Era!? Your Holy See is truly the greatest liar in the world, monopolizing the technologies of the Overlord Age while keeping the world afraid to discover them. ”

Regarding the title of 'the greatest liar', Ishtar still said calmly: "There is never good or evil in knowledge, it all depends entirely on the user┉┉"

"If it refers to the Holy Capital┉┉I can understand. ”

Augusta, who had gradually calmed down, was no longer as frightened and unable to speak as he had been at the beginning, and Augusta tried his best to treat the goddess in front of him as an equal negotiator. Try to get as much useful information and bargaining chips as possible for your side without angering the other party: "No matter how strong the army of the Karlsamon Empire is, it is also the limit of mortals, if after entering the realm of the Holy Capital, it is attacked by those false god envoys behind the Holy Capital, then the goddess will you send your messenger to assist me?"

"It is incumbent upon me to return mortals to mortals, gods to gods! I will not allow any otherworldly being to threaten my followers. Ishtar replied quickly and firmly. But the goddess then said meaningfully: "But Augusta, when your army is conquering the worldly realm, I will allow the Holy See to provide you with the necessary technology, funds, intelligence, etc., but I will not let my messenger directly intervene in the battle between mortals, unless the same transcendent intervenes to upset the balance, no matter how big the setback, you must have mortal strength to solve it." ”

"To prove that we are the best as human beings?"

Ishtar nodded with satisfaction: "That's right, as I said, I want you to represent humanity to defeat all the rebellions of foreign peoples and holy capitals, and prove that you I have chosen you correctly." If my forces intervene too much, even if I win this war, it doesn't mean that I have made the right choice. ”

"Although I am always a little sad that I have become a stake, I agree with you that the goddess Ishtar won this war with our human hands instead of 'cheating', and it is indeed a true proof to the whole of humanity that we deserve to be at the top of this world. ”

The goddess's perfect face showed a look called praise: "I can feel your heart burning like a flame┉┉"

"But I'm not a racist, Goddess Ishtar!"

"But you still have the pride of being human, Augusta!"

Ishtar spread his hands as if issuing an oracle: "Imagine that this world will lead to a great change, and human beings will become the real masters of this world to push the whole world forward at a high speed, and people will remember this day and you in thousands of years and tens of thousands of years!"

"I have to admit that you convinced me, Goddess Ishtar! At least now I can't find any reason to refuse. Augusta finally sighed and smiled for the first time in this long negotiation.

Instead, Ishtar nodded calmly: "Very wise choice Prince Augusta, I promise to do my best to realize your dream, and that is also my desire." ”

"But we have talked for so long, what will my Carlser Empire have to pay for your favor and the price you are willing to pay?Eternal loyalty to the Holy See, or to legislate your doctrine as the state religion?"

"Legislating my doctrine as a state religion?" Ishtar smiled slightly, stretched out his finger and waved it lightly in denial: "I don't need you to do this, I firmly believe that my philosophy is that I am on the right path and will be accepted by the world, because it is correct, even if you deliberately hinder your people, they will make a wise choice, embrace and believe in my teachings, on the contrary, no matter what you do, my teachings, including myself, will not be accepted by the world." ”

Astonishly strong faith and will, without the slightest doubt about what he has done, this is the goddess Ishtar.

Augusta had to admit that in terms of bearing and mentality, he was really inferior to the goddess in front of him.

"Of course, I also have a request from you, Augusta, and I want you to pay for the only thing, and that is that you fulfill your duties as an emperor, dedicate yourself to your empire like an overlord, and put the interests of your empire above your own. ”

"I don't understand what you mean, what you're talking about is what any king would do!" Augusta looked puzzled.

Ishtar sighed: "Not just any king can put the interests of the country above his own interests, in the past ten thousand years I have witnessed too many kings who buried their kingdoms for their own selfish interests, and did not hesitate to sell their national interests in order to control power, haven't you only recently met one?"

Kingdom of Kreses┉┉

Augusta frowned, and remembered the kingdom of Krestes, which had recently been at war with him, the foolish king who did not hesitate to sell his sister in order to ascend to the throne and bury the fortunes of the entire kingdom of Krestes.

"Answer me Augusta, what would you do if you found out that your child was not capable of succeeding to the throne?"

This time, the goddess Ishtar asked Augusta a sharp question, a question that was so sharp that Augusta's face turned pale. (To be continued.) )