April 1, 359 Pander, sunny.

It was a crisp afternoon, and Klose and I accompanied His Majesty on a boat trip to the very heart of Lake Aylaclay.

We boarded a special boat with a device like a gate winch wrapped around a super-long iron chain with a stone statue attached to the end.

For this chain hundreds of meters long, Klose worked in the blacksmith for many days in a row.

The statue was that of Kavala, also made of metal, probably just over a foot tall, but weighing at least sixty pounds.

It was a work of art made by the Finafin family and the Fenway family together.

However, the more I looked at it, the more I felt that the face of the statue was more like that of His Majesty.

No matter how powerful the carving master is, he also needs a reference, and it is estimated that the people of the Finafin family carved according to His Majesty......

But His Majesty said it was Kavala, and threw the statue into the lake in the middle of the lake.

I don't really know why His Majesty did this, I didn't inquire - neither did Klose.

Klose said that as a royal guard, if His Majesty does not take the initiative to inform him, don't ask, this is the professionalism that should be done.

The big man rarely spoke, but what he said always made sense, and it seemed that muscle and intelligence could coexist...... No wonder the people of Metenheim were able to make such good weapons and equipment.

And, judging by His Majesty's cautious attitude, I can realize that this is to solve some mysterious matter.

So I shouldn't have asked.

Originally, this was supposed to be a very simple task - His Majesty said that all you had to do was throw the statue down, wait two hours, and then use a winch to pull it up.

Klose also said that it was very simple, like fishing for sharks......

I know what a shark is, but I don't quite understand these strange recipes of the Metenheim people, and I just hope that everything goes well......

However, this is not as simple as Klose suggests.

We dropped the statue in the center of the lake and waited for several hours, and then there was a very clear shock at the bottom of the lake - countless bubbles gushed out of the whole lake, and the hull of the boat kept shaking, as if there was indeed a big shark at the bottom of the lake.

His Majesty breathed a sigh of relief at that time and said that the most troublesome problem had been solved.

I thought it had worked, but it wasn't long before we found out that there was a little accident - when Klose slowly pulled up the chain hundreds of meters long with a winch, he found that the statue at the end was missing!

The statue and the rope were connected with two long rivets, the nails were still left hanging on the chain, only the statue was missing.

Klose was a little embarrassed - the rivets and chains were made by his own hands......

In fact, His Majesty and I have verified that the rivet is extremely strong, and His Majesty has not let it loose for half a minute with his forceps and wrench.

But it still looks like it's falling off the statue......

His Majesty didn't blame Klose, he just said to his chagrin that he shouldn't have riveted, that the chain should have been fused with the statue, and muttered something about the pressure deformation and the concussion causing it to fall off—I didn't understand, but I could realize that the job seemed to have failed.

His Majesty then solemnly apologized to Kavala and Malbert on the ship—it was an accident, but perhaps it was fate......

After we returned to the lakeside ground, His Majesty asked me to come to the center of the lake once a year on this day and throw a fish in the middle of the lake that had been fed the king's coins.

His Majesty said that this was to commemorate the new era of the Pander Continent.

I thought His Majesty was joking - the Pande Continent has not yet been completely unified by His Majesty, it's just that an iron statue was thrown into the lake and couldn't be fished up, how can it be considered a new era?

At best, it's the longest anniversary in history when the chain broke......

But His Majesty told me to remember this day, so I had to do what I was told.

However, I always feel that His Majesty intends to create a new festival to promote consumption......

Your Majesty has a lot of crooked ideas.

Sure enough, as soon as he returned to Ayrclay City, His Majesty couldn't wait to discuss with Wendy and prepare to make April 1st every year the 'Fishman Festival'.

They want to open Lake Aylaclay on this day every year, so that people can dive in the lake to catch fish, and if they catch the fish with 'King Coins' in their stomachs, they will become champions, and they will get various rewards and opportunities......

I immediately understood why His Majesty would let me lose a fish that had been fed the King's Coin every year.

It's really about boosting consumption, and it's a simple competitive event that's sure to attract a lot of people – I know how much of a human attraction the quiet and refreshing scenery of Lake Airakle is.

If nothing else, it may not be long before someone will be building a villa on the lakeside.

Fortunately, His Majesty has also stipulated that no one is allowed to bring any fire or weapons into the forest, otherwise I would have had a problem with law and order.

Your Majesty is really good at playing......

—From The Battlefield Diary of New Pande, by Risardiran Aino.

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Time passes day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it is the season of spring flowers.

The trees in the Noldor Forest have sprouted green shoots, meadows have regrown on the shores of Lake Araclay, and the forest that had been blackened by last year's fires has come back to life.

The surface of the lake is like a mirror, without a trace of ripples, reflecting the city of Aeraclair in the distance, and the quiet and peaceful appearance is very beautiful.

Day by day, Leon also felt that he was becoming different—the keen perception he had once received in the 'void' seemed to be gradually returning.

It's the ability to detect everything moving miles away at any time, incredibly powerful.

Of course, it's not too strong now, and it probably only covers a range of tens of meters.

Leon had understood what this perceptual ability was—this was the manifestation of the power of faith.

In the past, Leon had been 'given' such an ability by Yunomia for a short time, but what he got now is his own.

The prophet Madigan also possessed such abilities, and it is clear that as a prophet, he will surely gain the faith of many people as well.

This is the harbinger of becoming a god—if it continues like this, it is estimated that within two years, Leon will have to travel to the void with his soul out of his body......

But fortunately, Kavala gave Leon a solution to the problem.

Kavala's solution is not troublesome, it is very simple - since you will be banished if you become a god, why not become a god before you die?

The human body has limits, and no amount of faith can stop the natural law of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Leon's body really didn't belong to him, but it didn't matter, anyway, his soul would naturally leave this body after death...... At that time, even if you become a god, you will no longer have to occupy other people's bodies.

But the more troublesome thing is whether you are a god or not, or whether you can be defined as a god, it is not up to you - as long as enough people believe in you, and people think you are a god, then you can only be a god.

So how can Leon not be regarded as a god until he dies?

It's actually not that hard – just transfer people's worship of the 'God of Wealth' from Leon to others.

This is indeed an empirical approach that only Kavala possesses......

Kavala had made Azz Dahaka a serpent god on the continent of Amara, as he was using Aziz Dahaka's body at the time.

But at that time, he did not gain faith himself - the Serpent Cult believed in Aziz Dahaka, but Azi Dahaka himself had no soul, and the believers did not know that it was Kavala.

So Kavala created a 'high priest', no longer appearing in the image of Azi Dahaka, but using the high priest as the spokesman of the snake god, so that a large part of the snake worshippers turned to worship the high priest as a 'benevolent oracle', thus transferring the power of faith to himself.

Leon could do the same—but in reverse, making Amy, Wendy, Alina, and Alice the spokesmen of the God of Wealth and making them adored by the majority.

Then, let these goddesses who have deep feelings for them 'shelter' themselves.

If the name Leon can mean wealth in just a few years, wouldn't Amy?

Maybe it's easier to be accepted, after all, the images of several goddesses are much more beautiful than Li Ang's rough old man......

In other words, Leon can completely transfer most of people's worship to Amy and the others, and let Amy, Wendy, Alina and Alice do the good things that make people rich outside, and promote them to become goddesses representing wealth.

And Leon himself concentrates on doing things that are easy to offend people......

For example, if Amy wants to enact an industrial and commercial law, then Leon is responsible for cracking down on smuggling offends;

Wendy wants to engage in real estate, and Leon goes to engage in forced demolition and hatred;

Alina wants to develop the farm, and Leon goes to deal with the Bacchus who have land and refuse to give in......

In fact, these dirty jobs are also cooperating with economic construction, but at least on the surface, it seems that several queens are helping most people get rich, but Li Ang is always only concerned about making himself rich, and he is always offending people - then most people will no longer regard Li Ang as the god of wealth......

Maybe he can make Leon a 'lucky one' in the impression of many people?

hugged the thighs of several goddesses, and became a rich man and a king under the protection of several female gods of wealth, isn't this just a soft rice man?

Except for a few people in the know, who is not familiar with it who will really worship a lucky person?

Envy, jealousy, and hatred are almost ......

Therefore, Leon was now going to try not to do any 'good deeds', and he gave all the work of leading people out of poverty and becoming rich to Amy.

Moreover, Leon was ready to do more offending things—such as preventing people from worshipping God......

Of course, the highest priority is to destroy the last code first.

In order to destroy the legal code of Yunomia, Leon asked Klose to build a chain five hundred meters long, which was probably the longest chain in the entire continent at present.

Klose now has a large blacksmith shop and hundreds of jobs created – and he really loves to make blacksmiths......

And John, the honest man who used to run the bus fleet – he is now called 'John of McChald' because the name is so common that it must be distinguished by his hometown – John has found his way in his life in renovating ships, and now has taken out a loan to open a civilian shipyard.

Everyone has their own interests and specialties, and it is best to make a living based on their own strengths, and Leon has been telling his brothers this truth, which is also the teachings that the 'God of Wealth' is transmitting.

John was an honest man who didn't see anything other than diving, but when Leon said he was going to modify a boat for deep-water work, John quickly suggested a winch on the boat - and Leon immediately approved him with a loan to let him build a ship.

In order to wait for John to complete the modification of the ship, and to wait for the complete thaw of Lake Aylaclay, Leon waited until the end of March to take the statue of Kavala to deal with the code of Yunomia.

Originally, it wasn't complicated - in the designated location of Kavala, throw his iron statue to the bottom of the lake near the ring, and Kavala would be able to completely lose the ring's mana.

When the ring loses its mana, the griffon will most likely run out.

So Leon had to pull the statue up from the water and deal with the griffin with Kavala and Malbert.

The griffons will instinctively attack the Kavala spirits, after all, they have a deep hatred for each other......

Kavala, on the other hand, plans to seal the griffin into his own soul space in the same way that Leon and Malbert once used, and return to the temple, promising to never set foot on the Pander continent again.

In fact, Kavala can now return to the temple at any time - Leon has released his divine sense, and his consciousness can switch between the statue and the temple at will.

This is not a unique ability, and each god can project their consciousness into their own statues, but only if ...... This god was not banished into the void.

Those banished gods, although their statues still provide them with faith, but the divine consciousness cannot be separated from the void, so they can only connect with the believers through the passage of the Codex to do some dreaming and the like.

Once the code is destroyed, it is useless to have more believers.

Kavala was different, he was not banished, he was just imprisoned in the temple by Yunomia, although he couldn't escape either, but at least his consciousness was not affected.

However, Kavala did not dare to run away before completing the whole plan, because this was a plan determined with the soul, which was equivalent to a soul contract, and Kavala could not break it.

Besides, solving the ring is equivalent to solving Yunomia, and Kavala is more than willing to do this job.

The first half of the job went well.

After throwing the statue into the lake, it was only about two hours before there was movement in the water—a lot of movement, so many bubbles came out of the whole lake, and the hull of the boat shook so badly that it felt like a powerful bomb had been detonated in the water.

It may be that the griffin has been released, so Leon immediately begins to twist the chains, preparing to deal with the griffin.

But when Leon twisted the chains, he was dumbfounded......

The statue is gone...... The rivets fell off.

The chain and the statue are two very long and strong rivets, which can also be seen as a kind of bolt - after all, the statue and the chain are made separately, and there is no electric welding these days, so it is a very safe way to drill holes in the statue and connect them with rivets.

But perhaps the water is too deep, at a depth of four or five hundred meters, it is estimated that the water pressure has caused a little deformation of the bolt hole......

If there is no movement in the water, the pressure is balanced in all directions, and even if it is a little deformed, the rivet should not fall off.

But at that time there was a violent vibration in the water, which produced a large number of bubbles - presumably to deal with the griffin, in which case it was normal for the rivets to fall off.

In other words, Kavala and Malbert may have to face the griffin alone at the bottom of the lake......

Li Ang was also very helpless, he really didn't plan to break his promise, after all, no one could say what the consequences would be after the griffin was released.

But the problem is that I really didn't expect it......

Leon could only wait on the surface of the lake for a full afternoon, until the lake became calm again.

Kavala and Malbert didn't reappear, and neither did the griffon......

(End of chapter)