-50- Advent
Advent Day is the day when the boundaries between the mundane and the mythical are completely broken, and the sleeping gods are fully awakened.
When Advent Day came is not recorded in Albrecht's memory.
Charlotte's memories only mentioned that the Blood Demon Order had received an Oracle of Advent seventeen years earlier.
The gods' concept of time is very indifferent, perhaps a thought, a deep sleep, is the time in years.
It is also for this reason that the prophecies in the oracles of the gods often do not have a specific time.
But in any case, since even the prophecy in the oracle is already "coming", then even if the time is late, based on the experience within the Blood Demon Order, its true date is probably not far away.
However, although Albrecht's memory does not contain a record of the exact time of Advent, there is a description of Advent.
When the light of the sun is extinguished, when the blood moon becomes eternal, when the world returns to the deep darkness, and when the light of the gods once again replaces the light, that is when Advent Day officially arrives......
"Is the sun's brilliance annihilated......"
Reading Albrecht's memories, Charlotte thought thoughtfully.
This description, she had seen elsewhere.
That was when she was still in Boulder, when she had been sacrificed by her cheap grandmother and had been wounded and had been hospitalized in the Church Hospital.
During that time, she eagerly browsed through the various books that existed in the church hospital, trying her best to learn about the world of Miria, and in those days, she had also seen descriptions in other books that "the sun is gone, and the blood moon is eternal".
It is the most central sacred text of the Holy Court, described in the Holy Book.
More precisely, it is the myth and legend in the Book of Sacred Beings that describes the resurrection of the gods, the incarnation of the gods and the suppression of the bloodlines......
In the legend of the Divine Court, for about 1,500 years, the Blood Ancestor, who wanted to rule the world forever, launched the dark magic "Eternal Darkness", which is considered forbidden even in mythology, to the sun, with the intention of devouring the sun and creating an eternal blood moon and night.
Legend has it that the True Ancestor of Blood succeeded.
The sun, which spreads light to the earth, is gradually swallowed up by darkness, and the world is ushered in eternal darkness and coldness.
The silver moon turned into a blood moon, hanging high in the sky, and the whole world was shrouded in dark red.
However, just when the world was in despair, the creator god was resurrected, and the light pierced the sky, and the light belonging to the god took the place of the sun.
Divine ...... A second sun was created.
The day when the god Harald created the second round of the sun is also considered the starting point of the Divine Calendar, or the intersection of the Divine Age and the Blood Moon Age.
Thinking back to the descriptions of the resurrection and salvation of the god Harald in the Holy Book, Charlotte couldn't help but look out the window.
More precisely, looking at the glowing sun in the sky.
That's right, the second sun.
According to the Holy Book, the first sun in the world of Miria has been swallowed by the True Ancestor of Blood, and now it is the second sun created by the god Harald.
Charlotte has always thought that the legends about the creator god in the "Holy Book" must be exaggerated and mythologized, the so-called true ancestor devours the sun, and the god lord hits the light, in her opinion, there is a high probability that there is also artistic processing.
According to the various tests she has passed over for more than a year, although there are gods and magic, all kinds of incredible powers, and all kinds of magical alien spaces, even if they are alien planes, in essence, this world should still be a planet.
Since this world is a planet, the sun is naturally a star.
Although the gods of this world are indeed powerful, to be honest, Charlotte does not think that they can really compare to the stars.
At best, they are just some powerful creatures with extraordinary powers far beyond mortals.
Taking herself as an example, she is already a demigod who has fused with the faceless god statue, and the demigod is already a myth, and her true ancestor has the combat power of a "saint" after liberation.
But even with the power of the "Sage", let alone devouring the sun, I am afraid that it will not be possible to destroy the entire continent.
At most, it is only by brute force to destroy the civilization on the entire continent.
But that's also on the premise that there are no myths to hinder it, and it takes a lot of time.
As for devouring the sun?
Charlotte really couldn't imagine it.
If a true god can do that, then a demigod doesn't deserve to be called a myth.
In her opinion, the so-called "devouring of the sun" is more likely to "block out the sun" with some kind of magic.
As for the Blood Moon, it is indeed very likely to be related to the True Ancestor.
It wasn't a blood moon embodied in Charlotte's spiritual world.
It's a blood moon in the truest sense of the word.
In fact, even today, the people of the Miriath Continent still see the Blood Moon from time to time.
And every appearance of a blood moon means a short-term upsurge in mana concentration and a high degree of activity in elemental power.
Whenever a Blood Moon appears, it is the time when the mages are most excited, and while the restless magic of the Blood Moon is easy to make people go berserk, it also allows the caster to better resonate with the magic and the elements.
The same goes for Charlotte.
She had already experienced a Blood Moon when she first crossed over, and now that she had crossed over two years, she had seen a Blood Moon twenty-four times.
That's right, twenty-four times.
In the world of Miria, a Blood Moon appears once a month, lasting anywhere from a few minutes to tens of minutes, before disappearing.
When the Blood Moon appeared, Charlotte could also feel the enhancement of her own strength, and under the light of the Blood Moon, her strength could even double again, reaching four times that of the day!
At the same time, under the blood moon, she could fully feel the throbbing in the depths of her blood, as if the power in her bloodline was resonating with the blood moon in the sky, calling hungrily......
Combined with the information she had read from Albrecht's memories in the past two days, Charlotte had some other guesses.
Today's blood moon once a month, could it be...... Is it also a remnant of the power of the True Ancestor 1,500 years ago?
So, does this Advent day mean that the sun's rays are once again obscured?
It is the return of the gods......
Or is it the return of the true ancestor of blood?
Inexplicably, Charlotte felt a little uneasy in her heart.
The prophecy of Advent was so vague that even Albrecht's memory contained limited information.
The only thing that is certain is that the sleeping gods seem to be waiting for this day as well.
Regardless of who the true Blood Ancestor in history was, what Charlotte could be sure of at the moment was that the existence that currently occupied the status of the "True Ancestor" was herself.
This is Charlotte's realization after successfully fusing the faceless god and determining her current true state.
Even if the true Blood True Ancestor is someone else, after the other party returns, he can only compete with her for the title.
And whether it is the return of the true ancestor or the return of the gods, it is a huge threat or variable for her at the moment.
No, it's not just her, it's true for many of Miria's forces.
This is true of the Ness Clan, this is true of the Crescent Moon Kingdom, and even the Holy Court.
Some forces are looking forward to the return of their gods, but others do not want to see the revival of their gods.
But no matter which force it is, they are all invariably improving their own strength.
Thinking of this, Charlotte sighed slightly.
She felt that her growth rate was still too slow.
Charlotte has always been conservative, even if she has become the "True Ancestor of Blood", she has not developed her faith on a large scale, let alone co-opted or created bloodlines on a large scale.
Charlotte is very cautious, she is different from the Blood Demon Order, the Blood Demon Order is barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, everyone shouts and beats, and can develop its power unscrupulously, and only the Holy Court is really liquidating them, even if it is other bloodlines, they are just too lazy to deal with them, despising more than hostile.
But she had all sorts of concerns.
She is not only a "true ancestor", but also a nobleman, the ruler of the Northlands, the Blood Demon Order can be discovered countless times and destroyed countless times, but their strongholds are like rats in the sewers, which can be revived again and again.
But Charlotte is different.
If her identity is revealed, the Northland will be devastated, not only from the Divine Court, but also from other bloods.
And once everything about her is exposed, she will become a fate similar to that of the Blood Demon Order, or even more difficult than the Blood Demon Order.
Even if her blood is stronger, her enemies will be more, and it is entirely possible that she will be invincible.
Charlotte hadn't gone crazy yet, she was enjoying her life and didn't want to be a rat like the Blood Demon Order.
So, Charlotte has always been cautious.
Her original plan was to expand her power in the world little by little, at least in the world, she first had the strength to not be afraid of other forces, and then secretly accumulate strength to imperceptibly infiltrate and influence other blood clans.
This plan can't be said to be wrong, it's just that Charlotte was slow to do it before.
It's also because bloodlines have an endless lifespan.
There is no limit to life, there is no urgency in time.
Although Charlotte is under pressure, the pressure has not reached the point where she has to give it her all, so she has always been in a comfortable state.
Even, she paid more attention to the identity of Count Castel than the identity of the True Ancestor of Blood, so much so that she spent more time on noble exchanges.
It's also because she hasn't found a way to step into mythology and develop the role of faith before.
Now that she thinks about it, she's a little too much of what she doesn't need.
"We need to speed up the pace, on the secular side, we must further consolidate the rule of the Northland, develop the power of the secular realm, take the Northland as the foundation, develop my faith as soon as possible, and strengthen the power of my myth."
"At the same time, we must also step up infiltration within the bloodline, win over those bloodlines who can be wooed, confirm my true ancestor identity, and stabilize my 'true ancestor' status!"
Charlotte muttered to herself.
Knowing the news of Advent Day, Charlotte's mood also became urgent.
Originally, because of the rapid end of the Central Committee's meeting, she also planned to stay in Lutesia for a while, appreciate and appreciate the customs, visit various nobles, eat and drink, and "travel" well, and then go back after a month or two.
But now, she doesn't have the interest in these plays.
The High Priest of the New Moon will also reorganize the discipline of the Church because of the imminent Advent Day, even if the Holy Court is already strong enough to be a great beneficiary of the return of the gods......
So, what about her when the situation is unfavorable?
As soon as she thought of this, Charlotte wanted to fly back to the Northland immediately and hurry up her pace.
With this eagerness, Charlotte politely declined the invitations of most nobles to salons and banquets.
In the end, she only attended the celebratory salon held for her by the Duke of the Moon Protector.
Of course, this is also the salon where the great nobles of the Crescent Moon accept the Castel family, officially meet the Castel family, and agree on extraordinary trade and future cooperation.
There weren't a lot of nobles attending the dinner, but one by one, at least they were the counts of the Crescent Kingdom, and they were those well-known counts with more fiefdoms.
Although certainly not as rich and powerful as Charlotte, it is not comparable to those little earls below the dukedom.
And the duke, half of the nine dukes of the kingdom came, except for those who were opposed to the king, everyone else who could come, including the Duke of Violet, who had a war with Charlotte.
Charlotte renounced her oath to the royal family, swore allegiance to the royal family, and continued to maintain a declaration of celibacy, which was seen by many opposition nobles as a symbol of her agreement with the royal family and her disobedience to the royal family.
Charlotte didn't have much to say about it.
The Day of Advent is approaching, and if everything is true, then at that time, the vast majority of the forces in this world will become pawns.
Including these nobles with whom she interacted.
She doesn't care what the chess piece thinks, as long as it doesn't affect her future development and doesn't block her, it's enough.
Unconsciously, Charlotte's mentality also changed a little.
"It's a pity, Your Excellency Castel, I originally wanted to invite you to stay in the royal capital for a while longer, and there are many nobles who want to meet you and talk about future cooperation."
Hearing that Charlotte was preparing to leave the royal capital in the near future, the Duke of Moon Protector said regretfully.
"I'm sorry, Lord Anluo, not long after the end of the Northland War, there are still many things that need to be dealt with by me personally, and this time I came to participate in the Central Committee meeting, which was originally a last resort."
Charlotte said apologetically.
After saying that, she smiled again:
"However, although I am planning to leave, I would like to welcome you to the Northland, the Castel family, and I look forward to working with you."
Listening to Charlotte's words, the nobles laughed, and everyone raised their glasses in unison:
"Your Excellency Earl Castel, then...... Just wish us a happy cooperation! โ
The extraordinary trade agreements with the kingdom's major noble lords went well.
Charlotte doesn't even need to be physically involved, Sebas can take care of everything.
After all, Mithril is a hard currency in the transcendent realm, and without the restrictions of the royal power contract, Charlotte's side is completely a seller's market, and there is no need to worry about trading channels at all.
After a salon, the Castel family can be regarded as integrating into the highest-end aristocratic circle of the Crescent Kingdom.
At the same time, the royal family also sent a contract for the distribution of extraordinary resources.
After seeing the contract, Charlotte further understood why the noble lords of various kingdoms also supported the royal family's "monopoly" of the supernatural resources of the Crescent Kingdom.
It turned out that more than half of the extraordinary resources handed over to the royal family by various nobles were taken out by the royal family and redistributed to various direct vassal lords.
As for Charlotte's share, it was divided from the Duchy of Boulder and the shares that originally belonged to the Third Prince, as well as from the shares of other immediate vassals who were recovered.
As for the overall proportions...... It is 2% of the transcendent resources handed over by all direct vassals.
This percentage is lower than the minimum percentage of the Duke rank of 3% specified in the contract, but higher than the maximum percentage of the Earl's rate of 1%.
If you want to count the proportion of extraordinary resources handed over to the royal family by the vassals directly under the entire Crescent Kingdom, then the value of 2% is probably close to two percent of the output of Castell's Mithril.
In other words, with this contract, the real division of the mine between the royal family and the Castells family has actually changed from seven to three to five.
Moreover, the other two percent that the Castel family got were not Mithril, but various transcendent resources equivalent to Mithril.
"No wonder the nobles all want to become direct vassals, if the Crescent Kingdom is compared to a company, only direct vassals are eligible to become shareholders."
Looking at the contract sent by the royal family, Charlotte sighed.
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Charlotte was pleased with the conclusion of the Extraordinary Trade Agreement and the Extraordinary Resource Compact.
After completing this one, her biggest purpose of coming to Lutesia this time has been achieved.
Beyond that, though, she had one last place to go.
"Sebas, get ready for the carriage, I'm going to the Royal Library."
Charlotte closed the supernatural resource contract sent by the royal family and said to the elven butler.
I'm sorry.,Addicted to anime last night.,Watching crazy.,Didn't update _(:ะท"โ )_