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Aria was in a very good mood at this time. She originally wanted to rely on her own strength as a top-level Castle Lords to build her own empire, declare war against the Castle Lords, snatch the God King's Throne and become a God Queen but she soon understood her own powerlessness.
Since she wasn't strong enough, she decided to use her charm and become Haru's concubine. She had understood his character well and knew that once she became his woman, he would treat her well and make her a Goddess.
Aria thought of her sisters' request and asked, "The members of the Sisterhood Collective hope that Your Majesty can allow them to visit the Angel City through teleportation arrays. If possible, some of them even wish to settle in the Great Aetherium and become your subordinates. In addition, members of the Holy Angel Alliance have the same wish!"
If the Allied Forces hadn't declared war on the Great Aetherium, even more Castle Lords, even the ones from far away regions and Rangers would've wanted to settle in the Great Aetherium because it was simply that strong.
But now that the whole Beast God Pantheon of Faith and the Allied Forces with a billion troops were attacking them, who would dare to align themselves with this apparent 'sinking ship'. They were even glad that Haru hadn't distributed these residence rights otherwise they would've gotten involved in this war for nothing.
Haru was sitting on top of his throne, looked at Aria with a smile and asked, "How did you reply?"
Aria said, "I just said that His Majesty will consider this after the war is over."
"Good." Haru nodded slightly. Not waiting for Aria to speak he continued, "There is no space for them to develop if they came here. After the end of this war, the native forces of the Endless Prairies and the Andes Highlands will all be rooted out. Even my Royal Army will start expanding north to further develop."
In the north of Dark Forest was the Death Swamp which also had a large number of local forces and wild monsters, great hunting grounds for the Royal Army's mortal troops.
After hearing Haru's words, Aria also stopped mentioning this matter and said, "Congratulations Your Majesty, once this war is over, you will be the sole ruler of Dark Forest, Endless Prairies and Andes Highlands."
But Haru shook his head, "The western side of the Endless Prairies is a big desert with little value. Instead, continuing south from the Andes Highlands towards the Endless Sea is the better expansion route."
The Endless Sea region, which comprised many large and small islands, also had many local forces and the Herculean Mermen Clan also lived there. In addition, there were many Castle Lords in that region.
Aria was silent for a moment and added, "If Your Majesty wants to carry out naval warfare, we will need warships! I heard that there are a few Castle Lords who have descended on islands and have gotten blueprints to create warships."
Hearing these words, Haru was pleasantly surprised, "Naval wars?"
"Yes!" Aria nodded and continued, "These warships are driven by the magic power of Magic Crystals and Power Stones. Most of them are made of wood but a few powerful ones are made of metal. All of them are equipped with magic cannons and their speed is also very fast, reaching thousands of kilometers per hour!"
Haru said, "Not bad."
Although they were really fast for other Castle Lords, compared to his Astral City or the Dwarven Airships, this speed was not worth mentioning. After all, flying and sailing are two different things.
Aria said, "I heard that there are powerful top Castle Lords who have formed their own fleets, declaring themselves pirates and they plunder the local forces from time to time, using the Guerrilla tactics but some of them have given themselves these weird titles like 'Whitebeard' or 'Straw Hat'."
Haru said with a smile, "Hahaha! It seems they are also men of culture. Anyways, you are so knowledgeable."
Aria looked at Haru and said with a smile, "As you know, my intelligence network is all over the world as I'm sure my friend list is the largest among top-level Castle Lords. Of course, if you are jealous, I can delete them all."
"That's not necessary." Haru waved his hand, "Information is strength."
Aria looked at Haru with a slightly annoyed expression. She would've been happy if he was jealous but come on, she didn't even break into the top 100 most beautiful women under Haru's command and he wasn't some idiot young master. He knew the value of information far better than most people.
"We'll talk about ships later." Haru was not very enthusiastic about this topic as his Dwarven craftsmen could easily build warships themselves and he could always send King Tier, Saint Tier and Demigod Tier troops who could fly to conquer that territory. Besides, he still had airships, didn't he?
His Dwarven Forgemaster Thrandor and the others have currently built dozens of airships, each equipped with cannons, stronger than a Saints attack.
If it wasn't for the fact that the enemies killed by airships wouldn't provide exp, he would've already sent out his Royal Army to mount the airships and destroy the Allied Forces' mortal troops.
Haru said, "I asked my Angels to arrange accommodation for you and your troops. In about two or three more hours, the Allied Forces will arrive near Angel City."
"Okay!" Aria nodded. With that, she left the palace hall under Haru's watchful eyes.
After Aria left, Haru took out the Scepter of Sovereignty from his consciousness and looked at its status:
(T/N - Natal Artifacts can be stored in the Gods consciousness.)
[Scepter of Sovereignty]
[Owner: Lord of the Aetherium Kingdom, the 'Divine King' Kazehaya Haru]
[Type: Growth Artifact]
[Grade: Top-level Lower True God Tier Artifact]
[Description: This is an artifact exclusive to the strongest Kings and Emperors. Only the strongest Lords of thousands of planets are qualified to own it. It is a symbol of strength!]
[Divine Power: 100 Points]
[Effect 1: Can mobilize one-tenth of the power of the kingdom's subjects for the monarch to use! (Note: This effect can be improved)]
[Effect 2: Under the influence of the Scepter of Sovereignty, the loyalty of the Kingdom's subjects increases to the maximum! (Note: This effect does not apply to Castle Lords and Rangers.)]
[Effect 3: Increase the collection speed of the power of faith]
[Effect 4: …]
[Effect 5: …]
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[Upgrade requirement: 1,000 Divine Crystals]
[Next Grade: Low-level Intermediate God Tier Artifact]
[Special Reminder: The more population the kingdom has, the more powerful the Scepter of Sovereignty becomes!]
"My Natal Artifact can finally be upgraded." Haru looked at the scepter in his hand and couldn't help but feel excited. When he had just become a God, the power of this growth-type Divine Artifact was still quite powerful but now, compared to Haru's own strength, the scepter seemed lackluster.
Haru himself could release more than 10,000 points of Divine Power, a full hundred times that of the Scepter of Sovereignty. Without hesitation, Haru immediately popped up the upgrade prompt for the scepter.
[Divine Crystal reserves are abundant. Do you want to consume one thousand Divine Crystals to upgrade the Scepter of Sovereignty to low-level Intermediate God Tier Artifact?]
[Yes] [No]
Haru chose [Yes] and in an instant, the scepter in his hand erupted in a brilliant golden light. It wasn't until nearly ten minutes had passed that the light gradually dissipated. At the same time, a more powerful Divine Aura was released from the scepter, far stronger than before, about ten times higher.
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