Fire-protecting city.

In the study room of the palace, the highest level of the country were gathering to discuss matters.

The maids and waiters stood outside, and the ministers inside came forward one after another to summarize the past year.

"The taxes paid by each province last year, the taxes from each port city, plus the royal alchemy workshop, plus..."

The Kingdom's Finance Minister reported this year's tax situation to His Majesty the King for several hourglasses of time before stopping.

"King, last year's taxes were more than ever before, more than all the gods' kings in the past."

This is of course true. When the King of Gods was in power, the entire Suinhor was a city-state union. How could it compare to Morabi's current situation?

King Morabi: "We will increase our efforts this year. We will not only introduce alchemists and tower keepers, but also train the kingdom's own alchemists and tower keepers."

"Similarly, we should also train the next generation of deed lawyers."

"Concerning the cultivation of Warcraft and the establishment of the Demon Knight Academy, we should also communicate more with the Harvest Temple."

Since King Morabi became the first mortal king of Suinhor, he went through a struggle with the Red Patriarch Munro and witnessed the conclusion of the contract of the gods.

He introduced alchemists, tower keepers, appointed deed lawyers, revised the code of law, thoroughly implemented the provincial system, and improved the tax system.

After many struggles, he finally secured this position as a mortal.

It is estimated that only he himself can feel the risks and hardships involved.

You can feel it from the white hair that appears on King Morabi's head and the wrinkles that have appeared in recent years.

After listening to the reports of various ministers, King Morabi finally looked at the minister in charge of the royal family.

"How are things going over there in Monroe?"

"Is there any movement?"

Monroe's influence in Suinhall was so strong that he once influenced and controlled the royal power, and Morabi could not help but pay attention to it from time to time.

The royal minister immediately spoke: "Recently, the Temple of Life, the Temple of Miracles, and the Temple of Knowledge are competing with each other for faith and are constantly building temples in various cities."

"At the same time, they are not the only ones under the Temple of Life. Recently, the Moonlight Temple, the Natural Disaster of Destruction, and the Starlight Ascetic Order are also constantly expanding their power and influence. At the same time, they are looking for seeds that can become witches.

Although Monroe is suppressing them, he does not dare to actually expel them."

Having said this, the royal minister in charge smiled involuntarily.

If you want to defeat an enemy, sometimes you just need to create enough enemies for him.

"Now our Patriarch is in dire straits. He is no longer able to stop so many forces joining forces to enter Suinhall."

"However, recently it is said that Patriarch Monroe has changed his strategy. He is using his own power to send more divine attendants to various places, build more temples and shrines, and has even begun to send missionary ships overseas."

The Scarlet Goddess has the most followers. The wealth and power the temple possesses can only be compared to the lineage of the God of Desire and Alchemy in the Land of the Rising Sun. Now that they are fully activated, no one can match their number of people and money.

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King Morabi nodded with satisfaction: "Monroe seems to have finally understood what his strongest point is and what he should do."

"He also sent missionary ships overseas?"

"Are the Eweirs from the New World willing to share their nautical charts and their navigation skills?"

The royal minister in charge: "He spent a lot of money and granted several of the Elvirs the inheritance of magical seeds, promising that they would enter the kingdom of God after their death."

"The Scarlet Temple has been taking a lot of action lately, and it is constantly creating powerful people by granting magical seeds."

"rumor……"

King Morabi asked: "What are the rumors?"

The royal minister said: "There are rumors that a new extraordinary profession may be born."

"And those who have obtained the seeds of divine magic now may be the reserve army of new extraordinary professions in the future."

King Morabi nodded, but didn't pay too much attention.

As long as Monroe no longer focuses on him, but on missionary work and faith.

Sometimes people are driven by inertia and past forces.

Since ancient times, these words have been able to lock a person's consciousness and make it impossible to escape.

Monroe had always thought about inheriting the glory of the King of Gods, but now when his horizons opened, he suddenly realized that he was compared with the King of Gods and Suinhor.

There is a wider world out there with more infinite possibilities.

King Morabi took one last look at everyone: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"If not, that would be the end of the day."

The royal minister stood up again and talked about something.

"Recently, the Governor of Moonlight Province, Anu, created a magical item called the Ancestral Totem Pole!"

This was the first time King Morabi heard about this incident and this name.

"Ancestral Totem Pole?"

"What's the meaning?"

The royal minister told King Morabi: "I heard that Governor Anu used this totem pole to prove that he could turn lizard people into snake people at the god worship ceremony, which shocked everyone present at the time."

"He said in front of all the citizens of Moonlight City that snake-men are all descended from lizards. He said that snake-men, lizard-men, winged men and all beasts in the world have the same ancestor."

"We are said to be one body, and we are all called human beings."

"The name of the ancestor's totem pole comes from the ancestor he mentioned."

King Morabi laughed and nodded.

"His statement is somewhat interesting. Maybe he discovered something."

"And the props created can actually turn lizard-men into snake-men. It's incredible."

Then he raised his head and asked: "Just turn the lizard man into a snake man?"

The royal minister added: "No, Governor Anu also turned a snake man into a lizard man on the spot!"

King Morabi was silent for a while, and then came back to his senses after a while.

"That's it?"

"nothing else?"

The Royal Chamberlain: "There is nothing else for the time being."

He waved everyone away, and King Morabi then picked up all the documents on the table and read them.

Those are the various national policies he has insisted on implementing over the years, and now he is finally watching them come to fruition one by one, or may have begun.

"I have really done everything from weakening the territory to regaining power, provincial system, code and system reform, and taxation."

King Morabi laughed, got up and walked around in the study.

There was a bit of pride and pride on his face.

He suddenly remembered the scene when Osis left, and he pointed at himself and said in front of everyone.

"The rest will be left to you."

"Now this is your kingdom, and it is also a mortal kingdom."

Morabi believes that if he can stand in front of the other party again, he can hold his head up proudly.

"Your Majesty Ossis!"

"Look, I built the Kingdom of Suinhor into what you want it to be."

He was so excited that it was a pity that he couldn't find the time when he really wanted to talk.

Only when he looked in the mirror and saw himself in the mirror, Morabi's smile gradually stopped.

What he saw was not a young and strong middle-aged man, but an aging snake man.

He suddenly realized.

No matter how high his status is, no matter how many people kneel before him.

He is always just an ordinary mortal, a mortal who is no longer young and is getting older.

"It's a pity that I'm not you, I'm not a god."

"I am just a mortal body, and I will eventually turn into dust in the years."

"It's hard for me to see a future for Suinhall."

"But I will let you see, and let you in the future see, what a great kingdom I have left behind."

Morabi left the mirror and returned to the table.

It was already dark, so he lit the lamp and still read the letters from all sides.

The older we get, the more time feels fleeting.

The more I want to seize the time, the more I want to accomplish everything I can.
To be continued...