"Purge Protocol? No way, does this actually work?"
Ron looked at the text on the screen, his expression becoming a bit strange.
"Where did this 'Purge Disaster' come from... Did Herta come up with such an abstract name herself?"
Ron roasted her silently in his heart, then immediately clicked open the protocol introduction on the screen, carefully analyzing everything within this detailed document...
Then, Ron was amused.
Herta is truly Herta. She used a complex protocol to easily solve the internal contradictions within the Sword of Salvation—or rather, she shifted the internal contradictions of the Sword of Salvation elsewhere.
She found a perfect enemy for all members of the "Sword of Salvation," completely diverting the contradictions that might still exist internally—those stirred up by Phantylia—and pushing everyone to unite against the outside.
She wrote a lot of high-sounding rhetoric in the protocol, asserting that as practitioners of the [Salvation] Path, everyone on New Belobog has experienced world-ending disasters. They, who walked out of despair, know best how great a threat these disasters pose to civilizations in the universe.
To practice the [Salvation] Path and carry out the will of [Salvation] Ron, there naturally must be an organization to systematically perform [Salvation] and eliminate the countless disasters in this Star Sea...
To do this perfectly, one must first clarify one's enemy—
In the protocol, Herta determined levels for threats in the universe, prescribing disaster levels for countless calamities... The "Sword of Salvation" has an obligation to clean up any disaster, with priority ranging from high to low, corresponding to the disaster levels.
Disaster levels are divided from one to thirty. From civilizations with poor diplomatic relations to the Antimatter Legion and Abominations of Abundance enslaving the Star Seas, the difference between each level is distinct—and the Antimatter Legion possesses extremely clear specificity.
In Herta's rating system, the Antimatter Legion is the only disaster that reaches Disaster Level 30, designated as a target needing immediate cleaning. Otherwise, it will inevitably threaten the entire Star Sea and affect New Belobog's great cause of "Salvation"...
Ron naturally knew this was nonsense. Clearly, Herta just wanted to find a perfect opposing enemy for the Sword of Salvation, and borrow the power of the Sword of Salvation to continuously weaken the power of [The Destruction], attempting to thoroughly split it into a fragment and swallow it into the [Salvation] Path.
Moreover, it wasn't just Ron; even the New Belobogians in the simulation probably weren't unclear about the deeper reasons. They likely knew in their hearts this was nonsense...
After all, it hadn't been long since the Antimatter Legion invaded New Belobog. They were wiped out by Ron with a single sword slash, thoroughly devastated. No matter how you look at it, they couldn't compare to the Borisin who similarly ravage the Star Seas. Listing them as Level 30 was inevitably because Herta did it intentionally—
But... although everyone knew clearly in their hearts that Herta just found an excuse, absolutely no one would choose to refute Herta.
Ron understood that this obviously unfair "Purge Protocol" would definitely be accepted by everyone with pleasure. No one would refuse to sign their name on it...
The current New Belobog is forging ahead aggressively. They need a clear enemy to vent their excess energy and gain enough power to practice the [Salvation] Path—
The previous war didn't cause much loss to New Belobog because the consequences and losses were borne by Ron alone. And now that the entire New Belobog has heavily returned to the great chessboard of the Star Sea, Ron has planted a Seed of Hope in all their hearts. Everyone has an extremely strong desire for the concept of practicing [Salvation], even to the point where they could be incited by Phantylia to split apart...
There is actually an extremely clear underlying reason for this—insufficient power.
After Ron saved New Belobog, the entire Star Sea cast greedy eyes upon it. If not for Herta turning the tide and reaching an agreement with the IPC and the Family, New Belobog would clearly still be powerless to resist, becoming a chaotic treasure trove for many forces to explore the legacy of the Aeon.
Everyone understands this fact in their hearts... and the more they understand, the more they thirst to practice the concept of [Salvation], to obtain enough power from the [Salvation] Path so that the Seeds of Hope Ron planted can take root and sprout, giving them the confidence to stand on their own in the great chessboard of the Star Sea.
Now, the "Purge Protocol" brought out by Herta not only allows the masses to practice the [Salvation] Path, but also—because the way of practicing the Path is relatively radical—regardless of whether they are moderates or extremists, after they sign the "Purge Protocol," as long as they attempt to curb disasters for [Salvation], they will eventually walk thoroughly toward the extreme of the Path.
As long as a period of time passes, the ideological differences within the "Sword of Salvation" will eventually be completely eliminated. After everyone becomes an extremist, the hierarchy will naturally be united as one, no longer having to consider internal divisions and contradictions...
Ron looked at the complex "Purge Protocol" on the screen and couldn't help but nod in satisfaction—
Herta's method is truly reassuring. If Ron had any room to operate in the simulation, he feared he would make a similar choice, attempting to let the members of "Sword of Salvation" obtain more power in the [Salvation] Path, attempting to use warlike means to weaken the already weak Antimatter Legion...
Finally, pursue victory, attempting to lead troops to kill the Lord Ravagers of the Antimatter Legion—
Emanators of [The Destruction] have always been loners. A situation like the previous attack on New Belobog, where so many Lord Ravagers appeared at once, is extremely rare, only happening because [The Destruction] Nanook personally gave the order.
And now that Nanook needs to recuperate from injuries, the Lord Ravagers likely only have the possibility of leading their own subordinates like headless flies, rampaging through the Star Sea alone...
Then, even if there is currently only one Emanator on the [Salvation] Path, by defeating them one by one, there is also a not-small chance of the weak winning against the strong...
"Feeling... like the success rate is getting higher the more I think about it?"
Ron looked at the text on the screen, thoughtfully rubbing his chin.
"Could it be there's a possibility of Deicide? Herta seems to want to pull off some extraordinary operations..."
Ron muttered to himself, looking at the screen in front of him with interest. Seeing the text on the screen gradually fade, new subtitles emerged:
[The appearance of the Purge Protocol threw the entire Round Table Hall into heated debate for a time...]
[The crowd began to argue, debating whether this protocol was necessary to sign, whether the current New Belobog has the ability to oppose these enemies, and whether they possess the capability to clear disasters—]
[Among them, a small number of moderate Salvation Knights opposed most fiercely. For instance, Bronya, the Third Seat of the Salvation Knights. In her eyes, New Belobog indeed needs to practice the concept of [Salvation], but it definitely shouldn't be this crazy, this extreme. Instead, it should be done gradually, starting from the micro.]
[She believes there should be a certain amount of development first, letting the Sword of Salvation lineage absorb [Salvation] Pathstriders from other civilizations in the universe. When their power grows strong enough to defeat these disasters, then sign this protocol and invest energy into the suppression of Star Sea calamities...]
[But her idea suffered severe rebuttal from the extremists.]
[In the view of the extremists, thoroughly practicing the extreme concept of the Sword of Salvation is the best way to develop—what better way to develop than to obtain grace from the Path itself and constantly move forward on the Path?]
[In this Star Sea, there are similarly civilizations that obtained enough power under the gaze and grace of an Aeon... The Xianzhou Alliance implements the will of [The Hunt]. Not only did they obtain the gaze and grace of The Hunt, Lan, but they are also unimpeded on the Path of [The Hunt], similarly obtaining the Path's generous grace.]
[And how similar is the current situation of New Belobog to the Xianzhou Alliance? Although your [Salvation] Aeon belonging to them has completely fallen, the legacy left behind—the broken [Salvation] Path—can still bring endless power.]
[Although compared to the Xianzhou Alliance which possesses a complete Path and a living Aeon, the current New Belobog can only be considered a much weaker, degraded version, but the Xianzhou Alliance is a jewel of a precedent...]
[New Belobog may not necessarily be unable to learn from them...]
[Finally, under the full promotion of Seele, Cocolia, and other Knights of the extreme faction, the moderate Knights who were originally relatively rejecting of the Purge Protocol finally gave up their persistence and helplessly signed the protocol.]
[The Purge Protocol passed unanimously in the Round Table Hall, and what followed was its immediate promotion to the entire "Sword of Salvation" sect—]
[All [Salvation] Pathstriders who joined the "Sword of Salvation" sect happily signed this protocol...]
[At this point, the divergence and obstacles in ideals completely disappeared. New Belobog was temporarily united as one, gearing up and making preparations to step into a new era—]
[And Herta did not fail their expectations... Under her careful planning, the era belonging to war has arrived.]
The text on the screen slowly faded, and a new scene floated up on the display:
Standing in the brilliant Round Table Hall, Herta was simply reviewing the simple reforms she made during this period.
Because the war against the Antimatter Legion was approaching, to solve the problem of rewards for military merit, Herta restructured the internal ranks of the "Sword of Salvation," re-establishing the twelve Salvation Knights of the Round Table Hall as "Grand Knights," and devolving the Knight rank, giving everyone the opportunity to rely on military merit to be promoted to Salvation Knight.
Furthermore, every Salvation Knight has the opportunity to obtain a "Knight Fiefdom"...
The population on New Belobog is scarce. Whether it is the vast outskirts of the Ideal City or planets that might be conquered—or are currently being ravaged by the Antimatter Legion—they will all eventually become territories that Salvation Knights can exchange for using military merit.
This is not only a reward to motivate all members of "Sword of Salvation" to fight with full force, but also Herta's method of external expansion and colonization...
The current population of New Belobog is indeed too scarce, but relatively speaking, the concept of [Salvation] is extremely aggressive—
When Ron ascended, he gathered the Fires of Hope of those who longed for a savior. Before falling, he returned the Hope of [Salvation] to them... This matter was definitely not futile work.
Ron's action affected the entire Star Sea. Civilizations living in stability are fine and won't be affected much... but civilizations affected by world-ending disasters, almost in despair, have now thoroughly changed into Ron's shape.
Among them, Seeds of Hope have already been planted in the hearts of those longing for a savior. With just a little guidance, they become Pathstriders of [Salvation]—
And as long as they are Pathstriders of [Salvation], in Herta's view, they can be considered citizens of New Belobog.
The differences between species are not important. As long as everyone holds the concept of [Salvation], we are all good brothers from another mother...
When the time comes, as long as some elite Salvation Knights who can obtain military merit are sent to lead and integrate those civilizations that have thoroughly collapsed under the trample of the Antimatter Legion, they will always be merged under New Belobog's political power, providing new living forces for New Belobog.
As for whether there will be civilizations unwilling to merge their own civilization into other civilizations, even if saved from the [Destruction] of the Antimatter Legion, still unwilling to appreciate the kindness...
Herta is not Ron. She is an Emanator, not an Aeon. She doesn't have such heavy moral constraints of the Path—
You got the benefits but don't want to fulfill the obligation of resisting disasters as a follower of [Salvation]? Where in the world is there such a good thing?
After thoroughly determining the new military system and expansion method, Herta finally opened the star map and looked at a spot marked early on the star map... Mendoker-I.
That is a planet only a few dozen light-years away from Jarilo-VI. Herta observed that it is being ravaged by the Legion. The primitive civilization on the planet is being devoured little by little like an ant colony by the Legion's march, resisting bit by bit...
Here, it is suspected that a Lord Ravager once laid down a war plan, then handed the command authority to a subordinate, leading the majority of the Legion molecules to another civilized planet to exercise [Destruction]—
Now, with no Emanator-level combat power and being incomparably close, Mendoker-I is exactly the best choice for the "Sword of Salvation" to test its sword...
Herta will lead the "Sword of Salvation" on an expedition, thoroughly eliminating all possibility of failure.
Reviewing the plan several times in her heart, Herta rang the great bell of the Round Table Hall. The bell resonated through the entire New Belobog. The soldiers who had prepared long ago rushed out of the atmosphere, transferred at the Star Port, and boarded the starships that had landed long ago...
Subsequently, the grand army moved out—
Pointing directly at [The Destruction]!
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