Aishara, Lumborghárt Palace.
Prince Alex, who looked to be in his sixties, toured the capital as usual before preparing to rest.
He is the only Sequence 3 "Chaos Hunter" in the Remnburg royal family. Because the seven orthodox churches have signed an agreement that the king's level cannot exceed Sequence 5, there is a demigod prince in the palace in addition to a king who handles political affairs.
The entirety of Azshara belongs to Prince Alex, who can obtain information about many secrets within his territory through certain abilities via the "Arbitrator" pathway.
He is the de facto ruler of the capital.
Just as Prince Alex was about to return to his bedroom, he suddenly turned around and looked behind him. In the living room, which had been empty a moment ago, appeared a woman with a somewhat heroic air about her.
She stared at Prince Alex silently, as if he were a dead man.
Prince Alex immediately opened the iron box he carried with him and took out a level 0 sealed artifact in the possession of the Remnantburg royal family: "You still have a chance to escape before the church's angels arrive."
"They won't be coming," Bernadette said coldly, suddenly appearing in the living room. "The Remnburg royal family has long been abandoned."
Prince Alex's eyes widened: "How dare you slander the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom!"
Bernadette stopped talking nonsense and with a wave of her hand, the ground beneath Prince Alex's feet transformed into a stream of information.
The stream of information surged upwards, as if it were about to devour the entire Prince Alex.
The prince immediately used the sealing artifact to "distort" his position, but he was still a little too slow. His shoes turned into a stream of information, and he stood barefoot on the ground.
The sealed artifact in his hand was the Sequence 2 of the "Lawyer" pathway, "Duke of Entropy." Unfortunately, the Remburg royal family was not an angelic family, had not seen the "Blasphemy Tablet," and did not know the potion recipe for "Duke of Entropy."
They had hoped that the Church of Knowledge could provide them with the recipe, but for centuries the Church of Knowledge had claimed that they did not know the potion recipe for the "Duke of Entropy".
The Remnburg royal family roughly understood that this was something the Church of Knowledge was unwilling to reveal, because among the "Southern and Central Kingdoms," the three major powers basically had three to four demigods, while the smaller kingdoms either had one demigod or only a Sequence 5.
Such a situation is well controlled by the Church, but if an angel suddenly appears in Remnantburg, the balance among the "nations" will be broken.
So the Remnburg royal family gave up, because even if they obtained the potion formula, they had no way to break the seal.
Upon realizing that his opponent was a genuine angel, the prince fled without hesitation.
But the moment he used the sealing artifact to leave, a flash of fire suddenly appeared before his eyes, which made him momentarily dazed. When he came to his senses, Bernadette had already pressed her left index finger against his forehead.
The Magic of Fairy Tales: The Little Match Girl!
Under Prince Alex's terrified gaze, his head suddenly turned into a stream of information, flew out of the window and through the door, and disappeared into the air.
The prince raised his hands and grabbed at himself haphazardly a few times before realizing that he didn't have a head.
However, the "Chaos Hunter" did not die immediately; his powerful spirit allowed the headless body to continue its escape.
At this point, he was no longer trying to escape, but rather to deliver the level 0 sealed artifact in his hand, along with his own extraordinary characteristics, to the other demigods in his family.
He was well aware that such an action might be meaningless, but he still had to try.
Just as the headless body escaped into the courtyard, a pale white carriage drove in from the main gate.
This carriage has a distinct southern continental style, with feathered serpent patterns carved on its body.
The horses pulling the carriage were ghostly horses with obvious sores on their bodies, the driver was a ghost with a severely rotting face, and two ghosts holding weapons stood on the back of the carriage.
As the pale white carriage passed the headless body, another ghost standing on the carriage reached out and ripped Prince Alex's soul from his body, dragging him toward the underworld amidst the prince's unwilling screams.
The headless corpse also lay in the yard.
The residence of Prince Berg.
The prince looked at the two demigods before him, a flicker of fear in his eyes.
The male of the two demigods is a Sequence 3, likely a "Master of Prophecy," and he possesses a Level 0 sealed artifact.
The woman was an "alchemist" who was killing other extraordinary beings in the mansion.
They are Dick and Afra from the Stiano family.
Prince Berg, who had already lost an arm in the battle, asked in an almost pleading tone, "Can you spare my daughter? She's only a Sequence 8."
Dick said coldly, "No."
Their orders were: kill all the extraordinary beings in the Remnantburg royal family, and spare not even half of the Sequence 9s.
At that moment, a voice shouted from the mansion gate: "I am Francis, a subordinate of Mr. Odis Gard. Monica, the daughter of Prince Berg, is my fiancée and is no longer a member of the royal family."
This Francis is a radical member who, in order to rescue Enoch and others who were trapped after assassinating Duke Bowen, kidnapped his fiancée, who was Prince Berg's daughter.
Upon hearing Francis's voice, Prince Berg finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Dick, saying, "Let's do it."
Sibalang, Dhirrah, Neva.
This state was a colony of Rembrandt.
Duke Price, the "Law Master" who lives in a vast plantation, is enjoying his dinner.
Suddenly, he sensed an unknown danger, so he jumped up and, while checking his surroundings, first jumped out of the window into the yard, and then leaped onto the roof.
For a moment, he was completely unaware of where the danger was.
Just then, Duke Price's thoughts became sluggish and his movements stiffened: Oh no, there's a "trickster"—
He struggled to break free from the control of the unknown, knowing full well that this was his only chance to survive.
Suddenly, a woman dressed in a mysterious long dress appeared in the courtyard, holding a staff and wearing a silver mask.
The mask has a design on its forehead that resembles the "High Priestess" card from the Tarot deck.
She raised her staff, which conjured an ancient-looking spear with clusters of dark red flames burning from tip to tip, and shot it toward the stiff-bodied Duke Price.
Mysterious Reappearance: The Spear of Longinus!
The spear struck Duke Price in the chest, piercing through the hole, but Duke Price could clearly feel it.
My entire chest and abdomen are rapidly collapsing, and my life is rapidly slipping away.
However, the intense pain also restored his freedom, and he immediately used the sealing artifact to open the entrance to the spirit world.
To his surprise, a man in formal attire was standing at the entrance to the spirit world. He wore a silk top hat and a silver mask with the word "World" on his forehead.
As Duke Price was momentarily stunned, his mind became sluggish again, and his movements stiffened once more.
Then, the man calmly entered the real world from the spirit world, extended his index finger, and an "air bomb" with the power of a coastal defense cannon exploded on Duke Price.
swell~
One "air bomb" after another struck Duke Price, blasting him backward and sending him flying through the air.
Finally, Duke Price's chest cavity was blown apart and his head was blown off his neck before Klein stopped controlling the demigod "Spirit Threads".
At that moment, a thunderclap suddenly resounded in the sky above Neva City. Klein looked in the direction of the thunder and guessed that Leonard was using the magical item he had bought from him, which was comparable to the "Ocean Singer".
Other members of the Tarot Club also joined in.
That night, not only were the demigods of Remburg attacked by two demigods each, but also by those of a higher order.
All the Extraordinary Ones of the Remnantburg Royal Family were subjected to a systematic attack, with only two mid-sequence Extraordinary Ones managing to escape by sheer chance.
After succeeding, most people immediately attacked the second group of targets. Other extraordinary members of the Remnantburg nobles were also systematically purged, with only the immediate family members of the radicals escaping unscathed.
At the same time these attacks occurred, in the King's Office.
When Conrad I saw Odis appear in his office and Prince Alex did not intervene, he roughly guessed that Prince Alex was probably in grave danger.
He took a deep breath and said, "I can abdicate."
Odis smiled and said, "I prefer to take responsibility and commit suicide rather than abdicate."
Conrad I was not particularly surprised, but said, "You killed the king; the nobles will not support you!"
"The nobility will be reformed," Odis said. "I will give them a choice: titles or nobility."
They either want an official position or a noble title.
"The noble titles will be reduced to mere titles, and they will no longer enjoy most of their current privileges."
Conrad I then realized why Odis had never cared about the opinions of the nobles; it was because he had no intention of keeping the noble class alive!
The king asked, "What is it that you really want?"
Odis smiled and said, "World peace."
"Then why did you still—why did you still launch a coup?"
"Don't you realize it?" Odis said, "Only by possessing the power to defeat all nations and forces..."
Only then can world peace be achieved.
He raised his hand, as if pulling on strings: "Alright, you should go to the underworld now."
Conrad I's body was instantly manipulated like a puppet, and he took out a pistol from the drawer and pointed it at his temple.
Fairy Tale Magic: Pinocchio the Puppet!
Odis asked the king, "Do you have any last words?"
Conrad I said, "You will regret this, you regicide."
Odis smiled and shook his head: "My friend, times have changed."
He then moved his index finger.
The bullet pierced the king's brain, creating a large hole. The king collapsed into his chair, blood flowing onto the soft carpet.
Odis also disappeared.
In a noble manor on the western outskirts of Azshara.
While collecting spoils of war, Odis was also distributing merits.
From the Battle of Clichy Pass to the present day, the continuous battles have given many of Odis's subordinates the opportunity for promotion.
The most eye-catching was the first mate Ndom on the "Dawn". He had already accumulated a lot of merits on the "Elemental Dawn" and had digested the potion.
Odis generously combined the merits he had awarded with those of the "Elemental Dawn," granting him the extraordinary characteristic of a "mystic."
In addition, many members of the Steiano family and the "Sword of Dawn" have also been promoted to "Mid-Sequence" Extraordinary. For example, Second Vice-President Rupert, after a series of recent battles, also obtained the "Winner" trait from Odis.
The "Life School" prepared a ceremony for him.
Finally, Bernadette gave Odis the two pieces of loot she had obtained: a level 0 sealed item and the "Chaos Hunter" trait.
Odis took the attribute but didn't want the level 0 sealed item: "Keep the sealed item."
Bernadette replied, "Keep it. I have a feeling that if this sealed artifact is in my hands, it will react badly with the other sealed artifact."
Odis did not refuse. He guessed that Bernadette was referring to the "genie." If this special sealed artifact came into contact with a level 0 sealed artifact of the "lawyer" pathway, there might indeed be some danger.
After dividing up the spoils of war on Azshara's side, Odis immediately went to Crus Island. In a meeting room on Lighthouse Hill, the other members of the Tarot Society had already arrived.
Everyone was wearing the same style of mask, except for the pattern on their foreheads.
These are a batch of masks uniformly produced by Odis, which have the effect of defending against mental and psychological attacks.
As Odis entered, she smiled and said, "This should be the largest gathering of our offline meetings ever."
Wearing a mask of "justice," Audrey smiled and said, "Yes, all that's missing is Mr. 'Fool' and 'The Sun.'"
Klein, wearing the "World" mask, sat there quietly, as if the conversation between the two had nothing to do with him.
Odis thought to himself: Actually, the "Fool" and the "World" came "together." Doesn't that sound terrifying?
Next, the spoils will be divided. Since the members of the Tarot Club are all here to "pay back their debts," all the extraordinary traits they have acquired will belong to Odis.
Most of them paid off the "debts" incurred during the information exchange at the Tarot meeting, and "The Hanged Man" Alger and "The Trial" Hugh each seized an additional sealed item.
As Odis had promised, the two sealed artifacts were their spoils of war.
After chatting for a while, Odis gave each member the masks they were wearing as souvenirs of the battle.
Then, he had "The Magician" Fors escort the other members back.
Odis rested for a while, then returned to the room prepared for him on Cruz Island and looked at the spoils of the day.
Tonight, we seized a large number of characteristics of the "arbitrator" and "lawyer" channels, as well as some characteristics of the "corpse collector" and "prisoner" channels.
The first two methods are characterized by the fact that the Lenburg royal family possessed incomplete potion recipes when the country was founded.
The latter two pathways are based on characteristics and potion recipes seized after colonizing the southern continent.
Lenburg is, after all, a small country. With new characteristics and potion recipes, it will naturally not hesitate to cultivate the corresponding extraordinary individuals, even though the "prisoner" route is not favored by the official extraordinary individuals.
However, on the other hand, although it is a small country, it has existed for hundreds of years and has accumulated some extraordinary achievements.
In addition to more than a hundred extraordinary properties, there are also more than a dozen sealed items.
These are just the sealed items handed over by the participating members; there are many other sealed items that they didn't hand over at all, intending to keep them for their own use.
The most important spoils were, of course, the three extraordinary properties at the demigod level, and the level 0 sealed artifact.
Odis first took the level 0 sealed artifact, which looked like a bloodstained medal. It allowed him to use most of the core abilities of the "Black Emperor" pathway, such as chaos, distortion, and weakening.
While the ability is good, the negative effects are also strong: wearing it can easily cause conceptual confusion, such as mistaking up for down, left for right, and front for back; one will be unable to resist destroying any cubes or cylinders encountered; and one's own attacks will randomly fall on teammates or oneself.
The first and second negative effects are not too serious, but the third negative effect can be fatal if you're not careful.
Odis used the "Wilderness of Knowledge" to attempt to seal it, gaining 45 seconds of safe use time. During this time, using the sealed item would not have any negative effects.
He estimated that if he used "Knowledge Wilderness" to seal himself after reaching Sequence 2, he should be able to gain a longer period of safety.
Next, Odis takes all the characteristics of the "arbitrator" and the "lawyer" and crushes them, and of course, he makes use of these characteristics.
It is mainly used for the general promotion of administrative staff. In fact, most administrative staff are basically satisfied with being promoted to Rank 6. If they are to be promoted further, it will only distract them.
In addition to administrative personnel, Odis plans to cultivate a group of official extraordinary individuals through these two pathways, promote them as quickly as possible, and strive to make use of the captured traits as soon as possible.
However, this is not something that can be achieved overnight. Currently, the Remnantburg government's official extraordinary individuals have been completely eradicated, and there is an urgent need to fill this gap with a large number of extraordinary individuals. The main approach is to first get the official extraordinary institutions running through recruitment.
As for recruitment methods, there are three main ones. The first is the Stiano family, of which half of the members are already serving Odis, but that is not enough.
The second channel is "Elemental Dawn." Odis plans to discuss with Bernadette the possibility of sending two fleets of extraordinary individuals into Lenburg.
However, they need to undergo a period of training. After all, they were pirates, and now they are required to become official extraordinary individuals, so their banditry must be removed.
The third channel is the Elf race. Currently, a small number of Elves are hiding their physical characteristics and working for Odis.
However, according to the previous agreement with Prince Constantine, another batch of elves can be received.
Thinking of all this, Odis took a deep breath. Once the next round of official recruitment of extraordinary individuals was completed, this operation to expand his power would be successfully finished.
As for the characteristics of those "recipients" and "prisoners" who were seized, they were directly made into sealing artifacts, just like before.
Sell some, keep some.
After finishing all that, Odis disguised himself slightly, went to the still bustling food area to buy some local specialties, then bought a barrel of beer and went alone to the cabin on the mountaintop to celebrate.
The people of Azshara realized that the gunshots and fighting sounds from last night were very unusual.
The next day they received shocking news: King Conrad I had committed suicide out of guilt for failing to stop the invasion of Feneport's army.
The people have mixed feelings. Although they have recently expressed their grievances against the king, the royal family, and the nobles, believing that they lost the southern defense line and that someone should be held responsible for it.
But the king's suicide left them bewildered, unsure of the country's future.
At this time, important officials, including the finance minister, who were members of the radical faction, suggested that Odis come to Azshara to lead Remnburg through this difficult winter.
The proposal was made primarily by radical members; conservative members seemed to have vanished overnight, and no one opposed it.
Odis then entered Azshara in a high-profile manner and first supported a young man from a collateral branch of the royal family to ascend the throne and become the new king.
Then the new king signed a decree, entrusting Odis with forming a cabinet to promote government reforms in Remnburg.
The radicals hadn't expected this day to come so soon, but in their view, the price seemed a bit too high.
Too many nobles were killed last night. Apart from the radicals, the remaining nobles are either collateral relatives or unimportant members of the family. In Remberg, whatever Odis says is basically the law, and no one has any objections.
The subsequent political reforms were then quite simple. First, the Remburg Constitution was amended, with executive, military, and judicial powers all belonging to the Remburg government, while the king remained the symbol of Remburg.
To be precise, the king has become nothing more than a symbol.
This consolidation of power was very thorough. For example, the royal family of the Kingdom of Rune still retains some legislative and military power. At least for now, their soldiers are swearing allegiance to the king when they take their oaths.
Odis directly seized all these powers.
The process of establishing new government departments was not difficult. Although it was a reform, it was only a reform relative to Remnburg. Countries like Ruhnn and Intis had gone through this process and had a lot of experience to draw on.
Finally, there was the issue of establishing a parliament. Odis's actions astonished all the nobles of Remnantburg, as well as the political figures from various countries who were paying attention to this matter.
Currently, the parliament has 100 seats, with 25% allocated to farmers, 25% to workers, and 10% to the military.
10% will be given to representatives of businesspeople, 10% to representatives of government staff, 10% to religious personnel, and the remaining 10% to representatives from all sectors of society.
No one expected that such a large proportion of seats would be given to farmers and workers, as the powerful and wealthy believed that these people were completely ignorant of politics.
Even Odis's trusted aide, Mandy, raised objections, arguing that such a parliament would not play a significant role in the country's future and that giving farmers and workers 10% of the seats each would suffice.
Odis, however, said, "The Lenburg Parliament is different from the parliaments of other countries; it is a means to alleviate domestic conflicts."
A place to listen to the voices of ordinary people.
"If workers and farmers are not given certain consideration, their voices will be weak and their voices will carry little weight."
Mandy sighed and said, "I'm afraid they'll be bribed."
"I may not have explained it very clearly, but I will be the future head of state of Rembrandt. Unless someone kills me, the head of state will not change," Odis emphasized.
Mandy paused for a moment and said, "I heard that the church once had a rule that heads of state are not allowed to exceed sequence 5, nor are they allowed to appear in public for more than 60 years."
"That's the king, I'm the president, it's different." Odis said seriously, "Of course, the king can't be above Sequence 5. In Lenburg, the king can't even be an extraordinary one."
This is also why he still supports the new ruler.
Odiston paused for a moment and then said, "Besides, once our business is on track, I can fade out of the public eye."
They can simply continue to hold power in secret.
Mandy asked with some concern, "Is it really okay?"
"Why not?" Odis laughed. "As long as I am strong enough, no rule can restrict me."
He then continued, "Let's get back to our previous topic. Although we still need to use the king as a cover for now, I am the de facto head of state of this country."
"You should know that the head of state is responsible for pointing out the direction and making overall plans for the country."
"The cabinet you form will be responsible for the day-to-day operations and the tasks assigned by the head of state."
Mandy realized: "So the parliament has no power to make decisions!"
In other countries, parliaments have extremely high power, primarily the power to legislate, and secondarily the power to elect the prime minister or president.
Even in the Republic of Intis after the reforms of Emperor Roselle, the president was actually elected by members of parliament, who in turn were elected by the people.
This system appears democratic, but it has a major flaw: the public's thinking is easily influenced by public relations firms, which can lead to the election of members of parliament who do not represent their interests.
At the level of legislators, it's basically a game of politics, interests, and money.
Odis, of course, would not allow a situation to arise where the coup he launched and the resulting parliament were not under his control.
Therefore, the decision-making power in this country rests with Odis. Only after he approves can the bills or policies drafted by the parliament be passed and implemented.
"That's not quite right," Odis continued. "As I said, it's an organization that listens to the voices of all sectors of society, and some of their suggestions are very important."
"But we cannot affect some national policies that take years or even decades to be effective, or some national policies that are beneficial to the people but do not generate profits or even lose money."
He shrugged: "More than a hundred years ago, Emperor Roselle made the Republic of Intis the strongest country in the world, but why did the Republic of Intis lose its title as the world's number one country later?"
"Because a president's term is only a few years, he must be short-sighted."
Odis stopped there, leaving the rest for Ms. Mandy to figure out for herself.
Odis then made specific demands on the Remenberg cabinet and the new government departments, and then went to meet with Dick, the patriarch of the Stiano family.
We currently need a demigod to go to the southern continent to protect the interests of the Lenburg colony.
Odis intended to send Dick.
Fortunately, the other party was not going into politics, but only providing extraordinary protection, so political literacy was not required.
Feneport and Remburg had already clashed in the colony. Now that Remburg was suddenly experiencing a major upheaval, Feneport and the militia were very likely to take advantage of this opportunity to launch an offensive.
Odis is currently focused on resolving domestic issues and cannot afford to worry about the situation in the colonies; maintaining the status quo is sufficient for him.
For a while afterward, Odis stayed in Azshara and didn't even have time to attend the Tarot gatherings.
Until he was successfully elected president and until the government reforms were completed, this massive transformation came to a complete end.
Subsequently, various countries sent congratulatory telegrams to Odiz on his election as the first president of Remenberg, and the Ruhnn government also extended an invitation for Odiz to make a state visit to Backlund.
Odis agreed, and decided that the first country he would visit after taking office would be the Kingdom of Rune.
This was actually a kind of political statement. In this war, the new government of Lenburg still supported the Kingdom of Rune. As for the specific details of the visit, Odis left it to Mandy to arrange.
The next focus of Remenberg's work was the census and the property census. In fact, Odis originally intended to use this war to immediately put Remenberg into a state of "state capitalism".
However, he discovered a problem: the data previously held by the Remnantburg statistical department was incomplete. First, there was a lack of effective statistics on the properties of the royal family and nobles, and the population statistics were riddled with errors, with only an estimated number for the population of slums in various places.
Therefore, Odis's first task for the new government was to conduct a survey of the nation's wealth and population.
With the help of the Church of Knowledge, the work is progressing quite quickly, but it will still take some time to complete.
Odis planned to take this opportunity to secretly visit Backlund, as the coronation ceremony of George III was about to begin.
Although he agreed to a state visit to the Kingdom of Rune, one thing is one thing: George III would definitely not allow him to become a god.
Bernadette had already gone to Backlund ahead of him, and Odis, in her busy schedule, had exchanged several letters with Klein, learning that Klein had now identified the locations of three mausoleums and had obtained the means of entering the mausoleums from Mr. "The Door".
At least two mausoleums would have to be destroyed to affect George III's condition and prevent him from being promoted.
The current plan is for Bernadette, Klein, and the witch Triss to each attack a mausoleum. Bernadette will make the first move to attract the angels of the Loen royal family, while Klein and Triss will carry out the main sabotage.
Odis felt that if he could also attack a tomb, the plan would be much more successful.
The problem is that the locations of the other mausoleums are currently unknown.
Odis asked Medici, the "Red Angel," but only knew that Tudor had made some preparations to become the "Black Emperor," and did not know the exact location of the mausoleum.
Odis then thought back: Who could know the exact locations of those tombs?
Tudor certainly knew, but he had already perished, and even if his spirit remained, Odis didn't know how to communicate with him.
Even if they could communicate with Tudor, the other party might not be willing to reveal information about the mausoleum to Odis.
Furthermore, Abraham, Adam, and Ammon certainly knew the location of those tombs, but Abraham was corrupted and sealed away, so communicating with him would have been quite risky.
Adam and Amon were not contaminated, but communicating with them might be more dangerous than talking to Mr. Door.
For a moment, Odis had no good solution.
Just then, Odis sensed someone praying to the "Lord of Mysteries," and he entered the "Wilderness of Knowledge."
It appears to be Rosalind, a member of the "Ten Pillars" who was successfully turned by Odis, praying to the "Lord of Mysteries" within the "Ascetic Order of Morse".
The other party reported on her recent activities. It turned out that she and two other "Ten Pillars" members who shared similar ideals had occupied a small town in the Southern Continent and were conducting another social practice in the style of Cruise Island.
At first, things went smoothly. The lands of the local kings and colonists were distributed to ordinary people, and the locals were very grateful to them.
But problems soon arose. After the locals got their land, many sold it and moved to the city. Others didn't manage their crops much, spending their days idly, getting into fights, and some even lost their land gambling.
In short, before long, land began to concentrate again, and the people were not very enthusiastic about production.
Rosalind wanted to ask the "messenger of the gods" Odis which part of the process went wrong.
Odis thought to himself: When did I become a "divine messenger"?
After thinking about it for a moment, he roughly understood where the problem lay. Then he sent over an "intelligent puppet" to simulate the scene of Odis praying and tell Rosalind that he would be heading to that town in an hour.
Besides solving the problem, Odis also planned to ask Rosalind if she had any "multi-eyed bookworms".
This was the last piece of auxiliary material he needed.
Odis is actually free now, but the reason he said he would see her again in a little over an hour is mainly to highlight the pomp and circumstance of a "divine messenger."
To avoid giving people the impression that you are always available when called upon.
An hour later, based on the location given to Rosalind by the "Wilderness of Knowledge," Odis arrived at a small town in the southern continent. In a wooden building, he met the mature and steady Rosalind and another member of the "Ten Pillars," Benson Cook.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them sat down on the wooden sofa. Odis asked some more detailed questions, which further confirmed his guess: "I suggest that you two read some books on economics."
"Because what you are facing is an economic problem, and we will encounter similar problems frequently in the future."
Before the two people in front of him could ask any questions, Odis continued, "In my opinion, there are two main reasons why the locals don't take the land too seriously and become lazy after acquiring it."
"First, the local people have low cultural literacy. In fact, most of the southern continent lacks a cultural core. Coupled with the enslavement and influence of the colonists, they developed some wrong ideas. They did not believe that the income earned through their own labor was the right way, but rather that the right way to obtain a happy life was through robbery or luck."
This was Odis's most profound impression of the people of the northern and southern continents after he came to this world.
In Odis's view, diligence and effort are the most fundamental elements for achieving goals. Luck and the help of others are also important, but the prerequisite for everything is that one must put in enough effort oneself. Even if one is a bad person...
If you don't work hard, you'll only ever be a petty hoodlum.
Even if you don't want to get involved, or aren't that diligent and hardworking, at least you know that's the right path.
This concept, which seems so simple and normal to Odis, is controversial in the North and South continents.
The main reason is that the countries of the North Continent all made their fortunes by exploiting their colonies, which leads people to believe that the fruits of hard work and effort only benefit those who are ruthless or lucky.
As a result, people in both the northern and southern continents generally lack the cultural qualities and atmosphere of diligence and simplicity.
One manifestation of this is that after acquiring land, people don't think about how to use it to make a living, but instead focus on short-sighted hopes of quickly converting it into cash.
Because he understood this, Odis did not expect the people of Crus to cultivate the land seriously, but rather viewed the issue as an economic one.
Odis continued, "Don't expect much in terms of cultural literacy; without a certain amount of historical accumulation, it's difficult to possess such qualities."
"So we can solve this problem in a simpler way, which is my second point, because the profits from agricultural production are too meager, and there is no profit at all after the land is handed over to the indigenous people."
"Humans are profit-driven creatures. If there is no profit to be made, there is no need to engage in production."
Benson Cook, who was meeting Odis for the first time, nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, finding Odis's words to be very reasonable. The demigod with naturally curly hair asked, "Then how should we solve this problem?"
"There are two ways," Odis said. "One is the collective farm model. In the current industrial society, farmers can only generate surplus value through collective labor, and then use this surplus value to exchange for industrial products."
"However, the farm is at a disadvantage in this model."
"The second is to cooperate with other economies to raise food prices in the area, making it profitable for farmers."
"But we must handle this carefully, because many people may buy food from the surrounding area and sell it to you."
Benson was stunned, feeling more and more confused as he listened. Rosalind, who had met Odis a few times, had already understood what he meant: "Organize the local natives, teach them directly how to live a self-sufficient life through labor and land, and in the process, accumulate their output beyond self-sufficiency, and slowly accumulate wealth."
Odis smiled: "That saves me the trouble of explaining further."
Benson immediately realized: "Isn't this just the same way the colonists treated the natives?"
"It's different," Odis said. "The previous colonists plundered the surplus value here and took it to the northern continent, but you left the surplus value here and used it to bring them a better life."
Benson opened his mouth, feeling that he understood every point Odis made, but for some reason, these points also felt very unfamiliar.