The First Magic World War-Chapter 660 - 625, step 23

Chapter 660: 625, step 23 Chapter 660: 625, step 23 Corrosion pierced through two worlds, and an endless stream of decay fell into the real world, forming a vast swamp.

Charles and his Sacred level subordinates, one after another, detached from the other world and returned to reality.

They looked upon the swamp that exuded extreme stench and decay, and many could hardly believe they had been battling this abomination for more than a year.

The Elephant-man Agon suddenly let out a sky-piercing roar.

The Sacred level fighters under Charles’s command followed suit, bellowing their victory.

Even Charles himself couldn’t help but let out a long, victorious howl.

As he did, the power within him resonated unrestrainedly dozens of times before he gathered his strength and finally burst through that last barrier.

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Charles’s power in the human world broke through to the twenty-third level!

He was now second only to the peak among the Sacred level.

The Sacred level combatants under Charles’s service gradually ceased their roaring, gazing at Charles, witnessing their king.

Everyone knew that this Duke of Mecklen had led a life of magnificent waves, but the slaying of the Evil God would surely be the most significant stroke of all.

Even hundreds of years later, it would remain a legend celebrated by writers and poets.

As participants, each one of them shared in the glory and would be remembered in history for eternity.

Having been through two wars to slay the Evil God, even the people of the New World Conference began to respect Charles and were willing to put their loyalty at risk for the Duke of Mecklen.

Whether it was this side’s rotten swamp or the original mound of mud, Charles had no way to deal with them.

Fortunately, his domain was on Song Spirit Island, not Ojibwa Island.

He planned to cordon off these two “holy lands” and later find some unfortunate soul to bestow them upon.

Charles raised the Flame Spear in his hand and shouted, “We have defeated the Lord of Rot, we have won yet again.

As long as we continue to fight, we will kill all eight Evil Gods invading Inglima, making them fall upon this land.”

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He activated his authority over filth, and countless glories blossomed, performing a “great cleansing” for his subordinates, restoring each of them to cleanliness.

This also soothed the spirits of most and erased the aftereffects of battling the Lord of Rot.

Around the Corrosion Swamp, Charles set up a massive Labyrinth, leaving a group of people to handle the occupied territories, leading the soldiers of the Westwind Knights, and returning to their headquarters.

Having gotten back to headquarters and rested for only a few days, Charles received an order from the Red Dragon Emperor, Alfred Guillaume.

The Emperor had declared the end of the war, ordering the withdrawal of all the Royal Navy of Inglima.

Charles knew that this was surely one of the compromises made by the Four Great Empires at the negotiation table.

He did not attempt to retain them, allowing the Royal Navy of Inglima to retreat to Brittany.

To be honest, although Charles was confident that with the Westwind Knights’ power, they could also kill the remaining six Evil Gods, a full mobilization of the knighthood would consume huge resources.

Not even he could sustain a war lasting several years.

After a day of hesitation, Charles also informed his subordinates to begin the withdrawal.

He first moved the Westwind Knights to Song Spirit Island, his fiefdom, and announced the transfer of Ojibwa Island to the Inglima nobility.

Charles now held such expansive domains that, even with constant absorption of population from the various nations of the Old Continent, there was still not enough people to develop the Mecklen Duchy, Song Spirit Island, and the Agres Archipelago.

Taking possession of Ojibwa Island was meaningless, especially given that six Evil Gods lurked there, necessitating constant readiness for battle, which would tie down his most elite troops.

It was better to completely let go and leave it to the nobles of Inglima to deal with the headaches.

In Song Spirit Island, Charles’s influence had become extremely stable.

The indigenous people adored him greatly, and the beastmen who migrated there, as well as the various people who had been exiled there for different reasons, had mostly changed their views.

Those who had not changed and still harbored hatred towards him were exiled a second time to the Agres Archipelago.

Moreover, with Menilman’s fleet stationed there, it was said that everyone welcomed Duke Mecklen’s rule.

After being granted Song Spirit Island, Charles had not yet managed this domain.

After he retreated to Song Spirit Island, he first reorganized the administrative regions.

Song Spirit Island had almost no domain nobility, so Charles divided it into twenty-four large districts and appointed administrative officials for each one, also naming Menilman as the administrative officer for the Cappadocia district and moving his own office to another district, Somalia.

The officials who originally served under Charles relocated in droves to Somalia, and at the same time, Charles also began constructing the Great Temple of the Serpent of Destiny in Somalia.

Having stayed on Song Spirit Island for a little over a month, Charles left behind twelve men of Sacred level and a portion of the fleet, taking the rest of the fleet back to Mecklenburg.

When Charles withdrew from Ojibwa Island, the nobles of Inglima were overjoyed.

Many nobles had been watching the war on Ojibwa Island, but as the war continued for over a year, they actually found that the Evil Gods wanted to be quite obedient, only getting beaten down by the Westwind Knights and rarely leaving their own domain.

This made many nobles feel lucky.

After Charles followed the Royal Navy in their retreat, a large number of noble militias flooded into Ojibwa Island.

Their masters all had domains on the island and quickly occupied various Temples of the Serpent of Destiny.

Before leaving, Charles had consulted every Great Act Devil for their opinion.

Except for those who were willing to leave with him, a portion wanted to live freely and chose to stay in the temples on Ojibwa Island.

Charles did not force them and left the management rights of the temples on Ojibwa Island to these Great Act Devils.

The attitudes of these Inglima nobles varied: some simply took over the Temples of the Serpent of Destiny and brought the Great Act Devils under their command; some, worried about offending Charles, opted to cooperate with those in charge of the temples; and some were merely interested in investing…

In any case, after Charles’s departure, the entire Ojibwa Island burst into activity.

Yes, that included the remaining six Evil Gods.

On the sixth day after Charles’s departure, there was an incident involving the Evil Gods’ minions attacking nearby farmers.

Nevertheless, the nobles of Inglima did not give up.

They themselves would not come over and did not think the lives of their subordinate farmers were particularly precious.

However, these matters had nothing to do with Charles, who had returned to Mecklenburg.

No sooner had he arrived in Mecklenburg than he received an invitation from the old Emperor of Brittany to return to Strasbourg.

The old Emperor was about to get married, taking Princess Akso as his bride, and as an important figure and a powerful Duke of the Empire, Charles was certainly expected to attend the Emperor’s wedding.

This time, Charles did not lead an army but only brought a group of his subordinates back to Strasbourg.

He was quite looking forward to this return, as he would be able to see Miss Anne Brittany, whom he thought of day and night.