The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

There were no countries or even many living people near the tower, but after the blue pillar of light shot into the sky and the rings continued to rise, forming a hollow "tower," more and more people began to gather towards the tower.

These people have different beliefs, but they have all come on a "pilgrimage". In this desperate era, in this era where spiritual plague is spreading rapidly, these people are constantly praying for their gods to send down miracles. And now, something that can finally be called a "miracle" has finally appeared on the continent.

Although Cape is quite peaceful, and even within Cape, it doesn't feel like a state of war at all, its borders are sealed off. Under its well-established household registration system, even if someone manages to sneak into Cape, they can only live as a savage.

Looking at the reports that kept coming in, Lena asked in a deep voice, "The spiritual plague seems to be getting worse. Is there anyone else we can help?"

"My brother-in-law went into the depths of his consciousness to help those people."

Sean took over part of the report and began helping Lena with the paperwork.

"Besides, these refugees weren't caused by us, sister, so there's no need to worry too much. Moreover, Miss Isa and the others have already taken church members to provide disaster relief."

Hearing her brother's words of comfort, Lena nodded and picked up the documents sent by the military to begin processing them.

Although reading the reports in the documents pained Rena immensely, the mental plague outside of Capet was becoming increasingly severe, with people being infected from time to time, especially those living in hardship and with fragile minds. In addition, the Avars and demons were deliberately creating panic, and the intelligence on the outside world in the documents was in complete disarray.

However, Lena continued to adhere to the governing principles left by Linde and temporarily closed the country's borders.

While it is indeed pitiful, as Sean said, these tragedies were not caused by Capet, and Capet is still trying his best to resolve the tragedy. He cannot abandon the bigger picture because of momentary sympathy.

When Linde wanted to put Lena in his place, many people wanted to object, but they couldn't think of any reason to object, since it seemed that there was really no suitable candidate other than Lena.

Lena, aside from everything else, has a very high prestige in the military and can completely gain the trust of the troops. Only Lena can withstand the pressure and resolutely implement the policies left by Lind. Otherwise, some people with overflowing sympathy who want to use the safety of the country to prove their saintly heart would probably start to cause trouble.

In Capet today, there is an unwritten rule: you can insult the governor, as long as your insults are reasonable. Even if you point your finger at Lind and insult him, Lind will only insult you back while giving you a suitable position. Even if your insults are unreasonable, no Sir Lars will knock on your door and invite you to the Capet Royal Hotel.

But you can't insult Lena, or the governor and Lars will start removing you from the household register.

So when Lena replaced Lind in this position, the whole country was even quieter than when Lind was in charge.

Even if some overly compassionate nobles petitioned, Isa, who was representing the Northern Church in healing and saving lives, would immediately send someone to take those overly compassionate people away. Since they were truly kind-hearted, they could come with her to treat the spiritual plague.

Lena herself was unaware of what it meant to be in this position, but when Lind handed the army over to her, she realized something.

Many people think that Linde handed over almost all of his power to Lena because he was worried that he wouldn't be able to return from the depths of his consciousness. But Lena knows that it's just a simple trust. Lena also believes that Linde will return, and probably very soon. Now Lilith has successfully activated the tower, and everything is going according to Linde's plan.

As Lena awkwardly processed the message from the military, she suddenly asked, "Sean, it seems the dragon attacks have decreased?"

Upon hearing this, Sean's face immediately fell: "But the rewards we have to pay those dragons haven't decreased, and those dragons like to hide the gold coins and sleep on top of them, which has made gold shield coins increasingly scarce in the market. Now, transactions are mainly conducted in silver leaf coins."

"We need to figure out a way to get those dragons to spend money, but unfortunately we can only wait for my brother-in-law to come back before we can discuss it."

Seeing her younger brother fully engaged in his work, Lena shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant."

Although she hadn't been in contact with the military for a long time, Lena's keen military sense still allowed her to discover a clue in the intelligence submitted by the military.

"Not only have the number of attacks from those dragons from the Solon continent decreased, but they also seem to be afraid of something."

Reina, who was usually a bit clumsy when it came to paperwork, quickly found the report that the army had submitted earlier, and after quickly flipping through it, she said, "That's right, after Lilith restarted the tower, the number of dragon attacks began to decrease significantly."

Sean replied, "The tower's restart is indeed something the dragons should be wary of, after all, the elf in the tower really did bring the other tower members back to reality."

Seemingly recalling the video footage sent by the engineering corps back then, Sean exclaimed, "Truly a creation of the golden age. When will we be able to reach this level?"

"No, it's not that simple."

Lena had the maids bring over a map, which she then spread out, marking the number of attacks by the dragon both before and after. Just as Lena had predicted, the number of attacks from the location furthest from the tower started to decrease first, and now there are no attacks at all. Meanwhile, the number of attacks from the location closest to the tower has also been decreasing rapidly recently.

"The dragons are moving, and they're heading towards the tower!"

Upon hearing his sister's guess, Sean almost jumped up.

What are the dragons doing, converging on the tower?

Surely they can't be going on a pilgrimage, can they?

"Quickly send a message to the people in the direction of the tower, saying that a giant dragon is suspected to be gathering around the tower, hurry!"

Sean immediately sent his secretary to deliver the message.

Lena added, "Contact the army closest to the tower and have them prepare magic missiles to be on standby. Also, help me contact Margaret and the others; we'll probably need the dragons' help."