Late at night, the moon is bright and dim.

The nights in the desert are always cold, and most of the desert survivors here have gone to bed early.

Only the old man Karl was tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

"Stop the war and wait for the opportunity. After a while, when the time is right, I will start a war. That's when you should contribute."

This is what the King of Monsters said before he left.

It is difficult for him to make a decision because these desert remnants trust him so much, and he also hopes to bring the customs here to all over the world.

Because he saw a truly harmonious and friendly society here.

This former desert remnant does not have all the bad habits of the empire, perhaps because of its past development. Although it is not advanced enough, their magic is still at the level of ancient witchcraft, and there is no level 9 existence, but they have retained everything.

Original beauty.

It's just that all of this has been destroyed by the empire's expansion policy. They only have less than 5% of the original population and less than half of the number of strong men left.

After his resurrection, he happened to wake up among these desert remnants, and with his extraordinary wisdom, more than two hundred different skills, and level 7 education, he gained the respect of this lost country and became its leader.

He likes this place from the bottom of his heart, because he is a truly kind person, and because of this, he wants to spread the virtues here.

Just when he was thinking this, he came into contact with the thoughts of the King of Monsters and the current form of the empire.

This thing merged with his purpose, and finally became his current idea, which is... all this must be accomplished through a war, but it cannot be an open war, as that will only harm the desert survivors.

They suffered heavy losses, and he couldn't bear to see such a scene, just as he couldn't bear to die and injure 10 million people.

Therefore, what he chose was to secretly stir up trouble and trigger civil strife in the empire.

This approach is no different from Lu En's, except that he is limited to himself, so his vision and layout cannot touch the future hundreds of years later, so Lu En will take action to stop him.

Just... stop now, is it really okay?

Is the King of Monsters really right?

If we stop now, we can really let the empire recover. After this period of weakness, we can completely tear apart the class and turn all those who still have the power to resist into real slaves. There will be no need to resist.

Opportunity.

He was so upset that he couldn't sleep, so he simply got up and walked on the sand dunes blown by the cold wind.

Soon, someone noticed this.

"Sir, you seem to be worried about something? Are you considering the next steps?" A desert remnant appeared next to Karl silently.

"Ah... Gersh, you're here." Karl looked tired: "Yes, you guessed it right. I was wondering if I did something wrong before?" Karl's tone was a little confused.

"How come, Your Majesty, your contribution to us is obvious to all. Your medical skills have saved countless of us. The smelting technology you brought allows our soldiers to fight back when facing the threat of the desert. You also teach

You used our magic and military tactics, and used your wisdom to build this safe home for us. How could such a thing be wrong?" The man named Gersh immediately replied.

Karl turned around and looked at Gersh.

This is a typical desert man with strong muscles, bare chest, and wearing a turban. He looks to be in his forties. He is very prestigious among all the survivors. His skills are Leadership 5, Survival 6, and Fighting 8.

"What I'm talking about is whether we should stop the empire. I know that the reason why you are willing to follow me to fight this war is because you also want to return to the land of your ancestors. You are not willing to continue wandering like this." Karl said.

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After finishing speaking, he turned back and looked at the safe camp built on a certain ruins.

It's said to be a camp, but it's actually the size of a city, with over a million survivors, some with monsters, and even undead, and almost all of them are professionals.

During the empire's war of annihilation, the desert civilization finally assembled such a team of the country's last flames, allowing them to fly far away from the empire's territory.

After all, the empire would not be able to continue to expand into the wilderness in a short period of time. It needed to digest the existing territory and deal with its own internal conflicts first. The desert leaders at the time may have realized this and chose to do so.

Unfortunately, the wilderness is too dangerous, their numbers are gradually decreasing, and their lives are becoming more and more difficult, so much so that they need many skills and technologies brought by Karl to finally gain a foothold.

Karl has too many skills, which are too complex, ranging from level 4 to level 6. He also has education level 7, which can teach skills to his disciples quickly and efficiently, improving their overall strength a lot.

In this way, these desert remnants dared to raid the empire's borders and incite rebellion within the empire.

"No, Your Majesty, you are wrong. Although there is a huge gap in strength between us and that enemy, we all know what virtue is. Our ancestors have told us what beauty is."

"In the past, our ancestors were immersed in a beautiful and equal life with no internal competition, so they always stayed in their own ways. Then they were defeated by the enemy, and we were the only ones left."

"We remember hatred, but this does not mean that we forget virtue. Just as Your Majesty once said, we destroy our enemies not for the happiness in our hearts, but to make the world a better place."

"We have all been to the Empire, and I have never seen such misery anywhere before. People in their homes have no furniture, no other possessions. They have nothing, and they know nothing.

Even teaching children to read costs money.”

"There are usually no beds in a house, and some houses don't even have cloth. When we were teaching them to resist, we once saw a family. They came to the city from the countryside not long ago because their land was taken away.

Two children died shortly after entering the city, and the third child was dying when I went there, so they were willing to overcome their fear and follow us."

"After seeing the pain in this place, even a hard-hearted person will not be able to bear it. We encourage them to fight. This is the right thing and will not change because of other things. Your Majesty does not need to worry about the revenge of the enemy.

He is our enemy, no matter what we do, they will kill us. On the contrary, Your Majesty, you taught us the way and strength to fight, and the method to subvert the enemy."

"So you don't have to worry about anything else. The choice you made was not made by you alone. It was a choice made by the heirs of the Holy Sun Dynasty together with you. We not only want to destroy the enemy, we also have to use the virtues we pursue

Let’s rebuild our country with justice!” Gersh seemed to have understood something wrong, so he explained.

In his opinion, His Holiness may have felt sad because of the sacrifices in the recent war. Considering His Holiness’s character, this is indeed possible.

So he said those words to let His Holiness understand their determination and thoughts.

However, after saying these words, His Holiness's expression... seemed to have suddenly changed?

"...That's why they are willing to overcome the fear in their hearts and follow us." Karl murmured to himself, and then he looked at the entire city: "The Holy Sun Dynasty was destroyed by the empire, so you are determined to resist.

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Of course he understood everything Gersh said, and he could understand it without Gersh's emphasis. That's why he appreciated and was willing to dedicate his knowledge and abilities to this noble civilization remnant.

In particular, Karl understood that they had suffered a great disaster and had only a small number of people. They were also selected as elite fire types, so there was no doubt about the purity of the team.

Then... what the King of Monsters said should be right.

"I understand, Gersh, stop all public activities and go underground. At the same time, contact the Federation to carry out grassroots communication work. As for the war... just stop and wait for the opportunity."

Gersh was surprised and said in astonishment: "But Your Majesty, you have analyzed with us before that if our enemies continue to develop according to that situation, our resistance will soon become meaningless, so we must act now.

Why did it suddenly happen today—?”

"I was inspired by a wise man. He promised me that it would not happen, and he came up with a better way to give us a greater victory. I was thinking about this before, and I didn't

I know whether he is right or I am right." Karl shook his head and looked at the cold moon.

"However, I decided to believe him for once, because the book we are reading now, the ideas you agree with, the theory that is in line with your virtues, and the theory that can subvert the empire was proposed by him."

"What do you think, Gersh? I want to ask your opinion." Carl said.

Gersh's eyes widened. He didn't expect to be able to wait for this answer.

"Was he the wise man who proposed that theory... He was indeed a great man. If he said this in person, he must have made a lot of preparations in advance, and it was a sure thing, right?" Gersh thought.

After a long time, I said this.

"Indeed, he has made a lot of preparations, but there is no guarantee that he is right, so... I am very entangled, but just now, I made up my mind, are you willing to support me? Gersh, or should we say

Continue this war? We are doing very well. Now in the level 8 battle, we have 0 casualties, but the empire has already suffered more than ten casualties. If we continue to fight, we may be able to guarantee this result. You are the successor of the Holy Sun Dynasty.

Sir, I listen to you on this issue." Karl said.

Although he agreed with the King of Monsters' statement, it was better for them to decide on the issue regarding these desert survivors. He was an outsider after all.

"If two wise men have made this decision, then so be it. I believe in you, Your Majesty." Gersh thought for a moment, and then decided to believe Karl.

Over the past ten years, His Holiness has established a deep trust with them. His unconditional dedication and love for virtue are all seen by these desert survivors.

"That's good... then please give the order." Karl said to Gersh.

After saying this, he closed his eyes.

I hope the King of Monsters is right.

If he's wrong, he'll be in big trouble.

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Principality of Oran.

The original secretary of Larante, Kesto, is now the leader of a large chamber of commerce, a respectable big shot, and the actual leader of the local federation.

He has also been very troubled recently.

The city hall already considered it a dangerous thing to continue to allow the Labor Condition Improvement Association he established.

Many businessmen and officials have discovered that these associations have been infected by something strange, and have become more capable of uniting to resist, making them even more difficult to manage.

Therefore, City Hall did everything it could to suppress this group, or at least prevent their growth.

In order to stop these similar organizations, the city hall has thought of many ways. For example, they said that they can replace the status of these organizations and they can also improve the conditions of workers.

But in fact, when they mentioned the implementation methods in this regard, Kestor wanted to laugh, because the method proposed by these big shots was nothing more than setting up a workers' savings bank and awarding bonuses and prizes to outstanding workers.

Or grant holidays based on labor ranking.

This false reward is completely useless and has been openly ridiculed by these organizations.
To be continued...