Chapter 244： The surging imperial populace

Chapter 244: The surging people of the empire

A few months later.

The plane of eternal night.

Eternal Night City, Imperial Council of Elders.

Compared with the original simple presbytery, the newly expanded presbytery now covers an area several times larger.

When you walk into the Presbytery, the first thing you see is a magnificent meeting hall. The door of the meeting hall is inlaid with a dark golden Evernight emblem, symbolizing the authority of the empire. The interior of the meeting hall is luxuriously decorated, with exquisite tapestries hanging on the walls, thick carpets on the floor, and comfortable seats placed around it. The overall layout is fan-shaped.

Elders from all over the plane gathered here. Due to the expansion of the empire's territory and the continuous growth of the population over the years, the number of empire elders has also increased, from a few hundred at the beginning to tens of thousands today. So many.

Everyone took their seats one by one, and as the last elder entered the meeting hall, the entire space suddenly became quiet, leaving only the sound of slight breathing and the friction of clothes. Everyone's eyes were focused on the front of the conference hall, where there was a huge oval conference table.

The consul sat on the main seat, while the ministers in charge of the empire sat in the front row.

Looking at the consul above, most of the elders had respect and a hint of fear in their eyes.

The current imperial governor remains the same as he was decades ago, Artison Ulysses.

As a rare genius in the empire for a century, Artison Ulysses not only possesses extremely strong political abilities, but is also a top cultivation genius himself.

Unlike the previous consuls, most of whom were only in the epic and legendary realms, Artison broke through to the ninth level of the holy realm at a young age.

Now he has reached the ninth level limit. He is only one step away from being able to break through to demigod and become the top living being in the world.

Artison Ulysses does not have a powerful family background, but his growth experience is legendary.

He was originally a child from an ordinary family in the Northern Continent. He showed great talent in cultivation since he was a child. He was discovered by the local priest of the Eternal Night God Cult and was later sent to the Extraordinary Academy to study.

After passing the rigorous assessment, he successfully entered the best extraordinary academy in the Eternal Night Empire, and then went to the "Xue Li" plane to experience and compete with geniuses from all planes. This also established Artison's life goals.

He didn't expect that this world was so big.

In that vast void, there are as many demigods as ants, and there are no fewer gods.

And even in the eyes of mortals, the supreme great gods actually have different levels of strength.

This made Artison, who originally lived in a comfortable world, wake up in an instant.

After graduation, with the support of his friends, Artison formed a motley army, and won many military exploits on the way to destroying the Blood Empire. With his outstanding military exploits, Artison climbed all the way up and was promoted to a great noble of the empire, and then entered the House of Elders, until the last election, successfully elected as Consul of the Empire.

Under the leadership of Artison, the Eternal Night Empire showed a more iron-blooded side, which was very in line with the taste of the citizens of the empire, so it was very popular among the citizens. In the subsequent elections, he was re-elected with extremely high votes.

After coming back to his senses, Artison looked at the people in the audience and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Even as the imperial consul and the highest authority in the Evernight Empire, he was still shocked by the strength of the empire at this moment.

Below are elders from all over the world, including human races, sea races, dragon races, dog demons, and undead. It can be said that all races in the eternal night plane can be found here.

The entire Eternal Night Plane is an affiliated force under the Eternal Night Empire. Even if the lord himself cannot make it, he has sent a representative to come. This level of grand occasion has not happened for a long time.

"Today's conference is held just for one thing, territorial expansion."

After glancing around, Artison said softly: "With the help of our supreme, eternal and great gods, today's Eternal Night Plane has been upgraded, and its territory has expanded more than ten times. Our territory that originally seemed crowded , now it becomes vast again.”

Everyone below was in an uproar when they heard this. Although they thought there would be a big change, ten times it was too outrageous.

Territory is a good thing, but it is also a bad thing. Whether it is good or bad depends on its own strength.

This is a good thing because as the plane territory becomes larger, it means that the empire's territory can also expand, and the Eternal Night Empire will gain more land to thrive.

With land, the treatment of empire citizens will naturally increase.

Currently, there is no shortage of labor in the Evernight Empire, so those lands can basically be directly linked to resource production.

To say it is a bad thing is because the plane is expanding too fast.

The original Eternal Night plane was completely under the control of the Eternal Night Empire. Whether it was the sky, land, or ocean, they all belonged to the territory of the Eternal Night Empire.

But now, the territory of the Eternal Night plane has expanded tenfold, even if part of the territory of those planes has been controlled by the Eternal Night Empire before.

But relatively speaking, uncontrolled and undeveloped areas still account for the vast majority, so now the empire's actual control over the Eternal Night Plane barely exceeds one-tenth.

Most of the territory is still a wilderness.

Artison slowly explained the situation of the plane, and then thanked the gods. Finally, he looked at everyone, with a smile on his face, and said;

"Just like our predecessors who conquered thousands of miles of territory for us back then, now it is our turn to leave a larger territory for future generations! Everyone, the era of conquerors has arrived!"

"Since the Blood Empire was destroyed and the entire plane was unified, the empire has not conducted any large-scale wars for nearly a hundred years. I wonder if your legionnaires and citizens of the empire are still capable enough to fight? Are they still willing? Fighting for the Empire?"

Although the Eternal Night Empire has been developing and has never stopped exploring the void outside, it has been almost a hundred years since there has been a large-scale war.

In this plane, the empire can no longer find an opponent worth fighting.

The exploration process of the Void Plane has never slowed down, and wars have never stopped. However, in most Void Planes, large-scale wars will not break out.

Because it's not necessary.

The forces in the Void Plane are indeed not weak in strength, but compared with the Eternal Night Empire, there is already a level gap, and the two sides are no longer opponents of the same level.

To deal with them, the Eternal Night Empire can send a few legions over and wipe them out.

"Please rest assured, Archon, we will take action to tell His Majesty the God that even if there is no war for many years, His warriors are still the most brave and powerful warriors in this void!" Hearing Artison say to his warriors There was suspicion, and even a big lord responded.

"The warriors of the dog demon clan will also use their actions to show their loyalty to our supreme king!" The dog demon lord who shrunk several times and sat in the front row shouted enthusiastically. If the location was not wrong, he would even want to Let’s show everyone directly what strength is.

"Naga warriors will use the blood of their enemies to sacrifice to the great gods!" The Naga elder from the deep sea world also said piously.

"Wherever my lord looks, is where our sword points."

"May death favor us." The lords and representatives from all forces in the front row expressed their opinions one after another, and there was a feeling of eagerness to try. It seemed that they had been settled for too long and had given them time to get sick.

Over the years, the Empire has become less advocating for combat.

After all, they really don't need so many militant elements.

The volume is too huge, no matter how much it is done, it will be too difficult to control.

But the empire does not advocate it, which does not mean that they can change back. The believers in the Evernight Empire still believe in absolute force.

This has become a legacy and cannot be changed.

And all creatures have a characteristic, that is, after they become stronger, they always want to find something to fight with to verify their strength.

This also caused violent conflicts to continue to occur in the empire after leisure, and there were even many casualties every year, and they continued to persist despite repeated admonitions.

In the end, the empire and the local lords had to open dueling venues on a large scale so that these violent elements could have a space to vent their energy.

And this also made the empire, which was already full of martial virtue, become even more full at this moment.

This is also the reason why lords from various places responded so positively after hearing the consul's arrangements.

The restless guys under their command finally have somewhere to go.

Let's put it this way, even if the empire does not take action, or even prohibits action, as long as there is no clear instruction from the Eternal Night God Cult, then it won't be long before these lords themselves will organize their own manpower to explore the newly expanded territories.

"Since everyone is so supportive, then I will go directly to the topic. Conquest and expansion cannot be done randomly. At least that is true for you as the great lords of various places. Each of you has hundreds of thousands or millions of imperial sons on your shoulders. The destiny and future of the people must be sufficiently cautious in this regard."

Artison tapped his finger, and a magic projection appeared immediately. It was a newly drawn plane map. According to the strategy formulated by the imperial think tank, Artison began to assign conquest tasks to everyone.

As a consul who came up from the bottom and has been in charge of the Evernight Empire for so many years, Artison knows these lords very well.

Never give them vague instructions, otherwise big problems will definitely occur.

This does not mean that they will do anything bad. As the most devout believers of King Eternal Night, their loyalty is unquestionable. They will definitely complete the instructions given by the empire.

But how to accomplish it is another matter.

For ordinary small teams, no matter what they do, Artison doesn't care, it doesn't affect the overall situation anyway.

But these big lords cannot do this. They must give them precise instructions and restrict them to a certain area.

There was a huge dispute in the Presbytery over the allocation of conquest tasks, and it took nearly half a month before the first phase of tasks was completely allocated.

With the promulgation of imperial policies, various territories began to expand their armies and recruit imperial subjects from local areas.

The entire people of the Evernight Empire became active.

I can't help it, I'm really too busy.

After having some leisure time and getting sick, they responded very actively to the empire's call and began to join the army to fight for the empire's territory.

It’s no wonder that they are so active, mainly because the Eternal Night Empire has gained great benefits in the previous wars, which in turn has brought great gains to the empire’s warriors.

To put it bluntly, it went too smoothly.

Since the arrival of the dark gods and their blessings, from the original Night Tribe era to the current Eternal Night Empire era, they have not lost any major wars.

Not to mention battles, no matter how powerful a force is, it is impossible to win forever. Along the way, the Eternal Night Empire has encountered many powerful enemies, and there have also been situations where legions have been annihilated.

But one thing is certain, in all large wars, they are the final winners.

There may be some fluctuations along the way, but the final result must be victory.

This is one of the reasons why the people of the Eternal Night Empire love war so much.

They firmly believe that they will definitely win. Who wouldn't like a war that is bound to win and can reap huge benefits?

To put it mildly, he actually didn’t receive a severe beating.

They have never suffered the trauma of war, only the benefits it has brought.

Su Xingyu had no choice about this. Although this situation was not very good, he couldn't deliberately lose a few games to make his followers suffer, right? Then there's something wrong with your brain, and it's a thankless job!

The reason why they continue to win is not because God favors the Eternal Night Empire, but because it really cannot lose.

Whether it was the kingdoms that bulldozed the Eastern Continent at the beginning, or the subsequent sweeping of the Northern Continent and the blitzkrieg of the Western Continent, before the war began, the Yongye Empire conducted a long process of deduction and only took action after it was sure to win.

If it is suppressed by the general trend, even if there are ups and downs, it will be quickly flattened.

Their huge size gives them a very high fault tolerance rate, which also means that it is almost impossible for them to lose.

Because they won't fight a war with a low winning rate.

In wars with a high winning rate, after they take advantage of their physical strength and continue to expand their results, the enemy's so-called "winning rate" will become smaller and smaller until it only exists in theory.

The people of the empire who are keen on war either join the local army, form an adventure team on their own, or go alone. They leave the control of the empire and head towards the wild land.

This move actually caused some territories in the empire to become empty for a while.

Even though the empire officials had anticipated the enthusiasm for exploration of the empire's people, at this moment they found that they had underestimated it.

Fortunately, the lords from various places responded quickly and formulated a plan overnight to raise the threshold for "land reclamation" a lot, allowing most of the empire's people to stay within the territory and continue to develop the empire.

But even so,

A turmoil sweeping the entire plane has begun.

(End of chapter)