Chapter 476 The Demigod Arrives

After receiving the news of the goddess' awakening, Richard took a favorable boat to Auxerre City.

In this Five-Nation War, Harland took over the Duke of Rex in the south and had a stable base. Every time Harland's magic fleet went south, it would stay at Silver Moon Island and Soya Castle for a day to rest. The steam fleet transported some goods to sell to subsidize military expenses.

Soya Castle is more than 30 kilometers away from Kanas Castle and is located near the mouth of the Maya River. The entire castle is located in a natural harbor.

The Kingdom of the East Coast attaches great importance to marine trade, and coastal port cities are relatively prosperous. Although Soya Castle is not as large as Kanas Castle, it is also the third largest city on the East Coast, with a settled population of more than 100,000.

According to the city division of Richard's previous life, Soya and Kanas should actually be in the same city.

However, in the Dawn Plane, the two places are 30 kilometers apart, with a large area of ​​farmland and mudflats in between, which is difficult to manage, so they are divided into two cities for management. The bureaucrats of the city are also directly appointed by the central government.

A city with a permanent population of more than 100,000 is also a big city in Harland. On more than one million square kilometers of land, only four castles, William Castle, Black River Castle, East Castle, and Maple Leaf Castle, have a population of more than 100,000.

Among them, William Castle has the largest population, with a total population of nearly 400,000, followed by Black River Castle, with a total population restored to its peak period of 270,000 to 280,000.

East and Maple Leaf Castle have only more than 100,000 people left because of the large population migration of Jonathan and Duke Edward.

William Castle has been the focus of Richard's 30-year operation, and Black River Castle is the core of the Grant Royal Family's northern border territory. East Castle was also the capital of Duke Jonathan's territory, and Duke Edward's family of Maple Leaf Castle has also been operating for a hundred years. There are more than 160 castles in Harland, and only these four have a population of more than 100,000.

Next to the above four castles are the Eternal Castle, Prilan Castle, Light Castle, Palani Castle, Saint Fes Castle, Grizzly Castle, King Castle, Songtao Castle and other medium-sized cities, all of which have a population of more than 50,000.

Eternal Castle is the capital of the Dukedom of Fox, and Prilan Castle has a large number of garrisons. The registered population of both places is close to 100,000. King Castle and Songtao Castle are also developing rapidly because of the railway passing through.

In addition, due to coal mining, the population of Tulun Castle has increased very rapidly. It already has more than 6,000 miners, plus supporting administrative staff, young and strong men as high as 8,000, including the elderly, children, women and children, the registered population is also close to 50,000.

The remaining urban population is less than 50,000, and some newly planned Kuahuang strongholds may have only a few hundred people.

According to the rough statistics of the household registration department, plus the small cities under construction. In the native area of ​​Harland, the total urban population is close to 3 million, accounting for about 21% of the total population, which is at a relatively low level.

Although Richard has begun to develop the alien version of the Industrial Revolution, the current state of agricultural development in Harland is still unable to support too many idle people. Although the entire territory is not short of food, more than 79% of the population are farmers. Once the number of farmers is greatly reduced, it will inevitably lead to land abandonment, reduced food production, and increased supply, and the problems caused will inevitably be very serious.

Moreover, the farmers in Harland have been allocated farmland and have a higher standard of living. They will not take the initiative to work in factories with severe exploitation. Richard's worldview does not allow him to harshly exploit workers and consume human lives like early factory owners. It will not be like the UK, where sheep eat people.

The development of industry in Harland mainly relies on the internal and external markets. The internal market does not include the Red Moon plane, and the total population is about 28 million. The external market is mainly the Grant Kingdom market, with a population of 50 million, and the Grand Duchy of Stannic market, with a population of 10 million. The two major markets of the Kingdom of Ryan and the Kingdom of Delong, although local protection is very serious and the government has severely cracked down on Harland products, can still provide huge profits for industrial development.

In fact, the two major markets inside and outside are equivalent to the colony of Harland Territory. The huge market with a population of nearly 160 million supports hundreds of thousands of people in Harland Territory's industrialization.

At least in the first few decades of industrialization, Richard did not need to worry about profits at all.

Moreover, Harland Territory has also formulated strict confidentiality laws to restrict the spread of industrial technology, which can delay the time of technology diffusion to a certain extent. If neighboring countries want to learn from Harland Territory to engage in industrialization, they not only need to make certain reforms in the political system, but also need to cultivate engineers, technical workers and other classes. Without thirty to fifty years, it is impossible to succeed.

Giving Richard another thirty years of first-mover advantage, Harland Territory will inevitably grow into a behemoth and is not afraid of competition at all.

The Duke of Rex, which was captured this year, is a truly prosperous place. It not only has the capital of the East Coast, but also the third largest city, Soya Castle, and two cities with a population of more than 100,000 people, which are very close. The population density of this area is second only to the core area of ​​Harland Territory, and its prosperity actually exceeds that of Nolan City.

Richard knew clearly that because of the great efforts made to develop maritime trade, the urbanization level of the Dukedom of Rex exceeded 15%, which was considered a relatively high level among the feudal kingdoms of the Dawn Continent.

Richard waited for seven or eight days in Soren Castle until Sutton's favorable ship arrived. It took less than half a month to reach Auxerre Castle. At this time, most of the important figures of the Dawn Church had already returned, and those who were far away might need more than a month to return to Auxerre Castle.

Seeing that most of the people had arrived, the Covenant decided not to wait any longer and soon notified everyone to hold a meeting.

The meeting place was also set in the Dawn Cathedral.

Richard was not only a favored person of the Dawn Goddess, but also a saint of the Dawn Church and a legendary wizard. Although he did not hold a position in the Dawn Church, he was already the core of the Dawn Church. Senna, who had a similar status to Richard, could not return to the headquarters cathedral because he had to block the door of the princess's tomb, so he could only send his priests to take the magic ship led by Harland to deliver the secret letter.

The Pope of the Dawn Church, the Covenant, sat in the center of the pulpit. After the Dawn Goddess woke up, the pressure on the Covenant began to be greatly reduced.

The covenant spoke slowly but very methodically. His voice sounded gentle yet majestic, which was particularly contradictory.

This pope was a strange man, already over 360 years old.

Normally, although the priest profession was powerful, it could only increase a few years of life with the help of the goddess's power. For example, a legendary knight's normal life span was over 160 or 170 years, while the life span of a legendary priest was often no more than 120 years old. Ma Wei La, whom Richard had met that year, died before 120 years old.

However, priests pay attention to the immortality of spirit and the longevity of soul. After the death of the priest, the soul will enter the kingdom of the goddess of dawn and become a warrior and heroic spirit of the kingdom.

At Ma Wei La's level, the soul will retain all consciousness and memory, which is equivalent to rebirth in another state.

The covenant's life was luckier than Ma Wei La. When he was over 70 years old, he led a team to discover a tree of life and collected more than six bottles of water of life. After the expedition team drank it separately, the six members increased their life by 200 years. In the long life that followed, the luck of the covenant was still amazing. He had entered a mysterious place and drank the water of the fountain of youth, which increased his life by another sixty years.

Compared with the legendary priest, the covenant has an extra two hundred and sixty years of life.

It is precisely because of drinking the water of life, the water of the fountain of youth and other strange things that the covenant has a long life. After being promoted to the fourth level of legend, he became the twenty-sixth pope of the goddess of dawn.

Among the popes of all generations, the covenant is also a person with the strongest strength.

Richard has read the holy book of the dawn church, which clearly records the life of the twenty-six popes before and after. Although each pope is a legend, the power they hold is not comparable at all.

Most of the popes of the dawn church are basically in their forties or fifties, when they first enter the legend and take over, and they are promoted to the fourth level of legend when they are old and weak, and their strength reaches the peak.

Among the twenty-six popes in history, as many as seventeen people have been promoted to the fourth level of legend, and only nine people have not been promoted to the peak of legend in their later years. The weakest two are only the second level of legend. Although the legendary second-level priest is a very powerful professional, the power of the artifact can't be exerted much. In the Dawn Plane, it is not considered the top combat power.

Especially for the top forces such as the Seven Gods Church, it is a bit embarrassing to say that the legendary second-level pope is out. Generally speaking, the pope with weak strength dare not move outside. Because the pope has a divine artifact, once it is lost outside, it is a big deal, and it is also a burden that the Dawn Church cannot bear.

Shengyue Fang was promoted to legendary at the age of 57 and became the pope at the age of 98. At that time, he was already a legendary third-level priest, and his strength was the second in the Dawn Church.

Originally, according to the tradition of the Dawn Church, when the previous generation of popes entered the Kingdom of God, the next pope tried to select young people. But because Shengyue Fang had a longer life, the old pope Sheng Yisi recommended him as his successor.

When he entered the age of 116, Shengyue Fang was promoted to legendary fourth level, reaching the peak of the legendary realm.

Nearly 250 years later, Saint Covenant Fang became a real strong man in the Dawn Plane. He mastered the power of a divine weapon, which was a bit stronger than ordinary demigods.

It was precisely because of the top combat power that the Dawn Church could expand its strength and maintain its ranking in the Seven Gods Church.

Saint Covenant Fang's appearance was quite ordinary. Although he drank the Water of Life and the Fountain of Youth successively, he still looked like a gentle old man. Especially in recent years, Saint Covenant Fang's life span was about to run out, and his face was already a little gray and old, like a dying person.

However, due to the reputation accumulated over the past 300 years, the strong men in the Dawn Plane did not dare to challenge this old man with a short life span.

Saint Covenant Fang had little life left, and the situation facing the Dawn Church was very serious.

Although Richard was promoted to a legend, the strength of Harland Territory had increased dramatically in the past 30 years, but in terms of the top combat power, even if Richard mastered the starlight bomb, he was still not as good as a demigod. He might not be able to gain the upper hand against the legendary third-level priests and magicians.

Once the souls of the covenant party enter the kingdom of God, the situation in the Red Moon plane will inevitably be unbalanced.

The Red Moon plane cannot be defended, and a Dawn artifact will be lost, which will have a very serious impact on the goddess. Not only will it prolong the goddess's awakening time, but it will also damage the goddess's foundation and lose her godhood and divinity.

If this hurdle cannot be overcome, the Dawn Church will inevitably shrink its strength and fall in the rankings.

Although the Seven Gods signed a divine contract that year and would not personally intervene in the secular war, the Dawn Church is weakening, and I am afraid that religious wars will inevitably come.

By then, the Dawn Church will be passive everywhere.

Every time the Covenant thinks of this situation, they will be worried.

After nearly thirty years of depression, they finally got their reward and waited for the extremely important good news that the goddess woke up ahead of time.

There are seven gods in the Dawn Plane that mainly spread the faith to humans. Among them, the God of Glory, the God of Truth, the God of Fairness and Justice, and the Goddess of Wealth are all multiverse gods. According to the God Contract signed that year, the above four gods cannot move in the Dawn Plane in the form of their true bodies or saints, and the kingdom of the four gods cannot be moved to the sky above the Dawn Plane.

The four gods of glory compromised in exchange for the promise of open preaching in the Dawn Plane. Now the influence of the four gods of glory in the Dawn Plane far exceeds that of the three gods of Dawn, Kingship, and Earth.

In the era of the seven gods, the body of the God of Earth fell in the hands of the Undead Lord, and the body of the Saint was also infected and sealed by the Undead Lord, leaving only two incarnations of gods. After that, although the Goddess of Dawn killed the Lord of the Dead and rescued the body of the Saint of the Earth, the body of the Earth God has been resurrected for three thousand years. The two incarnations can only barely guard the gate of the Kingdom of God, and dare not easily enter the Dawn plane.

The situation of the God of Kingship is also very serious. Although he relied on work but not effort, the God of Kingship survived the Seven Gods Era, defeated the Rule Wizard, expelled the Lord of the Dead, and sealed the two Dragon Gods.

However, in the battle of the invasion of the Orc God, the God of Kingship was the main force of the God War. He was severely injured by the two Orc Gods, and even his godhood was seriously damaged. He has been sleeping for thousands of years.

The Goddess of Dawn was injured in the battle to seal the Dragon God. The two incarnations of the gods could not move easily for many years. One incarnation of the god and two demigods guarded the gate of the Kingdom of God, and one demigod maintained the operation of the Kingdom of Dawn. One incarnation and one demigod guarded the World Tree to prevent the invasion of foreign enemies.

Now that the goddess has awakened, although her injuries have not recovered and she cannot easily go into battle, she can free up a demigod to descend into the Dawn Plane.

Through the narration of the Covenant, Richard finally understood that none of the seven gods of the Dawn Goddess fell in the cruel and terrible Seven Gods Era.

This fully shows that the goddess is a person who protects her shortcomings and will not easily let her followers fall into an extremely dangerous environment.