Chapter 359

And he declared that the entire Hellin Kingdom would henceforth worship the Lord of Flames as the sole faith!

However, the coronation ceremony will be held after the expulsion of the demon god!

The reason for this urgency is simple: legitimacy!

Luoying was originally a royal princess; in human kingdoms, a woman ruling faces some resistance, but under current circumstances, that resistance has dropped to its lowest point.

Because the royal family now consists only of her and the elder princess.

Moreover, Luoying's reputation is at its peak—now is the time to become king, when else?

Once Luoying formally proclaims herself queen, she becomes the legitimate ruler!

Her words, her actions, then carry the greatest legitimacy!

For ordinary commoners, heaven and earth are vast, but the king is supreme!

On the Continent of Gods, gods demand faith; they do not expend effort to govern nations—this is one reason why secular and religious authority are separate in the Continent of Gods.

The king represents secular glory.

In the hearts of common people, his status remains highly significant!

This is one major reason Luoying proclaimed herself queen the day after the funeral.

After Luoying became queen, she issued a decree of expulsion in the king's name!

She sought to expel Hellin Kingdom's original god, labeling him a demon god; anyone who fought for the demon god would be deemed a traitor!

As for the armies previously conscripted by the demon god to the Southern Highlands, if they were willing to lay down their arms and worship the Lord of Flames, they would be pardoned!

Immediately afterward, the Winged People's propaganda offensive resumed.

The outcome of the Battle of Wang Cheng and the news of Luoying becoming queen spread at top speed, covering every city in the Hellin Kingdom.

The result of the two gods' clash also spread throughout the Hellin Kingdom!

The Lord of Flames won!

Hellin Kingdom's original demon god lost!

Yes, after Luoying became queen, she labeled Hellin Kingdom's original god as a demon god!

How can mortals define a god?

Such a definition can only be carried out within one's own domain.

The Hellin Kingdom is now Luoying's own domain; as queen, her declaration of the demon god carries great weight among ordinary commoners.

Once these commoners were affected, they naturally ceased worshipping the demon god and began worshipping the Lord of Flames!

And this news also greatly shook the nobility!

In the Battle of Wang Cheng, the defending side's strength was indeed weak.

But the issue was that Hellin Kingdom's god intervened.

He unleashed a terrifying divine punishment!

And then—he lost!

To the nobility, this was the most significant point.

Hellin Kingdom's original god could not defeat the Lord of Flames.

And their armies could not defeat the Yan Kingdom's armies either!

What's the point of fighting at all!

Many nobles began scrambling to recall their troops stationed in the Southern Highlands.

On the third day after Luoying became queen, the army marched again, heading toward the Northern Highlands!

This time, the main force remained the Yan Kingdom's two hundred thousand troops.

The two hundred thousand surrendered troops were also brought along.

Luoying was not worried these two hundred thousand troops would defect.

Remember, these warriors originally believed they were fighting for the royal family.

Now that Luoying is queen and has labeled Hellin Kingdom's original god a demon god, their mission is to defeat the Church and expel the demon god!

These warriors effectively no longer had any possibility of defection!

Even if they did defect, Luoying was utterly unconcerned.

Bringing them along was purely for show of strength.

Thus, this campaign toward the north carried an especially grand momentum.

The Yan Kingdom's two hundred thousand beastmen troops, the current force of over one hundred thousand, plus the original two hundred thousand troops from Wang Cheng.

Additionally, along the way, nobles continuously sent troops to demonstrate loyalty to the new queen.

Thus, when the army neared the Southern Highlands of the Hutton Kingdom, its size reached an unprecedented seven hundred thousand!

It was nearly equal in number to the million-strong army in the Southern Highlands.

More than half of all able-bodied young men in the entire Hellin Kingdom had been conscripted!

"The Southern Highlands of the Hutton Kingdom are approaching."

After eight days of marching, the massive army finally neared the Southern Highlands of the Hutton Kingdom.

At this time, the Hutton Kingdom on the Southern Highlands had halted its offensive and begun its Plan Seven: watch the tigers fight.

The Hutton Kingdom was quite clever.

Before Princess Luoying and the Yan Kingdom's army arrived, they had tightly held onto Hellin Kingdom's forces, keeping the million-strong Hellin army pinned in the Southern Highlands.

Their plan was simple.

While Princess Luoying's army clashed with Hellin Kingdom's original million-strong army, they would intervene and defeat both sides!

This was their best opportunity!

Although the Church had been desperately controlling the situation, rumors still ran rampant among Hellin Kingdom's million-strong army, and many noble-conscripted troops had already begun slipping away!

It was only because the Seven Great Sacred Spirits suppressed everything with their might, and the Church's powerful Temple Knights held things down, that large-scale disturbances had not yet occurred!