Chapter 459: Take Over the Hutton Kingdom! Look to the Future!

"We've lost!"

The countless citizens of the Hutton Kingdom watching around them turned ashen-faced.

This world-shaking battle had finally come to an end!

On the southern highlands, vast numbers of magical secret messages had already been sent back.

All these magical secret messages said the same thing.

That was the outcome of this world-shaking battle!

The Flame Lord's realm won; the Hutton Kingdom lost!

Even the Hutton Kingdom's god had been burned to death!

Of course, those who received the magical secret messages naturally had the ability to discern truth, and would not truly believe the Hutton Kingdom's god was dead.

These magical secret messages were mostly sent to the Hunhe Duchy!

The Hunhe Duchy's territory was sizable, and its population was also considerable.

The Hunhe Duchy had roughly thirty million people—slightly more than the Hiling Kingdom—and its land area was even larger than Hiling's.

Within the entire Hunhe Duchy, the land was roughly divided into five regions, each worshipping a different god.

The royal family worshipped the strongest god of the Hunhe Duchy.

According to the Princess's estimate, that god was likely at the late stage of the First Tier.

The other four gods were all at the mid-level of the First Tier!

Now, with the war ending so swiftly, those five gods will surely panic!

But Lin Yan's Holy Maidens still had no time to deal with the Hunhe Duchy!

Although the Hutton Kingdom had been conquered, it had not yet been fully absorbed!

Well, after this battle, the Hutton Kingdom's nobles had lost all capacity to resist—even if they tried to rebel, suppressing them would take mere moments.

But this was a war of faith, not a war of annihilation; the Hutton Kingdom's nobles would surely not be so foolish as to ignore the situation.

Their god had been utterly defeated; their most elite million-man army had been captured. Even if they tried to unite and raise new troops, they'd be nothing but a rabble—what could they possibly do?

In the sky, on the flying ship, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling, Queen Luo Ying, and the girl Meng Ying gathered together.

Although the Princess was not a Holy Maiden, due to the depth of her faith, she had joined this small circle.

Still, she mostly listened, occasionally offering suggestions.

This flying ship had naturally become their spoils of war.

During the battle, the god's avatar had pushed this flying ship far away, sparing it from destruction—much to Lin Yan's advantage.

Sister Qing Ling planned to bring this flying ship back to the City of Miracles and have the dwarves attempt to replicate it.

The flying ship involved complex alchemical craftsmanship, but given the Dwarf Queen some time, she should be able to learn it.

Of course, the most complex part was the magic runes.

It was the interwoven patterns of various magic runes that ultimately enabled the flying ship to fly.

But for dwarves who possessed magma fire, magic runes posed no problem whatsoever.

Well, this thing certainly didn't fly on its own—it consumed magic stones.

The better the flying ship, the less magic stone it consumed, and the more expensive it became.

This flying ship also carried defensive magic, even a large-scale defensive barrier.

The barrier was naturally a magical technique, but an extremely advanced one—like a forbidden spell—so it had its own specialized term.

This gave the flying ship formidable defense, capable of withstanding forbidden spells.

In fact, cities possessing legendary-level beings generally had large legendary-level barriers; once activated, resisting forbidden spells was no challenge—though they still consumed magic stones.

But previously, the highest-ranking mages in the major kingdoms were only Grand Mages, who couldn't even cast forbidden spells—how could they set up barriers?

Even the City of Miracles possessed only decent magical defenses, not a super-large legendary-level barrier.

Of course, with the City of Miracles' vast area, a super-large legendary-level barrier couldn't cover it entirely—but at least it could protect many vital buildings from surprise attacks!

Fortunately, now that Meng Ying and the Princess had reached legendary level, they could establish legendary-level barriers.

On the ground, Hiling Kingdom's warriors were still organizing the captives.

These captives would not be abused or mistreated.

Captives conscripted by nobles would have their weapons and equipment confiscated, then be relocated to the southern highlands.

Well, they wouldn't be idle—they'd be assigned an important task.

Cultivating the southern highlands and planting Divine Beans.

The southern highlands were still quite large; the land wasn't fertile, but it was perfect for growing Divine Beans.

This prevented these captives from being conscripted again by nobles seeking to stir trouble, while also putting them to productive use so they wouldn't just eat without working.

Once they witnessed the miraculous nature of the Divine Beans, they'd more quickly turn their hearts to the Flame Lord.

The royal army was under close watch.

Additionally, the Church's army—that was the top priority.

They too had their weapons and equipment stripped, then placed under tight guard.

Under the leadership of the Centaur Chieftain, the centaurs purged the Jiaohuizhu Sect's bishops; these bishops could communicate with gods and were inherently unstable elements.

Now, after every war, that fierce centaur female chieftain took it upon herself to handle this task, shouldering all the darkness herself.

Clearing the battlefield and housing the captives would take considerable time.

During this time, Lin Yan's several Holy Maidens discussed matters aboard the flying ship.

"Next, let's discuss how we can stabilize the Hutton Kingdom as quickly as possible."