Chapter 460

The fox girl Qing Ling raised this issue.

Meng Ying spoke first:

"Of the three laws in the Xiling Kingdom, the ones still applicable to the Hutton Kingdom."

The fox girl Qing Ling nodded.

Those three laws were major weapons.

After the second law—the Land Reclamation Decree—was enacted, the Commoner Class of the Hutton Kingdom could be stabilized at the fastest speed.

With their god defeated and their church purged, these commoners' faith was actually simple.

Don't be fooled by how fervent they appeared before; once they gained benefits from the Land Reclamation Decree and could live a life once unimaginable, their faith shifted the fastest.

Piety is always built on strength.

Perhaps we should add one more: built on interest.

Especially for these commoners.

Meng Ying added: "As for the nobility, only one king remains from the royal line—this king doesn't need to be kept. What do you think?"

The fox girl Qing Ling nodded and said: "Their king is already dead."

"Dead?"

The fox girl Qing Ling said: "Yes, done by Sister Wen Ni. Their king possessed a Sixth-Rank power and was killed by Sister Wen Ni on the battlefield."

Meng Ying said: "Then that's perfect. As for ordinary nobles, their privileges remain unchanged; they still retain the right to trade, but not with the Hunhe Duchy—instead, they trade with us. Oh, by the way, Princess, how is the Eternal Night Empire doing? Could we possibly trade with them?"

The Princess said: "The Eternal Night Empire's administrative system differs from kingdoms; they have nobles too, but the imperial family's control is extremely strong—the Emperor holds immense power.

The entire Eternal Night Empire has twenty-four provinces; even the smallest province is half the size of the Xiling Kingdom. We border four of them. If we wish to trade with them, we should first trade with these four provinces—just apply for trade permits separately to each. It's not complicated. I can handle it."

"Wow, that big!"

Princess Luo Ying exclaimed.

She was marveling at the size of the Eternal Night Empire.

The Princess nodded: "The Eternal Night Empire ranks among the top ten empires on the Continent of Gods—of course it's huge."

Luo Ying asked curiously: "Won't they attack us?"

The Princess shook her head: "Probably not. I recently read more about the history of the Eternal Night Empire—every first king of the human kingdoms surrounding it were founding generals of the Eternal Night Empire.

They made a pact: the Eternal Night Empire will never attack these kingdoms, never interfere in their internal affairs or beliefs. In truth, the Empire itself is prosperous and its population far exceeds imagination; they likely don't care much about neighboring kingdoms. Besides, they need these kingdoms as buffers, since wars between empires do occur."

Luo Ying finally relaxed: "Once we integrate the four kingdoms, we can establish a small empire too. Though we can't compare to the Eternal Night Empire, if we build it well and make it prosperous, we can still expand in other directions! Oh no, I went off-topic—Meng Ying, continue."

The fox girl Qing Ling smiled: "Luo Ying, you didn't go off-topic. After all, the Eternal Night Empire is right next to us, so your question is actually crucial—it's good to look ahead."

Here, a still more beautiful smile appeared on her face as she said:

"You don't know—I feel like this is all a dream. A year ago, I was starving in the forest; now we're about to build a small empire!"

Even though the fox girl Qing Ling usually appeared sharp and capable, she was still a seventeen-year-old beautiful fox girl.

Now, her youthful heart had surfaced.

Luo Ying looked at her enviously: "Holy Maiden, I envy you."

The fox girl Qing Ling asked: "Envy me what?"

Luo Ying said: "I envy you for being the first to meet my god. Your mindset is the best among us."

The fox girl Qing Ling said: "Luo Ying, the sisters who join later will envy you too."

As the girls talked, they all began to envision the future.

Now, their strength had already become very powerful.

An empire was about to be born in their hands.

And all of this, in truth, stemmed from the Great Flame Lord.

Without the Flame Lord, they could never have achieved this!

Though this empire is small, a small empire is still an empire—not a kingdom!

And with time, a small empire might yet grow into a great one.

After another half-hour of talk, Meng Ying finally returned to the matter at hand.

Meng Ying said: "We can now send scouts to the other three directions to see if there's room for expansion. Once we establish our small empire, we can begin expanding. As for the Eternal Night Empire, that depends on our strength and my god's stance.

Trade matters will be left to the Princess, but no need to rush—first stabilize the Hutton Kingdom. The Hutton nobility will remain. Once we've stabilized Hutton, we can move against the Hunhe Duchy."

"Mm!"

The several Holy Maidens quickly settled the plan!

After settling the plan, seeing the prisoners had been mostly dealt with, Meng Ying ordered Luo Ying to lead the 500,000 royal troops to continue settling the prisoners, while the Princess stayed behind to hold the position.

She herself led over a hundred thousand of the faster-moving beast tribes deep into the heart of the Hutton Kingdom, heading straight for Wang Cheng.

The beast tribes she brought were only the Centaurs, Lion Clan, and Wolf Clan.

These three clans were extremely fast; their marching speed could consistently exceed eighty kilometers per hour.

Their raiding speed would be even faster!

This was an incredibly terrifying marching speed.

In less than a day, Meng Ying and her 120,000 beast warriors stood before the gates of Wang Cheng, capturing the city with almost no effort.

Then, the Centaur warriors began a massive purge, wiping out the church entirely.

A few days later, two thousand Aerial Warriors began aerial propaganda drops.

This time, the magical paper used for propaganda was not as abundant.

The content was simple: the Hutton Kingdom's god was dead, and the three laws were now in effect.

The effect of this propaganda campaign was quite good.

In these few days, Meng Ying led her beast army to capture one by one the key cities of the Hutton Kingdom.

In less than a week, the entire Horden Kingdom fell under control.

There was not a single resistance force left within the kingdom!

It would still take some time to fully stabilize the Horden Kingdom.

But that time would be shorter than imagined.

Because the second decree, the most important of the three, wielded extraordinary power.