Chapter 319: Strength cannot solve everything

At age 20: three months after the gods descended and bestowed blessings upon humanity, the Empire has already begun large-scale clashes with natural disasters, while the remaining nations, just like now, have shifted from passive defense to taking the offensive.

In the frenzied clash against natural disasters, the entire continent has become a chaotic battlefield, like a giant pressure cooker that has packed everyone inside.

No matter the cost, humanity will ultimately take this world back from the hands of natural disasters....

That's truly inspiring.

Jierte stood on the city wall at the Empire's border, gazing down at the dark crowd below, silently reciting those words.

Below, the blessed ones gathered because of this passionate slogan were launching an attack against the rampant natural disasters at this moment.

The gods' blessings were greater than Jierte imagined, not only greatly enhancing humanity's physical fitness but also awakening various abilities through spiritual energy.

In short, there are basically no ordinary people lacking strength on the streets nowadays; even a random old lady might have the power to tear apart natural disasters with bare hands.

Even more astonishing, the blessed ones' reproductive capacity has also been greatly strengthened; while the daily death toll keeps rising, the number of newborns far exceeds the number of deaths.

These things have left Jierte feeling dazed; this world is no longer the one he knew, and the gods' blessings act like a chemical catalyst, provoking a more intense reaction between humanity and natural disasters.

On the battlefield lies death; after the battlefield comes rebirth. Watching the fearless humans ahead, Jierte sighed.

He is not one of those fighting to the death on the front lines, nor will he become one; as for why he came here....

Knight Sir! There's a bad guy here!

The catgirl suddenly shouted from the cat pack behind him, and upon hearing the sound, Jierte's lips curled into a smile.

That's right, he's here to enforce justice. As the saying goes, a cat's reaction is seven times that of a cat, and sometimes the sapphire can see things even more than Jierte himself.

Thus, the sapphire knight with fiery eyes and golden pupils took on the duty of capturing bad guys.

There! That's her!

Another blessed one doing evil.

The justice knight descended from the heavens, and at extreme speed put an end to this wicked deed.

A powerful force surged into his body, and the power gained from slaying these blessed ones far exceeded what Jierte had imagined.

Eh~ How come it's only this much?

The catgirl made a sound of disdain; just now she only gained a tiny bit of vitality from this person, not even enough to fill a tooth gap.

Now these guys have no goods left, eh?

And not much either?

The catgirl's words naturally caught Jierte's attention, and upon hearing his question, she also tilted her head in puzzlement.

Yeah, lately the blessed ones' vitality in this round is pitifully low.

Basically, only those about to die are like this.

..... Another anomaly.

Jierte silently noted this unusual point in his mind, then turned his gaze back to the chattering catgirl.

Knight Sir, what should we eat later?

The catgirl's life is now simple: eating, drinking, playing, accompanying the Knight Sir in enforcing justice and such, completely carefree.

And influenced by her, Jierte's heavy, complicated mood has lightened considerably; with this little thing by his side, his mood can't possibly be bad.

Come on, let's eat your favorite grilled meat.

Great!

In the sixth month after the blessings, human morale is extremely high; they have wiped out countless natural disasters in just three months, reclaimed all territory that once belonged to humanity, and even in harsh, cold snowy weather, their combat strength has not diminished in the slightest.

Even the sea monsters that were originally fighting the blood disaster were forced into having no retreat, able only to withdraw from land and return to the sea.

And humanity, having seized more territory, immediately exerted its extraordinarily strong reproductive capacity; as a species that is in heat year-round, plus the blessing's enhancement, even many beastmen that originally only went into heat at specific times have been severely affected.

Originally requiring ten months to be born, humans, under the blessing's support, can now be born in just five or six months; their growth rate is also terrifying, and they can come into contact with spiritual energy at a very young age, while the second generation born of these blessed ones is called the new humans.

Nowadays, the sun has completely turned blood‑red; people's blessings have shifted from praising the sun to praising the gods, development of spiritual‑energy technology has begun to stagnate, and the church, as you expected, has started to grow rapidly.

Although those emotionless gods are AI, it doesn't mean their followers are AI; humanity's ambition won't be suppressed by faith, and with the new pope taking office, he quickly gained a large batch of supporters, which makes you worry whether that imperial princess, who usually just drinks and plays cards, can handle all this.

Indeed, not long after you had this doubt, you received a contact message from the Imperial Princess.

Jierte.

Can you.... get in touch with BOSS?

?

Hearing the Imperial Princess's question, Jierte immediately thought of some bad things.

My side.... is probably in jeopardy.

A year ago we contacted once, but that guy ran off before finishing his words, so it'll be hard for you to get in touch with him.

Like that....

The Imperial Princess's tone was full of loss, and this was also the first time Jierte had heard her sound so dejected and exhausted.

From the earliest memories, that red‑haired guy who always beat him up had always been arrogant and confident, never looking as dejected as today.

What's wrong?

Before BOSS left, I could still contact his covert agents placed within the Empire.

But from a few months ago, I just couldn't get in touch with them.

The current situation.... you know.

Jierte.... I now realize that strength... cannot solve everything.

Hearing this, Jierte suddenly wanted to retort; he really wanted to say that not being able to solve everything is just because he's still not strong enough.

He held back, after all, now is not the time to say such things.

But for some reason, an image of a figure wielding a spear suddenly appeared in Jierte's mind, as if her standing there would make everything easily resolvable.

However, Jierte isn't clear who that figure is; it somewhat resembles his aunt, yet is completely unlike her.

And that figure only appeared for an instant; afterward, no matter how he tried to recall, he couldn't remember it.

Maybe it's an illusion.

Jierte thought so, but in the end he still decided to help the Imperial Princess.

You....

Sigh, forget it, do you need me to help you with something?