Chapter 316: Rebuilding the Navat Republic (12)

Yulai City, Sky Council.

Mage Si Bin, serving as the council's interim chair, loudly announced the important agenda items passed by the council.

"The proposal 'Rebuilding the Navat Republic' is officially approved: 117 votes total, 78 in favor, 30 against, 9 abstentions."

The controversy remains great, but regardless, the vote passed.

"From this moment on, the Sky Republic is officially renamed the Navat Republic, and the Sky Council is officially renamed the Guardian Council."

"The first Guardian Archmage of the Guardian Council is the Emperor of the Natural Empire, Luosen Saxon, who comes from the Natural Plane."

With those words, Luosen, clad in an Archmage robe of Navat style, strode up to the seat of the Guardian Archmage and sat upright at the highest position of the entire council.

As a Guardian Archmage from an alien plane, his guardian authority is incomplete.

He possesses supervisory rights and a limited supreme veto over the nation's important agenda items.

Limited means the power can be exercised at most three times within a year; expired rights are void and cannot be accumulated.

Therefore, he must use it cautiously.

But he has no executive power.

In fact, even so, this clause remains the biggest source of controversy in the bill.

But there is no way around it.

Luosen's power is truly overwhelming, his contributions to the Sky Republic are unparalleled, and he constantly claims to be a disciple of Saint Fedmont, garnering a steadfast following within the original Sky Council.

At the same time, the weakened Navat Republic indeed needs various war aid from the Natural Empire.

Under all these factors, the proposal—absurd at first glance—ultimately passed by majority vote.

When Luosen settled into his seat, Mage Si Bin's voice rang out again.

"The Guardian Council will appoint three Executive Archmages: Mage Naya, Mage Sandiago, and Mage Yueshuya."

All three mages are Navat natives, their base soul strength exceeds Legendary 3, making them among the strongest Legendary mages in the Sky Council.

The three rose and took the three seats in front of Luosen.

These three seats are lower than the Guardian Archmage's seat, symbolizing their subjection to his supervision.

Mage Si Bin continued to loudly announce the second important agenda item.

"Agenda item 'Light Demon' passes unanimously."

"This agenda clarifies the following three points."

"First, the so‑called Light Divine Race is essentially a group of meticulously disguised Void Demons."

"Second, Light Demons, and the mortals and mortal realms that follow them, will be enemies of the Navat Republic!"

"Third, in the years to come, the Navat Republic will spare no effort to retake the former capital Nadelin and expel the Light Demon and all forces associated with it from the Navat plane!"

Luosen listened and thought to himself, "Finally, thought is unified once again."

Knowing who the enemy is, the tasks ahead pose no difficulty.

Navat has opposed demons for nearly a millennium; from the highest echelons to the lowest, the nation possesses a highly effective set of anti‑demon experience.

As long as its mind stays clear, Navat remains a nightmare to void life.

Luosen's first duty as Guardian Archmage is to ensure the Navat Republic's mind stays clear.

The second duty is to lend a hand when the Republic's current strength is at its weakest.

The means of assistance are simple: military aid.

The confirmed aid currently consists of three items—individual weapons proven effective on the battlefield: the Flame Sword, the Howling Spear, and the War God Armor.

A few days ago, the detailed results of the two corps' night battle were tallied.

One thousand ordinary trained city‑defense soldiers faced three thousand of the Republic's elite Sky Warriors; the final casualties were 23 to 1,689.

It was a total crush! Consequently, the three weapons became hugely popular, deemed by the Sky Republic's military as powerful enough to shift strategic direction.

Luosen said little on the matter; whatever the other side wants, he provides.

As for supersonic unmanned flame bombers, Apocalypse Tanks, 200‑mm war cannons, Metal Storm, Super Death Ray Array, Spell Ring Oscillators and similar powerful ground weapons, he mentioned none of them, as if such things do not exist in the empire.

At three p. m., the reconstituted Guardian Council's first session officially concluded.

According to the plan, a grand assembly will be held at each year‑end thereafter, and an executive sub‑meeting each month‑end.

Only at those two times does Luosen, the Guardian Archmage, have the opportunity to exercise his authority.

At other times, the Navat Republic remains exactly as before.

Since there is currently nothing major on Navat's side, Luosen prepares to return to the Natural Empire.

Before departing, he summons the three Executive Archmages to make final arrangements.

"Mage Naya, Mage Sandiago, Mage Yueshuya, as the Republic's Executive Archmages, you bear a sacred and arduous mission; your minds must stay clear at all times, possess the most insightful gaze, and ideally wield great power."

"Therefore, these two Azure Scholarly Headpieces are the gifts I prepared for you. They grant you a powerful soul that surpasses the Light Saints and resists the oppression of Void Gods."

Since Naya already has one, only two are needed.

Both Executive Archmages have Legendary+3 souls; the Azure Scholarly Artifact adds Soul+5, yielding a final strength of Legendary+8 plus a thousandfold amplified soul scale, sufficient to keep their minds clear and wills steadfast.

The two mages, already aware of the artifact's power, immediately took them and put them on.

After truly feeling the artifact's formidable performance, both eyes lit up, and their previously uneasy spirits relaxed considerably.

However, the three still harbored final doubts.

Among the three Executive Archmages, Mage Sandiago is the eldest.

His hair is snow‑white, his face full of wrinkles, and he has lived nearly three hundred years.

At that moment, he straightened his resolve and asked directly: "Mage Luosen, I wish to pose a somewhat presumptuous question and truly seek an answer."

Luosen, of course, knew what the other wanted to ask, and now was indeed the time to reveal the answer.

"Ask away, sir."

Sandiago said in a low voice: "You have always claimed that your great soul is also because of the Scholarly Artifact."

But it has only been claimed, never truly demonstrated, though you know that the Nawatt Republic is a mortal nation, and the Guardian Archmage must be a clearly defined mortal identity. Therefore, we must confirm this.

This point must be determined; it is the future destiny of the Republic.

Thus the three executing Archmages stared intently at Luosen, waiting for his answer.

Luosen had prepared long ago and clearly knew this was a question that must be answered.

He raised his hand and lightly tapped his own head; instantly light flowed over his brow, revealing a headpiece of extraordinarily intricate and precise design, emanating waves of astonishing power. He then lifted his hand and took the crown from his head.

Supreme Crown, a powerful artifact that condenses the highest arcane crystallization of my Natural Empire, deeply bound to my soul.

As for myself, I have used some secret arts that enhance life force, possessing a legendary soul of strength 7.6, but the scale of my soul is quite ordinary.

Everyone present wore scholarly arcane devices, their souls surpassing Luosen's true form; thus they could instantly see the shape of Luosen's true soul.

It is indeed a pure mortal soul.

In the eyes of the executing Archmages, a legendary 7.6 is naturally an outstanding level.

But compared to the mortal saints of demons and gods, it is only a moderate‑high level.

Therefore, the emperor of that distant plane is undoubtedly a mortal.

Thus the three executing Archmages each believed they had understood the true situation of Luosen, this Natural Emperor.

Their doubts vanished completely; although they still greatly revered his ability, the former wariness and suspicion toward the unknown were gone entirely.

Hum~~~

Luosen donned the Supreme Crown again, and his soul once more returned to an awe‑inspiring state.

The light flickered slightly, the Supreme Crown vanished again, but was merely hidden once more within the magic ring.

Next, he projected three more staves, each exquisitely crafted yet simple in form, and handed them respectively to the three executing Archmages.

Staff of Infinite Power, another outstanding arcane crystallization of my Natural Empire.

Its attributes are superb, able to greatly shorten the casting time of massive spells while also granting you boundless power.

As long as you are within 1000 kilometers of Youlai City, you can mobilize no more than 5000 Luosen of mana within one second, lasting up to a minute. I know it is very powerful and completely overturns current arcane convention, but it involves imperial secrets, so I cannot explain the principle to you for now.

In short, with these staves you should be able to easily repel the assault of the Holy Light Saints.

These three staves were hastily forged by Luosen, directly linked to the Eternal Heart.

However, the staves are sealed with a powerful magical lock, preventing any inspection of their technical details.

The Eternal Heart was also carefully hidden deep beneath Youlai City by Luosen, so the three executing Archmages can only use the staves, but cannot know their exact principles.

But even so, after experiencing the staves' terrifying, incomprehensible performance, the three executing Archmages were nearly petrified on the spot, feeling that the Natural Empire was as mighty as a heavenly kingdom.

Luosen then mentioned the third arrangement.

The Republic's legendary strength is still lacking, but fortunately the Light Divine Clan has sent us many Holy Light Saints.

The saints number forty‑eight in total, and I have already subdued them all as scholars.

Most of the scholars will remain in Nawatt to help you resist the Light Divine Clan's legendary power; besides that, they will not interfere in any Nawatt affairs.

So please treat them well.

This is only natural; the three executing Archmages nodded repeatedly.

Then, having finished all arrangements, Luosen walked straight up to Naya in front of the other two executing Archmages, kissed her firmly on the lips, making her blush deeply.

Facing the two astonished executing Archmages, Luosen laughed heartily: 'Private matters are private, public affairs are public; I have always kept them distinct, so you two can rest easy, haha.'

Having said that, he stepped back one pace, and his figure vanished before the eyes of the three executing Archmages.

They waited a while after he left before the three executing Archmages came to their senses.

Sandiago couldn't help but sigh: 'The Natural Empire truly is a mortal nation to be longed for.'

Joshua nodded in agreement: 'You're right; for a moment I couldn't believe the mortal realm could contain such a great nation.'

Naya, however, shook her head seriously: 'The mortal realm would not have such a nation; the former Natural Alliance was merely a fragmented coalition of tiny states.'

It was Archmage Luosen who single‑handedly founded the Natural Empire; if we could wholeheartedly accept him, perhaps our Nawatt could also become equally great.

The other two Archmages knew little about the Natural Alliance, and for a moment found it hard to believe.

Naya shrugged: 'You two need to learn more about the Natural Empire's history, and I dare say that now is far from its greatest era; soon it will surely shine across the entire plane world.'

Meanwhile, Luosen naturally did not know of the three executing Archmages' conversation, and even if he did, he would not care.

He did not return directly to the Natural Empire, but came to a remote mountain range somewhere in Nawatt.

Here he condensed a spiritual body, entered the Huan Wai Xu Kong, and spoke directly with the Moon Lord, Sha'er.

'I have something very important to tell you,' Sha'er said, her back turned to Luosen's spiritual form.

Luosen's spiritual form grasped Sha'er's shoulders and chuckled: 'What could be more important than what we are doing now?'

Sha'er's mood was deeply conflicted, both resentful and exhilarated.

'Atumen has activated the Extinction Law Sword, left to him by Gordimer; it is extremely powerful, a rare Tier‑2 battle artifact.'

'What does Tier‑2 artifact mean?'

'It means a 13‑ring magic device.'

Luosen understood at once.

He already knew that a perfect magic ring has twenty‑three rings.

Twenty‑three rings, with the eleventh ring as the boundary: below it is mortal, above it is divine realm.

From this perspective, the Tree of Life branch is actually a twelfth‑ring auxiliary device; it simply cannot block the Extinction Law Sword.

If he were struck by it even once, he would likely drop dead on the spot.

'With such a fine thing, why hasn't he used it sooner?'

Sha'er shook her head wildly: 'I'm not sure; perhaps the artifact is too powerful, and using it exacts a heavy price.'

Luosen guessed the same.

'It just so happens that my pact with Adella is also up; let's exchange artifacts with her.'

But the life branch is very important to him, so he must first create a new life branch and then exchange it with A Daila.

Anyway, we'll have to trouble them anyway, so why not make several more and distribute them to each important Magic Method Laboratory of the Empire, which will also promote magic method development.

Plan completed, Luosen's mind became clear, and he began to focus on communicating with Sha Er.

"I will return to the Natural Empire; unless there is a special circumstance, my focus will not be on Navat. Quietly keep an eye on the Navat Republic for me."

"I will naturally do so."

She hesitated, Sha Er said: "That's best, so I won't be constantly humiliated."

Luosen heard that and knew Sha Er's words were insincere, and he laughed heartily: "Don't worry, I'll come by often."

(End of chapter)