“It’s a pretty good fight.”

Ash looked at the information on the simulation interface and nodded slightly.

In fact, Esde’s ability is good, but the difficulties he faces at the beginning are too great. There are orcs, nomads, and internal threats. The competition in the Arctic Ice Kingdom is too cruel. Even if it were him, he would find it difficult without the previous advantages accumulated.

And it turns out that this one can still be used lying down.

Ash was worried about sleeping with the queen and how to help Esde take the throne. But suddenly the queen’s wife gave him all the help and directly announced that she would pass the throne to Esde.

Then he would wake up laughing in his dreams.

As long as Esde becomes the queen, his first stage mission will be completed, and then the game will be saved and he can play freely from then on.

As for moving to the city of Shaya, to be honest, Ash doesn’t care at all. Not to mention that there are already several purple card nobles in the original Amabel territory who have become his followers of Slaanesh, the number of Khorne followers has reached more than 300,000. Even if he really starts from scratch, with such a big city and such fertile land, Ash can still pull out another iron-blooded legion.

While thinking, Ash clicked on the basic information of Xia City.

He is not the mayor of Xia City yet, so he can only see some surface data.

It has to be said that Amabel managed Xia City quite well. The city’s economy, infrastructure, people’s livelihood, resources and other attributes were no worse than those of the Royal City. Its population was as high as over 400,000, making it the most populous city in the entire Arctic Ice Kingdom.

The main industries in the territory are planting and mining. Xia City is close to the south of the kingdom. The climate here is not as cold as other places. In addition to wheat fields, there are also many fruit and medicinal plantations. The mining resources are very rich. Ten kilometers east of the city is the largest mineral vein in the Arctic Ice Kingdom.

“It’s really good.”

Ash’s eyes lit up, and he couldn’t wait to become the city lord.

But before that, he had to make Margarian obey him, otherwise even if they moved there, Margarian would be the city lord and he would at most be the city lord’s wife.

But Ash didn’t think it was difficult.

Because Queen Margaret has no problem with close contact with him. :

[You spent a pleasant night in Xingmang Castle.]

【You spent a pleasant week in Xingmang Castle.】⑤

[You spent a pleasant month in Xingmang Castle.]

[In May 1780, Esder led the Kingdom’s army to defeat the orc army, killing more than 5 orcs in total, and the remaining orcs fled outside the kingdom.]

[In May, Esde led the Kingdom’s army to triumph.] 5

[In the same month, Queen Margaret announced that she was pregnant and would choose an auspicious day to hold a wedding banquet and abdication ceremony.]

Esde: “?”⑷

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Esde was feeling comfortable after repelling the invading orcs, but then she was stunned by a piece of news.

“Mother… is pregnant!??”

Isn’t this too fast?

She had originally fantasized that the so-called marriage might be a delaying tactic of her mother, in name only, and that she would think of a way after she had secured a stable position. However, this piece of news completely shattered all her fantasies.

but.

how come?

Given my mother’s personality, why would she be so anxious to have a baby even if she was married?

Was it to completely bind Ash to the royal family and to prevent Ash’s mutiny from threatening her?

But the problem is, Ash would never betray!

The most direct evidence is that at this moment in her list of subjects, Ash is still one of her subjects.

He has a hundred thousand soldiers stationed in the royal city. If they really wanted to rebel, they would have done it long ago, and she would have received the notification first.

Precisely because of this, Esde was helpless. She really wanted to tell Margarion, “Mother, you really don’t have to do this for me.”

“I was clearly a subject, but now I have become…”

Esde stared at the simulation interface in a daze, rubbing his temples for a while, his head ached. This simulation had been going on for a long time, and nothing was right from the beginning to the end.

I always feel that the simulation difficulty has increased after Ash joined her camp. She was obviously not so passive in the previous few times.

But these are no longer important. Esde was thinking about how she would face the scene of seeing Ash and Margarian together.

“Absolutely, absolutely do not use immersive mode!”

…

[Felice: Hahahaha! I am dying of laughter. Really, Esde, you are the best imitator I have ever seen. Both Venetian and Irelia pulled Ash into their hands by themselves, but you are better than them. You worship Ash as your father.]

Phyllis was originally quite depressed because the four people’s simulation made her look like the worst one. But now when she saw Esde’s simulation, she felt it was more interesting than her own simulation.

How should I put it? This operation made her a little dumbfounded. If Esde wanted to make Ash a prince, she could understand it. But after a series of punches, Cai Ka suddenly became a father. You still say you don’t need Ash, right? That’s right. Anyway, a father will not watch his daughter suffer and then look back at Ash himself. If you don’t use him, he will use you.

Ferris was already imagining Ash giving an order and Esther obeying it with a reluctant look on his face.

…

[The number of Khorne Cult followers has exceeded 400,000. 】

[Affected by the power of faith, your strength is enhanced. 】

Here, Ash is still enjoying life in Star Castle, waiting for Esde to come back and inherit the throne.

After Amabel was captured, the entire territory of Xia City became his territory. Lakras returned to the territory secretly with his orders to recruit believers. After two months of expansion, the number of believers directly exceeded 400,000.

After Ash received the feedback of the power of faith, his strength reached the seventh level.

“It gets harder as time goes on.”

In fact, it is not an exaggeration to say that this speed is extremely fast, but Ash feels it is too slow, because his sword talent is over 100, and he would spare the energy to train sword skills when he is free. Even so, he has just broken through to the seventh level. This speed makes Ash not very satisfied.

“At this rate, it will probably take more than a million followers to reach the eighth level. As for the ninth level…”

The eighth level requires more than one million people, and the ninth level is the realm of God. This cross-server number may be beyond imagination, requiring at least several million or even tens of millions of people.

The Arctic Ice Kingdom is a northern country with a relatively small population of just over eight million. This means that it would be extremely difficult to break through to the quasi-god realm relying solely on the power of faith in the Arctic Ice Kingdom.

Because when the density of Khorne reaches a certain level, it will inevitably cause a decline in stability, and some will even fight each other. It will also attract the attention of the Holy See, causing the conflict between Jibing and the Holy See to erupt prematurely.

If we talk about the most suitable place to develop the cult of Khorne, it is Benicia, because Benicia has the largest population. The national population is about 15 million, nearly twice that of the Arctic Kingdom.

Of course, a large population does not mean a strong country. After the selection of the Arctic Ice Kingdom, the remaining ones are the elites, and Benicia…how to say it, when Ash was walking on the inside line, he discovered that the overall fighting spirit of the people in that country was not high, which may be related to the relative stability of the entire East Continent.

The threat posed by orcs is small, and there is no threat from elves and sea people. The power of the underground palace is also unattainable, so the King of Benicia has put more attention on competing with the Holy See. There are almost no churches of the Holy See in the whole of Benicia, so the Holy See wants to enter Benicia to preach.

In this case, if there is a chance to spread the faith from within, Khorne will spread quickly.

“Unfortunately, it’s almost impossible to spread Khorne from here to Benicia… Hmm? How come there are my followers in Benicia?”

Ash just casually opened the strategic map and took a look, and found that there were actually Khorne believers in Benicia, and there were quite a few of them, reaching more than 5,000.

“Strange, when did the Khorne faith spread so far?”

Ash looked carefully and found that apart from the Arctic Ice Kingdom, there were only believers in Benicia, but none in between. This meant that the Cult of Khorne was not spread all the way from Arctic Ice to Benicia, but someone started spreading it directly in Benicia… Some Benicians who came to Arctic Ice for tourism were then “contaminated”?

Whatever the reason, Khorne did begin to spread in Benicia. Although it started not long ago, the speed was very fast, and it grew rapidly with almost no hindrance.

Ash could even feel the feedback of this power of faith, which was increasing his strength at a steady pace.

This is so cool!

If everything goes well, he should be able to improve his strength to the quasi-god level before he comes into conflict with the Holy See. Don’t forget that his talent in swordsmanship is very high, as high as several floors. According to the setting of the protagonist in general fantasy novels, he may not even need to gather the power of faith, and can directly break through with his extraordinary talent.

【Acede has returned to the royal city.】

At this time, a new scene appeared on the simulation interface.

Princess Esde, riding on a warhorse, led her army into the royal city and was warmly welcomed by countless citizens of the kingdom along the streets.

My daughter is back.

Ash thought.

At this time, Margaret came over and took his arm with a smile on her face.

[‘Let’s go and meet the child from Esder.’]

Ash opened Margarian’s character attributes——

[Character attributes]

【Margaret Nora Elkovich】

[Age: 35 years old]

【剑道：94】【魔法：55】【才识：86】【统御：92】【政治：90】【魅力：96】【道德：70】【野心：88】

[Path of Faith: Slaanesh]

[Special Title: Follower of Slaanesh (Advanced)]

[Character entries: Breath of Winter (gold), Discerning Eyes (purple)…]

A gold card with very powerful attributes, its strength is at the peak of level seven. If the power of the relic is fully utilized, it can even unleash an attack that is as powerful as an eighth-level forbidden spell.

But if we compare the three-dimensional attributes, Margarian is already higher than Esde. However, the latter will have another awakening after fusing the relics, and her attributes will leap to the level of a true heroine.

Of course, Ash was attracted to Margaret not entirely because of her ability, but because of her identity as the queen.

Even Margarian herself did not expect that the situation she controlled would eventually benefit Ash.

Facts have proved that no one can refuse to have in-depth exchanges with Ash, who has opened the path of faith, and not fall into Slaanesh. Unless the other party has the protection of divine blood or is blessed by the gods, the success rate of this direct way of preaching is close to 100%.

So now, Margarion has changed from a good mother who only cares about her daughter to a good wife who is loyal to the faith of Slaanesh. Well, at least her role is positive and active… Ash: You see, I didn’t force her.

Because of the card Magrianne, Ash decided to take a different route this time.

In the past, when painting the exterior, I was always passive due to some internal reasons, but this time it won’t be the case.

[Slaanesh activation conditions: 9/10]

There are quite a few purple cards that meet the conditions of Slaanesh, but they could not be used in the Amabel territory in the early stage. But now, he can easily open this path and then further control the high-level forces of the entire kingdom.

Although the spread of faith through Slaanesh is not as convenient as that through Khorne, it is very effective when used on these nobles.

The scene changes.

[You and Margarion welcomed Esde.]

[Acede wants to talk to you alone. ]

[‘Esde, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Can’t your mother listen?’ Margarian said with a smile. ]

“Mother, you…”

Ace stared at the simulation interface, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Mother, you arranged this marriage to keep Ash stable, so don’t get too caught up in the drama.

[‘The ministers of the kingdom are watching, as a daughter, it is more important for you to maintain a good reputation.’ Margarian said again. ]

Acede responded.

She then remembered that when she recalled Ash from the border, there was a rumor that she was addicted to alcohol and sex and had a gigolo by her side.

Now that this pretty boy has turned into a father, she really needs to be careful when interacting with Ash in the future.

Don’t let rumors spread that the new king is immoral and is competing with the old king for men.

“Mother is really thoughtful.”

Esde hesitated for a moment and gave up the idea of ​​confronting Ash. After all, the matter was done and the baby was already born. What was the point of saying anything more?

Fortunately, in the long run, it solved her problem of how to deal with Ash’s colored card. After all, she couldn’t just abandon the border guard when she didn’t need it anymore. If that happened, even the most morally upright subjects would defect.

[At the end of May 1780, Queen Margaret and Ash held a wedding banquet in the Royal City.]

“We have finally come to this point.”

At this point, Esde no longer has any idea about this. She just wants to become the queen as soon as possible, unlock the national war module of the second stage main line, and then earn points and achieve hegemony.

[Felice: Speaking of which, although Irelia made Ash the prince in the last simulation, the wedding was not held. Venetian didn’t even make him the prince that time. After all this time, Ash held two weddings, one with Yasna and the other with Margarian, neither of whom was our simulated player.]

[Acede: Are you thinking about marrying Ash just because you play the simulation?]⑥