Charlotte's gaze slightly narrowed.

The brilliance of the Shadow flashed behind her, and in that instant, Haral, who was kneeling half-kneeling before Charlotte, felt as if all the magic power around him had come to a halt. Under the indescribable terrifying pressure, even the holy power within him seemed to lose control.

It's also a byproduct of power approaching that of a True God.

Although Charlotte had not succeeded in taking the last step, once her divine power had grown to the limit that a demigod could contain, her mood, her every move, seemed to cause changes in the surrounding space.

That was the overflow of Law Power, the influence of "mythical" on the "world."

Fortunately, Charlotte quickly noticed the disturbances in the surrounding world caused by her mood changes.

She hurriedly gathered her aura and calmed her emotions.

Only then did Haral recover from that terrifying pressure; even though he had become legendary, at this moment, he still felt like a child who had just learned to walk in front of her.

'Teacher's power... seems increasingly unfathomable.'

Such a thought flashed through his mind.

"Speak, your findings from the investigation this time."

Charlotte gestured.

Haral nodded respectfully and answered:

"We have tracked down the core stronghold of the Sun Divine Palace. They are entrenched in the Dragon Ridge Mountain Range, which was the territory of the Old God Alliance's initiator Secret Covenant God Kulkan. However... it now belongs to the Sun Divine Palace."

The Secret Covenant God Kulkan...

Charlotte's eyes flashed with the image of a snake-people demigod who had been fleeing in disarray under her pursuit.

"Has the Sun Divine Palace completely controlled the Old God Alliance?"

Charlotte asked again.

Haral nodded:

"As you suspected, the Sun Divine Palace seems to have appeared suddenly in the Northern Border three and a half years ago, beginning to infiltrate the various old god churches."

"It's said that the Sun Divine Palace possesses incredible power, capable of exerting absolute suppression on many deities. In three years, they've nearly manipulated over half of the old gods within the Old God Alliance..."

"Now, the Sun Divine Palace is the true master of the Old God Alliance."

Only over half of the old gods have been manipulated by the Sun Divine Palace...

This number is a bit lower than expected.

Charlotte raised an eyebrow.

Haral's news matched her expectations; the entity behind the Sun Divine Palace was the one behind the door, suspected to be Sun God Helios... or even if it wasn't Helios, it surely was a closely related existence.

The other side came alongside her Time-Space Travel, naturally appearing together with her.

Moreover, the other side had mastered the Primordial Power, and indeed the 'evil' aspect of that Primordial Power, resulting in a dimensional reduction blow to the Northern Border old gods of this era. It was no surprise for the Sun Divine Palace to swiftly absorb the Old God Alliance.

What surprised Charlotte was that the Old God Alliance still had nearly half the old gods not completely controlled.

Considering that over the past three and a half years, Charlotte had slain more than thirty deities, more than half of whom were forcibly "created" by the Sun Divine Palace as "pseudo gods."

Charlotte fought against demigods and "pseudo gods" as easily as cutting melon, but contention between demigods and "pseudo gods" wasn't that simple.

According to Charlotte's conjecture, the Sun Divine Palace, with its grip on the "Primordial Power," ought to possess overwhelming superiority over the Old God Alliance, and in being able to consecutively "create" such numbers of "demigods," not thoroughly mastering the Old God Alliance was unfathomable.

Nonetheless, Haral's information corresponded to the warfare over these past three and a half years.

During these three and a half years, the Old Gods' side in the war between the Free City State Alliance and the Old God Alliance never sent more than five mythical beings into battle at a time, appearing to continuously rescue one after another like the feeling of the gourd kids saving their grandfather against Charlotte's might.

Charlotte had always been puzzled; since the Old God Alliance had so many demigods, why didn't all mythical beings attack at once instead of sending them wave after wave now?

However, it now seems this was because the Sun Divine Palace had not completely mastered them, and the Old God Alliance internally wasn't monolithic.

This was indeed good news for Charlotte.

Over the past three and a half years, Charlotte had roughly gauged her combat abilities.

With her current power levels, against the demigods and "pseudo gods" of the Old God Alliance, going one-on-one she could instant-kill, two-on-one she could chase and hack, three-on-one she could take advantage, four-on-one she struggled, five-on-one she was evenly matched...

Although there were fewer than ten mythicals remaining in the Old God Alliance, if the remaining mythicals could truly unite together, she indeed would feel some pressure.

Much less, there's still the entity behind the door secretly observing.

However, all things considered, since the Sun Divine Palace had not completely mastered the Old God Alliance, could they still maintain their influence on the Old God Alliance now that their mythical forces were critically reduced?

No...

Wait.

If there's, say, half of the old gods not under the Sun Divine Palace's control...

Charlotte paused slightly, her expression turning solemn as she suddenly thought of something.

Her gaze slightly tightened, and she looked at Haral:

"So... those Old Gods we fought against before, are... those whom the Sun Divine Palace hasn't fully controlled?"

Haral nodded solemnly:

"That's right, they... are actually cannon fodder pushed out by the Sun Divine Palace. The priest I defected is a believer of one of those deities and therefore deeply resents the Sun Divine Palace."

"The plan of the Sun Divine Palace... should be to push out those demigods they cannot control, while weakening our strength, and strengthening their hold over the Old Gods Alliance."

Charlotte fell silent.

She exhaled lightly and said:

"So... now they have completely grasped the power of the Old Gods Alliance?"

Haral nodded:

"Yes, their plan to weaken us failed, because of your existence. Not only did we not weaken, but we became stronger by defeating them."

"However, simultaneously, they succeeded in fully controlling the Old Gods Alliance's plan because... those dissenters pushed out by them were all killed by you."

"Now, there are only eight myths left in the Old Gods Alliance, all obeying the Sun Divine Palace. Moreover... the Sun Divine Palace also possesses an unknown number of 'pseudo gods'."

At this, Haral couldn't help but look at Charlotte and spoke in a deep voice:

"Teacher... our battle lines are already too extended. In the past three and a half years, although you have slain many Evil Gods from the Old Gods Alliance, their armies... have not completely been destroyed, but have been integrated by other myths of the Old Gods Alliance."

"Moreover, the population of the places we captured has mostly decreased significantly. We haven't found their whereabouts until now. It's very possible that they have been transformed into a Transcendent Army by the Sun Divine Palace."

Charlotte contemplated thoughtfully.

She understood Haral's meaning.

The plan of the Sun Divine Palace to weaken the Free City-State Alliance indeed failed; the Free City-State Alliance not only did not weaken but grew stronger.

But the Sun Divine Palace also succeeded because they eliminated those disobedient demigods and consolidated the residual forces of those demigods.

Not only that, those demigods they have grasped, after receiving the residual forces of the demigods killed by Charlotte, their strength has likely increased.

In other words, although the myths left in the Old Gods Alliance nowadays are few, they are all core followers of the Sun Divine Palace.

This mythical force may not be numerous but is not weak in overall strength, and because they are all loyalists, they can completely act on orders.

The Old Gods armies they've integrated may be weaker in numbers compared to the Old Gods Alliance three years ago, but now unified, their combat power may even be greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Sun Divine Palace also appears to be accumulating secular military forces.

Plus, the rapid expansion of the Free City-State Alliance over the past three years has led to scattered forces. If the opponent concentrates their forces for a counterattack at this time...

Charlotte's expression became more solemn.

Although the already occurred history cannot be changed, the bloodline will inevitably rise.

However... the Free City-State Alliance is different.

In the afterlife, the Free City-State Alliance has long been forgotten, and this history is blank.

Moreover, Charlotte had once seen records of the Free City-State Alliance suffering great setbacks in Royena's diary.

Charlotte doesn't know whether that is this period, but considering this history is coincidentally a blank period... that's very dangerous.

Charlotte isn't too worried about her own safety; after all, she can time-space travel to escape at any time, but she doesn't want to leave a mess in this time-space.

After all, history cannot be changed but it can be influenced.

And she is not sure how this could bring some unpredictable changes, laying hidden dangers for her future self.

What she could confirm at the moment is that the Sun Divine Palace probably has plans for a counterattack.

And behind this, there's likely a conspiracy from the presence behind the door.

Thinking this, Charlotte's expression became serious, and she said:

"Haral, notify all Blood Legions to temporarily cease action, pull back forces to the nearest fortress, simultaneously issue orders to all city-states and fortresses to initiate War Magic and prepare to activate protective arrays at any moment."

"I'm going to the North Sea, roughly for one to two weeks. Before I return, no one is allowed to initiate a battle with the Old Gods Alliance. If the Old Gods Alliance makes a move, recite my name promptly, pray to me, and report."

Haral was moved in his heart:

"Are you... going to meet that one again? Is there anything I can help with?"

"Manage the City-State Alliance well and wait for my return. There may be a big battle to come, possibly an unprecedented God War. That's beyond what you all can intervene in."

Charlotte said.

After speaking, as if thinking of something, she suddenly said:

"No, wait a minute."

"Prepare some Elven flower brew for me, the more the better, and let them be aged a little longer."

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