True Magician

Chapter 186

Geofu.

- "It's impossible..." said Celestine, shocked. "What you want to do is simply impossible..."

- "Actually, it's very possible," I rolled my eyes. "The union of Eostia, Eldonia, Nidavellir, and the Holy Kingdom, which is de facto ruled by Serafina, will allow you to create an incredibly powerful country with an adequate standing army and relatively poor, but still better than current, intelligence and administration."

Yeah. This plan came to me quite recently. If, according to my rather accurate estimates, the world decided to intervene only because I changed Eldonia and secured it for myself, then in the event of the unification of all the major countries on the continent, it would come out even more.

Of course, I could be wrong about the reason, but the other one seemed completely wild to me, although it still fit within the logic of this world. Let's say, if the world suddenly used an analogue of the Counterforce, choosing the corpse and his Black Dogs as its pawns to do what they are doing now.

However, in this case, I didn't understand the purpose of it all. Usually, the goal of the world was survival, and...

Wait.

As far as I remember, the Black Dogs didn't kill women — only men, right? And if that was the case, assuming they captured the continent and then, possibly, more, continuing to use this method, the question answered itself.

After a while, ALL intelligent beings would degenerate to such a low level that they wouldn't care about anything because they would have no morals. And thus, the population of intelligent life would be maintained at the proper level due to the culture that had changed over tens, hundreds, or thousands of years, and after some time, society would consume itself from within.

Just like some cosmic elves.

And if we build an assumption based on this assumption, and also taking into account that the world did not particularly care about life and received the soul of every deceased person, as the giant told me, then hello, local someone with a name that starts with "Slaa".

After all, if the world wanted to destroy intelligent life or replace it with a new one, it could have just used Serafina or Celestine, as in my case, right? And I haven't noticed any analogues of the Beasts of Nasuverse here.

A crazy, no, CRAZY guess, of course, but still plausible within the framework of this world. A perverted, sex-obsessed world, mind you. Heh.

- "But... What about the opinion of these countries? I have no right to decide this for them."

- "King of Eldonia, like Eldonia itself, accepted me as their new god. He will do as I say, whether it be unification or war, if it comes to that," I smiled. "And Nidavellir, which, thanks to me, is now ruled by Olga, is also mine. So two of the four countries are already in agreement."

- "N-Nidavellir?! Olga?!" Celestine jumped up from her seat. "What?! When?! The dark elves don't accept anyone except..."

- "...the giant ancestor? Well, times have changed, and Olga and her elders have supported her. Well, almost," I finished for her, at which she looked at me with her emerald eyes and open mouth, clearly unable to believe me. "All that's left is to get Serafina on board, and it's done."

- "You... you've already met her?"

- "Of course," I nodded. "She's nicer than you, but if necessary, she'll have to do as I say."

I respect other people's choices, but I don't remember saying that I have to accept it and just back down if I don't want to, do I?

Celestine stared silently into my eyes, and now there was a new emotion in her gaze — doubt mixed with condemnation and even disappointment. A pleasant change, I must say, because it's much better than baseless faith and hope.