On the fourteenth night of the Month of Spring Wind, the Third Griffin Corps of the Holy Empire attacked Passus. On the same day, they were completely annihilated.
On the fifteenth day of the Month of Spring Wind, the Lord of Passus, Jenn Baxianon Mendes, issued a statement through the Templar Church, strongly condemning and protesting Seth's unbridled invasion of another country's territory, saying that Seth's actions were a blatant violation of Passus' sovereignty and territorial integrity. He demanded that Seth immediately repent and apologize for his barbaric invasion.
He also forbade Seth from sending troops to invade Passus without prior notification.
Zayen said that all along, he had been developing the relationship between Seth and Passus from the perspective of the overall situation, and had always advocated for resolving problems through dialogue and peace talks.
He hoped that Seth would stop his actions that harmed Passus' territory and return to the right track of dialogue and negotiation to maintain the peace and stability of the Klein Continent.
However, Seth was stubborn and had provoked Passus more than once. He even sent troops to attack Passus, which was unacceptable.
As for the annihilation of the Third Griffin Corps, Jenn expressed that it was his responsibility as the lord of a territory to defend against external enemies.
He expressed that Passus was the core force that maintained the peace of the region, so he naturally had to ensure that Passus would not be attacked by any external threats.
What he did, therefore, was necessary, limited, and purely defensive.
It should be pointed out that during this period of time, certain forces were frequently trying to flaunt their military might in Passus, which was an important factor that threatened the peace and stability of the region.
Jenn expressed his deep concern about this. He hoped that the countries concerned would be careful with their words and actions, respect the efforts of Passus to maintain the peace of the region, and play a constructive role in this regard.
At the same time, Jenn expressed that Passus strongly urged Seth to take Passus' solemn negotiation seriously and immediately correct his mistakes. He also urged Seth not to take any dangerous and provocative actions that threatened Passus' sovereignty and security, so as to prevent further damage to the relationship between both sides and the stability of the region.
And if Seth was stubborn, then … if you're not afraid of death, come at me!
Jenn's statement once again shocked the entire Klein Continent.
They had seen shameless people, but they had never seen someone this shameless.
You've already annihilated Seth's army, and now you're accusing Seth and expressing your strong condemnation and protest?
But the problem was — what you said actually made so much sense that everyone was speechless!!
The Magic Empire's Coruncia was laughing hysterically. As the Holy Empire's biggest enemy, anything that could make Seth unhappy would make them happy.
Not to mention that this time, Jenn had made Seth lose face. This kind of good news naturally made the Magic Empire Coruncia clap its hands.
At the moment, Jenn's reputation was like the hottest idol in Coruncia. Be it men or women, young or old, they could not help but give him a thumbs up whenever his name was mentioned.
Although Coruncia and the Holy Empire's Seth were sworn enemies, Coruncia had never embarrassed the Holy Empire's Seth too much because they were on the same level.
But this time, the Holy Empire's Seth had failed miserably. It could be said that he was done for from head to toe. This kind of incident could only be compared to when the first Archmage Council President of Coruncia used his staff to force the highest bishop of the Holy Church to lower his head and erase the 'Theory of Evil Magic' from the Holy Church's teachings.
Of course, the Holy Empire's Seth and the Holy Church were not the same, but they were not that far apart …
Apart from Coruncia, the other countries and forces were also dumbfounded. However, after they recovered from their shock, they gave Zayen 32 thumbs up in their hearts.
There was no other reason — Jenn was simply too right. Everyone was speechless.
Was the Holy Empire Seth the strongest country in the Western Continent?
Of course it was. But unlike the Magic Empire of Coruncia, the Holy Empire Seth had the support of the Holy Church. Therefore, he had an additional layer of moral halo. Whenever Seth wanted to punish someone, he would basically swing the stick of morality and smash the other party until they didn't dare to utter a word.
Many countries and factions were rather disdainful of Seth's actions, because what Seth did was no different from what they were doing. Sometimes, they would even wave their moral cudgels and declare that the country was evil just because they wanted to invade the resources of a certain country. Therefore, they would punish the country.
But the truth?
Everyone was clear that Seth only wanted to take advantage of them. After that, justice and morality had nothing to do with them.
Take this incident as an example. Seth had invaded someone else's territory, right?
Regardless of whether it was the main plane, Sinapus, the underworld, or the Gith, they would definitely not object.
No matter if it was the Gods, Demons, Dark Elves, Mind Flayers, or the Gith, they would definitely not object. No matter if it was good or evil, white or black, was it reasonable for them to come to their territory looking for trouble?
If they were polite, they would chase them out. If they were impolite, they would capture and kill them.
This method was universal in all planes. It was fair and just, and it was right no matter where it was placed!
Of course, even though that was the case, after all, the bigger fist was the truth.
Jenn could go around the Country of Light and raze their capital to the ground, which meant that he was powerful enough.
You can be unhappy and angry about the Country of Light, but if you can't defeat them, you can only accept it.
Who told you not to be capable?
After all, this world was a world where the strong preyed on the weak. Mind Flayers and Dark Elves could barely coexist peacefully, but was it a big deal to invade the Goblins' territory?
To the Goblins, was it a big deal to have their territory invaded by Dark Elves?
No, it wasn't a big deal at all.
This world was a world where the strong preyed on the weak.
If you weren't strong enough, you could only endure it no matter how great the grievances were. Who told you not to defeat them?
But the problem was that not only did they beat you up, they even beat you up with an expression of 'I'm doing this for world peace and justice'. That was intolerable.
You beat me up, but I can't defeat you, so I can only endure it.
That's because I'm weak, so I deserve it.
But what do you mean by beating me up like you're going against the heavens if you don't kill me?
This was the source of the Holy Kingdom's Seth's confidence. This was also the reason why many countries and forces had no choice but to submit to this behemoth.
But in reality, deep down, they weren't convinced. Although Coruncia was one of the two extremes and had done many similar things, Coruncia wouldn't be like Seth. No matter what they did, they would find an excuse to say that they were fighting for justice against evil. Coruncia's Archmages were all pragmatists, just like Archmage Prague of the Rainbow Light Parliament who came into contact with Jenn.
If they were interested in a country's resources, they would directly put it on the table, saying, 'I'm interested in something from your country. I want it, and you can name a price.
But don't go overboard, or else don't force me to turn against you. '
Unlike Seth, who said, 'Aiya, this thing is blasphemy against justice. As a country of justice, we, Seth, naturally need something like this to show peace and justice … What?
You dare to not give it?
You don't have the slightest sense of justice and sacrifice?
Men, carry it back! Whoever dares to stop us will be considered evil and we'll kill them all! '
Although both of them were tyrannical, at least Coruncia was still willing to negotiate with them, and they were more or less willing to compensate them.
Of course, the things that slipped through the cracks of the Archmage's fingers were more than enough for ordinary people to enjoy.
But Seth was different. In the name of justice, he might even rob it directly.
It's fine if you look like a robber, but you still have to pretend to be a compassionate priest, acting as if you're doing it for our own good. You can insult our dignity, but you can't insult our intelligence!
This time, if Seth didn't invade Passus, the other countries could only watch helplessly as Seth once again flaunted his prowess and vanquished the 'evildoers' who dared to defy his' spreading the glory of justice '. Then, for the sake of' justice and peace ', the other countries would annex their territories, resources, and citizens. At the same time, they would have to applaud against their will and suck up to Seth.
But now, they didn't have to do such things that went against their conscience. Of course, due to Seth's prestige, they didn't dare to applaud Jenn's actions, but they could still silently like it. After all, if they liked it anonymously, the Holy Empire wouldn't find trouble with them, right?
Of course, it wasn't that these countries didn't take action. Their reaction was … After this incident, not a single country jumped out to criticize Jenn.
If someone else said that, before the Holy Empire Seth could react, other vassal states and allies would immediately jump out and accuse Pasus of being arrogant, unreasonable, and so on and so forth.
But this time, even the Holy Empire's most loyal ally, Seth, kept his mouth shut.
Everyone knew that the reason why they submitted to the Holy Empire was because of their prestige. If they could attack Passus today, it wouldn't be surprising if they attacked them tomorrow.
If they jumped out now, when the Holy Empire's Seth came to find trouble with them, wouldn't they be slapping their own faces?
Also, the days without help … weren't easy.
Even the Country of Light, who wasn't on good terms with Jenn, obediently kept their mouths shut.
Perhaps they did have a grudge against Jenn, but after this incident with Jenn, the Country of Light deeply understood that the Holy Empire's Seth was unreliable.
If they weren't Seth's neighboring country, perhaps the Country of Light would have already thought of ways to express goodwill to Coruncia.
However, the one with the most intense reaction was, of course, the Holy Empire's Seth.
In all fairness, it had been a long time since the Holy Empire's Seth faced off against an enemy in such a 'fair' environment.
All along, because of the Holy Church's moral halo, other than Coruncia, they basically had a one-sided beating.
But now, the Holy Church immediately announced that this was a problem between the two countries and had nothing to do with the Holy Church. This was equivalent to taking away Seth's moral halo.
Then, the other countries all shut up and pretended to be dead, leaving him without a fighter.
This was like two mafia bosses ganging up on each other, only to find out that their weapons had been confiscated and their underlings had run off to the side to watch the show.
He was the only one standing on the battlefield, while the other side was fully armed and had a large group of people cheering for him.
Anyone who saw this scene would feel sad …
Not to mention, Jenn's last sentence wasn't something that the other forces made up after hearing Jenn's statement, but Jenn said it directly in his statement.
If you're not afraid of death, come at me!
Thus, the Holy Empire's Seth was completely enraged.