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The fifth epoch general history of the northern continent records in detail the major events in the Northern Continent since the Fifth Epoch.
It begins with the rule of the Northern Continent by the Seven Orthodox Gods and the four nations of Loen, Feysac, Intis, and Feynapotter, and ends with Roselle's assassination and demise in the White Maple Palace in 1198.
It records events including the Twenty Years' War between the Loen Kingdom and the Feysac Empire, and the White Rose War between Loen and the Intis Empire.
It also includes the conflict that involved all nations of the Northern Continent, where each accused the others of betraying the divine covenant at the end of the Fourth Epoch, thus this five-year conflict was called the Battle of the Violated Oath.
It continues to record Roselle's actions as regent, his advancement of reforms, his establishment of an empire and ascension to emperor, until his demise.
The Battle of the Violated Oath occupies the most space in the book. As a Sanguine born in the Feynapotter Kingdom, Louise often heard about Sanguine being forced to join the Church of the Earth Mother.
Therefore, she was somewhat hostile towards the Church of the Earth Mother, always feeling that the Earth Mother was encroaching upon the authority of the Ancestor. Despite her dislike, she was extremely interested in the Battle of the Violated Oath, in which the Church of the Earth Mother directly participated.
Thanks to the significant increase in her spirituality after her advancement, Louise silently memorized several pages of content, intending to share her knowledge at this week's Chaos Council.
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On Friday evening, Aaron sat on the throne. On the left armrest of the throne, the black emperor card was placed face down. Aaron discovered that as a Card of Blasphemy corresponding to one of the two Pathways of the Nation of Disorder, even if it wasn't integrated into his spirit body, he could use it to elevate his status and mobilize more dark golden mist.
Feeling that the time was right, Aaron returned to the position where Mr. Blessed should be, then raised his right hand, and four figures immediately appeared on the stone chairs below.
After the customary greetings, Ferran Eddas spoke first, exchanging 750 pounds for the Apothecary Pathway Sequence 7 potion formula. He quickly glanced at the materialized parchment, "Main ingredient: 100 ml of Ghost Shark blood..."
After memorizing the formula, Ferran waited quietly for the discussion session, considering whether to follow Danitz and join the Golden Dream.
Sid Watson had just advanced to Gravedigger last week, and Checker Ward had just crossed the Berserk Sea. Knowing that a demigod was present, he dared not easily use the Sacrifice and Grant ritual, only able to attend the meeting by being passively pulled in, thus he had no urgent needs.
Seeing that no one else proposed a trade, Louise thought for a moment and then began to share the content of the Battle of the Violated Oath from the fifth epoch general history of the northern continent, excluding the Sanguine secrets.
She successfully attracted everyone's attention. Although Aaron knew the general content and outcome of the Battle of the Violated Oath, this was the first time he had learned such detailed information about the war that involved all nations of the Northern Continent over 600 years ago.
Listening to Louise's account, which contained subtle prejudices against the Church of the Earth Mother, Aaron couldn't help but find it amusing. He hoped this lady wouldn't be too ashamed when Lilith revealed her identity. However, upon re-examining the Battle of the Violated Oath, many doubts also arose.
The "Battle of the Violated Oath" in the Fifth Epoch was outwardly proclaimed to be caused by a dispute between the Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Church of the Earth Mother for certain reasons, and the nations believed the reason was the struggle for believers.
However, this reason was somewhat far-fetched. The Church of the God of Knowledge and Wisdom only recruits top students, or at least those who are relatively intelligent, and it's unlikely that a conflict requiring war would arise over the issue of believers.
Moreover, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Earth Mother are not of similar Pathways, so there is no fundamental conflict between them. Even the Loen Kingdom can accommodate three orthodox churches for missionary work, let alone the Feynapotter Kingdom, which originally only had two orthodox churches.
After all, the Earth and Wisdom Pathways do not require a life-and-death struggle, and war would also cause instability in the anchors, leading to problems for the true gods.
Under such circumstances, they could still fight, which itself indicates that the benefits of this war to them were much greater than the short-term impact, which is why the two major orthodox churches acted that way.
Furthermore, combined with the world war that would originally happen a few years later, after Feynapotter declared war on Loen, it instead directly attacked Lenberg.
Assuming Lenberg had not gained independence from the Battle of the Violated Oath, then at that time, without a doubt, both major orthodox churches of Feynapotter would have joined the attack on Loen.
Loen would have been attacked from both north and south, and the fence-sitting God of Steam and Machinery would have switched sides even faster, leading to a numerical imbalance of 5 to 2 in terms of gods.
With such a significant disadvantage, even with Lilith disguised as Omebella as a backup plan, there might not have been an opportunity to use her to turn the tables at a critical moment.
But after the Battle of the Violated Oath, Lenberg became independent, and Feynapotter's main firepower was suddenly drawn to Lenberg, even incidentally tying down Intis.
Loen only had to face Feysac and Intis, and the power balance between the true gods did not become imbalanced, remaining in a stalemate until the God of Steam and Machinery's defection caused the apparent imbalance in true god power, which then triggered the final divine war.
And the fact that the God of Steam and Machinery and the Eternal Blazing Sun did not appear on the final battlefield most likely means they confronted the Storm Lord and the God of Knowledge and Wisdom.
Therefore, combining the subsequent developments in the following years and the analysis of the divine war, Aaron believes that this Battle of the Violated Oath was very likely a collaboration between Herabergen and Lilith, deliberately staged for the God of Combat, to lay the groundwork for the subsequent world war.
And Herabergen, as a member of the Dragon race, was able to survive the Ancient Sun God's purge of the ancient gods and even become one of the eight King of Angels, the Wisdom Angel, which fully demonstrates his cunning and strategy.
After the Ancient Sun God's "demise," Herabergen further advanced to become the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, wielding omniscience, insight, and prophecy.
Thinking of this, Aaron recalled more details, his eyebrows subtly twitching.
When Sun Derrick Berg and Moon Emlyn White debated the origin of the City of Silver's faith, Hermit Cattleya provided crucial information: "Omebella is suspected to have fallen in the late Second Epoch."
And this information was clearly obtained from the Hidden Sage. Since the Hidden Sage, who wields the authority of prying into secrets, knows some of the secrets, it means this secret is not so hidden that only the Evernight Goddess and the Earth Mother know it.
Besides Adam, only the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, who wields the authority of omniscience, insight, and prophecy, could possibly know.
As for why the God of Steam and Machinery, who also encompasses part of the authority of knowledge, knew nothing, to the point of becoming a fence-sitter in the end, Aaron has a theory.
The God of Steam and Machinery's portion of the authority of knowledge leans more towards creation rather than prying into secrets or omniscience. Coupled with the fact that he advanced to Sequence 0 Paragon too late and didn't understand many historical secrets himself, and his advancement was too rushed, his potion digestion was incomplete. It wasn't until Roselle promoted the Steam Revolution that he truly reached the peak of his strength.
And the God of Knowledge and Wisdom, who already knew the secret, secretly joined the alliance of Night and Earth, using their respective authorities to conceal the original secret.
They used the "Battle of the Violated Oath" to pre-plan independence, helping the Evernight Goddess alleviate some pressure in the direction of Feynapotter and Intis, while also reducing the loss of anchors on the Feynapotter-Loen border.
But how did the God of Knowledge and Wisdom and the Earth Mother deceive the God of Combat?
And the excuse of competing for believers could at most deceive the common people and church members; it could never deceive a true god. So what could be a reasonable cause for war that would make the God of Combat believe it?
Aaron leaned back in his high-backed chair, his eyes sweeping over Louise, who was still speaking voluminously, and two terms gradually emerged in his mind: "Apothecary Pathway, Planter pathway."
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