Without any surprises, the Houyhnhnms Kingdom was destroyed.
Various entities observed the situation. Medea, in front of them, directly fed the land deed to the [Prelati's Spellbook], then put away the [Demonic Hell Sanctuary]. The three of them left through the summoning channel.
After a while, only then did some rustling conversations dare to emerge from around the Houyhnhnms Kingdom.
Back in Rapunzel Territory, the sole remaining Houyhnhnms was scared to death by the scene in the Magic Mirror.
The other Strange Tales were also very scared.
What did they see?
A kingdom-level power was actually effortlessly wiped out by these three people?
Not to mention resisting, they could only shiver and pray not to be killed incidentally.
"Bring out the land deed for Rapunzel Territory."
Kisaragi Rin commanded.
The Rapunzel Witch had already been released. Seeing this situation, it no longer dared to resist.
A green land deed was quickly handed over, also fed to the [Prelati's Spellbook].
The next moment, The [Prelati's Spellbook] began to exert its power. [Rapunzel Territory] and the adjacent [Wind-Blown River] immediately began to merge, connecting to each other. Black currents continuously rose at the boundary of the two territories, and with the garden tower as the center, the aura of a third-tier kingdom surged relentlessly!
The land was becoming more fertile!
The dim moonlight also became brighter and more radiant!
In the soon-to-be-born kingdom, every magical creature and Strange Tale received a boost.
"A kingdom is a watershed.
Once a territory reaches this stage, it will begin to gather the destiny of the Fairy Tale World.
Moreover, the territory itself will also change, as if a spiritual energy recovery has occurred.
This is why the existing Divine Kingdoms prevent new Divine Kingdoms from appearing."
Miss Red was explaining, while the [Prelati's Spellbook] sensed something and pulled a ray of light onto Kisaragi Rin, directly forming a triangular crown.
[You are awakening the Talent - Kingdom Lord]
"???"
Kisaragi Rin didn't expect such a good thing.
At this moment, the Rapunzel Witch's expression changed. Suddenly, several people appeared in the sky outside.
"Rapunzel Witch, how dare you!
You actually dared to promote to a kingdom without authorization!
The prestige of the [Strange Speech Kingdom], you wastes have probably forgotten almost all of it!
Rapunzel Witch, I will slice you into a thousand pieces and hang you in the sky to endure six lightning strikes!"
A Zombie with tofu on its head, its threats were not enough. It directly reached out to condense deathly aura that corroded all things, intending to directly interrupt the advancement.
[The Houyhnhnms Kingdom] was far from [Rapunzel Territory], so the nearby kingdoms had no idea that a huge change had already occurred in [Rapunzel Territory]. If it were in the past, the Rapunzel Witch would have already fled with Princess Rapunzel. But now, it looked at this Zombie with a pained expression.
As expected, before it could act, Anna had already cut off its arm.
"What?"
It was a bit bewildered.
"Don't kill them all this time. A future kingdom will always need a batch of citizens."
Kisaragi Rin reminded, then quietly waited for the advancement of Rapunzel Territory to be completed.
Finally, A burst of light erupted from the garden tower!
As the center of the entire kingdom, the original thirty to forty-meter round tower directly rose to over a hundred meters, and the light from the entire tower body illuminated the hill.
The fusion of the land deeds was quite strange.
For example, the area of the kingdom.
The newly born kingdom's area was not the sum of the original areas of [Wind-Blown River] and [Rapunzel Territory], but rather three to four times their combined size. The most obvious change was that the hill seemed to have become the second layer of the territory.
It was as if the kingdom had forcibly pushed the surrounding regions further away. Kisaragi Rin truly understood what Miss Red meant by "The structure of the Fairy Tale World is not stable."
Moreover, the new Talent was also peculiar.
[You have awakened the Talent - Kingdom Lord]
Talent - Kingdom Lord
Description: The advantage is with me, close the country to the outside world!
Effect: Conquest, plunder, and rule. Your crown will bring you special power.
Kingdom Lord Skill - Tyranny: You establish your kingdom with pure violence. The crown grants you the Ability to return to your optimal state when critically injured.
Note: The duration of this Skill is determined by the quality of the citizens under your rule within the kingdom.
Current duration: 1.2 seconds
Kingdom Lord Skill - Royal Maid: You can bestow Strange Tales with more growth-oriented maid series Occupations.
Note: The maximum number of bestowals for this Skill is determined by the kingdom's territorial area.
Currently assignable maids: 12
Usage condition: Don't bow your head, or the crown will fall.
"One is a flash of lucidity before death, and the other is to establish a personal guard?"
Overall, it could only be considered a pleasant surprise.
After all, Kisaragi Rin really didn't want to encounter anything that would put him on the verge of death.
However, just by looking at the name and origin of this Talent, one could tell it had great potential for growth.
If the territory became a [Divine Kingdom], the power of this Talent would probably be more than just a pleasant surprise.
At that time, perhaps with the Skill, Kisaragi Rin could directly revive in his own mausoleum after death?
[Strange Speech Kingdom] quickly surrendered. Along with the distant [The Houyhnhnms Kingdom], the Prelati's Spellbook directly activated its power to transfer the kingdom over and devour it again!
This newly born kingdom expanded again, stabilizing only after half a day, and its area had reached an exaggerated 400,000 square kilometers.
This was because [Strange Speech Kingdom] and [The Houyhnhnms Kingdom] had also devoured other kingdoms.
However, Miss Red said that becoming a fourth-tier [Empire] had a chance of attracting the attention of those [Divine Kingdoms], so Kisaragi Rin still completed the devouring with [Rapunzel Kingdom] as the core.
Advancement only looks at the core.
Even if the devoured party was already a 3.3-tier kingdom, as long as the core was 3.0-tier, after devouring, it would only become a 3.1-tier kingdom.
The current kingdom is 3.2-tier.
The Strange Tales Association temporarily abandoned the plan to devour another kingdom and continue expanding.
The current kingdom is very bloated.
That is to say, the original inhabitants of [The Houyhnhnms Kingdom] have already been refined by Medea, otherwise they would have already started fighting with the magical creature from [Strange Speech Kingdom].
But it doesn't matter now.
Due to the sudden anomaly, the citizens of [Strange Speech Kingdom] exploded into chaos. The Zombies, Vampires, Ghouls, Tree Demons, and other magical creature who could barely maintain conflict from erupting had already started fighting.
Looking at the scenes in the Magic Mirror, Kisaragi Rin also felt that the Strange Tales Association was completely understaffed.
Or rather, this was because the strength of Strange Tales like Caren had not yet developed, and the gap with top combat powers like Esdeath was too large.
Esdeath could destroy a nation, but the small Strange Tales found it difficult to even handle post-war governance.
However, this was not their problem. The training time was too short. This time in the Fairy Tale World was a very good opportunity to improve their strength.