Near the tower, there were originally not many countries, and even the living were scarce. However, as the blue light column shot into the sky and the rings kept rising, forming a hollow “tower,” more and more people began to gather towards the tower.
These people had no specific beliefs, but they all came to “pilgrimage.” In this desperate era, during this time of rapid mental plague spreading, these people continuously prayed for their gods to bring forth miracles. Now, something that could finally be called a “miracle” had appeared on the continent.
Although Cape was quite stable, even looking nothing like a war state internally, the border of Cape had been sealed off. With a well-implemented household registration system, even if someone managed to sneak into Cape, they could only be treated as a wild person.
Lena looked at the reports being delivered continuously and asked in a deep voice, “It seems that the mental plague is getting increasingly serious. Can we still help some people?”
“Brother-in-law entered the Sea of Consciousness depths to help those people.”
On the side, Sean took over part of the reports and began assisting Lena with documentation.
“And these refugees are not caused by us. Sister, there’s no need to be overly concerned. Besides, Miss Isha and the others have already brought the church people to aid in the disaster relief.”
Hearing her brother’s comfort, Lena nodded and picked up the documents sent from the military to start dealing with them slowly.
Although the reports on the documentation pained Lena’s heart, the mental plague outside Cape had indeed become increasingly severe, and from time to time, someone would get infected, especially those struggling to survive with fragile mental states. Moreover, the Avar people and the Demon Clan were still deliberately creating panic, making the information in the reports about the outside a chaotic mess.
However, Lena still adhered to Lind’s governing philosophy and temporarily closed the national borders.
Pitying though the situation was, it was as Sean said; these tragedies were not caused by Cape, and Cape was currently doing its utmost to resolve this tragedy. One could not give up the big picture because of temporary emotional impulses.
At that time, when Lind wanted Lena to take over his position, although many wanted to oppose it, they couldn’t find any reasonable objections. After all, it seemed that besides Lena, there were really no suitable candidates.
Lena, leaving other matters aside, was at least highly esteemed within the army, able to completely earn the military’s trust. Only Lena could withstand the pressure and decisively execute the policies left by Lind. Otherwise, some emotional people hoping to prove their saintly hearts by using national security as leverage would likely begin to cause trouble.
In today’s Cape, there is an unwritten rule: you can insult the governor as long as your reasons are valid. Even if you pointed at Lind’s nose to insult him, Lind would only scold back while giving you a suitable position. Even if your reasons were nonsensical, there would be no Lars Knights knocking on your door inviting you to the Cape Royal Capital’s Grand Hotel.
But you cannot insult Lena; otherwise, the Lord Governor and the Lars would start investigating your household registration.
Thus, when Lena took over Lind’s position, the entire country was even quieter than when Lind was in office.
Even if some nobles with overflowing emotions submitted petitions, Isha, who was representing the Northern Church in healing and rescue, would immediately send someone to take those emotional people away. If they truly had compassion, they could follow her outside to treat the mental plague.
However, Lena and others were not self-aware; they did not realize what it meant to sit in this position. But when Lind handed the army over to Lena, she did become aware of some things.
Many felt that Lind had given almost all his power to Lena out of concern that he could not return from the depths of the Sea of Consciousness. However, Lena knew it was simply a matter of pure trust. Lena also believed that Lind would return, and perhaps he would return very soon. Now that Lilith had successfully activated the tower, everything was going as Lind had planned.
Just as Lena was clumsily handling the messages from the military, she suddenly asked, “Sean, it seems that the frequency of dragon attacks has decreased?”
Upon hearing this, Sean’s face instantly drooped: “The rewards we have to pay those dragons have not decreased, and that group of dragons likes to hoard gold coins, sleeping on top of them, causing the gold shield coins to dwindle. Now they only use silver leaf coins.”
“We need to think of a way to make those dragons spend, but unfortunately, we can only wait for brother-in-law to return to discuss it.”
Watching her brother fully immersed in work mode, Lena shook her head and said, “I’m not referring to that.”
Even though she had not been involved with the military for a long time, Lena’s sharp military instincts still allowed her to detect hints from the military reports.
“Those dragons from the Solun Continent are not only attacking less, but they also seem to be afraid of something.”
Clumsily processing the documentation, Lena quickly found previous military reports and quickly flipped through them, saying, “Yes, after Lilith restarted the tower, the frequency of dragon attacks started to decrease significantly.”
Sean replied, “After the tower restarted, it is indeed something that warrants the dragons’ caution. After all, the elf of the tower really brought the other tower members back to reality.”
Recalling the video materials sent by the engineering team, Sean sighed, “Truly the creations of the Golden Age. When can we reach such a level?”
“No, it’s not that simple.”
Lena had the maids bring over a map, which she spread out entirely, marking the attack frequencies of the dragons before and after. Indeed, as Lena had anticipated, the attacks from the furthest locations from the tower had started to decrease first, and now there were no attacks at all. Meanwhile, the attacks from areas closest to the tower had also been decreasing rapidly.
“The dragons are moving, and they are moving towards the tower!”
Hearing this guess from his sister, Sean almost jumped up.
What are the dragons gathering towards the tower for?
It can’t be for pilgrimage, right?
“Quickly send a message to the direction of the tower, saying the dragons are suspected of gathering around the tower, hurry!”
Sean immediately instructed his secretary to transmit the message.
Lena then added, “Contact the military closest to the tower, have them prepare magic guiding missiles on standby, and also connect with Margaret and the others; we may need the dragons’ assistance.”
