Pirate Kingship-Chapter 819 - 503: Rising with the Tide, Dragons Amidst the Tumult!

Their exodus will inevitably bring about a massive transfer of wealth and assets.

There's no need to ruin my reputation like some neutral countries by arbitrarily confiscating others' legitimate assets; as long as they spend here, it will be enough to stimulate vibrant economic growth."

"Moreover, human resources are inherently more important than gold.

The massive production of the Tower Sequence towards [Artisan], scholars can become backbone personnel in various industries within the territory.

Literate ordinary people can also become teachers, financial personnel, or excellent industrial workers...

Even if someone is good for nothing, they can still be used to adjust the racial composition of the colonies, solidifying rule and racial anchoring.

During peaceful times, a contract slave from the Old Continent costs 35 pounds.

When war ravages production on a large scale, you can acquire one for the price of a Fur Bread that's worth about a copper coin, even with their entire family, just needing to provide meals.

Religious wars could never be confined to one city or one place; as the battlefield expands, the citizens of various nations under the Dragon Court may also flee.

Absorbing them all into the Sacred Golden Empire, completing the integration with bloodlines as a bond, is what constitutes the most stable catamaran.

The big benefits that were hard to seek now come right to my mouth, this deal indeed is immensely profitable."

Following Byron's issuance of an order.

From the westernmost Yucatan Island to the easternmost Shampoo Island, from the northernmost Black Sails Harbor of the Bahamas Archipelago to the southernmost Centaur Archipelago Rift Trench, countless people respectfully beat their chests in reply.

"At your command, Earl."

"At your command, Uncrowned King..."

At this time, the leading maritime power Kingdom of Castilia, bogged down in a quagmire, had long lost its absolute control over the Bantaan Archipelago and the Southern Continent.

It is well known that a god cannot bleed!

Once they bleed, everyone knows they are but of human flesh, and as long as there's been one bleed, there will be a second, a third, and the pack of wolves will pounce until their health is entirely depleted.

When the "Treasure Fleet" was annihilated jointly by [The Sea Hunter] and [The Mad Hunt], and Castilia was unable to retaliate in the first instance, their weakness had already laid bare before everyone.

No matter how they repeatedly emphasized: "I'm beaten, but I don't feel pain," "It's nothing, I can take three more punches"... it only backfires.

When a god starts to speak fairly and offers explanations for skepticism, it must be concealing something.

To this end, their colonial rule inevitably began shifting to the victorious who wounded "a god" and remained unscathed.

[The Sea Hunter] and [The Mad Hunt], these two top-level figures below the Fifth Order, secretly combining their mobilization of human and material resources have become terrifying.

The black and white factions were at their disposal, and within the Bantaan Archipelago, there was almost nothing Byron couldn't handle.

After arranging everything, he himself began to monitor the changes on the Old Continent through August and Crow Fukin.

The next period's developments were roughly in line with his expectations.

After the "Defenestration" event in the Palatinate Electorate, the Protestant Palatine Elector Frederick V was immediately elected and crowned as the new king.

He promptly organized an army to purge all traditional faction churches within the nation, turning towards the empire's capital, Vinya City, firing the first shot of rebellion against the church's prolonged oppression and enslavement.

After he took the lead, responses poured in from everywhere.

The four secular Prince-Electors: Palatinate Electorate, Saxony Electorate, Bohemian Electorate Kingdom, and Brandenburg Margraviate all responded.

Simultaneously, the Brunswick Margraviate, Luneburg, and a series of surrounding Protestant princes began to expel traditionalist clerics within their domains, announcing independence from the Silver Empire.

The momentum was extraordinarily great at the time.

Meanwhile, the Habsburg family, spearheading for the church on the surface, found themselves in a predicament where they were caught riding a tiger and unable to dismount.

Within the seven Prince-Electors prescribed by the Holy Silver Empire's "Silver Decree," all four secular Prince-Electors stood against them, leaving only three church Prince-Electors without armies.

The situation was simply one of heaven's wrath and people's resentment.

Despite being one of the strongest royal families in the Silver Continent, covering the most extensive realms, from gaining the [Crown] of the Sacred Silver Empire Emperor since the Silver Era of 1438, it had not yet been taken by any of the other six Prince-Electors.

However, they relied not on military power, but rather the lower body.

The family credo: "Let the countries of the continent go to war, we happily marry."

It was also joked by the nobility of the Continent as: "Ruling the world with the lower body."

For things others could gain through bloodshed without sweating, they would never bleed if they could obtain it through marriage.

One could imagine, such a family credo naturally resulted in them lacking martial virtue plentifully, wasting a unique [Crown] from the Theocratic Countries. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

When they discovered that heretics dared to rebel, and even more of them began to emerge, instead of sending troops to suppress, they immediately sought help from the church and other traditionalist states.

However, on the church's side, besides the Order of Malta Knights, Impoverished Knights Order, and Knights of the Holy Mother, there was no professional military belonging to them.

Moreover, the three Great Orders of Knights, considered the elites among elites, were treasured direct lineage that couldn't be readily used in attrition wars; battles still leaned heavily on secular royal powers.

But before the church could call upon traditionalist vassals to participate in the war, an unexpected incident occurred.