When the plot-skips players into the game world

Parthian Ancient Country, Heaven City.

Even though Benevolent Lord Adil is dead, the Red Hand Gang hasn't launched a full attack.

Perhaps it's because the force used by the Amber Egg, when it opened its eye and instantly destroyed the artificial sun in the sky, was too astonishing... or maybe because Flame Fist Hassan suffered a backlash himself, the Red Hand Gang, having gained a huge advantage, instead chose to withdraw.

Without a doubt, if they'd continued their attack, Heaven City's defense forces would have immediately collapsed — with the death of the Benevolent Lord, the river outside the city no longer produces a continuous flow of water.

The scant remaining water has become calm, and it starts to decline at a visible pace.

Unexpectedly, the river encircling the Oasis will completely dry up in about a week.

And inside the city can still persist longer — Adil constructed a water tower that allows the city's residents to continue to survive for a month. It's a facility many Benevolent Lords prepare so they can travel far, but each Benevolent Lord has a different mindset.

However, it is precisely because of the margin Adil left that the residents of Heaven City now have a chance to survive.

—— This is actually the normal rate at which water sources dry up when a Benevolent Lord dies.

Rock Cellar City has instantly lost all its water because it was polluted and solidified by the Petrification Curse. That's why Adil had to Curse Kill all the residents of Rock Cellar City using the power of the Amber Egg — had the Benevolent Lord of Rock Cellar City died due to other reasons, the residents would immediately find out that their stored water could last for a long time.

Because of Adil's words before his death, the followers of Heaven City indeed considered Aiwass to be Adil's brother — even with Adil dead, they haven't risen in rebellion.

Aiwass rightfully took over temporary command.

Under his command, the residents of Heaven City began orderly evacuation toward Rock Cellar City.

Of course, this kind of population can't be accommodated by Rock Cellar City, Heaven City is simply too large...

So Aiwass directly wrote to Yulia, asking her to prepare to receive this batch of immigrants.

Others might not agree with the immigration, but the residents of Heaven City, who have been completely brainwashed by Adil, agreed without hesitation. They never doubted Aiwass's promise, nor suspected Aiwass of trying to deceive them into a sacrificial offering... even if Aiwass intended to offer them, they probably wouldn't resist.

Just in time, currently, Star Antimony is experiencing the lowest population and talent shortage.

The residents killed by the Fallen Celestial Marshal and those who fled during the Goblin-induced economic crisis have left many of Star Antimony's cities lifeless.

Even counting the cities divided by the Fog Demon, there are still many empty places. Moreover, the Fog Demon has made the cities it resides in overly humid, even starting to create various rivers — the thick dampness that Stibnites avoids is actually the dream paradise sought by Parthians, who can entirely be assigned to the surrounding cities of the Fog Demon.

Moreover, Parthians can also balance and complement each other with the Fog Demon. And this batch of population skilled in rituals, curses, poisons, and medicines can just fill the gap in Star Antimony's Path of Transcendence.

And the technical level of Parthia's free people is truly good. Parthia, after all, is an ancient empire of a millennium of heritage. Although it's lost several generations, there is foundation here. These free people live in conditions worse than feudal societies, but whether it be technology level or cultural and educational level, they far exceed Star Antimony.

At the same time, slaves can also have good jobs.

Stibnite workers are severely dissatisfied with the fourteen-hour workday and six-day workweek needed to support a family of four — after all, in neighboring Iris Flower, similar jobs can reduce work by two hours daily and one day weekly, while enjoying higher wages, and yet Avalon workers' income is even lower.

Although Yulia has already worked hard to raise the wages nationwide and reduce work hours after taking over... she is puzzled why even so, no one comes back to work.

Even if given the same pay, they would rather live in the more expensive Iris Flower and Narcissus, even Avalon's native workers are starting to migrate.

Thus, the economy evidently begins to instinctively divert to the originally wealthiest Iris Flower Region.

Yulia's aides are proficient in intrigues and power play, but few understand how to revive the economy.

Now the New Herasal Empire looks thriving and prosperous... yet it faces problems of unbalanced development, severe exclusion between regions and even mutual hatred, high-end talent not having space to exert their abilities, and extreme depression of the lower-tier market.

This batch of immigrants from Parthia can at least greatly alleviate this issue —

Those slaves who aren't allowed to eat food humans can consume and don't even have a place to live, only able to cluster underground, needn't even mention receiving wages... even giving them three meals a day with clean new clothes and well-lit four-person dormitories would be enough to make them work wholeheartedly.

Furthermore, their work hours are much less than in Parthia, where one person can easily support a family — while having savings, they can even send their children to school!

—— Maybe because she has endured hardship herself and the loneliness of not being able to learn, Yulia prioritized implementing medical subsidies and compulsory education after taking power. While this requires spending, the legacy of Helasal Empire is enough for her to spend decades.

Although the residents of New Herasal also express their gratitude profusely to their young Empress... but they probably can't comprehend how much Parthians are shocked.

What? Only ten hours of work a day?

What? One month's salary can buy three live sheep?

What? Half the medical expense reimbursed? Free after thirty years of employment?

What? Learning knowledge doesn't cost money? City libraries are free to enter?

... What? Water here is free?

Despite New Herasal still being an emergent capitalist state, and capitalization will definitely deepen —

Yet for Heaven City slaves who've just left slavery society, struggled to live to the next day, even facing execution for eating a piece of meat or a sip of clean water... here, without doubt, is already a true paradise.

And once they have "money," they can purchase all sorts of useful and non-useful things. Because having not experienced an economy crisis from affluence to sudden poverty, they even feel they're already full, have no urgent need...

Hence, this can, in turn, vitalize the economic market here.

With this group as example and model, Aiwass can continually rescue people from Parthia.

He doesn't want to aid Benevolent Lords, nor does he want to aid those Red Hand Gang either.

The former, despite having ancient heritage and once glorious missions, has entirely degraded into selfish and arrogant beasts by now, Aiwass hasn't personally killed them only because he's too occupied to spare time for it...

The latter are clearly "Red Glove" driven by Red Calamity. They continually provoke and start wars to solidify the Path concept of the newly born, precarious Red Calamity.

They targeted the city with the highest happiness, Heaven City, first, instead of other more "sinful" city-states, clearly not because Heaven City is the most evil; precisely because Heaven City is the least malicious, thus having to eliminate it first to prevent it from rallying talent from other cities and growing stronger.

This is not "revenge" anymore.

Moreover, as Benevolent Lords gradually die, more consideration must be given to how to save the remaining people — the Red Hand Gang obviously doesn't fear this, they even slaughter civilians for fun.

Yet Aiwass is restrained by morals — if Aiwass kills the Benevolent Lords, he must first think about how to protect and settle the remaining people. Otherwise, what he kills is not only an evil Benevolent Lord but also tens of thousands of civilians.

Otherwise, there's no difference between him and the Red Glove.

Aiwass originally wanted to popularize the underground waterway until the Abyssal Celestial Envoy arrived and the water source became free. But now it seems it can't be handled this way...

—— The best solution is to send these people to New Herasal!

If Aiwass actively empties these city-states... then he doesn't need to worry about the arrival of the Abyssal Celestial Envoy!

All tactical conversions!