"Devouring" the consciousness of the "Sea King" indeed perfected this supreme divine artifact of the Bloodline by a step, and even directly added a Talent Magic for tracking and locating through the Dark Path.

Of course, for Charlotte now, she already possesses enough Talent Magic.

One more doesn't add, one less doesn't subtract.

But the crux isn't here.

Delving deep into the Divine Fire in her own heart, Charlotte senses her Divine Power.

Different from every past "devouring," this time, although she had eliminated the consciousness suspected to be of Oceanus and even the Blood Holy Scripture had subtly benefited, her Divine Power had not increased but decreased.

Or more accurately put, her Divine Power expenditure exceeded her Divine Power absorption.

Although the consumption wasn't significant, it nonetheless served as a reminder for Charlotte.

Her "devouring" did not always yield a net gain in Divine Power.

"It must be the price for annihilating that 'consciousness.' It seems... not everything can be converted into Divine Power, and erasing mythical-level spiritual power will be even more challenging."

"I have never managed to truly become a godslayer; even defeating the God of Hatred and Deformation was merely confining Him. Perhaps... the difficulty of godslaying is even higher than I imagined."

Charlotte pondered.

"I... need to enhance my strength further soon."

"Being a demigod isn't enough. Below legendary, being cautious is sufficient to prevent most threats to my life, but it's different above legendary..."

"The forces I'll likely face next could very well be those hidden mythical powers."

"I must become stronger, even if I can't immediately become a true myth, I must gather more Divine Power..."

Charlotte once again felt the desire to rapidly become stronger.

Of course, she was also aware that the further the enhancement of strength, the more difficult it gets.

Even with a cheat like the Blood Holy Scripture, once Charlotte truly became a demigod, she distinctly felt her power growth slowing down.

Charlotte knew why this was—advancing in mythical power required an energy intensity far beyond mortals. Currently, the Mireya Continent was experiencing a low magic period, making it challenging to find the needed energy.

The shortcut she could think of... perhaps, was only to travel back in time and exploit the Old Gods of Mireya she could defeat.

"Quickly handle the various affairs of Falling Star and then... go to sleep early and return to the past in search of power."

Charlotte muttered to herself.

...

In the following days, Charlotte hastened her actions.

The situation in the Falling Star Kingdom had largely stabilized; what remained were mainly second-tier internal conflicts, the most crucial of which were stabilizing the turbulence brought by the integration of the Bloodline and accommodating the immigration of the Free Tribe Alliance.

As for how to stabilize the disturbances brought by integrating the Bloodline, Charlotte had a clear idea—it was nothing more than appeasing and restraining human nobles and the Bloodline.

Bringing people together effectively and securely was naturally through benefits; Charlotte felt she could perhaps also rope in the Nais Clan and the Harcos Clan to join the alchemy company she was preparing to set up.

She really had to thank the Harcos Clan this time. Their contribution of 2.5 billion gold tana was sufficient for her to rally the kingdom's various forces for development and construction.

Of course, the more detailed tasks Charlotte directly delegated to others.

She was never one to micromanage everything; having a good grasp of the big picture was enough. Providing the funds and people and letting professionals handle the rest would suffice.

This is called knowing how to delegate.

Of course, the reason Charlotte dared to do so was because she held the most core power in her hands.

As a demigod walking the earth, there was no one in the Falling Star Kingdom who could truly defy her.

Overall, although there were some bumps along the way, the integration of the Bloodline into Falling Star society should not be considered difficult.

And half a month later, the first batch of immigrants from the Free Tribe Alliance officially arrived at the northern part of Falling Star Island, totalling fifty thousand people.

Charlotte secretly monitored the entire migration process.

It must be said, Gael indeed had some ability, managing the migration of tens of thousands of people in an orderly manner, even Charlotte could not find significant faults with it.

Of course, this was also because Charlotte had provided a sufficient amount of funding for the migration.

Once again, gratitude is owed to the contributions of the Harcos Clan.

With the first migration settled, the rest would be easier to handle, as everything is difficult at the start. Many things only need a precedent, and subsequent tasks can follow the established template.

Charlotte no longer planned to pay attention, leaving the rest to Duke Gael and the Dark Night Church.

Of course, all of this pertained to internal conflicts.

Outside Falling Star, the situation remained severe.

On the continent, the New Moon Kingdom continued to covetously eye the Romany Duchy and Castel Domain, and even more dangerous in Charlotte's eyes was Moon God Island in the North Sea.

Fortunately, the internal disputes within the New Moon Kingdom had not yet been fully resolved. According to intelligence, Charlotte understood that Louis V was still suppressing and consolidating the power of the nobles, and it appeared that he had no intention to use military force against Romany and Castel at the moment.

However, based on Charlotte's understanding of the adversary, she knew that they would not give up, even though she had already signed a mutual defense treaty with the Northern Territory.

The current calm exhibited by the adversary was merely a form of restraint.

The matter was unsolvable unless Charlotte truly gave up her territories on the continent.

But she had no intention of giving up. The Romany Duchy was an important agricultural area, and the Castel Domain was both her treasury and homeland. As long as she wanted to continue developing, she absolutely could not afford to lose them.

What Charlotte could do was likely only to reject the nobles' proposal to establish a "Falling Star-Castel United Kingdom," temporarily avoiding disturbing Louis V's nerves, pretending she was both a vassal of the New Moon and the King of Falling Star Kingdom, stalling for as long as possible.

Of course, a few months of tranquility should be attainable, Charlotte reckoned she could use the opportunity to catch some sleep.

As long as she awakened further strengthened, combined with her various arrangements made after investing money, she should still be able to contend with the New Moon Kingdom.

In reality, what truly troubled Charlotte was Moon God Island.

But Charlotte did not dare to investigate hastily.

She conducted an Observation specifically for Moon God Island herself, but the results were not particularly favorable.

Even her Spiritual Sense subtly warned her, that she absolutely should not head to Moon God Island at present.

Not going herself, nor sending anyone else, Charlotte simply closed the borders to Moon God Island temporarily, in her capacity as Queen of Falling Star.

Of course, this was not a long-term solution, as even with closed borders, she could not stop "that thing" on the island if it decided to come.

Charlotte simply wanted to stall, relying on the adversary's wariness of her, until she could "wake up."

By the time Charlotte had settled all matters, almost a month had passed.

After clearly delegating her affairs for the duration of her slumber to Sebastian, Nisi, Yulster, Badak, and Margo, Charlotte once again lay down in the black coffin Sebastian had prepared for her.

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