Political Situation (2)

His family was on his lands now. There was no faith here other than that he approved.

Along with his Church containing multiple Legendaries, High-Ranking Legendaries, Demigods and whole armies of powerful Professionals that were fanatically loyal to his cause and religion. 

With this, Leylin could finally be at ease, knowing that his investment and place on the Debanks Islands was secured. Were any god or Church to make an attempt on this place, they would all gang up on them.

'To even consider the invasion of the Debansks Islands, one would at first need to break down the Defensive Wall of Accursed of several islands and archipelagoes that are surrounding the Debanks Islands, that would require a fleet way bigger than the World of Gods has ever seen.'

Defensive Wall of Accursed was the first line of defense of the Debanks Islands, something that was built by Leylin to practically cripple anyone that would even attempt to cross over the sea and enter the Debanks Islands.

Because the Debanks Islands could be reached by only two methods, either by sea or mass teleportation. And as the second one was impossible due to various reasons, only the sea remained and Leylin did everything to prevent this eventuality.

'And to even consider the invasion of the Debanks Islands themselves, they would never at least a hundred thousand elite soldier Professionals together with many Legendaries, High-Ranking Legendaries, and at least five to ten Demigods, that is not talking about multiple Divine Avatars that the Gods would need to sacrifice to break through all of my defenses and anti-divine countermeasures.'

And if they somehow managed to overcome the Defensive Wall of Accursed, then they would come across the most arduous task, which was the conquest of the Debanks Islands themselves, and that would be...

One true nightmare.

As Leylin planned to keep the worshippers of the Holy Nāga Empire, as they were an essential part of his power, as he planned to assimilate the clone body into his True Body to increase his power at a later date further, the continual existence of the Holy Nāga Empire was essential for the later date.

Thus, he prepared tons of defensive measures for the Debanks Islands to become an impenetrable fortress that was his power base within the World of Gods.

Some of the traps and countermeasures with the Anti-Divine properties were even developed by the Chthonian Empire of the Baator. 

Because they were experts when dealing against anything that was of the Divine Origin and they were very good at it.

'In fact, if the Churches that tried to group up against me tried to do it again, they would definitely suffer tremendous losses, and that is only under assumptions that they will achieve some significant military achievements and land at the Debanks Islands themselves.'

Due to the defenses of the Debanks Islands, any kind of invasion would require tremendous effort and military power.

'Furthermore, at a critical time, I can turn to their enemies, forming an alliance with the Evil Gods… The costs far outweigh the benefits. Even Mystra, as much as she hates me, wouldn't be so foolish.'

Leylin knew that the sole way how to deal with the Debanks Islands would be a wider coalition of the Gods of the World of Gods that would ally against him and use all of their mortal influence to attack the Debansk Islands.

But such a thing was night impossible because, for that, there were too many and too high animosities between the various factions of the Gods and those in power, so something like that would never really happen.

"How's the Holy Nāga Empire been faring lately? Has there been anything special on the Mainland or Faulen Island?"

Leylin then asked about the internal state of the Holy Nāga Empire, as he wasn't really paying attention to its growth for the past months as he had far more pressing matters to deal with than the mortal influence, no matter how important they may be. 

The situation within the Nine Hells of the Baator was still more pressing and important for him, as were his other interests and missions.

"We have planted the first batch of rice this season. The plague was controlled by a free supply of Holy Water as well. There was some commotion on Faulen Island due to the withdrawal of the Jonases. Still, the remaining managers managed to minimize the impact on trade."

Tiff had only needed a moment of thought to answer. With the Holy Nāga Empire being a theocracy, Tiff was the one with the greatest authority as the country's Supreme Pontiff.

With his many years of travel on the Mainland, he'd deeply experienced the ups and downs of life. Paired with his strength and knowledge, he would manage Debanks Island well; he was basically something akin to a Regent of the Holy Nāga Empire until a new Holy Emperor would be crowned.

While technically speaking, Leylin was the Holy Emperor of the Holy Nāga Empire; he was only in name only.

All the real power rested within the hands of Isabel Faulen as his future wife and somebody that he was increasingly growing fond and Tiff as the Supreme Pontiff of the Heavenly Serpent Church.

Leylin had far more pressing matters sort to deal with, so he couldn't really pay a lot of attention to the Holy Nāga Empire, as he would have wished. But for that reason, he had many competent people to fill that role.

"For now, focus all your attention on developing the Holy Nāga Empire into its maximum efficiency and potential. We need to grow our strength as fast and as much as possible to ward off any potential invasion or attacks from the other Churches and nations of the Mainland."

Leylin ordered Tiff what to do as right now; the Holy Nāga Empire was in the so-called consolidation phase, which would take a few more years.

During this phase of the development of the Empire, they needed to build a proper, functioning and powerful nation that would be able to resist any kind of external threat that could possibly come from the Mainland.