How to Save Humanity After Transmigrating into a Villainess Princess? Chapter 303 : The Code of Humanity's Rise

"How... how can this be called [Divinity]?"

Ileina asked in disbelief:

"This is just... just a kind of ideal or faith, how can it possibly be related to the divine?"

Elashia shook her head.

"No..."

"What I just told you is rely one manifestation of the [Divinity] that humanity has evolved."

"To put it more clearly... I would call this ability the 'ability to assign aning' or the 'ability to fabricate stories.'"

"What does that an?"

Elashia's words made Ileina even more confused.

The ability to assign aning?

The ability to fabricate stories?

Elashia's words... were becoming increasingly incomprehensible...

Elashia nodded.

"This concept cannot be understood in an instant, and it's very difficult to explain clearly all at once."

Elashia thought for a mont, then continued explaining:

"Let give you an example for comparison, and perhaps you'll understand."

"Ileina, think about it—are we humans intelligent? Are humans strong?"

"Look... our human intelligence is far inferior to the elves who live in communities south of Elasia, and in terms of strength, we're far inferior to the demihumans who live north of the forr Demon territories..."

"But... if you lived in the Iron Empire or Elasia, you would see—humanity has beco the ruler of half the continent."

Elashia stared into Ileina's eyes and asked consecutively:

"From being blood food for the Demon Forces to now being the hegemon of the western continent, what do you think we relied on?"

"Look again—for the Demon Forces and Blood Clan, how great is the difference in their mobilization capabilities between high and low ranks? And for us, what is our mobilization capability like?"

"For the Demon Forces and Blood Clan, their monarchs can command the power of their entire race, but beneath the Demon Lord, without powerful personal strength, a Demon Forces commander can only command a few hundred demons at most."

"The Blood Clan is the sa—the Blood Demon Grand Lord can command all mbers of the entire Blood Clan, but the commanders below, no matter how clever, can ultimately only command troops of just over a hundred if they lack powerful personal strength."

"But..."

"I know what you want to say, Ileina."

Elashia calmly interrupted Ileina's question.

"Yes, beneath the Demon Lord and Blood Demon Grand Lord, there are quite a few beings capable of commanding large armies. They can even overthrow the rule of past monarchs when their abilities are powerful—just like we humans can."

"But... you must recognize—the power and mobilization capabilities of the Demon Forces and Blood Clan's upper echelons co solely from their individual authority, not from anything else."

Hearing this, Ileina continued with confusion:

"But... don't we humans also possess the sa psychology of respecting strength?"

"Might makes right—hasn't it always been this way?"

"It's not like that... Ileina."

Ileina's words made Elashia smile.

"If you really think so, then I must ask—when you chose to leave Elasia, what exactly enabled you to unite the resistance forces of the Holy Kingdom?"

"Why was I able to unite the resistance forces of the Holy Kingdom..."

Elashia's words sent Ileina into deep thought.

Why was she able to unite the forces of the Holy Kingdom...

Was it because of her wisdom?

Or because of her strength?

Neither seed right...

Speaking of wisdom, she was just a twelve-year-old child back then—how wise could she have been...

And speaking of martial prowess... that was completely incomparable to past combat fanatics like Delin or prodigious talents like Caroline...

Seeing Ileina lost in thought, Elashia smiled:

"Right, I think you can understand—your ability to unite all the resistance forces of the Holy Kingdom relied not at all on your personal abilities."

"But rely on your identity as Holy Princess."

Elashia continued with a smile:

"The people of the Holy Kingdom, having experienced over ten thousand years of history, recognize your Joshua family from their very bones... so after you ca to the Holy Kingdom, you only needed to raise your arms and call out, and everyone gathered around you like they had found their backbone."

"But... whether you're the sole heir of the Joshua family, whether you're the Holy Princess—what does that have to do with them?"

"At that ti, you were just a little girl who had just turned twelve, only beginning to glimpse the basics of [Qi-Transford Sword], understanding nothing at all. But simply because you were the Holy Princess, the people of the Holy Kingdom firmly believed—you would definitely be able to lead the Holy Kingdom out of disaster."

"I'm the sa actually... Look, why do those Elasian knights all unconditionally and absolutely obey ?"

"It's not because of how powerful I am, nor because of how wise I am, but simply because the knightly code in their hearts considers the lord to be soone who must be obeyed unconditionally."

Seeing Ileina who seed to understand sothing, Elashia smiled and continued:

"If you still don't understand, let give you a simpler example..."

Elashia smiled as she began her story.

"A rchant, a beggar, and a king are all tied to posts. In a situation where only the last person can survive after the other two die... suddenly a soldier bursts into this room..."

Elashia smiled as she looked at Ileina's grave eyes.

"Guess—who will ultimately survive?"

Ileina thought for a mont.

"This... of course only the king would survive, because the soldier would definitely obey the king's commands."

Elashia smiled and nodded.

"But... you must know that in this small room, the king cannot mobilize a single soldier, cannot exert any coercive force on this soldier..."

"However, we clearly know—the soldier will definitely obey the king's commands."

Elashia placed her small hand over her heart and said seriously to Ileina:

"Humanity's true strength lies neither in wisdom nor in power."

"Humanity's true strength exists in the human heart—believe and it exists, doubt and it vanishes."

"This is why humanity can accomplish large-scale mobilization of millions, tens of millions, even hundreds of millions of people."

"This is also sothing the Demon Forces and Blood Clan could never learn from humanity."

"Glory, loyalty, benevolence, friendship, sacrifice, posterity... these have absolutely no relation to animal instincts."

"You know—as living beings, the greatest instinct is survival."

"But the [Divinity] that we humans have evolved enables us to transcend biological instincts, placing the aning of other things that originally had no relationship to ourselves—things that could even be called ethereal—above survival..."

"This is the code of humanity's rise—'collectively recognized aning.'"