dognovel Chapter 334 Denver
Chapter 334 Denver
"Your Excellency General."
"Good evening, Ms. Evelyn. Oh, the letter is here."
For people like Mike Douglas, conservatism is their essence. Despite Colombia’s reputation for freedom, its fastest decade of development was thanks to church immigrants.
Civil war and economic collapse on the Roman Peninsula forced many people from the Church's territory to leave their homes. They traveled across the ocean to Colombia via the Republic of Corsica, which was then a transit point for the Allied forces in the central ocean. According to unofficial statistics, more than five million immigrants left Roman cities such as San Marino and Naples during this period and arrived in Colombia.
A significant portion of these migrants were not originally destined for Colombia, but the Colombian government at the time secretly funded the transport companies, providing them with a sum of money for each migrant delivered. This is the key to the rise of Pan-Co Shipping, the shipping giant it is today.
The immigrants not only brought the Church of Goddess, but also reformed it into Protestantism. These believers scattered throughout Colombia, building Colombian-style churches in immigrant communities. Unlike the tall stone buildings on the Roman peninsula, most of the churches now found in Colombian Christian communities are simple, white wooden chapels. These churches are scattered throughout the countryside and suburbs, often in the larger houses and town centers of the area.
Conservatism originated from these religious immigrants. These more than five million religious immigrants developed their unique political ideology. Unlike the native elves who upheld liberalism, and other immigrants of all kinds, they were the backbone of the United States and the most stubborn group of people.
The United States Emergency Government of MacDougall stemmed from this. The growing influence of Christian immigrants and the inherently conservative ideology of the military led to a distinct faction of conservatives, represented by MacDougall, who distanced themselves from radical syndicalists and Hughes.
Mike Douglas had warned many members of Congress that whether Jack Reed or Ronnie Hugh became president, they would inevitably drag Colombia into the abyss of civil war. The divided nation was already struggling under economic crisis, and if an extreme president were to take office, the country might perish.
As he expected, Mike Douglas likened himself to an overseer, representing the old-guard interest groups of the United States, with these big capitalists, financiers, and educators on their side.
When Newtown on Long Island was attacked by syndicate thugs, and when Ferra del Fia crawled under boots and black lightning, it was he who led the United States Army to escort them away to Denver, the stronghold of the conservative forces.
Now, the situation in the United States has reached a point where no one can predict what will happen. The Western States Union and the subsequent Republic of California were originally a deal between him and the California authorities, but he could not have foreseen that the small labor syndicate rebels they had pursued all the way to Montana would eventually overthrow the California government.
However, he did not intervene. Before the fall of the California government, his agents reported to him a conspiracy by the California government—the California army was using his money to attack his territory.
This was something he could not tolerate, so he allowed the rebels to attack California. But he did not expect that the California army was so weak, nor did he expect that the so-called West Columbia Revolutionary Front would take over the entire state of California so easily.
Until he saw a name.
Alice de la Leah.
Alice... Alice, what a childlike name! When they were young, the name Alice came from fairy tales passed down by word of mouth. But history played a trick on them. This fairy tale character wrote a real-life fairy tale for their generation.
From Amelia, through Brittany, Las Vegas, the Balkans, Rome, Corsica, and all the way to distant De Horan, Seres, Colombia, Canadia… the entire world that has risen from the ground today originates from this fairytale-like name. All progress, war, death, construction, the most beautiful visions and the cruelest realities all stem from her.
The decade she disappeared was the decade in which humanity progressed the fastest. Following her vision, people united all races into one: elves, demons, orcs, humans, dwarves. People no longer use these words to refer to each other, but instead use the vast word "human" to refer to this two-legged, two-armed, one-headed intelligent being.
Humans use steel, magic, electricity, steam, and gas to create and reshape their worldview with science. For those who most fervently admire Alice, she is the one who gave humanity light, enabling them to conquer the world.
Ten years later, most people now believe that Alice is dead. Her disappearance was too sudden and too mysterious. No one has seen her, or her body, or any trace of her in the past ten years.
Some people idolize her, while others despise her. Although the inhabitants of the Roman peninsula have more or less erased the once insane and depraved church, in the wider world, there are still people who blame everything on her, Alice de la Leah, the one who killed the goddess, the vampire who defiled the holy city.
Although some older believers claim that Alice de la Leah was actually an angel sent by the goddess to punish the bishops for their sins, and this view is quite prevalent, it is clear that Alice was the murderer who destroyed the Holy Church, which is beyond doubt.
Mike Douglas had to admit that if the one in the west really was Alice Delalaye, then even he didn't know where the country was headed.
He opened a letter from the west, on which was written the beautiful name in the simplest penmanship—Alice de la Leah.
He smelled a faint scent of blood mixed with a peculiar fragrance. He suddenly remembered that it was the scent of the Linux flower, a flower that symbolizes the divine consciousness of the goddess of the church and has been a favorite flower of the goddess's followers since ancient times.
"To Mr. Mike Douglas..."
He read the letter carefully. The handwriting was beautiful and delicate, and the wording was elegant and refined. It was completely different from the letters of Ronnie Hugh or Jack Reed. It was neither as unreasonable as Ronnie Hugh's nor as bookish as Jack Reed's.
His previous speech was a calculated move, backed by the Western Pacific Alliance. Ambassador Amelansi emphasized to him that if Colombia could not achieve peace soon, it would harm the interests of the free world, and the free world led by Amelansi did not care what color Colombia was.
Mike Douglas placed Alice's letter on the table and lit his corn pipe.
“Goddess Evelyn, could you please call Mr. Smith from the Denver Hotel? Yes, he’s waiting in the meeting room.”