"At first, I will still feel a little uncomfortable," she said, "but... when I think that doing this will allow me to have a place by your side and be closer to you and Anna... I can endure all the hardships.
And I have always wanted to work in a legal field. Although the laws of Bayer Jansas are still a little unfamiliar to me, this kind of work really makes me happy. "
"Then you should do your best."
Natalia's words made Yang Hao feel helpless.
He probably knew why Natalia had feelings for him... This might be the result of each of them being special to the other.
But Yang Hao didn't know how to give Natalia an answer yet, and he didn't know whether Theresa would be willing to accept it. So for now... just let her cheer up.
He touched Natalia's long golden hair, which was slightly darker than Finn's. Then, after teasing Anna for a little bit, he enjoyed this rare peaceful life with everyone else, accumulating courage and determination to fight against the possible invasion of the Great Khan.
It was at this time that someone at the window shouted that an aurora had appeared in the sky - everyone went over and found that there were indeed colorful lights in the sky at an inopportune time.
The dark night sky flickered with sometimes purple, sometimes azure light, which was beautiful but also disturbing.
In order to prevent people from thinking this was a bad sign, Yang Hao waved his hand, and his adjutants Barney and Kate understood what he meant.
Soon, a rumor that "the aurora is a sign of good fortune and a good harvest" spread throughout Constantinople. The people who were originally worried about this immediately calmed down and accepted this unexpected vision with a more joyful attitude.
"Aren't you worried that you won't be able to fulfill the rumor later?" Fen leaned on Yang Hao's left hand side, looking gloomily at Sister Teresa, who was lying on the fence on Yang Hao's right hand side with her breasts about to burst out. "After all, that's "auspicious" and "good harvest"?"
"I don't think the elves will sit back and watch me make a fool of myself. Besides, the land around here is so fertile that it would be hard to make it barren. How could it be impossible to achieve it?"
Yang Hao shrugged his shoulders and said a conclusion that made Theresa laugh: "And the Roman Empire is about to die. If these two combined are not considered auspicious signs, then I really can't think of what is considered auspicious?"
"Your understanding is correct... So should we do something for the upcoming auspiciousness and harvest?"
"Are you in a hurry, Finn?"
"hehe."
Fen's suggestion made Yang Hao's mouth twitch.
And in the sky, the culprit that caused the aurora phenomenon on the continent of Elucia was barely keeping half of the broken continent in an orbit that would not fall to the surface with the help of a buffer device.
The demons awakened by the strange vision in the north of the Elucia continent are constantly attacking the artificial magic protection barrier created by the magic puppets in an oxygen-deficient environment. The camouflage system that keeps the entire land in low-Earth orbit to avoid being discovered by the surface demons is facing the risk of insufficient output and imminent collapse.
After careful consideration, between the terrible choice of "preventing the demon invasion" and "preventing the entire area from being discovered by the surface demons", the local leader chose the latter, which is to exchange a part of the area for temporary stability.
"Judge the priority... Priority is determined: We must not let the surface demons discover us and merge with the demons from the Kingdom of Eden. If the judgment is successful, we will shrink our defense line in ten minutes..."
"Confirmed serial number... 017771. The third group of magic puppets has been annihilated. Personality restoration and body creation will now resume."
"Fountain Book Square, the magic barrier is offline. Repeat, Fountain Book Square, the magic barrier is offline."
"Please ask the "Magic Doll" troops to leave the area that is about to be occupied immediately. The "Personality Upload" network in the area will be cancelled and the supply of artificial magic power will be cut off.
Please leave the area that is about to fall immediately. Repeat! Please leave the area that is about to fall immediately... The area has fallen. In two minutes, the defense line will be retracted and the barrier will be raised. "
"Corrosive Mist" has been deployed and is expected to delay the Titan Demon's activity for 40 minutes. Please immediately move away from the Titan Demon's attack area and take away any ancient technology, books, and "ancestral remains" that you can carry.
The area where the Titan Demon is located will be bombarded with blanket attacks. Please ask the surrounding "camouflage puppet" troops to immediately disguise the flashes of the energy storage device as continental aurora."
"The artificial magic reactor has entered a critical state. Repeat, the artificial magic reactor has entered a critical state—"
With the dazzling lights, the demon offensive of the Kingdom of Eden was temporarily blocked.
But now that the artificial magic reactor has been extinguished and countless demons have been awakened by the call of the ice disaster on the surface, this country's thousand-year struggle is destined to end in depravity.
The call of the Ice Disaster not only awakened the demons in the Cloud Continent, but also awakened Hutot Khan who was sleeping in the northern grasslands of the Elucia Continent.
He knew that the situation in the North was running out of time.
Now that the demon has awakened, in order to have a chance of survival... he must consider a plan to go south in advance.
Chapter 2: Meteor, the early southward march of the living dead 8K
On the night of April 1, 006 of the Imperial Calendar.
A meteor fell from the sky. In the minds of nomadic people, the appearance of a meteor either means good fortune or disaster - and how to interpret the appearance of a meteor has become the exclusive power of the Khan.
Through the meteor, the Khan could interpret the current situation as favorable to him. But for Hutot Khan, the appearance of the meteor did not give him a chance to choose.
Or perhaps, he was originally planning to go south, and the sudden appearance of the meteor did not have much impact except that it forced him to go south without sufficient supplies.
So Hutot Khan took a deep breath and directly convened a "symbolic" meeting with the Keshiks, ministers, and priests. Then, with the unanimous affirmation of the Keshiks and priests, he confirmed that this meteor was the beginning of an "auspicious sign."
Later, Khutot Khan would naturally announce the news to his people - but not now.
"Gathering at night will only cause more chaos. Let's wait until tomorrow noon - we will give the people of the grassland a feast, and then I will announce the good news during the feast. That's it."
Following Hutuot Khan's order, Keshig and his priests left. Hutuot Khan sat on a cushion and meditated, recalling the vision he had seen in his dream.
I don't know if this world is in danger again. In short, Hutot Khan dreamed of many scenes about the ancient world.
And it was a scene about the "Kingdom in the Clouds" - in memory, the Khan became an ordinary civilian in that kingdom.
But even common people have endless magic power to use and countless knowledge to browse at will in the "Kingdom of the Clouds".
This is a powerful country that can "artificially produce magic power". In Khan's memory, it should be the most powerful of the four ancient countries, but also the one with the smallest population.
This country is called "The Land of Eden". It is a paradise where "artificial synthesis of magic power" and "personality uploading technology" have been completed, and almost everyone is in the mechanical age.
Since theoretically no one will die, naturally, this country has the smallest population.
At the same time, they also retain a large amount of knowledge and skills, and when they go out to work, they work with individuals called "Golems".
They once created a strange species of aliens with antlers, and these aliens once spent a period of prosperity with their masters in the past.
Until the demons invaded... When all four continents were invaded by demons, the Kingdom of Eden was invaded by the most powerful and terrifying demon army.
(It should be the legendary Titan demons and... other unimaginable things. It is hard to understand how they withstood the first round of attacks and then let their land and people fall to the surface in a tragic way...)
In Khan's memory, the Cloud Kingdom seemed to be divided into three parts.
One fell into the southern ocean and formed an archipelago, one fell into the eastern part of the Elucia continent and formed mines, and another rose into the sky and its whereabouts are still unknown.
Let’s not talk about the two pieces that flew up to the sky and fell into the ocean. In short, the Khan is determined to get the ruins of the Kingdom of Clouds in the mines in the east of the Roman Empire.
Not only because the magical technology of the Cloud Kingdom should have the ability to fight against demons in this era. More importantly, once the legacy of the Kingdom of Eden is inherited, the Khan's ambition will be just around the corner.
But before that... Khan must invade the Roman Empire, first obtain a stable place for his people, then let these Romans go to the north to resist the attack of the Ice Disaster, and finally make preparations for the inheritance.
(In short, it's a very time-consuming operation... but that's it.)
Hutot Khan took a deep breath and was ready for tomorrow.
At the same time, in the remaining territory of Eden, after the artificial magic reactor was completely extinguished, all the citizens of Eden above were ready to land on the ground.
During the thousands of years of bloody battles, the already small number of citizens of the Kingdom of Eden has dropped from more than 200,000 to the current 400.
These four hundred people are the citizens who retain the last reproductive function in the biological sense and are kept in the "freezing chamber" as the last seed. Those who are active outside are the "magic dolls" who upload all their consciousness to the magic network and can be resurrected repeatedly.
But even though they could be resurrected unlimitedly, the Titan demons still caused too many casualties to the people of Eden.
With only 400 biological citizens left, the number of magic dolls has dropped to less than a thousand today due to inevitable battle losses, interruptions in personality uploading, and even simply being unable to withstand the pressure of the bloody battle.
Under such circumstances, the Kingdom of Eden had already handed over all of its administrative structures to intelligent life forms called "synthetic dolls" for management.
Under the control of the "synthetic puppet", the only piece of land left in the Kingdom of Eden was raised to a low-Earth orbit with almost no protection. After the demon fell into hibernation, it spent more than 600 years in peace.
But now…
I don’t know who the hell awakened the Ice Disaster on the continent of Alicia.
Now, the roar of the awakened ancient demon in the dream directly awakened the demons in the Kingdom of Eden? !
"Maybe the situation on the ground is not as bad as we thought." The magic puppet muttered while staring at the palace gate that could be broken at any time.
"Although there is a possibility that the Ice Disaster has just awakened after entering a normal dormant period, but as expected... the other countries that fought against the demons together at that time could not have disappeared, right?"
"The Saint of Farlant burned the entire continent and herself to ashes. The Sirens in the West directly uprooted their own continent. It is estimated that only a few ethnic minorities with the ability to cross the ocean have survived. The Bayer Zas in the East seems to have sunk into the ground. Now that we can't make accurate observations of the ground, who knows if there are only demons left on the earth?"
"But it's better than just sitting there and waiting to die like this! Otherwise, not only us, even Elena herself won't be able to make it!"
Elena is the name of the "synthetic doll". All the citizens of Eden who participated in the production process regarded this synthetic life as their own daughter and had high expectations for it.
Although Elena still doesn't understand human emotions and can only speak in a cold and mechanical way, her contribution to the Kingdom of Eden is real...
Because of this, more and more Eden citizens now believe that they should indeed return to the ground.
Otherwise, not only would Elena be in danger of collapsing at any time due to the invasion of demons, but after losing Elena's assistance, the Kingdom of Eden would now be completely unable to fight against demons.
After all, those who have survived to this day are not soldiers fighting on the front lines, but scientists who are protected as important assets.
After losing the bodies of the "magic puppets", these scientists became just a group of ordinary people - at least in front of the elite after the bloody battle.
Not to mention the "seeds" in the hibernation chamber that have not yet awakened...
The magic puppets sighed. They could only hold on to the weapons they had improved countless times but could only make more and more concise ones due to lack of materials. While waiting for everyone to find a replacement other than the artificial magic reactor to provide energy for the magic barrier in the control area, they also calculated how long the current Kingdom of Eden could last.
After all, just now, another piece of debris fell to the surface... Although it will soon become debris that cannot affect the surface due to the friction of falling at high speed, this is not good news for the Kingdom of Eden...
They could only hold on until they were sure of landing on the surface, or until all the demons were killed.
…
On the other side, the Roman capital also observed a meteor in the sky, but to the capital, which had already been plagued by public resentment, it didn’t matter how big a disaster the meteor meant.
After all, Prince Gassen has truly been deserted by everyone except the head maid, his attendants, and the few remaining imperial knights.
There was no support from the people or the nobles for him, and it was impossible for anyone to support him. However, after confirming that all he wanted at this stage was a safe and comfortable life, Prince Gasen did not feel any shame or worry.
He likes this kind of life. As long as he can ensure that there is wine, good food, and enjoyment -
Then it doesn’t matter how many people die outside, as long as I can live comfortably, it is also okay to change the guards around me from Imperial Knights to Arese soldiers.
On this basis, even if Alesse wanted to put forward more conditions, Prince Gasson would probably accept them.
Looking out the window at the bustling crowd on the streets of the capital, Prince Gassen took a bite of the crispy roasted pork leg and sighed:
"It's just a shooting star..."
It's just a shooting star—
The prince, who was absorbed in his conspiracy, sighed heavily.
The demon servant was thinking, where did the meteor come from
After all, demons are not unintelligent creatures. He knew very well that if the meteor was real, it would be impossible for it to appear suddenly from mid-air without any warning.
If it is a real meteor... it will definitely appear in a visible place first, not appear out of thin air, just like the fucking Romans' brains can't have truth, goodness and beauty out of thin air...
…
out of thin air
The demon servant looked up at the beginning of the meteor. In that night sky, the demon servant used all his vision to see only a peaceful night sky.
The aurora seemed to start from there at that time. Was it my illusion
The devil shook his head, thinking that since the Ice Disaster had already awakened, the next Demonic Disaster might end before it even started. He felt so at ease.
And that is after the meteor appears.
The southern part of the central region of the Roman Empire has officially entered the rainy season.
As dark clouds gradually gather, the living dead, who have naturally lost more than half of their numbers, will follow the sounds of the coming rain and head for the temporarily stable south.
And it was in the southern plains outside the royal capital that the military district troops led by General Dreshuka were conquering cities one after another.
He had received news that the city in the rear had been captured, but he had not yet cleared out the interior.
He was well aware of the impact it would have if he used one hand to defend against foreign enemies while using the other hand to slash his arm with a knife - more importantly, he really knew that the nobles dared to do so.
The nobles' sense of honor and disgrace is even worse than that of the new soldiers in the military district! At least the new soldiers know how much they will be paid according to how much work they do, but the nobles still hold on to the corrupt idea that "as long as we surrender, we can still be nobles", which is really a pity.
In this situation, can General Dreshuka really trust the nobles to control their rear
He didn't dare, he really didn't dare. So all he could do was send a message to the capital, hoping to get help from Prince Gassen, especially the people of Alesse, while continuing to travel in the night.
But the letter he sent fell on deaf ears, and the messenger who came back claimed that Prince Gassen had stayed indoors, and the current situation in the capital was even more chaotic than anyone imagined.
If the royal capital did not have comfortable heating and other convenient facilities, perhaps it would have been surrounded by the protesting people by now
Alas! How has this country become
General Dreshuka sighed heavily and ordered his soldiers to once again besiege a city whose gates had been closed by the nobles to resist the peasant rebels. He then stood up again and issued a notice to persuade the people to surrender, which was once again unquestionably rejected.
The nobles did not see the need to resist invasion from enemy countries.
They think their identity is valuable. They don't have any sense of belonging to this country.
They... shouldn't exist in this country.