The progress of the Roman Empire's war will directly affect the actions of the demon servant, and the actions of the demon servant will directly affect the activities of the Northern Ice Disaster -
In a sense, Yang Hao's decisive battle with the God of Light was actually a race against the defeat of the Roman Empire.
If the Roman Empire dies before Yang Hao and the God of Light decide the outcome, then Yang Hao will have to adjust the direction of the United Nations and begin preparing to resist the invasion of the Ice Disaster.
On the contrary, if Yang Hao could kill the God of Light before the Roman Empire fell, then he would have enough time to build a better defense line bit by bit...
The influence of the Aresians was even simpler - if the Aresians were strong enough, perhaps the Roman Empire would not have been defeated so quickly.
If the Alessians simply planned to take advantage of the situation and leave, then the Roman Empire would probably be destroyed before June...
The combination of these factors made Yang Hao's next plan particularly difficult... He decided to take a more stable direction, which was -
"Let the two political allies go to find the body of the God of Light, am I right, kid?"
"Um."
Let the Khutot Khanate and the Isgard Colonial Army help him find the body of the God of Light, or rather, clues about the body.
After all, to put it bluntly, as one of the biggest weaknesses of gods, the God of Light will definitely find ways to hide his body.
On Earth, in Russia, a folklore deity named Koschei hid his soul in the shell of an egg.
There are more cases in other places where "the most dangerous place is the safest place" -
Maybe the God of Light really hid his body in some unknown cave or cemetery. If one really wants to find clues like looking for a needle in a haystack, the help of Isgard and the Khutot Khanate is indispensable.
Yang Hao decided to use the political resources at his disposal - for example, by opening up more trade, or by engaging in deeper cooperation, and let the two allies do the dirty work for him.
But then again... Lady Lalumia? Do you have the power to teleport? Why did you suddenly come to my office
Yang Hao turned around and looked suspiciously at the hooded nun holding the report in her hand. He took the report that Lalumia had sorted out, and after confirming that he had indeed locked the door, he sighed:
"Lalumia, please don't appear behind me so suddenly next time, okay? It's really scary..."
"It's okay. I did this because I knew you wouldn't be scared."
Lalumia smiled, and after sitting on Yang Hao's desk and yawning lightly, she tentatively approved of Yang Hao's plan: "But... looking for a body like looking for a needle in a haystack is a very effective job - but this is "efficient" relative to the almost immortal lifespan of gods. So maybe you need to find other ways to make up for it, right? Child?"
"I know... So I plan to look for the body while preparing for the assault on St. Petersburg... After all, the God of Light either relies on "divine magic" or his "corpse" to fight. If we can cut off one of them, he will lose most of his power as if half of his body was removed... But I'm still thinking about how to do it specifically."
"Is that so? Then my personal suggestion is that if you really can't think of any solution, why not communicate with everyone? And then again, some ideas won't appear in your mind before they have a practical material basis, right?"
"What's the meaning?"
The gentle god shrugged his shoulders and stretched out his hand to make a very vivid metaphor:
"Just like you wouldn't want Theresa to use her breasts to serve you if she didn't have big breasts - after all, if your first time was with Miss Fenn, would you really have that thought? Not really?"
"Although your metaphor is so vivid that I can't refute it, but why don't you apologize to Fen? She will be angry, okay?"
"hehe."
Lalumia smiled and seemed to sincerely apologize to His Majesty Fen, who didn't know what had happened. Then the gentle god patted Yang Hao on the shoulder and motioned for him to sit down and rest for a while.
She helped Yang Hao look at the information on the blackboard. After noticing the data on the number of "believers" of the God of Light, she used a blackboard eraser to erase the row of inaccurate estimates and filled in an exact number instead.
About 900,000 people.
Lalumia said that these 900,000 people are the last believers who can provide the power of faith to the God of Light.
To the gods, not all believers can provide them with divine power. What they need are "devout" believers rather than believers who only say so, although in a sense, Yang Hao does not need to deal with so many people.
"And dealing with believers doesn't mean we have to kill them - their faith collapses, or they pretend to convert, or they become non-believers directly. We have plenty of ways to make gods stop believing... There's no need to go to such extremes."
Guangminglu stood behind Yang Hao, stroking his forehead while pressing his whole body on his head and made another suggestion.
“Although the countdown for the God of Light to become a ‘Conceptual God’ is imminent, to put it bluntly, the ‘closeness’ of God is different from the ‘closeness’ of humans.
It may take a year or two for humans, so kid, you don’t have to be so anxious. Why don’t you make sure things are stable first?”
Everything has to be done slowly and steadily, right
Yang Hao did not agree with her words.
After all, when racing with others, the most taboo thing is to stop and rest in the middle.
In order to avoid the fate of his country, Yang Hao has always felt that "speeding up the pace" is the best thing to do...
But - Lalumia didn't seem to think so.
She stroked Yang Hao's forehead, causing him to feel groggy and tired again.
Sure enough, this woman is using her power to let me have a good rest - the man sighed, and the next moment, accompanied by a maternal hug, he once again lowered his head defenselessly in the gentle embrace.
Looking at the man sleeping in her arms, Lalumia shook her head and sighed, saying that this couldn't go on.
"Theresa needs to learn something from me... Well, I finally understand how hard it is to have a child who works hard every day and never rests."
She patted Yang Hao's cheek as he slept soundly, somewhat angrily, summoned a blanket woven with divine power for him and covered him with it. Then the kind-hearted deity stood behind him, quietly waiting for the moment he woke up.
Chapter 2: Light, What Are You Doing? - And the Incorporation of Eden - 8K
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at the same time…
After finishing the meeting with Elena, I asked her to stay temporarily according to the royal etiquette and she agreed.
Theresa asked the maids to take Elena to her guest room, and then she and Finn, exhausted, left the meeting room and walked back to their room.
She was really tired. Only after taking on the work that originally belonged to Yang Hao did the immature Basilisa suddenly realize that she was still the little nun who could not leave Yang Hao and work alone...
How should I put it? The difference between "assembly line work" and "design work that consumes brainpower"... The former, which is Teresa's original job, consumes the most physical energy.
But the latter, which is Yang Hao’s job—Oh my god, negotiating with shrewd guys like Nia and Elena, and paying attention to the hidden meaning of every word during the negotiation, in order to avoid any word causing the country to pay more in the future, so you need to pay special attention to whether the content of each treaty is true...
The negotiation with Black Dragon alone was enough to give Theresa a headache. Unexpectedly, Elena was still unwilling to give up and just kept dragging it out...
This kind of mental and physical pressure made Theresa completely defeated. She deeply realized the source of Yang Hao's fatigue, and Fen also felt deeply about it:
"Elena is the strongest opponent we have ever seen at the conference table... If she really wants to negotiate, she will even have the energy to spend two whole months with us on the same thing..."
"But the problem is, isn't she after efficiency?!"
"The pursuit of efficiency is not inconsistent with using any means to achieve a certain goal. Besides, Theresa, you should have felt it... Elena, she has developed feelings for our men that are "beyond friendship"..."
When he said this, Fin sighed heavily. And Theresa, who was supported by Fin, also sighed in distress.
Elena, a synthetic doll from the Kingdom of Eden, a life born from machinery from the Kingdom of Eden, who should be very rational - but during the negotiation process, she was repeatedly in a situation where her "emotions" almost took away her control.
This not only made Theresa and Finn feel weird, but more importantly, even Elena herself felt a little weird...
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Perhaps she didn't know what the sudden emotional fluctuations she experienced whenever she mentioned "Yang Hao" meant.
But for Theresa and Finn, who are already married, it is the most beautiful and bittersweet feeling they have ever experienced. The feeling called "love"...
Sweet and sour, the emotions that come with the ups and downs of life - but the problem is that Elena firmly believes that this is just a "normal friendship" between a man and a woman...
Normal friendship
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If this kind of relationship is called normal, doesn't it mean that the relationship between Theresa and Yang Hao can be called "good friends" at most
Or was it that Elena was just playing tricks? As long as he admitted that this was "friendship", then Elena could tease Yang Hao even more unscrupulously
After thinking about it, Theresa realized that facing a rational person like Elena who was good at calculation, Theresa's brain was really not enough.
On the one hand, she had to stop Elena from touching her husband, and on the other hand, she had to confirm the important matters of the country's future development plan.
For the first time, Theresa took on the pressure that originally belonged to Yang Hao, and now, she can boldly and proudly say that she would be useless without Yang Hao.
"So you still have to grow up, Theresa. If you continue like this, what will you do if Yang Hao falls ill one day? You can't let him work while sick, right?"
Finn's sharp complaint made Theresa's heart tremble. After the little nun looked around for a long time to make sure that there were no maids or guards following her, she sighed distressedly and said that she had certainly considered this matter...
But to put it bluntly, she is not proficient in this kind of work - it is like asking a barber to perform surgery. It is not a barber's job, and no matter how hard you ask him to try, he will not be able to do it well...
So after thinking about it, as long as Yang Hao's life can be made regular and stable, and he won't get sick due to overwork, wouldn't he be able to continue working in his position without worries
Theresa's brain came to this conclusion in an instant - but the next moment, she slapped her cheeks hard, making a crackling sound, which not only scared Finn, but also made the little nun wake up in the burning pain.
After casting a healing spell to relieve the pain and numbness on her face, Theresa ignored Finn's strange question "What are you doing?" and lowered her head dejectedly.
At that time, when asking Yang Hao whether he was really willing to let her lead the team to sink underground to assist the Bayerjans in fighting the devil, Theresa said that as long as she became Basilisa, she would never be able to love him purely.
Now... she admitted that her anxiety back then had become a reality.
Now, in order to enable the country to develop better and to make the best use of capable people, I have subconsciously made arrangements for Yang Hao to "let him work less tired and forever"... What about next time
If I don't find a way to stop this trend, maybe one day, I will feel at ease and think that Yang Hao is my property, a tool that I can use at will, instead of treating him as my lover
This was a dangerous signal... But fortunately, Theresa's constant attention allowed her to discover this signal early and prepare herself mentally for it.
Not only did she have to prepare herself mentally, she also had to erase the "take it for granted" that had grown in her heart... But all of this still required Yang Hao's help...
Just as Yang Hao can only relax when he is with her, Theresa can only muster her courage when she is with Yang Hao...
(I should go back soon...) She muttered to herself, (I should go back soon... so I can have a good talk with him... and then, there shouldn't be any problem, right?)
The little nun had already figured out the plan for the couple's continued love - after all, today was Yang Hao's day off, and it should be the most natural thing for them to come together and talk to each other about their inner anxieties and thoughts, right
Although Theresa did feel a little dissatisfied that Finn would interfere with their world of two, but after all, Finn was also her good friend.
The little nun felt better after thinking this - but just as she and Finn turned the corner of the corridor and were about to head straight for their bedroom...
Unconsciously, they noticed the presence of "Light" Lalumia, who seemed to be supporting Yang Hao as he walked, on one side of the corridor.
Whether it was Theresa or Fern, they were both stunned for a moment.
After all, the combination of Lalumia and Yang Hao is really very rare - everyone has seen Yang Hao alone with Theresa, Finn, Naluga, Natalia, and even Black Dragonia and Elena, talking about personal or business matters... but no one seems to have seen the scene of Yang Hao and Lalumia being alone together.
Right now, this is undoubtedly the first case - but why would the god I believe in be with my man? And why, Lalumia... you have to support my man and walk around
At this moment, Theresa, who had unconsciously frozen at the corner of the corridor, had her eyes wide open.
Under the lights of the corridor late at night, she hated for the first time that the light bulbs produced by Ishgard were so bright that she couldn't sneak up on him... And it was at this moment that Fen keenly noticed that something was wrong with Yang Hao...
"Let's not talk about why Lalumia would take Yang Hao around everywhere... Is he asleep?"
Finn spoke in a somewhat uncertain tone, which made Theresa utter "eh" in surprise again, and also made the little nun, who was gradually panicking inside, notice Yang Hao's current situation.
He was not being supported by Lalumia to walk because he was injured or tired.
He was led around by Lalumia because he was "asleep"... And in order to avoid waking this man up, the loving god did not even use any divine power, but just led him forward gently, step by step...
And moving forward to the destination.
It seems to be their bedroom
Finn and Theresa looked at each other, watching the god slowly walking towards their bedroom, and they didn't notice the faint smile on the god's face.
They just realized one thing: perhaps in front of Lalumia, whether it was Elena, Nia, or even Natalia and Naluga, they were probably not as... threatening as Lalumia.
At least no one of them helped Yang Hao back to his room when he was sound asleep, right?! Not to mention them! Even we ourselves have never done that?!
Why would you suddenly do such a thing, Lalumia? !
And... and why can you still show such a nonchalant expression? ! Do you take this for granted? ! Damn it, who is his wife? !
Or is it because of your overflowing maternal love that you did this? !
The two wives were shocked by what Lalumia did. But in order to avoid waking up the sleeping Yang Hao, they chose to hide their tracks and observe quietly.
Because Lalumia is a conceptual god, neither the divine art of "invisibility" nor the magical art of "invisibility" will work on her.
In order to avoid being discovered by Lalumia, and also to find out what Lalumia was thinking when she contacted Yang Hao...
Theresa and Finn chose the safer strategy of "observing from the dark", and followed Lalumia's movements quietly and from a distance...
They walked and walked, their hearts pounding as they followed Lalumia's trail.
They found that Lalumia seemed to be more familiar with how to return to their room than themselves, and were horrified to realize that she seemed to have the key to their room in her hand since some time ago.
Seeing Lalumia casually using the key to open the locked door, then gently leading Yang Hao into the room and closing the door... Theresa and Fen finally couldn't help it.
One wanted to rush in immediately to see what tricks they were going to play, while the other put his hands under her arms and raised them high.
"Put me down, Theresa?! Didn't you see that she has already brought our man in?! Yang Hao is unconscious now, who knows what she might do to him?!"
Finn struggled hard in Theresa's arms. Theresa blushed and bit her lower lip, but finally chose to remain calm:
"Calm down, Fen! Maybe, maybe Lalumia really just treats Yang Hao as a naughty child? Do you think she has done anything to Yang Hao? Besides, she, she is the god who represents "light"... How could she do such a thing... huh?"