01.
Early this morning, Hill received the news that the queen of the Eutin Empire died of illness, and the king held a grand funeral for her. The Pope of Light decided to posthumously proclaim her a saint, and then invited Lord Demon Join us for this important funeral.
"On the surface, it seems normal." Hill said, "Speaking of which, did the queen of the Eutin Empire really die at this juncture?"
"My king, as long as there is something that the queen has used, I can calculate it through magic." Lich Ali Gaili said.
It was important for Hill to make that clear.
How to find the thing that the queen used was a problem. After thinking about it for a few minutes, Hill was too lazy to use his brain, so he handed over the task directly to the three kings. Two days later, Emperor Yulan sent an Oy The mirror used by the queens of the Tin Empire was left behind when Queen Yulan and Queen Eutin exchanged gifts.
Then the lich Alighieri judged through magic divination that the Queen of the Eutin Empire had indeed died a few days ago.
"So the queen of the Eutin Empire really died at this juncture." Hill said while sitting on the Blackstone Tower, rubbing his chin.
The weather was not good that day. There was a strong wind blowing on the plains around the Blackrock Tower, and the Demon City not far away set up a protective formation to prevent the strong wind from blowing down some buildings that had not yet been fully protected.
The windows of the bedroom were closed, and the wind rattled the windows. There was only one light on in the bedroom, or rather an Irvine light on the desk, illuminating a small area, dividing Hill's face into a dark side and a light side.
"My lord, actually I don't quite understand, what does 'junk point' refer to?" Death Knight Gordenia asked.
"Oh, and all the time before I killed the Church of the Illuminati was called 'junk point,'" Hill said.
Goldia: "..."
Goldonia: "My lord, you are too..."
"Huh?" Hill looked sideways at Goldnia. The wind howled outside.
"Hmm... extremely domineering." Gordenia replied out of conscience.
"That's about it," Hill said. The wind outside seems to be a little less. He looked down at his fingers for a while, and sighed: "There's not much to doubt, but I still think it's too suspicious."
Goldnia made a joke: "My king, are you intimidated?"
"Yeah, I'm scared," Hill said.
Goldia: "You..."
Hill: "Me."
Gordenia couldn't help touching the back of his head: "Does this count as a successful trial or a failed trial?"
Hill smiled, and he stretched out his hand to pinch Goldnia's face: "It feels good."
"… ah?"
Hill got up and walked towards the door. The hellhound lying on the doorway lazily got up and followed behind Hill, and Gordenia also followed. The three of them just walked into the dark corridor. Every time Hill took a step, the lights on both sides of the corridor lit up. Hill waved his hand and said, "There is no need to turn on the lights, Ervin."
So all the lights that had just been lit in the corridor were extinguished, and Erwin silently shrunk into a small flame, which quietly fell into the burning pupils of the Cerberus. So the corridor became dark again, only the eyes of the hellhound were shining.
"Anything that doesn't play out of the box makes me flustered," Hill said in the darkness.
"But you don't see panic at all now," Goldonia said.
"That's because the night covered my expression and your eyes." Hill said in an aria-like voice.
"Well, can't we see in the dark..." Goldonia said.
"Shut up, you unromantic guy." Hill's mouth twitched.
"I'm sorry, my king, I'm too stupid." Gordenia skillfully admitted his mistake. This skilled look makes people feel distressed.
"... Forget about returning to the original topic, it may be a stroke of calm on the surface but panic in my heart." Hill said, "I may panic and do some irrational actions."
"Like what?" Goldonia asked.
"For example, arrest all the believers in the territory and kill a third of them." Hill said.
Gordenia fell silent again: "... I don't know where to start complaining, my king, it seems that what you think of as 'panic' is not the same as 'panic' in the public sense."
"I don't know where to start complaining. Maybe it's because my words are too perfect to have any flaws." Hill said unconsciously.
Gordenia had the urge to burst into tears at this moment: "No, what you said is clearly a huge pit."
At this time, the two had already reached the bottom of the Blackstone Tower, and after coming out of the door, the wind that swept across the wilderness rushed towards them.
After howling ghostly, "If the sea can take away my sorrow", he spread his hands: "Anyway, let's go there, and then see what happens."
The relationship between Hill and his subordinates has become more and more casual, which is a good sign.
02.
On this journey to the Eutin Empire, Hill chose to bring the dark elf Albrecht with him, because the other party's job is to guard the devil.
When he arrived at the second largest port of the Eutin Empire, Hill witnessed a scene he would never forget. —There is a plague here.
"People are not serious, mainly animals." The accompanying priest of light introduced: "The belief in our lord here was not pious before, so our lord punished them. But because our lord is too merciful, so we only dealt with the animals first. gone."
"I see." Hill said superficially.
The boat slowly crossed the sea full of dead animals and moored at the port. The port was filled with stench, and there were not many people on the road, all covering their mouths and noses.
Hill sat in the carriage and opened the curtain to look at the scene outside, and then took the projection stone to record all these. Hmm... I can make a news after I go back, what about my country's prosperity and people's safety, and the dire situation abroad... This is very news.
Soon outside the Holy City, Hill had no intention of entering the Holy City. He was actually a little worried that the Pope would shamelessly use heavy troops to keep him here. Anyway, he felt that if he was the Pope of Light, he would definitely try to do this, but it seemed that the Church of Light was more respectable than him... This reassured him a lot, and he felt that the Pope of Light would never be able to beat him in the future.
Soon after Hill arrived, the queen's funeral began. The funeral itself was full of a heavy and depressing atmosphere. The face of the king of the Eutin Empire was always tense, and his two sons were crying into tears.
Hill didn't have much feeling beside him, he cooperated with the process, but his mind was distracted. Since the incident of the Holy Knight Everdeen, the Dark Vatican and the Church of Light have pretended to be friendly on the surface. Hill went to make some propaganda in the air to test and disgust the Pope. At first, the Pope of Light was indeed It was so disgusting, but then he actually started to cooperate with Hill, and also made some "guard the mainland together" and other distant calls, which made Hill look at him with admiration.
Under such circumstances, if Hill refuses to participate in the funeral, it will undoubtedly be a bit "destroyed", which may cause some negative effects. Of course Hill knew this. So even if he was worried, he knew he had to come.
As for worry... Hill has always believed that the strong don't abandon all negative emotions. All normal people will have some negative emotions, such as irritability, anger, fear, laziness, and wanting to vent anger... and the strong are those who can restrain these . So Hill will accept his negative things calmly.
"The king didn't cry." Albrecht whispered beside Hill.
Hill looked at King Eutin's expression and felt that he should be in grief, so he replied, "Maybe weeping in my heart."
After the funeral process, it was already dark, and the Pope of Light was waiting for Hill in the other hall after he came out.
Hill briefly took a look at his number one enemy all the time. How should I put it, the dress and appearance of the other party looked "very pope", a very majestic middle-aged man, with good facial features and a dignified appearance, with a compassionate expression. It is said that it is more than one hundred years old. But Hill's body seems to be hundreds of years old, so it's hard to comment on it.
"Funerals always make people cry." Hill had nothing to say.
"Weddings too," said the pope.
"Your words are interesting." Hill continued to find something to say.
The Pope smiled slightly: "His Majesty the King will have a new queen in three months."
This time Hill doesn't need to be out of words, he has a lot to say: "Don't tell me that the new queen is your subordinate."
"The people of the Eutin Empire are devout believers of our Lord." The Pope said in a compassionate tone.
"Looks like you're acquiescing," Hill said.
The pope smiled again, "I also got inspiration from His Majesty the Ice Emperor."
oh. The pope regarded Olivia as someone on Hill's side, and then believed that Hill forced the Ice Emperor to marry Olivia to control the Ice Empire.
"You are really confiding in me." Hill said sarcastically.
"Just chatting," said the pope.
"Oh, His Majesty the King really listens to you." Hill continued, and then he walked outside: "I'll go first."
"Stop chatting?" the pope asked.
Hill continued to walk outside: "Because I don't want to continue breathing the air you spit out in this room."
"So it is," said the Pope.
Hill really stopped in his tracks: "Actually, I'm a little curious, why are you so calm after being scolded for this?"
The pope was still smiling: "These are nothing compared to what His Majesty the Demon King gave me before, and I know that you are speaking the truth and not deliberately insulting."
"Maybe it's because my sincere words are too similar to insults." Hill curled his lips and said without grace, "But you are different from what I think, I thought you would have more blood on your body Well, Your Majesty the Pope of Light."
"The breath on your body is similar to what I imagined, full of blood and domineering." The Pope of Light said.
"It seems that we have been friends for a long time." Hill said lightly, and then unilaterally ended the conversation.
Not long after coming out of the other hall, Hill met King Oitin. King Oitin looked a little excited after seeing Hill, but he hesitated to speak. Hill couldn't bear to see him like this, so he took the initiative to say: "It seems that you have something to say to me."
"May I occupy you for a while?" King Eutin asked.
"Suppose you know I'm the devil?" Hill said.
"Of course I understand," said King Eutin.
"Fine then," Hill said. He is strictly following what he said before: he wants to show his tricks.
King Eutin took Hill to a hillside and said, "There is no church watching over here."
"Well." Hill said, "Go ahead."
"My queen didn't die of illness, at least it wasn't him, but the empire controlled by the Church of Illuminati!" King Eutin said to Hill with great excitement.
The stars in the sky are twinkling, and the cities on the ground are wrapped in flowing light.
coming. Hill thought to himself.
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