"By the way, I heard that you had two childhood sweethearts, and they seemed to have abandoned you?"
The empress narrowed her eyes, and a hint of amusement flashed in her dark golden eyes: "If they knew that you are now my favorite minister, do you think they would regret it?"
Licinius took a breath and said, "Your Majesty, you have a bad taste now, don't you?"
One of the two girls you mentioned is in your Order of the Holy Light!
"what is this?"
The empress was not angry, but the smile on her lips became more intense: "If we return to the capital, I can pretend to be your lover. Wouldn't it be fun for the two of us to show our affection in front of them?"
puff…
Li Xini lives in Bengbu: "Two people showing affection is not shocking enough, only three people can have an impact..."
The empress was stunned: "Where did the third person come from?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to give you a break."
Licinius didn't dare to continue driving. Instead, he looked toward the mountains to the west and couldn't help saying, "After the advent of the Titan Cannon, the Kingdom of Loen will be anxious. Your Majesty, if you were from the Kingdom of Loen, what would you do when faced with a weapon like the Titan Cannon?"
The Queen thought for a second and said, "Of course, I will use my absolutely powerful personal strength to destroy it."
Li Xini hummed. This was the same result he got from Baidu Evil God just now.
“So, the situation is now very clear.”
He said, "Do you think it is the Lord of Mad Lion or the Lord of Blood?"
The empress glanced at him and said, "You have done enough. No matter who comes, you don't have to deal with it. Just leave it to me. There is no need for you to go head-to-head with those two monsters."
Licinius was not happy. Although he felt that the possibility of his death was very slim, he still had to give it a try.
What if my immortal body fails one day
"no!"
He said seriously: "Our current combat power is seriously insufficient. If you don't hand it over to me, will you let the Red Dragon do it?"
Those are two level six ones.
It is absolutely impossible to defeat a red dragon at the peak of level five.
"And I..."
The empress's eyes showed absolute confidence, and she said arrogantly: "Even if I suppress the power of the World Tree, I can still free up my hands to deal with them, so don't worry."
Li Xini curled his lips: "And then he was seriously injured?"
Although Baidu Evil God cannot directly divine information about the empress.
But he can still get some results indirectly through other means.
If the Empress acts rashly, the power of the World Tree will surely run wild and backfire on her.
"You even know this?"
The empress looked at him in surprise: "What else do you know?"
Haha, I’m afraid I’ll get beaten if I tell it out loud.
Licinius coughed dryly.
"I am a dark magician after all."
He said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you are the emperor, there is no need to take that risk. I have said that sharing the worries of the monarch is what every minister should do."
The empress said domineeringly: "But you have already taken on enough for me."
Licinius thought to himself that when His Majesty became willful, he became like a little girl.
"How about this, let's roll the dice."
He said, "If it's an even number, then I'll listen to you. If it's an odd number, then I'll listen to you."
The empress snorted: "Okay..."
Licinius grabbed a stone, used dark alchemy to make it into dice, and threw it into the air.
He has applied an alchemical matrix here, so it must be singular.
However, unexpectedly, the empress sneered and flicked her hand.
The air was turbulent for a moment, and the dice fell to the ground.
The result is: Two!
Even number!
"Fight me?"
The empress snorted and poked his shoulder with her white slender fingers: "That's it?"
Licinius thought for a moment, then suddenly said, "I rolled a two, double it, I'll hit two!"
Empress: “?”
Chapter 88: The Next Victim
Three days have passed since the Brentanian Empire officially declared war.
Reports of this war swept across the empire like a storm. Newspapers in major cities rushed to report on the war and even sent reporters to the front lines.
Soon, the newspaper spread rapidly throughout the streets and alleys, from kings, nobles and adventurers to ordinary vendors and beggars on the roadside.
"Why does the terrifying dictator, the Iron Demon Mask, who reappeared after forty years, have the confidence to declare war openly? Who is the true identity of the Owl? In his hands, the Night Watch will become a desperate blade!"
"He started the war single-handedly. He is a warmongerer from the Brentanian Empire! He used force to coerce the five major families in the capital and demanded huge amounts of military funds. What an inflated ambition!"
“The situation on the border is precarious. Where should the war refugees go?”
All the pressure of public opinion was focused on the new leader of the Night's Watch.
The eyes of the whole world seemed to be fixed on this man named Xiao.
No one knew where he came from.
We also don’t know his true identity, specific rank, abilities, etc.
But when the news about the monster tide incident in Roma City and the negotiations in the ancient city of Hera spread, people finally had a concrete impression of this man named Xiao.
Powerful, mysterious, iron-fisted, and brutal.
The reason why he is said to be powerful and mysterious is that he ended the tide of monsters in Roma City with swift and decisive means, and was even able to confront the two grand dukes of the Kingdom of Loen head-on.
To say that he was iron-fisted and brutal was because he started the war regardless of the consequences, disregarding the safety of refugees on the border, and stubbornly pushed the fate of the empire to the brink of a cliff, pinning the country's destiny on the battlefield.
This is clearly an out-and-out dictator.
The name Xiao naturally became the target of everyone's criticism.
Some people angrily accused him of starting the war.
Some people also angrily denounced that the Night Watch organization should not exist.
Some people even petitioned the Vatican, hoping to bring this demon who started the war to justice.
After all, once war breaks out, it is bad news for most people.
This means economic depression and public security instability.
Many people will also lose their families because of this.
Some adventurers even entered forbidden areas to avoid the war.
But there were also some adventurers who, after receiving the news, resolutely rushed to the battlefield and became members of the volunteer army in order to protect their homes and families from being trampled by the enemy's army.
The empire entered an emergency state of war preparedness, and a storm was about to come.
Of course, most public opinions are naturally controlled by the aristocrats in the royal capital.
The owl can indeed use violence to force their submission.
But this does not mean that they will just swallow this loss.
Therefore, they will create public opinion and push this owl to the forefront.
Make him the enemy of the entire empire.
At the same time, another name spread among the royal aristocrats and alchemists.
Valerius Licinius.
And the Titan cannon he invented.
Without this new weapon, people would have no confidence in this war.
Those who should have rebelled or surrendered to the enemy had already jumped out.
According to the battle reports from the front line, Xiao used this new weapon to kill the enemy's advance troops in an instant when the enemy was completely unprepared.
At a distance of twenty kilometers, thousands of orc warriors died without a single survivor!
This is a new type of weapon that transcends the times and is a terrifying existence that can change the situation on the battlefield.
But in the folk version, people simply don’t believe that such weapons exist in the world.
They believe that the so-called Titan Cannon is nothing more than a meteorite summoning technique.
Most likely it was Owl, the leader of the Night's Watch, who built an altar in the ancient city of Hera and used forbidden magic to summon meteorites from outer space.
But no matter which version you believe, the enemy's advance troops were indeed wiped out.
It was for this reason that the two Grand Dukes of the Kingdom of Loen were furious.
According to the battle situation reported from the front line, Grand Duke Mad Lion has personally led his troops and approached the Bernier Grand Canyon outside the ancient city of Hera, which is our important defense base.
General Cyrus and his Iron Legion retreated directly nine kilometers!
And nearby, there is a small town belonging to the enemy country of Brentanya!
It is said that the Moonlit Kiss Adventure Group, two brave men certified by the Holy See, and many righteous adventurers have all rushed to the Bernier Grand Canyon.
Everyone is waiting for the outcome of this battle.
Once the defense line of the Bernier Canyon is breached, the empire will undoubtedly be defeated!
o
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In the world above the gray fog.
"Thank you, Baidu... No, Hundred-Eyed Evil God."
Li Xini looked at the pupils in the countless cracks on the dome and said with a smile: "I told you, we are old friends who have traded with each other so many times, you will definitely help me with this convenience."
Hundred-Eyed Evil God: “…”
Licinius didn't know why, but he always felt confused by the evil god's attitude towards him.
There is always a feeling of wanting to say something but stopping.
Even the pupils in the countless cracks looked particularly strange.
"Then I will leave first. From now on, my personal belongings will no longer be in your custody." Li Cini looked around and saw countless items floating in the gray fog, including the two holy relics, Ouroboros and Eye of Darkness, as well as the Soul Crystal of the Splitter, which was his most important possession.
In addition, there is also the Iron Demon Mask, the long windbreaker with red clouds and a black background that he designed, the few remaining clay bombs, and his few hundred gold coins.
This time, he didn't come for divination.
Instead, they come with a shameless face to ask for benefits.
Ever since the last time the Hundred-Eyed Evil God and the True Sage gave him the Soul Crystal of the Splitter through the gray fog, he had evil ideas in his mind and had been thinking about this matter.
That is to treat the world above the gray fog as his own private warehouse.
I didn’t expect that it actually works!
According to the Hundred-Eyed Evil God, after being contaminated by the gray fog too many times, Licinius has developed a certain connection with this space. In other words, his soul has long become a part of the abyss.
Therefore, he can also leverage the power above the gray fog to teleport.
This way it is much more convenient.
Licinius can do whatever he wants without teammates. Even if he is beaten into a meat paste, he doesn't have to worry about his equipment dropping after he dies, because all the good things are in the gray fog anyway.