Louis looked at Alice:

"Who issued the task?"

Alice pointed to the sky.

Louis understood:

"He will also issue quests specifically through the Adventurer's Guild?"

Alice shook her head: "In most cases, no. Even on the surface, this mission is just an ordinary investigation mission."

Louis frowned:

"Then how do you know it was him who issued the mission?"

Alice's mouth curled up into a charming smile. She licked her red lips gently and said:

"Don't forget, the Ashford family is the hounds of war. Since they are hounds, they will naturally obey the hunter's command."

"There is a special way of distinguishing between us and your Majesty."

Yes.

In the Enther Empire, if there is a being who can represent God in the Enther Empire, it must be Emperor Laoden.

The only one who can command a war hound is the hunter who controls the hound behind the scenes.

Lao Deng, you are not hiding anymore, are you? "If that is the case, then it is understandable."

He thought that the city of Tino had just been cleaned up by Beatrice once, and now it was infiltrated like a sieve again.

But he didn't quite understand.

In Emperor Lao Deng's situation, if it was a dangerous creature in the Shadowless Underworld, he could just clean it up.

The black sun of destruction is heaven to the fallen shadow monsters.

"In other words, it is the same as Master Rogge, and it is a being that cannot be killed directly due to some special circumstances?"

Louis suddenly felt a headache.

He didn't really want to take on such a task.

Emperor Lao Deng was planning something behind the scenes and didn't tell him.

If he could beat Old Den, he would shout "Riddler, get out of Gotham City."

Alice showed a bloody smile:

"Don't even think about refusing. This mission is assigned to you rather than the Moonlit Cat Group."

Louis was helpless: "I just know that it is very likely to be assigned to me, so I don't want to go."

Alice suddenly reached out and grabbed Louis' sleeve: "Do you think you can escape? Just follow me and complete the mission honestly. Haven't you noticed that you have been a little slack recently?"

Louis coughed.

He understood what Alice meant.

He had previously been madly upgrading his career level in order to deal with the likely existence of Beatrice's fanatical suitors.

Then it is to deal with possible enemies in the future, such as the Demon King Hermo.

He never expected that his short-term goal of dealing with his love rival would be shattered at the first touch.

His strength improved so quickly that it far surpassed that of his peers.

Without cheating, even a genius can't beat him.

So the only goal left for him was to improve his professional abilities in the long term.

As we all know, people will become lazy if they only have long-term goals but lack detailed short-term goals.

Plus, ahem, on this honeymoon, he had enjoyed the attentive care of the proud princess, which was more or less...

"I have been harmed by alcohol and sex, and have become so lazy. I will stop drinking from today!"

The corners of Alice's mouth twitched slightly. Only this guy could say such shameless words as if it was natural.

"Why don't you quit smoking?" she said sarcastically.

Louis was shocked: "You haven't tasted it, but you say it sounds good."

Alice snorted: "Even if I have tasted the taste of this, I will never be as lazy as you."

She gave Louis the finger.

But after a moment, Alice was stunned and said angrily:

"You scolded me!"

"Where did I scold you?"

Alice looked at Louis with gritted teeth.

He couldn't say that.

Olivia, who had been silent and kept saying “I’m eating, eating, eating”, raised her head:

"Why did he scold you?"

Once these words were out of her mouth, Alice became even more reluctant to speak.

What could she say? That Louis mocked her for "not having tasted it"? That was unladylike.

Wait, I'm not a lady either? That's fine!

Start to criticize! Alice sneered: "I don't know who has the blood of a succubus but can't do the things a succubus does."

"It's been so long, and we've only made this little breakthrough in our relationship with Beatrice."

"No way, no way, no way, there really is someone who is a pure love succubus, right?"

Louis was furious.

Slander! She slandered me!

"Why, you're not convinced?" Louis said sarcastically, "At least I have a partner, do you have one? Have you tried it?"

Alice was angry: "At least I won't be immersed in it like you are!"

Louis said, “Of course people who haven’t tasted it would think so!”

Alice sneered: "If you don't agree, let me have a taste? I want to see if someone's heart is as hard as his mouth!"

"Stop!" The little swan interrupted their conversation.

Only then did the two of them remember that there was a little swan watching them.

The little swan stared at the two of them with wide eyes and said, "You are trembling!"

Alice coughed.

Only then did she realize that what she had just said was a bit too much.

Louis only just realized that his sister-in-law was still sitting next to him! It was not good to trash-talk Alice.

After all, the little swan is just a fool. What if she really believes it? Most of her intelligence has been sucked away by the black swan.

Alice said with a headache, "To be honest, if it really is some kind of ghost, isn't it the easiest thing for you to deal with?"

Louis glanced at her and said:

"That requires me to be able to defeat it. Who can guarantee how strong that ghost is?"

Alice said, "Are you going to eat dirt with the ice crystal knife that Mr. Roger left for you?"

Louis thought for a moment and said:

"Okay, let's go once. Also, please call it [Rebirth]."

The reason why he chose to deal with the ghost himself was probably because Mentor Rogge left him this gift.

The long sword that looked like an ice crystal was named "Rebirth" by Louis.

As its name suggests, this knife is a killing weapon against the undead and the living dead.

He knew this when he got the knife.

Perhaps because all of its strength was put into [restraining dead things], the Sword of Reincarnation had almost no attack power against living people.

He tried it and just cut his own hand with a knife, but he didn't even break the skin.

Considering Rogue War Ghost's identity, it's clear that this thing is essentially a solidified magic.

But most of the time, Louis' opponents are living creatures.

[Rebirth] There is almost no chance to exert the power that one should have.

Over time, he kept [Rebirth] in his dimensional bag most of the time and had no room to use it.

"I remember you tested the effect of [Rebirth] before, what was the result?"

The little swan looked at Louis curiously.

Louis held up a finger.

"ah?"

Little Swan didn't understand, so Louis said, "It only took one knife to kill a typical junior ghost."

Little Swan shook his head: "For you now, it shouldn't be difficult to kill the Model Junior at full firepower!"

Louis shook his head: "It's a big difference. I didn't use any skills. I just swung the knife casually."

"One knife?"

"Just one knife!"

The little swan rubbed his cheeks and said, "Hiss, this thing is really powerful."

She is full.

"Should I go with you to complete the mission?" The little swan said lazily, "But I really don't want to move."

"Alice and I can go together."

"No!" The little swan refused without hesitation, "Then I want to go with you too!"

Louis reached out and ruffled Little Swan's hair:

"What are you meddling in? Just stay home and have a good sleep!"

When Louis rubbed his head, the little swan showed a comfortable expression like a kitten, but he came to his senses the next moment, like a cat with its fur standing on end: "No! I can't let you two stay together!"

She looked at Alice warily: "Hers is very big, I'm afraid you can't resist the temptation!"

Louis subconsciously turned his head and glanced back.

He turned around and gave the little swan a thumbs up.

Little Swan was right, Alice was still too dangerous.

Alice showed a dangerous smile on her face and reached out to catch the little swan.

A wailing sound was heard from the small compartment, but it was blocked by the compartment's magic soundproofing circle and could not be heard outside.

For a long time, the little swan covered his little butt in pain, sitting on the chair and gasping for breath.

Louis closed his eyes and drank tea, looking contented:

"I've accepted this mission."

…

As Olivia and Louis got on the carriage for the return trip, she whispered, "Alice is getting more and more anxious."

Louis glanced at her and said, "If it were you, would you not be anxious?"

The little swan pouted and said:

"I'm just worried that something might happen to her. She was working like crazy to improve her strength before (referring to her previous life). I'm worried that one day she'll suddenly die quietly in a corner."

Louis looked at her and said, "In your memory, Alice has always been very strong?"

The little swan nodded, looked at Lumi outside the carriage, then put his hands on his hips and said that it was extremely strong.

Louis said casually:

"But I haven't seen any relevant records in his (the original owner's) diary."

The little swan snorted and said:

"It would be strange if there was any record. Who would record their miserable experience of being beaten in a diary?"

“This is not about leaving your dark history to others.”

Louis was stunned for a moment.

Now I understand why Alice was never recorded in the original future diary.

It seems that the original owner had been beaten a lot.

Olivia said, "Have you decided when to go to the Shadowfall to handle that mission?"

Louis said, "Let's wait for Grace first. Once she has received formal training from the Church of the God of Glory and Justice, we can go to the Shadowless Underworld together."

Yes.

Creatures such as ghosts, revenants or the living dead can also be restrained by the power of the saint.

Olivia was speechless: "Didn't you say you were going to fight alone?"

Louis said with amusement, "I'm just saying. Why fight alone when you can fight in a group?"

Little Swan: ...

She still underestimated how shameless this guy was.

But she likes it!

…

【Location: Outside Tino】

This is a small village outside the city of Tino.

A boy looked up at the sky: "Teacher, teacher, there is a shooting star!"

The middle-aged teacher looked up and said with a smile, "There are lights in the sky, but they may not be shooting stars."

The boy scratched his head and said, "Is this the strong man you mentioned again?"

The teacher said seriously, "Of course, isn't this normal? There are countless outstanding people in the Star Continent."

There was a bright light in the little boy's eyes: "Teacher, do you think I can become such a powerful man in the future?"

The teacher touched the boy's head and said:

"Try hard, maybe you will have a chance."

at the same time.

High in the sky.

Accompanied by a flash of light, a roar sounded.

A man in black robe fell into a deep pit in a terrifying collision.

He spat out a mouthful of blood, looked at the meteor in the sky with horror, and said through gnashing teeth:

"Aaron Irving~ ahem, don't go too far!"

The ball of blazing fire in the sky slowly drifted downwards. In the ball of light, a being wearing scorching sun armor looked coldly at the man below.

"You, Rudelson, have gone too far in recent years. Life is not a toy for you to play with at will?"

The black-robed man with foam at the mouth said miserably:

"When my child died, I prayed to the gods, but they did not respond."

"Now that I have finally found a way to reverse the tragedy, you want to stop me? Is this the justice of the Blazing Sun Knight?"

Aaron, who was called the Knight of the Blazing Sun, looked calm. "I don't care how you try to avert the tragedy, but if your way of averting the tragedy is based on the destruction of more families, then I will care."

"No need to say more, just welcome the trial!"

The roar sounded again.

A beam of light shot up into the sky.

Suddenly, a twisted malice burst out from the black void below.

It briefly blocked the falling ball of light.

The cold voice of the man in black robe came:

"You want to stop me from interfering with the Shadowfall Underworld? Hahaha, you succeeded this time, but what about next time? How many times can you stop me?"

"Rudelson is full of freaks who will stop at nothing to revive others. They will try every possible means to get back the Mad King's legacy."

"How long do you think you can hold it off?"

Aaron said nothing, his body transformed into a shining sword that fell from the sky.

The black light was defeated in an instant.

When the hot sword pierced through the black-robed man's chest.

He looked at the man calmly: "Sleep peacefully, there are not many people left in the Rudelson Organization."

The black-robed man who was vomiting blood laughed and said, "Are you trying to stop me from exploring the secrets of that great sin? Ahem~ What is the reason, ahem~ that made you, ahem~ the Knight of the Blazing Sun choose to believe in a great sin?"

The black-robed man laughed bitterly and said, "I have observed him for a long time. It is not normal for the split soul to come together again. Compared to us, he is a real monster!"

Aaron looked at him in surprise and said:

"You don't think you can be saved by saying something like that?"

The black-robed man's voice became smaller and smaller, but a ferocious smile appeared on his lips: "Since we embarked on this path, we have never been afraid of death. As long as we can find the secret of resurrection, no matter how great the sacrifice is, it doesn't matter."

He pointed his bloody finger at the Sun Knight:

"The power of the great sin comes from the spread of sin. Guess what he did to make himself disobey the secret of life and death."

"Haha, I know this kind of person very well."

"As long as we give him a chance and make him lose something precious, he will definitely seek cooperation with us [Rudelson]."

"One day..."

The lightsaber swept across.

The black-robed man's vitality disappeared.

The splattered blood covered the Sun Knight's helmet.

Aaron looked at him calmly and said:

"If he embarks on a sinful path, I will judge him personally in the name of the Eternal Sun."

…

【Location: Prince's Palace, Bedroom】

A light slowly blooms on the future diary.

Louis sat at his desk, slowly flipping through his diary.

His frown slowly relaxed.

“I didn’t expect that Prime Minister Duke’s problem would be solved like this?”

Louis looked a little strange.

When the diary was last updated, three things that caught Louis' attention were refreshed.

One was the surprise attack by the Tunisian Brotherhood.

Second, Prime Minister Duke was killed.

The third is the sudden death of the sword master of the Roxy Empire.

The first has already happened, the second was supposed to break out some time later, and the third is even two years later.

Louis had originally planned to schedule his next trip to Tunisia before Prime Minister Duke was killed, so that he could find a way to rescue the prime minister.

But tonight, the diary suddenly shone.

This is a precursor to future diary updates.

When he opened the future diary, he found one piece of good news and one piece of bad news.

The bad news is that the death time of the sword master of the Roxy Empire was advanced from two years to one and a half years later, and the cause of death is still unknown.

The good news is that the murder of Prime Minister Duke has come to nothing. Duke continues to hold power in the Republic of Tunisia and has stabilized the situation in Tunisia.

In this latest timeline, Meyer Home Furnishings has developed rapidly thanks to the cooperation between the two countries.

From Unther to Tunis, from Tunis to Amn, and from Amn to Loxosh.

It almost covers all the countries dominated by humans that Louis knows.

This is in line with Louis' original plan.

Trying to force ethnically different countries together will most likely result in their separation.

Instead of wasting time on those countries, it is better to form an offensive and defensive alliance with countries with human beings as the main body.

What made Louis laugh and cry was that the third ally he was planning to bring in was supposed to be the Roxy Empire.

But in this timeline, it became the Amn Empire.

He carefully read through this part of the record, and his expression became more subtle.

It was completely unexpected that the Empire of Amn intervened midway.

Previously, the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce of the Amn Empire, in partnership with the ranchers, deliberately concealed the news of the existence of the "New Book of the Dead" on the grassland.

Later, the president of the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce and the ranchers were directly hung on street lamps.

That night, the street lights in Tino City were very bright.

But it is obvious that dealing with the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce is just the beginning of [revenge].

As the Amn Empire that supports the Blackwater Chamber of Commerce behind the scenes, it naturally needs to pay a price for this.

However, these matters are not left to Louis to handle.

Beatrice had already taken care of the matter.

He didn't ask in detail what was done, he only knew that the O5 Council suffered a huge loss.

Many things may not be discovered, but once they are discovered, you have to bear the consequences.

According to Beatrice, the O5 Council of the Amn Empire was unable to catch its breath for a long time afterwards and was severely exploited.

They don't dare to say it out loud yet.

The consequences of speaking out are more serious.

It can even be said that the fact that the Amn Empire compromised so quickly on the cooperation on waste treatment equipment is also one of the follow-up effects of the Dragon Bone Prairie case.

Logically speaking, after this incident with the Amn Empire, shouldn't the Enther Empire tell the Amn people to get as far away from it as possible?

Louis thought so too.

It is really unreliable to cooperate with this group of guys who are even more unscrupulous than profiteers.

He would rather unite the three major human kingdoms, integrate the resources of the three kingdoms to form a sufficiently solid alliance, and then consider outward expansion.

Anyway, by the middle and late stages, when the devil Hermo goes out on patrol and the gates of the abyss are opened, the pressure from the outside world will unite more and more forces together.

By that time, the three major human kingdoms that have completed their domestic circulation may be able to become the core of the alliance among all parties.

——That’s how it should have been.

But there were changes in the Am Empire.

The problem still lies with Louis.

"Huh? I've become the favored one of the Goddess of Commerce?"

Louis was dumbfounded.

No, sister, what are you doing? I don't believe in God! It's useless even if you give me God's favor!

When he saw this part recorded in the notes, he was stunned.

Being chosen by God and being favored by God are two different situations.

Chosen by God, that means God has chosen you.

God’s favor, that means God has favored you.

The attitude is different.

The former is a favor, and the latter is a look of optimism.

For example, Louis’ biggest enemy in recent times, the Demon King Hermo, is one of the Four Gods’ Chosen Ones.

They don't care what your situation is. They just keep pouring the power of the Four Gods of the Abyss into his body, even if it makes him become like a puff of chocolate.

As long as it works, it's fine.

Herme's purpose of existence is to spread destruction to the world.

This behavior can directly strengthen the power of the Four Gods of the Abyss.

But the situation with God’s favor is a little different.

Grace is blessed by God.

The God of Justice treats her like his own daughter, without any cost, because her mere presence in the world is equivalent to popularizing God's creed.

Louis' scalp tingled.

What on earth did he do to make him be targeted by the goddess of business? The reason why the Am Empire became the third one was purely because they chose to be lick dogs.

The object of licking... is Louis, who will become God's favored one in the future.

Guigui, what are you guys from the other world doing?

Where has your philosophy gone that as long as you can make money, all moral principles can be thrown aside?

Did he do something to make the goddess of business ecstatic?

Louis thought carefully about his future operations.

Isn't it just replicating various business concepts of the previous life on the Star Continent? Isn't it just completing a few business negotiations that shocked the world?

Isn’t it just about creating a more reliable and trustworthy logistics system and global supply chain system?

With just this little thing, is it worthy of becoming a god's favor?

……All right.

He seemed to have done a lot.

How many years did it take for the globalization wave in the past to develop into what it did later? How many countries compromised with each other, and even had their borders opened by gunfire, before that situation came about?

But in this world...

He seems to have become the key person to promote the industrial chain? So it is reasonable for me to become the favored one of the goddess of commerce? Louis was confused.

(End of this chapter)