Location: Lockheed Empire, Imperial Capital, Intensive Care Unit High-ranking officials of the Empire, who were rarely seen by the outside world in the past, gathered here.
Tal Griffin, the honorary emperor of the Roxi Empire, stood outside the intensive care unit with a solemn expression.
"Is there any chance of survival? It doesn't matter how many resources are used."
An imperial high-ranking official who was good at healing shook his head and said, "He is still breathing now, but it is just a last gasp. The source of Cialdini's life has been shattered."
"Ah... the result is the same as we expected..." Tal Griffin took a deep breath, with a little more sadness in his eyes: "Go find his daughter and let her see her father one last time."
"yes."
A non-commissioned officer nearby saluted and stepped back to look for someone.
He felt uncomfortable staying in this stagnant atmosphere, so he might as well go out and find someone.
“We did everything we could to buy him time, but it was worse than we thought.”
The person who spoke was Peter Snake, the patriarch of the red phosphorus sand snake family.
In fact, many years ago, the empire had talents who specialized in predicting the future. They sacrificed their own lives to make early moves for the Roxy Empire.
The sword master Cialdini is also part of their plan.
Peter Sneak knew long before he became the head of the family that starting from more than a thousand years ago, the frequency of young deaths of top geniuses in various countries had been greater than imagined.
In the future predicted by their own people, if the Rockhi Empire wants to maximize the advantages of their country, it must cultivate a monster that possesses both the holy realm and the divine realm. Even if it has to settle for second best, its own professional level must be close to the divine realm.
Only in this way can we have a chance to find a place to stay in this precarious continent.
Or to put it in a simpler and easier to understand way, the peak of demigod combined with the skills of the saint realm.
But Peter knew very well that the skills of the Holy Realm could not be cultivated just by wanting to.
The holy realm is not a professional level after all, but a symbol of "skills beyond ordinary people's cognition."
Possessing skills that can unleash the power of the domain at the paragon level.
At the legendary level, he possesses superb means of using the power of the world.
These can all be called holy places in a broad sense.
Those who dare to do what ordinary people cannot do are in the realm of saints.
But there are differences between holy realms and holy places.
The most typical one is the Sword Master Kulin.
As a sword master with combat skills and superb martial arts, he can fully display the legendary power with the paragon level. There is no need to use the power of sin like Louis did.
But since the possibility of a Paragon-class possessing a demiplane is almost zero, the Sword Master is not one of them.
In other words, if Kulin advances to the legendary level one day and quickly adapts to the power of this stage, and then relies on his own means to quickly master the skills of using the power of the demi-plane world, he will still be a well-deserved swordsman, and no one can take away his name.
But if one is unable to quickly master the skills of a demigod after advancement, it is not that most of the "saints" are incapable, they are just not that outstanding.
But there are always some people who are strong from beginning to end, strong in all aspects without any blind spots.
The knife master is one of the typical examples.
On the day he advanced to the legendary level, he naturally upgraded his combat skills to the semi-god level, maintaining his reputation as the Sword Master.
So far, he can almost be regarded as the number one among the group of powerful saints on the continent.
Even in the long history of Lockeshi, this was the first time that someone had seen someone who could quickly maintain the 13th level of the Holy Realm after being promoted.
Peter also wanted to protect this particularly precious holy place in his country.
In fact, over the years they have basically kept the Sword Master within the country and rarely let him go out to fight.
Because the prophets on their side had already deduced that as long as the Master of the Sword did not die and could maintain the status quo and successfully be promoted to Legend, the Rockxi Empire would naturally have a barrier against risks.
The originally shaky situation of the Roxy Empire will gradually calm down. As long as it is managed better, Roxy can be rebuilt.
But the result was not as expected. They had delayed the predicted death of the Sword Master as much as possible, but they could not protect him forever.
This will only lead to more omissions, allowing certain races on the other side of the space barrier to take advantage.
Although he had expected this, Emperor Tal still found it difficult to conceal his feeling of powerlessness when he saw this scene.
"Don't waste resources. You're already dead."
The sword master who was originally in a coma has regained consciousness. He turned his head to look at everyone and said calmly: "It has been delayed for such a long time. It is enough. Our plan is not a complete failure."
When he said this, it seemed that he was not talking about a matter concerning his own life and death, but about making a decision for outsiders.
That calm made it even more difficult for everyone to speak their minds.
Tal Griffin said solemnly, "Cialdini, is there anything we can help you with?"
“This…” Cialdini handed over a black knife with trembling hands, “Give the magic knife to Louis. Also… ahem… let Weier go and find Louis… to practice.”
Cialdini had just finished a complete sentence when he started coughing uncontrollably.
The heads of all 13 families are present today.
They now have different expressions, some are sad, some are worried, some are anxious, and some are hesitant to speak.
The Sword Master's magic sword is very powerful. Those who are familiar with the high-level situation in the Rockxi Empire know that the Sword Master's magic sword has killed many demigods.
However, over the years, many professionals have changed their weapons, but the magic sword has always been with the sword master, serving as his most important means of combat.
——Of course, the only people who know this are the top leaders of the Rockshi Empire and the dead.
It doesn't mean that if others know the existence of the magic sword, they will be killed by the sword owner.
They are opponents worthy of the Sword Master's personal attack. So far, no one of them has survived to spread the name of the Demon Sword.
But now, such a magical weapon is going to be given by the Sword Master to the Enser Empire?
You want to say that none of the thirteen family heads wanted to stop it? That's pure nonsense.
But the magic sword itself belongs to the sword owner, so it is difficult for them to refuse anyone who gives it to him.
But Cialdini actually asked his daughter to learn martial arts from the Enther people?
If this matter gets out, aren't you afraid that others will laugh at the Roxy Empire? But Bart Gene, the patriarch of the Purgatory Dragon Family, was thoughtful: "You want that child Weier to inherit your legacy?"
The Sword Master nodded reluctantly: "You, you can't learn... the Heavenly Sword, let alone teach... that child,... Your Majesty, help me...!"
Tal squatted down, half-knelt, grabbed his hand and said, "Cialdini, don't talk, Weir will be here soon."
"dad!"
A crying voice came from the door, and a girl rushed to the bed.
Tal stood up and made way, looking around at everyone, and everyone understood and left the ward, leaving the last period of time to the father and daughter.
…
Outside the door, Tal said solemnly, "Send two more demigods up here. Otherwise, let alone chaos down there, the empire will be in chaos first."
"Your Majesty, two are not enough."
"It's already the limit. If we adjust it further, something will go wrong."
"If we don't deploy these five, the empire will be in trouble first. The stability of the empire is the prerequisite for us to fight them head-on."
“…”
After the conversation, Tal showed a painful expression.
Now the Roxy Empire is like a high-speed machine, but it lacks spare parts.
It would be fine if nothing goes wrong, but if something goes wrong, the entire machine may stop working.
The empire's crisis did not happen overnight, but the death of the Sword Master may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and they cannot help but take it seriously.
Even though the Sword Master is a legend, his importance to the Rockxi Empire is greater than that of most legends.
Is Legend strong?
Very strong, but not strong enough compared to a demigod.
What if it was a Saint Realm Legend? That person would be extremely powerful and could even overturn the entire battle situation.
The sword master who can defeat the strong with the weak and fight against demigods is more than four times more efficient than an ordinary demigod.
It may be that the lack of world power makes it impossible for the demigods of the old law to continue fighting.
It may also be that the new demigod is severely rejected by the will of the world and is completely unable to sustain long-term combat.
In this situation, the Sword Master, who is the only one running around on the continent and can even burst out with the combat power of a demigod, can have an immediate deterrent effect.
One person can do the work of several demigods, which is really a timely relief.
But now, the rain has stopped.
…
[Location: Louis's Villa in the Rocky Empire]
Louis frowned as he understood the events that had happened from yesterday to today.
It contains news from the Rockxi Empire as well as the results of their own intelligence investigations.
But either way it shows that the situation is not good.
Louis was going crazy.
Not to mention that the two have a good relationship, it can even be said that they appreciate each other.
Take the death of the sword master, for example. It directly disrupted all the plans he had made in recent times.
Why did he come to the Rocky Empire?
Isn't it just the hope to save the owner of the knife before the enemy does?
But what about now? What did he save? The situation was still just as recorded in the future diary, heading towards the most troublesome direction.
He even began to doubt himself, wondering if the reason why the Future Diary had not been updated for some time was because he had not changed the situation.
In fact, when the news of the sword master's death came, Louis started contacting Beatrice and Olivia online without caring about the cost of magic crystals.
The communication continued from morning till tomorrow, which was enough to show the seriousness of the matter.
Beatrice said solemnly on the other side of the communication crystal:
"The intelligence I have is not timely. You should communicate with the local intelligence personnel as soon as possible to understand the specific situation. Also... be more careful. The fact that the guy was able to kill the sword master means that he has the ability to threaten you."
Louis nodded and said, "I will pay more attention to safety, and don't forget, just in terms of my ability to save my life, I am much stronger than most demigods."
The Cursed Legion is a lawnmower when dealing with the weak and a stumbling block when dealing with the strong.
It would be easy to find a chance for Louis to escape danger.
After all, no demigod would risk his life to help Louis delay the enemy like the Cursed Legion did.
Just when Louis was about to say something, he received a secret letter from the Roxy officials.
The secret letter was sent to him by the knife owner's client.
Louis frowned after taking a look.
It records the general situation of the battle between Cialdini and the great sin of Envy.
In fact, Cialdini had the upper hand almost throughout the battle.
The great sin of jealousy launched a resistance, but Cialdini's Heavenly Sword Qiandielang first severely injured the opponent and then beheaded him with one blow.
After turning around, the Great Sin of Jealousy used strange means to generate a new body from the mouth of the head, but the sword master once again attacked with the infinite sword light of the second level, and shattered its body again.
But the great sin of jealousy was instantly transferred to the female soldier Ruth, who even learned the sword master's heavenly sword. This allowed him to defeat the sword master with his authority after gradually becoming proficient in the skills.
In this battle, Cialdini killed Envy, the Sin, twice, but he was resurrected twice.
I have to say, this is really outrageous.
Louis had never seen anyone so difficult to kill.
He told Beatrice and the little swan about the situation, and they both fell into deep thought.
Beatrice frowned and said, "We have come across other great sins before, but none as difficult to kill as him."
Olivia didn't say anything, she just sat there, not knowing what she was thinking.
Louis sighed and said, “I originally wanted to spar with him once more, but I never thought this separation would be forever… Cialdini’s swordsmanship is very powerful.
At my level, there is basically no martial art that I cannot learn in one go, and when I was sparring with him, it took me until the very end to master the trick.
With him around, Roxy's pressure will be much less. After all, even if we can help out based on our alliance, we can't always interfere in other people's internal affairs."
Beatrice nodded and said, "You can't stay there for too long. We are outsiders after all. In the end, we have to solve the problem with them as the main body."
After all, she also needs to consider the domestic voices.
Our prince has been staying in other countries to provide aid. After a long time, people may think that the couple is not getting along, which will be a problem.
For the royal family, having no offspring is a big taboo.
In fact, as early as when Beatrice was still the eldest princess, many officials had already made desperate appeals, hoping that Beatrice would have a child with His Royal Highness the Prince as soon as possible.
If I stay outside for any longer and don't go back to deal with this matter, the ministers will really cause trouble.
After all, they were also afraid that if something went wrong in the empire, they would not even have the goal of supporting the next generation of the royal family.
Louis and Beatrice looked at each other, and with a tacit understanding, they both showed conflicted expressions.
He really couldn't stay here for too long, the most important thing was to finish the deal as soon as possible and leave.
At this time, the little swan finally figured something out and exclaimed, "Damn it, we were all fooled by the appearance of the great sin of jealousy."
"Huh?" Louis was stunned for a moment, "Did you find anything?"
"I was wondering why this guy is so durable. It turns out we didn't understand his weakness from the beginning."
Louis' eyes lit up: "Do you know how to target him?"
"To be precise, both you and the sword master considered the wrong direction when dealing with him."
"What do you mean?"
"Do you think the reason why Sin Envy is so hard to kill is because he is so strong? Or is it because he has a strong regenerative ability?"
Louis said honestly: "As for strength, he wasn't that strong before this battle. I could suppress him by myself."
Olivia clapped her hands and said, “That’s the point, you guys always focus on his body and kill him, which may have little effect on him.
Or let me put it another way, do you think you can kill me?"
"I can't possibly kill you," Louis said without hesitation.
"I mean if."
“No ifs or not.”
"...Okay, then let me assume that there is someone with similar strength to you who can crush me. But being able to crush me doesn't mean being able to kill me, because I rarely go out to fight in my true form."
Louis frowned.
Olivia was right.
Each individual differentiated from the lazy time clone is no different from a real swan.
But when something goes wrong with the time clone, Little Swan can simply cancel the time clone and let the lost power return to her.
So if the little swan refuses to come out, and transfers most of his power to the time clone, and then harasses Louis from outside, Louis will have almost no way to stop him.
The method used by the great sin of jealousy is not so much his infinite resurrection, but rather his use of some means to constantly transfer to various types of people.
"You mean, he didn't simulate others from the beginning, but directly took over other people's bodies?"
Only this could explain why he had no attachment to those bodies.
“Louis, go investigate and see if the methods that guy uses are the same as the abilities that the various bodies he has occupied before have. If so, then we were looking in the wrong direction from the beginning.
Neither you nor the Sword Master are suitable to deal with this kind of enemy. It is very likely that the guy has a mental transfer at the information level, or he is simply similar to those ghosts who have been reborn by taking over another body.
To deal with him, we need the most elite necromancers and strong people who have mastered information-level combat capabilities."
(End of this chapter)