But he always felt that this escort was too peaceful, so peaceful that it made him feel cold in his heart.

In the past, small conflicts could break out between countries even for the sake of interests worth less than 10,000 gold coins.

Even when lords attacked each other's territories, it was likely that the other party simply stepped on their own land.

But what about this time?

With such a huge amount of resources, if any participating country were to obtain them, it would be enough to develop a small country into a medium-sized country relatively easily.

——All you need to do is train a demigod.

The tolerance rate for error when there is only one demigod and when there are two demigods is simply not at the same level.

In order to avoid being at a disadvantage and not to rob each other, various countries have already given face to the Enser Empire.

But what about this time?

It's so weird.

What is more terrifying than having noise everywhere along the way is having no noise at all along the way.

He even hoped that the lunatics from the Abyss Church would find an opportunity to attack their convoy.

Instead of being hidden in the dark and unknown like it is now.

Because this shows that those people's energy has been diverted to doing other things.

The shift in focus may not be a good thing because the intelligence is unknown.

So before Louis returned to Enther, he began to frantically convene intelligence agencies to search for the dynamics of surrounding countries, especially those countries that had clearly fallen into the seven disasters.

Soon, shocking news came.

The Quiet Forest has been cut off from the outside world, and the intelligence personnel who went to the Quiet Forest to investigate have also lost contact.

Louis, who keenly sensed that something was wrong, quickly contacted various countries.

He wanted to ask those countries that had "business" in the Quiet Forest whether they had received any news.

Especially those countries close to quiet forests.

It would be easier for them to investigate the situation than Enser, which was farther away from the quiet forest.

Then I asked all the questions along the way, but there was silence everywhere.

Their people also lost contact.

Louis didn't suspect that the other party was lying to him.

This group of people followed him this time and had a good meal on the Universe Snake. They also had favors in hand, and it was not secret information, so there was no need to hide it.

But this made Louis more suspicious that something had happened over there.

Louis' first reaction was to wonder if it was that insidious sin, jealousy, that was causing trouble again.

Although the cardinal sin of jealousy is not yet at the forefront of Louis's "enemies that must be targeted", it can still be considered a headache for Louis.

But that was only before that. The moment Louis was promoted, the ending of the great sin of jealousy was settled.

If they meet again, Louis will kill him.

However, this sudden accident, rather than a severe blow from external force, made him feel uneasy.

Because this kind of situation where spies from various countries and their superiors collectively lose contact is rarely due to encountering foreign enemies.

The instant collapse more often starts from the tail.

To be honest, Louis actually hoped that the Quiet Forest was collapsing from within, otherwise it would mean something even more terrifying.

That is, the external force directed at them has the ability to destroy the entire quiet forest in an instant.

This is more terrifying than internal collapse.

If the other party can't even open his mouth, there is probably only one possibility.

——With such swiftness that the opponent doesn’t even have time to ask for help, they are directly wiped out.

He had only seen two beings with this kind of power in his life.

The first one is the Black Sun of Destruction, our own Lao Deng.

The other is the serpent that encircles the universe, the most destructive natural disaster of its time.

Both of them represent the pinnacle of their individuality.

The reason why the casualties caused by the Cosmic Serpent were smaller than expected was mainly because He had not yet had time to cause chaos.

When Louis assembled the coalition forces, they were quite powerful and they mobilized all their manpower from the beginning.

Basically all the strong men on the continent who could be summoned gathered together in the shortest time possible.

Even Louis wouldn't be able to muster such a large force again.

Firstly, the damage was too severe, and the countries could no longer form such a team unless they could train new demigods in a short period of time.

Secondly, once the country enters a chaotic era, each country will be unable to take care of itself, and it will be extremely difficult to gather so many people as they do now.

It took such a huge price, and even the Goddess of Death and Magic and the God of Glory and Justice had to personally take action, before they successfully killed the opponent.

I have to say, this is really outrageous.

Even the emperors back then did not receive such treatment.

Those who have the ability to cause such destruction must be super beings like this, or in other words, a group that is slightly weaker but has other aspects to make up for its weaknesses.

He went over the seven disasters in his mind, and finally fixed his eyes on the demon lord Hermo.

Herme should not be as strong as the Emperor.

At least before the Emperor fell into eternal sleep, he never dared to appear on the continent openly, and had been hiding in the dungeon to develop himself.

But he had a terrifying team that was the most powerful among all the living creatures at that time, and that was the monsters in the dungeon.

The Demon King is the king of monsters.

Monsters are not necessarily magical beasts, but more of a general term for races that have lost their minds and only know how to kill.

As the uncrowned king of the dungeon, Herme has unlimited control over monsters.

He had known this in the Greedy Diary.

If the devil wants the monster to die, the monster must die.

What a domineering power this is.

After entering the legend, Louis had a deeper understanding of the rules and vaguely guessed the truth about this absolute dominance.

Rather than saying that the monsters are afraid of the Demon King, it is more likely that the strongest person in the dungeon possesses some kind of "authority to absolutely control the monsters."

——It’s as if in theory Louis could also absolutely control the Cursed Legion.

In the later updates of Greedy Diary, it was always the Cursed Legion that fought to the end with the monster army.

Because a legion whose fear of death is crushed by the devil's orders is a true enemy of living things.

Only members of the Cursed Legion who have become undead can deal with them.

And if it was the Demon King Hermo, then it is understandable that the Quiet Forest suddenly lost contact.

Only the Cosmic Serpent, which has become the raw material, and Helmer can have this kind of instantaneous explosive power that can instantly destroy a national unit.

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

At this moment, he suddenly received a message from Roxy.

Bart Gene, who contacted him, dropped an explosive news on Louis the moment he opened his mouth:

"It has been confirmed that the Quiet Forest has been destroyed."

"???" Louis said instinctively, "You did it?"

Patriarch Bart's face darkened instantly: "Don't slander others' innocence. Our people investigated it."

In fact, in principle, Roxy, who is closest to the quiet forest, is the best person to ask.

But when he suspected in his heart that there was "a very small possibility of a serious sin - jealousy causing trouble", he would be reluctant to ask the other party.

Because it is easy to be misled by the other party's intelligence.

Just as the Sword Master's last words said, the Roxy Empire might be very ambiguous about the matter of jealousy, the great sin, and might not even take action.

So Louis is now actually consciously not borrowing Roxy's information.

But now Bart still came to me on his own initiative.

He was also the one who asked, "Did you get any news about the Quiet Forest?"

"I learned about it accidentally. At that time, we were sending top experts to investigate the intelligence there."

"Don't tell me it's the Golden Country, you're kidding!" Louis snorted coldly, "Before Cialdini and I left the Quiet Forest, we looked at the situation in the Golden Country and took measures to deal with it. It will take some time for them to explode."

Bart Gene's expression did not change. He still smiled calmly and said, "It is definitely not the Golden City. We are sending people to investigate the great sin of jealousy."

Louis stared at him intently and said, "I don't think you are going to kill him."

Bart knew he couldn't hide it, so he sighed and said, "To be precise, we haven't come to a conclusion yet."

"I knew it..."

"Please believe me, we will not neglect this matter. After all, he is not the good boy we know."

"You shouldn't have said that to me."

"It's not a bad idea to talk to you."

"Oh, let me make it clear. Cialdini suggested that I should not call you to join me when I kill the cardinal sin, Envy, because I was afraid that you would be soft-hearted and hold me back."

Bart shook his head and said, "That's impossible."

"Who knows?"

Bart saw Louis' attitude change and realized that because the Rockhe Empire had not yet reached a conclusion on how to deal with the great sin of jealousy, there was a rift between the two sides. He tried to make amends and said:

"In fact, we have reached a consensus on killing the great sin, Envy. The main thing is how to kill him, which is still under discussion."

- The implication is that he wants to see if after killing Envy, he can extract part of the soul of Emperor Tal's child and give it a place to rest.

With the background of the Rockhi Empire, if the soul still exists, it is possible to transform it into a lich at a huge cost.

In fact, even if the Rockxi Empire was not willing to take action, Louis could understand.

If Sin Jealousy was really the child of the Honorable Emperor Tal Griffin, it is normal that he couldn't bring himself to kill him.

Even though there is no shortage of cold-blooded politicians, Tal's child is likely to be someone that the current thirteen family heads have watched grow up.

For their circle, the heads of the thirteen families throughout the generations are the rare people with whom they can chat privately.

It's lonely at the top. Even though the thirteen families have conflicts in their political views, their private relationships may not be bad.

Because there are only a few people I can talk to.

Even when it comes to treating younger generations, it is very likely that the relationship with the younger generation is better than that with the parents.

At least Louis knew that the reason why his emperor Laoden sat on the Golden Throne in such pain was not just because he had to protect the entire continent.

But he would not allow the people he knew and was familiar with to be drawn into the chaos of the bottomless abyss and eventually die miserably.

To put it bluntly, in a world view where supernatural powers are more important than anything else, as long as a strong person uses dirty tricks, he will always have the chance to kill his opponent's entire family.

It is not impossible that the ashes of relatives and friends were also scattered.

And this is precisely the weak point of both the emperor and Louis.

Sadly, even though the Emperor sat on the Golden Throne, he still could not stop his brothers and sisters from accompanying him to death. Even his brothers and sisters' children, and their children's children, stepped into the Abyss Battlefield one after another.

When the pressure of the entire empire falls on the emperor, even if he regrets it now, he can't stand up again.

The burden of the empire is too heavy.

"Let's continue with the intelligence we got." Bart saw Louis's calm expression and thought to himself that it was not good. He tried to divert Louis' attention, "One good news, one bad news. Which one do you want to hear?"

"Listen to the good news first."

"The great sin of Jealousy is dead. The warriors we sent out perished in the Quiet Forest. They followed the traces left by Jealousy, but in the end, they saw with their own eyes the scene of Jealousy's death in the Quiet Forest."

Louis raised an eyebrow.

A monster this strong as Jealousy doesn't even deserve a name now. He's gone just like that? "What's the bad news?"

"The dungeon has been revealed. Helmer doesn't know where the entrance is, but it is definitely within the Quiet Forest. Otherwise, he wouldn't have defeated the elves so quickly."

Louis took a deep breath.

Although he had expected it, he still felt a headache after actually hearing it.

"Don't tell me that the great sin of jealousy was caused by the other party."

Bart Gene hesitated and said, "It's actually more troublesome than being killed."

"What do you mean?"

"Before the Four Gods killed him and transferred the great sin of jealousy to him, they transformed him into a corpse demon."

“…”

Louis' eyebrows jumped and he took a breath of cold air.

This time it's really going to be terrifying.

"This is more troublesome than being jealous!"

Louis originally thought that after his promotion, the surrounding environment would be a little safer, but now he has lost his sense of security again.

What is more terrible than the sin of jealousy being alive is that the sin of jealousy is controlled by the other seven plagues.

This is simply stacking BUFF for the opponent! And...

"There's a problem in the Golden Country too, right?"

"Something went wrong, but it wasn't that bad."

"Can it be worse than it is now? Once Hermo, Sin Envy and the crazy goblins from the Golden City join forces and all target us, do you think any country on the Star Continent will be able to handle it?"

"Yes, I have."

"No."

"Yes, Unser."

"Don't count on the Emperor and me. We don't want to destroy the Enther Empire in a single battle. To deal with them, we can only gather more people's strength."

"So now, we may need your help."

Louis was shocked and said helplessly: "So this is your purpose."

"If you don't come, we can't hold on. The other side also has the ability to make use of corpses. We can't hold on any longer."

Louis' expression became even more confused.

So you were waiting here.

The Roxy Empire is calling for help.

"I need to talk to Beatrice about this matter. How long can you hold out?"

"It doesn't depend on us. It depends on when Helmer and his demon army plan to attack us. But... at most they can only hold out for a dozen days."

"Fuck, big brother, you must be kidding me, you are Roxy! Roxy, the first empire of mankind! You told me that you can only hold on for a dozen days? Are you French chickens?"

(End of this chapter)