Louis gasped.

He had thought that the two men had not taken any precautions and might have been shot accidentally.

I never expected it to happen so quickly.

However, the joy in his heart still emerged involuntarily, and he even ignored his father-in-law and turned around to see Beatrice again.

"Stop, where are you going?"

"To meet your daughter."

"Why are you in such a hurry? It's just a few minutes away. We have already arranged it."

"No, I'm in a hurry now."

"Jiya, stay here. You don't want to see Beatrice sad when she wakes up, do you?!"

Louis: ??? Father-in-law, what are you talking about?

But he still sighed and stayed.

At least Beatrice can't let go of the empire, Lao Deng is right.

But he didn't know why he was still upset.

After all, to him, Beatrice was much more important than the empire.

"Didn't you say that I would be in charge of the affairs of the Rockhe Empire? I'll handle them right away."

Louis tried to run away again, pretending that he was about to go to handle official business.

"Stop, don't leave in a hurry, listen to what I have to say first."

"Okay, okay."

Louis sighed softly.

The emperor said helplessly: "If you had any ambition, you wouldn't have taken control of the prince's power until now."

Louis puffed out his chest and said, "Why do I need so much power? With Beatrice here, what do I need so much power for? Waiting for others to criticize me?"

"That's true." The emperor smiled with his wrinkled cheeks and said, "If it weren't for this, the royal family would have taken action against you long ago."

Louis pretended to be horrified and said, "When did you think of taking action?"

"At any time until you are officially married."

"Grass."

He finally couldn't help but swear.

You old Deng, you have been observing me secretly, right?

The emperor smiled and said, "After all, he is the one chosen by my daughter. I can't just ignore everything and let him go free."

"What do you think of me now?"

"This strength...is finally acceptable."

"Just barely? You couldn't even pull me just now."

"That's because I don't want to use force."

The emperor looked calm, as if it was a matter of course.

But Louis looked at him suspiciously, thinking that Old Deng was just pretending to be insignificant.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. I wasn't awake for long before, so I didn't have time to explain to you the situation in the Rockhi Empire."

The Emperor closed his eyes and chose to change the subject.

Half asleep, he told a story that happened many years ago.

That is the founding myth of the Roxie Empire.

At that time, the world was still in the turbulent years after the collapse of the Elf Kingdom.

The elves rose quickly and fell even faster.

They did not give the other major races any chance to react, and they swept across most of the Star Continent at lightning speed, becoming the de facto overlords of the era.

But the law of nature will always prevail.

The reason why the major races did not have time to resist was simply because the rise of the elves was too rapid, as if the right time, right place and right people were all on their side, just like the protagonist in the story who was controlling the script.

Although it is not as bad as the "Mahayana stage is framed by the Foundation Establishment stage" in the female frequency, it can also be regarded as "Mahayana stage is killed by the Nascent Soul stage".

After their size expanded rapidly, they obtained the remains of the God of Growth and the Forest left over from the Golden City. The first Elf Kings shared the remains and devoured the divine fire, divine power, divinity, godhead and even the priesthood contained in them, and suddenly obtained the foundation for becoming a god.

As we all know, the fan circle will continue to purify because of the external impact that Giegie encounters, and eventually a large number of crystallized fans will precipitate, forming their own circle and becoming extremely combat-effective.

This situation is no different when it is carried over to the Elf Kingdom.

Faced with hostility from the entire world, the elves were united as never before. Sun elves, moon elves, forest elves and elves from other small branches all decided to contribute to creating a world where the elves can survive.

In the end, they achieved a satisfactory result, that is, one of the alien races was gathered together, and the contemporary Elf King rose to become a god.

Due to the choice of the Elf God, he did not leave the world like other gods immediately, but relied on the World Tree as a carrier and stayed on the Star Continent for a while.

That is a real monster, beyond human control.

When talking about this story, Louis once curiously asked the emperor how the elven god of that time compared to His Majesty.

The Emperor's evaluation was "I have never fought, so I don't know", but he also said "The current Grand Speaker of the Elf Parliament has seen the Elf God of that time, and when he saw me, he directly chose to give up the fight. I guess the gap in our strength is not that big."

As soon as these words came out, Louis knew the value of the Elf God back then.

The elven version of the Emperor is so terrifying.

But this myth is mainly about elves, so how is it related to the Rockhi Empire? As the emperor continued to talk, Louis suddenly realized.

The Lord God of the Elves is very strong, extraordinarily strong.

But there is no absolute shortcut to becoming strong, and taking shortcuts will inevitably require paying the corresponding price.

Even if it is the Seven Deadly Sins of all generations, if they grow up smoothly, they can become the top powerful demigods, but they still have to pay a heavy price.

In fact, most mortal sins really do not deserve sympathy.

Those who commit serious crimes with a sane mind like Louis are a minority among the minority.

The Emperor gave a high evaluation of this: "Beatrice said, you always think that you have become so strong because of the power of sin.

But in reality, most people who take this path become crazy and monsters that are enemies of the whole world.

There are very few people like you who can stay almost out of it and whose spirits are not polluted by great sins.

Taking shortcuts to becoming a god also cannot avoid the contamination of faith. You should have heard about the previous incident with the Troll Empire. The trolls were the victims of the deification.

Their madness also directly led to the fact that the elf main god, who later became a powerful god, became rapidly polluted in his divinity at a certain moment and almost fell from heaven to become an evil god.

In order to get rid of this part of the pollution, the elven pantheon almost fell down a huge level and was no longer as powerful as it once was.

And this is a sign that the Elven Kingdom will disintegrate."

The collapse of the Era Overlord caused an impact that covered the entire continent.

Among them, the development of mankind is closely related to the collapse of the Elf Empire.

Before that, although humans had grown and surpassed many races on the continent, they were still far behind those races that had already formed T0 powerful countries.

Even for quite a long time, the meaning of human existence was to help the three elf kingdoms resist the impact of external forces after their disintegration.

In other words, humans back then were like the Tower of Eternal Day, more of a larger [war buffer zone].

Of course, humans certainly don't want to become a buffer zone for no reason.

It can even be said that both the Three Elf Kingdoms and early humans grew up eating the corpses of the Elf Kingdom.

But no one expected that humans, who are looked down upon by everyone, would be the most competitive.

In a very short period of time, humans digested the legacy given by the elves, quickly cultivated a group of manpower, and in the following years, quickly completed the merger of city-states.

It took humans only 100 years to go from being weak to being able to organize a counterattack.

In 100 years, the prototypes of early states such as Roxy, Enser, Tunisia and Monet were born.

As strength increases, there is naturally a need for a systematic country.

However, apart from the enclave of Monet, all other human forces adjacent to the three elven kingdoms were rejected by the three elven kingdoms.

"This... I feel like I've heard of this treatment somewhere before."

Louis muttered quietly.

The emperor glanced at Louis dimly and said, "The plight of mankind back then was not much better than that of the troll tribe."

Yes.

The troll tribe has enjoyed such treatment.

"And then?" Louis actually didn't care much about the founding myth.

The only founding myth in his mind is that one person.

He had no concrete idea of ​​how great the others were.

The Emperor looked at Louis deeply and said, "You are not a native human of the stars."

"Didn't you know this a long time ago?" Louis said in surprise.

"I know it, but I didn't expect you to have no intention of hiding it."

"I don't intend to harm you, why do I hide it from you?"

"You are quite open-minded." The Emperor shook his head and said, "Lockhi was the most special among the four human nations. The elves did not allow humans to establish a nation, but the Lokhi chose to proclaim themselves kings."

"Proclaim yourself king?"

“Yes, they were the first protesters, and they even shone with the brilliance of humanity, which could be regarded as unparalleled treasures of that era.

Louis, we are standing here now without fear of the threat from the elves, because someone once chose to fight against the elves whose power still remained and endured the sufferings of the past.

This is something that is recognized by all human nations even to this day.”

The implication is that the only people who don't care about such things are probably not native human beings.

"So the founding myth of the Lokshi people began with that generation?"

“Well, the Elector Prince Saian Griffin stood up, contacted twelve brothers and sisters from different city-states, and formulated a plan for a long-term struggle.

They are one of the earliest demigods of mankind. In order to be able to fight for a long time, fight against those races that are hostile to the elven kingdom and fight against the elves themselves, these thirteen demigods formulated a plan to use the power of the entire country to support the thirteen divine instruments.

In order to show their determination to all of humanity, when the next demigod is born among the Loxi, the previous demigod will transform himself into a torch and throw himself into the divine tool to maintain the human flame.

The first person to be engulfed by the fire was the Elector, Sean Griffin, who never sat on the throne of the king in his entire life.

Louis couldn't help but be moved.

Even in previous lives, there was a saying that "It is not the gentleman's fault if he is born in a small country."

Back then, humans couldn't even form a country.

A demigod, a demigod who could enjoy great privileges in any country he went to, chose to give up resistance and was engulfed by the fire of the divine weapon.

This kind of determination is truly... shocking and terrifying.

It is the humans who are shocked, and it is the enemies who are terrified.

“From the moment Mr. Sai’an threw himself into the flames, the establishment of human nations could no longer be stopped.

The second, third, fourth...even the powerful human beings who were not in the same camp began to choose to use similar methods to establish a country and turn themselves into torches.

Mr. Honorary Royal Knight of Tunisia, His Excellency the Iron-Blooded Crown of Monet, and the King of Truth of Enther have all chosen to embark on this path.

The Eye of Truth that Beatrice has inherited now is the continuation of the plan of the ancestor of the King of Truth, the [Gate of Truth].

The royal family will live and die with this burden, generation after generation.”

Louis was a little dazed, and suddenly asked a rather treasonous question: "If only the royal bloodline could use it at the beginning, can the Eye of Truth really be cultivated to be so powerful?"

What greeted him was the Emperor's half-smiley gaze: "You have been wanting to say this for a long time."

Louis nodded.

Unlike other countries, the absolute authority of the royal family was difficult for him to understand.

In fact, to date, most T0 powers have rarely firmly implemented the imperial system.

Even the neighboring Rockhi Empire calls itself an empire, but in fact the full title of the emperor is Honorary Emperor, and the Honorary Emperor is the result of a joint election by thirteen families.

Not to mention Tunisia. Although Louis often ridiculed their chaotic system, their overall style is more inclined towards parliamentary system.

Only the Enther Empire firmly implements the imperial system.

"The reason you understand it this way is because your generation is special."

"Um?"

"What do you think is the biggest difference between the national conditions of Enser, Lokshi and Tunisia?"

Louis pondered for a moment and said, "It should be education. The empire's education system is decentralized to every level, and it is as popular as possible even in remote villages."

The emperor nodded and said, "Do you know how many people and funds the empire has to allocate every year to maintain this system?"

"Don't even think about it, it's an astronomical figure."

"Yes, the poor empire maintains this system. Theoretically, as long as your level is not too bad, you have the opportunity to climb out of this system, and then continue to spread upwards and come here."

The Emperor pointed to the land beneath his feet and said: "Come here, meet me, become me, and then surpass me."

Louis paused, horrified.

“You, you mean…”

“A genius who reaches this position will automatically gain the right to marry the most powerful person in the royal family, and those who pass the probation period will share the honor of the throne with the royal family.

Have you ever seen an emperor's woman, or an empress's man, in an imperial country, with power equal to or even greater than that of the emperor? Only in Unser, because in Unser, the royal family is a sacrifice to everyone, but this time, you are appointed by me. "

The emperor spoke in an extremely calm tone, words that left Louis dumbfounded.

From what Lao Deng said, he is one of the very few unexpected events that have happened in all these years?

"Why me?"

"If you want to know the answer, then quickly become a demigod. When that day comes, you will understand."

The Emperor seemed a little tired, and squinted his eyes and said: "Don't you think that the Tunisians and the Lokshis are a little too friendly to you? In fact, you have been the most special one from the beginning, but you have never realized it.

There is something hidden in the Roxy founding myth, and they know it, and you, Louis, will be the hand that determines whether they will fall apart or prosper.

"What does it mean, Your Majesty?" Louis had never hated the Riddler so much.

But the emperor did not speak any more. On the glazed window behind him were pictures of gods and ghosts, and the sunlight shone through the window onto him.

Once again the Emperor fell into an inescapable sleep.

(End of this chapter)