Suddenly, Wu Yu thought of something and asked, "Have you gotten used to waiting?"
"Today will eventually end, and the day I've been waiting for will finally come." Violet seemed to be expressing her own feelings.
This was an optimistic expression, but Wu Yu only felt a deep loneliness. He was looking forward to the end of the day as soon as it started. How could such a day be called life?
Wu Yu seemed to see the thousands of days she had spent waiting by the window, and a sentence slipped out.
"I will come back."
Meaningless promises. Wu Yu used to hate formalism, but this time he wanted to say those words to her.
Violet nodded slightly, and it was unclear what she was thinking.
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Wu Yu had thought that something like sending an envoy to another country would take at least ten days to half a month to prepare, but after only three days, Phillis sent someone to inform him that he could set off.
This is way too rushed. But thinking about how I've spent the last three days preparing for this adventure just lying in bed sleeping, I suddenly realize that the itinerary is actually quite reasonable.
As the final guarantee of Philliss's safety, the servant sent to inform him also brought along a list of his companions.
The guard consists of fifty knights from the Flame Lion Knights, all of them fourth-tier warriors. Their main responsibility is to eliminate any troublesome foes, and they also serve as the face of the empire.
Wu Yu remembered that the last time he accompanied Phillis to the desolate city, it was also the Flame Lion Knights, but all of them except for Maper died. This time, traveling with them, Wu Yu had a feeling that his luck was not good.
Philliss was accompanied by his bodyguard Jerry and two maids.
There's nothing wrong with these three, but for some reason, Maper is also on the list of companions. Wu Yu remembers that she is now the captain of the Royal Capital Patrol Team, a position that has nothing to do with going on diplomatic missions to other countries. She probably got in through some underhanded means.
However, there is no need to consider Mapel's loyalty to Philliss, and her combat strength of up to the sixth rank is barely acceptable. It's just that she and Wu Yu don't get along. Given that their interests are aligned this time, Wu Yu didn't remove her from the list.
The other two civilian staff members acted as diplomats, responsible for assisting Wu Yu and his team in conducting political negotiations between countries.
The last two were the most important members of the delegation.
Dan Carter, a seventh-tier legendary warrior; Ben Raphael, a seventh-tier legendary mage. These are the two strongest members of the delegation behind the scenes, their main combat force. As for the strongest person publicly, it's undoubtedly Wu Yu himself, the newly appointed Sword Saint, who single-handedly defeated a demon king and is hailed as the strongest human in thousands of years.
This fighting force seems decent, but it would be completely inadequate in the Versailles Empire. The Versailles Empire has eighth-tier epics. If a conflict were to break out with the Versailles, their few dozen people wouldn't be enough to defeat even one of their epic-tier members.
As for those eighth-tier epics from the Ultra Empire, they would never deign to do such trivial diplomatic matters. Even if Philliss had a noble status and could persuade them, they simply wouldn't have the time.
As one of the two strongest human nations, the Ultra Empire only has five publicly known eighth-tier epics.
One was the empire's Grand General, responsible for guarding the borders, while the Imperial Advisor was responsible for guarding the capital.
The headmaster of the magic academy, Ted, is almost nine hundred years old. Unless the empire faces a life-or-death crisis, he is unlikely to step down.
The Pope of the Church of Light, the mastermind behind the capital's catastrophe. Although it's unclear why Phillis didn't punish the Church of Light, given their past record, Phillis wouldn't dare use him.
The last former swordsman, Marlowe, had just sacrificed himself a month ago.
Therefore, this task of conducting strategic deterrence fell to Wu Yu, who was the strongest on paper and the easiest to talk to.
With a total of sixty people, it was already considered a large delegation.
As a result, after Wu Yu arrived outside the city and met with the delegation, he secretly thought to himself that something was wrong.
What made Wu Yu feel uneasy was Ben, who was wearing a magic hat, and under the brim of the hat were two dark, bloody holes.
Wu Yu recognized this appearance; all the Saint-level beings who looked up and stared directly at the God of Light during the last disaster had turned into this form.
Although as a magician, he possesses formidable mental strength, and the loss of sight does not significantly affect his combat power, the fact that a disabled person like Ben could be included in an embassy, a symbol of a nation's prestige, demonstrates the extent to which the Ultra Empire's combat strength has been depleted. Or perhaps, this blind Ben is the strongest person Phillis can trust.
As per Wu Yu's previously devised strategy, he had to maintain a cool and aloof demeanor, so upon arrival he did not greet anyone and simply stood quietly beside the carriage that Phillis was riding in.
Sensing Wu Yu's aura that kept strangers at bay, no one dared to approach him. However, Maper glared at him angrily, seemingly still sulking from the days before his death.
As for Jerry, as expected of someone who once worked for the Outer God Alliance, he survived a disaster with a mortality rate as high as 90%. However, he seemed a little afraid of Wu Yu, so he didn't come over either.
The delegation rested outside the city for a while, and finally the last people to see them off arrived. To Wu Yu's surprise, it was the Church of Light who came, and even the Pope came.
However, this pope is not the same as the old pope. After the last incident, the old pope chose to abdicate under the pretext of his advanced age, and he himself disappeared without a trace. The current pope is Virginia, the former saint of the Church of Light.
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