Chapter 101: Chapter 84 What do you want to do?!_1
In the end, Duanmu Huai did not let Baddy affix the two-dimensional mark on the Metal Secret Dragon, he was already feeling somewhat desperate. That was it, just like that, what else could happen?
Anyway, it was quite useful, anyway, he didn’t lack this one…
At this time, the reply from the Great Crown Prince also arrived, and as expected, he requested General Pastte to immediately return to the Royal City of Aldorf with all the Dimension Stones, he wanted to personally reward everyone. As for Modheim, the Great Crown Prince simply requested that it be thoroughly purified —— in other words, to clean it up with a fire.
So, so many people suffered and died to retake Modheim, just to burn it down?
Even if General Pastte wasn’t a smart man, he could tell from the letter that it reeked of “conspiracy”.
If it was to be burned, why not do it earlier or later, why only after they had acquired the Dimension Stone?
Thinking of this, deep inside, General Pastte had a daring plan……
“General Pastte has something to discuss with me?”
After returning to Modheim again, Duanmu Huai initially planned to have a good rest, but he didn’t expect to be woken up by General Pastte’s messenger soldier late at night, stating there was an important matter to discuss. Duanmu Huai didn’t know what the general was up to, but still, he followed him to the City Hall.
However, to Duanmu Huai’s surprise, when he entered the conference room, he only saw General Pastte, the High Nun of the Rock Monastery, and the Witch Hunter standing there. Apart from that, there was not a single attendant or guard in the vast meeting room.
“What’s the matter? What do you need from me at this late hour?”
Duanmu Huai asked while looking around in puzzlement, he initially thought that General Pastte was planning to rid of him once his use was done, but after looking for a while he didn’t find any evidence of it, let alone a horde of henchmen, there wasn’t even a dead body around… What was going on?
“It’s … Not long ago, I received a reply from the Great Crown Prince……”
Hearing what General Pastte said, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow. He of course noticed how the other party had changed their referring. General Pastte had referred to the Great Crown Prince as His Majesty the Emperor, but now he’s back… What did this mean?
After hearing the content of the letter from General Pastte, Duanmu Huai narrowed his eyes. Yes, the thick, odd, and nauseating stupidity emanating from this letter was palpable.
But that wasn’t the main point.
“So, what are you planning to do?”
After reading the letter, Duanmu Huai looked at General Pastte. The latter was silent for a moment, then suddenly knelt down in front of Duanmu Huai.
At the same time, the Combat Nuns and the Witch Hunter also knelt down together.
“??? What are you guys doing??”
Seeing this scene, Duanmu Huai was dumbfounded.
“Great Chosen One, we hope you can lead us to rejuvenate the entire empire! The bloodline of the late king has been defiled, they are no longer worthy to rule the empire! And you——— are the beacon of hope chosen by Sigma in this era! We are willing to follow you to fight against the Chaos Believers who have surrendered to Chaos, and let this country return to greatness under the glory of Sigma once again!”
Hearing what General Pastte said, Duanmu Huai was stunned.
Good grief, what kind of drama was this? Was this a military mutiny at Chen Bridge? Are they planning to put a yellow robe on me and call me emperor?
Was this even possible?
“You have shown us the miracles of Sigma.”
The Combat Nun also chimed in at this moment.
“May Sigma bless you, and guide you in reclaiming this wicked, blasphemous, cursed city, bathing it anew in Sigma’s glory. As our Empire is in chaos, only you can lead us out of the shadow, of Chaos and darkness, onto the right path.”
The talks were getting more profound, and Duanmu Huai couldn’t deny what they’ve said.
After all, his task was still hanging in his system.
“I understand what you mean.”
Fortunately, Duanmu Huai was well-prepared for this. He wasn’t sure if Sigma had appeared in their dreams out of boredom, or if they wanted to start a rebellion. But what’s clear was that Duanmu Huai knew how he ought to handle this situation.
“I will certainly push back the invasion of Chaos. If your Great Crown Prince indeed is one of the Chaos Believers, I will kill him without hesitation. But…..I don’t intend to become the Emperor as you hope.”
Hearing this, the three of them were taken aback and looked at Duanmu Huai in surprise. They suggested this idea partly because of their faith, and partly because of the so-called “justifiable reasons”. After all, lineage and family matters were profound in the Empire. Slogans like “The old world is dead and the new world is about to rise” or “Potentates, be they born or made” would have been branded heretical and resulted in immediate execution.
These three men dared to come up with this idea mostly because Duanmu Huai was chosen by Sigma and had his protection.
But from Duanmu Huai’s point of view, their devout faith might not be so. He had seen a joke on a game forum where the followers of Sigma persecuted the followers of Ulrick, even though the founding emperor of the Empire, Sigma, was a devout Ulrick follower. He may as well have been blessed by the god Ulrick himself and built the Empire with the strength he received.
And yet his descendants took Sigma as a deity and oppressed Ulrick. If Sigma knew about this from the underworld, he would likely come back to life to smack these bastards himself.
Of course, even if Sigma himself was reborn, it wouldn’t make much of a difference. If he were to announce that Ulrickism is the national religion and dissolve Sigmaism, he would probably be burned as a heretic by the archbishop of Sigmaism.
This goes to show that regardless of the world, or the existence of a deity, humans always believe what they want to believe.
“Did you forget my other identity?”
As he said this, Duanmu Huai, pointing to the Holy Grail Emblem on his chest, elicited an expression of realization from the others.
Right! In addition to being the chosen one of Sigma, Duanmu Huai is also the Holy Grail Knight of the Lake Goddess!
Had he been an ordinary chosen one, it wouldn’t have mattered, but the issue here is that the Lake Goddess is the national religion of Bartonilla, and having the Holy Grail Knight of Bartonilla become the king of the Empire would be considered treason by many.
Relations between Bartonilla and the Empire are shallow, divided as they are by the Gray Mountains and lack of particular rapport. There’s a level of disdain for Bartonilla in the Empire, and it’s an impossibility for the Holy Grail Knight to serve as the Emperor.
However, conversely, this also proves Duanmu Huai’s innocence. After all, he is the chosen one of both Sigma and the Lake Goddess, which is effectively an endorsement from both. Who else to rely on if not him?
“About the issue of the Emperor, you don’t need to worry. Sigma will provide the answer when the time comes.”
Duanmu Huai wasn’t worried about this issue as he had a suitable candidate in mind, though he didn’t intend to reveal it yet.
Although the people were somewhat uneasy with Duanmu Huai’s words, they eventually decided to trust him. After all, he was chosen by Sigma, who undoubtedly wouldn’t cheat his believers. Since the Chosen has said so, they were willing to comply.
Thus, they quickly began preparing for the next steps. The Combat Nuns mixed some Dimension Stone shards with stones smeared with Dimension Stone powder, pretending to transport these Dimension Stones out of the monastery. For extra assurance, Duanmu Huai even specifically brought the Large Dimension Stone he originally found at the center of the Meteorite Pit. After seeing such a large Dimension Stone, the smaller stones might just be ignored by the others.
And if they have plans for this large Dimension Stone….
Heh heh heh, then it would be exciting.
After everything was prepared, they set off towards Aldorf.
However, behind them, another secretive shadow was quietly watching them.