Man on the ark, forced to become king

The emperor shook his head and then nodded, seemingly wanting to say something but stopping himself, as if considering how to explain the problem in the simplest and most understandable way possible.

"Well... to put it this way, the price of possessing a fragment of a giant beast and borrowing its power is divided into two types: physical and mental."

"It directly affects the physical body, like what you're talking about, but that's not a big problem. After all, there are quite a few races on this land that are born with strong physiques."

"The most serious one is actually the second one, which is the current state of this little girl. Her own consciousness has become broken and shattered under the erosion of the giant beast's consciousness. Now she can only move by relying on the last bit of instinct left in her body. Most of her thoughts and memories have been absorbed into that sword. This is an assimilation process that is irreversible."

"Her consciousness will merge with the consciousness of the behemoth remaining in the fragments. When the fusion is complete, a new individual will be born. At that time, her memories and the memories of the behemoth will be mixed together, and her thinking ability will return to its original form. She will be different from both her previous self and the ancient behemoth."

"That state allows her to better wield the authority from the behemoth, and it will also subtly continue to transform her body and soul until the assimilation is completely complete. The dormant behemoth will then use this as a vessel to revive."

"Her body and mind are not strong enough, so this is what happens when she uses the fragments of the giant beast. Clearly, this girl does not have the same abilities as Mostima and cannot withstand the erosion from the giant beast."

"Mostima?"

Hearing this name from the Emperor's mouth, Lin Lu was slightly surprised. Was her situation the same as Surtr's?

"Mostima's time manipulation magic is based on the authority of the behemoth, but she is much stronger than this little girl. The power and corruption of the behemoth cannot affect her, and the way she uses power is also more exquisite, because she was already powerful enough before this."

"So that's it."

Lin Lu suddenly realized why he had sensed a divine power when Mostima used magic. It turned out that Mostima also had something similar to Levadin, namely those two staffs.

"So, the existence of the fragments is itself a means used by those gods to resurrect?"

"You could say that."

The Emperor looked at the girl who was walking stiffly like a puppet and shook his head, saying, "However, her condition is not that bad. If I am not mistaken, the original consciousness of the giant beast on this fragment has been annihilated once. What remains now is just an empty shell with scattered memories and instincts. After it merges with this little girl's consciousness, there will not be much danger. At most, her memories will be a little confused."

"However, without the behemoth's own consciousness, she will encounter some obstacles in using the power—she may need to use this sword as a staff to wield the behemoth's power, and she will not be able to control it as freely as Mostima."

"I just hope she recovers quickly and stops following me around like this."

If you pause even slightly, the softness of the girl's chest will press against your back. This feeling... is quite comfortable, but it's a bit too troublesome.

Furthermore, if this trend continues, once they get back to the hotel, Miss Surtr might just follow him straight to his room or even into his bed. How can that be allowed?!

He was also thinking about getting intimate with Melina when he got back, since he and Lani were both... he couldn't possibly favor one over the other, could he?

Besides Melina, there's also Theresa and Xi, who's been following Nian's lead. A bright future is just around the corner, but then a huge third wheel suddenly appears. How annoying would that be?

There's another issue: Surtr herself is a beautiful young woman with excellent looks and figure. It wouldn't be good if she followed her to bed every step of the way. Putting aside what Surtr might think after she recovers in the future, Lin Lu doesn't think she's that bad.

Taking advantage of a young girl while she is in a daze and unable to think clearly is the act of a scumbag.

He, Lin, would never do such a thing.

"Are you stupid?"

The emperor's small eyes were full of disdain, as if he were looking at an idiot.

"If you don't want her to follow and want her to quiet down, why don't you just knock her out? You should be very good at that, right? Even if you don't use that, your Demon King isn't just for show. It shouldn't be difficult to quiet down someone who doesn't know how to resist."

"Cough, cough, cough."

Theresa blushed at the Emperor's words, "Your Demon King," coughed twice, and whispered, "I can indeed do that. Her brain is protected by a special power, but I can force her body into a state of deep sleep."

"I can freeze her completely."

Lani glanced at Surtr and offered a simpler, more direct solution.

"Under the light of the dark moon, she will be frozen until she regains consciousness."

"No, no, that's not a good idea!"

Lin Lu quickly waved her hand, even suspecting that Lani might have said that on purpose as a small act of revenge.

Good grief, freezing someone into an ice cube? Even knocking them unconscious would be more reliable.

"By the way, haven't we forgotten something?"

Melina walked beside Lin Lu, a finger pressed against her lips, her eyes darting around, her expression thoughtful.

She looked around and then clapped her hands as if she had just realized something.

Snapped!

"I remember now, we forgot about Xiao Chen! No wonder it felt a bit strange, it turns out we were missing someone!"

"..."

Lin Lu's lips twitched, and she stopped abruptly in her tracks.

Snapped!

Surtr, right behind him, crashed into him again, bouncy and smooth...

"It seems like that's the case?"

Surtr's condition was really not suitable for walking to the central area of ​​the venue where the most people were gathered. Thanks to Theresa's abilities, they walked along the edge of the square without attracting much attention and avoiding the military police and security personnel gathering in that area. They would be able to leave the neon-lit square in a little while.

If Melina hadn't remembered, they might not have realized that one of the little dragons was missing from the group until after they left the ice lantern concert.

Cough... It's just that Little Dragon's presence has been ridiculously low lately. I just recovered from the state of 'having Talulah on my mind' not long ago, and it's easy to be subconsciously ignored.

"Ah... I'm so glad you still remember me..."

A faint voice drifted from behind. Lin Luhu's body trembled, and he turned around to see Chen carrying more than a dozen different kinds of packaging bags.

The dragon girl's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Her resentful eyes darted back and forth between Melina and Lani before finally settling on the Emperor, where she glared angrily.

"You promised to wait for me there! I went back and there was no one there!"

"No way? Why are they coming after me?"

The emperor cried out that he was wronged, raising his two short wings in protest: "It wasn't me who promised to wait for you!"

"It was the Emperor who suggested we go and see Lin Lu, saying that we could find you no matter what."

Melina rolled her eyes and immediately shifted the blame.

"It is indeed the case."

Lani, with a cold face, nodded in agreement; her expressionless demeanor naturally carried great persuasive power.

"You heartless penguin, you've gone too far!"

"Hey, hey, hey, calling it 'black-hearted penguin' is such an awful name!"

Faced with Chen's glare, the Emperor refused to back down and immediately glared back, but it was to no avail.

In fact, Chen didn't care about the truth at all; she just wanted to find a target to express her dissatisfaction at being abandoned, and the Emperor was undoubtedly the best choice.

...Who told Lani and Melina to be her nominal 'teacher's wives'?

Even without this relationship...

While exchanging barbs with the Emperor, Chen glanced at Lin Lu, a barely perceptible blush crossing his face.

Even without this connection, she still wanted to... cough cough, it was essential to maintain good relationships with Melina and Lani, so how could she get angry over such a trivial matter?

"Hmph, don't young people these days know what it means to respect the elderly and care for the young?"

After exchanging a few words in the Longmen dialect, the Great Emperor crossed his two wings in front of his chest, indicating that he wouldn't stoop to the level of a young man. He then strode over to Lin Lu's side and glanced at her sideways.

"Aren't you going to discipline your apprentice? As the saying goes, 'If the teacher isn't strict, it's the teacher's fault—'"

"I can't handle this. You should go talk to Lao Wei about it."

Lin Lu shrugged, ignoring the conversation, and abruptly changed the subject.

"Seriously, you know a lot. No wonder you're the Great Emperor!"

He first offered a compliment, and seeing the pleased expression on the Emperor Penguin's face, he continued, "You must know a lot about gods, right? Could you tell me more? Is the giant beast you mentioned a god like Nian?"

"This is paid information; you'll have to pay to hear it!"

The emperor held his head high with a smug look on his face, as if to say, "Beg me again and I'll tell you." This made Lin Lu's teeth itch with envy.

There's no other reason than that penguin face making that expression is just too irritating, the sarcasm is off the charts, making you want to punch it as soon as you see it.

"You didn't know, did you?"

At this moment, Chen casually interjected from the side, his tone a mix of disdain, suspicion, and mockery that successfully hit the Emperor's breaking point, causing him to jump up from the ground.

Although the Emperor knew Chen was doing it on purpose, and that this obvious provocation was incredibly clumsy, he still couldn't help but fall for it.

"I don't know? How could I not know?!"

"Young people are so arrogant! Don't they know what it means to respect their elders?"

Two penguins excitedly flapped their wings in the air, making a few gestures like they were playing an accordion. The bright red pattern on the limited edition T-shirt fluttered slightly in the night breeze. The Emperor said with an arrogant expression, "No one understands giant beasts and gods better than me!"

Chapter Ninety-Eight: There are ten types of humans and a hundred types of beasts.

The word "god" has different meanings in different worlds, but its essence always refers to certain individuals with powerful abilities.

In the past of the borderlands, before the arrival of gold, the gods were majestic beings from beyond the world. They fought among themselves, trying to seize ownership of the sky and the earth.

To the borderlands, they are outsiders, external gods, each possessing unique characteristics, or rather, authority.

For example, the evil god worshipped by the fire giant represents an inextinguishable flame.

The invisible mother whom the Blood King serves draws her power from blood.

There is also the Goddess of Corruption, who once had a huge impact on the border region and is the origin of Crimson Corruption.