After being forced to step down, the once-annoying nun eloped with me.

The above shows an advantage that only the elves of Gaparia could come up with. When I passed by just now, I happened to see that the sides of the stockings covering her legs also seemed to have exquisite decorations made of gold leaf... In other words, Nia has been preparing for today's celebration for a long time?

Yang Hao seemed to be deep in thought, while Nia gritted her teeth and asked Yang Hao directly whether his previous promises had changed in the face of the northern enemy.

"Huh? You mean the thing we agreed on before, about providing you with cardboard-cased ammunition?"

"Yes..."

Looking at the nervous, uneasy, and submissive black dragon in front of him, Yang Hao blinked. After recalling Nia's lack of intelligence on the United Nations, he suddenly realized what was going on.

The small golems currently used to produce cardboard bullets are made of stone and clay. With the Listeners temporarily halting the production of metal golems, they can produce more small golems without affecting their current industrial output.

In other words, the supplies needed by Ysgard are not actually included in the resources that Yang Hao is currently considering in his predicament—after all, even if those small golems were transferred over, they could only serve as workers, and there are already enough workers at this stage.

Therefore, he had no intention of betraying his promise and letting the Isgardians suffer after landing. After all, the United Nations needed to maintain its diplomatic reputation after its founding.

On the other hand, judging from your nervous look, are you already prepared for me to make you eat dirt?

Seeing Miss Nia's nervous and uneasy face, Yang Hao subconsciously felt a playful urge, but then he thought that his relationship with Nia was at most that of friends, and that they were currently in a negotiation between two countries—so he abandoned his plan to tease Nia and instead nodded seriously.

“Our United Nations are not like those faithless bastards of the Roman Empire—we will still maintain our commitment to supply Isgard, but perhaps Isgard will have to put in a little more effort to keep the supply lines open.”

"...If your situation is truly dire, then we... Eh? Your Majesty Yang Hao? What... did you just say?"

"I said I would keep my promise. Not a single word of the supplies that should be given to Isgard will be missing, but the supply lines will depend more on you to keep them open."

"...Eh?!!"

Miss Nia seemed convinced that Yang Hao would break his promise, so much so that she subconsciously intended to agree outright with an "understanding" tone, and then try to persuade him further...

What did she just hear?!

With barbarian invasions from the north, the United Nations are willing to risk industrial capacity to uphold their promise to us in Ysgard, and then deliver supplies as promised?!

The price, however, is that we have to open up the supply lines?!

How could such a good thing happen!

Nia was almost moved to tears. If it weren't for the fact that Emperor Yang Hao in front of her was just a friend and the occasion wasn't so sacred, she might have already thrown herself into his arms and cried her heart out.

After all, what do Yang Hao's actions mean in the eyes of the people of Isgard?

It's like two people starving to death, and one of them is willing to break off half of his bread and give it to his companion to eat together!

If this doesn't count as a good brother, then what kind of ally can be considered a good brother, a helpful ally who can overcome difficulties together?

Nia was moved to tears, never expecting that Yang Hao would offer her such timely help in her predicament... and he hadn't even asked for anything in return, only emphasizing that the enemy was originally meant for Ysugard to deal with...

What a wonderful Regent!

If I could bring you home, I'd give you a bunch of dragon eggs right away...

Yang Hao probably never expected that something so obvious and a decision he made would make Miss Black Dragon so happy at this moment. It even made her consider taking him home to lay dragon eggs.

Meanwhile, after the "Supplies to Ysgard" incident ended, on the other side of the women's battlefield, Finn and Theresa finally finalized the details of their wedding the following day.

“I promised you I wouldn’t make him vow to love only me at the wedding—and considering the polygamy system being promoted now, having him set an example is a real arrangement… but Fen, you absolutely cannot force him…”

Am I that kind of person?

"Hmph, you definitely are. I fucking knew you were a golden sparrow in heat a long time ago... You said you wouldn't, but you were already prepared to let him force himself on you, weren't you? I fucking knew elves liked to play these kinds of tricks..."

"..."

Finn was momentarily embarrassed that her secret had been exposed—but she quickly regained her composure. She simply smiled as she watched Theresa chatter on and on, when suddenly something came to mind.

"Let's put the wedding aside for now... Theresa, do you think little Anna is in contact with that Natalia?"

Theresa paused for a moment, then rolled her eyes:

"Little Anna doesn't seem to welcome me, and Natalia seems jealous of me...wait?"

"Could I assume that little Anna has always believed the Chief Justice was the most suitable person to be His Majesty the Regent's wife, and that the Chief Justice might have even developed feelings for His Majesty the Regent while taking care of Anna? After all, that's quite normal, especially when a child keeps calling her 'Mommy'..."

"Mother?"

"Didn't you know? Back in the Green Garden, before Anna's lisp was cured, she always liked to call Natalia 'Mom' in a slurred way—in other words, you'll have to work harder. At least you need to gain Anna's approval, right?"

Finn shrugged, and as Theresa's face grew paler, she delivered a final, powerful punch:

"Otherwise, who knows, one day Anna and you might become more and more estranged, and as a result, His Majesty the Regent might have to run around everywhere for Anna's sake, and in the end, he would have to choose between you and Anna... If it really comes to that, it would be terrible."

Although Finn believed that Yang Hao was not the kind of person who would give up his lover for his daughter, but rather the kind of man who "would have it all if he had the ability"—it was precisely because of this that Finn judged that if Theresa continued to make no progress with Anna, this already exhausted man would become even more exhausted one day.

On one side is the daughter who ran away in a fit of pique, on the other side is the wife who works hard at home, and on the other side is the court president whom the daughter treats as her mother—this complicated relationship could cause a weak man to collapse. Even if Yang Hao is now as tough as steel, he can't possibly take care of everyone, can he?

Not to mention his already demanding job... After a hard day's work, he also has to deal with even more exhausting family relationships... Is this some kind of attempt to drive him to his death?

Therefore, Finn believed that Theresa had to work hard, and there was no room for refusal. And Theresa was well aware of this...

"But even so... how am I supposed to build a good relationship with a kid I'm meeting for the first time, who's probably about to go through a rebellious phase...? I can't exactly let her watch me being intimate with Yang Hao, can I? And then tell her how good my relationship with his dad is?"

“No normal person would think like that, right?” Finn looked bewildered, wondering if the nun deep in thought had lost her mind. “And are you really trying to get on Anna’s good side? You don’t want Anna to mistakenly think… uh? [that white-haired woman is the culprit who makes my dad work so hard every day] or something like that?”

"That seems to be true? But Anna is the late emperor's daughter, she's educated, she'll surely understand, right?"

"Who can understand this?! Teresa of [Japaria's elegant profanity]?! Put yourself in her shoes. Imagine you're a child who's finally reunited with your father, only to find him pinned to the bed by a fierce-looking woman... Do you really think you'd like that woman?!"

"...Let's put that aside for now. How did you know I'm more aggressive every night?"

Theresa paused for a moment, then raised an eyebrow, realizing the problem.

The petite elf remained silent for a while, then turned her face away and noticed that the simple-minded chieftain of the Ling clan was also looking at her curiously.

Her lips twitched, and she finally gave a guilty answer:

"Guess."

Actually, this wasn't a guess... mainly, Finn felt she needed to prepare for what life would hold for her, so she secretly used magic to observe...

...She had to admit that there were some things Mother Teresa could never learn because of her physical limitations. Just like you can't expect a pancake to be as soft and springy as bread, something is simply impossible, even for an elf...

After all, she's not a vampire who can change her form at will...

On the other hand, it was also the first time Finn had realized that Theresa's nightlife could be so unpredictable.

They always start off looking fierce and menacing, their tongues so venomous they could pierce a steel plate.

Midway through, they would become delirious and beg for mercy repeatedly, completely losing their previous miraculous appearance.

But then, exhausted, he'll regain his footing, reverting to his arrogant self, only to be forced to beg for mercy by the Regent amidst gasps of surprise...

...Mother Teresa, you're still a bad woman who turns on you at night!

Finn's furtive glances at Theresa were already quite strange. And Theresa, of course, sensed the oddness in Finn's gaze.

She blushed and muttered under her breath, "a repressed, horny blonde sparrow," then took a sip of hot water to relax for a moment. They decided to leave the topic aside for now.

After all, tomorrow will be their last day of rest.

After that, they would have to face an even stronger impact together with that man.

............

The battlefield of the women of the United Nations has vanished, while at the same time, in the Roman Empire, within the royal palace.

The servant was looking at his work with satisfaction.

"Soon I'll be able to corrupt half of Roman into a demon... but before that, I need to do some preparations."

In the eastern mines, among the debris that fell after the Cloud Kingdom crashed into the archipelago, there might still be some of my kind... I need to go there first. Even if I can't find the demons, I can still use the local magical remnants to do something.

In this way, before the [Small Rift] opens, I can gain a bridgehead for my homeland... Then we demons can once again have land to thrive...

He smeared the purple blood in his hand onto the magic circle in the room.

If you look down from above, you can see the symbol of the Demon Rift on the magic circle shining brightly.

Chapter 8: The Wedding, the Loser, Everyone Was Prepared (8K)

In the early morning of February 6, 2006, because Prince Garsen needed about three hours to wake up and enjoy himself, the demon servant had enough time to use his demonic physique and characteristics to fly all the way to the eastern mines and accomplish his goal there: to find his own kind or to collect local magical remnants to prepare for the assimilation next year.

In the world of demons, corruption is a prerequisite for assimilation. Corruption doesn't require much; it only needs to gradually make the people of a certain area lean towards demons—but assimilation requires a large amount of magic power. This is because only under the catalysis of enough magic power can an ordinary human potentially transform directly into a demon.

Although there are days when victims are directly assimilated into demons after years of corruption, the demon servants currently have no opportunity for the corruption to spread on a large scale. Therefore, he can only prepare enough magic to launch a major attack on the Roman Empire in the late autumn of next year, making them the vanguard of demons.

But before that, the demon servants need to gather enough magic power. And the place with the most abundant magic power, besides the Elf Forest and the location of the corpses of the Arctic Ice Demons, is naturally the place of origin that caused the magic power of the continent of Elusia to show some "anomalies," which is now the mines in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.

"The Romans always thought that the magical residue in that mine was a remnant from ancient times—and while they were right about some things, they never imagined that it was something that fell from the sky... a disaster brought to this continent by the fall of an ancient cloud kingdom... and a foreshadowing left behind when I was preparing for my next invasion."

Flying through the pitch-black night sky, the demon servant sighed as he recalled events from thousands of years ago.

At that time, the Demon Servant was just an ordinary high-ranking demon. Before storming into St. Petersburg, the holy city of the Bayern, he had made contact with his demonic brethren in other places and had the good fortune to see the pale faces of demons on other continents in the visions they transmitted before their deaths.

To the northwest of the continent of Elusia lies the continent of Orros, where a local saintess used the magic power of the entire continent to perish along with all the demons, including herself and her people.

Further west, on a continent called Arlandis, a race of inhumans known as the Sirens went so far as to sever the continental shelf that supported the entire continent, causing their homeland, along with the demons, to plunge into the deep sea, never to rise again.

As for the South...

There were originally no islands in the south, only an empty sea. But above the sea, thousands of meters in the air, in the sky where the clouds could be touched, there was a country floating in the air.

That was a spectacle that the demons called the "Land in the Clouds," a miracle of this world—a continent artificially raised from the ground.

At that time, the demons set out from the great rifts of the four continents at the same time, but they encountered resistance from the enemy wherever they went.

In the Cloud Kingdom, the enemy's desperate resistance shocked all the demons.

When they had nowhere left to retreat, they chose to fall from the sky along with their "god".

Part of the Cloud Kingdom landed in the southern sea and formed an archipelago, another part disappeared into the sky with violent shaking, and yet another part landed on the continent of Elusia.

The Cloud Kingdom's miraculous artificial magic and magical technology corrupted the magic source of the entire continent, and the fall of the Cloud Kingdom shocked the Bayerzans at the time—but before they could report this news, a sudden attack by demons caused all the cities of Bayerzans to sink underground.

Because of this, when the elves arrived at the scene to investigate, what appeared before them was a mountain they had never seen before.

The elves believed this was a change in terrain caused by an extraterrestrial object falling from the sky, and they thought the local magical remnants might be related to the extraterrestrial object—but the demons knew very well that this was not an extraterrestrial object at all... it was simply a miracle left behind by an ancient civilization.

In the suicidal destruction of the Cloud Kingdom, which was more frenzied than anyone else's, almost everyone died from the impact of the continent's fall—even the demons were no exception.

Therefore, the demon servant didn't actually expect to find his own kind... He was more concerned with whether the magical remnants in the east could be used by him to create conditions for future assimilation.

"After all, when that continent fell, it not only created mountains, but their cities also turned into ruins and, under the influence of rampant artificial magic, degenerated into the original minerals... After such a long period of sedimentation, there probably isn't much left to find."

But those high-quality magical remnants are good stuff... at least for us demons, they're absolutely wonderful.

There are almost no species in this world that can directly utilize magical remnants. Even if there are, they must rely on external magical organs to use them, and their utilization efficiency is very low, at least not as powerful as that of demons.