Female Knight Simulator, I am full of righteousness!

Now that's bad, even the emperor's teacher has surrendered when he sees things are going badly. Who else has the will to fight to the death against the leader of the secret forces?

This news was like a massive storm on Jupiter, instantly destroying the morale of the troops fighting on the front lines.

That afternoon, Loria received news that an entire unit had surrendered to the Secret Leader.

It is said that the army was surrounded in the fortress, and relying on the strategic terrain and the powerful knights, they had held out for more than twenty days, during which time they repelled more than fifty attacks by the Hidden Leader.

It is foreseeable that if this had not happened, they could have held on for another month without any problem.

Loria was completely stunned.

"No way, no way! If this continues, the Aude Empire will set a new record for the fastest and most shameful defeat on the continent of Auser, with its capital being captured and the empire surrendering in less than two months!"

She wasn't the only one who thought this way; everyone else in the tavern thought the same.

After drinking some alcohol, the person became very agitated and started cursing loudly with a red face and thick neck.

"They spent thirty years building a cluster of magical fortresses on the border, a full thirty years! They said that even the most terrifying monster tides couldn't break through the newly built fortresses. But after only a little over a month of the war, the governor of the fortress district surrendered and let all the monsters in. Did I spend so much money to raise such a bunch of trash?"

"Damn it, my uncle sent me a letter a couple of days ago saying that succubi from the border were causing trouble near his house, and my cousin, who was only twenty years old, died tragically at the hands of three succubi, waaaaah~"

“My dad went to Beijing to do business, and I’m very worried about him.”

“If this continues, the entire empire will fall. I absolutely do not believe that those rebels who rely on monsters will treat us well.”

"It's all over, everything's over!"

The cries and shouts in the tavern grew louder and louder.

Loria also looked at the president and Vita sitting next to her with a worried expression.

"How to do?"

Normally, when faced with difficulties, Loria would choose to start immediately, but in this situation, there is simply no room for her to start.

The president frowned deeply and remained silent.

Vita raised her glass and gently clinked it against hers.

"Let's break up and split into smaller groups. That way, we can better avoid being hunted down by the Hidden Leader."

Loria rolled her eyes.

You have to run, but you can't just stroll around aimlessly until you reach your destination.

The Hidden One has a cooperative relationship with monsters, so her previous fantasy of running away to join the Dark Elf Queen or the Nightmare Queen is no longer feasible.

She might be able to enjoy a blissful sex life every day for a while, but it won't be long before the mastermind comes knocking. Then she'll really have to sing "My door is always open" and be punished so severely that she won't have a moment's peace.

She's not like the indiscriminate female lead in those adult films who'll take any manipulative woman. As a person, you need to feel happy not only physically, but also mentally.

Loria turned her head to look at Doris, who was still munching on the "magic crystal cake," and couldn't help but feel a little envious.

Sometimes, being a little silly can make life quite happy.

The most unfortunate are people like her, caught in the middle, neither smart nor stupid.

Loria shook her head secretly and began to ask Vita what she cared about.

"Given the Emperor's magic teacher's strength, he wouldn't surrender directly to the Hidden Leader, would he? Could it be that he's being controlled?"

Vita shook her head: "Weavers can manipulate mortals at will, but this comes at a price. As far as I know, no one within the Hidden Head can afford the cost of controlling a senior A-rank adventurer."

"That……"

Loria frowned.

She couldn't understand it. Just like she said earlier, with the Emperor's magic teacher's strength, even if he wasn't confident he could repel the attack of the Hidden Leader, he didn't need to surrender. Couldn't he just run away?

That's so weird.

Loria pondered for a long time, feeling that she still needed to explore the matter in the simulation. She couldn't eat or sleep until she figured out the reason.

Realizing that her second simulation of the day hadn't even started yet, she immediately opened the simulator.

In the simulation, Loria knowingly walks into danger.

Instead of running away, she bravely rushed towards the center of the incident—

Imperial City!

The situation was chaotic, and the atmosphere in the capital was not much different from that in Berlin at the end of World War II.

Although the Imperial Propaganda Department kept shouting propaganda that a counterattack would come soon and that the rebels would soon be bogged down and eventually sink with the return of the Northern Legion, the reality was that nobody believed these lies.

You mean your mom? If you're so confident, then why don't you arrange for your family and friends to flee north by car?

When Loria arrived in the capital, fortifications were being built everywhere. The people were discussing what to eat that day, who had managed to hitch a ride and escape, and how to mock the propaganda department.

"Ten years ago, they said that under the emperor's leadership, the capital would become something that would surprise everyone. Now we will soon see that happen, because the emperor is about to be driven out of the palace."

In the past, no one would have dared to say such a thing, but times have changed.

The guards patrolling the streets were completely focused on building fortifications.

The patrol team responsible for maintaining public order and arresting criminals has been largely disbanded, and now only a bunch of miserable newcomers are left to do the work.

The high and mighty royal knights had even less energy to get entangled with ordinary people. They all went out, with some responsible for surrounding the emperor's safety and others responsible for hunting down the emperor's magic teacher.

The pillars supporting the emperor's authority have collapsed, and the entire capital is in complete chaos.

Loria, who had traveled a long and arduous journey to the capital, stood out from the crowd.

Therefore, she was targeted as soon as she arrived in the capital.

A royal knight interrogated her rigorously, but fortunately, a golden knight lady who had met her before in the Count of Lydalia passed by, and she was released.

[You asked the Golden Knight what exactly happened in the capital, and she shook her head, indicating that she didn't know the truth either, but she did have a lot of useful information.]

She tells you that before his defection, the Vistula magician acted perfectly normally, and even his closest nanny didn't understand why he made that decision.

She also told you that the Royal Knights and the Golden Knights had conducted a thorough investigation of the Vistula magician's residence, and during the investigation, they found no trace of the other god.

"Just like Vita said, he wasn't controlled by anyone; his defection was based on his own will."

Loria wiggled her nails.

[You asked the Golden Knight if it was possible that the Vistula Mage had always harbored hatred for the Empire, and that he seized the opportunity to exact revenge.]

The Golden Knight shook her head, indicating it was impossible. The investigation revealed that the Vistula mage was of noble birth, unlike the mule-men; he was a typical superior being, and from childhood to adulthood, he had never been involved in any irreconcilable conflicts with anyone.

"If it were merely out of hatred, he would have no reason to defect."

Hammer, what should we do?

In the simulation, Loria can only investigate on her own.

While conducting her investigation, she also made sure to maintain regular communication with the Golden Knight lady in hopes of obtaining some undisclosed information.

Overall, she was quite lucky.

Although she didn't glean any useful intelligence during her direct investigation, she succeeded when the Hidden Leader began sending a large number of people to infiltrate the capital and cause sabotage.

She was having coffee with the Golden Knight lady when she went to the restroom. When she came back, she saw someone trying to chat up the Golden Knight lady.

She later learned that the man had come to win over the Golden Knight.

That person offered neither wealth nor power, nor any threats, but instead seduced the Golden Knight from a very unique angle.

Do you want to know the true face of God? Do you want to understand the truth of the world? Do you want to truly...live?

Ah, this.

Loria was stunned.

Are you playing Infinite Horror here?

Miss Golden Knight was clearly not interested in these things, so she refused.

She didn't connect this to the defection of the Vistula magician, but Loria did.

She recalled her experience in Clarence.

Because of their obsession with magic, many magicians at the time boarded the ship of madness and indulgence of the Goddess Cult.

Could it be that the Vistula mage also defected to the Hidden Head after seeing or hearing something?

People like them have their own principles, but in the face of the "truth" they have always pursued, all their principles can be abandoned.

"If that's the case, then I don't need to worry about being controlled."

Loria breathed a sigh of relief.

She could only loosen her grip slightly; although she had gotten close to the truth, it wasn't enough to solve her problem.

The simulation that followed was absurd; the seemingly dying empire actually launched a brilliant counterattack in the capital, pushing back the Hidden Leader.

"What a joke! If the empire really had that kind of capability, would it have been driven all the way to the capital?"

Loria tugged at her hair.

Clearly, this is because some unpredictable reasons prevent the simulator from fully simulating the power of the Hidden Leader.

Was it interfered with by "divine power"?

Last time, that demon from the Ruins caused a major error in her simulation results.

To verify her guess, Loria immediately began a third simulation.

This time, she deliberately leaked all the intelligence about the capital's defenses, and the simulation results were exactly the same as the last time.

"It seems I wasn't wrong."

This is problematic. Without knowing the leader's next move, she cannot prepare a response in advance.

Loria could only temporarily focus her attention on the newly triggered special event.

[Special Event - Ruins]

The event description mentions demons, seals, the Enka Stone, and a magician seeking the truth, then concludes with a question—

What is a ruin?

"Is this an attempt to urge me to collect the Enka Stones and then break the seal on the Ruins?"

Loria shook her head inwardly; she would never do such a thing.

People who court death may die, and she didn't want to die.