I'm not just human!

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"It's him! He's not dead at all! Not only is he alive, he's become one of the Crimson Agent's henchmen! Whether it's the Snow Demon that went out of control twice or the missing refugees, it was all his doing!"

"What did you say? Not only is he not dead, but he's become a subordinate of the Crimson Agent?"

Marshal Gaius almost rose from his golden chair, his expression becoming serious for the first time.

This is a very serious matter, especially when it involves the Crimson Agents.

Marshal Gaius knew better than anyone that the Crimson Executor was an extremely dangerous figure, a transcendent monarch, active in the Kingdom of Augu, the Empire of Wave Moon, and the Cloth Bag Dynasty!

In particular, the Crimson Agent also signed the "Eternal Conditions" contract, which is the most bizarre and difficult to defend against among the top ten hegemon-level secret contracts!

Xia Fa was somewhat surprised:

"Marshal, you seem to have some connection with this Crimson Agent?"

Marshal Gaius sighed softly. He, who looked like a resolute and serious middle-aged soldier, gave Xia Fa the feeling of an old monster who had lived for many years.

"Of course I know it, that was over six hundred years ago..."

He raised his head and looked directly into Shaphat's eyes:

“Originally, only those of our family at the level of angel or above were qualified to know about this matter. But now, as the signatory of the Silver Throne, a hegemonic-level secret contract, and the future transcendent monarch, you are already considered a core member of our family and are also qualified to know.”

He gently shook his head, a look of reminiscence in his eyes, tinged with an indescribable emotion:

“That’s the story of our family and the Selenes family, and it’s also the secret that everyone in the Kingdom of Augu is curious about: why I gave up the throne six hundred years ago…”

Chapter 169 Marshal Gaius's Huge Reward: Is Cardan Really Going to Become Xiafa's Adopted Son?

The aroma of cigars, carrying the scents of musk and pine, subtly permeated the study.

A red pine cigar from the Bo Yue Empire had appeared between Marshal Gaius's index and middle fingers at some point.

The Boyue Empire is famous for its cigars, with the most premium being the red pine cigars from Red Pine City.

Each red pine cigar is marked with a unique pine needle emblem and is numbered.

At that moment, Xia Fa clearly saw that Marshal Gaius's cigar had a number and insignia.

Of course, it would be strange for a ruler, the Grand Marshal of the three armies of the Augu Kingdom, not to be smoking a Bo Yue Red Pine cigar.

"It's been a long time since I've smoked, probably hundreds of years. I'm in a good mood today, would you like one?"

Marshal Gaius, who was a tough soldier and iron-fisted general at the family banquet, now showed an approachable side.

Xia Fa shook his head:

"No, thank you for your kindness, Marshal."

He still drinks alcohol occasionally, but he really doesn't smoke.

Marshal Gaius paid no attention, and casually pulled out a metal lighter, stained with dark red blood.

With a "pop," he opened the lighter's cap, and the cigar cap was cut off by the invisible air.

He held a lighter and slowly smoked his cigar, quite meticulously, making the tobacco aroma, a blend of musk and pine, even stronger.

Despite being the ruler, He could light this red pine cigar with a single thought.

"You should be familiar with the political landscape of our planet Kaligi and the Star Coin Continent, right?"

As the ruler smoked his cigar, he spoke slowly, with a hint of melancholy in his voice.

Xia Fa nodded, briefly recalling what he had read in history and geography books:

"On the Star Coin Continent, the Augu Kingdom, the Wave Moon Empire, and the Cloth Bag Dynasty stand in a triangular formation, like the three vertices of a round coin, with the Baron Ocean in the middle, and the borders are either a great strait or a continuous mountain range."

Marshal Gaius then finished smoking his cigar, lit the center of the cigar with the bright yellow flame, took a leisurely puff, and exhaled a cloud of smoke several seconds later.

He leaned back in his golden chair, a relaxed smile on his face, before looking at Xia Fa:

"That's right. Caligia has a total of twenty-two continents. Although our Star Coin Continent is not the center of Caligia, it is not isolated either. In terms of strength alone, it is about the same as the strongest of the other twenty-one continents."

Xia Fa's eyes flashed. He only learned in the last few days that there were twenty-two continents on the planet Caligel.

The other continents are the Continent of Justice, the Continent of Chariots, the Continent of the Wheel of Fortune, etc., all named after Tarot cards.

But what's amazing is that tarot cards have never existed in this world.

The book "The Mystical Exploration Record of the Fog People" provides a detailed description of the planet Caligia.

The "Mist Realm" inhabited by the Mist People is, in a sense, both a realm of mystery and a vast landmass wandering in the universe.

In this situation, they are able to observe and record those famous life-bearing planets from an outsider's perspective.

Caligi is one of them.

In that book, Caligia is described as "one of the greatest and most magnificent life-bearing planets".

There are two reasons for this. One of them is that although Caligia is just a planet, its size is comparable to that of a supermassive star, and its area is so vast that it is unimaginable.

Even a demigod, flying from one end of Caligia to the other, could never finish the journey in a lifetime.

As for the other reason...

"So, you should also be aware that although our twenty-two continents are built around the most abundant and richest land god kingdoms on the planet Kaligi, namely the [Silver Universe] and the [Nature Monarch], in this era when the nine great gods hardly respond to prayers, the gods simply cannot concern themselves with the war between humans and demi-humans."

As Marshal Gaius spoke, he exhaled another puff of smoke, the faint scent of musk and pine adding to the study's serene and elegant atmosphere.

Xia Fa pondered and said:

"Marshal, you mean..."

He had a vague idea of ​​what was going on, but he wasn't sure.

The reason why Caligari holds such a high and special position in the entire universe is that two of the nine great gods, the Silver Universe and the Nature Monarch, have both established their earthly divine kingdoms on Caligari!

If we're really going to compare, only Adre, with its "Absolute Defense" earthly divine kingdom, and Panridas, with its "Paradox Joker" earthly divine kingdom, along with several other inhabited planets where the earthly divine kingdoms of righteous gods reside, can be considered comparable.

During the first and second ten thousand years of the universe, the planet Caligia, with its terrestrial divine kingdoms of the "Silver Universe" and the "Nature Monarch," where gods would even walk on the earth and descend upon the world, resulted in almost no wars occurring among the twenty-two continents.

Even if it happens, the gentle and kind God of the Silver Universe will intervene to stop the war between the two sides.

But in the third ten thousand years of the universe, the true gods had long resided in their earthly kingdoms and never came out again. The greed in the hearts of humans and demi-humans was like a demon, and wars naturally began to break out frequently.

Marshal Gaius placed the cigar on the desk, and just as it was about to touch the surface, it floated up on its own.

He stood up, walked to the window, turned his back to Xiafa, and put his hands behind his back.

At this moment, His back gave Xiafa an unshakable feeling, as solid as rock and as cold and hard as steel, but it also seemed to be carrying a heavy burden, making it hard for Him to breathe.

Marshal Gaius's voice rang out slowly, sounding ancient and carrying the dust of history, its weight sweeping over Xiafa.

"Around 1,300 years ago, the balance between the three kingdoms of our Star Coin Continent, where each kingdom had only one ruler, was broken."

"The Cloth Bag Dynasty has seen the emergence of a second ruler."

"Under those circumstances, our Augu Kingdom had no choice but to cooperate with the Boyue Empire and join forces to fight against the Cloth Bag Dynasty."

"The ruler of the Augu Kingdom at that time was naturally me, while the ruler of the Wave Moon Empire was Emperor Williams."

"When two rulers clash with two rulers, neither side has an absolute chance of winning. They might even suffer heavy losses, allowing other continents to reap the benefits. Therefore, this peaceful situation has been maintained."

“Until… six hundred years ago.”

"Six hundred years ago, the Crimson Agents emerged in the Wave Moon Empire."

"No one knows the past of this extraordinary monarch. All that is known is that he seems to be a local nobleman in a remote town in the Wave Moon Empire, but his family has fallen into decline long ago. He has a noble title but lives a life worse than a commoner with a decent job."

"But this is the only piece of His past that Octavian and I have been able to find in the past six hundred years."

"In short, after the Crimson Agent appeared on the Star Coin Continent as an extraordinary monarch, he did not choose to become the emperor of the Wave Moon Empire. Instead, he joined the Cloth Bag Dynasty with a madness that is hard for ordinary people to understand."

"He is clearly human and does not have the bag he was born with, but he chose to join the Bag Dynasty and prepare to unite with the two rulers of the Bag Dynasty to deal with the Wave Moon Empire and the Augu Kingdom."

Xia Fa was quite surprised to hear this.

This Crimson Agent was not only a madman who would shoot himself in the head, but also, unexpectedly, a traitor, so insane as to help the enemy against his own homeland.

Not to mention, He is now inducing refugees to become snow demons out of control, and seems to be collecting something... Xia Fa felt that there were more and more mysteries surrounding this extraordinary monarch.

He didn't speak, but listened quietly.

Marshal Gaius remained with his back to him, the lights from the palace gardens shining in, making his figure appear extremely tall and casting a golden outline around him.

"Our planet Caligi, with its twenty-two continents, is dominated by extraordinary individuals, unlike those life-bearing planets on the edge of the universe where even secret contracts are unknown."

“In this situation, wars between nations cannot be like those between ordinary people, where soldiers’ lives and corpses are used to fill the battle lines.”

"War will only be decided by the rulers with their angels and demigods in a very short time!"

"Each ruler possesses the power to destroy a nation, therefore, the number of rulers in each nation determines the success or failure of the war."

"Six hundred years ago, to be precise, six hundred and twelve years ago, the Cloth Bag Dynasty had two rulers. Moreover, as demi-humans, Cloth Bag People, while becoming rulers, their innate extraordinary talents also played an unexpected role, making them extremely difficult to deal with."

"Then, the Cloth Bag Dynasty gained another extraordinary monarch, the Crimson Executor."

"A single extraordinary monarch is enough to deal with two or three rulers, let alone an extraordinary monarch plus two rulers to deal with me and Emperor Williams?"

At this point, Marshal Gaius sighed deeply. From his tone, Xia Faguang could sense how difficult it had been and how much pressure he had been under.

Marshal Gaius continued:

"At that time, the destruction of me and Emperor Williams was just a moment away. The people of our two kingdoms were about to become slaves of the Cloth Bag Dynasty, providing 'anchor points' for those two rulers and the extraordinary monarch, the Crimson Agent."

"Of course, in a sense, conquering other countries and making the people of the conquered countries their own, providing them with an 'anchor point,' is the fundamental reason why the rulers launch wars, and also the fundamental reason why their greed is aroused."

"The higher one's rank, the easier it is to lose control of one's inner power and extraordinary abilities, leading to a loss of control. Only by having as many anchor points as possible can this be resolved."

"Anchor points are a fatal temptation for every ruler."

"With war imminent, Emperor Williams used his ancestral seal numbered '00016' to briefly hold off the attacks of the Crimson Agent and the two Overlords."

“But both He and I know that this won’t last long. Once they break the seal, our destruction and the fall of our kingdom will be imminent.”

“But at this time, Octavian found me.”

"At that time, He was just a general under my command."

Xia Fa listened more and more intently, and began to ponder the matter.

According to Marshal Gaius, the higher the rank of a transcendent being, the more likely they are to lose control due to the inability to control their secret power and transcendent abilities.

But... although I only signed three secret contracts, two of them were of the overlord level!