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And these magic cores that he greedily took can be used when he strives to reach the peak of the Half-Step God Realm, because the conversion of divine power requires a large amount of magic power, although the quality of these magic cores is not high, the advantage is that the number is huge, which is enough for him to complete the conversion of divine power in one breath and establish a divine power cycle.

"Where is His Majesty now? How long will it take to get here?"

"Uh, it's a bit far. I'm on the other side of the world."

The circumference of Penicsia is about 50 kilometers. The distance from Landia to Penicsia is at least 20 kilometers, which is half a circle around the planet.

If he traveled without sleep, he could get back within three days, but the journey obviously wouldn't be so smooth, because he also had to take into account various extreme weather conditions and obstructions from sea beasts, plus the need for proper rest, so under normal circumstances it would take about a week.

"But if we rush back now, we can reach the Demon God Territory in no more than 7 days."

When he said this, Rhine could slightly feel that Alisha's hold on his arm became stronger, but it soon returned to normal.

It seems that Alisha doesn't care about anything, she just doesn't say it.

"But I still have some small troubles to deal with here, and I can't get away right away." Rhine said as he held Alisha's little hand.

He was not the kind of person who liked the new and disliked the old. Since he had promised Alisha to save the country, he would not abandon it until it was on the right track. In addition, Beatrice and the others were still in the North Continent, so he could not abandon them.

"You can put it off for as long as you can. I will be able to resolve the matter here in no more than a month at the latest."

"Also, if possible, try to open the valve inside Mikahto I told you about."

"Behind that door is an underground passage connecting the two continents. If the door over there is opened, it will only take me less than a quarter of an hour to get there."

Rhine projected the image of the valve to the other side as he spoke, and at the same time also transmitted relevant information about the underground tunnel, the method of opening the valve, and the key instructions.

"I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee success."

"Remember to protect your own safety and do what you can. If you encounter any accidents, report them to me immediately. It doesn't matter if you don't have the chance to open the valve. It will only take me some time to get there."

"I understand. Anything else?"

"Yes, please help me contact someone, the current president of the Magical Integration Association, and tell her that I'm fine and will be able to return in no more than a month." Rhine instructed.

"Is she the heroic witch stationed at the Demon Pass?"

"Yes, yes, that's her."

After confirming the identity, Hongyu frowned.

"What's wrong? Did something happen to her?" Rhine asked nervously. He was afraid that his disappearance would make Natasha do something extreme.

"If it was in the past, it would not be difficult for me to contact her, because I have people in the Demon Pass. But after the change in the Lawless Land half a month ago, she disappeared. The last time she was seen was in the Bloody Rose Chamber of Commerce in R'lyeh."

"What! Disappeared?"

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Chapter 313: Turbulent Situation

"What is going on? Why did he disappear?" Rhine asked anxiously.

"I don't know the details, I just know that someone from the church wants to find the Hero Witch to learn about the secret realm."

"When they arrived at the lawless city of R'lyeh, they repeatedly requested to see the master but received no response. Finally, they could not help but force their way into the Bloody Rose's headquarters, only to find that all the witches, including the Heroic Witch, were gone, and the entire mansion was empty."

"All the witches are gone?" Rhine was surprised. He thought only Natasha was missing. Wait, does that mean his aunt is also in there?

"Yes. Not only the witch, but also the core members of the Bloody Chamber of Commerce and a large amount of supplies disappeared. Therefore, the church concluded that they did not encounter any accidents, but hid themselves."

"As for why they are hiding, could it be that the changes in the secret realm this time are related to the Magic Unification Association? This is what the church wants to find out, so they turned around and headed to the headquarters of the Magic Association."

"But the Magic Association headquarters was completely evacuated during this secret mission. The people who stayed behind to guard the place didn't know what was going on because they couldn't get in touch with the people at the headquarters."

"The Church didn't do anything to the Magical Unification Association, did it?"

Rhine was afraid that the church wouldn't be able to find anyone, so he used the Magic Unification Association to force Natasha and the others to show up.

“No. After learning that the others really didn’t know what happened, and didn’t know where Natasha and the others were, the church members went to look for the other two surviving Half-Step Gods.”

"Laplace, where do you think Natasha and the others will go?"

Those involved are often confused, while bystanders can see things more clearly. Moreover, Laplace is an artificial intelligence, so the answer he gives is obviously more reliable than one's own wild imagination.

"Master, Her Majesty has already completed the transformation of divine power and reached the peak of the Half-Step Divine Realm. No one on the continent of Penicia can threaten her, so Master, don't worry too much."

Laplace first comforted Rhine, and then continued:

"According to my analysis of her character model, she is not someone who will sit still and wait for death. Her Majesty will certainly not remain indifferent to the disappearance of her master, so the most likely possibility is that she has gone to another secret realm of the high elves."

"You mean Natasha took the people from the Magic Association and other witches and moved to the secret realm of the high elves?"

After Laplace's reminder, Rhine thought that there was indeed such a possibility.

If you want to know where Rhine went, you must know where the big whale went; if you want to know where the big whale went, you must figure out what it is and why it was sealed under the secret realm.

Rhine had asked Laplace before, and it didn't know about Vic's existence, so Natasha might be pinning her hopes on other secret realms of the high elves to see if she could find any clues.

The other legendary witches also "disappeared". Besides wanting to avoid the limelight temporarily, it was more likely that Natasha made some kind of deal with them.

As for my aunt, she probably won't go back until she finds me.

"Yes. As the base camp of the high elves, the continent of Penicia is full of ruins and secret realms left by the high elves. For Her Majesty, who inherited the throne of the Queen of the Silver Moon Elves, she can enter and exit all the secret realms at will. In addition, with my original body assisting her, the secret realms are no longer dangerous, so going to other secret realms is the best option at the moment."

"Because the Magic Unification Association is backed by a heroic witch who is at the peak of the Half-Step God Realm, a mysterious dimensional witch, and a master with a great reputation. Therefore, the church will not easily attack the association before confirming the whole story."

As if he was afraid that Rhine would worry, Laplace added another sentence.

"Which secret place do you think they will go to?"

Then, Laplace projected a map of the Penicsia continent into Rhine's mind and marked about thirty red dots on the map, each of which represented a secret place.

"If even I don't know about the existence of that big whale, it means that the confidentiality of this whale is very high, at least at the level of the High Elf King. Therefore, if you want to find the answer, you can only find it in the secret realms of the Sun King, the Silver Moon Elf Queen, the Immortal King, and the Queen."

"Among them, the Sun King's secret realm is located on a small piece of land in the east of the continent, which is where Tuskull is now; the Silver Moon Elf Queen's secret realm is not on the ground, but on an island in the sky; the Immortal King's secret realm is just in the Death Forest in the north of the Lawless Land; and finally, the Queen's secret realm is naturally located in the Silver Moon Forest in the center of the continent."

"Your Majesty has inherited the throne of the Silver Moon Elf Queen, so it is best to go to the Silver Moon Elf Queen's secret realm. But considering that Your Majesty is not traveling alone and has a large number of entourage, in order to avoid exposing your whereabouts, the closer the better. Therefore, Your Majesty and the others are most likely in the Immortal King's secret realm."

After some analysis, Laplace determined the secret place where Natasha and the others were currently.

"By the way, if Your Majesty and the others are really in the Immortal King's secret realm, perhaps I can find a way to contact them."

"real?!!!"

"In all the large secret realms of the high elves, in addition to installing a space-based network, a ground network is also installed. Among them, the World Tree Secret Realm in the Lawless Land and the Immortal King's Palace are both large secret realms, and naturally they are also installed with a ground network."

"Since there is an Internet connection in the secret tower, why did you say before that you couldn't contact Beatrice and the others?"

"One of the disadvantages of the geocentric network is that users cannot communicate with each other directly. They must use the Geocentric City as a transit station to relay messages. We were unable to communicate before because the Geocentric City, as a transit station, was closed, so the geocentric network could not be used. But now that we are in the Geocentric City, we can send messages directly to all the secret realms that have installed the geocentric network."

After Laplace's explanation, Rhine realized that this was a mechanism similar to the operating mechanism of the pager that was popular in the 90s, and the city at the center of the earth was the paging station of the pager.

"Then what are you waiting for? Why don't you send a message to the secret realm of the Immortal King?" Rhine said excitedly.

"Sent. However, the underground network is different from the space-based network. It is not real-time communication. There will be a delay of several minutes, so we need to wait for a while."

While waiting, Rhine asked Hongyu about the situation on the Penicheia continent.

Because what disappeared were not only those Half-Step Gods who could influence the situation on the continent, but also hundreds of legendary powerful people.

Although most of the disappeared legends came from world dominant forces, some still came from small and medium-sized forces.

For these organizations, legendary strongmen are the backbone, and the sudden disappearance of legendary strongmen is tantamount to a catastrophe.

The country is better off, as there is a coalition of forces equivalent to the world government behind it. When encountering danger, as long as it sells out some national interests, it can exchange for the protection of the coalition.

But if it is a private force, without a legend in charge, it will soon be swallowed up by other forces with legends in charge.

Just as the folk prophecy says, when a giant whale rises, all living beings will be in chaos.

Although the overall situation on the continent has stabilized and no large-scale war has occurred, this is because the world's dominant forces have not fought each other. However, small-scale conflicts continue to occur, and several legendary forces have been uprooted by their enemies or hostile forces because there are no legendary forces in charge.

Practitioners cannot take action against the country, but the country can.

After learning that the legends of their enemy countries had also disappeared in the lawless land, many countries immediately launched wars under the banner of recovering lost territory.

Because there is indeed a territorial dispute, the World Government will not interfere, but the premise is to grasp the right degree. You can recover the lost territory, and you can also seize the land, but you cannot destroy the other country. This is the bottom line of the World Government.

Therefore, although no large-scale war broke out, small-scale wars broke out all over the continent, and everyone wanted to take advantage of your weakness to kill you.

The two most eye-catching battlefields are the Far West Empire and the Xuanhuang Empire.

The Grand Dukes of the Far Western Empire were dissatisfied with the emperor's stupidity, cruelty and inhumanity, and believed that the emperor listened to the slander of the treacherous ministers around him, so they launched a call to purge the emperor's side. They hoped that the princes of the empire would rise up together to fight against the traitors and restore order to the empire.

The nobles were already dissatisfied with the emperor's suppression of them, but because the five great dukes, who were the leaders of the nobles, had not expressed their opinions, they did not dare to say much.

But now the leader has finally taken action. For a time, many princes from all over the country have risen up in arms to respond to the call to purge the court.

Although they do not have the strength to attack the imperial capital, they can still delay the local garrisons and prevent them from supporting the imperial capital.

While civil unrest broke out in the empire, the Dongpang Kingdom and the Xipang Kingdom, located in the north of the empire, put aside their prejudices and reached an agreement. Both sides declared war on the empire at the same time, announcing to the outside world that they wanted to take back the land occupied by the empire.

Under the pressure of the armies of the two Pang Kingdoms in the east and west, the border garrisons had to give up the idea of ​​returning to the imperial capital for support. After all, between civil war and foreign invasion, the latter was obviously a more serious situation.

Although the central government repeatedly issued military orders to rush to the imperial capital for support, they were all rejected by Border Lord Alfred on the grounds that the border troops could not move.

When the generals of the emperor's faction insisted on leading their troops back to rescue him, he killed a large number of generals of the imperial faction on the grounds of disobeying military orders, and finally took the command of 30 border troops into his own hands.

Everyone with a discerning eye knew that Margrave Alfred was on the side of the Duke and his men, but no one dared to say it, mainly because he was indeed leading his men to resist the invasion of the two Pang Kingdoms in the east and west, and did not join the rebellion after gaining military power.

However, the empire did not sit idly by, but also issued a call, stating that whoever could kill the rebels would be rewarded with millions of gold, granted the title of duke, and allowed to choose any territory he wanted, and would no longer have to pay taxes to the court.

The rest of the people who had made contributions in saving the emperor were also rewarded, promoted to higher positions, granted land, and no longer required to pay tribute to the empire. As long as those who participated in the rebellion woke up in time, the empire would forgive them and they would also be eligible for the above rewards.

It seems that the empire has really invested a lot of money and does not care at all about the consequences for the future. The top priority is to quell this rebellion, otherwise the country will be gone and there is no point in talking about division.

There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. Under the generous conditions offered by the empire, many neutral nobles joined the side to quell the rebellion, and some princes of the rebellious side could not resist the temptation and turned against them.

After all, they had originally started the rebellion to protect their own interests, and they didn't care who was the emperor. But now it was clear that the empire was offering more benefits, so they naturally joined the team to quell the rebellion.

Even though the three dukes had strong troops and horses, they were still held back by many nobles, and the blitzkrieg slowly turned into a battle of offense and defense.

Seeing this, the Imperial Prince wanted to rush north to help, but was held back by Duke McDowell. As long as the Prince's troops dared to go north, the army stationed at the border of the Prince's territory would rush in.

Due to the sudden outbreak of the war, the Duke's side was obviously not prepared for a long war, because they originally planned to start the war in a few years, but the temptation brought by the disappearance of the Grand Princess of the Empire was too great.

As long as the Grand Princess of the Empire was there, the possibility of them overthrowing the emperor was slim, but the sudden disappearance of the Grand Princess gave them hope.

After a brief exchange of opinions, the dukes immediately decided to launch an uprising.

As for the legends worshipped by the empire, they had already bribed one of the two. That legend said that he would not take direct action but could help them delay the other legend.

It was precisely because they had not made adequate preparations and had launched the army in a hurry that the army's logistics could not keep up. They had originally thought of a blitzkrieg and a quick victory, but they did not expect the empire to be so willing to spend so much money and even offer the condition of never having to pay tribute. If the dukes had not been the initiators of the rebellion, they would have wanted to rebel.

After the transition from blitzkrieg to offensive and defensive warfare, the Duke's army, whose logistics could not keep up, began to slowly fall into a disadvantage.

However, his father was not a pushover and issued another call, but this time the call was not directed at the aristocracy, but at ordinary people and exiled bandits.

The appeal directly pointed out who had brought them to this miserable end, and who had turned the empire into a living hell. Although the Duke's rule was not necessarily that good, it was a paradise on earth compared to the empire.

Under his father's emotional and logical appeal, some people began to join the Duke's team. However, they did not participate in the battle, but made up for the shortcomings of insufficient logistics.

At the same time, the rebels and bandits across the country... Although they were not very fond of the Duke as a noble, they could not deny that the Duke's rule was indeed better than that of the Empire. Therefore, some rebels joined the Duke's team, and the two sides were evenly matched again, returning to a stalemate.

Hongyu also said that the imperial army stationed in Demon Pass was originally going to go back for reinforcements, but was stopped by the top leaders of the coalition forces.

And that high-ranking official was exactly one of the informants of the demon clan, but he had a reason for that, because the demon clan had organized an army of one million and was marching at the gates of the city.

At this critical juncture, it is of course impossible to let any garrison leave.

However, the demons did not knock on the gate, but deployed millions of soldiers in front of the Demon God Pass.

After listening to Hongyu's introduction to the situation in the Far Western Empire, Rhine couldn't help but admire his father's decisiveness.

At the same time, he also suspected that his father had become a demon, otherwise why would the demons come knocking at the pass at this time? It was obvious that they did not want the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed at the Demon Pass to return for support.

Otherwise, considering the size of the empire, even if it is on the decline, it is impossible for a few dukes to take it down. The shadow of demons may be behind this rebellion.

The situation is similar on the other side of the mainland.

But theirs was not a civil war, but a real rebellion.

After learning about the changes in the Lawless Land, the vassal states of the Xuanhuang Empire only heard that all the Half-Step God Realm had disappeared, and they launched a rebellion without being sure whether the emperor of the Xuanhuang Empire was there.

As long as someone takes the lead, more and more people will rebel.

Because the emperor of the Xuanhuang Empire was also unpopular, the Xuanhuang Empire was established under his personal military rule.

Now that the emperor of the Xuanhuang Empire has disappeared, those vassal states that were intimidated by the emperor's military power naturally began to have ideas.

Unfortunately, the emperor of the Xuanhuang Empire was not among those who disappeared.

When he returned to the Xuanhuang Empire, he saw the devastated country. He was furious and suppressed the rebels with thundering means. He also purged the ruling classes of all rebellious countries, turning them from vassal states into direct annexation.

Although the rebellion was quelled, this disturbance also dealt a heavy blow to the empire and laid the seeds for disaster. If there was no emperor of the Xuanhuang Empire, the country would have fallen apart in an instant.