In Ark Simulator, why do I always start out as a ruthless person?.

"You have entrusted all your elite troops to me, so remember to protect yourself well."

"In the future, the fight between you and the twin queens will definitely intensify. By then, they will probably be even more wary of you, and may even resort to some unscrupulous methods to get rid of you."

"...Before I bring these secret police back to you, don't die. Remember?"

When he mentioned the word "death", even though Casimir had defeated countless powerful enemies with his mace, there was an imperceptible tremor in his voice.

But Jian would not allow herself to show even a little bit of weakness or retreat here. She wanted to convey every word in her heart to this most important person without missing a single word.

"……I promise."

Hearing Jian's heartfelt wish, Chen Qi's heart throbbed slightly, then he smiled and nodded, agreeing to this promise that he might not be able to fulfill.

Mace, I'm sorry.

Now, I am carrying not only your wishes, but also the wishes of tens of thousands of people who place all their hopes on me.

If something really happens in the future, I will need to take risks to have a chance to get it.

I will definitely not hesitate.

Because I am no longer the me who first arrived in the slums and was only responsible for teaching you.

Chen Qi, who had apologized for Jian in his heart, didn't have time to speak again.

The door to the main hall of the tower was pushed open without any warning.

Along with the sunlight, an old but powerful voice broke the atmosphere between the two.

"What a good atmosphere! After having Volna voluntarily abdicate and jumping off a high tower, the Elector actually still has the time to talk about love?"

"I thought that a warmonger like you who took the old madman Witch King as an example would be like him and have no idea what 'love' is?"

"Ah, or are you really the offspring of that old fellow when he was young and still had energy? Tell me, which mother's womb did you crawl out of?"

"I'm really curious about who this woman is who could make that guy Helhunzolen so obsessed with her."

"I must posthumously award her a first-class medal in front of the two queens! Praise her courage!"

"who!"

Who was it? She couldn't even sense his footsteps.

Qian's heart was filled with alarm bells, and he didn't even have time to get angry at the other party's vulgar words. He immediately handed Viviana in his arms to Chen Qi.

After Chen Qi held Viviana firmly, before he could see the figure of the person coming, he quickly moved to the armor placed next to the main hall and raised a halberd.

"Whoosh!"

The next second, there was a sound of breaking through the air, and the halberd pierced through the old man's body and embedded itself into the tiles on the ground.

However, under the gaze of Mace, the old man did not stop.

It seemed as if the halberd didn't touch his body at all, but just hit his shadow?

"This……"

For a moment, Rui Jian was stunned for a moment, but seeing the old man getting closer and closer to Chen Qi, she no longer hesitated.

The next moment, accompanied by a sound of breaking through the air, Mace had already raised his fist and rushed towards the unknown old man!

"Stupid, arrogant, and presumptuous."

"You only know how to solve problems with brute force and recklessness. Winning the championship title in Casimir doesn't make you smarter, does it?"

Just before the mace was about to hit the old man, his vulgar words were still lingering in the mace's ears.

"As expected, this wild boy's judgment of you is absolutely correct. You are only qualified to be an instructor. You are not qualified to do anything that requires your brain."

"Noisy!"

Finally, angered by the old man's words, Jian threw a punch angrily.

But the next second, her eyes were suddenly shrouded in darkness, and then quickly returned to light.

When he blinked again, the ground in front of Jian's eyes was close to the floor!

"This is……"

Although he didn't know how the old man did it, Jian now realized that this should be the old man's "Source Stone Skill"!

This ability is like...

It was as if she was "exiled" to another space by the old man, and then teleported out of that space.

"boom!"

He finally managed to gain his footing, and in the blink of an eye, the old man was standing in front of Chen Qi, looking into his eyes.

Only at this time did Jian and Chen Qi see the old man's full appearance.

He was an old man with long pointed ears and pale beard and hair.

His smart and well-fitting clothes proved that he had a high status in Leitania, but he did not have the long horns and animal ears that most people in Leitania had.

But none of this matters to the mace.

After two failed attempts, relying on his keen combat intuition, Jian has already vaguely figured out the correct way to fight this old man!

"If the body is false..."

"Then maybe the shadow is his real body!"

But this time, before the mace could rush forward again, Chen Qi suddenly spoke and interrupted her action.

"Don't waste your energy, Mace. If he wants to kill us, it will only take a moment."

"Well, it's okay. You are quite smart."

The old man nodded. Facing Chen Qi, the newly elected emperor, he acted like an elder. He looked around Chen Qi and after a good appreciation, he could not help but exclaimed in amazement:

"You look alike, too much alike. No wonder the boastful sheep and the gloomy sheep both suspect that you are Herhunzollon's biological son. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that you look so alike."

"What a pity! When I met Herhunzollon, he had already put all his desires in that area into his career and magic. Otherwise, I would really like to teach his own son a few magic spells."

"... Then, Mr. Qi, who has the same long horns as Herhunzollon and is his biological son."

"If you are really that guy's biological son, tell me, do you know me?"

The old man, who revealed Chen Qi's true identity in one sentence, stared at him straight, as if trying to draw out some memory from Chen Qi's eyes.

"of course."

After seeing it with his own eyes, Chen Qi, who already knew who the old man in front of him was, was not nervous at all.

He knew that the other party came for him, and even more so for the Witch King... that is, the country of Herhunzollon.

Therefore, he posed no threat to himself.

Even if I can convince the other party, he will be my helper.

"The mentor and best friend of the Witch King, the lich who created the 'music' of the entire Leithania with the Witch King, and one of the leaders of the Sarkaz Royal Court."

"Mr. Fremont, you came to see me because you have something to tell me, right?"

Fremont: "...Even among the Sarkaz, the number of people who know the identity of an old man like me can be counted on one hand."

"I just heard that a guy who is suspected to be the biological son of Herhunzollon became the elector, so I had to come out to support you."

"Now it turns out that you are really a threat. If those two bighorn sheep women are not careful, they might really capsize here."

Fremont looked at Chen Qi in front of him, who was smiling so calmly, and not only revealed his identity in one sentence, but also seemed to have guessed his thoughts.

For the second time in his hundreds of years of life, he felt that there was something he "could not figure out".

The first thing that gave Fremont this feeling was the Witch King's ability and upper limit.

"I read your book and it sounds like a warmongering person who has not received much education but is obsessed with solving problems through war."

"But since you want to be the emperor of Leithania, I naturally want to see if you are worthy of the position that Herhunzollon once sat on."

Fremont's tone became a little gentler, and he invited Chen Qi to sit next to him on the steps without any airs.

"Tell me about it, child."

"Where do you plan to take this country that Herhunzollon and I have built together?"

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Chapter 26 My answer is the answer of Sarkaz!

On the top floor of the tower, in the secret room where Volner once hid Viviana, Chen Qi brought Fremont here to respond to his plan for the future of Leitania...

"I won't change my mind on that, old Mr. Fremont."

Chen Qi personally brought the brewed black tea and spoke in an extremely tough tone to Fremont, who was listening without giving in:

"Lethania needs war, and the people of this country also need war to vent their dissatisfaction and anger. Since I promised to take back their dignity, I must do so."

"Only if I lead them to great victories can I make the people of Leitania believe in me and believe that they are truly at the top."

"Hmm, then what?"

Flemont took the tea without hesitation, still maintaining his straightforward and vulgar speaking style, and said:

"You want Leitania, who just experienced the Four Emperors' War, to start another war right away?"

"Let's not talk about that for now. If you want to take back Bolivar and Syracuse, will the people of these two countries resist? Do you really think the other major powers will sit back and watch?"

"In the Four Emperors' War, Leitania paid the highest price, but received the lowest reward. Besides, Leitania doesn't have that guy Herhunzoren in charge now."

"You can't compete with them militarily or economically. Can you beat Victoria's iron skin lump or Ursus's woolly bear army?"

"—You are wrong, old Mr. Fremont."

However, in response to Fremont's questioning, Chen Qi, who was a time traveler and had a clear understanding of the world structure of Terra, was more confident than this Lich Lord who had studied music and magic in Leithania for more than a hundred years.

"Now is the critical period for Leitania to take off."

"You are right. Leitania has lost the Witch King, a powerful being who transcends cognition."

"But in the final analysis, Leitania has only lost one of its top warriors in addition to its slow decline over the years."

"But what about Victoria and Ursus you mentioned? What kind of changes have they experienced over the years?"

As he spoke, Chen Qi, with an extremely confident look on his face, moved to the bookcase on his own under Fremont's gaze.

And under his feet was an area with the word "Victoria" written on it.

It turned out that under the feet of the two people in the room was a carpet made of a huge map of Terra.

Chen Qi looked at the vast territory of Victoria at his feet and said calmly:

"The Victorian throne has been vacant for a long time, ever since Victoria's emperor, Alistair II, was sent to the gallows."

"Eight dukes are all eyeing the throne, and they have their own agendas and are acting on their own."

"As for the Steam Knight..."

However, when Chen Qi talked about this war weapon, which was almost a Terra version of the Gundam, there was not a trace of fear in his tone.

"Under the circumstances, Mr. Fremont, do you believe that the eight Dukes of Victoria will unite for us?"

"Or is there a duke who is willing to send out valuable combat power like the Steam Knights to fight against us during this sensitive period?"

"Which of the two possibilities above do you think is more likely, or us taking back Bolivar and Syracuse without a single drop of blood under Victoria's nose?"

"Woo..."

After Chen Qi's question, even Fremont, the "Guardian of the Temple of Knowledge" among the Sarkaz, had to admit that his judgment was very accurate after a moment of silence.

"Those old cats in Victoria, after driving away all the dragons of the Tara Dynasty, didn't learn anything else, but they learned the struggle for power very thoroughly."

"At this time, let them work together. I would rather believe that Theresis and Theresia will rule together."

However, even so, Fremont did not choose to believe in Chen Qi's ability. He seemed to be testing Chen Qi's preparation and asked again in a bad mood:

"What about those bear cubs in Ursus? They have always been a group of war maniacs."

"Really? In my opinion, their current situation is just like a dragon and a phoenix compared to Victoria."

Faced with the question that Fremont threw out, Chen Qike was not stumped at all.

He turned and walked towards the vast territory with the word "Ursus" printed on it on the carpet, and said calmly: