The nun with black stockings is actually a boy?

Osius shook his head slightly. "I don't know either, but they must be more enlightened and powerful than us."

"Then why did they disappear?" Valorna asked again a question that was not a question.

Osius fell silent.

He didn't know either, but now they had to rely on these lost things to save Rome and buy time for the people of Rome to escape.

Osius walked over to the mechanical chair and sat down holding the left armrest.

"I am a human being, and I am applying to initiate the final agreement." Osius shouted to the electronic holographic screen.

"Test passed, confirmed to be human."

After the electronic broadcast ended, a pop-up window appeared on the electronic holographic screen, indicating whether to start the protocol.

Osius reached out and clicked the confirm button.

The final human agreement is launched.

Roman, who was standing under the throne, suddenly straightened his chest, and a large number of digital symbols appeared in his eyes.

A screen also popped up above the throne, with various terms flowing on it, all the way to the end.

Then a word familiar to Roma appeared on the screen.

"Long live humanity!"

The next one is "Long live humanity" in English, followed by French, Russian... and so on, at an increasingly faster speed, and the core meaning is all "Long live humanity".

A total of 5561, covering all known human languages of the last era.

"The hangar storage capacity is 30% remaining, allowing the deployment of underground Federation mechas."

"The arsenal has one percent of its inventory remaining. Strategic weapons are already empty. Activate conventional ammunition."

"The Earth Federation will live forever, and long live humanity."

"We are bugs, but not insects!"

As the last line of words fell, the Roma's operation reached its limit and fell to the ground fragilely.

"Finally, I won't have to sleep in suspense again... No, this time it's eternal sleep."

"Teacher Hai...Sister Anna...Mom."

"What a pity! I won't be able to see my other sleeping companions, nor will I be able to see you either."

"Good night."

Roma muttered a few words under his breath, then slowly closed his eyes. The machinery in his brain gradually slowed down, about to stop...

clatter! clatter!

Merlin, covered in wounds and with bruises on his head, limped here and took out a Rubik's Cube from his arms.

"Damn it! The boss wants me to clean up the mess again! I just want to get out of this place of life and death!"

Merlin threw the Rubik's Cube in front of the Roma with tears and snot.

The next moment, the Rubik's Cube expanded rapidly, covering the Roma. The Roma inside the Rubik's Cube suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at Merlin in disbelief, but this was also her last action, because she seemed to be frozen, and time could not flow for her.

She was frozen in the last moment before death.

"I'm sorry, little girl, the boss said you still need it, and you can't freeze it." Merlin pinched his right hand slightly, and the Rubik's Cube and the Roman Cube shrank to the size of a fist.

Merlin quickly put away the Rubik's Cube and glanced at the laboratory behind the throne, his eyes full of admiration.

"Although humanity has failed many times, it is because of heroes like you that we humans have been able to survive and survive for ten thousand years despite our defeats in this chess game."

"I'm sorry, I can't save you."

"Helen is dead too. We lost this time."

"But what if we wait another ten thousand years?"

Merlin looked outside the palace with great reluctance, then limped out of the palace with his staff.

Helen's death was not only a great defeat for Rome, but also a great defeat for their Scourge Watchers.

The trip to Rome was a complete failure.

At this moment, outside the palace, Hogg Thunderheart was leading the goblin troops to rush into the palace.

Although there were still players resisting in the lower city, with the joining of the Third Army of Goblins, the players were basically wiped out. In order to protect the Beacon of Hope, all guild leader players immediately took the Beacon of Hope and went offline.

This resulted in players no longer having a resurrection point, and they could only huddle together in certain alleys in the city, where being wiped out was only a matter of time.

The merchants and remaining nobles in the upper city directly opened the city gates and knelt on the roadside to welcome the goblins into the city.

"Our Emperor, Hogg Thunderheart, will rule Rome forever!"

Several nobles on the roadside started shouting first, and then the whole street cheered and lined the streets to welcome the goblin troops entering the city.

Julian, who was in the team, laughed loudly; he won the bet.

The leader, Hogg Thunderheart, had no interest at all and urged his horse to gallop towards the palace.

"The Roma must be obtained. The legacy within is what the Gear Cult and I seek."

He had a bad feeling.

Chapter 144: Bloom, Black Rose! [Happy New Year]

When Hogg Thunderheart and his guards arrived at the palace, it had changed drastically, no longer the scene it once was when he was a foreign leader paying a visit.

Although the buildings here were still old at that time, they were still shining. Constantine XI was in high spirits, his children were all full of confidence, and even the prime minister Osius had a gentle face.

The restoration of Rome seemed to be about to happen again, but unfortunately, it was all interrupted by the old aristocratic group and him personally.

Now, all of this is gone, and everything comes to an end today.

"Where's Wachka?" Hogg Thunderheart called out.

Covered in blood, Wochka stood up and saluted Hogg Thunderheart, "I am here."

"Choose some trusted guards to guard the entrance to the palace. Make sure no other soldiers get in here," Hogg Leixin ordered. "Then choose another group to follow me."

"Yes." Wojika immediately obeyed the order.

Now that the goblins have completely taken control of Constantinople, the goblin soldiers have become more active and no longer focus on fighting or maintaining order, but on burning, killing and looting.

The officers also turned a blind eye, accepted gifts from their soldiers in proportion, and completed their tasks selectively.

In order to rule Rome, Hogg Thunderheart enforced military discipline too strictly, causing the goblin soldiers to be suppressed too much. Now that they have come to the prosperous big city, the soldiers' desires can no longer be suppressed.

Therefore, Hogg Leixin did not want to intervene, nor did he dare to intervene. He could only choose some important buildings and let the guards guard them, and let his soldiers plunder the rest.

After taking care of everything that remained, Hogg Thunderheart led the guards led by Wochka to the depths of the palace. After failing to find Eudocia or Irina in any of the bedrooms, Hogg Thunderheart gave up his fantasy.

He asked someone to arrange Helen's funeral, requesting a cenotaph according to the queen's standards (to argue for Helen's claim), and then led his troops to the cabinet meeting hall.

bang——

bang——

As soon as he arrived here, he heard the guards exchanging fire with people inside, which made him anxiously ask about the situation.

It was soon learned that it was an old woman who resisted with a gun.

"Stop firing, it should be Lady Valorna, the Imperial Ink Officer." Hogg Leixin waved his hand, and then took Wochka and his party straight into the cabinet meeting hall, where they saw Valorna standing next to the Golden Throne.

"What's that room behind the throne?" Hogg Thunderheart pressed. "Is it the Rome?"

"No, the real Roma is no longer here."

The throne slowly lowered, revealing the room behind it, which was a high-tech mechanical room, and Osius sat on the chair in the middle.

Hogg Thunderheart and Wochika were both stunned. They never expected that the Eastern Roman Empire also had things left over from the previous era.

"Prime Minister Osius, I have no intention of harming you. I hope you will continue to serve as an official of New Rome." Hogg Leixin extended an invitation to Osius.

Osius chuckled, took out a musket from his arms and pointed it at Hog Thunderheart.

slam-la-

The surrounding guards also raised their weapons synchronously, and some even stood directly in front of Hogg Thunderheart.

"Rome had emperors who died in battle, but no emperors who surrendered, so this is what the prime minister should do!" Osius opened the safety pin.

Hogg Thunderheart sighed and closed his eyes slightly.

Wojka stepped forward sensibly and said, "Give these two heroes the proper respect they deserve!"

slam-la-

The goblin guards raised their magic muskets and aimed them at Osius and Valorna.

"For Rome!" Osius, sitting on the mechanical throne, pulled the trigger.

The same is true for Valorna.

bang——

bang——

bang——

Valorna fell in a pool of blood, and Osius, sitting on the mechanical throne, was dying.

Hogg Thunderheart stepped over the two goblin corpses and came to Osius.

"Tell me where the Roma went, and I will give you and Lady Valorna the funeral you deserve." Hogg Thunderheart looked down at Osius.

Osius smiled miserably, then slowly closed his eyes.

At this moment, his consciousness was about to disappear, but he had no fear of death at all, only worry.

Worried about the people, worried about the children, worried about the future of Rome.

Too bad I can't see the future.

With this regret, Osius slowly closed his eyes, ready to sleep forever...

During his long sleep, he seemed to have a dream. A tall man with golden light all over his body walked up to him and said that he would take him to a place where he was still needed.

"Ok?"

Vochika, who was guarding the door, looked at the bodies of Osius and Valorna in confusion.

"What's wrong?" asked Hogg Thunderheart, who was standing aside and directing his men to plunder.

Vodka knelt on one knee and said, "Your Majesty, this is a bit strange. Normally, after a person dies, their soul will be separated from the body and then dissipate. But in the bodies of these two people... their souls are gone."

"The soul is gone?" Hog Lei wondered.

Wochka nodded: "Yes, I didn't sense any fluctuations in the soul. It was as if the soul had already disappeared at the moment before their death."

Hog Thunderheart touched his chin and said, "Let's ask the extraordinary people from the Soul Faction to come and take a look."

Wojcika said yes and turned to leave the cabinet meeting room.

Rumbling--

Suddenly, there was an earthquake and Hogg Thunderheart almost fell to the ground.

"What's going on?" Hogg Thunderheart asked.

"Your Majesty, a series of explosions are occurring in various locations in the upper city. At the same time, more than a dozen flying machines have appeared in the sky. They are specifically targeting us goblins!"

A goblin guard ran into the palace anxiously to report.

Hog Thunderheart and Wochka, who had not yet left, subconsciously glanced at Osius's body.

"Haha, so this is the gift you gave me? It really makes me happy!" Hogg Thunderheart growled, and then instructed all the extraordinary people to leave the palace immediately to deal with it.

……

Uptown.