Can't I develop my own character?

As the Fire Covenant's spokesperson in the southern border, didn't his death give the old emperor an excuse? Originally, the old emperor had wanted to use him to deal with Magna and Casradi. Now, poof! He was gone, and the southern border was also lost. This was the best opportunity for the old emperor to break Casradi's momentum.

Anyway, the old emperor is almost crazy, so it’s not surprising that he does something.

If he speeds up his frantic pace and the Janus Gate enters just in time, then the Augustus melee can be fully launched.

And Ryan, having accomplished his mission, retired and controlled everything behind the scenes.

'Ina' and 'Vine' will continue to represent him, while 'Charlie' will directly initiate the Holy Blood Plan to accumulate strength.

Developing the Holy Blood Legion to help Kasradi fight for the throne? He never thought about what benefits this would bring to him.

And if this continues, the Janus Gate will try "Charlie" as a heretic.

It just so happened that the Holy Blood Legion led by 'Xia Li' had already taken shape, and Ryan had never let the main force of the Holy Blood return to Silver Front City. By then, 'Xia Li' and this force would become one of his trump cards in the competition in Augustus.

Even more so, the Holy Blood could develop into a Blood God power that would gradually replace the Blood Archbishop... Well, everyone should have a dream, right? What's the difference between having no dreams and being a salted fish?

As for Augustus' throne.

'Weinei' is the emperor that everyone wants!

So, Ryan's plan starts!

The blood began to spread silently from around the big stage.

By the time everyone reacted, a huge blood-red pattern had already formed.

"This is..."

Hai Nuo raised his head and looked at the formation that suddenly appeared on the stage. His expression changed slightly: "Blood God Sacrifice?!"

“What a strong smell of blood!”

"There's something under this stage!"

“Blood! Blood!”

Gululu~

The soldiers around the stage screamed and stepped back, only to see a large amount of bright red spilling out from under the stage.

"The great Blood God Doclodes, your glory illuminates the chaotic space. At this moment, the name of war will be interpreted. In the name of the Bloody Butcher 'Barton', I beg you to bring great power here and dye the world map with a noble blood red..."

Hiss~~

As 'Shari' continued to chant, blood-red lightning danced on the stage, and as everyone was astonished, a deep rift in the other world was torn open!

"Patton! Bloody Butcher Patton!"

"That guy is a demon!"

There were exclamations from all around.

Shali held a blood-red greatsword in hand, her expression cold and aloof. "The will to war has enveloped the August Empire. Even your Majesty has pledged allegiance to the Blood God. What are you still clinging to? Loyalty? Love? Absurd! Since disguise is no longer necessary, then tear off the mask."

She looked at Magna and Kasradi and said with an arrogant smile, "Angry? It means nothing to me. This is an order from your Majesty. The Southern Territory should have been under his control. Unfortunately, when Ryan chose to disobey his order, this moment was already doomed."

Hainuo's expression changed slightly: "You are a demon from the Blood God Legion!"

Shirley didn't answer. She walked towards the rift in the other world.

"Go to hell!"

Maganna suddenly rushed out and chopped down with her battle axe.

She doesn't care about demons or Pattons, let them all die!

boom! ! !

The terrifying force was blocked by an invisible shield.

Maganna was stunned, and suddenly felt that this was very familiar.

Landry's Asylum

【Quality: Special Item】

[Effect: Recharges energy and resists attacks. Cooldown time: 15 days]

Isn't this the life-saving talisman she gave Ryan? !

This guy actually stole Ryan’s things!

Boom! ~~

The collision of forces created a terrible aftermath, shattering the entire stage. The next moment, the blood mercenaries hiding under the stage immediately rushed out.

"Magna, huh~ I'm waiting for you to come for revenge in the imperial capital."

Throwing down a few words, 'Xali' carried Ryan's body, stepped into the crack of the other world and disappeared.

Hiss!

Blood-red electric light flickered, and the cracks in the inner world that had lost the power to maintain it collapsed.

Maganna, who was tearing the blood mercenary apart, was going crazy.

"Asshole! Stop right there!!!"

"Iron Blood Legion, listen up! Assemble your forces and attack Barron!!!"

...

...

Uh-huh! ~

'Shirley' appeared in the other world.

The bloody sky, the desolate earth, and the familiar... Bloody Hand Butcher Altar.

That’s right, this is the inner world space where the Bloody Hand Butcher’s altar was located, which was discovered by ‘Vene’.

As the sacrificial power was collected, 'Xia Li' found a way to cross the space of the other world and return here after studying the altar array pattern... In fact, she used the same method as the group of singers who summoned her. The array remained in the underground space outside Yinfeng City until she destroyed it later.

After putting Ryan down, 'Xia Li' injected magic power and took out an ugly little doll from the former's body.

【Death Puppet】

【Quality: Special Item】

[Effect: Can prevent damage and put the user into 'death'.]

"call!"

"Alive, alive!"

Ryan sat up in shock from his dying state, and took a few breaths before feeling better. "It's so fucking weird. I'm conscious but I can't move at all. I'm suffocating."

He stood up from the ground, stretched his body, and felt no discomfort.

"It seems everything went smoothly. This sacrifice is really good. It saved a precious magic scroll."

Ryan nodded with satisfaction. If the sacrifice didn't work or was stopped, he would have to use the magic scroll that Janus passed by. But that thing was disposable and would be gone once used. It was too precious.

"Well done, Bloody Butcher Charlie." Ryan smiled and patted Charlie's shoulder.

"Don't be too happy too soon. Yinfeng City should be in complete chaos now."

"It's better to have chaos. If there is no chaos in the world, how can we have a chance?" Ryan chuckled.

Augustus was already in chaos, could it be that they were just playing house before?

"Let's go, get out of here first and reunite with the Holy Blood Legion."

As he said this, Ryan opened the game and switched to 'Weine's' perspective.

Xia Li's successful retreat caught everyone by surprise. After the blood mercenaries who were blocking the way were killed, the two sides once again exchanged friendly greetings.

Maganna cursed Casradi's father eighteen times, but Casradi did not refute her because she did not expect that her father was actually in control of everything?

Ryan was not worried at all that they would suspect him, because there was no point in suspecting him, as there would be no evidence!

He is already 'dead', 'Xia Li' is gone too, the power of the Blood God is there, and the power 'Xia Li' has used so far is the best proof - even the Blood God priests can do it, so isn't it certain!

The blame was still put on him. Even if the old emperor said it was not the case, it would be useless, because in the huge Augustus Empire, who else would think of killing Ryan except the old emperor?

More importantly, 'Charlie' was promoted by the old emperor and was directly given the title of Viscount. Casladi had doubts at first, but Ryan later dispelled her doubts.

"The Grand Duke still loves me."

Looking at Maganna's angry expression in the picture, if the Iron Blood Legion was not here, Ryan suspected that she would even order a massacre!

In the end, after cursing loudly, Maganna led the Western Territory team away angrily and headed towards the train station.

Casradi stayed behind to appease the nobles of the southern border. With Vinay around, they wouldn't rebel against her. Casradi immediately announced that the entire city would mourn for three days in memory of Ryan, and she would personally organize his funeral.

"Your Highness, Ryan is very likely Magna's man. Do we still need to arrange a funeral for him?"

Outside the ruined castle, 'Vine' walked up to Casradi and asked.

"You're wrong. Ryan has always been my subordinate." Kasradi shook her head. "Don't erase Ryan's achievements just because of a few words from Maganna. She's just angry and frustrated."

"So what are you going to do next, Your Highness?"

"Let's bury Ryan first." Casradi lowered his eyes. "Father has gone completely mad. He actually chose to collude with the demon army. I should have realized that there was something strange about Xia Li's power and shouldn't have relied on luck. It's all my fault."

She had actually doubted the power of 'Xia Li'. The Holy Blood Legion was too strange. There were many rumors in the southern border saying that it was a demonic legion.

"There's no point in dwelling on these things now." Hai Nuo walked over. "I just studied that sacrifice. It leads to the Chaos Dimension, and I can't track its exact location. The most urgent task is to prevent the Imperial Capital from taking action. Ryan is an investigator for the Fire Covenant... I now feel that your father suddenly promoted him to a Level 5 investigator, perhaps intending to use his life to provoke conflict."

Casradi was stunned. Thinking about it this way, it was indeed...as if he understood a lot of things all at once.

"No wonder, the promotion of Zhuhuo has always been strict. It doesn't make sense for father to suddenly promote Ryan... Father, have you decided to take action against your daughter?" Casladi let out a long breath, and at this moment the last bit of hesitation in her heart disappeared.

"Weinei, Silver Edge City will be managed by you from now on. I will never let this matter go. After Ryan's funeral..." Casradi said in a deep voice, "Let's start the war!"

...

the other side.

Maganna got on the train with a cold expression and started her journey back to the West.

"Grand Duke...are you alright?"

Iverson, who was accompanying him, asked cautiously.

They were really not used to the Grand Duke suddenly not saying anything.

"I...I'm fine, I just..." Magna was silent for a while, "I just feel a little uncomfortable."

Uncomfortable?

Iverson and others looked at each other.

What is this?

They understood the Grand Duke and knew that he would never be sad because of someone's death. It was not because the Grand Duke was heartless, but because every member of the Iron-Blooded Army had made up their minds before stepping onto the battlefield.

Fighting is the only thing they have to do. There is no time to be sad. They just have to try their best to survive and defeat their opponents.

Even Maganna herself told everyone that if she died in battle, they should not be sad, but let their anger turn into motivation to move forward, and the Iron Blood Legion would never retreat!

"It seems that the Ryan brothers can still make the public happy." Iverson thought to himself, and then asked everyone else to leave.

Two days later.

The Western Territory nobles returned safely. Maganna arranged a funeral for Ryan and erected a tombstone on the high mountains north of Childe City. Maganna personally inscribed a line of words on it - "The most loyal minister, the Grand Duke's fiancé, Ryan Basque"

"Ryan, Ryan, you died before I even saw me become the empress... How despicable!"

"Just wait, I will personally twist off that old man's head and avenge you!"

Magna stood in front of the tombstone.

Suddenly I felt someone approaching.

She turned around, a hint of doubt flashing in her cold eyes: "Why is it you?"

Ina walked over, bowed slightly, and said, "Grand Duke Maganna, by Lord Ryan's command, after his death, I will help you ascend the throne in his place."

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