Can't I develop my own character?

Wars of faith are often the most tragic.

Ryan touched his chin. The old emperor was bound to be overthrown, but he did not intend to let those religious forces run rampant in his empire. What was the use of believing in God? If you wanted to believe, believe in the emperor!

Of course, we can't just dismiss them all, at least not right now. Without strength, what the hell is the golden mean? Haha~ When my alts are all over the continent and they all become empresses, then all those Janus and sun gods will be defeated!

"Come to think of it, why have we never seen the Pope show up?"

Ryan looked at the game interface. Lin Qi had just contacted the Pope, but until now the Pope had communicated through relics, including before Lin Qi became the Saint, and the same was true for other people in the Janus Gate when receiving orders.

But the official gave Sylvia information, confirming that there was such a person, and he was a very big person.

Unfortunately, because the Pope is a late-game boss, Ryan didn't read much information about her and only looked at her portrait. He still feels like his brain was screwed.

This game is so popular for a reason!

The time for going to the Augustus Empire is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. Lin Qi walked out of the headquarters and walked on the streets of Saint Gro City.

Compared to the chaos of other cities, the order in San Gloria is particularly stable. Noble status is not very useful here. The entire city is managed by the Gate of Janus, so only those with religious identities can enjoy special rights.

Of course, nobles can show their reverence for God through "donations". Honors gained through fundraising can allow them to enjoy corresponding rights at the Gate of Janus, such as having the high priest answer your questions privately when you go to the church.

Clean, tidy, peaceful and friendly, through the perspective of 'Lin Qi', Ryan actually saw a scene of a very high level of civilization in this city. There was no class oppression, the nobles were humble, and the common people were not humble either. People of all classes enjoyed the same legal protection here.

"It's truly a utopia. No wonder Janus Gate is so popular among the common people."

Class oppression has always been a huge mountain weighing on the heads of ordinary people.

However, although the Janus Gate advocates this kind of equality, it does not interfere in the internal situation of each country. You suppress yours, and I promote ours. This leads to many civilians who come into contact with the Janus Gate being more easily guided by their thoughts.

It is just because the aristocracy in each country holds more than 90% of the power, so the tendencies of the common people will not have any impact on the political power of each country for the time being.

But Ryan felt that the people were the foundation. With people, everything was possible. Rights, honor, and benefits—aren't they all created by people? So, there was a good chance something was going to go wrong.

And at this time.

The eldest wife, Lin Qi, crossed the street and arrived at St. Marian's College, an elegant school, about half an hour later.

"Lady Saint, you are here again."

The Paladin in charge of guarding the gate bowed slightly to Lin Qi.

St. Marian was founded by the Janus Gate, so the guards here are all paladins, and the teachers of the academy are either from the Janus Gate, or have a good relationship with the Janus Gate and enjoy an "honorary" position. For example, Heino is an honorary bishop.

Otherwise, she would not have been able to persuade the cardinal to come forward, as half of her network of contacts was built on the basis of the Gate of Janus.

The reason why Lin Qi came here was to find a secret - Vice President Hainuo's biggest secret!

In the main storyline of the August Empire, Hainuo later joined the team, but the opportunity for her to be conquered by the protagonist had nothing to do with the empire. Instead, the protagonist discovered her secret and was then controlled by her.

No one knows that this vice president is actually a believer of the 'God of Desire'!!!

As we all know, extraordinary people do not necessarily believe in the gods corresponding to their professions. For example, in the Fire Covenant, there are many extraordinary people of other professions who believe in the sun god.

The extraordinary profession is just a way of obtaining power through the relic of job transfer, allowing the extraordinary people to use the power of that path, and has nothing to do with their own beliefs.

It's like, although the old emperor of the Augustus Empire was a descendant of the Blood God, he did not believe in the Blood God...at least that was the case before.

Although generally speaking, believing in the gods of the corresponding path can better gain professional power, there are always exceptions.

God doesn't care about the thoughts of a small minion. After the first "traitor" appeared, there were more and more examples of these extraordinary people believing in other paths.

However, this situation is rare in foreign religions. For example, the Blood Cult is basically composed of Blood God believers, a group of fanatics who shout for "blood sacrifice to the Blood God".

As for Hainuo, strictly speaking, she is not a believer in the God of Desire. It is just because she is involved in alchemical research on puppets that she falls into the trap of "desire" step by step.

Hainuo has been committed to a research - that is to give puppets their own thoughts.

In ancient alchemy, there were puppets that looked almost the same as humans and had the same thinking ability as humans. Unfortunately, this technology disappeared before the "Golden Dawn" era and was buried in the dust of time.

Hainuo obtained some puppet technology from a relic, so her puppetry skills are so strong. Unfortunately, she has never known how to make the puppet move independently like a human.

Until she thought of a way - to infuse human desires and thoughts into the puppet's body!

This is not a wildly imaginative idea, and it is entirely possible to achieve in a world with extraordinary powers. However, obtaining desires is not the ability of the Holy Word Mage. The power of the Holy Word Mage comes from the Janus Path. Although it is very awesome, there are some things that cannot be done without professional expertise.

So on a stormy night, Hainuo reached out to the forbidden power.

In fact, after she had that strong idea, she had already been targeted by desire, but Hainuo had been rejecting it.

After obtaining that power, he secretly used the power of desire in puppet research. Ryan had previously checked the batch of puppets given by Hainuo and found that they had no thoughts. He didn't know whether this "big" sister had succeeded.

"I remember from the game data that Hai Nuo forced out her desires and sealed them away in a relic."

Ryan rubbed his chin.

Desires are forced out.

Well, that's right.

Even Hainuo, a seventh-level transcendent, cannot resist the power of desire. According to official descriptions, the God of Desire is always immersed in teasing those who are affected by power. For a serious magician like Hainuo, the price the God gets from her is "lust".

If Hai Nuo were to use the power of desire, her lust would continue to grow until it became uncontrollable and she would completely degenerate into a person addicted to desire!

He is truly the chosen one of the God of Slaanesh.

Look! Why is this vice president so popular? Because he's so spicy!

However, in order to solve this problem, Hainuo went to great lengths to find a relic that could carry her inner desires - the Pot of Greed.

The key to conquering Hainuo in the game is this thing. If you can't find the Pot of Greed to activate the 'You Don't Want Mode', you can only slowly grind his favorability, which is long, tedious, and boring, so 100% of players will take shortcuts.

Mr. Dean, you don’t want your HS activities to be discovered, right?

"Strange, I remember the information said it was at the residence."

After Lin Qi entered the academy, he went straight to Hai Nuo's residence. Because he was the vice president, he had a large family and enjoyed a piece of land and a single-family mansion.

Hai Nuo was away on a long trip, and a barrier was set up outside to prevent outsiders from entering. However, because of his status as the vice president, basically no one dared to approach, let alone break in privately.

But Lin Qi dared.

Is there anything she dare not do? Nothing.

At this time, Lin Qi came to the barrier, cast the Forbidden Magic Field and squeezed in.

The Forbidden Magic Field cannot eliminate this barrier, but it can protect Lin Qi, and then move in little by little. This takes a long time, more than ten minutes. If Lin Qi hadn't tried it himself, Ryan wouldn't have known that the Forbidden Magic Field could be used in this way.

However, the power of the barrier is not only to block, but also to cause strong mental interference. When Lin Qi was about to pass through the barrier, an invisible force suddenly descended and penetrated into her soul.

But soon, this power was offset by the Janus Blessing released by Lin Qi.

As a special skill chosen by God, Hai Nuo, a small dean, can easily master it.

However, the cooldown time for the mental immunity of Janus's blessing is as long as 24 hours, so Lin Qi can only come in once a day.

“It’s like a battle every time I come in.”

Ryan couldn't help but complain.

on the screen.

'Lin Qi' entered the courtyard of the residence and began to search everywhere.

In fact, the entire house has been searched. There must be a barrier of the other world in this place. Of course, it is also possible that Hainuo brought the Pot of Greed with him.

However, that thing has a side effect. Although it can absorb and store desires, it can also invisibly affect the people around it, so it is very troublesome to carry it with you.

Originally, this relic was taken from a high priest in the City of Desire. The high priest collected desires and secretly released them in a city, making everyone in the city immersed in the desire. In the end, Hainuo killed him and took away the Pot of Greed.

Of course, this thing is not only used to collect SeSe, but also other desires. It can be released after being strengthened. It is a "very scary" relic.

As for the 'City of Desire', no one knows where it is. Rumor has it that it is a city where desire is free, managed by a person called the 'City Lord'. Only qualified desire believers will be selected to join the City of Desire.

"Forget it if you can't find it."

After watching for a while, Ryan was a little confused. He had originally planned to use the Pot of Greed to get through Vice President Hainuo's back door to add bargaining chips to Augustus's plan.

But if you can't find it, you'll have to think of other ways.

However, Lin Qi should be good at finding things. For example, last time at the Janus Miracle, he searched for so many days and never gave up, and finally found it.

With beautiful fantasies, Ryan yawned and fell asleep without even closing the game interface.

Just as he fell asleep, Lin Qi touched a certain mechanism, and then a secret door in Hainuo's room was opened.

......

Ryan slept from noon to dusk. He had not had much rest in the past two days due to the busy travel. After he had a good sleep, he sat on the bed for a full ten minutes.

Looking at Lin Qi who had already started to return to Janus headquarters, and looking at the Pot of Greed in Lin Qi's backpack, Ryan once suspected that he was still dreaming.

The idle records showed that 'Lin Qi' found a secret room, and then found a hidden folding space inside it. Finally, after three hours of puzzle solving, she found the Pot of Greed!

That is to say, it also belongs to the Janus route, otherwise Lin Qi would not be able to crack Hainuo's arrangement at all, but even so, it is quite awesome. Ryan couldn't help but sigh, "My wife is really great."

"That's great. Bring Hainuo here at the critical moment. Without this trump card, Kasradi's chances of winning will drop sharply. If she switches sides and supports Weiner, it will be easier. As for the Grand Duke, with Ina here, there's no need to rush."

Desire is something that cannot be controlled by strength alone. Dean Hainuo, you don’t want to be a guy who is only capable of being shy, right?

disobedient?

Then open the pot of greed and turn you into a mz!

The system backpack is different from an ordinary storage bag. The Pot of Greed will still work when placed in a storage bag, but it will be like being sealed when placed in a system backpack.

Ryan, in a good mood, simply washed up and prepared to eat something, and by the way, take a look at the situation in Astor City. When he woke up Amabena from next door, the blond scholar was still sleeping in a daze.

Yes, she had been on the run for several days, with neither good food to eat nor warm sleep. As a king, she lived worse than a beggar. Now, she hugged Ryan's thigh tightly and went to heaven in a second. She had to make up for it.

"where are we going?"

Fully armed, Amabena followed Ryan downstairs.

"Wandering around town."

"Walk around? What for?"

"Of course, it depends on the current situation. Whether the country is in chaos or not depends on the border. However, sometimes the border is more stable than the interior. What does this mean? It means civil unrest has broken out. But what does this have to do with these border nobles? The struggle for power is happening near the royal city. Therefore, these lords who are not involved in the war are naturally important pawns in your efforts to stabilize your regime. Do you understand?"

Amabena: OvO

what are you talking about?

"not understand?"

Under Ryan's puzzled gaze, the king took out paper and pen and wrote down everything Ryan had just said.

"Although I don't quite understand what you said, I think it makes sense, so I'm going to write it down."

Ryan nodded approvingly. Although the kid wasn't very smart, he was still very hardworking.

Thinking this, Amabena continued, "Write this down and show it to my child when the time comes. This will teach him/her how to govern the country."

Ryan: “???”

"Don't you want to learn it yourself?"

"I've completely lost my way," Amabena said. "Sir Ryan, I think it was a wise decision to sign that contract with you!"

Ryan's mouth twitched slightly, thinking to himself, why do I feel like I'm the one being sold and counting the money?

Is this guy Liu Chan II?

The game doesn't say that either.

Wait, if this guy is Liu Chan, then what am I? Prime Minister?

Never mind, I'll just get a kingdom for free anyway.

After eating something on the street, Ryan walked around the streets of Astor City and found that it was actually quite prosperous.

You can tell whether a place is good or not by looking at it at night.

A city with a rich nightlife must have a prosperous economy.

On the contrary, in such a heavy place, a coin dropped on the ground would attract a hundred people to scramble for it.

Generally speaking, the situation in Astor City is surprisingly similar to that in Berman City. You have to know that this is a border city. The fact that it has developed to this point shows that the lord of this place is a very capable person.

"You ask here. Let me think... Oh, it's the territory of Viscount Anjia. Her family is a hereditary viscount and has been managing Astor. But her father is a spendthrift like my father. It was not until she took over as the lord that the situation in Astor gradually improved." Amabena said.

"So the underwear... ahem~ is clean?"

"foundation?"

"She didn't turn to anyone, did she?"

"No, she never participated in power struggles, but I'm afraid she doesn't quite recognize me as the king."