Steel steam and flame

"No matter who it is, they all want it. The forces from all directions are also constantly putting pressure on the Qilaandi family and that crazy girl. But it has not been effective yet. This situation has instead created a situation where we can breathe. time." Lumi took back the document signed by the Holy Emperor, mentally estimated the specific time, and prepared to sit for a while before leaving. This may be the only place where you can relax your body from stress.

The Holy Emperor across the table smiled, looked at Lumi who was sweating and asked: "Do you need some cold water? You know I don't have wine here. Although most of the reason is due to my position, I have always been a non-drinker. Just the fact that it exists. You know it.”

Suddenly thinking of something, both of their faces turned dull at the same time, and the aging represented by wrinkles suddenly appeared on their faces. Just like the withered grass blown yellow by the autumn wind overnight, or the white snow piled up overnight.

"No need. After working in the Holy Emperor's Hall for so many years, I have already given up on things that I can't give up." Lumi shook his head, "As long as you go step by step and be careful, nothing is impossible. Even if the empire is like this It is not impossible to destroy such a huge machine."

The words suddenly spoken were unclear, and perhaps only the Holy Emperor opposite could know the meaning.

"I know that even if you forget, I will not forget." The Holy Emperor said, "The price we have to pay back to those people is not shared by the two of us. The people who came to Manoma in the first place were three Yes. Now I can only hope that many of the preparations left by the previous generations of Holy Emperors are effective. The efforts they made and the things they did not dare to implement can just be realized by the two of us who have given up our freedom. . The previous generations of Holy Emperors were all thinking about how to save themselves from the cage. Many things were regarded as taboo by them, and they did not dare to touch or consider them, for fear of ending their own little life in advance. A life like a puppet. Fortunately, we are not in that mood. Otherwise, I think that like the previous generations of Holy Emperors, this will be our biggest obstacle. If possible, I would prefer those who are recorded on the tucked pages. It’s true.”

"After all, it is something called the ultimate energy. Compared with it, the control of dragons in the empire is already very strict, but as long as the status in the empire reaches a certain level, or the money reaches a certain level, If there is a number, there will be people who will go out of their way to find them and reveal the secrets of dragons. The number of dragon organizations flowing into the dark world through major forces is already quite considerable. As long as someone leads the way and is willing to spend the money, their operation The specifications can even meet the internal standards of major forces." Lumi said, with a look of regret on his face. They knew about creatures like dragons and the related effects of surgery. Because of his special status, he may never have anything to do with them. "We used to think that in the empire, as long as we have power, we can get everything we want. But then we were wrong."

"Then we realized that just having power is not enough, we also need a huge amount of money, and we need to cooperate with each other to get everything we want." The Holy Emperor continued, with a smile on his face. This conversation made them The two seemed to have gone back to the past. "That period really made us realize the power of money, which is indeed more powerful than the cold gun barrel."

The faces of the two people were once again hidden in the darkness under the light and shadow.

"Later something happened to Zheniya, and we discovered that on top of the money that had been reduced to numbers, there was something called power. At that time, we were helpless and couldn't find any help. Even though we spent all our money, the result was already It is irreversible. We failed completely in front of it, and we didn't even have a chance to scratch their skin." The Holy Emperor stared straight at the table and said, "So at that time, we relied on our own outstanding abilities to survive. , but transformed into puppets, and have been growing old like us now. But even though we still have the rights in our dreams, our mood is different from what we were back then."

Lumi turned his head and looked at the patterns on the light brown carpet on the ground. "It doesn't matter what your mood is. It's ridiculous. One is the contemporary Holy Emperor and the other is the director of the church, but neither of them believes in gods." People." He raised his head at this time, "But now I still have to pray to the non-existent gods, and pray that the things on those pages are true. Only in this way can the farce of the empire be presented in the way we most want to see. Way to end!”

"Is it possible for me to be the only person praying?" The Holy Emperor squinted his eyes and continued what he just said, "That is something that cannot be obtained even if you combine power, money and strength. After sitting in this position for so long, I am just I’ve heard of that kind of thing. When I talked to the veterans of the Three Primary Colors Company, I got almost zero answers.”

"Compared with the surgeries that have been rampant in the upper echelons of the empire, there must be something more secret than dragon creatures. The reason why the empire is an empire, we don't all think that its existence is not solely dependent on dragons and analysis machines. Have they supported it until now? Perhaps when the Empire was established, they played the most important role. But after the Empire stabilized and developed, when the Empire entered the eyes of the forces of the Left and Right Continent, why did it not attract the attention of the two powers? Instead, they could only maintain a laissez-faire attitude toward the destruction of the empire, allowing the empire to develop slowly on the Houxiang Continent bit by bit, gradually growing stronger and becoming what it is today." Lumi seemed to be questioning himself.

"The Empire is not a child who is willing to calm down and listen to other people's words. It is impossible for the forces on the Left Prime Minister and Right Prime Minister Continent to fail to realize that allowing the Empire to develop on the Hou Prime Minister Continent means that it is absolutely impossible to control one after it is released on the grassland. The ferocious wolf that lives there. The Far Sea Commonwealth and the Flame Alliance can't stop the empire's momentum at all. On the surface, they have restrained the empire on the Later Phase Continent for thousands of years, but only the non-existent gods know whether this is the empire's secret training. own strength. The empire is a country born entirely in the flames of war. It sacrifices temporary interests or sacrifices the lives of a few people in exchange for final victory. It is very happy to do this kind of thing. Compared with relying on the left and right prime ministers, Compared with the Far Sea Commonwealth and the Flame Alliance established on the mainland, the nature of the empire is much stronger than them. At least in peacetime, when I went to those two countries to visit and negotiate, I did not see that their leaders looked like the empire. These people are smart. At least when it comes to managing the people at the bottom, there are still hundreds of years between them and the empire."

"But that's what they did, and except for the incident of the King of Knights, they have really ignored it for thousands of years." The Holy Emperor touched his face, and it didn't know when the sweat was oozing out like Lumi's. His palms were wet.

It was the secret conversation between the two that made them nervous unconsciously. The Holy Emperor didn't know if this was the reason.