"Due to a certain reason that everyone knows, the royal palace is currently in a state of chaos. However, it's still necessary to arrange a meeting with His Majesty Orloss. The meeting is expected to take place at six o 'clock in the afternoon tomorrow. Also, this is the topic of discussion. Take a look and see if you agree. "
"… This is a letter from the Dragon World's elders. The assistance they wish to receive and the rewards they can pay are all listed here. However, I feel that we still need to discuss the details. At the very least, they wish to receive powerful sealing magic and mages' assistance."
"This is a record of the recent meetings with the higher-ups of the Bardi Empire. As the leader of the diplomatic group, I feel that it's necessary for you to understand the current situation. At the very least, please don't suddenly disappear again! "
"This is a letter from the Cloud Tower. They want you to give an explanation for your one-month absence. Also, these are personal letters from several archmages."
"Renée has already returned to Donglan, but Sleuweir has sent a letter. They hope that you can summon back 'War' and 'Pride' before the entire Antoon City is blown to smithereens. Perhaps it's acceptable for Queen Glina to come out and relax as a form of training."
"This is urgent information from Timlad. There's a problem with the new weapon design. They need you to make a decision. The details are listed in the attachment. Generally speaking, the new weapon's attack range has exceeded the maximum range. It seems that it has accidentally become a suicidal weapon. "
"The surface beastmen have submitted a new letter and tribute to Donglan. It seems that they intend to sign a thirty-year peace treaty …"
From a certain standpoint, the moment I finally appeared, all the administrative work that had been piling up for so long was now placed on top of my head. While I was lamenting that it was becoming more and more difficult to slack off, I also resolved to create a useful internal affairs department. Otherwise, I would die of exhaustion sooner or later.
"Die of exhaustion? That's less than three days of work per month for you. Every department has already taken care of their own matters. You're only given specific tasks that are related to you. If you were slightly more responsible, we wouldn't have to work so hard. "
Fortunately, I brought Lilith Milan with me this time. Although she was as merciless with her words, she did indeed help me quite a bit after she finished nagging me.
And what she said was indeed the truth. Some of these tasks were related to my diplomatic status in the Mage Country, some were related to the decision of the Donglan royalty, and some were related to my personal armed forces. Even if I had ten secretaries, I would still have to personally deal with these tasks.
As to why I had such a mountain of documents before me, it was because I had far too many things to do. In a way, this was a good thing. In a way, this was a good thing. The newly born Mist Alliance, the Church of Law, the Underground, and so on had already faintly formed a solid alliance.
But at the same time, the rapid growth would also bring about the negative effect of unstable foundations. At least among these factions, there were too many factors that were linked by personal feelings. Although it did indeed deepen the cooperation between the two sides, if something suddenly happened to an important person, such as me suddenly being killed, I'm afraid it would be a big problem.
However, it would be quite difficult to make decisions for me. Eliza, who would have been the most suitable candidate to be my substitute, had to return to the Chaos Abyss. The other members of the younger generation would at most be able to take charge of a department. It would be impossible for them to take charge of the overall situation.
"It would seem that it's indeed time to reorganize all the factions. I'll split them into several roles and share a portion of my authority. Even if I die, everything will be able to continue as normal. Right, it's also time to reorganize the military. It's far too archaic to rely on a single commander to lead the troops. "
I seriously considered how to share the responsibilities, but someone couldn't bear to watch this any longer.
"You're saying so much just because you want to slack off."
"… I suddenly recalled that you, silly cat, also have the title of" Wise One ". Why don't you try helping out?"
"Stop joking. If you let me do it, I'll restore the Elven Empire from back in the day. Back in the day, I would probably first defeat the entire Kingdom of the Elves and the Elven Church, along with the guts of those disgusting Elven Gods and High Elven royalty."
The silly cat's lazy voice echoed in my mind. However, I knew that she was being serious. Not only that, she was already one step away from becoming a SemiGod Undead Emperor. It was just that I, her master, had forcefully restrained her. If I truly allowed her to do as she pleased, it would likely be quite difficult to resolve the situation.
However, I was rather curious about the SemiGod Undead Emperor threshold. My research was based on the quality of one's soul, while Zero was based on the temperature of one's life. It could be said that she had already made breakthroughs in both soul and life. How was the silly cat intending to reach this threshold?
"… My research? It's not that I can't give it to you, but even if I give it to you, you won't be able to understand it. "
I became even more curious. Although my research on elemental magic was quite average, I was quite well-versed in undead magic. How could I possibly not understand? Of course, I asked her about it.
"Memories and making the fake real."
Alright then, I knew that I wouldn't need to ask her any further. Although this was also considered the soul, I didn't have any research results on it.
"Ha, doesn't that mean it can cure amnesia or something?"
"That's completely unrelated. My research goal is to use memories to create reality. It's quite easy for me to give you a memory that's completely original to me. Are you sure you want it?"
The silly cat was still lazily rolling around on the roof. Ever since she had leveled up again, she seemed to have become much lazier.
"A memory that comes from someone else? Would I still be me in that case? "
"… If your physical body is the original, your soul is the same, and even your memories are the same, then what's the point of being the original?"
"I think there's still a difference."
"Can you tell the difference?"
Both of us fell silent. It was impossible to answer this question. However, this wasn't just a simple theoretical discussion. We both simultaneously thought of Evelyn. Was that dragon the original Evelyn? If she wasn't, then what was she?
"Sigh, I'm so conflicted. Roland, you should do less evil in the future."
"Can you blame me for this? Back then, I didn't understand anything about the River Styx or the Cycle of Reincarnation. I thought that reassembling my physical body and soul would naturally mean resurrection. And, I ended up like this. It's obvious that I messed up. "
"Then, how do you intend to deal with Evelyn now? Your 'second lover'? "
"… What can I do? I'll just pretend that I don't know anything for now. What I regret the most right now is that I left your 'Child' body there, and it just so happened that I overheard what she said. "
How could I believe what others said? How was that possible? I had already lost that part of my memories. Even if the other party was Evelyn or my mother, there would be no evidence. Didn't all television dramas add a lot of "settings" when the other party lost their memories? Of course I had to find out more about Evelyn.
And so, I had Harloys do what she had always done and leave a 'Child' body there to eavesdrop. The result was that I overheard something that made me even more conflicted.
"Forget it. Let's not think about it. Let's deal with the current situation first. Let's think about Ascension first."
Wasting more than a month wasn't completely useless. Since we were going to make a deal, we naturally needed to have a bargaining chip. The Dragons wanted the Titans to remain as stone statues, or at the very least, slow down the time it took for them to revive. In that case, there were only two possible solutions.
The first was to strengthen the seal and add another layer of seal on top of the seal. This would basically mean directly fighting against the Titans. It was easy to imagine just how difficult this would be. My strongest sealing spell, the Seal of the Four Elements, originated from the immemorial generation. In fact, even the Titan Titans were sealed using this spell. However, I didn't believe that the long-lived Dragons would be completely ignorant of this problem. The Immemorial Dragons were excellent mages as well. If they didn't have a solution, it was highly unlikely that we would have a solution.
The other method would be to slow down the rate at which the Four Elemental Gods would break the seal. This would allow the Four Elemental Gods to regain their balance, and the Fire Elemental God's Elemental Throne would at least be undamaged. The worst case scenario would be the Earth Elemental God's Throne. And so, I naturally thought of a method to help an Earth Elemental Lord ascend to become a God.
Previously, this would have been quite difficult. After all, we would still need to gather materials to reconstruct the Elemental Throne. However, due to the Wind Elemental God's "generosity", we now had an even better solution — the God Equipment of Earth.
As for why I didn't go to the Wind Elemental Plane right now? I felt like the moment I went, the System would definitely give me an Epic-ranked Quest. I didn't even know how long it would take for me to complete it.
"At any rate, the Dragons are more impatient than we are. They're probably in desperate need of a solution to their problem. If we provide them with a solution, won't we have ready-made helpers?"
However, mere words wouldn't be enough. Problems such as "Can the God Equipment of Earth create the Elemental Throne?", "Who should be the next Elemental God?", "Will the new Elemental God be able to reach a balance between the elements? Will he be able to slow down the collapse of the Titan Giants' sealed dimension?", and so on would all need to be researched … Fine then, this was beyond the authority that the Truth Symposium had given me, as well as my own abilities. That was why I sent a report back to the Truth Symposium and had them slowly research it.
Over the past month, the Truth Symposium's earth element mages were probably exhausted to the point of death. But judging from the information I just received and the expert's suggestions, this plan had at least received the Truth Symposium's approval … Feasibility was one thing, but now that I had the approval, that meant that regardless of whether or not I could solve the problem, if there was a problem, everyone would take the blame together instead of me taking the blame alone. Naturally, I could rest assured and continue working on this matter.
On the other hand, if we were to face any possible battles in the Elemental Planes or Dragon World, I would be rather weak right now. That was why I had long since written a letter to the Truth Symposium. Reinforcements should be arriving soon.
"Sleuweir actually wants his queen to come out and relax? It would seem that 'Zhan' and Glina are getting along quite well. The number of explosions must have increased quite a bit recently … "
* Boom! *
Yep, judging from that familiar gray mushroom cloud in the outskirts of the city, they had already arrived.
"Pervert!"
Alright then, what a familiar female scream. But since there were far too many subordinates who fit this description, I really didn't know who had arrived … Something seemed off. Could it be that I was naturally attracted to such people? I was clearly a normal person.
"A tauren without any clothes!"
Alright then, I more or less knew who had arrived.
"A centaur without any clothes!"
Casio, what's wrong with you, what's wrong with you! You can't be like this! Two years ago, when your grandfather handed you over to me, you were clearly a normal person!
"I'm going to welcome them!"
Eaglestorm stood up and walked over, but I angrily shouted at him.
"Put on some pants before you go!"
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