"This is my honor! Your Highness Anastasia!" This is a gentle male voice in reality.
"Are you sure you can pay a sufficient price for the trouble that has been thrown at me?" This is the question that comes from fate.
Two completely different voices spoken by the same person echoed in the eldest princess's ears at the same time. Combined with the other party's overly powerful background and strength, she immediately realized: this was not an auditory hallucination!
The slender hand she stretched out to wait for the other party to hold had a tremor that was difficult to detect by outsiders.
Sure enough, there is an extraordinary giant hidden in the shadow of Mark's gentlemanly appearance that she cannot control!
Originally, after completing this hull modification, they would have become parallel lines that would never intersect with each other. He helped rescue the port of Austin and left a large amount of money. This was her biggest benefit.
For ordinary people, this is enough to make them rich and prosperous for half their lives.
But she broke the rules and tried to give a signal to the outside world without saying hello in advance, and coerced Mark into her camp.
Then don't blame Mark for being rude to her, tearing off the veil of a gentle and elegant artist, and revealing his true face that is never easy to mess with.
The contact of spiritual power is a bit like a clear telegram. It is possible for other beings to receive it. Anastasia didn't know if Mark could hear it. She tried to connect to the other party's soul circuit: "Your Excellency Destiny? Destiny
Your Mightiness?"
Unsurprisingly, the handsome man in front of her had super strong soul power. She thought she had the support of the Ice and Snow Goddess, and his soul power was unparalleled among the young people of this generation. When she really encountered Mark's soul,
, was immediately shocked.
In her soul vision, there was an absurdly large gray fog in front of her. Although the other party tried his best to conceal what was in the fog, the size of the soul space could not deceive others.
If the size of her soul space is the back garden of a small house in a big city, then Mark's is a palace.
The crushing gap made her lose her mind for a moment.
She almost thought she was connected to the soul of a certain archbishop.
In direct soul communication, the passage of time becomes relatively slow.
[Your Royal Highness, let me explain in advance that I have no interest in the rise and fall of the country. If you can't come up with something that interests me, don't blame me for rejecting you on the spot...I'll give you three minutes to convince me.]
Mark's loud voice that echoed in the soul space was full of terrifying pressure.
The inhumane voice reveals the determination of its master.
Anastasia's mind went blank for a moment, and she paused in the soul world for several seconds before she said after careful consideration: "My father was probably screwed up."
【Oh? Are you jealous? 】
[No! It’s not the Seven Deadly Sins! Even the court warlocks can’t hide the mortal sins and the small tricks of the Apocalypse Sect. Our strongest Extraordinary is the Polar Witch King Dimitri. He is an Extraordinary who has reached Sequence 3 in a mortal body.
It’s just... Mr. Mark, have you ever heard of (All Worlds Gathering Together)?]
Will all worlds unite?
As soon as this word came out, Mark's heart skipped a beat.
Somehow, he seemed to have caught something.
This does not prevent him from searching for information in those extraordinary books, and [Erudition] has given him an almost photographic memory.
[Are you talking about those lunatics who claim that the world is a big world composed of countless small worlds, and that all small worlds will eventually merge into one? 】
[Yes! Those lunatics seemed to have influenced the father's thoughts, and then, and then...] The eldest princess hesitated for another three seconds, and finally decided to tell the truth: [Two years ago, the father announced in an internal meeting with the court officials,
The Ice and Snow Goddess was seriously injured in the Millennium War. She will not recover and is destined to be eliminated in the next God War. He wants to change the state religion and believe in a more powerful one (the God of All Worlds Unified), and he said that he doesn’t know where this comes from.
The god controls the fate of three thousand worlds.]
[There is this god!?] Mark was shocked and asked: [The goddess of ice and snow won’t kill him even if she kills him?]
This is a world where gods manifest themselves!
The state religion cannot be changed so easily.
Not to mention a grumpy brother like the Storm Lord, if the emperor dares to do such a thing, he will dare to issue an oracle and let the storm army attack the palace, causing a river of blood, and even the palace will be blown to scorched earth for you, leaving the world
Know what divine punishment is.
If it were Emperor Wright who had done this kind of thing, even the Twin Goddess, who always had an excellent reputation, probably wouldn't be able to bear it. There was a high probability that the emperor would die suddenly and quietly, and his son would be the one to take over.
For a lawful good deity, this is the utmost mercy.
When Anastasia said this, her voice became weak: [The goddess of ice and snow has rarely issued oracles since three hundred years ago, and even divine revelations have rarely appeared in the past 30 years. I received the divine decree when I was five years old.
Enlightenment, becoming a saint is the last divine revelation of the Ice and Snow Goddess.】
【Oh?】Mark understands.
Whether political power or divine power, strong means are needed to maintain it.
The royal families of the Bill Empire have believed in the goddess of ice and snow, and the church still fulfills its duties of spreading the faith and killing evil spirits. However, every time the boss pulls his crotch at critical moments, not everyone below him can bear it.
The Bill Empire is one of the five major empires in the world. With such a large piece of meat and so many believers, which sect would not be tempted?
Mark could completely imagine what the various cults had eroded Bill's empire to.
[Half a year ago, my father sent all the princes and princesses to various border places. On the surface, we were given training, but secretly, the order was for us to find a way to welcome the coming of the One God of All Realms. The Ice and Snow Goddess Sect was also secretly dismantled.
Today, the Grand Dukes who firmly believe in the Reincarnation Religion account for more than one-third, which is the largest force. The beliefs of the remaining Grand Dukes are very mixed, mainly believing in the goddess of ice and snow, and most of them are pan-believers, and they may drift away at any time.
Belief.】
The eldest princess just finished speaking.
[Then what happened? What happened, and you were asked to lose face and find foreign aid? This is a big taboo.]
[My father’s emissary arrived this morning and ordered us, the prince and princess, to each hand over one million ordinary sea monster corpses within three months, or ten thousand souls equivalent to those of a Sequence 9 Extraordinary.
.It is used to open multi-dimensional portals to welcome the arrival of the true god.】
[This...] Mark was stunned for a moment.
The 'true god' who can only be summoned through blood sacrifice is not a good thing no matter how you look at it!
And this is very unreasonable, very unreasonable.
If an emperor goes against the grain and resorts to this kind of thing, are all his ministers idiots? Isn't this against his mother?
Mark couldn't help but open the vision of destiny, and was surprised to find that the thread of destiny coming out from behind the eldest princess was not pure black, but also mixed with white threads and gold threads representing luck.
This is strange.
Mark pondered for a moment.
[Your Highness Anastasia, there is something wrong with that special envoy. If the Ice and Snow Church were replaced by any orthodox church, it would be fine. But this preference for sacrifices to evil gods... As an emperor, it is impossible for him not to know
, this can easily trigger a siege by all orthodox churches.】
Having said this, Mark smiled mysteriously: [Furthermore, Your Highness, is it appropriate for you to tell such a secret matter to an outsider like me? 】
The eldest princess mustered up her courage and said: [Based on so many incidents, I...I think you are a true gentleman! A great savior hero!]
Mark was a little choked.
Are all saints so innocent (stupid)?
Believe it or not, I'm going to play with you like a saint, or something like that!?
Mark said sternly: [First, I am not a big hero. Second, you can't come up with symmetrical trading chips at all. Third...Intelligence is also a very important bargaining chip. Your poor negotiation skills revealed all of it to me.
This makes me lower my evaluation of you. Therefore, I will not make any promises in this negotiation.】
When the eldest princess wanted to say something else, she was surprised to find that her soul connection was unilaterally severed by Mark, and her spirit bounced back, making her head buzz.
Communication in the soul world is extremely fast. In the real world, it only takes one second.
In full view of everyone, Mark smiled a standard social smile, took the eldest princess's hand, led her to the dance floor, and danced to the music.
After being trained by Mini for so long, Mark's dancing skills are not necessarily the best, but he can still be considered a master of dance.
Each of his chic turns and exemplary elegant movements made the nobles around him mesmerized.
On the other hand, Her Royal Highness the Princess is somewhat absent-minded and her movements are slightly stiff. She only relies on her appearance and figure to bring back her beauty score.
She anxiously wanted to say something more to Mark, but found that Mark's eyes seemed to be staring at her face, but in fact the focus of his pupils was not on her at all. This was simply his solo dance.
After a while, it was time to dance.
After a short rest, two more noble ladies from the Bill Empire came up to dance, and Mark danced gracefully.
What made the other party secretly sulky was that their proud beauty was ignored by Mark, but Mark was so generous and decent that they and others could not find any fault.
It was a bit disrespectful to the eldest princess. After only three dances, Mark excused himself as sensing something was wrong with one of his extraordinary beings and left the show.
Mark took Marianne to leave early. Politically speaking, this was definitely a very clear signal - the eldest princess and I were really just friends. It was a one-and-done deal. I changed my mind and left.
After getting into the carriage, Mark's face turned dark.
Marianne asked a little worriedly: "Mark, did the eldest princess make any excessive demands to you?"
"No. I rejected her. It's just..."
But Mark still saw in his destiny vision that he was in trouble. A lot of seaweed-like dark green threads of fate were wrapped around him, which meant that he had to personally cut off these causes and effects.
Back at the manor, Mark knew why.
A knight came in and announced: "My lord, a few guys who claim to be from the [All Worlds Gathering] have specifically stated that they want to see you, and their tone is very bad."
Came so fast!
Mark got off the carriage and returned to the hall of the manor. Then these guys came to the manor?
I dare them to keep their eyes on the eldest princess.
Mark narrowed his eyes: "Then let's meet these lunatics in the living room."
