"Why?" Emperor Shia opened his mouth and said in disbelief.
"This...I'm afraid you have to ask yourself." Luo Wei said.
Emperor Shia exploded on the spot, stepped forward and grabbed Rowe's collar, roaring crazily: "She is my wife, how could I not love her?! Give me the soul gem quickly, give it to me!"
Luo Wei pushed him away: "Husbands and wives may not love each other, and the emperor may not love the queen. This is not a strange thing. Whether you love your wife or not, I think you should know better than anyone else."
Emperor Shia stepped forward to grab Luo Wei again and shouted at the top of his lungs: "I know I love her, give me the soul gem quickly! I want the soul gem, give it to me quickly!!"
Luo Wei sighed: "I also hope that you can leave Vormir with the soul gem, but this is not my decision. According to the judgment of the soul gem, you just don't love your wife, and the sacrifice is invalid."
Emperor Shia was still unwilling to give in, breathing heavily but unable to speak.
After a moment, he turned around and walked up to a subordinate and said in a deep voice: "Prime Minister Oka, you swore an oath to be loyal to me to the death, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Oka lowered his head and said. He looked very old, with gray hair, but he was still in good spirits.
He added without hesitation: "If you need it, I am willing to serve as a sacrifice in exchange for the soul gem."
"No." Emperor Shia objected, "I can't sacrifice you. The empire needs your power to revive."
Then he moved his gaze behind Oka: "I want you to sacrifice your son."
Oka's expression changed after hearing this, and he subconsciously protected his son standing behind him: "Your Majesty, this, he... he is still a child!"
The Emperor of Shia put his hands on his shoulders and looked directly into his eyes: "I know he is your only child. But you should understand that this is for the sake of our country and the future of the entire Shia nation. For
I have already sacrificed my wife, Oka, you said you would be loyal to her to the death, didn't you?"
Prime Minister Oka was silent for a long time.
After a while, he turned to look at his son: "My child..."
"Father..." The son backed away in horror.
Emperor Shia grabbed him and dragged him to the edge of the cliff. Then he looked at Prime Minister Oka and gritted his teeth and said, "It's up to you to push him down."
Prime Minister Oka opened his mouth, walked over slowly, and looked at his son.
"No, father, I don't want to die!" The young man knelt on the ground and begged with tears streaming down his face.
Prime Minister Oka stretched out his hand, but it stopped in mid-air and did not push it towards his son for a long time. His skinny fingers kept trembling, showing his inner struggle.
At the same time, dozens of other people witnessed this scene and couldn't help but talk among themselves.
"That child is so pitiful!"
"I don't think the Prime Minister would do this. This is his only child, and he values it more than life..."
Faced with similar voices, someone in the crowd immediately retorted: "Don't you think the Prime Minister should sacrifice his child?"
Prime Minister Oka still made no move, his trembling hands stopped in mid-air.
"What should you be hesitating about, my Prime Minister?" Emperor Shia asked, "For the revival of Shia, the people will remember your contribution and sacrifice."
Half a moment.
Prime Minister Oka took a long breath, put down his arms, and shook his head: "Sorry, Your Majesty, I can't do it..."
"What are you talking about? It can't be done?" Emperor Shia opened his eyes wide.
Prime Minister Oka lowered his head: "Yes. I cannot obey your orders. Please be executed for treason."
"You..." The corners of Emperor Shia's mouth twitched and he couldn't help clenching his fists.
"Hmph!" he snorted angrily, but did not execute the Prime Minister.
Emperor Shia walked into the crowd again, looked around and then pointed his finger: "My Minister of Foreign Affairs, you and your wife are more in love than gold. Now is the time for you to sacrifice your life for the country!"
His demeanor was a little crazy, and his tone was no different than forcing him.
Everyone turned their attention to the Foreign Minister, and the atmosphere was so quiet that it made people breathless. The Foreign Minister said nothing.
Emperor Shia became more and more arrogant and stepped forward to grab his clothes: "Damn it, what are you hesitating about? Do you want to sit back and watch the demise of the Shia Empire and watch us lose the only chance to turn defeat into victory? Ah?"
"Your Majesty, with all due respect... it is impossible for us to make a comeback," the Foreign Secretary said.
Someone echoed: "Yes, Your Majesty, in fact, we can start from scratch, first conquer a backward civilization and develop slowly. Didn't the Shia Empire develop from a small civilization?"
Emperor Shia roared: "As long as you have the soul gem, you will be able to do it! Sacrifice your wife quickly, or let your wife sacrifice you, for the sake of our country!"
"This is your country, not us." suddenly burst out from the crowd.
Although these words were not loud, they were as shocking as ever. Everyone felt that because of the words, the atmosphere here had changed from tense to dangerous.
Emperor Shia was silent for half a second, looked at the subject who said this, and asked coldly: "What did you say?"
Cold sweat broke out on the man's head, but surprisingly he did not flinch. Instead, he shouted angrily, pointing at him and saying: "We have had enough! You lunatic, tyrant, wife-killer, you are doing it for your rule and ambition."
,No one’s life matters!”
Emperor Shia was stunned, and then looked at the soldiers beside him: "Kill him, kill this traitor!"
The soldiers remained loyal and obeyed the order immediately, ready to shoot.
However, not everyone remained loyal. Before Emperor Shia finished speaking, someone shouted: "We can no longer listen to this tyrant, he will sacrifice all of us!"
"Kill the tyrant!"
"kill!"
About half of the people chose to betray Emperor Shia, and a battle broke out. Just a moment ago, they were brothers, but in the blink of an eye, they were fighting each other, with dozens of people fighting in a melee.
In addition to the two warring parties, several people chose to leave, ran to the small spaceship not far away, and left Vormir directly. Among them was the green-skinned Zehouberry man.
The battle went very fast, like a group of eggs beating each other with stones. This is almost the norm in technological civilization.
What is a little surprising is that Emperor Shia's combat power is quite strong. With the help of excellent equipment, he became the last person to survive in this battle, although he was also seriously injured.
He covered the wound on his chest and shot away the last enemy who had fallen to the ground. Then he panted and looked around, and suddenly found that he was alone.
On the huge Vormir planet, apart from the statue-like guardian and a few people who escaped in the spaceship, he was the only one left.
"Soul Gem...Give me the Soul Gem...I want to kill Thanos..." Emperor Shia still did not give up his obsession, dragging his seriously injured body towards Rowe, his eyes were cloudy and he repeated indistinctly.
Luo Wei felt that this guy was about to pounce on him, so he quickly took a step away and said at the same time: "I've said it many times, I don't have a soul gem."
etc.
Thanos?
Luo Wei was stunned for a moment, but suddenly realized that Emperor Shia had just mentioned Thanos.
"Thanos destroyed the Shia Empire?" He turned around and asked, only to find that the Shia Emperor had disappeared and there was no one behind him.
