Chapter 175

"Am I quite serious?"

"..."

Hearing this, Zanze raised his head slightly and looked at Yaxiu with his crystal clear eyes. His face was full of surprise and shyness, and his mouth was slightly opened and he fell into a daze.

In the end, she gave up her struggle and let Ash hold her.

Seeing her completely different and well-behaved attitude from the previous couple's cold attitude, Ash was filled with joy. He held her fragrant and soft, warm and petite body in his arms, feeling very satisfied.

While he was thinking and feeling the warmth in his arms, as time gradually passed...he patted Zanze's back gently and said softly:

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Ah, no, it's not exactly teasing you. Is it to satisfy my own selfish desires?"

"..." Zanze's face turned redder, and she bit her lip gently, still speechless.

She allowed him to put her on the ground and take her hand away from the venue, but her eyes remained as usual, unable to shift away from the person in front of her.

Even though my heart felt warm and my head felt dizzy, the sadness could never go away... No, I was only worried about life span before, but now I have new worries.

And... she, like Fearon, really still hopes to be by his side.

It's just that this risk is really unbearable.

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At night, I visited the hall.

Ash, who had just received medical treatment, sat on the throne, listening to the reports of many manipulated ministers and demons, and after those ministers withdrew... Solitier sat on the armrest of the throne.

As the oldest demon at the scene, she directly told the rumors she had heard from her old friends who had already passed away during the war started by the previous demon king.

The content is similar to that on the Fulilian Stone Tablet, but there is an extra piece of information, or a clearer description of a "key point" that was accidentally overlooked.

"...I remember that it should have been a while since that village girl disappeared shortly before she transformed into a powerful strange warrior." Solitel put her slender fingers on her chin and thought hard:

"Although I didn't think there was anything wrong with this description at first, but if you think about that exaggerated hero seriously, if you want to conquer, wouldn't it be better to just go in after grinding it out? Then the description of the story should not include this paragraph. It sounds quite normal, but in fact it is somewhat superfluous... Maybe the goddess or her apostle needs to get used to it first when borrowing the body? "

"——Yes, it's not normal to think about it. This description is obviously redundant, but in fact it is the most critical point." This important point was mentioned, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He frowned and muttered while thinking. :

"And even if a goddess suddenly descends on a person, how can a human being adapt to that kind of magic power? Even if our magic power is suddenly poured into the bodies of ordinary people or ordinary magicians, it is absolutely impossible to bear it."

"...In other words, she needs to adapt to her body." Even though Aura's brain was not very good, she nodded lightly and said with uncertainty: "Or use this period of time to transform her body? Does this allow it to withstand its own strength? "

"Yes, if that's the case, then just leave her no time to reform!" Ya Xiu, who grasped the key point of the problem, suddenly smiled, looked at Aura and said solemnly:

"Give me the order to arrest all holders of the Holy Sword, and confiscate all the Holy Swords, whether they are imitations or genuine ones, and bring them all to the Imperial Capital. The Empire and the Kingdom must implement this."

“What about other countries?”

"Other countries must assist us in completing this mission, otherwise the empire and kingdom will declare war on them at the same time - wherever the coalition forces pass, they will slaughter the cities and plunder the land, leaving no chickens or dogs behind."

Now is no longer the time to be merciful. Although he is unwilling to cause more killings, now he can only treat it as helpless. He hopes that they can obey him honestly, and then reaches out to let Line pass the document. In order to prevent Aura from forgetting, she simply wrote the edict while speaking:

"——People who report privately hiding a sword in the shape of a holy sword will be rewarded with 10 silver coins, which will be advanced by the treasury first, and then fined from the person who was reported. All those who refuse to hand over the sword will be punished as treason regardless of their status, whether they are nobles or commoners. , kill them all on the spot!”

The Burial of Fulian Golden Land and the Empire: Chapter 24: When this war is over, let’s get married.

Ash issued an order and directly judged the holy sword and its replicas as harmful objects, designated sealed objects, and prohibited anyone from carrying, using, holding, or collecting them. All of them must be handed over to the empire or kingdom.

For the sake of efficiency, a voluntary submission was even added, and you could get one silver coin as compensation and reward, but re-production was not allowed. Otherwise, you would be fined ten silver coins for making one, and you would also be tried for manufacturing contraband.

If other countries issue the same order, the kingdom will also contribute funds and compensate them based on the confiscated holy sword imitations.

Under normal circumstances, /Awula# doesn't like the work of passing orders (...6. Although) she is usually free every day. Lie down and complain about boredom.

But at the critical moment, she did not complain anymore. After all, those were the people she controlled, and it was convenient for her to convey the mandatory order.

Solitier heard the order he issued, nodded slightly, and sighed with a smile: "Not a bad method, so that there will soon be no large number of holy sword imitations on the market, and those who hold them alone will be exposed immediately. Even collectors with unique preferences will probably hand them over... In this case, it depends on whether the hero will hide in other countries, and whether other countries will obey us obediently."

"The kingdom and the empire are basically one-third of the size of all countries in the world, not to mention the military strength. Those small countries dare not resist at all, and it is even more impossible to offend these two countries for this matter, unless the king of a country is crazy... But at that time, you only need to lead people to kill into the royal city and sign a humiliating treaty."

At this time, Ash had no time to care about the means. If there were really unwilling to obey his orders, he could only bring people to kill the chicken to scare the monkey.

He didn't even need to bring people. He could easily capture those small countries by himself, and they couldn't resist at all.

Therefore, whether a country that dares to refuse will appear or not is not a problem for him at all.

Therefore, while he was thinking about the means to find the hero and the specific implementation methods, he was thinking about how to defeat him.

"... By the way, in order to prevent others from not seeing the appearance of the holy sword, we have to make a copy and paste it on the streets and alleys. The most worrying thing is that after finding it, it should be... um?"

He was talking to himself halfway, and the Gothic Lolita who had been guarding the side seemed to have discovered something. She suddenly wrinkled her little nose and sniffed all over him, interrupting his thoughts directly.

This made him unconsciously grab Linie's horn, move her head away from him, and said with a black face: "... Linie, what are you doing?"

"Lord Ash has the smell of that long-haired woman on him." Linie said inexplicably seriously, which was completely different from the tense current situation.

"So what?"

"I hate that smell." Linie said expressionlessly, "It would be nice if Master Ash had my smell on him."

"You are so willful, but I am thinking about something serious now. I will talk to you later. You can be punished... er..."

Before he even finished speaking, Linie turned around very naturally and sat on him. She raised her head and said calmly, "Okay, Master Ash, keep thinking. I will ensure safety. Quiet."

"You kid..." Although he wanted to preach, Linie was so cute that his words finally turned into a helpless chuckle. He rubbed Linie's soft pink hair, sighed softly, and his eyes were full of pampering: "... Forget it, forget it, whatever you want, but be good and don't move around, understand?"

"Well, I will be very good." Linie's eyes lit up when she heard it, and she immediately nodded obediently like a kitten, gently hugged his neck with both hands, and found a comfortable position to sit down.

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At the beginning, Linie really kept quiet as she said, but her little hand gently grabbed the corner of Ash's clothes, as if this would bring her closer to him.

After a while, Ash's thoughts were interrupted by Linie's little action again, asking him to look down at Linie, only to see that she was looking at him with her big watery eyes.

"Line, didn't you say you should be quiet? Why are you making trouble again?" Ash's tone was full of helplessness, but Line blinked innocently: "Master Ash, I just want to see if you are thinking seriously."

"Okay, okay... I am thinking seriously, please don't make trouble again." Ash was quite amused by her words.

"I'm sorry." Line nodded gently, and after apologizing habitually, she became quiet again, leaving Ash at a loss for words even if he wanted to preach. Moreover, she was really honest afterwards, which made him suspect that this might be Line, using her own way to help him relieve tension.

Although he often couldn't figure out what this expressionless child was thinking, and now he just subconsciously touched Linie's head, but...

Just when Linie calmed down, Solitier smiled and leaned over, leaning close to his ear, whispering in a voice that was almost whispering: "Why are you so gentle to Linie, share a little of this gentleness with me~ Didn't I help you find opportunities for the goddess?"

"...It's different. Linie is more innocent. If it's you...you will definitely make strange requests."

"How could that be? I'm just innocent and want your love~" Solitier gently folded his hands in front of his chest, smiling as sweetly as a newly blooming flower, but the words he said made him speechless for a while, and it was difficult to respond.

After all, this request seems simple to say, but it is really difficult to say in reality, and he is very sure that if he agrees, this guy will definitely pester him endlessly.

"Ala? Are you...watching my eyes again?" Solitiel seemed to notice his strangeness and raised her eyebrows.

"Just looking at a weird person."

"That's really too much. I've done so much for you, and you actually think of me like this?" Solitiel pouted in a wronged manner.

"Don't talk like I'm an unfaithful man... Oh." Ash rubbed his temples and felt a headache.

Solitiel was not willing to give up and continued, "Then be gentle to me. I need your love and care too."

Looking at Solitiel's expression, Ash knew that she would not give up without giving some response, so he could only nod and say:

"Okay, okay, I know you have helped me a lot, but love is not something that can be given just by saying it... When there is a suitable opportunity, I will thank you very much."

Solitiel's eyes lit up and asked, "Really? Then you can't break your promise."

"I don't remember ever breaking my promise... Now let me think about the business first."

"Yes, I think about it too. It would be better if you thank me like this."

Although Solitiel was a little unwilling, she knew that she could not continue to bother Ash. ^

Jun Yang

She stepped aside obediently, but still looked at Ash with expectant eyes from time to time, as if reminding him not to forget his promise.

This made him bury his face in Linie's pink hair, sighing... As expected, it must be the loli fragrance.

At least loli is relatively more lovely and will not make trouble, although neither Zanze nor Linie is actually the age of loli.

But he soon stopped entangled in this issue, and once again focused on the problem in front of him, thinking about how to deal with the goddess and the holy sword.

And Linie and Solitier, two beings with very different personalities, were rarely honest and did not interfere with his thoughts.

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The two sides, who were originally hostile countries, suddenly returned to peace under the sudden decree, and even had a taste of moving towards unity.

This made the surrounding countries that were originally waiting to reap the benefits dumbfounded. On the one hand, they doubted whether the imperial city had really fallen, and on the other hand, no country refused this threatening and mandatory request for assistance.

At the same time, there was some doubt that the two sides had discovered some common enemy, so they needed to issue such an order.

As for why they would assist in such a request.... Because it was a trivial matter. After all, everyone knew where the real thing was, and those imitations could not be sold at a high price. A silver coin was slightly higher than the original price. There was no need to take that risk and give the two strongest countries a reason to attack themselves.

Most of the people who collected this thing were very conscious. In order to avoid getting into trouble, they handed it in, because this thing... was really not important, and who didn't have a festival? It would be troublesome if someone reported it.

And there were not many such imitation swords. After all, the last time a brave man appeared was 80 years ago, and most of the bronze statues of the brave man and his entourage were not paid attention to. What about the style of the sword used by this brave man?

As for those "images", they may still be preserved, but there are too many similar stone and bronze statues in this entire continent, and many people don't care about these things at all.

This made the process of implementing his order very smooth, without any resistance.

On the other hand, Ash didn't think of any good way to deal with the goddess. After all... he didn't even have basic intelligence, so how could he think like that?

He couldn't just sit and wait for the opponent to attack, and he even had to race against time to take the initiative to kill the opponent first. How could he deal with such an opponent? He could only think of ways to strengthen himself, right?

So he indulged in the royal library of the imperial capital, studying all kinds of magic that he had never understood before, and setting up new mechanisms and systems between the two countries and the demons to ensure that the operation of the two countries and the demons would not be disturbed when he was not there.

During this process, everyone was actively thinking about corresponding countermeasures. Even the lazy Furlian and the always idle and lazi Millie were reading the ancient books of the empire, searching for magic secrets that might come in handy, as well as the clues about the goddess in those ancient documents.

However, unfortunately, although the history of the empire lasted for thousands of years, there were very few records related to the goddess... if we ignore the part of praise, there were almost no records at all.

After all, a thousand years of time is just a blink of an eye in the eyes of beings like Fulilian and Solitaire, and it is far from enough to carry too many secrets about the ancient goddess.

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In the imperial capital, in a corner of the palace library.

Ash was concentrating on flipping through a thick magic book, and Fulilian stood quietly beside him, but suddenly whispered to herself without any warning: "If I had known that time... I should have moved the stone tablet back."

"There is no such thing as knowing in the world, so don't be too obsessed with the past." Ash did not look up, but just responded lightly, his eyes still locked between the pages of the book.

"Indeed." Fulilian nodded slightly, then turned around suddenly, looked at Ash with a serious look, and said very seriously and abruptly: "-If there is no news about the hero after a while, you should leave as soon as possible."

"Are you talking about this again?" Ash was slightly stunned, unconsciously put down the book in his hand, and shook his head helplessly: "What will you do then?"

"She is a goddess after all. As long as we don't continue to follow you, she won't attack us." Fulilian said calmly, but Ash frowned: "... To be honest, I don't understand her intention at all."

"I don't know either, but the goddess's target should only be you. After all, according to the rumors, all the people killed by the hero were those who stood in front of him."

"... If someone else suddenly said this, I guess I would think that the other party was afraid that I would implicate him."

"I didn't mean that..." Fulilian looked a little embarrassed, tilted her head, and looked a little helpless.

"I know." Ash smiled and touched her head, but his eyes fell to the silver hair scattered on her shoulders, and he couldn't help but said: "Aren't you tying your hair today?"

"Because Philen is very busy, I rarely get up early, but I didn't get praised." Fulilian pouted, her face full of small grievances.

This made him rub his slightly messy silver hair and sigh: "You should be self-reliant. What if I am really gone one day and Philen is old? What will you do?"

Flillian was silent for a while with a complicated look in her eyes, as if she was thinking about something, and finally uttered only three words: "I don't know."

"You will definitely cry, right?"

"No." Fulillian shook her head firmly, but the subtle flicker in her eyes seemed to reveal her true feelings.

"You are lying, you are obviously a crybaby." Ash teased half-jokingly, trying to dispel this heaviness with a relaxed tone.

But Fulilian lowered her head deeply, and her shoulders seemed to be shaking slightly:

"...How is it possible? If you are all gone...How can I still cry?"

"Don't say that." Ash looked troubled, gently stretched out his hand to hold her shoulders, pulled her to his side, and smiled: "Aren't you very good at the lifestyles of various immortal species? Find a disciple when the time comes."

"...I don't want to, in the end, all this is your fault."

"Huh?? My fault again?" Ash, who always takes the blame at this time, really feels quite innocent.

However-at least this is really his fault.

"...Firen is my only disciple, you are half, I have always been reluctant to teach disciples, just don't want to be involved too much with humans, because humans will die if they are not careful..."

As an elf with a long lifespan, Fulilian broke her principles for the first time, and it was all the result of Ash and Haita's calculations.

Considering Feiren's situation, he is indeed fully responsible for this, but what can he say now?