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Chapter 1247 Bullying the Master? (Should I buy the Circle of Magic DLC?)

To be honest, Duanmu Huai originally had no intention of attending any celebrations. After all, he hated those boring ceremonies and rituals the most, which were a sheer waste of time.

However, when Liumiail told Duanmu Huai that someone wanted to assassinate him, Duanmu Huai's interest suddenly became piqued.

Hey, this is interesting!

  Is there anyone trying to assassinate me?

Is it so fun?

If you don't go, it will be a waste.

It just so happened that Duanmu Huai destroyed so many alien races during this period of time, and the progress of the disaster was also rising rapidly. The only thing that made Duanmu Huai a little confused was that after he killed so many aliens, the progress bar increased by about the same amount as if he had killed one QB race.

Why is this? Is it because QB is a high-dimensional race, so they are given more progress? And these are just ordinary alien races, so they are given less? What is going on?

However, even so, after killing so many alien races, Duanmu Huai still successfully obtained the full progress reward of the fourth level [Starry Sea Punishment] of [Natural Disaster Ascension], and obtained two special BUFFs: [Target Cutting Off] and [Shooting Turkey].

Among them, [Target Cutoff] can increase the damage of warship weapons by 50%, while [Shoot Turkey] can increase the hit rate by 30%. These two BUFFs, combined with Revatiel's poetic magic chanting, can be said that once activated, all of Duanmu Huai's Inquisition warships will receive an additional 150% damage bonus and an additional 130% hit rate bonus.

This super bonus made Duanmu Huai so excited that he exploded. If it was in the game, he would dare to pull out the fleet and fight the Chaos Legion head-on. Even if the Chaos Champion led the team, Duanmu Huai would not take it. Even if the Shanzhen came, he would kill them! Even if the Primarch fleet assembled, he would not care! With the powerful firepower of his fleet, what was there to be afraid of!

Now Duanmu Huai feels so light and is not afraid of anything anymore!

It was also because of this that when Duanmu Huai learned from Liumiel that someone was going to assassinate him, he immediately waved his hand.

Let’s go and have some fun!

After all, the next stage of [Natural Disaster Ascension] is [Enemy of Survival], and in order to obtain the Ether Engine, Duanmu Huai has to go through the first three stages of [Enemy of Survival] [Toughness First] [Sharpness That Cuts Through Metal] and [Eclipse and Revelation] before he can activate the final structure [Ether Engine].

  But at least now, Duanmu Huai is not afraid of building the ether engine. He was worried before that if he built the ether engine, it would provoke an attack from the Chaos fleet. But now... look at this bonus. I'm not afraid that you won't come. I'm just afraid that you won't be able to go back once you come. Hahahaha!

However, as of now, the final stage cannot be achieved by relying on the alien races in this star field. I don’t know why, although there are so many alien races in this star field, the progress gained by Duanmu Huai in eliminating them is not very high. On the one hand, the progress becomes more difficult as time goes by, and on the other hand, Duanmu Huai always feels that these alien races do not seem to be worth much in the system’s judgment.

  You see, in the magical girl world before, one QB race completed a stage. According to this calculation, Duanmu Huai has killed at least 800 alien races in this star field, if not a thousand. He should have completed the progress of the natural disaster and started building the ether phase engine, but he has only entered the final stage?

How does this system calculate the weight?

Duanmu Huai wanted to complain to the customer service, but unfortunately this system didn’t have a dedicated customer service line…

It would take some time to pull him up, so Duanmu Huai decided to go and have some fun with the assassin.

Just like the first time he met Palpatine, Duanmu Huai only brought Ann, Mary and Okis with him this time, and the others had no interest in this kind of celebration. Not to mention that strictly speaking, the Inquisition helped the Galactic Republic win the civil war, so they had no intention of participating in any celebration of the Galactic Republic.

Of course, out of Duanmu Huai's bad taste, he did not tell Ann and Mary that someone was waiting to assassinate him. After all, it was just fun, and it had to be a little exciting to be interesting.

Duanmu Huai also believed that with An and Mary's abilities, there would be no problem with such a small matter as assassination.

  After all, everyone is pretty free these days, so it wouldn’t be bad to find some excitement, right?

In this way, the two ignorant girls were brought to Coruscant again by Duanmu Huai.

"Welcome, Your Excellency the Inquisitor, and all guests of the Inquisition."

The one who greeted the four people was, of course, Palpatine, but unlike the initial hiding his head and showing his tail, this time Palpatine was in public, dressed luxuriously, with a smug look on his face, and Count Dooku was also dressed neatly and stood behind him.

  For Palpatine, today is indeed a big day. After all, today he will publicly announce that the Galactic Republic will be changed to the Galactic Empire, and he will be the supreme emperor of the Galactic Empire!

People feel happy when they are happy, and even Palpatine was smiling when he looked at Duanmu Huai.

  By the way, Ann and Mary also dressed up in luxurious dresses. After all, one of them is a princess and the other is a young lady. They have received strict education in etiquette. Duanmu Huai may not care about wearing power armor directly, but these two have to dress up carefully. After all, they also represent the Tribunal. They can't embarrass themselves, right?

As for Ogis...she, sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulders, looked more like a decoration of the power armor.

"It's been a while since I last saw you, Mr. Palpatine. You seem to be looking well."

Duanmu Huai stretched out his hand and shook hands with Palpatine, who was still smiling.

"It's okay. After all, today is the day to celebrate the end of the civil war and the birth of the Galactic Republic. I'm a little excited... Ah, of course, we haven't forgotten the Inquisition's assistance to the Galactic Republic during the civil war..."

Palpatine was also a fool. He said this directly in front of the reporters, as if the Inquisition took the initiative to assist the Galactic Republic, rather than the two of them having already agreed in private. He directly removed himself from the situation, but Duanmu Huai was too lazy to pay attention to his tricks. He just glanced at Palpatine and nodded.

"I have prepared a room for you all. You can wait and rest there before the celebration begins."

As he spoke, Palpatine gestured to Count Dooku, who then left the helipad with Duanmu Huai and others.

  As Palpatine watched Duanmu Huai and the others leave, he kept smiling, but a hint of gloom flashed across his eyes. After all, he was an old and experienced man, so Palpatine could tell at a glance that Duanmu Huai had no respect for him at all and did not take him seriously at all!

Although Duanmu Huai was like this when the two sides first met, Palpatine was just a senator at that time. Although he was a Sith Lord in private, at least he was very cautious in public. Therefore, even if he was a little dissatisfied with Duanmu Huai at that time, he didn't say much.

  But what about now? He was already the supreme ruler of the Galactic Republic! And he would soon become the emperor of the Galactic Empire, but this young man still didn't take him seriously and didn't even look at him!

This is really unreasonable!

But... humph, I'm afraid you won't be able to jump around for much longer.

  Staring at Duanmu Huai's tall figure, Palpatine's eyes were mixed with a touch of cruelty. In fact, all the information that the rebels had received before was leaked by Palpatine on purpose, in order to kill Duanmu Huai with a borrowed knife! When the time comes, Duanmu Huai will be finished, and he can also find an excuse to catch all these damn Jedi Knights in one fell swoop!

Hehehe, by that time... maybe even the Tribunal will become my possession!

Thinking of this, Palpatine smiled smugly again, then looked away.

Enjoy your last moments, kid.

Of course, the celebration is not like a banquet, where you can come and go as you please. Duanmu Huai and others arrived a day in advance, and will rest here for a day, and then attend the celebration early the next morning. And Count Dooku also took Duanmu Huai and others to the guest room specially prepared for them. Don't say that Palpatine at least did a good job on the surface, and also prepared a villa for Duanmu Huai and others that is close to the mountains and rivers. The scenery here is beautiful, and there are few people... Well, the last one may be the key point.

After everyone entered the villa, Ann and Mary went to rest, but Count Dooku did not leave immediately. Instead, he stared at Duanmu Huai, was silent for a moment, and then took a step forward.

"Your Excellency the Inquisitor, there is something I want to remind you of."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Duanmu Huai touched the little head of Ogis next to him, looked at Count Dooku and asked.

"Chancellor Palpatine...may wish to harm you."

"Oh?"

Hearing Count Dooku's answer, Duanmu Huai showed a curious expression and stared at him. Of course he knew, otherwise Duanmu Huai would not bother to come, but Count Dooku actually took the initiative to warn him, which was somewhat beyond Duanmu Huai's expectations. Didn't he remember that Count Dooku was Palpatine's apprentice?

  Are you really so disrespectful to your teacher and ancestors?

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation, but I can be sure that Master has made preparations to deal with you. Maybe the celebration will be the time for him to take action, so... please be careful."

"That really surprises me."

After hearing Count Dooku's reminder, Duanmu Huai stared at him curiously.

"Aren't you Palpatine's apprentice? Even if your master really wants to deal with me, as his apprentice, wouldn't it be inappropriate for you to do this?"

"Haha, you don't know that I was not a member of the Sith, but a Jedi Master."

"Oh?"

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmu Huai finally understood what was going on. According to Count Dooku, he was a Jedi Knight when he was young, but in the process of carrying out his mission, he witnessed the deception and corruption of the bureaucrats of the Galactic Republic, and the Jedi Council turned a blind eye to it. This made Count Dooku very disappointed with the Jedi Council. After that, Palpatine found him, made Count Dooku fall into the dark side, and accepted him as his apprentice.

It turned out to be the case.

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmu Huai suddenly realized. He had found it strange before. After all, judging from their faces, Palpatine and Count Dooku were about the same age. Why did Count Dooku call Palpatine "Master"? According to the sayings in martial arts novels, Palpatine was a disciple who brought his skills to him. No wonder...

  As for why Count Dooku betrayed his master... well, although Duanmu Huai didn't ask, Count Dooku naturally had his own little tricks in his heart. Not to mention that the Sith master and apprentice killing each other is a historical tradition. Unlike Palpatine, Count Dooku witnessed how Duanmu Huai tortured and killed the Jedi Master of the Jedi Council!

And more importantly, he did not report the incident to Palpatine afterwards! He just said that he did not know what means the Inquisition used to eliminate the Jedi Council.

  Now...in Count Dooku's opinion, the time has come!

Palpatine actually dared to attack Duanmu Huai. In the eyes of the powerful Count Dooku, who had witnessed Duanmu Huai with his own eyes, he was simply insane. He would not be stupid enough to go crazy with Palpatine. So Count Dooku soon came up with an idea, which was to sell out Palpatine and show goodwill to Duanmu Huai!

After all, he had been lurking in the Independent Federation under Palpatine's orders. On the surface, Count Dooku was still a highly respected Jedi Master, and he could even be said to be the only remaining Jedi Master. For Count Dooku, the only person he feared was Palpatine.

  And if Palpatine was killed by Duanmu Huai, then... wouldn't it be easy for me to get all this?

"I'm not as stupid and senile as he is, so... I want to make it clear to you first. This is not my plan, and I don't know what he plans to do, but please be careful."

"Okay, I see. Thanks for the reminder."

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmu Huai nodded and sent him away.

"It seems that Mr. Palpatine is quite unpopular."

At this moment, An also poked his head out from behind Duanmu Huai and sighed meaningfully.

"That's what people who like to play tricks on others are like. But Count Dooku... well, that's a little interesting."

Duanmu Huai laughed and didn't say much.

  Palpatine's desire to die was his own business. Duanmu Huai originally had no good feelings towards this old, undead thief. However, Count Dooku's words were not bad. After all, Duanmu Huai had been with him for quite a while. If he was allowed to replace Palpatine, it didn't seem impossible.

Anyway, give it a try first.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai withdrew his thoughts.

Anyway, let's wait until the celebration begins.