in the name of the queen.

Chapter 330 Only the Sea Witch is not enough

If things get out of control and are beyond the control of the participants, people tend to tacitly choose to forget, continue to work and live as if nothing happened, and keep silent about the outrageous things.

As we all know, ostriches don't bury their heads in haystacks when they encounter danger. They have plenty of strength and speed, and they will just crush their enemies.

It is humans who like to play the ostrich when things happen, but they are too embarrassed to admit it, so they let the ostrich take the blame.

The coronation ceremony at the Vatican City Palace occupied the front pages of major newspapers.

All media outlets were reporting on the coronation ceremony, but no one dared to report what happened afterwards, not even the well-informed media executives who knew the inside story.

If you offend the three powerful countries of Sussex, Golden Kite and Vladimir at the same time, you are destined to go nowhere even though this world is big.

While some are celebrating, others are worried, such as the small countries sandwiched between the two major camps.

They are very sensitive to the movements of major powers.

When big countries fight, the big countries may not be in trouble, but the small countries caught in the middle are likely to be in trouble.

In order to survive in this chaotic situation, they must accurately grasp the intentions of the great powers and take sides before being conquered.

Everyone wants to preserve the ancestral heritage. If it is impossible to preserve it, it is better to surrender early to ensure safety.

The worst thing about surviving in the cracks is that people like the Kingdom of Oden and the Weimar Confederation failed to see the situation clearly and died in the streets during the struggle for territory among the great powers.

Of course, the tragic endings of the Weimar Confederation and the Kingdom of Oden were not entirely due to standing on the wrong side, but also because they always felt that they were great powers.

After the coronation ceremony, Christine returned to the city of Val where the holy spring was located to rest temporarily, Alina stayed in the country to prepare for war, Lisa returned to the Magic Association for final training, and Roland, Sif and others returned to Hansa.

Everyone is very busy.

After returning to Hansa City, Roland finally couldn't help but ask Sif to take out the magic mirror to check the female charm list. It was not because he wanted to satisfy his gossip, but simply wanted to know Christine's recent situation.

Christine returned to the holy city of Val alone, and Roland was really worried.

Even without him saying anything, Sif was curious.

The magic mirror was awakened from sleep. Fortunately, she was a divine weapon and did not have a bad temper when waking up. However, she still insisted that the women's charm list could only be seen by Sif and men must stop there.

Sif glared at the magic mirror unhappily, "Stop talking nonsense. I will definitely share it with him later. Don't waste your time."

Faced with Sif's aggressiveness, the magic mirror chose to surrender. She displayed the list of women's charms in the void with an expressionless face, snorted lightly, and was too lazy to pay attention to her rude little master.

There is no suspense about the first place, it is still Sif, and she still gets 100 points.

Although the upper limit of the score of the Magic Mirror Women's Charm List is 99 points, Sif occasionally has highlights that exceed 99 points. She has long been accustomed to it.

Sif's perfect evaluation made Sophia's ridicule of Sif's feminine charm a joke.

But Sif did not cheer for her ranking. She couldn't help but ask, "Did my ranking drop to second place seven days ago?"

Seven days ago was Alina's coronation ceremony. At that time, she was in a terrible state under the pressure of Sofia. She was even mocked by Sofia for no longer being at the top of the list. She refused to accept it.

Seeing Sif's nervous look, the magic mirror smiled and said, "Sorry, I don't know. I have been sleeping all the time these days. You know, it is not easy to collect this data, so I have to sleep often."

The magic mirror did not lie. She was dormant at least half of the time. Except for the high-intensity work she was recruited by Sif in the past few years, she was sleepy the rest of the time.

Most artifacts are like this, they must share energy from their masters in order to maintain operation. Artifacts that can absorb energy autonomously and maintain operation are extremely rare.

The magic mirror was confident, but Sif was a little annoyed in her heart.

She can remain calm and elegant in other aspects, but she cannot tolerate losing in the charm list.

Roland coughed lightly and reminded softly: "Sif, this is the charm list, not the combat power list. How can Sophia compete with you?"

With his comfort, Sif's originally troubled mood gradually improved.

What Roland said was right, but she only half agreed. After all, combat power was dynamic. In the future, she might be stronger than Sophia in combat power, but Sophia would never be able to surpass her charm, forever.

She always wins, and this time is no exception.

Sophia is still ranked second, with not much change. The only change is the score. Her score often fluctuates between 96-97, and occasionally reaches 95.

This time her score was 95, the lowest in recent years.

Seeing Sophia's score, Sif's originally depressed mood instantly became cheerful.

Sophia was right. Mood and state had a great impact on the score, but it was not her that was affected, but Sophia herself.

Continuing to move their eyes downward, Sif and Roland saw the third person.

Christine.

The scores from third to sixth on the list are not much different, and their rankings are often swapped, so Sif gave them a nice nickname, the Four Little Flowers.

Although the four young actresses are older than Sif, in this list, age is a disadvantage and charm is the real say.

The four people are Alina, Christine, Queen Sissi of the Kingdom of Tyrol, and Catalina, a red-haired female pirate from the New World.

Queen Sissi was once the queen of the Kingdom of Tyrol and had long been ranked first on the charm rankings before Sif.

Simply put, she was the most beautiful woman in the world before Sif reached the top.

Her ranking dropped not because she got married or became ugly, but simply because Sif was better.

Originally, her ranking should have been promoted to second, but under the threat of Sofia, she married a distant relative of the royal family with whom she had no emotional basis and gave up the throne. Her mentality exploded, causing her ranking to drop rapidly.

No matter how her ranking changes, she can't surpass Sophia, that's the rule.

The red-haired pirate Katarina is also a legendary figure. Although those who have seen her true face could not tell what she really looked like afterwards, they all insisted that she was an extremely beautiful woman.

Regarding the rumor that Katarina is extremely attractive, five-star reviewer Magic Mirror gave a lengthy and objective evaluation.

"Yes."

The magic mirror's authentication would not be wrong, and this mysterious female pirate made Roland even more curious.

At least there are portraits of Queen Sissi leaked, but this red-haired female pirate is so mysterious that there is not even any reliable video footage of her.

In this ranking of the four young actresses, Christine is at the front, following Sofia, but both of them have the same score of 95 points.

Sif frowned and asked softly, "They all scored 95 points, so why is Sophia in the front? Is it because she is the queen and is stronger?"

"Yes." The magic mirror was very honest.

Sif was a little speechless, but Roland could understand. Appearance, figure and temperament are only part of charm. When the appearance is equal, whoever has a more successful career and a higher status will obviously have extra points.

In fact, this list is a high-end one, and the women who make it to the list are either rich or noble, or have extraordinary abilities.

Those gorgeous small town roses don't deserve to be on the list.

If the list were expanded to include all women, Magic Mirror would be exhausted.

But one thing is certain, if the list is expanded to all women, Sophia may not be second, Sif will still be the undisputed champion.

The highlight of this list is that there are several new faces. But when someone makes progress, someone else will give way, this is an objective law.

Sif soon discovered the changes in the list and asked in surprise, "Wait, why did Madam Mathilde and Helena both drop out of the list?"

Anyone would be surprised by the sudden departure of these two top ten regulars.

"Dead." The magic mirror's answer was still so concise.

"Madame Mathilde attended a music salon hosted by King Prudence, drank too much, reveled all night, and participated in a group party, and died."

"Helena was shot in the head by her rival during the duel and died on the spot."

Is this okay? Roland's lips twitched slightly, and he was a little speechless. But it was normal to think about it. Being good-looking and having a high status was not a golden ticket to avoid death. Sometimes it was even a death warrant.

If they lose to Sophia, Sif and others will be collectively eliminated.

Thinking of this, Roland suddenly lost interest and didn't want to read on.

But now that I'm here, I still have to see what I should see.

When someone dies, someone else takes his place. Continuing to read, Roland saw two familiar names.

Eighth place, Lisa, 91 points. Since jumping into the volcanic lava and being reborn, Lisa has been flying higher and higher like a phoenix, becoming the fastest rising star on the female charm list.

Roland and Lisa had known each other since childhood, but because they were so familiar with each other, his perception of Lisa's appearance was rather vague.

In his memory, Lisa was very beautiful, had a good figure, and was very caring towards him. Who wouldn't like a sister like this even if she wasn't very good looking?
After the volcano incident, Lisa's facial features became more refined, her skin became whiter and smoother, and her every move exuded the mature feminine charm of a girl next door. Even Sif felt a sense of urgency.

However, Roland was surrounded by many beautiful women, including Sif, whose charm was beyond measure, so he had no intuitive feeling about Lisa's changes.

Seeing the changes in the rankings, Roland finally realized that Sister Lisa was different from before.

Seeing the tenth place on the list, Roland felt somewhat confused.

It’s actually the sea witch Adina?
Roland wanted to ask how the Ocean Clan could be on the list, but considering that Aedina was Sif's stepmother, he couldn't bring himself to question it.

Just as Roland was about to leave, Sif's long-suppressed anger finally erupted, "Magic Mirror, are you kidding me? This is a list of the most attractive human women. How come a fish can be on the list?"

Roland: "."

Sif's anger was a little sudden, but it was also normal if you think about it carefully.

It's impossible for an adult daughter to have a good relationship with her father's remarried young wife. It's good enough if they can maintain superficial harmony.

In the underwater city, Sif acted very happy for her father's sake, but in fact there was always a thorn in her heart.

It is reasonable for a daughter to feel unhappy when her mother died and her father remarried.

The new emperor ascended the throne and the previous emperor was not dead, so it was reasonable for the new monarch to be unhappy.

If it were just these, it would be fine. What Sif could not accept the most was that her widowed father had a very good relationship with Adina, obviously closer than with her biological mother.

She couldn't think about this matter too much. The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, to the point that she felt upset when she saw the names of her father and the Sea Witch.

As luck would have it, the magic mirror put Adina's name in the position of top beauty goalkeeper and brought it to her.

If it were her maid or secretary, they would definitely not dare to do this, but the magic mirror didn't care whether she could accept it or not, and focused on telling the truth.

Facing Sif's doubts, the magic mirror lazily said: "The sea demons are relatives of the land humans. They were a family millions of years ago. It is reasonable for her to be on the list."

The magic mirror's words were well-reasoned and choked Sif so much that she couldn't speak for a long time. Fortunately, Roland was considerate and helped her out.

"Sif, this list is not complete and cannot reflect your advantages. If the scope is expanded to include all human women."

"Then Adina will definitely not be in the top 50. Sif is still number one." Although the magic mirror is brainless, its emotional intelligence is not low. She also feels that Sif is surging with anger that is enough to destroy everything. Although she is not afraid of Sif's anger, there is no need to fall out with her young master over such a small matter.

The magic mirror transformed into the puppet Sif, and said with a smile:
"Oh, I actually forgot about myself. Now I'm updating the rankings. Sif is still number one, Mirror Sif is number two, and the others will move down one place in order."

The magic mirror doesn't even have a life, so it naturally cannot be included in the ranking. She did this purely to get Adina out of the list of the top ten beauties.

Roland couldn't help laughing at the magic mirror's flexible bottom line.

"Just laugh if you can't help it." Sif muttered with a stern face. She tried very hard to hold back her laughter, but still couldn't help laughing.

Laughter is contagious. When Sif laughed, Roland and the magic mirror laughed too. All the hardships they had were melted away in their smiles.

Although the fatal pressure brought by Sophia still exists, Sif's pressure is greatly reduced when she thinks that she failed to kill Christine and instead awakened the stigma.

No matter how powerful Sophia is, she is not invincible.

When Christine appears in front of her again, will there be cracks in the perfect self-confidence that she has built up over the years of being invincible?
This is my chance.

Sif thought silently.

As spring turns to summer, July in Rodinia is the hottest time of the year. Even the most militaristic warmongers rarely launch military operations at this time.

Except for the Prudens.

Their current monarch, Otto VI, is very warlike. He clamors all day long about restoring Odin's glory and even spends 70% of his fiscal revenue on military construction and military production.

After the disastrous defeat of the Franks Fortress and the loss of 100,000 troops, he was very quiet for a while, but after hearing that Sophia had taken personal action in the city of Cite, he felt that he was capable again.

His blood boiled, and he vowed to fulfill his grandfather's last wish. He must wear the crown, and it couldn't be any other emperor, it had to be Emperor Odin!
Theoretically, every Odin has a strong claim to the throne of the Odin Empire, and his grandfather was right to think so.

But the Pruden family's desire to become emperor was somewhat unjustified.

Emperor Odin said that everyone is qualified to inherit his throne, but the prerequisite is that they must be human, that is, citizens of the Odin Empire.

Unfortunately, the Pruden family were just horse-breeding slaves of the empire, raising horses for the empire in the plains farther north.

What inheritance rights could a horse-breeding slave have?

This is the biggest difficulty for the Pruden family to ascend the throne.

Their ancestors had been struggling to wash away their humble origins, and his father even wrote a blood oath to warn future generations to remember their ancestors' teachings.

This is the Kingdom of Pruden and the royal family of Pruden.

A war machine that mobilizes the entire nation, a fanatical nation, and a group of crazy leaders.

In short, this is a country where the entire nation is full of enthusiasm for war and is shrouded in an atmosphere of crazy war.

The abnormal fiscal allocation has put Prudence's economy on the brink of collapse at any time, and the high inflation rate and youth unemployment rate have made the entire country a giant powder keg.

Only war can resolve these conflicts.

Whoever is against the war is against the entire country.

Faced with the rising national enthusiasm, King Otto had no choice but to launch a strong attack.

If he doesn't strike hard against the outside world, someone in the country will strike hard against him.

He pondered for a long time, raised his arms and shouted, "Let the empire's guns create jobs for the empire's young people." This slogan seems absurd but is actually very consistent with Pruden's logic.

At his call, young people with basic education enlisted and joined this fanatical war.

In just a few months, the Kingdom of Pruden became the first country in the entire Rodinia continent to implement a total mobilization of the entire nation, recruiting more than 1.2 million troops. Together with the logistics support personnel, workers involved in production in the rear factories, and farmers who provided food to the army, the number of people directly or indirectly serving the war exceeded 10 million.

For the Kingdom of Pruden, which has a population of only 40 million, this is the ultimate mobilization.

Unfortunately, their luck was not very good. After mobilizing the entire nation, they wanted to inspire people with victory, but they suffered a bloody defeat in the Franks Fortress.

There was no victory, but hundreds of thousands of people disappeared.

What is even more terrifying is the wavering of people’s hearts.

Tens of thousands of defeated soldiers who retreated from the front line witnessed the horrific scene of earth-shattering destruction with their own eyes. Their fighting will was completely destroyed, but their mouths were not shut.

In the following months, these veterans who had lost on the battlefield had spread too much negative news.

King Otto, unable to bear it any longer, finally took drastic measures.

He built a convalescent hospital and sent tens of thousands of survivors of the Battle of the Franks.

This rehabilitation hospital has dozens of mediocre doctors and some trainee pastors, but there are thousands of security personnel to prevent them from leaving without permission.

Soon some of the “recovered” people discovered that something was wrong.

This is not a hospital, this is more like a prison. No, not like, it is clearly a prison.

With whipping instead of massage and beating instead of medical consultation, these soldiers finally understood their true situation.

Except for a very small number of diehards, everyone else obediently accepted the arrangements and were called slave laborers in this special veterans' sanatorium, preparing equipment, uniforms, and supplies for the frontline soldiers.

After eliminating the last batch of obstacles, King Otto finally issued a call to battle with satisfaction.

"Go forward, warriors, and fight to restore the glory of the Odin Empire!"

Driven by the amazing reward, the courage of the Prudens reappeared.

They roared and rushed into the default dividing line, the ruined Franks fortress.

War broke out again.

(End of this chapter)