Reincarnated as a boss tyrant in the game

The Abandoned Palace, a dilapidated place akin to an ancient Cold Palace, had long been eroded by time, solitary and desolate.

It had witnessed the sorrow and loneliness of countless disgraced concubines, every brick and tile seemed to emanate a resentful aura.

That scream suddenly echoed in this deathly silence, sharp and ear-piercing. It was not merely an impact on the eardrums, but a shock to the soul.

The despair and fear revealed in that voice seemed to penetrate the barriers of time and space, involuntarily causing one's soul to tremble.

Sauron asked in fear: "What is that sound? Why is it so terrifying?"

Guard Smith's face was also filled with fear, he replied in a trembling voice: "It's that madwoman."

"Which madwoman?" Sauron asked, frowning deeply.

Smith looked around, and after confirming that no one else was present, he whispered: "The deposed Emperor's Empress, Serestina Mela!"

Sauron was stunned for a moment. The name was somewhat unfamiliar and awkward to him, and it took him a while to react. "Serestina Mela? The deposed Emperor's Empress?"

Smith nodded: "That's her. Ever since the deposed Emperor died unexpectedly, she has been locked in this Abandoned Palace, and over time she has become the madwoman she is today."

Sauron took a deep breath, a complex emotion welling up in his heart.

It wasn't until he returned to his bedroom that his eyes gleamed with a sharp light. He finally remembered this woman's name.

Serestina Mela, one of the Four Demon Generals.

The deposed Emperor Fuer was actually the elder brother of Holy Braganza II. Like Gustav, he had also unexpectedly stumbled upon the throne.

The reason he was called the deposed Emperor was because he had fallen before he could formally ascend the throne and be granted the title, and behind this title was the strong demand of the Radiant Church.

The deposed Emperor Fuer's fate was like a flash in the pan. He was assassinated only three days after his enthronement, before the coronation ceremony was even over, and his life came to an abrupt end.

This sudden event plunged the entire empire into an eerie calm. Due to the suddenness of the event, many of the great nobles on the borders had not had time to react, and this major event did not trigger any rebellion.

At this critical moment, Holy Braganza II, Wistan Ding, was ordered to take over and became the second emperor of the Holy Braganza Empire.

The reason he was chosen, in addition to his firm support for Fuer, was that the other princes who competed with the deposed Emperor Fuer either chose to "commit suicide" or were sent to their fiefs, leaving only him, the imperial brother who had always supported Fuer.

The death of the deposed Emperor Fuer was a huge blow to the deposed Empress Serestina. She went mad because of it, and even slaughtered the priests of the Radiant Church. The Radiant Pope of that year also died at her hands.

In order to protect this sister-in-law, Holy Braganza II decided to imprison her in the Abandoned Palace. It was because of this incident that the relationship between the royal family and the state religion, the Radiant Church, became increasingly tense, until Holy Braganza III ascended the throne, and this tense relationship improved.

When Sauron saw this information in the Royal Archives, his first reaction was that his grandfather, Holy Braganza II, was somewhat suspicious.

However, Sauron could not find any reason pointing to Holy Braganza II, because even the mad Serestina still showed some respect for this imperial uncle, which was why she was willing to live in the Abandoned Palace after killing the Pope.

This doubt and speculation could only leave a suspense in Sauron's heart.

Mirroring the plot in the game, Sauron already had a clear target for the culprit in his mind.

The only condition for the Demon General Serestina to be willing to come out of the Abandoned Palace and help Sauron was to ask him to promise to assist in the destruction of the Radiant Church.

On the first day Serestina stepped out of the palace, she launched a bloody massacre. She single-handedly destroyed all the Radiant Churches in the imperial capital, ruthlessly slaughtering all the priests and nuns, and even personally killing the current Pope.

Two Popes had died at the hands of Serestina, which was undoubtedly the best proof of her strength.

The strength of each Radiant Pope was at least at the beginning of the Saint Realm, but in front of Serestina, they seemed so powerless.

Such a gap in strength filled Sauron with awe for Serestina, and at the same time strengthened his determination to use this Demon General to achieve his goals.

Serestina's strength was undoubtedly powerful. Even in the later stages, she was the absolute main force against the Seven Heroes. If she had not been in charge of the imperial capital, Sauron would not have been able to lead the army on a distant expedition against the rebels with peace of mind.

Sauron knew that his current strength was still too weak, far from reaching the level where he could face Serestina directly. If he rashly went to the Abandoned Palace now, he might encounter misfortune, or even be directly beaten to death.

Recalling the Tyrant Sauron route in the game, he only had the courage to step into that gloomy Abandoned Palace after reaching the peak of the eighth level.

And now, he still had a long way to go to reach that level.

Therefore, Sauron decided to temporarily suppress the impulse in his heart and first work hard to improve his strength. He believed that one day, he would appear in front of Serestina in a more powerful state.

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In the suburbs of the imperial capital, Lodesa, there was a vast desertified area. This area covers more than 100,000 hectares, desolate and empty, and has become a deserted no-man's land.

Unlike the desert areas formed by general soil erosion, the formation of this desertified area originated from a special historical event.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, this was the main battlefield of a fierce war.

At the end of the war, the Queen Mother cast a powerful forbidden spell, which decided the direction of the war.

The power of the forbidden spell was enormous, but the sequelae it brought have remained to this day.

Today, although the magic radiation brought by the forbidden spell has gradually dissipated, the area has been completely turned into a desertified land.

If time and resources are not invested in governance, in a hundred years, this place is likely to evolve into a real desert.

This desertified area has recently been bought by Sauron. Butler Munster personally handled the purchase matters, and the whole process was efficient and smooth.

Most surprisingly, the entire purchase process cost less than 1,000 gold coins, of which 500 gold coins were used to grease the wheels to ensure the smooth progress of the transaction, while the funds actually used to purchase the land were less than 500 gold coins.

Such a price is undoubtedly extremely low for such a vast piece of land.

Sauron's purchase of this land undoubtedly shows that he sees its potential and value.

This is also the last piece of unclaimed land around the imperial capital. The rest of the land has long been divided up by the royal family and the nobles of the imperial capital.