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Chapter 1247: Bullying the teacher? (Do you want to buy the Ring of Law DLC?)

To be honest, Duanmuhuai didn't plan to participate in any celebration. After all, he dislikes those boring ceremonies and rituals, which are a waste of time.

However, when Lumière told Duanmuhuai that someone wanted to assassinate him, Duanmuhuai suddenly became interested.

 Hey, this is interesting!

 Is there anyone else trying to assassinate me?

 So much fun?

If you don’t go, it will be in vain.

It just so happened that Duanmu Huai destroyed so many alien races during this period, and the progress of the natural disaster was also rising slowly. The only thing that made Duanmu Huai a little confused was that he had destroyed so many aliens, and the progress bar only increased by the same amount as the one he had destroyed. QB races are similar.

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

But even so, after killing so many alien races, Duanmu Huai still successfully obtained the full progress reward of the fourth level of [Calamity Ascension], [Star Sea and Heavenly Punishment], and obtained [Target Cutoff] and [Shooting Fire]. Chicken] Two special BUFFs.

 Among them, [Target Cutoff] can increase the damage of the battleship weapon by 50%, while [Shoot the Turkey] can increase the hit rate by 30%. These two BUFFs are combined with Revatier's poetic magic chant. It can be said that once activated, all Duanmu Huai's Inquisition battleships will receive an additional 150% damage bonus and a 130% additional hit bonus.

This super bonus makes Duanmu Huai so excited that he explodes with excitement. If he were in the game, he would dare to bring out his fleet and directly confront the Chaos Legion. Even if the Chaos Champion leads the team, Duanmu Huai will not bring any birds, even if the Shanzhen comes. He can also kill indiscriminately! Even if the original fleet is assembled, he will not be fooled! With the powerful firepower of his own fleet, he is still afraid of a hammer!

Duanmuhuai feels so light now and is not afraid of anything anymore!

 Because of this, when he learned from Lumière that someone was going to assassinate him, Duanmuhuai immediately waved his hand.

 Let’s go and have some fun!

After all, the next step is [Enemy of Life and Death], the final stage of [Calamity Ascension], and if he wants to obtain the Ether Phase Engine, Duanmu Huai still has to go through the first three stages of [Enemy of Life and Death] [Tough Priority] [The Power to Cut Off Gold] After completing [Solar Eclipse and Apocalypse], the final structure [Ether Phase Engine] can be opened.

But at least now, Duanmuhuai is not afraid of building an etheric engine. He was worried before that if he built an etheric engine, it would cause the Chaos fleet to attack. But now... look at this bonus, you are not afraid. Come, I'm afraid you won't be able to go back, hahahaha!

It’s just that in the final stage, it’s impossible to rely on the alien races in this star field. I don’t know why. There are obviously many alien races in this star field, but Duanmu Huai’s progress by eliminating them is not very high. , on the one hand, the progress becomes more difficult as you get to the later stages, and on the other hand, Duanmu Huai always feels that these alien races are not very valuable in the system's judgment.

 Look, in the magical girl world, one QB race filled one stage. According to this calculation, Duanmu Huai destroyed not only 1,000 but also 800 alien races in this star field. He should have maxed out the natural disaster progress and started building the ether phase engine, but he has only entered the final stage?

 How does this system calculate the proportion?

Duanmuhuai wanted to complain to customer service, but unfortunately this system does not have a customer service hotline...

At this moment, he couldn't pull it up, so Duanmuhuai might as well go have some fun with the assassin.

Like the first time he met Palpatine, this time Duanmuhuai still only brought An, Mary and Ogis, and the others had little interest in this kind of celebration. Not to mention that strictly speaking, this civil war was actually won by the Inquisition with the help of the Galactic Republic, and they had no intention of attending any celebrations of the Galactic Republic.

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

 Duanmu Huai also believes that with An and Mary's abilities, there will definitely be no problem in the face of such a trivial matter as assassination.

 After all, everyone is very free during this period, so it’s not a bad idea to find some excitement, right?

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

 “Welcome to you, Your Excellency the Inquisitor, and all guests of the Inquisition.”

The one who greeted the four of them was, of course, Palpatine, but it was different from the way he had hidden his head and tail in the beginning. This time, Palpatine was in public, dressed luxuriously, with a proud look on his face, and Count Dooku was also there. Standing behind him in a well-groomed manner.

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

People are in high spirits during happy events. Even Palpatine was smiling when he looked at Duanmu Huai.

By the way, Ann and Mary also wore luxurious dresses and were carefully dressed up. After all, one of them is a princess and the other is an eldest lady, and they have both received strict education in etiquette. Duanmu Huai may not mind appearing in power armor, but these two have to dress up carefully. After all, they also represent the Tribunal, so they can't be embarrassed, right?

As for Ogis...sitting on Duanmuhuai's shoulders, she is more like a decoration of the power armor.

"I haven't seen you for a while, Mr. Palpatine. It seems you are looking good."

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

“It’s okay, okay, after all, today is the day to celebrate the end of the Civil War and the rebirth of the Galactic Republic, so I’m somewhat excited... Ah, of course, we haven’t forgotten the Inquisition’s assistance to the Galactic Republic in the Civil War...”

Palpatine is also an old man. He said this directly in front of reporters, as if the Inquisition took the initiative to assist the Galactic Republic, rather than a private agreement between the two. He picked it out directly, but Duanmuhuai didn't bother to pay attention to his nonsense. He just glanced at Palpatine and nodded.

“I have prepared a room for you, where you can wait and rest before the celebration begins.”

As he spoke, Palpatine made a gesture to Count Dooku, and the latter took Duanmu Huai and others off the apron.

Looking at the backs of Duanmu Huai and others as they left, the smile on Palpatine's face remained unchanged, but there was a hint of gloom in his eyes. After all, he can be regarded as a mature man, so Palpatine can see at a glance that Duanmu Huai has no respect for him at all, and does not take him seriously at all!

　　Although Duanmuhuai was like this when the two parties first met, at that time Palpatine was just a congressman. Although he had the identity of a Sith Lord behind his back, at least he was still very cautious on the surface. Therefore, even if he was a little dissatisfied with Duanmuhuai at that time, he didn't say much.

 But what now? He is already the supreme ruler of the Galactic Republic! And he will be the emperor of the Galaxy Empire soon, but this young man still doesn't take him seriously and doesn't even look at him!

 This is really unreasonable!

But... huh, I'm afraid you won't be able to dance for long.

Starting at Duanmuhuai's tall figure, Palpatine's eyes were filled with a hint of ruthlessness. In fact, all the information that the rebels had obtained before was deliberately leaked by Palpatine in order to let these rebels kill Duanmu Huai! By then, Duanmu Huai will be finished, and he can find an excuse to kill all these **** Jedi warriors!

 Hmph, by that time... maybe even the Tribunal will become his own!

Thinking of this, Palpatine smiled proudly again, and then looked back.

 Enjoy your last moments, boy.

Of course, a celebration is not the same as a banquet. You can come and leave as you please. Duanmu Huai and others arrived one day in advance. They will rest here for a day and then participate in the celebration early the next morning. Count Dooku also brought Duanmu Huai and others to the guest room specially prepared for them. Not to mention, Palpatine at least did a good job on the surface, and specially prepared a villa for Duanmu Huai and others, surrounded by mountains and rivers. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the scenery is bright, and there are few people... Well, the last one may be the key point.

After everyone entered the villa, An and Mary went to rest, but Count Dooku did not leave immediately. On the contrary, he stared at Duanmuhuai, silent for a moment, and then took a step forward.

“Your Excellency, Judge, there is something I want to remind you first.”

 “Oh? What’s the matter?”

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

"Chancellor Palpatine...may want to do something against you."

"oh?"

Hearing Count Dooku's answer, Duanmu Huai showed a curious expression and stared at him. Of course he knew, otherwise Duanmuhuai wouldn't bother to come, but Count Dooku actually took the initiative to warn him. This was somewhat beyond Duanmuhuai's expectation. He remembered that Count Dooku was not Palpatine's apprentice. ?

 That's how you deceive your master and destroy your ancestors?

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

 “This really surprises me.”

 After hearing Count Dooku’s reminder, Duanmuhuai stared at him curiously.

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

“Haha, you don’t know something. In fact, I was not a member of the Sith before, but a Jedi Master.”

"oh?"

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmuhuai understood what was going on. According to Count Dooku, he had been a Jedi Knight when he was young, but during the mission, he witnessed the Galactic Republic with his own eyes. Bureaucratic deception and corruption, to which the Jedi Council turned a blind eye. This made Count Dooku very disappointed with the Jedi Council. After that, Palpatine found him and made Count Dooku fall to the dark side and accepted him as his disciple.

I see.

After listening to Count Dooku's explanation, Duanmuhuai suddenly realized that he had found it strange before. After all, judging from their appearance, Palpatine and Count Dooku were both about the same age. Why did Count Dooku want to call Palpatine master? , after working on it for a long time. According to martial arts novels, Palpatine is considered a master of arts. No wonder...

As for why Count Dooku betrayed his master...well, although Duanmuhuai didn't ask, Count Dooku naturally had his own Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. Not to mention that it is a historical tradition for Sith masters and apprentices to kill each other. Unlike Palpatine, Count Dooku witnessed with his own eyes how Duanmu Huai tortured and killed the Jedi Master of the Jedi Council!

And more importantly, he did not report the incident to Palpatine afterward! He just said that he didn't 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 Duanmuhuai. In the eyes of the powerful Count Dooku who had witnessed Duanmuhuai, he simply lost his mind. He would not be stupid enough to go crazy with Palpatine. So Count Dooku quickly came up with an idea, which was to sell Palpatine and show his favor to Duanmu Huai!

After all, he was lurking in the Independent Federation under Palpatine's orders. On the surface, Count Dooku's identity is still a highly respected Jedi Master, and he can even be said to be the only remaining Jedi Master. For Count Dooku, the only thing he is currently afraid of is Palpatine.

 And if Palpatine is killed by Duanmuhuai, then... wouldn't he be able to obtain all of this easily?

"I'm not as stupid and old-fashioned as him, so... I want to explain this to you first. This is not my plan, and I don't know what he plans to do, but please be careful."

 “Okay, I understand, thank you for reminding me.”

 After listening to Count Dooku’s explanation, Duanmuhuai nodded and sent him away.

“It seems that Mr. Palpatine is quite unpopular.”

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

“That’s what it’s like for guys who like sinister people, but Count Dooku...well, it’s kind of interesting.”

Duanmuhuai chuckled and said nothing more.

It was Palpatine's business to seek death, and Duanmu Huai originally had no good impressions of this guy who was too old to die because he was a thief. But Count Dooku's words are pretty good. After all, Duanmu Huai has been with him for a long time. It seems that it would not be impossible if he were to replace Palpatine?

 In short, let’s give it a try first.

Thinking of this, Duanmuhuai retracted his thoughts.

 No matter what, let’s wait until the celebration begins.