Chapter 11: The Empress flips again!

The Empress has been on the throne for five years, and she has seen the situation in this country very clearly.

Her biggest advantage is her youth.

Her biggest disadvantage is also her youth.

Because it means that she has enough time to grow up and save the already riddled Brentania Empire, but at the same time it means that she has an unstable foundation and she’s a mere fledgling.

Talents.

She desperately needs talented people that only belongs to her, and her thirst for talents is the truest portrayal of her heart. Therefore, she had to reform the Night’s Watch and create an organisation that is only loyal to herself, in order to counterbalance the political parties, reclaim power, and consolidate centralization.

Only in this way can she avoid being completely overridden.

“Your Majesty, I’m going to cast divination magic. Please tell me the other party’s name, gender, age, and other information. It is best to have his personal belongings so that I can deepen my impression of him,” said Old Neil.

“No need, he is a member of the Valerius family, the son of Archduke Bern.”

The Empress handed a document and said lightly, “Do you remember Novia? the girl that almost destroyed your library, she’s his sister. That is enough for you to perform divination magic.”

Old Neil took the information and was stunned, “So that’s the case! Do you suspect that he has mastered black magic?”

“Well, a group of stupid thieves appeared in Loma City yesterday and kidnapped dozens of teachers and students of the Royal National Knights Academy. It was he who saved his teachers and companions almost by himself with the cooperation of his attendant. Killing those foolish thugs. After Triya reported the situation to me, I was very curious.”

The Empress paused, “Licinius is not a simple man.”

Noren Frostian’s profile, she already investigated her.

She is strong but she’s a pure melee warlock. it’s unlikely that she could kill a thug who had mastered spiritual black magic while keeping the hostage unscathed.

Especially since the hostage at that time was the seemingly defenceless Licinius.

Until tonight, the mystery was revealed.

It is very likely that the other party has mastered some kind of black magic.

Old Neil narrowed his eyes, “A member who is excluded from the core of the family and sent to a border area like Loma City is basically the same as being deprived of his noble status, but his intelligence showed when he left the capital, he didn’t have any complaints, and he accepted all this calmly…”

Generally speaking, there are so many aristocratic children who are abandoned by their families every year.

Every one of them cries and screams, unwilling to leave their comfort zone and the enjoyable life in the capital.

Because the border area symbolises crisis and death.

Without real skills, in a few years, they would become no different from commoners.

No, even worse than commoners.

Because the commoners will definitely ostracise them.

“Well, and when he left, he only brought three hundred gold coins as living expenses.”

The Empress said, “And his squire knight, Noren.”

Old Neil thought for a while, “I remember Noren, she once came to the Holy Trinity Theological Seminary for further studies. And it was not what I expected, her tuition was paid by this young man. She is a good girl. But the problem is, the advancement of a warlock requires a lot of resources. Can a poor noble afford a fourth-order warlock… Huh?”

He suddenly saw that there were actually seven or eight shops under the boy’s name on the documents!

How did this happen, relying only on the initial three hundred gold coins?

“If you carefully inquire about the information of the Valerius family, you will find that their evaluation of Licinius is nothing more than rubbish. In fact, he is not so mediocre. It can be seen from the kidnapping incident that his courage and wisdom are one in a thousand.”

The Empress said, “The Valerius family has never had a descendant without magic talent, especially with their lineage. There is no reason why the elder sister is so powerful, and the younger brother is useless.”

Old Neil understood, “And the people of the Valerius family are not blind, let alone fools. They wouldn’t be wrong about Licinius, unless Licinius doesn’t want them to see it.”

The Empress smiled lightly, “Don’t you think it’s very interesting? I saw ambition in him.”

There are many contradictions and suspicions about Licinius.

But if he mastered black magic, everything would make sense.

‘You were born in a noble family of the capital, with a tyrannical father and a genius sister, you were oppressed and unable to lift your head. Until one day, you discovered black magic, you know it is taboo, but to you, it is like Pandora’s box, only by opening it, do you have the chance to turn things around.’

‘But practising black magic in the capital is too dangerous.’

‘So you restrained yourself, disguised yourself as a wastrel, and was finally sent away by the family.

‘Away from the capital.’

‘With your most trusted confidant, relying on your own wisdom and black magic, you built your own forces on the border, silently accumulate strength in places where no one cares, to one day return to the capital.’

‘So interesting.’

“Then everything is as you wish, Your Majesty.”

Old Neil took out a transparent crystal ball, relayed magic power into his hands, and recited an ancient incantation.

Divination magic!

His spirit melted into the extremities of the world, overlooking the heavens and the earth, and descending on the boy.

When Old Neil’s spirit invaded the young man’s mind, darkness descended silently, countless crazy and strange noises of things colliding, howling, and hoarse murmurs sounded in his ears through the grey fog.

Like countless strange souls overlooking him, whispering.

Then the darkness shattered, filled with a myriad of horrific fissures, and pairs of blood-colored pupils.

Staring at him silently.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Old Neil suddenly heaved a shrill cry, and fell to his knees in an instant, his eyes bleeding.

His skin cracked and countless granulations grew out of it, miserable and bizarre.

“Sir Neil!”

The Empress was taken aback.

“Your Majesty, there are so many eyes, I have seen so many eyes…”

Old Neil sat on his knees and murmured absentmindedly.

The Empress’ pupils shrank suddenly.

Secretary Niel, a senior spiritual warlock, was actually contaminated!

Mental pollution!

“Just because he peeped at the boy? No, if he was that powerful, Triya would probably have died long ago. Was this because the black magic he practised is of high order? Or did he fortify his mind through some other means? No matter what, his black magic should not be simple. It should be enough to fight against those lackeys of Joachim…”

  

At the moment, Licinius still recalls the four ancients of the original world in the illusion.

Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhen, Cao Shuang.

But even in the illusion, he noticed that the back of his head was slightly cold, and he had an inexplicable feeling, as if something had wormed its way in and peeped at his thoughts.

It’s just that he didn’t know that he had actually been contaminated by the forbidden knowledge in that ancient book of evil gods and demons during the last time he read it. The only reason he seemed normal was because of his immortality.

In fact, his consciousness and soul are constantly being eroded by that indescribable chaos and repaired by his immortality.

It’s just that indescribable chaos can’t devour his soul.

This struck a fine balance with him.

In other words, an unprecedented state of symbiosis.

Chaos, evil, darkness, fury, eerie, gloomy, crazy.

It surges and spreads in the deepest part of his consciousness, like a turbulent ocean tide under the grey fog, deep and treacherous.

This is God’s curse.

Anyone who wants to spy on his spirit must first consider whether he can withstand the curse of an evil god.

At that moment, the astringent illusion of the Seven Deadly Sins collapsed.

The beautiful scene in front of Licinius’s eyes shattered, and once again he saw the grey sky and the old apartment building.

And he was still standing under the dim street lamp, his face dazed.

‘Snap.’

Triya slumped to the ground, her magic power had been completely drained, revealing an agape expression.