Meredith left.

Todd now finally understands why this woman tried so hard to dissuade her from going down the path of tyrant in the first place.

Now that I think about it, will the person who has gained power really sink into the pleasure of power as she said, and finally forget the original intention and be unable to extricate himself?

Todd couldn't give his own answer, but he had heard a phrase in his previous life.

Between humans and beasts, there is only a thin wall, and what really tears down this wall is the desire hidden in the depths of the heart.

Shaking off the chaos of thoughts in his head, Todd turned his attention to the present.

Walking to the end of the room, Todd took the Dead Silence Gun from the wall, untied the sackcloth wrapped around it, and looked at the bright red flowing on the body of the gun, feeling the breath in his hands.

Todd wondered if the fact that the creatures who destroyed the Linglan Empire thousands of years ago had mastered such a powerful power of the Silent Spear was also the reason for their fall and self-destruction.

Infusing the soul power in his body into the spear, Dead Silence emitted a slow but steady hum under Todd's intentional pull.

Thinking back to his use of the spear during this time, Todd gradually discovered that as long as he aimed the silence at any living object, the spear would automatically lock onto the opponent's dark matter band and control its direction.

Principle?

Todd tried to analyze the spear with the perspective of the tyrant form and the eagle's eye, and the result was only a bunch of silicon-based molecular structures of unknown significance.

To truly understand the power of this spear, it may be necessary to seek out a top physicist, whose academic ability alone may be difficult to decipher the mysteries.

Putting the Silent Gun back up, Todd descended the stairs to the living room on the first floor.

Deirdre got up from the recliner, looked at him with concern, and said, "Your face is not very good." ”

Evie, who was leaning against the wall, said coldly, "Did that woman say something?"

Todd shook his head slightly, "Evie, do you remember that you once asked me a question. ”

"Questions?"

"You once asked me that Twilight and Froststone are like two carriages that are drifting apart, already heading for two completely different paths. You ask me, have you ever thought of driving them together?"

Evie nodded, "Yes, I did." As the king, everything you do in Twilight City and everything in Froststone City are completely different things. I don't understand, what's the need for that?"

Todmore rubbed his cheeks and said with a wry smile, "I did this out of fear. ”

"Fear?!"

"It took a lot of effort for me to get Dusk West and Froststone City into what they are today. I don't want to destroy them with my own hands because of myself. ”

Evie didn't seem to understand Todd's thoughts: "I don't understand where your worries are coming from, are you worried that your people and believers will no longer be loyal?"

Todd craned his neck to look at the ceiling and let out a long breath: "I'm not worried about my people, I'm worried about myself...... I'm worried that I'm going to ...... myself in the future."

Todd continued: "Meredith has some words that have indeed been confirmed by history...... The enterprising and resourceful monarchs of their youth have mostly become brutal, selfish, and insensitive, in the later stages of their lives. ”

"So, I'm actually experimenting with two different paths for Twilight City and Froststone City. Twilight is for the vast majority of the people to try to govern themselves based on reason and enlightenment, and as for the believers in Froststone, I hide part of the truth from them, and run the country through the centralization and restraint of the belief in the gods. ”

Todd stretched out his hands towards Evie: "Which path is more conducive to the continuation of the race and the development of the country, I can't give a definitive conclusion now, I can only continue to observe and analyze ......"

Compared to Deirdri's stunned, Evie shook her head irritably.

She walked up to the window, slammed it open, pointed to the temple, and said, "Listen to it!"

Todd listened, and there was a blast of praise and prayer in the air.

"Children of the gods bless us!"

"When I die, I must go to the Divine Domain!"

"Death is no longer a shackle!"

Evie looked at Todd and said categorically: "I don't want to think about the headaches you said! In my opinion, whether it is deception or truth, as long as you can make your people feel happy, you are a successful monarch! As for the future...... What's the use of worrying about those things now?!"

Todd smiled dumbly, he looked at the tall and heroic woman, and after a moment said, "These words really look like your style........."

Todd walked up to Evie's side, listened to the words praising the gods outside the window, and said softly, "Maybe you're right, the key is now, and it's useless to think about the future......"

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In May 1175 A.D., half a year after the battle between Todd and Cúchulainn, it was also his sixth year in the Atlas.

An all-too-common incident happened in Froststone City—a woman was confirmed by a shaman to be a month-long pregnant.

But for Todd, it was a big deal—because the woman who was pregnant was Deirdri.

When Todd learns the news from the shaman, for a moment, he doubts his ears.

"You mean, Deirdre is pregnant?"

Minnie, who was on a cane, looked at Todd, who was surprised: "I have repeatedly confirmed that she is indeed a month pregnant. ”

Todd sat in his chair and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

Minnie glanced at Evie beside her, bowed slightly to Todd, and walked out of the room.

Evie looked at the bedroom on the second floor and said to herself, "It's obvious that I tried more times, why is she the one who won the lottery?"

The corners of Todd's mouth slowly curved into an arc, and the whole person seemed to slowly recover from the huge shock.

"I'm going to be a father soon......" Todd said with a smile as he closed his eyes, "I always thought that I would never have an heir after giving up my human form and embarking on the path ......of a tyrant."

Evie raised her eyebrows and said helplessly, "I will let my Valkyrie sisters stay by Dildri's side and take care of her safety until she gives birth to a child." ”

Walking to the door, Evie threw a sentence at Todd, who was still immersed in great happiness: "During this time, don't touch Deirdre, you know what I mean......"

Ignoring Evie's teasing, Todd went straight to the bed in the bedroom on the second floor.

Lying on the bed, Deirdre stroked her flat lower abdomen, with a joyful smile on her face.

Todd sat down next to Deirdre and gently shook her hand: "We're going to have a baby soon......"

"Is it a boy or a girl?" Deirdley's beautiful face made Todd faintly see the brilliance of motherhood: "What about the name? and clothes, cots, toys, ......"

Todd shook Deirdri's hand and motioned for her to calm down: "Those things are still far away, the top priority is to take care of your body and pay attention to rest......"

Deirdre smiled and nodded.

Todd looked at the woman beside him and whispered, "Deirdre, I should have said sorry to you, I haven't spent much time with you since you and I have been together......"

Deirdre turned her head and looked Todd in the eye: "I grew up in the clan, because of my alien identity, no one wants to approach me, and when I became an adult, my father allied with Concierber, and I had to stay in the gladiatorial arena as a hostage to survive......"

Raising her head and looking at the room in front of her, Deirdre smiled and said, "The years I have lived in this small building have been the happiest I have ever lived. ”

Leaning over her upper body and kissing Todd lightly on the lips, Deirdre blushed and said: "A woman's happiness does not depend on how much she has now, but on whether the future is beautiful." ”

Todd sighed and gently embraced Dildre into his arms, speechless for a long time.