"You're sick, how long will you live?"

If Goron's presumptuous question, even if it was not addressed to the Emperor Durontal, who was known for his murderous and irascible nature, even if it was asked in front of other good-natured emperors, I am afraid that it would undoubtedly lead to death.

However, when Durotar heard this, he only showed a smile that was a mixture of mockery and bitterness, and replied in a low voice: "I don't know how to answer this question, but as you can see, my physical condition is indeed very poor, and I may live for a year and a half in the long term, and I may not last more than two days in the short term." ”

His attitude was very relaxed, as if the man who was seriously ill and about to die was not him, Durontar. However, Goron is still keenly aware of the slightest emotional fluctuation, and his true attitude may not be as free and easy as it appears.

“…… I can't let you die like this!" Goron said with a frown and a resolute tone, though he wanted to kill the leper alive in front of him right away, but the bastard couldn't die until Rafana was freed from that damn dream magic.

Durontar didn't seem surprised by Goron's reaction, and said with a tongue-in-cheek smile, "In that case, you must protect me well! ”

"Keeping you from dying doesn't seem to be the same thing as protecting you. "At this point, Goron no longer needs to maintain any pretense in front of Durontar. The little ogre could feel that the current situation was completely under Durotar's control, and what he had to do was to get out of this control rhythm as soon as possible. Otherwise, he would have been played to death by this unfathomable tuberculosis ghost.

Now Goron wanted to lock up His Majesty the Emperor in a secret and closed place, torture him to his heart's content, or simply make a human vase and slowly study a way to revive his mother. But it's a pity that Durontal's dream magic is too weird, and the little ogre has no means to deal with it for the time being, and it is the first time he has encountered such a situation where he can't exert his brute strength at all.

"Actually, I have a suggestion. Durontar also guessed the little ogre's idea, but he didn't intend to give up the rhythm he controlled, so he immediately pursued: "Your purpose is nothing more than to want me to return this monster to you, and this matter is not non-negotiable......

Finding that the other party's tone was loose, Goron's heart moved, and he immediately said excitedly: "Really! Can you give my mother back? I can agree to anything, if you like the troll, I can give you one, younger than my mother." ”

It would not be difficult to find a troll volunteer from the nascent Black Hand clan who was willing to sacrifice for the soul leader, not to mention that if Goron could reconnect with the Ark of Life soaring in outer space, there would theoretically be as many mass-produced battle trolls as possible.

"No, no, no...... Listen to me......" Durotar interrupted the little ogre, who was getting agitated and out of control, and said with a wry smile, "As you can see, my physical condition is very poor, and no matter how beautiful a woman is, to me, she is nothing more than toys and collectibles. The reason why I want to officially marry your mother is that, in addition to the fact that she is indeed qualified to play the role of queen, there are some reasons that I cannot explain to you now. ”

"Can't you replace her with other trolls, I can find more, younger, healthier, you can't marry a woman who is asleep. ”

"Unfortunately, there is no substitute for your mother...... But I listen to you, the entire continent is rarer than the legendary dragons, you seem to be able to find me a bunch of them casually, it seems that the rumors that your Black City Chamber of Commerce has a large number of trolls are really true. ”

Goron frowned, noncommittal, but in his heart he pondered the real reason why Durontal was obsessed with Rafana.

The little ogre began to vaguely feel that this might have something to do with the experience he had "died" once and then met the ancestor Grull in a dream.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now that he thought about it, it seemed that there were many secrets hidden in Rafana, and they might even be related to his wife Gaia, who was forcibly abducted by a mysterious being in the corridor of time and space. Durontar wanted to marry his mother, perhaps not because he coveted her beauty, but because of some other intention.

This speculation combined with a hunch made the little ogre very irritable, and there was a faint premonition that things would turn out for the worse.

"If you can do exactly what I say, I can make a promise to you that I will give you back to your mother when I have 'used' her, and I will do my best to help you wake her up. But only if you have to work for me for a certain period of time. ”

Goron thought about it, and finally nodded, he really had no other choice, and this kind of payment was within the range he could barely accept. It also overlaps with the set of plans he had formulated before, which is more convenient for future actions.

"By the way, my uncle, Count Amanda, can Your Majesty let him go?"

Goron had not forgotten his mission, and remembered to intercede for his uncle, whom he had never met. Although compared to Amanda's affairs, the little ogre didn't care at all if the mission would succeed.

"This plea of yours doesn't seem to be very distracting. Durontar chuckled.

"I never met him, and our lives never overlapped. ”

"But he's your blood relative, and as far as I know, don't you value your family very much. ”

"The way I define my family is more than just blood. ”

“…… Hehehe, how do I feel that the person who wants Amanda to die now is you, not me, cough ......"

“…… If my guess is correct, the death of my uncle, Amanda, is not his public execution, and it is also part of His Majesty's plan. ”

Durontar was slightly stunned, and then said, "How do you know...... Ahem, ahem?"

"I didn't know because I didn't know you, but now it's different, and although my knowledge of you is still limited, at least I know that you won't kill people for reasons that are too boring. ”

"You're smart, so can you guess why I killed Amanda? Maybe you don't know, he's the only confidant I have in this world...... Friend. ”

The little ogre thought for a while with his eyes half-closed, recalling in his mind the information that Michelle had instilled in him about Amanda, and while sorting it out in his head, he said, "My uncle...... He appeared in the circle of the Imperial nobility in the not-so-honorable capacity of a favored vassal and a forbidden man, and this was undoubtedly at your behest. Then in these years, for various direct and indirect reasons, the large and small nobles who were executed by you because of Count Amanda accounted for more than a quarter of the total number of nobles in the entire imperial capital, and this was directly slaughtered, and the people who died indirectly because of it were countless in the entire empire. I think, the people in this country who want you to die...... There will probably be a lot of them. ”

"And then...... Ahem......" Durontar sat down in his chair and wrapped his clothes tighter, and listened intently to the little ogre's story, as if he had finally met his soulmate.

And then ...... You can't kill you at all, let alone that you have the most powerful military power in the entire empire, it's you...... I've fought with Zuode, and he, the nominal No. 2 powerhouse in the Empire, can't do it. I think no one in this empire can kill you except for Rethusus. It's impossible to be overt or covert, so this anger will still be directed at my uncle after all. ”

"Yes, it was because of the pressure of the Imperial Council of Elders, no, in fact, the Skull and Bones Society, that I had to execute Amanda in order to appease the anger of the noble circles against me that I had accumulated to the top, and his death would be exchanged for the reconciliation between the Skull and the Skull Society, this is the tacit agreement I reached with the Skull Society. ”

"But human anger never disappears with the death of an accomplice, and even more so as I know about human beings, especially those in high positions, they do not seem to have the virtue of 'understanding'. ”

"That's right, human beings are the most despicable, shameless, and insatiable. Amanda's death will only be seen as a total victory for them against me, and then those cowardly and swaying cowards will have the courage to officially join the forces against me. ”

"So, you're trying to lure out all the people who oppose you, and then catch them all, right?"

"That's right, through the death of his beloved, a tyrant who was already crazy suddenly realized that he had done the most wrong thing in his life, and finally went completely crazy, and then washed the entire imperial capital to avenge his lover, and finally walked into destruction with himself. Ahem, what do you think of this script?"

"I know you're fooling me, but at least you've told you part of your true purpose......" With Durotar's cooperation, the little ogre finally came up with an answer in his mind, one that even he couldn't believe.

"You want to ...... Ruin the country!"

Durontar looked at Goron with a smile, first nodded, then shook his head, and said, "It's not all right, but it's almost there, yes, I want to destroy the country, and it's not easy." As long as those disgusting nobles existed, the day would be greatly delayed. Don't underestimate them, the disgusting system of this damned country has bred countless fat moths in the past thousand years, and it will not be too difficult for them to join forces and use the strength they have accumulated for many years to defeat those invaders, or overthrow me, the emperor, and set up a new puppet as the new king. This decaying empire is bound to perish eventually, but I don't have time left, and I must make the right changes to it before I leave this world. ”