The troops guarding the corpses remained outside the city. Catherine entered the city of Hammondale with a dozen archangels, Kai and Chen Jian.

She is no longer an empress, and now she acts more low-key, in order to avoid being recognized. She even wore a hood.

Along the way, Catherine couldn't help but feel emotional.

This city of Hammondale has poured too much of her heart and soul into it, and it has carried her lofty ideals.

It can be said that this city is her own rule.

But after the city was built, she came for the first time.

Looking at the neat streets in front of her, looking at the brand-new houses, Catherine couldn't help but compare her mind with the plan she had designed herself.

The thought that the city might soon be destroyed in the flames of war gave her a sense of sadness.

This sentimentality made her sigh softly.

Then she noticed that the city of Hammondale was bustling with activity.

It was a bustle of hustle and bustle, and along the way, Catherine saw that all sorts of aliens were busy, some of them queuing up to receive food. Some are practicing in a queue under the command of soldiers, some are learning to use a wheelbarrow, no one is idle, and under Chen Jian's call, even the elderly and children are making intense preparations for the relocation work.

Seeing the lord appear, these aliens all spontaneously got out of the way. Stand on the side of the road and salute your lordship.

"You are really amazing, although I don't know how you did it, but it is a miracle to be able to make these alien refugees so respectful and fearful of you in such a short period of time!" Catherine said, "Perhaps these aliens will come to Hammondale and join you under your rule. is the luckiest thing for them."

After coming to Hammondale Castle, Chen Ping retreated from the crowd, and Catherine also took the archangels, two. The people sat down face to face in the chamber of the castle.

"Whatever you want to say, you can say it now!" Jian Chen was the first to speak, he stared into Catherine's eyes, his tone was full of doubt, "I don't know what you want to say, but I won't go with you to deal with the Kerrigans, for me." Leaving Hammondale with everyone as soon as possible is the best option! I've managed to get this far, and I'm definitely not going to take unnecessary risks again! ”

"There's a risk, there's a benefit, isn't it?" Catherine smiled, unimpressed by Jian Chen's refusal of her request as soon as she came, "Of course I won't let you take risks in vain, but before I say these things, I want to know, how did you guess my thoughts?" ”

Chen Jian was slightly stunned when he heard this, he didn't quite understand what Catherine meant by this.

"What are you referring to?"

Catherine said, "I mean, about my army!" To be honest, it seems to me that your political level is not yet that high. And with this kind of conspiracy, you shouldn't be good at it, so you can guess my thoughts, and I am surprised! Could it be that I underestimated you too much? Or are you actually pretending to be in front of me all the time?"

Only then did Jian Chen understand, but he just felt that something was wrong at that time, and it was actually the experienced Dragon Queen Moriel who really saw through Catherine's thoughts.

But Chen Jian didn't want to explain too much about this matter, so he just said lightly: "Is it meaningful to care about this kind of thing?" Suffice it to say that I'm not very good at disguising myself! ”

Catherine nodded, and said, "If I change my mind now, I don't want this army to be consumed in vain. Can you help me figure it out? ”

As she spoke, she looked at Jian Chen with an expectant look.

Because of these words, Jian Chen finally understood Catherine's intentions, and sure enough, Catherine then said: "Because of my relationship, this is an army that is no longer tolerable to the Empire, originally I have not had a very good way to settle them, I once thought about disbanding them, but unfortunately, this is not an easy task, they have a firm belief and have strong hostility to the new emperor and regent of the Empire, if they are left alone, maybe one day, they will be used by people with intentions, and then regroup, It is also possible to become a destabilizing factor in the empire. Judging from the current situation in the Empire, this possibility is not impossible, and I don't want to take this risk! ”

That's why I thought of consuming them on the battlefield, making them famous, and remembering them forever for generations to come, even though it was despicable. But I couldn't think of a better idea. But now it's different, I thought, maybe you can help me! Aren't you leaving the continent of Erathia? To develop in other places, it must also require strong force to ensure security, right? If this army were to be put in your hands, and you would be able to leave the Empire and protect the aliens who were once subjects of the Empire, I think it would be the best of both worlds! What do you think?.

After listening to Catherine's words, Jian Chen couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Speaking of which, he had also fought Catherine's army for the idea.

But then he gave up on this idea, because, as Catherine said, this is an army with strong convictions.

At such a time, how can some rumors shake them who are still willing to follow Catherine and fight for Catherine? The servant was Catherine's own admission. Otherwise, they would never believe it. In a sense, Shanzankou has been abandoned and betrayed by those to whom they are loyal.

And even if they succeed in driving a wedge between them and Catherine, what can they do? Chen Jian was not sure that he would subdue this army, and the most likely scenario would be that this army would be angry and rebellious. Messing up Hammondal's otherwise relatively calm situation.

In this way, all of Chen Jian's plans will only be disrupted. This was not what he was happy to see, so although he caught Catherine's foot, Jian Chen never moved.

But now, Catherine actually intends to take the initiative to hand over this army to herself?

Of course, Jian Chen would like to have such a battle-tested army under his command, but how could such a good thing fall on him? And why did Catherine suddenly have such thoughts? Could it be that recently because of their own stimulation. Her conscience has been found? Isn't she worried that she will use this army to cause chaos?

What's more, it is not so easy to ask an army to change the object of allegiance, although Catherine has come forward, but is it possible for them to sincerely recognize Chen Jian as their new object of allegiance?

Jian Chen didn't want to have an extra powerful armed force under his command that he couldn't control, in his opinion, the army was a violent organization, and it still had to be built by himself, so he could use it with confidence.

Only such an army will identify with its own ideas, be loyal to itself, and command it with ease.

If you rashly take over this army from Catherine, if you can't command it in the future, and form a situation where the tail is too big to fall, I am afraid that this small force will have endless troubles in the future.

Thinking about it, Jian Chen still felt that the pie that fell from the sky was too big for him. I don't have such a big appetite now, so I can't eat it at all.

Seeing that Jian Chen didn't speak for a long time, Catherine said again: "Actually, I will hand over this army to you." I have another private reason".

"What reason?" Jian Chen raised his head and looked at the other party.

Although Catherine was looking at Jian Chen, her eyes were a little wandering, and her thoughts were obviously trapped in some memories: "You know what? Since I was very young, I have been determined to become a great figure like the founding emperor of the Erathia Empire, Rienzffenhardt, and I hope that one day I can also build my own empire with my own strength, for this dream, I have been trying to learn everything I think I should learn, until one day, I suddenly realized that no matter how hard I try, I will not be like my ancestors, because I am a woman, and I am a woman who grew up in the royal family! This identity has long been doomed to my fate! ”

"Although my father has no restrictions on what I can do, and let me join the imperial team according to my own preferences, but after I reached the right age, he still arranged a political marriage for me despite my objections, and he wanted me to marry Enlos, which he had planned a long time ago. He has always been empire-oriented, so although he is very fond of me, he is very indulgent to me. But in this matter, he is more tough than ever. ”

"I remember him saying to me at the time, Catherine, as a member of the banquet room, you have to take up your due responsibilities and obligations! Although I want to mourn, this is our fate, please don't hate me! Because of his words, although I was not happy, I still agreed to the marriage! Luckily, Roland was a good man, and after a while together, we really fell in love. I'm also very happy! But once in a while, late at night, I still think back to my dreams! ”

"After returning to Erathia, for one reason or another, I became the empress of the empire, at this time, I found that it is not easy to become a great person, and governing a country is not a happy thing, I only saw the glorious side of my ancestors, but I didn't think that behind this glory, it contains, what kind of bitterness.

But because of this, I am more eager to build my ideal kingdom, maybe a little stubborn and arrogant, but I always think that if the empire is not the current empire, if the empire was created by me, then the empire will definitely not fall to the point where it is now! ”

"I've been working hard, though the root cause is for the empire my father left behind. But in some ways, I was actually taking this opportunity to fulfill a little bit of my dream, I was trying desperately to make the empire what I imagined, but it was far more difficult to change a country that was already ingrained in traditional beliefs than it was to create a completely new one, so I failed! And it was a terrible defeat! ”

"When I come back to Enlos, I will never have the opportunity to achieve my dreams again. But I hope that this dream can be inherited by you! I believe. With your abilities, and my support, you will surely be able to subdue this army, and when the time comes. On another continent, maybe one day. You will fulfill my dream of building an empire of strong dogs that is even stronger than the Herasiaian Empire, where all races live in harmony with each other! (To be continued)