"Don't worry? How could you not be worried! ”

Inside the mausoleum, Rosell sat high on the throne, his eyes full of worry, and complained:

"The most hated thing in my life is the Riddler."

Just now, he communicated with Bernadette and confirmed that the 'dark moon' beside Bernadette was the old day he brought back from the moon more than a hundred years ago.

Russell is worried, but Ember only tells him not to worry, saying that this is not necessarily a bad thing.

But for more specific situations, Ember refused to disclose.

Russell hated this kind of Riddler's behavior, even though he liked to do it himself. But when he put himself in his shoes, his hatred for the Riddler was at its peak.

However, riddles are riddles, and at least the Ember people are still reliable.

Since Ember said so, it proves that the old man still has something to do with him, so he doesn't have to worry.

And so far, there is no sign of contamination on Bernadette's body.

At least in this respect, Bernadette was much better than his hapless old father, who had been tortured for hundreds of years under the contamination of the fallen mother goddess, and if it hadn't been for the embers who found this place in advance, and the end of the decade would have come in a decade, his sanity would have been completely wiped out.

And now is not the time to worry about that.

He had just been resurrected, and there was still a lot to do.

Russell raised his head and looked at the empty mausoleum, feeling a little lonely in his heart.

After coming to this era, he initially treated it all as a game, and had a lot of fun, but occasionally he would think back to his hometown and the past that had shaped most of his personality and hobbies.

The longer he lived, the more frequent this feeling became, like the fallen leaves always have to return to the roots of the tree, but at least he built a family, had a well-behaved daughter, a gentle wife, and two sons who broke his heart, and still had a lot of concerns in this world, and a certain sense of belonging.

But more than 100 years have passed, and the people he once knew have long since passed away.

None of the four horsemen of the apocalypse survived, his wife had long since died, and the mistresses he once had probably wouldn't survive until now...... Well, except for the witch, she's probably already a demigod and doesn't fall so easily.

Among his children, the eldest son, Charles, was the most unlucky, inheriting only a few extraordinary traits and having to repeat his path. After all these years, Charles is long gone.

The second son, Bonova, was born an extraordinary in Sequence 5 and is now an angel of the Steam Church.

And Bernadette was undoubtedly the most satisfying for him, not only did she grow into an angel, but she also saved his old father. Not only did he bring embers to help him solve the problem of pollution, but even the painting world that he handed over to her, half of the people living in it still believe in the 'Black Emperor'.

It is the presence of these believers that allows him to maintain the person of 'Sequence 1'.

However, Bernadette is not the master of steam after all, and Elemental Dawn is not a church of steam, and she can't cram millions of people into the world of painting. So far, the total population of the painting world is only 200,000, and half of them are only 100,000, which is not enough to support him to return to sequence 0.

It can be said that Bernadette is almost the only concern he has in this world.

But even so, Russell's heart is still lonely, just like Klein, who had left before Bernadette's arrival.

Russell could feel his loneliness, the loneliness that came out of his bones.

At this point, perhaps only they can understand each other.

Not even Ember except for each other.

Because compared to them, Ember who has experienced the Black Souls trilogy obviously has more concerns. Compared to the time when I lived in the dark souls for thousands of years, the experience of Earth can only be regarded as a child—there are memories, but not much.

That's why Russell feels lonely, loneliness that no one can understand.

And with Crane, Ember and even Bernadette leaving one after another, the sudden solitude also makes his heart even more empty.

"I'm going crazy."

Russell laughed at himself, from his 'crossing' to 'death', it was only more than thirty years in total, and he had been tormented by the fallen mother goddess in this mausoleum for more than one hundred and fifty years!

Although the pollution of the fallen mother goddess has been removed, the experience of being tortured is not so easy to forget, and his spirit is still inevitably affected by some - such as being more 'sentimental', feeling lonely more easily, and fearing loneliness.

Russell sighed softly and said to himself:

"Still, it's going to come out."

He couldn't go on like this.

Russell rose from his throne and walked down the platform.

But as soon as he took a step away from the throne, his surroundings immediately changed.

Instead of the dark mausoleum, he appeared in a palace, a magnificent palace that glittered in the sun!

It does not have a resplendent appearance, and its slightly yellowed walls and blue roof give it a strong historical precipitation.

It has a main tower, six royal palaces, five unequal courtyards, and four gardens, and at this time Russell is standing in the fountain courtyard in front of the palace, looking at everything around him with complicated eyes.

This is the White Maple Palace, where he served as an archon and ruled the Republic of Intis for twenty years, and where he called himself 'Caesar', changed the republic into an empire, and implemented a dictatorship. At the same time, it is also the place where he fell.

Russell sighed softly:

"I miss it."

"But more than a hundred years have passed, and there has been no change here, which shows that Intis is really 8 lines!"

"Guards! Where are the guards! Take him down for me! ”

A piercing shrill growl rang out from Russell's ears, and he turned his head to find a fat-headed, big-eared, richly dressed 'nobleman' pointing at him with great anger. And farther away, the guards of the White Maple Palace were rushing towards this side.

As for the reason, Russell has already guessed - because he now wears a black crown inlaid with various gems on his head, wears pitch-black armor on his body, is covered with a cloak of the same color, and holds a scepter in his hand, which is exactly what 'Julius Caesar' was like a hundred years ago!

In Intis, who has practiced the republican system for more than 100 years, his outfit is no less than a yellow robe, which is a naked provocation to the republican system.

"Get on your knees."

Russell's gaze swept indifferently around the crowd and commanded coldly.

The deep and majestic voice instantly spread throughout the White Maple Palace, and then throughout Trier, and Rosell's voice echoed in everyone's minds.

Poof!

The moment they heard the voice, everyone felt a strong oppressive force and fell to their knees involuntarily. Whether it is ordinary people or high-ranking nobles, no one is exempt!

Even if it was the 'hunter' demigod who was guarding the White Maple Palace, he could only kneel in front of Russell at this time, his body trembling and burying his head low, not daring to raise it.

Russell retracted his gaze indifferently, but suddenly looked at the sky with some sense. In the distance, from the direction of the Church of St. Russell, a figure flew towards the White Maple Palace.

Rosell's excellent eyesight allowed him to see the man's appearance, which was seven points similar to his own.

"Bonova."

Russell whispered His name, sad and disappointed.

Benova was one of his most gifted children, not one.

Even Bernadette was not born with the extraordinary properties of Sequence 5.

But this most gifted child, his fate was predestined as early as he was born. The Lord of the Steam chose Bonova to be his Holy Spirit, His angel, which was undoubtedly a gift to others, but Russell knew that it was just a defense of the Lord of the Steam against him, and tried to control him by controlling Bonova.

The Lord of Steam obviously also knows how to 'slap a sweet date', so even the name of the headquarters of the Steam Church has been changed to 'Church of St. Russell', but in Russell's eyes, the more the Lord of Steam is like this, the more he feels contrived!

They are already in a relationship of using each other, so why do you pretend to be like how good the relationship is?

What's more, if the Lord of Steam really remembered the old feelings, he would not have joined forces with the Eternal Sun Sect to destroy his eight tombs.

What's more, now that Bonova has completely changed into the shape of the Lord of Steam, Russell is a parent, how can he not feel sad when he sees his children become playthings in the hands of others?

Bonova was above the White Maple Palace, looking condescendingly at the angel below. After a long silence, he lowered his height and fell to the ground on the same plane as the other party.

Because he recognized the other, it was his father, at least once.

Russell looked at Bonova with an indifferent expression, looking in the direction of the 'Church of St. Russell', and announced the return of the 'Black Emperor' to the entire people of Intis in a deep and majestic voice:

"Intis, your emperor is back!"

What about the Steam Church?

Even if he only has Sequence 1 now, it is a worthy king of Intis!

The angels of the Church of Steam are only Sequence 2 at most, and the Lord of Steam himself cannot easily leave the kingdom of God. Even if he leaves, he Russell is not without support, who is afraid of whom!

Today, Intis is going to change back to the imperial system, and the Lord of Steam can't stop it, he said! ——

Late at night.

There is still an hour left until January 1, 1351.

Beckland welcomes the New Year in a sea of snowflakes.

Although in the past six months, the kingdom and its people have been devastated by war.

But fortunately, the war ended with the victory of the Kingdom of Rune.

Therefore, despite the devastation of the war, the people of the Kingdom of Rune still took to the streets on this day. With joyful smiles on their faces, they celebrated the hard-won New Year in the noise of the night.

In the palace of Sodrak, the nobles and the descendants who survived the war were invited to the royal family's New Year's party.

Audrey wandered away from the crowd, holding a glass of champagne and quietly observing people's mood changes.

"You don't seem to like going to dinner parties?"

There was a slightly strange female voice in her ear.

Audrey turned around and saw a woman who was only 1.5 meters tall and another beautiful lady with long brown hair walking towards her.

Audrey smiled and whispered:

"No, I actually like the atmosphere, but I can't fit in."

Hugh Deere looked at Audrey with some surprise and muttered:

"I thought I was the only one."

Her ancestors were former court counts, and her father also served as the chief of the palace guard, and she was also a veteran nobleman. However, his father was killed early on for 'rebellion', and she and her mother could only take their younger brother to hide, and they had never attended such a formal dinner.

And although she has rehabilitated her father with the help of the Hall family, this alone is not enough to qualify for this dinner.

And the reason why she is here is because of her current status - the head of the MI9 General.

And she can stand in her current position on the one hand because she has indeed made enough contributions in the war with Intis and other countries.

Not only did he obtain key information from the Fusak side many times, so that Rune's side could respond in time, thwarted several attacks by the Fusaks, and even had the record of ambushing the Fusak demigods in the defense of Bakeland.

On the other hand, the reason why she was able to rise to the position was also due to the fall of the previous head of MI9.

Although MI9 has other demigod-level deputy directors, and these deputy directors are far above Hugh in terms of seniority and relationship with the upper echelons, they are far more competitive for the position of director than Hugh, a newcomer who has been with MI9 for less than a year.

However, with the help of the Hall family and the fierce record of killing the demigods head-on, Hugh still managed to defeat his other rivals and took up the position of chief of MI9. In addition, Hugh is also on the royal family's list of honors, and will be awarded uniformly after the New Year.

Although the specific list has not yet been announced, Hugh, as the head of MI9, has received inside information that she has been designated as an earl. There is no doubt that the future Deere family will fully regain their ancestral glory, and even grow stronger, as Hugh is not destined to stay too long in Sequence 4.

Of course, Hugh himself actually hated dealing with these nobles.

On the one hand, she has no relevant experience, and it is difficult for her to deal with the cumbersome etiquette and temptations between these nobles.

On the other hand, she had become accustomed to solving problems by more direct means, and the tactful temptations between the nobles only borered her.

But she still had to come to this banquet, not for herself, but for the sake of the family.

Hugh Dill glanced at the big golden retriever dog lying meekly at Audrey's feet, and suddenly said:

"Have you heard? What's happening on Intis's side. ”

Audrey's ears straightened suddenly, they were all members of the Tarot Society, and they both knew each other's identities.

And in the interval between the tarot meetings and the current one, they often exchange information and communicate with each other like this.

This time I mentioned Intis, is it because of what happened to Intis?

Hugh Deere saw Audrey's appearance, guessed that she should not know, and said in a low voice:

"Russell has returned from resurrection and is confronting the Steam Church in Trier."