Chapter Seventy-One: Heart to Heart

"You must conquer El Dorado!"

Emperor Winkel stood on his golden treasure and announced in the face of his most powerful servants. From his chief of staff to the necromancer Jules, the delicious Allison, and the dwarf Mabro. In front of the dragon's rhetoric, everyone was speechless.

"To protect yourself," Wankel added, because it is safe only to keep gold in its own reserves. "Otherwise the evil Furiben will turn it into lead, just as he tried to murder my treasure and poison the moon."

"Your Majesty." Minion Victor said loudly. Fu

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Probably looking for El Dorado – whose very existence is based only on rumors and testimony of orcs – does not mean that he intends to turn it into a leader. We also don't have any evidence that he turned the moon into lead. ”

"But do you have proof that the evil Furyben didn't turn the Moon Planet into lead?" Winkel asked a crucial question.

Manlin Victor exchanged glances with the other commissioners, but they did not answer.

"See?" Winkel said his theory was unanimously confirmed. "It all adds up. In the absence of evidence that the Lich is innocent, we must conclude that he is the culprit of everything. ”

"What does Your Majesty recommend?" Friend Victor asked, appearing to lack foresight, much to the annoyance of his master. Didn't he understand that the fate of gold fell on Winkel's shoulders?" El Dorado, if it exists, across the ocean and the continent!" It's hard for even His Majesty to fly there!"

"We have piggy banks," Winkel replied.

"Indeed!" Marburo, the dwarf, popularized his invention. "Our ship can travel around the world without exploding more than three times."

"It's reassuring," said friend Victor sarcastically. Now, Van Kerr has learned that he uses this strange ritual to deal with stress. The thought of facing a lich he failed to seal must have made him uneasy. "Even if we survive the trip, find the city, and come back, it will take weeks, even months!"

"We're not going to stop at El Dorado," said Wankel, who was drawn to a spirit of fantasy. "This world created by dragons is vast and full of land to explore. A dungeon full of riches! Gems and glitter will help me overcome Ice Fang! We're going to keep going, all the way west, until we've filled the piggy bank with treasure and sailed past the edge of Overremond!"

"Would Your Majesty want to go on a trip around the world?" Manling Victor choked up.

"Vic, I read a book about a man who travels the world in 90 days," Allison said, "without a magical plane like yours." It can be done. ”

"It's the perfect time to come back and humiliate Ice Fang on Halloween!" Van Kle nodded happily.

"Ninety days is three months!" Manling Victor complained. "Without your protection, the Goo people will stay for three months!"

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Noted: "With my (Golden Path) Pe

k, I can open the door to my treasure at any time. "More of my minions can pass through this portal and conquer lands in the name of the V&V Empire!"

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"We can make more warp projectors that connect the various areas," he said. "The outpost of the revolution is connected by a huge industrial chain!"

Winkel could almost hear the debate going on in his precious servant's head. "I admit that this is theoretically possible," Manlin Victor said. "But is it wise?"

"Your Majesty has declared war on the orcs." Necromancer Jules noted. "We can't guarantee that they won't strike first. If anything, it's that your absence, even temporary, encourages them. ”

"We must look forward!" Vai

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Say. "Haven't I become the most powerful adventurer in the world by pushing my limits?" To defeat the fairies and their evil minions, my minions must become stronger! They must earn rank by accumulating glory and wealth in my name! Under my leadership, peace was achieved in the Empire; But in order to prepare for war, my servants must test their mettle against monsters, dungeons, and unknown worlds!"

[When] activates! The charm test is successful!

Who knows? These distant lands may become fertile ground for recruiting new, strong minions. When he invades Praidan and burns the fairy's forest to ashes, they will cheer him up.

Manlin Victor turned to the other minions, as if waiting for support; On the contrary, the words of the master convinced them. "It's true that there are fewer and fewer opportunities to improve the game through traditional means," Allison admits.

"To defeat King Baraul, a raid of sixty floors is required; To drive his army back to the sea, it will take millions of soldiers. Juris said. While it may be weaker, with our current forces, we have no hope of defeating Mel Odeus on her territory, even if we are to resurrect the dead again and again. We can also use resources to develop Mu

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itself, and maintain its population for a long time. ”

"Our weapons need to be tested, tested, tested again," ma

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added. "In living conditions."

Realizing that he was hopelessly defeated by a majority, his chief of staff finally returned to the camp. "Can we at least wait and prepare for this trip?" Manlin Victor pleaded. "It's just the logistics involved in this campaign......"

That's right, Winkel still has an arena to unveil and a Minion tournament to take place. "We will launch the piggy bank after the summer solstice," the dragon announced. "Manlin Victor, as my official campaign manager and military advisor, I have every confidence that you will be in charge of planning, preparing, and refining the campaign until then."

"Perfect!" Malbrowy seems to be particularly interested in this plan. "We can finally bring the light of egalitarianism to those who are not affected by feudalism."

"Until then, you can disband." Before the gnomes had time to make a tirade, Winkel said. "Minister Victor, stay with me. We have to discuss an important private matter. ”

The servants left the vault, leaving the emperor and his most trusted advisors behind. "Really? His friend asked.

"Did you have a baby?" Vai

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Asked. He did everything he could to help his servants get married to Sweet Chocolate, but he never checked if it was successful.

"Chocolate and I...... Take a break. ”

What's wrong? Van Kerr spent so much time framing them!" Why that Minion?" What could be more important than making sure a new generation of lackeys fills my treasures?"

"I ...... I do not know. I don't know if I want to settle down or be free. I don't know what I want. ”

"Minions, you can't start a war just because you can't find the right partner," Winkel said. "To avoid the jealousy of the other servants, you should serve everyone"

In this way, Vai

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] Faster progress in the class: he can get new followers and will be able to set them up better. Win-win!

But his minions didn't see it that way. "If Your Majesty betrays me to the entire army of minions, I will find a way to make you pay."

"Minions, I'm worried about your future," Winkel replied. "I will make you my servant God, that you will serve me forever, but what legacy will you leave behind?" None of my current subordinates are up to your standards. If my treasure is to grow, your bloodline must continue. ”

Despite his attempts to cheer him up, his main minions seem to ...... Very frustrated. "Your Majesty, I owe you my life."

"Yes, it is, and I will always remind you of it."

"So whatever you ask me to do, I will do it, and I always put your interests first," friend Victor reminded his master of his servant vows. "But I haven't figured out what's good for me. I'm exhausted. ”

"Minions, your dragon's blood makes you immune to the faint flames; You won't burn. It's all your hallucination. ”

"Yes...... That's right. Everything is in my head. ”

Winkel watched his friend, his majestic tail and wings clinging to his ape-like body. The answer to his "illness" is already clear.

"Minions, you've gotten a portion of my glory and grown wings and tails." The emperor said. "But you're still half human. You're somewhere in between. Your mind is torn apart like your body and cannot settle down on one side or the other. As long as you can't decide whether to continue to be a person or give up this part of you altogether for the majesty of the dragon, you won't make a firm decision about anything!"

His little eyes looked up at his beloved master.

"Why don't you speak, minion?"

"I never imagined that His Majesty would become wiser and wiser as time went by."

"Minions, I've always been the smartest, smartest. You haven't heard of it before. ”

"I doubt it," replied Manlin Victor, not realizing that he could not recognize the absolute truth of the dragon's way of life. "What is Your Majesty's current rank?"

"54!" Vai

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Boast. "God on the way!" He could already taste the voice of the demon goddess giving him back his gold, because her services were overpriced.

"I'm fifty years old," said Manlin Victor, who was not lazy, "and we have a (Hero Badge) for Your Majesty so that you can cross the sixty-level obstacle." ”

"Of course, this El Dorado must have a second for you," Winkel noted. Only the best treasures can be found within the walls of a golden city.

"I may have a chance to improve quickly," said Manlin Victor

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said. "But at least I won't be available for a week."

"Oh, but you might miss the Minion Tournament!" Vai

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Say.

"Won't my presence spoil it?" His chief of staff replied. "I'm almost twenty levels above everyone. It's really not fair...... I'll have time to think. ”

"Minions, are you inviting me on vacation?" Vai

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Suffocate.

"If I hadn't been so bold...... Manlin Victor had followed. Yes. Yes, I need one. ”

A minion who asks for a vacation? Impossible! That's the path to strikes, rebellions, rights! Even the chief of staff, no one ever asked Long for leave; It is right to give a free reward to subordinates for their work, but if it is requested?

However, after so many months of loyal, dutiful hard work, Manlin Victor would make such a request, causing all sorts of alarm. Winkel looks back on his past, and when he leads the orc tribe, he finds that when he wakes up from hibernation, they are all gone. He never gave them a respite.

Minions......

Does the Minion have a need that has nothing to do with serving him?

In addition to Winkel's own happiness?

Could it be that his goblins betrayed him because he never considered their own most basic needs?

Intelligence check successful! You learn self-reflection!

Winkel couldn't make his best minions feel like a goblin.

"Minions, plan our expedition first." The dragon commanded. "After that, while I regret that you can't participate in our first official gladiatorial competition, I allow you to take a week off. For the benefit of the treasure...... Also for your benefit. ”

Victor didn't seem to believe his words and bowed. "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Now let's go rest."

Congratulations. By learning to empathize with others and help your servant with his mental health issues, you can find a good job in Du

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to gain a level.

+ 10 sp, +1 ski, +1 i

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Somehow, watching Manlin Victor become happier, Winkel's heart felt even more blurred.

Did he start getting sick too?