Looking directly at the ancient gods for a whole year

Chapter 2244 The King of Crusade (Twenty-Nine)
The offensive and defensive dynamics are different.

Ariel, no matter how strong your heart is, even if you are willing to die for your cause, I will expel you from the faith. What will you do then?
At that moment, Fu Qian seemed to have already heard those lines playing.

In fact, to be fair, it was a brilliant move.

Despite repeated attacks, it remains alive and serves as an "anchor," guiding the continuous accumulation of calamities.

So much so that His Highness the Prince, who was about to give birth, was so intimidated that he dared not break his water.

Every minute and every second at this moment was fought hard under the very noses of the Night Watchers, and a stalemate was absolutely intolerable.

Since repeated attempts failed to grind it into powder, I simply gave up and decided not to waste a single second trying. I just sent it away to avoid seeing it.

Even before arriving at this hall of destiny, when she still insisted on playing her current persona, Fu Qian had already empathized with similar feelings.

And in the end, it turned out that there really was such a character, with such a mindset.

Even the identity of this character doesn't seem so unexpected to him—Rom?
……

That's right, Fu Qian certainly knew that the one who had banished him was the one in the king's belly.

But as everyone knows, even if you are the emperor, it's not always certain whether the child in your belly is your own.

Don't forget that, based on the previous deductions, the child in the king's womb has another identity: something that the original council is willing to fight for at any cost.

This is also the core objective of my mission.

So why would the original council go to such lengths?

Even knowing that the Night Watchers were present, and despite being smeared with dirty water, they still refused to give up and tried their best to snatch chestnuts from the fire.

Even top-tier utility characters like Ariel seem to be being used as expendable resources.

We judged earlier that the original council must have something to gain from this trip, and the fact that so many sunk costs have been incurred can only be explained by the fact that what they are after is huge—but how huge is considered huge?
Although it's someone else's project, as a competitor, Fuqian still has a certain understanding of the core issues currently facing the original council.

If I remember correctly, I experienced this kind of fight-or-die spirit once before, back in Dunnes.

Rejecting all unsuccessful futures, Rom, a ruler seemingly from ancient times, vows to place his name on the head of the poor Hamadus.

Although this unwavering expectation was ultimately thwarted by the impeccable craftsmanship of the Sweet Dream headband, and they had to swallow a humiliating defeat.

But even as the winner, Fu Qian still highly approves of this spirit.

In short, although his true form has never been seen, the mysterious Lord Rom is clearly a key figure in the actions of the original council's high-ranking officials over the past few days.

So much so that when the other party showed such determination to accomplish something at great cost, the first person Fu Qian thought of was that person.

As for why it can go directly into a person's stomach?
It's not surprising, considering that it's related to Lord Rom. In another quest to obtain the Memoirs, the final summary clearly states that Rom wields a certain degree of authority over the "Blood Order."

The core of this authority is related to reproduction, aiming to iterate and create a completely new and more advanced self.

Not to mention that when Rom first appeared, he was doing something like possession, which clearly indicated that there was a serious problem with his own body and that he was actively looking for a solution.

In this situation, the child born of the Lone King and the Goddess would undoubtedly be a suitable target, quite fitting for Rom's authority.

As for how to complete this process?

The specific operational details are of course unclear beforehand, but a key point can be figured out: the Lone King descends upon Ariel, and then the latter becomes the medium.

Don't assume anything. The crow feather may have jumped out, but how do you know there isn't something else hidden on that poor senior?
...If that's the case, then it makes even more sense that he refused to back down in the previous confrontation with his own momentum.

And the original council's understanding of this place was indeed profound.

By taking advantage of the nature of this place, we can sacrifice Ariel in exchange for the arrival of the Lone King.

Rom, who was hiding among them, had the opportunity to make contact and quietly possess the lonely prince's heir.

Without their own meddling, it's hard to imagine what kind of tragic situation this couple, who got married because of pregnancy, would have faced later.

As expected of an ancient ruler, Rom's composure was also quite evident.

Despite her own constant disruptions, she managed to refrain from doing anything to avoid creating further trouble.

Although his ability to draw hatred was also acknowledged, even the usually composed Lord Rom couldn't hold back this time.

At the final crucial moment, he finally took action to expel himself, the troublemaker, ensuring the success of his grand plan.

Even their methods are refreshing.

This "unorthodox" technique is something I've never seen before; it seems to be a special self-defense move that Lord Rom prepared specifically for him.

The absurdity of it all seems almost wasteful to use it on someone like myself, a mere "second-order" being.

At least in Fu Qian's view, even if that lonely king fell for this trick, apart from trying his best to maintain his self-control until the time was up, he would have almost no room to struggle.

What's even more serious is that, from this perspective, the Goddess of Sin and His Majesty the Lonely King seem rather slow-witted at the moment, showing no reaction whatsoever to the paternity test report that's practically right in front of them.

As his belly was torn and distorted wildly, His Majesty the Lonely King, in his agony, even clung to the Goddess of Sin, uttering groans that sounded like a mixture of pain and pleasure…

As the saying goes, heaven rewards those who persevere. The Primordial Council's plan to snatch chestnuts from the fire seems to be on its way to success—although the King of Abandoned Prison and the Lonely King may not be the same.

The latter can't be broken. Did you ask me about the Mechanical Tyrant?

Surrogacy is illegal, do you understand?
Fu Qian took a deep breath.

……

Lord Rom's counter-strategy was brilliant, but he still misjudged one thing.

Although for a second-tier character, it's already overkill.

But is it possible that the target of this expulsion is not enough?

The reason I was unwilling to descend in my true form earlier was because I was concerned about the stability of the royal court.

In theory, this situation isolates him from the palace.

Then I suppose I don't need to be so polite.

The price paid was nothing more than the collapse of the carefully cultivated persona, and the battle between the real and fake Ariel came to a complete end—Fu Qian exhaled that breath again.

That's right, he didn't transform into the King of Abandoned Prison and tear the sky apart, because at that moment the guests' laughter had successfully corresponded to a certain old friend—Patch.
With a gloomy face and sparse hair, the image of a wicked person was overwhelming just by looking at his features... A certain image appeared in Fu Qian's mind.

As expected of the King, this wedding banquet has invited three high-ranking individuals to attend.
This has reignited the debate over who is the mastermind behind the scheme.