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Chapter 1509 Chapter 143. Goblin Empire
What gave Annan the most headache was the princess.

She just gained self-awareness, which meant that everything had to be taught from scratch. Sleeping, eating, defecating, urinating, etc.

It's almost like raising a child - fortunately the princess is easier to deal with than a child. At least she doesn't cry or make a fuss, and she can learn many things after being taught once.

But sometimes she has a strong learning ability. For example, when she saw Lily digging a hole to defecate, she also learned to dig a hole.

Fortunately, Annan arrived in time, otherwise there would be an indelible stain on the princess's future.

I have to say, it was really cute when the princess imitated Lily licking her fist and even came over to lick Annan's face...

The princess was doing better and better, and was becoming more and more like a "human", but she still couldn't speak.

Annan took the princess to see the Skeleton King again. Her fear of the Skeleton King had not changed, and because she had gained self-awareness, she became even more resistant.

Annan held her in his arms and let the Skeleton King's finger fall on the princess' forehead.

"Hmm... the new consciousness is growing faster than I thought." Skeleton King pondered. Compared with the previous few days, the budding consciousness has grown to a point that cannot be ignored. "Maybe it won't be long before she is no different from a normal person."

"But she can't speak yet."

"Language is a more complex logic, and the princess is still a freshman."

Annan recalled that when he first came to this world, even facing the pressure of survival, it took him almost a month to learn everyday language.

The princess should be similar.

"What if we are proficient in the common language?" Annan suddenly thought.

The Skeleton King retracted his bones: "The princess is now equivalent to a newborn baby. Including being close to you, she also regards you as her 'mother'. Using magic to speed up her growth process will only give birth to a freak."

"Ok."

It seems that Annan will have to be a nanny for a while longer.

What surprised him was that Skeleton King also knew so much about parenting.

"Do you have children?" Annan asked curiously.

"I have thirty-five children."

"No wonder...how are they doing?"

So many years have passed, the descendants of the Skeleton King must be a large family, but I seem to have never heard it mentioned.

"Like all the families that have disappeared into the dust of time, they attacked and tore each other apart, disregarding bloodlines for the sake of profit and status, tearing each other apart from sons to grandsons, from grandsons to great-grandsons... not a single one was left."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked."

It’s scary to think about it. In the future, Cathy, Colette, the princess and others will fight for power and profit to inherit Liberty City... Oh, I kind of want to see what happens?

"Nothing. Eventually, my feelings for the bloodline that has been passed down for dozens of generations became weaker and weaker, and they became more and more afraid of me."

The soul fire of the Skeleton King burned calmly: "Who told me that I am a 'lich' who gave up his life for immortality in the eyes of outsiders..."

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The soul fire in his eye sockets began to beat again. Skeleton King glanced to the side and saw Annan patting his shoulder and comforting him, "Dawn will eventually come."

"Daytime is not a good thing for the undead."

"Just understand the meaning."

Annan, who was standing on the chair, climbed down, moved the chair back to its original place, and took the princess' hand again.

The princess, who hunched her shoulders, lowered her head, and trembled slightly in fear, gradually regained her composure.

Annan stood on tiptoe and touched her head, then asked the Skeleton King, "But isn't the princess's memory sealed? Why does she still remember me?"

"She doesn't remember you, except that you're the first person she's seen."

"You think so too?" The Skeleton King's statement coincided with Olmedo's.

"This is the nature of life. No life can be exempted... No, there is one." The Skeleton King remembered a long-standing taboo knowledge. "Come to think of it, it has something to do with your golem."

"Could it be that the golem has developed self-awareness?"

"It seems you know."

"I'm just guessing. Can you tell me about it?" Annan touched the princess's soft gray hair and was very curious about this history.

"You should have heard of the glory of the Goblin Empire..." The Skeleton King paused briefly, and after Annan nodded, he continued, "The goblins at that time were so arrogant that even the elves, the darlings of the world, had to temporarily avoid their edge. The predecessor of the floating city was an improvement on the goblins' aerial fortress. The golems they made were comparable to legends and could be mass-produced."

"The final glory was their attempt to create a golem that could rival the gods."

Annan gasped Olmedo.

"But gods are also living beings, so they studied the taboo - giving life to the golems."

That period of history must have been turbulent, fantastic and shocking, but in the end it was all condensed in one sentence: "They messed it up."

"In the end, Wilhelm cleaned up their mess, and the goblins were cursed by the gods for their forbidden actions. The empire collapsed, and the entire race fell into decline."

"I heard from unofficial history that the fall of the Goblin Empire was related to the succubus?"

"Too wild."

Annan agreed: "That's true. The goblin's body is so small that the succubus can't even sit on it."

"It's not because of this. The goblins in the Goblin Empire and the goblins today are no longer the same species."

The Skeleton King wiped the magic ring worn on his joints and turned out a slate painting.

It’s not that there was no oil painting in the era of the Goblin Empire, but that stone slabs were the only ones that could be preserved for a long time.

There was a goblin standing on the slate painting. He was no different from the lively and heartless goblins living in Liberty City. The only difference was that his color had changed from dark green to light green, his pointed ears were not that big, and he was wearing work clothes with many pockets, just like a human being.

“Different body types.”

Skeleton King pointed at the wall in the background. "The length of a hobgoblin is about 7 feet... which is about two meters."

“It seems to be only 1.2 meters now?”

The body size has shrunk by almost half, deformity is inevitable, and the person has even forgotten his past due to his reduced IQ.

The saddest thing is this.

But everything has its pros and cons... The Goblin Empire has obviously entered the era of magic industry. If they were still there, it wouldn't be my turn.

Speaking of which, relying on Liberty City for research and development is too slow... Since there is a ready-made goblin empire... can we rise up by excavating and discovering archaeological goblin technology?

The more Annan thought about it, the more he felt that there was a way out. They already had a good relationship with the goblins, and they had also reconquered a bunch of goblin tribes in the southern swamps. Although they only had some antiques left, maybe the goblins from other tribes they knew knew the secrets of the ancient goblin technology.

At this time, Annan noticed that the Skeleton King looked up at the door of the alchemy room.

"what happened?"

"Your other daughter is here."

"Uh……"

Annan led the princess out and saw Colette outside the door. She came to find him: "I heard that you arranged something for Reiner to do, what about me?"

Reiner was sent to the Guards Corps by Annan, not to take over Losi, but to study there for a period of time to lay the foundation for leading a new legion in the future.

Originally, Colette followed Annan to contact the Church of Fortune, but as Annan became familiar with the archbishop, the saint and others, Colette became free.

Annan said the idea that just popped up: "How about rebuilding the Church of Order?"

(End of this chapter)