I am GSD, a sword that explodes stars

Chapter 200: The root cause is found, and the father and daughter turn against each other

Ivan chatted with Sosia and Vanessa for more than an hour.

Among them, Vanessa provided some extremely useful information, such as where to find the grand dukes and royal bloodlines.

As well as some of the action patterns of these grand dukes, roughly when they will be in their territories and when they will be in the imperial capital.

The Duke and royal family of the St. Peter Empire each have their own territories, but that doesn't mean they will always stay in the territories.

Ivan also understood more and more that St. Peter III wanted to kill Vanessa.

At that time, St. Peter III should have seen that Vanessa had the idea of ​​defecting, so he took the initiative and wanted to kill Vanessa directly with thunder and lightning.

This kind of defection by the top imperial officials is intolerable to any country.

After Alvin clarified the route for tomorrow, he saw that it was getting late, so he drank the elf sleeping essence and left.

10am the next day.

Alvin appeared in the Sky City on time.

Segret, Skarsa, and Ivan confirmed the starting point of the teleportation with each other, then drank the instant teleportation potion and disappeared in the sky city.

A few seconds later, the three appeared in the southwest of St. Peter's Empire.

"This time I'm going to talk to the Duke of St. Peter's Empire and the royal bloodline."

"If I could accidentally run into those powerful people with imperial titles in this empire, that would be fine."

"Come on, follow me. I've already found out the route."

"Let's go to the Donbass region first."

Alvin briefly explained the direction of today's action.

"Were all the Grand Dukes and royal bloodlines killed?"

Segret and Skarsa had no objection to this, but Segret asked one more question, wanting to confirm the means of action.

"The Grand Duke will be dealt with as he pleases. I need to observe the royal bloodline. Just follow my lead."

Upon hearing this, Alvin did not say to kill them all, but wanted to take a closer look.

"Row."

Segret asked this question because he knew that the death of an empire's royal bloodline would have a much greater impact than that of ordinary nobles.

If we kill them all without any consideration, it might cause a big mess.

But since Alvin knew what was going on, he naturally didn't have to worry too much.

"This is the third day of our operation. Why is there no movement from the army of the St. Peter Empire?"

Skarsa followed the two men and looked around but found no signs of any pursuers.

"Maybe the dead were just some minor figures, so they didn't attract much attention."

When Segret heard this question, he also thought about it seriously.

"The person we're going to meet today is a big shot from this empire. If we kill him, he might attract some pursuers, but it doesn't matter."

"The purpose of all actions is to find Di Ruiji himself."

"We can put an end to it before he causes a disaster."

Alvin did not hear any discussion about the army coming to hunt him down these days, but even if there was, they would not care.

Segret and Skarsa chatted with Ivan while flying towards the Donbas region of the St. Peter Empire.

This area not only has the residence of the Grand Duke, but also the estates of the royal bloodline.

"This Donbass area is much more prosperous than the Sgri area."

Segret saw magnificent buildings, neatly decorated residential buildings, and busy traffic.

He had observed the capital of the Principality of Stan and found that it was developing quite well, but only just well.

It was incomparable to the prosperous towns he had seen in the Dragon Kingdom, the Capital of Gods, and the Varo Empire.

The principality's national power limit is there, as is its population size, so even if it continues to develop, it will encounter bottlenecks.

"Look over there again."

Ivan's mind eyes expanded and quickly sensed the town, and his evaluation of Segret pointed in a direction.

"The advantages and disadvantages are too obvious."

When Segret heard this, he took a look and discovered that the corner hidden by these buildings was a dirty, messy and very narrow slum.

"They may not even need to do anything superficial."

“That’s how the region’s demographics are divided.”

"But this is a matter of the St. Peter Empire and has nothing to do with us."

"Let's go. I have already determined where the Grand Duke of this area lives."

"Let's go visit him, hoping he can give me the answer I want directly."

As Ivan finished speaking, the three of them began to walk down from the sky.

The three of them had already used camouflage magic, so they were not afraid that ordinary people would be able to see through their true identities.

Therefore, even if the actions are aboveboard, there is no need to worry about exposing one's identity and appearance and being remembered by others for revenge.

Alvin is not afraid of any enemies coming to his door, but if he does not reveal his true identity, he will not bring trouble to the Principality of Stan.

Ivan, Skarsa, and Segret fell from the sky step by step.

When there was still 300 meters away from the ground, magic circles appeared spontaneously one after another in the sky.

These magic circles all have defensive effects, and are obviously used to resist the enemy's first wave of attacks.

When Segret touched these magic circles, he stomped his feet and a blinding light spread out.

Wherever it passed, magic circles made crackling sounds and shattered.

This unusual movement attracted the attention of many residents, strong men and the military in the Donbas region.

When the light in the sky faded, everyone saw a black, a blue, and a gold figure walking down from the sky.

Many people have heard some rumors that three unknown strong men have been hunting nobles these days. Their faces are unclear, but their hair colors are exactly these three colors.

When everyone found that they were unable to understand these three unknown external levels, they quickly fled in all directions.

The Duke of Donbass in the Duke's Palace and the five princes of the royal estate saw this and their faces changed suddenly.

They had just discussed these three people in the palace the day before yesterday, and believed that these three people only dared to wipe out some small figures.

It is unlikely to take direct action against the Duke and royal bloodline of the St. Peter Empire.

After all, the Viscount and the Marquis were dead, so the matter could still be mediated.

But if someone from the Duke and royal bloodline dies, then the feud will never end.

"Prince, I will take you out through the secret passage and head to the imperial capital. The others will stay here to defend you for a while."

The Fifth Prince's subordinates saw three figures in the sky landing in this area in a swaggering manner, and their faces became solemn and serious.

Then, without saying a word, he picked up the fifth prince and walked towards the secret passage of the manor.

At this time, it is absolutely impossible to leave openly via the ground or the sky.

Only by having a special magic array that can block the perception of the underground secret passage can they increase their chances of survival.

"They dare to attack me?"

Fifth Prince Paine found it unbelievable when he heard this.

"I don't know whether they will cross the line and attack you directly."

"It should still be in time for us to evacuate now."

Pine's subordinate is an old man with white hair and beard, but his figure is still straight.

Just as the old man was about to leave the room and go to the underground passage.

The old man felt a terrifying sense of crisis and stopped moving forward instantly.

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Five golden lasers fell from the sky.

The golden light penetrated the beams of the house, and the impact that broke out directly stopped the Fifth Prince and the old man at the door.

The five lasers that penetrated the house from top to bottom transformed into five golden giants over three meters tall holding huge shields and spears.

When the old man under the Fifth Prince saw the figures of the five golden giants and detected their LV80 level after investigation, his expression suddenly changed.

The elemental creatures released casually have such terrifying power. How powerful will the person who releases it be?

But he didn't have time to think about it and react.

A brilliant light bloomed in the room and condensed into a blonde figure. When the figure appeared, he stretched out his hand and pointed a laser that went straight through the room.

The speed of the laser is so fast that people can't react at all.

The fifth prince Paine felt some warmth falling from above. He turned around and saw that the butler who raised him since he was a child had been pierced through the head.

With a "bang", the fifth prince's butler began to fall.

The body of the Fifth Prince, Pine St. Peter, rolled on the ground.

"Go and kill everyone else in the manor."

Segret stood at the exit of the room with his arms folded across his chest and gave an order.

Following Segret's order, the five giants of light quickly took action.

Segret himself just looked at the fifth prince lying on the ground and did not take any direct action.

Whether to kill the royal bloodline or not depends on Ivan's consideration, and the others can just be cleaned up.

At this time, the fifth prince Paine looked back at the butler who fell down and gradually lost his voice. He crawled in front of the butler in disbelief and kept reaching out to wipe the blood that kept flowing from the butler's forehead.

He was born into a royal family and lived a life of wealth and honor, but his father the emperor and his mother the queen had been apart from him since he was a child.

Therefore, apart from other brothers and sisters and parents who are related by blood, the person closest to him is the butler.

But he never thought that in the St. Peter Empire, someone would dare to directly kill the royal bloodline.

Aren’t these people afraid of punishment, afraid of the army, and even more afraid of his father, the Emperor?

Pine turned around and looked at the stern-looking man with blond hair, blue eyes, and a cold face standing at the door.

"Who are you and why do you want to kill us?"

Pine didn't know the name of the blond man in front of him, but he also knew that this was the first time he had seen this man in his life.

There was no way he could offend the man in front of him, but this man came straight to his door to kill him.

"Perhaps this is not your fault. If you want to blame someone, blame yourself. Someone in your St. Peter Empire got involved in something you shouldn't have."

"We don't know who among you has been involved, so we need to check each one by one. You are one of the possible suspects."

Facing the little brat's roar and questioning, Segret's expression did not change at all, and he spoke slowly.

"I don't even know what you are talking about, but I am going to be killed?"

When Pine heard the cries for help coming from all over the manor, his eyes were bloodshot and he felt extremely aggrieved.

"Since you are of royal blood, you must have seen or heard your father's order to confiscate the family property and exterminate the clan."

"Those whose homes were confiscated and whose families were exterminated were not necessarily all guilty, but they all had to die because of a single order."

"This world is so unreasonable. There is no reason for the strong to kill the weak."

"Now you are one of those who are implicated and may have your property confiscated and your family exterminated."

"Since your father can do this, then we can do it too since we are stronger than you."

"So take a deep breath, calm down, it's normal to feel suffocated."

Segret is now in charge of cleaning the manor of the Fifth Prince Payne, waiting for the arrival of Ivan and Lord Skarsa. He happens to have some free time, so he can chat with them for a while.

"..."

When Pine heard the other party's arrogant and unreasonable words, he instantly understood what the other party meant. His pupils shrank and his body felt like it was falling into an ice cave.

For the first time, he personally felt the frustration and helplessness brought about by the unexpected disaster.

The other party wanted to thoroughly investigate who in the St. Peter Empire had taken something that he had no idea about, so he checked one by one.

I won't stop until I find out the truth.

If these three unknown powerful outsiders had not been found, the entire royal bloodline might have been slaughtered.

He would not be the first royal bloodline to suffer from unexpected disaster, it just happened to be him first.

Pine knew that he had no room to argue or ask for help at this moment.

His butler, a strong man at level 61, died instantly when facing this guy.

This strength is much more terrifying than those with imperial titles or even those grand dukes.

"Can I know what it is?"

"Let me be a clear-headed ghost even if I die."

Pine's mind sank to the bottom of the cliff, and at the same time, he found it difficult to release the frustration in his heart. He looked at the blond man who was only ten meters away from him.

"The plague that broke out in the town of Florence, everything is related to that."

When Segret saw that the young man actually wanted to ask what it was, he did not hide it and answered directly.

"Frens town?"

Pine heard that the trigger for this incident originated from that town.

His brain was working rapidly. He had also heard yesterday that the town of Florence had suffered some horrible attack and a huge sinkhole had appeared.

At the same time, he also thought of some people and things related to that town.

Pine actually didn't know much about the situation in the town of Florence, he just heard about it occasionally.

Probably knowing that a plague had once broken out there, her third sister, Princess Martha, volunteered to go and solve the problem.

Among all the brothers and sisters in the royal family, Martha is the most diligent and will take the initiative to volunteer for various things, so this is not something that deserves special attention.

But now we know that today's disaster originated from the sudden outbreak of plague.

Pine knew that it must be his third sister who got something unknown from that place.

“Yes, that’s where it all started.”

At this time, a handsome young man with black hair and a handsome middle-aged man with blue hair also came to the manor.

"Do you know anything?"

Ivan has already cleaned up the Duke of Donbass's Palace.

"If I tell you, will you let me go?"

Pine saw two more people appear and did not give a direct answer to this question.

"will not."

Alvin took a look at the dead old man the prince was holding, and the resentment emanating from the other's heart.

Although he was not afraid of revenge from the St. Peter Empire, since he had already taken action, he had to clean up the mess, lest he fail to do so and cause himself unnecessary trouble later on.

"Then I have nothing to say."

"Since this is an unexpected disaster, why should I be the only one to bear it?"

Pine smiled at the answer.

"Your answer is not important to us."

"It's the same if we kill them one by one and check them out."

"Clean it up, and don't rush to kill them all. Ask them first, then kill them. If nothing goes wrong, we should be able to get the answers we want today."

Ivan didn't care when he heard it and turned around and said.

"it is good."

When Segret heard this, he did not argue. He knew that he was too hasty and lasers began to converge on his fingertips.

"Wait... I say, this matter may be related to the third princess Martha."

"She was the one who dealt with the plague that broke out in the town of Florence a month ago."

Pine felt a sense of tyranny from the blond man, but from the black-haired man he felt a sense of ease and confidence and indifference to life.

The other party doesn't care whether he can find the answer now, because he is confident that he can find what he wants no matter what.

And judging from their positions, it is obvious that the black-haired young man, who only appears to be at Level 1 under this detection technique, dominates the three people.

If he didn't tell anyone and the other party didn't find out, they might end up killing his father and mother step by step.

Pine didn't dare to gamble that his father, the emperor, and his mother would be able to hold out against these three lawless fellows whose strength was unknown.

"Third Princess Martha?"

"Where is she now?"

When Alvin heard the name, he thought about it for a while, and some things related to this name emerged in his mind.

When Vanessa spoke last night, she mentioned many names and personalities of people of royal blood.

Among them, Martha is the one who looks most like the offspring of St. Peter III in Vanessa's opinion.

However, as a woman, Martha has always been viewed with prejudice, so even though she keeps trying to express herself.

He was still not that favored among the royal family of St. Peter.

If Martha were a man, based on many of the things she had done in the past, she could have become one of the capable candidates to compete for the succession.

But because she is a girl, no matter what she does, she has no chance of competing for the top position.

"I don't know about this, but the person most likely to have taken the unknown thing you mentioned is Martha."

"Because she is the only one among the royal family who has been to the town of Florence in the past six months."

Although Pine did not have much affection for his brothers and sisters, he still did not want his father and mother who gave birth to him and raised him to die.

Because once his father died, the royal family of the St. Peter Empire might change hands in an instant.

"I am satisfied with your answer. We will check it out."

"Kill him instantly, and let him die without pain."

When Alvin heard this, he knew he had to check out this Martha.

Segret heard this and looked towards Lord Skarsa.

Skarsa felt the gaze and understood, he raised his hand and a gust of cold wind blew past.

Pine turned directly into an ice sculpture, and the figures of the old and the young were frozen together.

Then the three of them left without staying.

"We are heading to the Heisler area, which is the territory of the third princess."

Alvin took out a map and pointed to a place name.

Segret, Skarsa, and Ivan headed straight to this area.

The sudden change in the Donbass region, the extermination of the Duke of Donbass, and the death of the fifth prince Payne, quickly spread among many residents and strong men in the region.

Even a special communicator was used for emergency contact with the royal family.

In the imperial palace of the St. Peter's Empire.

St. Peter III heard the report from his confidants.

"Grand Duke of Donbass and my son Payne are dead?"

St. Peter III's body stiffened and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face.

He originally thought that the three guys were just a few wandering adventurers with some strength, but not much.

But he never expected that those three men would be so bold and kill everyone from the Viscount upwards.

He dared to touch the viscount, marquis, duke, and those of royal blood.

On the contrary, those barons who could barely be called nobles and had some status but not much, escaped the disaster of extermination.

Ten of St. Peter III's close associates were kneeling below him, none of them daring to make a sound.

Because they never thought that the three thieves would dare to do such a thing.

This is a duke of an empire and a man of royal blood.

Everyone who could become a duke was a strong man who had made great military achievements in the past, or whose ancestors had made significant contributions to the expansion of the St. Peter Empire.

The power within the Duke's Mansion is also extremely strong, and it has a group of powerful troops under its command.

But even so, according to the report information they received, the Duke's Palace was completely frozen by frost in just a few minutes.

Except for those in the dungeon, everyone else in the Duke's Palace was frozen into ice sculptures, with no possibility of survival.

The strong men over level 70 had no chance to fight back. The origins of those three guys could no longer be defined as ordinary wandering adventurers.

But now they don’t know why those three people wanted to wipe out the entire noble family.

If they really wanted to wipe out the nobles, they should have killed them all the way up from the Viscount and Marquis. They shouldn't have reached the Duke so early, but the other party did just that.

"Have you found out why they are targeting the nobles of our St. Peter Empire?"

St. Peter III's face turned pale at this time. He felt that the direction of the situation was getting out of his control.

"Forgive us, sir. We have asked around and asked many people."

"But their answers were all that they watched them openly enter the nobles' mansions, exterminate the family, and then leave openly."

“Those who were imprisoned in the dungeon and subsequently escaped had no idea where those three people came from.”

"However, one of the Level 68 warriors said that he was unable to detect their specific strength."

"And according to rumors from the outside world, those three people may be the initiators of the tiankeng abyss in the town of Fuluns."

Upon hearing the news, the Royal Guards quickly reported the limited information currently known.

"Why is it the town of Frens again...Activate the emergency contact device to contact Martha, and then hand it over to me."

"Forget it, I'll make the contact myself."

When St. Peter III heard the name of the town of Florence again, his heart trembled and he had a bad premonition. He was so frightened that he even changed his usual self-proclaimed name.

St. Peter III had a hunch that the three outsiders of unknown origin and extremely powerful strength might be related to the plague that had broken out in the town of Florence before.

The fact that his own daughter had hidden something from him had a huge impact.

Upon hearing this, the Royal Guards quickly ran away and took over a crystal instrument emitting red light.

St. Peter III quickly used his magic to activate it, then found his daughter's name on the list and sent a contact.

at the same time.

Martha, who was heading towards the town of Florence with an army of 50,000, felt the vibration in her magic ring.

She took it out and looked at the communicator that was vibrating and emitting magical power, her expression changing instantly.

However, Martha quickly adjusted her expression and released her magic power in response.

Then a projection shot out from the instrument.

"My daughter greets my father."

When Martha saw the figure in the projection, she quickly got off the magic car, knelt on one knee and greeted respectfully.

"Martha, your fifth brother Payne is dead. He died in his manor. All 581 people in the manor are dead."

"The Grand Duke of Donbass is also dead, and all 5108 people in the mansion are dead."

St. Peter III looked at his daughter in the projection, his voice a little hoarse.

"..."

When Martha heard that her fifth brother had died, her body trembled and an expression of disbelief appeared on her face.

Her enemies were mainly her two older brothers, the eldest prince and the second prince.

As for those younger brothers, they were not strong enough to become her enemies, so she did not bring the plague to the territory of her fifth brother, but her fifth brother died.

"What on earth happened in the town of Frens a month ago? Do you still want to keep it secret?"

St. Peter III looked at the change in his daughter's expression and knew that he had not expected things to turn out to this point. He did not blame her directly, but asked her the real reason.

"My daughter discovered a source of plague."

"That's a level 65 unknown creature."

"It carries a special source of plague."

"It's highly contagious, and only a tiny bit is needed to kill even the strongest."

Martha knew that since her father had asked, she would have to tell the truth eventually, whether she told it or not, so she did not hide it.

"The plague in the Dark Elf Kingdom, could it be related to you?"

When St. Peter III heard this, his face became gloomy and many things immediately came to his mind.

"My daughter wanted to do an experiment, and she did it very secretly."

"It stands to reason that no one would find out it was my work."

Martha spoke up upon hearing this.

"you you you!"

When St. Peter III was confirmed, he was so angry that he could not speak clearly for a moment.

He never imagined that his third daughter, Martha, would dare to violate the rules he set and reach out to other countries.

If Martha reached out to other weak countries, it would have been done, but Martha reached out to the Dark Elf Kingdom.

"Father, haven't you always wanted to destroy the Dark Elf Kingdom's royal power?"

"My daughter just wants to fulfill my father's wish."

Seeing that her father was angry, Martha quickly spoke up to make amends.

"Persia, listen to my order. Bring the third princess back to the imperial capital to see me first. Teleport back directly. Don't delay on the way."

"Those three killer gods should still be investigating. It wouldn't be surprising if they got the news that she was on her way to Florence."

"Maybe even got it."

When St. Peter III heard these words, he knew that even if this was an excuse for his daughter, now was not the time to punish Martha.

He did have ideas about the Dark Elf Kingdom, as long as he destroyed the Dark Elf Kingdom's royal power and many powerful people.

Then the dark elves, who are known for their beautiful appearance, can also be captured and brought to the St. Peter Empire to be used as slaves and playthings.

But it is obviously not the right time for him to attack the Dark Elf Kingdom.

Even according to his plan, he would not take any action against the Dark Elf Kingdom in the next ten years.

Because the current St. Peter Empire is not yet strong enough to declare war on the Dark Elf Kingdom and win.

Now his daughter has taken the initiative to conduct experiments on the Dark Elf Kingdom.

St. Peter III had heard about the outbreak of plague in the Dark Elf Kingdom.

According to the information from the garrison bishop of the Principality of Stan seeking external assistance.

In just less than ten days, thousands of dark elves died in the Dark Elf Kingdom. The plague came suddenly and its lethality was indeed terrifying.

Because the killing power was too strong, the bishops and many clergy stationed in the nearby St. Peter Empire were unwilling to go to support.

But later, somehow the plague was lifted.

Now, the only country that still maintains communication with the Dark Elf Kingdom is the Principality of Stan.

Therefore, there is no specific news about how the plague was resolved within the Dark Elf Kingdom.

St. Peter III knew that things had come to this point and he had to send someone to investigate thoroughly.

"Yes!"

The one called Persia was a powerful magician who responded immediately after hearing the order.

He directly released the space teleportation magic and disappeared on the road.

In the imperial capital of the St. Peter Empire, at a fixed teleportation point only ten kilometers away from the imperial palace, two figures emerged.

Space magic can also be used to teleport within the Imperial Palace, but only exit is allowed, not entry.

It is impossible to reach the palace directly through space magic.

Martha knew that no matter what her fate would be, she had to go and see her father.

Ten kilometers is not a far distance, and Martha and Persia were quickly allowed to enter the palace.

St. Peter III has sent people to the Dark Elf Kingdom to investigate the real reason why the plague was resolved.

"Take me to see the thing you mentioned."

When St. Peter III saw Martha coming back, he did not angrily scold her, but wanted to confirm it.

"Yes, Father, please follow me."

When Martha saw that her father did not scold her, instead of being happy, she felt increasingly depressed.

It would be better for the emperor to get angry and scold her than to remain calm like now.

Martha has moved the source of the plague and placed it in an abandoned mine far away from her territory.

As St. Peter III followed Martha on the way, he discovered this storage place and his eyes became more and more meaningful.

His daughter obviously knew the source of the so-called plague and had already brought disaster upon herself, so she was not placed directly within her territory.

I naively thought that the three plague gods would not be found this way.

Although his daughter is ambitious, she has never experienced true cruelty, nor has she seen what the powerful can do, so she is still somewhat naive.

St. Peter III entered the mine, which was undergoing renovation. Deep in the mine were many huge bottles and jars, each containing purple-black mist.

St. Peter III did not go to take it directly, but instead released his magic power and made all preparations.

Although he didn't think that his daughter would be desperate and want to kill her father, but as a person who had experienced fratricide, St. Peter III would not gamble on so-called family ties.

Under the temptation of the throne and power, the so-called blood relationship is nothing but a joke.

Seeing her father being so cautious and on guard, Martha sneered in her heart and didn't worry much.

Only she knows how to resist these plague forces.

His father expected that this fragile magical protection would be able to resist the infection of the source of the plague in the first place and gain a certain reaction space. This was completely a pipe dream.

However, Martha has not made up her mind yet, because she wants to see how her father will deal with her after he finds out about this.

“How many portions is this divided into?”

St. Peter III looked at the countless rows of jars before him.

"Into fifty thousand parts."

"It only requires using compression technology to condense it into crystals or a little liquid."

"If it's dropped into a water source, it can quietly poison the water."

"Countless people died in obscurity."

"Even a powerful dark elf can hardly escape death if he is not careful enough."

It had been a month since Martha had received the source of the plague.

After the research of her subordinates, there has been some effect on the power of plague.

"What you are planning to achieve is of great importance."

When St. Peter III heard the 50,000 copies, he knew that this might not be all.

At the same time, he also understood what his daughter wanted.

Although he did not intend to give his daughter the qualification to inherit the throne, Martha also knew that he would not give it.

But I don't intend to give this. As long as the means are used well, it can become a must.

"My daughter just wants to contribute to my father's ambition to expand the territory."

"So I will study it privately, and wait until the research results are completely stable before giving it to my father as a great gift."

"To show my daughter's filial piety."

It was impossible for Martha to agree directly after hearing this. At this time, even if both parties knew it was an excuse, they had to make these excuses.

"If you hadn't attracted those three unknown powerful men, I would be very happy with the gift you brought to your father."

Of course, St. Peter III did not believe Martha's words, but he did not directly expose her.

The power of the source of the plague is indeed a rare and powerful weapon. As long as it is used well enough, it can be used to provoke disputes with other countries.

Let other countries fight for it, and the Empire of St. Peter can sit back and wait to reap the rich fruits.

But Martha acted on her own and tricked the Dark Elf Kingdom, and now she has attracted three terrifying disasters whose strength is unknown.

"Good fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. Even if disaster strikes, there is always a chance that danger can be turned into safety."

Martha knew that her father was talking about the three disasters, and now she had to solve the problem of the three disasters no matter what.

"You see things clearly. If you were a man, you would be my most promising successor."

Upon hearing this, St. Peter III looked at Martha with a look of relief, and as he spoke he reached out to rub Martha's head.

However, this seemingly harmonious action between father and daughter made Martha take several steps back.

"It takes a lot of time for my daughter to take care of her hair, so please don't mess it up, father."

"And since you think I'm the most promising successor, why do you care about the difference between men and women?"

"It's not uncommon for a country to be ruled by a woman in the Land Continent, right?"

Martha took a few steps back, her words intimate and a little coquettish.

"What you said is indeed true, but look at the countries ruled by women. Which one can compare with the St. Peter Empire in terms of national strength?"

"The Dark Elf Kingdom, the only one that can compete with us in terms of national strength, has lost its former competitive spirit due to the succession of Queen Meiling."

"The St. Peter Empire is huge, and there are many outstanding bloodlines in the royal family. It is not yet time for a woman to take the lead."

When St. Peter III saw his daughter evade, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Father, you have taught us since we were young to give up useless kindness and to be ruthless enough to stand firm."

"So there are many outstanding people in the royal family."

"But if we put aside gender and only consider ability and means, my other brothers and sisters are not as good as me."

"Why should I be denied the right of inheritance just because I was born a girl?"

"Gender is not what I want to do."

Martha faced her father with a touching smile on her face.

"I know it's not your fault that you were born a girl, but some things are determined by fate."

"We are both of royal blood, but you are a girl. You are destined to be inferior to others in certain things."

"I don't want the empire I have spent my entire life planning and working so hard to create to fall into the hands of other bloodlines in the future."

"Martha, you still have a chance now, so put these thoughts under control."

"After this matter is over, I will allow you to choose your own partner."

"Then all the selection conditions will be based on your preferences."

"After you marry her, if you stop thinking about the inheritance right, I will forgive you for what happened."

St. Peter III saw the complaints and paranoia in Martha's eyes, sighed, and spoke slowly.

It was enough for the St. Peter Empire to have such an ambitious leader as him.

The next successor needs to be an emperor who is both benevolent and domineering.

Otherwise, if powerful rulers come to power one after another, even if the St. Peter Empire conquers more territory, it will not be able to last long and will have to pay it back bit by bit.

It is even possible that St. Peter's empire fell apart just a hundred years after his death.

"I can remain single for the rest of my life and pass the throne to my brothers and sisters in the future."

"I wonder if Father can trust me?"

When Martha heard her father asking her to change her mind, she was naturally unwilling.

Even if she marries a duke, her brothers and sisters will still ride on her head until she dies.
With Martha's proud character, how could she allow such a thing to happen?

It was impossible for her to watch a group of people who were inferior to her successfully ascend the throne, unless she personally chose them to abdicate.

"You have been blinded by power and your mind has gone mad."

When St. Peter III saw Martha's current condition, he knew that he could no longer persuade his daughter.

"Father, when you used all sorts of tricks to get to the top, why didn't you say that you were blinded by power?"

When Martha heard this, she no longer pretended to smile, but became indifferent.

"At that time, if I didn't fight, I would die, but you are different from me."

"You can enjoy a lot of power and a lifetime of wealth and glory even if you don't fight for it."

St. Peter III sighed when he saw that his daughter no longer even called him by a respectful title.

"Same thing, none of my brothers like me."

"You won't let me believe in the so-called family affection?"

"This kind of thing is a joke among the royal family."

Martha continued to take a few more steps back as she spoke.

"You are my flesh and blood. I didn't want us to end up in this situation, but you have gone crazy."

St. Peter III knew that he could no longer persuade his daughter to change her mind with words.

I have to cripple my daughter to make her behave herself.

Doing so would inevitably make his daughter, who made him proud, hate him for the rest of her life, but this was all he could do.

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