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Chapter 34 Marching Towards the Twin Towers!
"boom--!!"

The tiny flame, amplified by the "Originium Arts Amplifier" within the council, instantly transformed into a destructive inferno capable of incinerating everything!

The roaring fire dragon caused the ground to tremble violently, and Gertrude, who was standing outside the council, was knocked to the ground by the dragon's roar.

When she dazedly raised her head, all she saw was the council engulfed in flames...

Gertrude was stunned.

Even if everything goes as expected, the moment this massive assassination actually happens...

Gertrude still felt her heart skip a beat.

After all, the Gemini Queen had indeed betrayed Qi.

However, the Gemini Queen did not reveal any information to her regarding the specifics of how the assassination would be carried out.

Even Chen Qi didn't reveal to her how he would escape from this trap.

Therefore, looking at the council chamber engulfed by explosions and flames, Gertrude truly felt a sense of horror, as if the sky had fallen.

Almost subconsciously, Gertrude activated her Originium Arts, attempting to detect the Originium Arts rhythm belonging to Chen Qi within the council.

In Terra, everyone possesses some degree of Originium Arts adaptability.

And as long as the rhythm is sensed, it can accurately locate a person's position and even determine whether a person is alive or dead.

But what made Gertrude increasingly uneasy was—

She did not sense any rhythm belonging to Chen Qi in the council.

Undeterred, Gertrude strained her Originium Arts to desperately probe for signs of life within the council.

But what made her despair was...

Apart from the flames, there was not a single sign of life in the council.

Faced with this outcome, Gertrude's mind was suddenly filled with an answer she dared not even imagine...

Is Qi... dead?
Upon considering this possibility, Gertrude, gazing at the raging fire within the council chamber, reacted almost reflexively.

She rushed into the fire without hesitation.

"Your Highness the Duke?!"

Jin Lufawei, who arrived at the rescue immediately, stopped Gertrude from blindly rushing into the fire.

But what they didn't expect was that their attempts to stop her would result in Gertrude's hysterical resistance.

"Get out of my way!"

The roaring Gertrude almost reflexively unleashed her Originium Arts the instant she was captured!
Of course, calling it a release is more like a child who doesn't know how to control himself randomly unleashing the Originium Arts within his body.

This forced outburst based on emotion, while allowing Gertrude to break free from the restraints of the Golden Law Guard, also caused her body to briefly fall into a state of exhaustion.

Even so, Gertrude gritted her teeth and insisted on walking into the council chamber.

"You can't die... Qi, you absolutely can't die..."

"If you die, I...I..."

I'll have nothing left!

The overwhelming fear and unease that came after the fact caused Gertrude to lose her mind at that moment, and even showed a fearlessness that was not originally hers, a fearlessness that came from the brink of death.

This fear was not entirely because she was afraid of losing her power and status.

More than anything, Gertrude herself couldn't quite explain it... a collapse like the crumbling of a pillar of her spirit.

He could not possibly die.

He was the man she had chosen, the one who could overthrow the Twin Queens and become the Emperor of Letania!
He absolutely cannot die!

Just a second before Gertrude, with this thought in mind, was about to re-enter the fire.

As the fire raged and a guard searched for another way out, he suddenly noticed a figure on the roof of the council building...

It was a beautiful figure in military uniform, with a slender and dashing figure and long orange hair.

And the figure held in the woman's arms, a princess, with strikingly prominent blood-red horns, was none other than—

“That’s His Highness the Regent!”

"His Highness the Regent is alright! He's alive! He's alive!"

"?!"

For a moment, Jin Lufawei's ecstatic voice stunned not only everyone present.

Even the two queens in the Twin Towers in the distance were shocked by this sudden scene!
"How can this be?!"

Upon seeing Tang Tu appear on the roof of the council chamber on the magical screen, the twin queens' expressions twisted in disbelief.

"Impossible! How did he know our plan?!"

"Could it be—that Gertrude was feigning cooperation with us? But we never leaked the assassination plan to Gertrude! How did he prepare in advance?"

The Black Queen abruptly stood up from her seat. What she was seeing was clearly beyond her expectations, so much so that even though reality was right in front of her, she chose to deny it.

Even if, even if he knows our plan!

"How did this woman manage to remain undetected?! How could our 'Queen's Voice' not have discovered her?"

"We didn't even find her, how could this be?!"

"...This is the three-time champion of Kazimierz, the mace."

However, compared to the Black Queen, the White Queen maintained a degree of composure in this desperate situation.

Gazing at the mace on the magic screen, the White Queen vaguely guessed the answer to the question.

"That's it, that's it."

"The people of this land have some sensitivity to Originium Arts within their bodies. As long as we can sense the rhythm of Originium Arts, we can accurately pinpoint a person's location."

"And in Letania, this paradise of Originium Arts, our spells, equipment, and tools are also centered on the rhythm of Originium Arts."

"But, she's a defective product!"

These days, Empress Bai, who has always paid close attention to Jian, Chen Qi's right-hand woman, has finally come to a complete understanding of her background.

Even the White Queen, known for her good temper, showed her teeth in anger towards this unplanned woman, and squeezed out an explanation through gritted teeth:
"There is not a single trace of Originium Arts fluctuation within her body!"

"Therefore, the 'Queen's Voice' failed to find her, and even we failed to find her!"

"She had been lying in ambush on the rooftop, fully prepared to rescue Qi when he was in danger!"

"*Vulgar Leitanian slang*! Damn it!"

The last chance failed again, and this time, the Black and White Queen's psychological defenses completely collapsed!

In the political arena, assassination, such a despicable and vile tactic, can only be used once!
And it has to succeed!
If the assassination fails, what awaits them will be the counterattack from the united party and endless political reckoning!

More importantly, this will cause their image among the people of Letania to plummet!
They will be the twin queens who liberate the people of Letania from the tyranny of the Witch King.

A corrupt politician who has stooped to using despicable means like assassination to eliminate his political enemies!
They cannot afford such a price!

"hateful!"

The Black Queen gritted her teeth and immediately used Originium Arts to condense her own weapon before heading out of the Twin Towers.

"where are you going?"

"Is there even a need to ask?" the Black Queen gritted her teeth and said, having made up her mind.
"Go and kill the remnants left behind by that witch king!"

“Only by killing him can Letania be freed from the Witch King’s ideology, and only then can we avoid war—”

"Hildegard!"

This time, the White Queen's voice was more stern than ever before, stopping the Black Queen who was about to take up her gun and go into battle.

But when the Black Queen turned her head, she saw a scene that surprised even her.

Her sister, who was always strategizing and planning, now sat wearily on the throne, bitterly saying as if she had given up all resistance:

"Let's face reality, we... have failed." "From politics to public sentiment, to the conspiracies we used to disdain... we have failed."

“Even if we kill him, it will only drag Letania into a deeper abyss, and even then, we will not be able to wash away the stain on our bodies.”

"Give up this pointless resistance, Hildergard... at least let Letania bleed less."

……

"Fortunately, we were prepared in advance."

"That student in Fremont named Emengard really came up with a pretty good little gadget. It can put you inside a cube and then release you."

Meanwhile, on the roof of the parliament building, Jian carried Chen Qi out of the inferno in a princess carry.

Looking at Chen Qishi in her arms, who was unharmed except for some burnt clothes, she revealed a calm smile.

"I never expected that I, who have no adaptability to Originium Arts, would have such an advantage."

"If I had known, I shouldn't have resorted to fighting when I was in the slums. If I had learned to steal instead, I might have been better off."

"Then I will lose my most trusted general, mace."

Chen Qi, held in Jian's arms, was still a little shaken—although he had already made the plan, when it was actually implemented, Chen Qi's fate was still in Jian's hands.

With the raging fire, if the mace had been even slightly slower, it would have burned off a layer of skin.

Chen Qi, who only showed a hint of his true feelings to Jian, hesitated before asking when he noticed the Golden Law Guards below the council, who had finally spotted the two of them:
"Hey, isn't our posture a bit indecent?"

"I am a regent, and soon to be the emperor of Letania. How can you hold me in your arms like this?"

"What's the matter?"

However, Jian's smile widened slightly, and he chuckled with a hint of mischievousness:

"The Regent? The Emperor of Letania? Wasn't it me who pulled you out of the fire?"

"If you think it's indecent, then you can escape on your own. Why make this poor soul suffer like me?"

"That's true... but please give me some face."

Faced with that mace that was deliberately used as a joke, Chen Qi felt quite helpless.

This time, however, before Chen Qi could speak again, Jian, understanding perfectly, quickly put Chen Qi down from her arms as the people below gathered.

"Alright, you wait here, my great emperor."

"And the Originium megaphone you requested is ready for you. You can give a speech here and I guarantee that half of Trinity will be able to hear it clearly."

"I still have tasks you assigned me to complete. The rest is up to you to handle."

After helping Chen Qi regain his footing, Jian's expression returned to its usual indifference, but his tone remained rather teasing as he spoke:

"Remember, this time, you must deliver a fatal blow to those two high and mighty empresses."

“…Yes, I understand.”

As Chen Qi watched the mace leap down from the roof of the parliament building, he couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion—the mace was truly his good comrade-in-arms.

Having shared hardships in the slums to reach where she is today, she could have shown no respect or boundaries to Chen Qi, and no one in the party would dare to speak ill of her.

But Jian knew exactly when and in what situations it was appropriate to joke, and when she should maintain the status of a subject, giving Chen Qi, the monarch, more respect and not undermining his authority.

Jian may lack political wisdom, but her mind, which knows when to do what, is already smarter than countless others.

"boom."

Meanwhile, the mace, who had leaped off the roof of the council, walked slowly toward Gertrude after landing.

"Crack!"

The next second, the greatsword in Jian's hand fell to the ground, the blade only a few centimeters away from Gertrude's head.

Before the terrified Gertrude could react, the sword's deliberately cold voice rang out:

“Gertrude, by allowing assassins who attempted to kill the Regent to enter the Council, I have the right to suspect your betrayal.”

"Here, as the Regent's bodyguard, I hereby arrest you!"

"Guards, take her away."

"Yes!"

As soon as Jian's cold words fell, two figures dressed in armor identical to the Golden Law Guards, yet appearing like ghosts, pulled Gertrude away from the ground, one on the left and one on the right.

At this moment, Gertrude finally came to her senses from the close call.

Her Majesty did not die.

Everything was proceeding smoothly as planned.

So next... Qi will soon become the Emperor of Letania!
Having understood everything, Gertrude felt her body, which had been paralyzed by the terrifying assassination attempt, begin to regain consciousness once more.

Moreover, in order to continue to lull the twin queens into complacency, or to further bolster Chen Qi's prestige.

Gertrude went all out with her act, and began to wail and scream at the top of her lungs!

"I...I didn't betray them! I didn't betray them!"

"Your Highness! Your Highness! I haven't betrayed you! Please, spare me! Spare me—"

It must be said that Gertrude's acting skills are top-notch.

Her wailing, filled with remorse, fear, and heart-wrenching regret, was enough to bring tears to the eyes of anyone who heard it and break their heart.

But for all the people of Letania who witnessed this scene, it proved that Gertrude's betrayal was not unfounded!
Now, standing on the roof of the parliament building, Chen Qi has only one thing to do.

Leading his loyal people and warriors, he completely ended the reign of the Gemini Queens!

"—People of Letania, and brave warriors of Letania, I am the Regent, I pray."

Standing proudly on the roof of the parliament building, Chen Qi raised the Originium megaphone in his hand and delivered his well-rehearsed speech to the thousands of Leitanians.

"Just now, we were betrayed in an unprecedented, despicable and heinous way!"

"To prevent their power from being taken away, the Twin Queens have dispatched their loyal henchmen. Count Hyacinth attempted to assassinate me in the council, so that the hero you support would perish here!"

"But their despicable methods will not succeed! Just as they cannot stop your will, they cannot stop Letania's resurgence!"

"Their betrayal is not just against me, but against all of Letania!"

As Chen Qi gazed at the people gradually gathering below the council chamber following his speech, his voice grew even louder, and he sternly questioned everyone:
"Tell me, brave warriors, and the people of Letania!"

"Are you still willing to follow such a despicable empress?!"

"Do you still believe that such a leader can bring you happiness and dignity?!"

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" XN
In response to Chen Qi, there were thousands of angry shouts.

Below the council, there were ordinary citizens, guards maintaining order, and even the armored Golden Law Guards.

Everyone raised their fists, venting their unleashed anger and discontent in the most powerful way possible.

"Then are you willing to follow me! Let me lead you to reclaim your lost dignity?!"

"Yes!" XN
"Are you willing to believe that I will give you jobs, freedom, and a stable life?!"

"Yes!!" XN
"Are you willing to support me as the Emperor of Letania?!"

"Yes!!!" XN
Gradually, the crowd below the council grew larger and larger, from thousands to tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands... until almost everyone in Trinity had arrived at the scene, cheering and announcing their support for Chen Qi!
Finally, the time has come!
It's time to launch the final attack!
"Citizens of Letania! It is time to overthrow the corrupt regime of the Twin Queens!"

"The first battle for our dignity is about to begin!"

As he spoke, Chen Qi turned his sharp, eagle-like eyes toward the towering twin towers in the distance!
At that moment, his eyes seemed to penetrate the tower's defenses and gaze directly at the twin empresses sitting high on the throne!
Gemini Empress.

Are you ready for my revenge?

"All of you, follow me to the Twin Towers—"

"March!"

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