Sir, this is not how bad women are used.

"Is there an old nun missing~?"

"..."

Chu Yan didn't dare to answer. He didn't know whether Tiffany's mother was guessing or had secretly tracked and confirmed it.

It would be too easy for her to disguise herself as a nun and sneak into the small parish to gather intelligence.

However, the fact that Chu Yan hesitated for a while and failed to give a decisive negative answer was already equivalent to an answer.

There is no need to lie anymore. After this suspicious hesitation, even if Chu Yan tries to argue again, Tiffany's mother will most likely use coercive means - the purple poison needle.

"Yes." He confessed.

"As a child, you are still unfaithful! I knew that the old nun was so concerned about you in the Ruins Square, there must be something behind it!"

Oh no, it turns out to be a scam!

But it doesn't make any difference. Tiffany's mother noticed Josephine's attitude, which was equivalent to getting the answer.

"......" Chu Yan didn't dare to say a word.

"If it's someone as young as Therese, forget it, but Josephine is almost the same age as your mothers!"

Torture alone won't solve any problems.

Tiffany must have a purpose for bringing up this matter now, as she had already discovered the clues a long time ago.

She smiled and said in a friendly manner: "My little darling, when Weilin and the others come in a while, you should listen to who more, do you know?

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Chu Yan's heart sank and he fell to the bottom of the valley in an instant.

It is foreseeable that after Tiffany's mommy had him all to herself for so long, Weilin would definitely try to take him back as soon as she came.

Just over who to sleep with at night, they might argue for a while.

Now Tiffany has got a handle on him. If Chu Yan doesn't want the fact that he recognized his mother to be exposed in the future, he will have no choice but to stand on Tiffany's side.

Chu Yan didn’t dare to imagine what expression Weilin would have at that time!

Just obey Tiffany, Weilin will definitely be angry.

If she doesn't accept the threat, Weilin will probably still get angry, and even Losta might know about it!

I will worry about my future troubles later, I can’t let myself be wronged now…

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Yama Empire Army, suburban military camp.

The eldest prince Sijoergen sat on a chair and listened to the scouts' investigation of various affairs in the city. He couldn't help but hold his chin and sighed:

"There are quite a few problems. I didn't expect that the church did nothing during the Empire's absence, but the most inconspicuous adventurers achieved such success and explored so many places."

The intelligence contained some hint of the involvement of a dragonborn.

However, the eldest prince's attention was not on this, and how well the adventurers performed was not within the scope of his plan.

What interested him even more was the information about the mysterious city-state coming from the tower.

While he was thinking about it, his younger brother, who came with the team to broaden his horizons, ran into the tent hurriedly and excitedly.

"Brother Wang..."

The little prince had just said a name when the eldest prince raised his hand to interrupt him:

"I have told you so many times, once you leave the country and are in the military camp, you should not address each other as brothers. When you see your father outside in the future, you should also use the honorific title 'Yama Emperor'!"

The little prince was a little unconvinced. He felt that it was a bit strange to call him "sir" or "rank". He stubbornly tried to be clever and said:

"Boss, we are now in the Babel City area. Princess Ye Nai has occupied the military area in the city first, and it is difficult for all our people to move in. Should we compete now for the garrison position?"

The eldest prince Sijoergen held his forehead with an expressionless face, not wanting to scold his younger brother for his short-sightedness.

"There are so many forces in the Babel City area now. Any of our actions represent the majesty of the empire. Two royal bloodlines are competing just for a place to station troops. What's the difference between this and fighting for a toilet stall?"

The small military area within the Babel city area could only accommodate a very limited number of people. Even General Shi Li at the time only stayed there occasionally, and most of the time he camped inside the Babel Tower.

What good is it if we win the fight in a bigger place?

After that, we still have to go into the tower to camp.

"So, boss, what do you mean?" The little prince couldn't figure out his brother's thoughts.

"Let's fight inside the tower. That will be more interesting. The church will definitely send people to a city-state like this! Defeat the church and defeat Yana at the same time. Only then can the emperor favor me!"

The eldest prince had some secrets that he didn't tell.

As punishment for framing Yana before, he was secretly asked by Emperor Yama to act, make amends for his crime, and solve the ideological problems among the scholars in the empire.

Therefore, he had to defeat Yana without endangering Yana's life, in order to threaten Yana's mother and put an end to the wavering thoughts among scholars.

Originally, that would have been the case, but Emperor Yama was afraid that the eldest prince would be defeated, so he asked an imperial researcher to send a modified angel weapon.

It seemed that King Yama was taking care of him, but the eldest prince felt something was wrong.

Because this implicitly revealed the current opinion of Emperor Yama, that he believed that Ye Na was stronger than the eldest prince.

Why did the emperor let his two children compete but did not mention the content of the competition? He was afraid that after the questions were given, the eldest prince would not be able to beat Ye Na, so he let the eldest prince choose the content of the competition himself!

If the eldest prince follows the script this time, he will always be seen as incompetent in the mind of Emperor Yama, who "failed to plot, made meritorious contributions while guilty, and still needs extra care."

This is bad!

In order to reverse this, he had to perform an additional meritorious service on this trip, and this opportunity lay in "frustrating the church."

"Adjutant, listen to my orders! Spread the news now and let the clergy know immediately that the imperial army is preparing to rush straight to the mysterious city-state. It would be even better if we can force the bishops of the central diocese to come over.

I need credit! Their lives are my credit!"

Author's words: I feel like I'll update until the 31st of the month, so I'll update until the 10th (-40)

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Chapter 209: Each with His Own Agenda

After giving the order, the eldest prince immediately ordered his troops to move forward without choosing to camp or rest in the suburbs.

On the first day of arriving at the Tower of Babel city area, he led his troops directly into the tower.

In the city, two groups of imperial troops arrived one after another. The citizens had to be on high alert. Even the adventurers who were resting got up from their beds and watched the movements of the imperial army by the window.

The greatest fear against the imperial army is the fear of their coming back.

After their hasty retreat last time, they are coming back with a large army. They may act even more violently and indiscriminately, attacking outsiders.

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"Hey, these people are heading straight for the Tower of Babel, not staying in the city?"

This was news that made everyone feel relieved. What they were most worried about was that the imperial army, in order to get back their ground, did not care about finding the "gate" the first thing they did when they arrived, and started fighting in the city for revenge without saying a word.

Now, there are many forces gathered in the urban area. It's not that everyone is completely powerless to fight back. No one is afraid of facing a head-on attack. The only difference is that who is willing to waste time on such things?

However, the attitude of the Imperial Army is really intriguing.

Everyone knows that Emperor Yama is becoming more and more ambitious. He was defeated before, so can he just act as if nothing happened?

"Could it be that they are heading straight for the mysterious city mentioned in the wind?"

"Based on the habits of the Imperial Army, they will definitely set up a blockade there, or directly use it as their new garrison camp!"

The adventurers were very anxious, but then they thought, what does it have to do with them?

There were obvious church-style buildings in that mysterious city-state, so the church was bound to get involved. No matter what treasures there were, it would not be the adventurers' turn to join in the fun.

Having sorted this out, the adventurers were no longer in a hurry.

As long as we can confirm that the Imperial Army has no intention of provoking conflict in the city!

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In the black market, several military officers changed into civilian clothes, came to the intelligence dealers, and gave them money to act as loudspeakers to spread the news.

"The Imperial Army wants to seize that city-state and learn the secrets of the church... These two are the key pieces of information. Go to squares, taverns, guild halls, and casinos, pretend to be passersby and spread the news. Make sure the people in the church know!"

Naturally, there are people in the black market who deal with the Yama Empire. They take money to do things and don't ask why. They just do it.

After counting the rewards, the information dealer said, "It's fine to spread the news, but there is one thing I have to mention. There are no bars and casinos in the city now. They have become restaurants and trading halls..."

The officer was incredulous and suspected that he had heard wrongly: "How can an adventurer city-state not have taverns and casinos? After a few months, the church is still controlling the behavior of adventurers?"

Even among the imperial soldiers, strong alcohol and gambling cannot be eradicated, but the rules are strict and everyone only plays secretly during holidays.

Can adventurers without any constraints from their superiors collectively give up these two things?

The information dealer scratched his head. The matter was complicated and he didn't know how to explain it. He said vaguely:

"After the restaurant became popular, other taverns were forced to follow suit and became restaurants. The casino business could not continue, so adventurers threw their money into various auction houses and exchanges to invest in themselves."

Having stayed in the city, he thought that the development of every event was normal and there were many intervening factors. However, when he was suddenly asked this question, the intelligence dealer found it really incredible.

These two productive industries that were considered iron rice bowls and bottomless gold mines could no longer survive one day.

The officer did not ask any more questions. He had already completed the task he was supposed to perform and now he should move on to the next task.

——Serve the challenge letter.

They needed to convey the eldest prince's intention to Princess Ye Na, who was resting and waiting in the small military area, and ask her to rush to the city-state inside the tower as soon as possible.

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In the small military area,

Several officers who were in charge of the message came in for a while, and after delivering the letter, they turned around and left without a moment's delay to report to the eldest prince.

In the room, the two women sat together, reading the challenge letter sent by the eldest prince.

Princess Ye Na rarely tied up her beautiful white hair into a high ponytail, looking cool and capable. She wore a black suspender vest on her upper body, which covered her heavy and full chest. Sweat oozed out of the skin at her collarbone and flowed down from the mermaid line on her lower abdomen.

When the challenge letter was delivered, she was still doing daily exercises in the training ground of the small military area. She came back temporarily after hearing the news.

At this time, Princess Ye Na wiped the sweat off her face, leaned against Aunt Organ, and confirmed the contents of the challenge letter.

The content of the competition given by the eldest prince left Princess Ye Na confused.

"Together we will attack the newly discovered city-state in the tower and see who has made the highest contribution. If we are tied, we will have a duel to decide the winner... a bit strange?"

After reading the challenge letter, Auntie Organ narrowed her eyes again. She agreed with Ye Na's opinion:

"It's really strange. Since there will be a final competition, why do they have to go to the extra mile and include the conquest of the newly discovered city-state in the content of the competition? This is very vague."

It is difficult to clearly divide the credit when two armies attack a monster's lair at the same time.

There is no actual scoreboard to show which side has contributed the most or which side has caused the most damage.

In the end, this kind of competition will turn into a war of words with unclear rules.

You said you killed many monsters, but I said the monsters you killed were strong.

You killed the boss monster with the final blow, but I was the one suppressing it the whole time before that, so you got the advantage.

How can this be compared?

Unless there is a huge gap between the two sides, where one side cannot even defeat the miscellaneous soldiers and monsters, while the other side has already rushed to the leader, there can be a clear winner.

But in fact, in terms of the strength and quality of the troops possessed by both sides, they are not much different.

In the absence of a leader, the two

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The eldest prince seemed to have anticipated this vague verbal dispute and added another competition. This was probably a formal contest of strength between him and Ye Na.

Then why not skip the unnecessary competition in the previous part, and just be direct and stab each other calmly to see who loses first? Wouldn’t that be good?