After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

In mid-April, Oswald, who had already returned to Harbin, received letters from Luna and Paul.

While preoccupied with dealing with the cursed incarnation, Oswald suddenly remembered that there was still an unexploded time bomb in the Southern Territory.

Luna and the Second Regiment have now settled in a small coastal town in the southeast of the Southern Territory. Neither the Southern Army nor the Central Army commanders have taken any action against them.

The focus of the battlefield remains on the tense standoff in Silver City.

In the letter, Luna was either complaining or boasting. According to her, the excessive spoils were seriously affecting the marching speed, so they did not intend to continue conquering cities and territories.

Meanwhile, Luna wrote to Frank, requesting a withdrawal of troops back to the Northern Territory, but Frank politely refused.

Frank's reply simply told her to calm down and wait and see. If Luna felt bored, she could go and support Silver City.

Luna complained that Frank still couldn't let go of his pride, making a big show of it, but in the end, he was so scared by the undead army that he didn't dare to continue fighting.

The Central Imperial Guards have successfully taken over the towns captured by the Northern Army. They simply follow the Northern Army's every move.

The Northern Army was truly generous; they gave them all the spoils of war that they couldn't finish eating.

Compared to their brothers who were stuck in misery in front of Silver City, their journey was incredibly easy. However, there was still pressure; the thought of hundreds of thousands of undead on the other side of the mountains would send shivers down anyone's spine.

Upon learning that Luna was safe and sound, Oswald put down the letter and was no longer in a hurry to investigate the Southern Territory issue.

Frank wasn't lacking in strength to fight head-on; under normal circumstances, the casualty ratio between undead and elite human soldiers was 5:1.

Cavalry is somewhat better off, but infantry cannot defeat the Undead unless they rely on strong city walls. No matter how well the battle formation is arranged, large-scale casualties will be inevitable.

The problem is that the undead have no concept of fear; they will fight to the last bone after launching an attack.

If this drags on, the human army will be exhausted.

Oswald grinned wickedly. Even if the Southern Territory had 150,000 undead, only 30,000 elite soldiers would have died or been wounded. The Central Army could still hold on.

I picked up the letter Paul had sent. Perhaps because it was delivered by a traveling merchant, Paul didn't mention any important information in it, only briefly saying: "Everything is proceeding steadily."

It seems Paul has successfully made contact with the Mechanicus cult, but his next comment—that the white-haired pervert wants to relocate—is...

Oswald scratched his head, trying to recall where the Northern Territories attracted the elves. If there was anything they were doing well, he would certainly change it.

The Northern Territory, a stronghold of conservatives.

For generations, the dukes strictly adhered to monogamy, and apart from some local nobles who were somewhat dissolute, the general atmosphere among the common people tended to be conservative.

This is why the Eastern Marquis went to great lengths to make Annie Oswald's fiancée.

Because in the Northern Territory, there has never been a second mistress.

The same is true of the reasons for the decline in the Charles family's population.

Social trends are a strange thing. Oswald was eccentric enough, but even he, in his worst state, never acted promiscuously towards women.

Oswald had previously speculated that he was sexually frigid, but after learning about his ambiguous relationship with Annie in his first life, Oswald is now more inclined to believe that he was also a conservative.

The number of people enlisting in the Northern Territory will only increase in the future. Learning from past mistakes, Oswald didn't want any trouble from within his own territory, so this conservative atmosphere was extremely beneficial to his rule.

The elves... let them rot slowly. One is enough. Besides, he has to send people to keep an eye on them. He really can't stand more than that.

After organizing the ongoing plans one by one, Oswald's primary concern at this moment was still the problem of the demon race.

After the order to shoot the messenger was given, the demons outside Starfall City became much more subdued, but they still did not withdraw their troops, and it was unknown what kind of tricks they were up to.

The key issue is that there's practically nothing for the two sides to discuss. Oswald and the system had already deduced that the demons had come into contact with the new god.

The situation in the world is indeed very complicated. The goddess is clearly promoting the undead transformation of living beings, but she has not yet been able to solve the problem of the soul.

The authority over the soul lies with these system guys.

The Cult of Mechanism seeks to break free from the flesh and blood bestowed upon them by the goddess, and to achieve the freedom and ascension of their souls.

The demons have been in contact with what appears to be a god of corruption, but their purpose is currently unclear. It is more likely that they are simply after all the living beings and the life power of the goddess.

The remaining mysteries are the goddess of nature whose divine body was split apart, and the hero's holy lance.

By the way, in their eyes, Oswald himself is also a mystery, but probably no one expected that he came from an extraterrestrial demon.

The chessboard in this other world is chaotic. The two new gods are probably only at the conceptual stage and have not yet formed a physical form. Otherwise, given the goddess's volatile temper, a war between the gods would probably have started long ago.

The thought that among this group of beasts and monsters, he, as an extraterrestrial demon, was the only one who cared about the lives of ordinary people made Oswald feel uneasy.

Other transmigrators were prevented from returning home by locals or gods, forced to transform into extraterrestrial demons. But he was completely blacklisted by the system, and the goddess couldn't wait to send him away...

I have a feeling that the system has secretly tricked me many times. Why is that?

Lately, the system has been constantly going off to visit other systems, and Oswald doesn't know what to do after finishing his work.

Turning off his psychic vision skill, Oswald was plunged into complete darkness. He slowly leaned back in his chair, letting his mind wander.

After becoming an undead, sleep became a major problem. Without a system to force a shutdown, Oswald could only enter a state of deep meditation at best.

Once you get used to many things, they're not such a big deal.

If you feel your life is miserable, think of Paul; if you feel you can't go on, also think of Paul. And so the days go by, one after another...

Alini, dressed as a maid, walked to the office. After knocking and receiving no response, she tilted her head in confusion, pushed the door open, and went inside.

Sure enough, at this time, His Excellency the Duke is usually in his office.

Placing the documents to be completed on the table, Elena tiptoed to Oswald's side and observed him carefully for a long time.

It is certain that His Excellency the Duke was not asleep, nor was he pretending to be asleep.

She poked Oswald's face with a little force, but received no response. Elena's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly reached out to feel Oswald's chest.

Fortunately, his lungs were still beating.

The Duke must just be too tired. Looking at the pile of documents on the table and the network of power relationships that Oswald had personally created, Elena immediately understood the reason for his "slumber".

Often, he would speak at great length with the soldiers or the people, all in the hope that one day they would awaken to their own right to resist.

However, on many occasions, Oswald, unwilling to let them sacrifice too much, would choose to shoulder all the burdens alone.

As the only person in the world who knows Oswald's real name, Eleanor knows better than anyone how difficult it was for Oswald to achieve this.

He could have simply ignored everything.

Gently sitting on Oswald's lap, Eleanor leaned against his broad chest and slowly closed her eyes, filled with endless sorrow.

As she described herself, she was a very selfish person.

Even today, Eleanor cannot say that she regrets bringing Oswald back, even though this Oswald is already scarred and wounded.

She was not qualified to use the Wishing Star, but her actions ultimately led to Oswald's return, even though he did not belong to this world.

Happiness and guilt intertwined in her heart. Greedily clinging to Oswald's arm, Elena didn't want to experience again the feeling of her heart, which had melted in warmth, turning into a shattered mess.