That was Claudius, Agrippina's third husband, and next to him was Leif in a tall hat.

The two of them just stood there, looking like they had been friends for years.

Seeing Ian coming, Claudius raised the sword in his hand and pointed it at the man.

"Seneca... No, should I call you Ian Pendragon now?"

"Welcome back to the Roman Empire without Nero!"

436. The truth of the singularity, the fate of the girl bound by the Holy Grail (4k)

"..."

Claudius' words made Ian alert for a moment.

"what do you mean?"

Ian pointed the projected weapon in his hand, the meteorite bellows "Original Fire (Aestus estus)", at Claudius.

"That's your daughter!"

"Daughter?" Claudius was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter. His arrogant attitude made him look like a madman.

"I never admitted from the beginning to the end that Nero is my daughter, right?"

"I have my own children, why should I acknowledge a daughter whose blood relationship with me is so thin?"

"..."

Although he had long known that Claudius did not take Nero seriously, when he really heard him say such words, Ian still felt a chill in his heart.

We have to figure it out.

"so--"

"What exactly did you do to her?"

"What did you do?" Claudius's face showed a hint of cruelty.

"It's simple-"

"Since she loves Rome so much, it is only natural for her to sacrifice herself for Rome, right?"

"Sacrifice yourself for Rome?"

"That's right." Claudius pointed the sword in his hand towards the sky, looking very proud.

"Rome is the greatest empire in the world."

"If it is so great then——"

"Should it continue until the end of time? Everything in the world should be watched by Rome until it disappears from this land."

"Compared to this, sacrificing an emperor is nothing!"

“Hahaha!” Claudius laughed again. “If Nero knew that he could play such a role, he would definitely be very happy!”

"..."

Claudius' words at this moment were enough to reveal part of the truth.

Nero seemed to have become the "price" of some kind of ritual, in exchange for the current appearance of Rome.

The land was burned with fire until nothing was left of its former self;

The ancient soldiers awakened again, but they stabbed the Britannians who had become their companions;

All of this was gained by sacrificing Nero. It is so absurd and yet true.

"No! Nero will not be happy about this!" Ian roared in a rare anger, "Claudius, give her back to me immediately!"

"Back to you?"

Claudius sneered and drew his sword directly at Ian.

"Before you say something like that, I hope you'd better consider whether you have the ability to get others to agree to it!"

Having said this, Claudius charged directly towards Ian, intending to kill him right here.

Leif witnessed all this but did not take any additional action.

There was only observation of Ian in his eyes.

With a ding sound!

Claudius' sword collided with the Aestus estus in Ian's hand, producing a large area of ​​sparks that could be seen clearly even at noon.

This confrontation also made Ian realize that something was wrong.

This was definitely not the power that Claudius should have. At this moment, he was at least ten times stronger.

The man quickly guessed the reason behind this, which was Rafe.

Just like Agrippina the Faceless before him, only he could do such a thing.

"What do you think, Seneca?" Claudius still looked extremely arrogant.

"This is the power I possess as the Roman Emperor!"

"..."

"Waste." Ian replied coldly.

"What did you say?!" Claudius was obviously touched by this sentence, "How dare you say I'm a waste?"

"Of course I dare."

Ian looked at Claudius, who was in a stalemate with himself holding the Aestus estus, with his eyes full of disdain for him.

"You are only able to tie with me now by relying on the power of others."

"If it's just you, you're probably vulnerable."

"You dare say that again!" Claudius held the sword and began to chop fiercely at the Aestus estus.

Loud bang after loud bang echoed deep in the battlefield, sounding extremely harsh.

"I am the Emperor of Rome! The Emperor of Rome!!!"

"I have never seen an emperor who neglected state affairs so much during his reign."

Ian recalled every detail of the past, and while perfectly defending against Claudius' attack, he criticized his actions.

"Do you...know what a big mess you left for Nero?"

"You don't know how much preparation she has to make before her speech every day in order to deal with the Senate that you have set free."

"You don't know how complicated the policies she has to consider in order to rectify the public sentiment that you have disturbed;"

"You have no idea how much time she spent trying to organize the Roman army. Studying books that had absolutely no interest in her."

"You know nothing at all, but you keep shouting that you are the emperor of Rome. Ha... it's really disgusting."

"..."

Hearing these words, Claudius's eyes showed some obvious hesitation.

After all, what Ian said at this moment was not nonsense, but something that really happened.

Claudius knew this better than anyone else.

But he still refuted the man's words in an extremely tough tone.

"So what? I am the emperor of Rome now!"

"Oh, yes."

Ian looked at Claudius at the point where the swords intersected, and mercilessly delivered a fatal blow.

"An emperor who was poisoned by his own wife is still an emperor - it's just a little ridiculous."

"..."

If those previous remarks were just some provocative words, what Ian said at this moment was the most direct mental attack on Claudius.

"What did you say? She killed me?"

"Yeah..." Ian waved the Aestus estus, pushing the shocked Claudius back a few steps, "You didn't realize this until now, did you?"

"From the beginning to the end, she approached you with only one purpose, which was to kill you, and then use Nero's identity to seize the entire Rome and become the king of Rome."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Claudius roared as if his defense was broken.

"I love her so much...how could she do this to me?"

"Yes, you really do love her, so much so that you even forgot your identity as an emperor."

Ian held the Aestus estus and pointed it at Claudius in front of him.

"But she never loved you, not even for a moment."

"Even I know this clearly, but you are the only one who is obsessed with it."

"Admit it, Claudius, you have been a fool from the beginning to the end, and you are not worthy of the status of Roman emperor at all."

"No! It's definitely not like that..."

As Claudius said this, his memories of his time with Agrippina began to flash back.

"Honey, it's time to get up and take your medicine."

"Drink this, dear—you'll be well again soon."

That's right.

It's poison...all those things are poison.

I felt this when I took the first sip.

but--

But Agrippina was smiling. When she drank the medicine, her smile was so beautiful. There was no smile like her in the whole of Rome.

I just want to see her smile, what's wrong with that?

Then isn't it reasonable to drink some poison? !

After falling into a whirlpool of thoughts, Claudius' mind was completely confused. Even though he had the power enhanced by Leif, it was completely useless at this moment.

Boom.

Red flames burned on the sword of Aestus estus.

With just a single blow, Ian knocked Claudius' sword away and then pushed him back.

The emperor, still smiling at Agrippina, rolled on the ground for several circles and finally stopped under Leif's feet.

"not like this……"

Claudius grabbed Leif's shoes and spoke to this "friend" as if he wanted to be redeemed.

"Leff, the truth of the matter... isn't this true?"

"...What a hopeless loser." The man in the tall hat looked at Claudius at his feet and suddenly said this.

"What?" Claudius couldn't believe what he heard. "Lefe, what did you say?"

"I say you are such a useless piece of trash!!!"

Leif started to make facial expressions, and his ferocious expression looked exactly the same as that at singularity F.

"Everything has been prepared for you, but your mind is still full of that woman - you are a piece of trash, how on earth did you become the emperor?"

"But think about it."

"That Agrippina is as useless as you. No matter how much power you two have, it will be meaningless."

"That's it for now."

Leif squatted down and grabbed Claudius' neck directly, "I don't want to waste any more time on you."

"Wait...wait a minute!"

Claudius tried to struggle but to no avail. He soon became motionless and eventually turned into a cloud of black smoke and disappeared.

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