Tauren Overlord

According to the latest news from their hometown, before the news of their father's death reached the Western Continent, the mother and daughter had already been killed by the leader of their hometown.

When Adeleide learned the news, she was still an "Ice Ring Maid" who was repeatedly ordered around by the eldest daughter of the Polbolo family.

Adeleide never took out her resentment towards the imperial nobles on Di Yao, nor did she kill her while she was sleeping to vent her anger.

It was not until the last moment of life and death that Adeleide abandoned her master and ran away. It can be said that she was very loyal.

So what to do now?

Continue to be loyal to another leader of the empire?

No, she no longer wanted to serve the Empire.

However, where is her home?

Who knows.

Did Adeleide really consider leaving the Holy Blessing Empire... and going to... Lunayuan State?

She didn't hate the Luna people. If she had to hate someone, she would rather hate the person who used her father as cannon fodder.

That is the current Governor of the Beast Suppression Province, Edric.

Adeleide didn't have much ill will towards the Luna people. In fact, before her father set out to attack the Luna clan, the two countries were not enemies.

At that time, the knights of the empire thought that they and the Luna people were about to form a "living alliance" to fight against the necromancers in the south.

However, halfway through the journey, the empire's decision-makers decided that it would be more cost-effective to rob the Luna people, so they decided to slaughter them all.

As a result, the Empire's army turned around and inflicted a severe defeat on the allies of the "Alliance of the Living".

Later, after Adeleide joined the White Legion and participated in many attacks on the Luna people, she no longer thought of them as "beasts".

However, as the executioner of the Empire, can she really live peacefully with the former allies of the Empire who were slaughtered by the Empire?

They couldn't speak the same language, and Adeleide was worried that she would die within a few days if she really entered the Luna Academy's actual control area.

This can't even be considered as atonement for past crimes, it's just an unclear death.

However, Lunayuanbang is not the only place where Adeleide goes.

She also heard that some rebellious old farmers and officials in the south had taken up the red and black flags and were going to establish a new commune.

If they succeed, the public will become a third party force in this land, independent of the Holy Blessing Empire and Luna Academy...

Adeleide undoubtedly yearns for the commune, but how easy is it to form a new force in the cracks?

Would it be possible that as soon as she arrived there, the commune would be struck by the Holy Blessing Empire and destroyed on the spot amid the crying of a baby?

Or was it that she had high hopes for the Commune, but as soon as she arrived there she was seen as an executioner loyal to the Empire and was defeated as an enemy?

After the fall of the Kingdom of Taimenia, many communes have been set up, but none of them have been successful.

This is not only because the rebels are weak, but also because there are many factions within the rebels.

The infinitely divisible enemy-friend relationship among the rebels always makes it more confusing than the relationship between men and women among the nobles.

This is also an important reason why the Taimenians have repeatedly revolted but have failed.

Thinking of this, Adeleide was really worried about the future of the commune...

Faced with a situation where seemingly all options are blocked, where else can we go?

She blinked, looked at Lu Heng in front of her, and asked:

"The partner you mentioned is some interesting alternative name for a maid... or a servant? How come I have never heard of it before?"

Lu Heng shook his head slightly and replied:

“Partners mean that we become partners who trust each other and work together.”

“Maybe I’m still above you in terms of administrative level, but we are equal in personality.”

"I am not your master, and you are not my servant. We are each other's partners."

"If there is any essential difference between this and the master-servant relationship, it is that we can discuss our business instead of just following my orders."

Of course, the talent that Lu Heng wants to recruit is not just Adeleide in front of him.

Naturally, the talent recruitment mechanism he wanted to develop could not be targeted at her alone.

Of course, it would be best if the cost of recruiting can be reduced by improving the personal status of subordinates.

Because Lu Heng himself came from a world where there were partners and masters and servants were rarely seen.

Giving them a relatively equal relationship was as natural to Lu Heng as breathing.

But for those who are obviously capable and have even become spellcasters, but still have to be servants, what Lu Heng gives them is like a spring breeze.

When Lu Heng first started playing the role of "William", what he was most worried about was that his identity as a minotaur would be discovered, so he was very cautious in everything he did.

However, as the role-playing progressed, Lu Heng discovered that although exposing certain tendencies did have risks, if he kept them hidden, he might lose even more!

If he always behaves like a typical leader, how can he attract truly like-minded partners?

Although this would sooner or later alert higher-ups in the Holy Blessing Empire, it was only a matter of time.

What Lu Heng really wants to do is to strengthen himself as quickly as possible before his true intentions are discovered by the empire.

Whether one exposes oneself too quickly or one's strength grows too slowly, one will be slapped to death by the truly powerful ones of the empire!

In order to win in this life-and-death race, Lu Heng must win over more capable people like Adeleide!

77. Spellcaster Mass Production Plan

Ever since Adeleide gave up her identity as the "Ice Ring Maid", she no longer planned to have any expectations of the imperial nobles, especially the leaders.

But she saw a turning point in Lu Heng.

This is definitely not an unrealistic fantasy like "Woo, it seems there are good people among the leaders, I can find a good master and serve him well."

But she had keenly realized that the Baron of the Mountains in front of her might... not be a lord at all.

It’s just that he hid it a little too deeply and hasn’t been exposed yet?

According to Adeleide's observation, leaders are not all the same, but there are three general types:

The first type of leaders are those who surrender and save others.

Their basic idea is that the kingdom has already been defeated, and if they don’t surrender, the Empire will kill every single one of the Taimenian people!

However, as a lord, shouldn't you give up all honor and make protecting your people your top priority?

The kingdom is finished, surrender as soon as possible! The sooner you surrender, the more people you can save!

However, after surrendering, such leaders often begin to become passive and lazy.

The old lord who turned a blind eye to things that Sintija met in his childhood probably belonged to this kind of surrender-and-save-people faction.

The second type of leaders are the evil ones in the kingdom.

Their basic idea is that when the Empire attacked, the Kingdom had made the wrong choice but to resist.

As a wise man, shouldn't you recognize the huge gap between the Kingdom and the Empire at a glance and surrender quickly?

Damn kingdom! Your mistake was that you surrendered too late!

If they had surrendered earlier, wouldn't there have been so many tragic massacres of the Taimenian people later?

Of course, the evil faction in the kingdom did not put all the blame on the Kingdom of Taimenia.

Other camps that don’t know how to surrender, such as Lunayuanbang, are really cruel and vicious!

Until now, their remnants on the west coast still refuse to surrender!

There are also some forces like the Minotaur Overlord who, even if they hide in the mountains, still have to fight against the empire.

In the eyes of this group of leaders, their rulers are simply bloodthirsty beasts. Do they never consider their people?

If we don't kill them properly, how can we make them realize the true meaning of surrender?

The third type of leaders are the imperial redemptionists.

Their basic idea is that the people of Taimenia are beyond salvation.

Only by relying on the Holy Blessing Empire outside the salt marsh of Taimenia can salvation be achieved.

Just like if there is no sunlight, the twisted and ugly souls of the old Taimenian people will only rot day by day and can never be saved.

Of course, the Empire was certainly at fault in the war of annihilation 30 years ago. Their biggest mistake was that they killed too few people of Temenia.

As a leader, shouldn't you complete the unfinished redemption of the empire and send more Taimenians to see the goddess they long for?

The evil Taimenian people made the mistake of not dying enough. More people should have died to leave more living space for the Imperials and kind leaders.

These three types of leaders are certainly different, but they all have one thing in common:

As people of Taimenia, they need to prove to the Empire that they are different from their compatriots.

So although they are all lords, the rulers of the Empire are often more brutal than those in the Kingdom of Taimenia.

Even... these leaders are better at oppressing those who share the same culture and ethnicity as themselves than the real people from the empire.

So in Adeleide's opinion, Lu Heng's kindness seemed particularly unique among a group of leaders.

However, Edireide had already vaguely felt that the Lu Heng in front of her might not even be the first type of leader.

This can be seen from the several new policies promulgated by Lu Heng that greatly improved the rights and interests of elderly farmers.

The surrender-and-rescue faction among leaders generally only want to passively rescue more compatriots and often do not promote any changes.

However, what concerned Adeleide the most was not just Lu Heng’s new policy, but the news that he married Rosa in the presence of Taimenia.

This is not entirely because Adeleide, as a woman, is particularly keen on paying attention to the emotional relationships between men and women.

That was because she had been with nobles like Di Yao for a long time and had become more sensitive politically, so she discovered the abnormality of this matter at the first time.

Although she had also heard that the Mountain Territory branch of the Burrios family was originally relatively marginalized and could not easily integrate into the core circle of the nobility.

However, the Baron of the Mountains really found a daughter of an old farmer to be his wife this time. This is really giving up...

What's more, his witness was actually Taimenia.

The word Taimenia can sometimes refer to a former kingdom, or it can refer to the rich land in the western continent called Taimenia.

In more cases, Taimenia is also regarded as a mother, sister, daughter, or even a lover.

Depending on the actual needs of the people of Taimenia, Taimenia can be any female image they need.

She is sometimes happy and elegant, sometimes elegant and happy. She is the goddess of miscellaneous tasks who always protects all the people of Taimenia.

Therefore, if a couple really cannot find a witness, they can ask Taimenia to witness it.

No matter how noble the status of the bride and groom is, the goddess of this race is qualified enough to bless the newlyweds.

On the contrary, no matter how humble the status of the bride and groom is, Taimenia, as the goddess of miscellaneous jobs, will not despise them.

For thousands of years, countless couples of Taimenia have entered the marriage hall under the blessing and witness of the goddess.

As the cheapest witness, Taimenia seemed to be very familiar with the job and had made it her old trick.

However, after the kingdom was conquered by the empire 30 years ago, the rulers of the empire certainly did not want the leaders to continue to worship the enemy's goddess.

This would make the people at the imperial headquarters feel very insecure, fearing that when they accept to be led, the fake leader would lead them into an encirclement.

Their requirements are particularly strict for the Taimenians who want to join the Empire's main tribe, or the Fukuguang tribe.

If any half-blood dares to continue to believe in the old gods, he can basically be expelled from the race.

It was precisely because of the hostility towards the Taimenian faith that the Taimenian churches in the major cities of the kingdom were systematically destroyed and rebuilt.

The ones who were most active in doing this were of course the leaders of the Empire's Redemption Faction - in the eyes of these most determined leaders, Taimenia was an absolute evil god.

However, 30 years... this may be a long time for a young girl, but for a belief that has been passed down for thousands of years, it is just a brief episode.

For the lower nobles among the Taimenian people and the old Taimenian farmers, their Taimenian beliefs are really difficult to eradicate.

They tend to regard the goddess Tymenia as the old god and the Imperial God-Emperor as the new god.

These Taimenians may, under pressure from the empire, verbally believe in the new gods, but in reality they still believe in the old gods.

The Empire had tried to completely eradicate the faith of Taimenia, but this incident aroused the wrath of the Taimenians.

As a result, more than half of the rulers who initially surrendered to the empire died in the frenzy of this rebellion.