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"Inform all citizens of Shitong County of this sad news, as well as the two queens and the electors of the other eight districts to attend the funeral. I will preside over the funeral until the coffin is buried."

The two Golden Law Guards belonging to Volna looked at each other in bewilderment and finally lowered their proud waists.

"Yes, Lord Elector."

"Well, let's do it."

After watching the two Golden Law Guards retreat, the man holding Viviana's mace approached Chen Qi in silence and whispered:

"...Sometimes, I think you're scary, Qi."

"Honestly, sometimes I don't even know if I am still myself."

Completely free from outsiders, Chen Qi finally took off all his disguises and stopped pretending to be strong and calm.

He realized belatedly that his back was completely soaked. In a trance, he subconsciously leaned towards Jian's shoulder.

As for Jian, this leader is absolutely rational and correct in everyone's eyes, and only reveals a little bit of his true self in front of him.

Jian just smiled faintly and generously offered her shoulder for him to lean on.

"I think... it's okay."

"At least in my eyes, you have always been you and have never changed."

"…Thank you, Mace."

At dawn, in the tower, with the sun shining, Viviana in the arms of the mace finally showed some reaction...

The girl, who didn't know that her biological father was dead, saw two people snuggling together in the sun when she opened her eyes with difficulty.

And this scene will be deeply imprinted in the memory of this baby whose fate has been changed, and will never be erased...

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Chapter 25 A visit from Fremont, the Witch King’s old friend?

[The funeral of former Elector Shi Tongling went very smoothly under your personal leadership.]

[The Electors and the Twin Queens from the other eight regions, as well as many nobles who did not belong to the Shi Tong region, attended the funeral.]

[Everyone who came to the funeral couldn't believe that a regional elector could be defeated by a commoner earl.]

[But in the end, after witnessing the twin queens personally take out the evidence that proves that Shi Tongling, the elector, was colluding with foreign countries and suspected of treason, and read out in public the edict that he voluntarily passed the title of elector to you out of remorse before his death, everyone shut up.]

[Although everyone at the funeral knew that Walter's rebellion was most likely a fabrication.]

[But with absolute evidence and the abdication edict that could not possibly be forged, all the necessary procedures for the abdication have been completed.]

[Legally, you have completed the handover of the Electorate. ]

[The only person who could prove that this edict was the result of coercion and inducement has long been lying in his coffin and is unlikely to speak again.]

[Therefore, no matter what the Gemini Queen or the nobles think, or what the truth is, you are the new Elector of Shi Tongling.]

[After the funeral, you successfully completed the ceremony of receiving the title of elect, with the twin queens smiling on the outside but swearing in their hearts.]

[That day, you completed the legendary journey from a refugee struggling to survive in the slums to a true monarch.]

[This achievement in Leithania, which even the Witch King could not achieve, makes your status as the Elector unquestionable.]

[This also means that there are only two people left in Leitania who are truly above you in status and power.]

【The Twin Queens.】

[However, you do not intend to pursue the victory. You are very clear-headed. Although you have become an elector, the electors of the other eight regions do not stand with you. You still have to worry about their power.]

[Besides, in your plan, you don't intend to pay a very high price to physically destroy the Twin Queens.]

[This is too difficult, and the gains do not outweigh the losses. It will also make the citizens of Leitania think that you are just a successful overlord, which is not conducive to your subsequent rule. ]

[Your method of overthrowing the Gemini Queen's rule must be in line with the general trend of the times. You must make the Gemini Queen lose all the forces that support them and become a real loner.]

[By then, you will be the true emperor chosen by the citizens and nobles of Leitania with one heart! ]

[However, after becoming an elector, you did not rush to win over other electors, but instead worked to consolidate your own internal power.]

[You have joined the mission of holding Viviana hostage and besieging the tower. All your subordinates who have made outstanding contributions have been rewarded.]

[Marcus, who faithfully performed his duties and provided you with this information, was not only appointed by you as the Director General of the Regional Transportation Bureau, but was also granted the title of Viscount by you.]

[The reason why he was not given the title of Earl is that any title above Earl must be granted by the Twin Queens themselves. Marcus' title is the highest title you, the Elector, can give.]

[In the tower, when Marcus, who was summoned and invented the party's only salute gesture, heard your reward for him, he was so grateful that he couldn't speak, and just saluted you again and again.]

[No need to say more, you know he will be loyal to you all his life. ]

[As for the higher reward list, you quickly sorted it out and handed it over to the Gemini Queen.]

【Since this is the first reward for you, the newly elected prince, it also concerns the rights of other prince elects.】

[Therefore, even though the Gemini Queen was extremely reluctant, she had no choice but to agree.]

[The earls, represented by Brawfield, who followed your orders without hesitation when you surrounded the tower, were promoted to marquis, and their territories and military power were increased.]

[Among them, one person received the highest reward. ]

【This person is Gertrude.】

[You have now given this Earl, the earliest angel investor and one who has made countless contributions to the construction of your party, the highest level of substantial rewards.]

【The Duke.】

[This news spread quickly in Leitania, causing an uproar! ]

【After all, you are different from me who knows how much help Gertrude has provided to the party. 】

[In the eyes of the nobles and commoners outside, Gertrude's only apparent merit was that she was the only noble who strongly sponsored you when your party was not yet recognized.]

[And even a territory was taken away, and simply because the earl invested in the right person, he suddenly became a duke who was second only to the emperor and above everyone else. ]

【This is shocking news to everyone. 】

【But at the same time, this is also very attractive news for everyone. 】

[Because, in the eyes of the outside world, Gertrude received a reward that was far beyond her efforts, and everyone knew the only standard you, the new Elector, had for employing people.]

【loyalty. 】

[So, after everyone saw this clearly, the nobles in the region that you had not had the chance to contact also quickly expressed their willingness to offer their loyalty to you.]

[Even some other regions that were frustrated saw an opportunity in you and wrote many secret letters to you privately, expressing their willingness to be loyal to you and to act as your accomplices when you annex other regions in the future.]

[Even some of the Golden Law Guards who could see the situation seemed to be shaken.]

[And this is the effect you expected after rewarding Gertrude so generously.]

[However, you did not give any praise to another member who also made a huge contribution, and even laid the foundation for your current victory.]

[Because you have a more important task that you want to give to her...]

"Train the army?"

On this day, while trying hard to learn from the servants how to take care of a baby and finally coaxing Viviana to sleep, she heard a new assignment given to her by Chen Qi.

"Yes, I want you to help me train a secret elite team."

Chen Qi outlined his future plans on paper and made a diagram of the power structure of everyone after he became the Elector.

And on this picture, Chen Qi looked at the words "Duke Gertrude" and "Storm Squad" and had some new ideas.

"The stormtroopers that were formed in the past were just an expansion of the police force in order to evade the investigation of the Twin Queens and the Electors."

"And now, we have completely mastered all the resources of a large region. We have the right to have our own army."

"A true army... composed of our most elite soldiers!"

"how do you want to do it?"

Jian gently shook his body, allowing Viviana in his arms to continue sleeping, while asking Chen Qi.

"——I plan to cancel the designation of the assault squad and form a team called the 'Guards'."

Chen Qi wrote the word "Guards" on the picture, and then drew two lines. While his hands were still moving, he continued to speak out his thoughts:

"Ordinary guards still carry out the original duties of the assault squad."

"We train them according to military standards and let them be responsible for police affairs within the mobile city. They can also serve as reserve forces or city defense forces at critical moments."

"And the other 'Armed Guards' are the elite troops we selected from the Guards. They are the real army in my conception!"

"...You mean, you want me to train this armed guard?"

As for Chen Qi's plan, although he had gained a lot of experience as a competitive knight in Casimir for a year, he still felt that he could not keep up with the pace.

However, when it comes to training, Jian has accumulated a lot of experience in this year.

After all, in order to help Chen Qi expand his power as much as possible, Jian had spent most of this year, apart from participating in competitions, in contact with the infected knights in the underground area.

Although compared to the competitive knight groups invested by the Commercial Federation, the Infected Knight Group has outdated equipment, lacks food and clothing, and cannot even participate in formal knight competitions.

But in order to win, they did put in more effort than the average person in training.

Among them, Mace did come into contact with some members who were once members of a legitimate knight family but had fallen to this point due to infection with the oripathy.

"If we use the standards I trained them with in Casimir, I'm afraid few of them will be able to return intact."

"But fortunately, I did learn some training methods suitable for ordinary people there."

"——No, Mace, I want you to help train a more important and elite team."

However, what Jian did not expect was that Chen Qi's expectations of her were much higher than she had expected.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the team I envision should be a true elite force comparable to the Golden Law Guards."

"If the soldiers of the Waffen SS are elites who are worth ten of their own men, then every soldier in the army you train will be a rare genius among ten thousand!"

As he spoke, Chen Qi drew a horizontal line on the paper where his name should be, and wrote the name "锏" on the other end.

This line marks the direct relationship between Jian and him, and also represents Jian's absolute status within the party, second only to Chen Qi.

And below the mace, Chen Qi also wrote the name of the team entrusted to the mace for training.

——Secret police.

"Mace, I will hand over all the Golden Law Guards that are now under my command to you."

"You take them to Casimir. You will be their chief instructor. Help me train them into a fierce, ruthless, and loyal team."

"In the future, I will need you, and I will also need them, to help me solve all the problems that I cannot handle. This will also be the most crucial step in my overthrow of the Gemini Queen."

After saying that, under Jian's gaze, Chen Qi's eyes towards her also changed slightly.

Different from the casualness he had shown only in front of her in the past, at this moment, Chen Qi's eyes were filled with expectation, rationality and seriousness.

Jian understood that the current Chen Qi was no longer the doctor she met in the slums.

Now, he was asking about her will as a king.

"Mace, can I entrust the future of Leitania to you?"

"...Heh, you're trying to play that on me?"

However, facing Chen Qi's solemn gaze, after a teasing smile, Jian chose to respond to him with a corresponding solemn attitude.

"I promise to fulfill my mission... Your Highness."

During this year in Casimir, the mace has indeed changed a lot.

But if we were to say where the biggest change has occurred, it would probably be "confidence".

In Leitania, a country that only advocates Originium arts, she is called "a defective product that cannot use Originium arts."

But when he arrived in Casimir, the land of knights where only true strength is respected, Mace completed the great transformation from a waste to the "Black Knight" by relying on his martial arts and strength.

Everyone praised him as a genius and a natural warrior.

Although Jian was not proud of such glory, after countless flatteries, Jian was completely certain in his heart that he was extremely powerful beyond ordinary people.

And this "confidence" makes her even more certain that she can definitely help Chen Qi.

"Also, Your Highness, please agree to one thing for me, okay?"

"Please speak." Chen Qi nodded and agreed to what Jian said.

The next second, the eyes of Jian that stared at Chen Qi became more serious than before, and he said word by word: