Their commission was suspicious.

Otherwise... Fran alone could have wiped out the Night Raid.

The East was supposed to be an uncivilized island nation, so why are there such powerful people (monsters) here?

Gensokyo... what a magical place.

"Oh, by the way, do you actually want treatment or not?" Chen Luo suddenly asked.

“Honestly, punishing yourself because of someone is definitely not a wise thing to do,” Chen Luo said.

“Yes!” Lubbock stepped forward and said decisively.

“Boss, just let him try. Even though you’re used to losing an eye and an arm, it’s better to be cured than not to be cured,” Lubbock said earnestly.

Lubbock truly cared for Najenda's well-being.

"My arm and eye were severed by Esdeath, and then healed by Esdeath's cousin. Is this fate? Well, I'll leave it to you." After a moment of thought, Najenda said.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

"Alright. Seriously, what's the point of a girl learning about flesh and blood, or mechanical ascension?" Chen Luo said as he moved closer to Najendan.

With a gentle tap on the connection between Najendan's robotic arm and shoulder, Chen Luo detached the robotic arm.

Numerous threads wrapped around Najenda's shoulders, and with Najenda's cooperation, healing power began to flow into her eyes through the blindfold.

Regardless, the commission still needs to be completed.

Who could resist 300 Primogems?

However, this also shows that Najenda doesn't seem to be very eager to repair her body.

"That's perfect. You don't need to take off your blindfold for now. You might not be used to seeing the scene of rebuilding the eyeball, so just leave it like this. You can take off the blindfold when you feel a little light in the eye that was wearing it."

“Yes.” Najenda nodded.

After Chen Luo finished speaking, the others noticed that Najendan's arm, which had been wrapped in a lot of silk threads, seemed to have swelled up a little.

It's like an arm is starting to grow back.

However, because the silk threads were perfectly aligned with the newly grown arm, no one could see what was underneath them.

But this is undoubtedly good news.

Just as everyone was waiting for Najenda to be healed, Chen Luo walked to the side, sat on the Herrscher of Knowledge's lap, and took out the Imperial Arms Illustrated Book.

"...Why are you sitting on my lap? Get up quickly, let's switch places." The Herrscher of Knowledge patted Chen Luo on the back and said.

Even though there's only one seat for Najendan in this conference room, it should be me sitting on your lap, not the other way around.

Chen Luo stood up and waited for the Herald of Knowledge to leave before sitting down, letting the Herald of Knowledge sit in his lap.

But Chen Luo's gaze never left the Imperial Arms Illustrated Book.

This Imperial Arms Encyclopedia contains the location of all existing Imperial Arms.

"Aro, stop looking at this Imperial Arms encyclopedia. Have you forgotten that you have a mission in this world?" the Herrscher of Knowledge reminded him.

"Oh right, there really was a mission." Chen Luo remembered.

[Teigu Forging Method]: No blacksmith can remain indifferent to something as wondrous as the Teigu. Obtain the forging method for the Teigu for Liu Wenxuan.

Rewards: 600 Primogems + [Forging Level Upgrade Stone] (can be upgraded to Grandmaster level) + 20 points of favorability with Liu Wenxuan.

Difficulty: 3 stars

Upon seeing this reward, Chen Luo knew that even if Liu Wenxuan became a forging master, he would still be overshadowed by the Oath of Judah.

Although Chen Luo wasn't interested in this thing, it was indeed the most suitable thing for him to use.

To help Liu Wenxuan copy forging knowledge, Chen Luo downloaded a forging master app.

After advancing one level, you will become a master blacksmith.

Then, once Chen Luo uploads it to the group network, the Judah Oath can download it from the group network.

Liu Wenxuan?

Well, he should just keep eating his bread.

It wouldn't hurt to have Liu Wenxuan use the enhancement stone directly, and then have him upload it to the group network, then no one would need to eat bread.

However, Chen Luo was worried that Liu Wenxuan wouldn't be able to withstand the strengthening stones.

Liu Wenxuan doesn't have a raw stone like Chen Luo's that can completely defend against mental influences as a backup. What if his head gets blown out?

"Identity certificate. Apply for an identity that includes the method for forging Imperial Arms," ​​Chen Luo said, taking out his identity certificate.

The biggest problem with Liu Wenxuan's commission is that the forging method of the Imperial Arms has been lost. Apart from knowing that it is forged using Orichalcos steel, nothing else is known.

Otherwise, the emperor of the empire would not have created the Imperial Arms when he tried to replicate the Imperial Arms hundreds of years ago.

So let's get straight to the [identity verification].

Meanwhile, the power of the Herrscher of Knowledge made the others in the Night Raid oblivious to what was happening with Chen Luo.

[Identity application in progress]

[Identity application successful]

[Ding! Do you want to combine the item quest and the identity quest?]

"Let's put them together. It'll save us the trouble," Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo has now obtained clues about the Puppet Master's Certificate, but he still hasn't completed the identity mission of the Book of Azure Mystery.

This matter left Chen Luo deeply resentful.

[1000 Primogems deducted (total)]

[Imperial Craftsman Successor]: A one-in-a-million forging genius with a prominent forehead and a gleaming eye, valued by a mysterious person. Upon graduation, he was granted the forging methods of Imperial Arms.

[Identity task being generated]

[Identity Task Has Been Generated]

【The Rebirth of the Empire/The Rise of the Revolutionary Army】: Just as people gradually decay and perish, this nation will also face destruction. Even the imperial capital, which has prospered for a thousand years, has now become a living hell of corruption. Demons and monsters in human skin roam freely and arrogantly, as if no one else is there.

But the turning point has arrived, and the one who will decide our fate has arrived.

Choose: will the thousand-year-old empire be reborn from the flames, or will a slowly rising revolutionary army replace this decaying empire?

The Rebirth of the Empire (Progress): 0%

The Rise of the Revolutionary Army (Progress): 0%

Reward: 2000 Primogems

"..." Why did I get this task when all I wanted was a method for forging Imperial Arms?

Where are the promised inheritors of the imperial craftsmanship?

This seems like something a blacksmith would do.

Or is this the level of difficulty that comes with combining two tasks into one? Isn't that a bit too much?

Can such a momentous event as the rise and fall of an empire be decided by one person alone?

Well, it really is a decision that only one person can make.

At least Chen Luo does have a method.

"Should we help the Empire or the Revolutionary Army?" Chen Luo pondered as he shared the mission with the Herrscher of Knowledge.

“If you find it troublesome, then help the Empire. Just arrest all the ministers and their subordinates and execute them. That will complete half the mission,” said the Herald of Knowledge.

"Makes sense."

Helping the Empire would definitely be faster than helping the Revolutionary Army.

The revolutionary army is not yet strong enough and has no power to confront the empire head-on.

If you join the Revolutionary Army, you need to recruit talent for the Revolutionary Army on the one hand, and remove all obstacles in the way on the other hand, including dozens of cities and Esdeath, the biggest obstacle in the land.

Moreover, Chen Luo is not someone who is only responsible for completing tasks.

If the revolutionary army, together with other ethnic groups, overthrew the empire, and then Chen Luo simply abandoned it, he would feel somewhat guilty.

After all, the fact that the revolutionary army's high command dared to collude with foreign races shows that many of them are mentally unstable. Well, it could also just be simple malice rather than stupidity.

The empire now possesses at least the strongest military force. To help the empire rise from the ashes, all that is needed is to solve its corruption problem, which would roughly complete half the task.

Coincidentally, the most corrupt place in the empire is the capital, and the capital's water supply was thrown into orange juice a few days ago, so now everyone in the capital is a puppet in reserve.

Unlike the Empire, the Revolutionary Army currently lacks a complete political, economic, and military system.

Moreover, countless more people will die during the revolutionary army's overthrow of the empire.

Therefore, if given a choice, revitalizing the empire is the optimal solution, whether for the sake of completing the mission quickly or for the sake of the people of this country.

"However... Xiao Shi, you are still too kind after all."

"Huh?" The Herrscher of Knowledge was taken aback.

Does what I just said have anything to do with kindness?

He himself said he would drag out all the corrupt people and behead them.

If this is considered kindness, are you planning to drag everyone out and chop them all up?

"Uh, so what are you planning to do?" the Herrscher of Knowledge asked, bewildered.

"Isn't the answer already obvious?" Chen Luo said with a smile.

Did they simply kill the minister and his officials?

You're being way too friendly to them.

A famous performance artist once said: To deal with corrupt officials, you have to be even more corrupt than them.

The ministers could not be spared. Since the ministers were the root of corruption, it was necessary to drag them out and hang them on street lamps in a slow slicing.

The minister was truly of no value. His death was his greatest contribution!

Other notorious individuals also had to be dragged out and executed by slow slicing in order to appease the public.

However, it wouldn't be feasible to execute all the corrupt officials and wealthy merchants in the empire.

This would completely paralyze the empire's administration.

"But what's the point of keeping these termites? Are we keeping them for the New Year?" Shi Zhi Lu Zhe complained.

"Then you're underestimating me."

"Xiao Shi, you know that although orange juice will remain dormant after entering the human body and will only become a puppet after the person dies, it can also become a puppet directly under my command."

"I understand." The Lawbringer nodded.

This is no secret, at least not to those who understand the laws of knowledge.

Originally, the doll mark was something that directly turned the other person into a doll. Since Chen Luo could make orange juice lie dormant in a human body, he could naturally also turn the person into a doll immediately.

Why should a doll's mark be such an inconvenient thing?

"If we really kill a large number of corrupt officials, it will definitely paralyze the empire's administration, and the empire may fall into chaos. It also takes time to train new administrative officials. There are not many officials with conscience in the capital to begin with, and it would be too unfair to ask them to clean up the mess."

Who says good people have to give more?

Or rather, why should good people have to give more?

"so what?"

"If possible, replacing those corrupt officials with a group of conscientious officials would be the best solution. However, there aren't that many conscientious officials, so we can only let those corrupt officials take the place for now."

"...But wouldn't that be too easy on those corrupt officials?"

"Although I'm rather easygoing, I'm not a saint. Besides, I can be quite useful to sinful souls," Chen Luo said, shaking his head.

"The leading group of notorious corrupt officials were executed by slow slicing in the street! Their souls were copied into three copies and thrown into the soul lamps to extract their soul fire."

"The remaining corrupt officials will be kept in their positions for now, responsible for cleaning up the mess the empire is currently in. They'll work 22 hours a day..."

“Wait a minute, while punishing corrupt officials is certainly satisfying, won’t working 22 hours a day lead to sudden death?” said the Law Master.

Even those who understand the laws of knowledge can't do that; they only sleep two hours a day.

“They’ve all become puppets, so death is naturally not the end. If they die from overworking, they can be resurrected and continue working. These officials are generally not very strong, so resurrecting them won’t require much of the Holy Grail’s magic power. I’m willing to spare that much magic power. Since they’ve done so many bad things, it’s time for them to pay the price,” Chen Luo said coldly.

What? You don't want to work? You're slacking off?