I, Asuna, don't want to travel around the world

For those orphans, Asuna arranged many members of the Kamen Rider Group to provide them with education and cultivate their loyalty.

It is conceivable that when they grow up, they will also become fanatical supporters of Asuna.

After all, if it weren't for Asuna, the North and the West would still be in the midst of war, and the final outcome for these war orphans would surely be tragic.

If Asuna had not established the current regime and implemented new policies, they would not be where they are today.

The confidants who have been cultivated since childhood are often more trustworthy than those who are recruited halfway.

Although they are still young now, they have a bright future.

When Asuna guessed that her mission was to clean up the darkness and filth of the empire, she knew that this mission could not be accomplished overnight. It might take decades or even several generations of efforts to complete!

But what reassured her was that her age did not seem to have increased.

Her current appearance is still the same as when she first came to this world. However, because of this, she has to wear a mask all the time to avoid letting others know that she has the ability to "not age".

After all, immortality is what all those in power desire.

If Minister Ernest knew about this, he might just go to war with Asuna in order to find out the secret of Asuna's immortality.

23 War breaks out again

So, when Asuna discovered that she had never aged, she never took it off in front of others again.

Except for the time when she was alone with Kayaba Akihabara, when she could take off the mask and relax for a while, she would wear the mask all the time to handle government affairs or inspect an area under her jurisdiction.

After the economy and people's livelihood achieved a certain level of development, Asuna began to develop the technology of this world.

Although the science and technology of this world are different from those of her own world, Kayaba Jingyan quickly mastered the relevant technology of this world under the guidance of other scholars.

The focus of his work also gradually shifted from the management of the Kamen Rider Group to scientific research and development.

The technology in this world looks very strange overall, but it is not very powerful either.

According to what Kayaba Akihabara and Asuna had seen, the actual level of technology was actually at the level of the 19th century in their world.

However, if it weren't for the civil unrest five hundred years ago that led to the loss of a large number of scholars and knowledge, perhaps the empire's technology would now be not far from their actual technological level.

After all, the technology used by the empire now is developed from the knowledge left over from the civil strife five hundred years ago. If there had been no civil strife, with their weird technology tree, who knows where they would have developed.

Let alone those imperial tools created by the founding emperor with the efforts of the entire country, they are something beyond the standard.

The technology from thousands of years ago was able to create something like the "Imperial Tool". If they were allowed to continue to pass on the tradition and continue to research, develop and innovate, who knows what new black technology they would come up with.

But unfortunately, all this was interrupted by the civil unrest five hundred years ago.

The imperial instruments made during the founding period were scattered everywhere and have not been collected in full until now. An emperor once wanted to rebuild the imperial instruments, but in the end he produced some defective products, which were given the name of "ministerial instruments" and nothing else. This shows how big the knowledge gap in the empire was.

Therefore, although Asuna has seized several imperial weapons over the years, due to the lack of technology and the fact that Asuna could not use those imperial weapons, she could only find a few elite soldiers from the Kamen Riders and give them these imperial weapons to use, which did play a role.

However, seeing that the North and the West were developing better and better, and even many weaker alien races were joining the empire, those alien races who had originally temporarily ceased fighting and wanted to continue looking for opportunities to fight began to panic.

My enemies quickly recovered their strength after the war, but what about me?

There were constant disputes within the tribes, either one stealing whose wife or one stealing whose land. There were even many large tribes that changed their leaders after the war, which was another source of trouble.

In addition, the younger brothers and aliens under their command have surrendered to Asuna one after another. In this situation of one side gaining strength while the other loses strength, they can't help but panic.

In order to stop the development of the North and the West, those powerful alien races united with the kingdoms in the west of the empire.

Everyone wants to take a bite out of the empire, and everyone knows who is who.

Look, the northern and western parts of the empire have been run like an iron barrel by that strange masked woman. If we don't unite to deal with her, we might be the ones to be beaten in the future!

There are wise people among the alien races and the kingdom, and they naturally know that Asuna cannot be allowed to continue to develop.

Otherwise, maybe in a few years, the army in the northern border of the empire, led by Asuna, would attack them and strike back.

The two hit it off immediately. One had sufficient troops (the alien race), and the other had a military strategist who could command the war (the Western Kingdom). With the complements of each other, the combat effectiveness they exerted was unexpectedly formidable.

In the past, when fighting with foreign races, there was no need to worry about what strategies they would use, because they had too few talented people in that area, and fighting basically relied on their large numbers and personal strength.

Now, with the presence of the Western Kingdom's Dog-Headed Military Advisor, the fighting style of these alien races changed instantly, and at the beginning of the battle, Asuna's army almost suffered a great loss.

The situation of the Western Empire was similar to that of those foreign races, but what they lacked was not strategy, but large numbers of troops and military force.

After receiving reinforcements from the alien army, they instantly became stronger.

During battles, it was the alien soldiers who rushed to the front to resist damage, and during retreats, it was also the alien soldiers who were responsible for the rear guard. This kind of nanny-like protection made the soldiers and commanders of the Western Empire love those stubborn alien soldiers so much that they provided them with good food and drink, for fear that they would starve and reduce their combat effectiveness, making them unable to resist damage.

The soldiers in the northern region were facing an invading force whose main force was foreign soldiers and whose staff was the dog-headed military advisor of the Western Empire.

The western regions faced a mixture of soldiers from foreign races and the Western Empire, and their commanders were naturally the generals of the Western Empire.

Soon after the war broke out on the northern and western fronts at the same time, Asuna discovered that the two fronts, which had originally been equally troublesome, had unknowingly become much easier, with the battle on the western front becoming much easier?

It seemed that the alien nanny soldiers protected the soldiers of the Western Kingdom too well, so that when facing Asuna's army, they had no intention of fighting. They just waited for the alien soldiers to come forward and fight with them, and then fished in troubled waters on the side.

What? You mean fighting?

Can't we just leave this matter to our brothers of different races? We will get the military merits anyway, so isn't it better to be alive?

Under this concept, the pressure faced by Western soldiers was getting less and less.

And the situation became increasingly difficult for the foreign soldiers who fought against them.

There is no other way. I have to distract myself from protecting my western son while fighting. Isn't that difficult?

Under such circumstances, Asuna decisively transferred some soldiers from the west to support the north.

Compared to those soldiers from the Western Kingdoms who were trying to take advantage of the troubled waters in the West, the foreign soldiers in the North were the real headache!

The foreign tribes in the north were already powerful, and after they received military support from Western generals and no longer had Western soldiers as a burden, they suddenly became difficult to deal with.

There were even several times when Asuna had to send Kayaba Akihiko to lead the elite of the Kamen Riders to provide support and carry out decapitation missions to kill the Western generals of the alien race in order to relieve the pressure in the north.

This war lasted for five years.

24 Bud: For the stability of the empire!

After five years of war, the Empire... no, to be more precise, the North and West controlled by Asuna won the final victory.

During these five years, because the military talents sent by the Western Kingdom to the northern tribes caused great trouble to Asuna and her team, whenever the front line was in a stalemate, Asuna had to send out the elite troops of the Kamen Rider Group and let Kayaba Akihiko lead them to carry out decapitation missions.

Although Kayaba Akihiko would personally lead the team in the beginning, after a while he got tired of this continuous, uninterrupted fighting.

Not long after, he asked Asuna to take out his soul crystal from Xavius' body when he was carrying out the decapitation mission, and let Xavius, the "puppet" who completely obeyed Asuna's orders, carry out the mission.

Later, the members of the Kamen Rider Group who had been following Kayaba Akihiko discovered that their leader had become as cold and ruthless as he was at the beginning, and some even suspected that their leader had a dual personality.

Otherwise, how come everyone could chat and communicate normally under normal circumstances, but once they carried out a decapitation mission, they became so cold?

For those Western generals who could bring them victory, the foreign warriors would fight to the death to protect them.

However, facing the attack of Yves and the elite members of the Kamen Rider Corps, these alien soldiers are still no match for them.

As a level 6 adventurer, Yvis is strong enough to complete the mission alone, but Asuna's purpose is to train the elite members of the Kamen Rider Group, so she lets Yvis lead the team, ensuring their safety while also completing the mission.

In addition to the imperial weapon users under Asuna, this elite team also includes "ordinary people" who can hunt down dangerous species on their own. They can be said to be the top elite in the entire North and West, and also the strongest besides Asuna and Yvis. It can be said that any one of them, dropped into the battlefield below, can quickly change the situation on a front.

In fact, some people here are no worse than the Four Rakshasas of the Royal Fist Temple in the Imperial Capital. Ordinary imperial tool users will be completely defeated if they are careless when facing them.

Using them as beheading knives is just right.

Moreover, because the military generals of the alien races in the North kept dying, the Western Kingdom was forced to provide a steady stream of military talents to the alien races in the North. In the later period, it almost dragged down the Western Kingdom's military academy.

All the students and teachers were sent to the North to die. How could the academy not collapse?

So, the Western Kingdom, which finally couldn't bear it anymore, took the lead in proposing peace talks and was willing to bear certain war compensations. Then it bought the northern foreign soldiers on the Western Front. So far, the Western Front finally came to an end.

Without the support of military talents from the Western Kingdom, the battle in the North gradually became one-sided. In the end, Asuna directly led a large army to further expand the territory of the North and eliminated a large number of foreign soldiers. According to the calculations of her think tank, these foreign tribes in the North would not dare to continue to offend the North within twenty years.

It was only at this time that Asuna had time to count the gains after the war.

A huge indemnity from the Western Kingdom, several imperial artifacts that were looted during the civil strife in the empire five hundred years ago, and agreements on mutual trade.

As for the North, the lands alone are worth countless, and the alien race's manpower has been crippled, ensuring decades of peaceful development. This is the most important thing for Asuna.

The end of the war once again brought peace to the North and the West that was almost the same as before. A large number of elite troops who had experienced the war returned to their respective defense zones, began to recuperate, and promoted the greatness of Asuna to the people in the territory and carried out collective faith.

However, while Asuna was fighting the northern barbarians and the western kingdoms, a new general was born within the empire.

Her achievement was to conquer the foreign tribes in the south.

According to the promise made by the little emperor, the man who conquered the southern barbarians became the third great general in the empire.

Like Asuna, she became a general as a woman, and she also has strong individual strength and leadership ability, and possesses a powerful ice imperial weapon - Demon God Appearance, Demonic Essence.

However, compared to Asuna's reputation, the newly promoted general is far inferior.

After dealing with the southern barbarians, the female general named Esdeath replaced the general Bud who was guarding the imperial capital and went to other parts of the empire to suppress the riots.

Although she has strength far exceeding that of her enemies, Esdeath will very deliberately torture them, destroying their minds while defeating their bodies.

Moreover, in order to enjoy fighting to her heart's content, she would often deliberately humiliate the enemy after defeating them, and then let the rebels go, teaching them the law of the jungle, and letting them come back to seek revenge after they became stronger.

In this way, Esdeath suppressed the rebellious army while fanning their anger and letting them go, leaving the flames of war, waiting for more people to rebel, and then continued to enjoy the pleasure of ravaging and torturing the enemy. This sexual habit made Asuna have no good impression on this new female general.

Under Esdeath's "suppression", the flames of rebellion were not extinguished at all, but instead caused the empire to become even more chaotic. However, this was exactly what Esdeath wanted. Every day there was someone who could torture and ravage her to satisfy her interests and hobbies.

As for Asuna, before she had completely dealt with the many post-war matters, a letter from the imperial capital was placed on her desk.

According to the content of the letter: The young emperor who was controlled by Minister Ernest wanted to reward her for defending the kingdom against foreign invasions, and hoped that she would come to the imperial capital to travel, spend a vacation, and relax her mind when she was free.

Asuna had no intention of refusing this.

Although his relationship with Minister Ernest and General Budd was not very good, he still maintained a bottom line.

However, there is only one bottom line.

After all, when he was dealing with those corrupt officials, he had to deal with many ministers and Bud's subordinates or factions.

Although General Bud would be dissatisfied with her for this, for the sake of the stability of the empire, as long as Asuna did not do anything that would destabilize the empire, he would turn a blind eye and pretend not to see it.

25 Imperial City

As for the minister, although this fat man might want to deal with her, he would not attack her openly.

Moreover, even if the fat man really attacked her, General Bud would definitely stand on her side to maintain the stability of the empire.

I just don't know which side the great general named Esdeath will stand on.

However, given her unique sexuality and quirks, she would definitely be very happy if a large-scale civil war really broke out.

Although the possibility of being ambushed is low, Asuna still brought a lot of elite members of the Kamen Rider Group. Although their strength is not very high compared to her own, they are much better at dealing with certain things than herself.

For example, teaching some short-sighted officials, bandits, etc. a lesson.

With Asuna's departure, the North and the West continued to operate according to the policies she had ordered in advance. With hundreds of thousands of Kamen Rider soldiers guarding the territories, Asuna was not worried about any unexpected events happening in the territories. On the contrary, this trip to the imperial capital made Asuna's mind become confused, as if something was going to happen.

A month later, Asuna returned to the imperial capital after five years.

However, compared with five years ago, this imperial capital that had prospered for a thousand years seemed to have become even more unbearable and filthy.

Beggars can be seen everywhere, and arrogant people are wearing fancy clothes.

Rampant, evil spirits in human skin hide in the darkness of the imperial capital, providing all kinds of "resources" to their superiors and sucking the blood of the lower-class people.

Over the years, even Asuna, who was far away in the north, had heard about all the dirty things going on in the imperial capital.

Especially after Esdeath suppressed the rebellions within the empire, the situation in various parts of the empire began to deteriorate.

"Master Mask."

The welcoming team respectfully welcomed Asuna and her group into the imperial capital.

The confidants that Asuna brought with her were left in the mansion given by the young emperor, while Asuna herself, together with Kayaba Akihiko, who was also wearing a mask, boarded a carriage and headed for the imperial city.

Inside the imperial city, the urban area rises in a stepped manner.

Like the entire imperial capital, the imperial city has a total of three floors, which are filled with maids who serve the little emperor and guards who protect the imperial city. Apart from them, the only ones allowed to live here are the ministers and General Bud, two of the top civil and military officials, as well as some people trusted by the emperor.

Although Asuna's official position has reached the pinnacle of the empire, the young emperor does not have a very good relationship with her because she has been fighting abroad for a long time. At most, they are just strangers who have met a few times, and naturally she will not be included in it.

Moreover, the entire Imperial City's guards are commanded by General Budd, and Asuna doesn't want to live under the surveillance of others all day long.

"Masked General, respectfully—"

"Let's go."

"……Yes."