The villain's way to tame the protagonist

"Standpoint? You have already betrayed the New World and stood on Ming Fuluo's side. So what is your position——"

Hydra's voice suddenly paused.

It was this brief pause that caused Ming Furo's pupils to slowly contract.

From a standpoint, I didn't break the rules, which means...

"Hehehe...hahahahaha, interesting, interesting! I admire your courage and determination, Ms. Lian De!"

Hydra's joyful laughter echoed in every corner of East Port: "Very good, I forgive you for crossing the line this time, but only this time."

"Once is enough, Your Highness Anser."

Lian De in the picture bowed slightly, then said calmly and elegantly:

"I will come to see you soon, Ms. Zeger - as the leader of the New World Liuyun Army, in a more correct and mature way, not in a crazy and violent way..."

"Let's continue this war with you."

war……

Continue this war?

Ming Furo, who had never slacked off or wavered for even a moment since the beginning of the war, now showed a moment of trance.

Lian De... also wants to continue this war?

But why? What was her reason?

As the eldest son and a darling of heaven, it was impossible for her to experience suffering that could destroy her life, and the ideals she upheld did not need to be turned into reality through war... She knew that she had been betrayed, that the establishment of the revolutionary army was a lie from the beginning, and that she even helped Ming Furo destroy the core of the revolutionary army's war plan.

But in the end...she also wanted to continue this war? Using what she called...a more correct and mature way?

“Dark color…dark color!!!”

Huoyao's hysterical roar broke Ming Furo's trance. The scholar, who had never felt that the world was so absurd, cast her gaze towards the disintegrating fire giant, silently watching this tyrannical maniac who, in her eyes, had no choice but to die.

Unable to bear the ferocious fire element, he was left with only a skeleton consisting of the thoracic cavity, cervical vertebrae and skull, with some carbonized blackened flesh clinging to the bones.

He was about to die, and even though he roared with all his might, the sound was drowned out by the roar in front of the Triumphant Port City.

Huo Yao is forty-three years old this year. He has been following Rongshan, who is five years younger than him, for eleven years.

His power comes from the relic of Molten Mountain, the dagger engraved with runes of scorching flames. The high-ranking members of the Gale Legion took away everything left by their leader to put an end to this war and their lives.

There will always be people who choose to die for their beliefs, just as there will always be people who will flexibly choose sides.

If Huo Yao, if this group of people, and even the entire revolutionary army, had more correct guidance, stricter order, and clearer direction... then their lives would not have ended here meaninglessly in such a brutal, cruel, and despicable way.

But there are no ifs in this world, and Huoyao and the group of revolutionaries who chose to win in this way and go to death are indeed just as Huoyao roared -

They are just a group of powerless people with no choice.

Ming Fuluo watched the fire giant dissipate and listened to Huoyao's roar drowned out by the noise and roar.

She didn't feel even a hint of relief or regret.

Even death was painful. He was in pain because in the end... he still hadn't accomplished what he had pursued and insisted on.

In other words, even until his death, he never thought for a moment that he was wrong.

"This is the final madness... Are you okay, Ms. Zeg?"

Lian De's figure finally appeared on the city wall. She came to Ming Fuluo's side and watched the final madness of a part of the revolutionary army outside the city wall with Ming Fuluo, sighing softly:

"What a terrible sight."

Then, she smiled gently at Ming Fuluo and said, "Without you, Donggang would have fallen into irreparable turmoil. I have to apologize for my previous confrontation with you, Miss Zeger."

"Is this how you greet your enemy?"

This shield cannot stop Lian De, a fifth-level transcendent, otherwise Ming Furo would never stay with this woman for even a second.

When it comes to judging people, Xin is indeed never wrong...Lian De Shenlan, she is a vicious spider entrenched in her web.

"I said, I will fight this war with you in a more mature and correct way."

Lian De stared at the devastated battlefield in front of him and said softly:

"Besides, I'll end it in a minute."

Ming Fuluo sneered: "Why, are you going to use another, more respectable way to threaten me by taking civilians as hostages?"

"You have a deep prejudice against me, Ms. Zeger." Lian De sighed, "Now, let's not talk about the war for now. Please allow me to formally introduce myself."

"My name is Lian De Deep Blue, my code name in the new world is Phantom Color, and I am one of the eleventh... now nine, no, eight leaders."

"If that's all you have to say..."

Although she couldn't kill Lian De, Ming Fuluo still pointed the city defense cannon at her and said word by word, "Then get out immediately and fight me as an opponent."

"I just hope you realize... No, you should have realized this already."

Facing Ming Fuluo's threat, Lian De just smiled gently: "With your wisdom, you should have realized how fragile and complex we are... this organization called New World."

Ming Fuluo's eyes froze for a moment, and the increasingly surging murderous intent subsided a little.

"Or rather, it's not just our organization, this is the nature of this world, Ms. Zeger."

Lian De did not look at the battlefield where defeat was already inevitable, but turned to look at the Triumph Port City where even after the fierce fighting until now, not a single house had collapsed. There was both amazement and admiration as well as regret in his eyes.

"Most of the dignitaries who dominate the imperial court are incompetent, but you cannot deny that there are always people trying to make changes; the emperors of all generations have treated the empire as a plaything, but they always bring the empire a miraculous grace at some point in time; even in Hydra, which is only bound by the emperor and does not need to follow any secular laws and ethics, there will be a supreme and great person like His Highness Anser."

"The same is true for the New World and the Revolutionary Army, Ms. Zeg."

Lian De looked at Ming Fuluo and said earnestly and seriously: "There are too many people gathered under this banner."

"There are those who are simply oppressed and want to rebel, there are those who cannot stand the current state of the empire and try to make changes, there are those who will do anything to achieve their ambitions, and there are those who simply have nowhere else to go and just want to survive."

"That's why there are various legions and troops in the New World. Some time ago, there were eleven leaders."

"Eleven leaders... Miss Zeg." Lian De lowered his eyes and whispered, "Do you know what this means?"

"Conflicts, contradictions, disagreements; every day, every minute, every second... Even though we are moving towards the same cause, we are each walking on different paths in different ways."

“No one can convince anyone that someone is right, and no one has the ability to completely convince others. Sometimes even oneself will fall into doubt, wondering if one is right.”

"So, there are actually serious divisions within the New World that outsiders are not aware of. There is the reform faction led by me, and the destruction faction led by Rongshan... the leader of the Gale Legion."

Ming Fuluo gradually realized what Lian De wanted to say, because she saw something different on the battlefield that was not there before.

She saw hope in the eyes of some of the revolutionaries.

The hope placed on Lian De Shen Lan.

"These two factions are literal. One wants to destroy everything in the empire and start over. We, on the other hand, do not want to destroy the stability of the empire. On this basis, we will remove the rotten flesh of the empire and do everything we can to bring a better and happier life to the people of the empire."

"So...some people were not inspired by the words of the guy who set himself on fire."

"Yes, I said that you must have realized it." Lian De smiled happily, "And you can see that although there are not many such people, they are not few either."

Of the people who make up the revolutionary army, the proportion of poor souls who fight for revenge against the empire is naturally the highest, but this does not mean that those who truly want to change the empire but cannot find the direction are a minority.

Ming Fuluo didn't know how they viewed this war, but she was sure...if possible, they would never be like the people of Fire Bite and the Fierce Wind Legion, who would risk their lives to the end without hesitation and never look back.

It's just that they were caught up in the current situation and pushed towards the battlefield by the death and destruction brought by Ivora, whether they wanted to or not.

Thinking of this, Ming Fuluo calmed down a lot.

“So, you get to represent those people.”

She turned to look at Lian De: "You said you want to clean up the internal affairs, so... clean up the members of the Destruction Faction, and keep those rational people who really want to change the empire as the cornerstone of the Revolutionary Army."

"That's right, Miss Zeger, it's a real pleasure talking to you."

Lian De calmly looked at the last mad revolutionaries who still refused to stop. Their desperate struggle, their hatred and rage, their betrayal of her, their lies to Leng Lu, and their final accusation against this unfair world... In her eyes, it seemed like nothing.

"You won't show mercy to them, right?" Lian De said gently.

"Are they enough?"

Ming Fuluo looked expressionlessly at another revolutionary army being smashed to pieces by the city defense artillery: "If your influence within the revolutionary army is strong enough, this war would not be dominated by the Destruction Faction. Can you handle those fifth-level extraordinary people?"

"Before the outcome between His Highness Anser and Ivora is decided, they dare not show their heads. After the outcome is decided, they have no chance of survival, right?"

So far, Lian De didn't seem to be here to continue the war. She talked to Ming Fuluo very gently and kindly about everything about the Revolutionary Army, including her position, and confessed it without reservation.

So, Ming Fuluo stared into Lian De's eyes and asked calmly and vigilantly: "So...what is your reason for continuing the war?"

Since Rentoku wants to purge the revolutionary army and reshape the New World into an organization led by reformists, then...what reason does she have to continue the war?

She wanted to make the empire better, didn't Ming Fuluo want to? Her greatest wish was to change the world, and Anser knew better than anyone how to make the empire better.

Neither Lian De Shen Lan, the Grand Duke, nor You Se, the leader of the reformist revolutionary army, have any reason to continue the war. She only needs to stand on Ming Fu Luo's side, on Ansor's side, and then do what she wants to do... Isn't this what Ming Fu Luo said to Huo Yao and the others at the beginning?

Anser will forgive their atrocities and give them a new life and new opportunities.

Huo Yao had no choice and refused. Ming Fuluo could understand that, but why did he refuse when Lian De was talking about changing the empire? Why did he want to... continue this meaningless war?

Lian De and Ming Fuluo looked at each other. She could certainly see Ming Fuluo's confusion, and this confusion made her more determined.

"Do you know what this world is like, Ms. Zeger?"

"...?"

"In this world, you can't rely on others."

Lian De raised her hand, and the indigo sword, the symbol of the Deep Blue Family, took shape as the water gathered. She gently stroked the family's nearly thousand years of glory and whispered softly:

“To be precise, anything that is within your own ability cannot be relied upon by others.”

"You have seen me many times during this period. Every time, you saw me handling government affairs, right? Do you think I am deliberately showing off in front of you?"

Ming Fuluo did not answer, and Lian De smiled: "Then I will assume that the image of me in your mind...is not that bad yet."

"I have indeed been assisting His Highness Susilen in handling all the affairs of East Port. You may find it absurd... There are so many nobles, bureaucrats, and capable people in the entire East Port. In addition, as a fifth-level transcendent, I cannot fail to cope with it in terms of both magic and brainpower. How can I spend so much time on this every day?"

"The answer is simple, Ms. Zeger."

The indigo blade reflected Lian De's cold and indifferent gaze:

"Because they are untrustworthy and even less reliable."

"If they lose supervision for a moment, lose high pressure for a moment, they will misinterpret my orders for their own selfish desires. Maybe not much, or even no effect at the beginning, but as the orders are passed down layer by layer, gradually progressively, when every messenger and executor is affected by the unpredictable difference in their thoughts, when the order is truly implemented, what will it become?"

"It's just like the new world I have poured so much effort and passion into, Miss Zeg."

Lian De's fingers brushed across the sharp blade, and unsurprisingly, a cut was made on her fingertips, but she did not react at all, letting the blood flow on the symbol of her family, as if she wanted to remember such pain, remember the pain and scars brought about by the mistakes she had made.

"The leaders stand on their own positions and do what they think is right, and the members who follow them also think that their direction is correct, but is it really correct? Have we already deviated from the order we pursue and the new world we want to open up?"

She slowly raised the sword blade that was flowing with her own blood and pointed it at Ming Furo's throat.

"I know my limits, Ms. Zeger. My limit is only as far as East Harbor. Beyond that... I cannot confirm whether I am reliable or not. I am the same as you in this respect. Therefore, I will entrust the future of this world and the rebirth of the empire to the only person in this world who is trustworthy."

"Your Highness Anser..."

Ming Furo saw a creepy fanaticism in Lian De's eyes, but Ming Furo could also see that this fanaticism did not come from the instigation of the Abyss Preaching, but from Lian De's pursuit from the bottom of his heart.

"Only His Highness Anser is the great man who can lead everything to the right path!"

Ming Fuluo was silent for a long, long time.

"You... believe Anser is right, and want to pin your hopes for the future on him."

She twitched her lips, and was amused by Lian De's words: "Then, you want to be an enemy of me who believes that Anser can definitely change the world just like you? You want to continue this war with me? Are you crazy, Lian De? Or are you still jealous of my importance to Anser when you make such an important decision?"

"……puff."

Ming Furo looked like she was pissed off by Lian De, but at least she didn't really laugh. However, Lian De laughed out loud because of what Ming Furo had just said.

"You... think too highly of yourself, Ms. Zeger."

Lian De smiled and shook his head: "The reason why I did this is very simple. If you don't understand it, isn't it your fault?"

"I said, I will only place my hope on... someone who is more correct than me. I will only follow the one who is far more correct and powerful than me, and who truly surpasses me in vision, talent, mind, and skill. And this person... is and can only be His Highness Anser."

Lian De Shen Lan, word by word, expressed her true pursuit without reservation:

"Ms. Zeg, I never collapsed from the beginning because of Leng Zhu's identity. I knew about his deception a long time ago, and I got rid of that despair a long time ago."

"That's why I want to win and take everything in East Port. I can't let your will and your thoughts override mine, because you are... wrong."

——After being betrayed by Leng Yu and his fellow revolutionary army members, and after realizing that all his efforts were negated by mere rumors, Lian De realized that he and those people... could never be together.

And at this darkest moment of despair, when Ansel said, "That's okay," Lian De's heart would no longer be shaken.

She did not collapse at all because of Ming Furo's words. Although she did not control herself for a moment when facing Ellalo, all her behaviors after that were to use Ming Furo's hands to clean up the revolutionary army, and to... achieve the upcoming victory in a fair and upright manner.