The villain's way to tame the protagonist

Just like the difficulties she faced in breaking through from the second level to the third level, and from the third level to the fourth level, what limited Shitana was not pure power itself, but the core of the extraordinary, the control of the elements, and the ultimate transformation of the soul and existence.

Standing on the city wall, she overlooked the scene of wolves wreaking havoc in the city. The city was now almost filled with her murderous breath, and there was a dangerous aura everywhere that could cut off the flow of ether. This would reduce the intensity of the battle to the limit. Otherwise, if dozens or even hundreds of fourth-level transcendents started a gunfight in a city, the entire city would be blown up in no more than ten seconds.

In other words, although Shitana is still at the fourth level, she already has the power to crush hundreds or even more fourth-level transcendents with a single thought. This kind of thing... even if the gap between the fifth level and the fourth level is huge, few crown-level transcendents can do it.

So Hitana just felt bored. She had put so much effort and made so many preparations, but in the end, what greeted her was... just such a disappointing, one-sided massacre?

"…I always feel like something is not right."

The Beast King narrowed his eyes slightly: "Why are they just a bunch of unorganized trash... No matter how useless the old man in the gray tower and the man in the tin can are, they can't be so incapable of putting up a decent resistance - huh?"

Sitana's eyebrows raised slightly, and then she took a step to the left.

boom--!

The next second, a beam of iron-colored cold light at least a hundred meters high burst out from the extremely high palace in the center of the city. The thick and sharp ether easily chopped everything in front of it into pieces. Even the violent air waves raised around were enough to crush all the physical existences around it. It is no exaggeration to say... this slash can completely split the entire city from front to back!

And the step that Hitana took to the left happened to hit the path of the slash.

Then, a roar that was even more deafening than that roar and shattered the clouds, wind and snow rang out between heaven and earth. One third of the city walls collapsed with a wailing sound, and at least half of the extraordinary people who were still fighting in the city fell down with their eyes rolled back.

"When was the last time I was injured... I almost forgot, cough cough cough——"

A few coughs were heard in the thick smoke, as well as... excited whispers:

"Not bad, Tin Can, you actually hurt me so badly that my head was almost split open."

In the smoke and dust, the shadow of the demon wolf that covered the sky and the sun condensed again, and the slashing blow that could directly split the entire city in half had long since disappeared without a trace.

Sitana slowly walked out of the smoke and dust and wiped the blood off her face. She seemed to be fine at first glance, even though her head was almost split open when she spoke just now. If it weren't for the rapid healing of the skull under her messy hair, anyone would have regarded her words as a mockery.

"Then what happens next..."

The next moment, in front of Grand Duke Iron Blade, who was standing in front of the palace gate and maintaining the posture of swinging a sword, the ferocious demon wolf came over with wild laughter and punched!

"It's my turn!"

When Raylan Ironblade's consciousness just focused on the huge black shadow that appeared before his eyes and was no different from a monster, a force that was enough to destroy the mountains had already hit his heavy and solemn armor, causing an air explosion directly above the city. Behind Grand Duke Ironblade, the palace that Ivora had spent an unknown amount of money to build was torn into pieces by the aftermath that blasted through Grand Duke Ironblade's body, like a child's toy crushed by an elephant's foot.

However, Duke Iron Blade was only blasted seventy or eighty meters away, and his entire body was buried directly in the ruins, instead of being blasted thousands of meters away by a punch, or simply being beaten into pieces.

"Oh! It's been a long time since I met an opponent who was not blown up by this punch!"

Xitana, who was wearing the magic wolf armor, had bright eyes: "I really want to fight with you for a while, but..."

She raised her chin and hooked her wolf claws: "I'll give you a chance, tell me...why are you the only one here?"

Whether it was a violation of the boundary for the fifth-level to join the battle, Xitana didn't care at all. She was ready to beat Ivora anyway, and having one more Grand Duke of Iron Blade wouldn't matter, but right now...something seemed to have gone wrong.

"monster."

A deep, hoarse voice came from the ruins, along with the sound of falling and cracking rocks.

"Why can a fourth-level extraordinary person... have such power? Are you really a human?"

Such flattery has long been of no use to Hitana. To her, apart from Anser's praise, the admiration and worship of others have no meaning at all, because it is taken for granted.

"Well, it's okay. I didn't use my full strength. If you want to experience my full strength, I will seriously beat you to death later."

Shitana, who had only entered the simple armor and had not yet entered the final form, blew on her nails and said nonchalantly: "Before that, answer my question first, old man in the gray tower, where did Ivora die?"

After the reconnaissance, Sif told Shetana that the number of extraordinary people in the city was just enough to fill their teeth. She didn't care too much at first, because this was a pure crushing and the number of enemies was meaningless. But after paying a little attention to the battle situation, Shetana found that... the situation was not right at all.

It’s not that there are too few people, but that the Skyfrost Tower doesn’t seem to be involved at all!

"You want to know?"

The Iron Blade Duke, dressed in full armor, held the long sword tightly in his hand, and the suppressed rage in his words sounded even crazier than that of Shitana.

"You think... you're the only one who wants to know?!"

"..."

Miss Wolf's eyes gradually became strange.

"What do you mean?" She looked at Duke Iron Blade subtly, "You... were sold out by those two guys?"

Although it was a very serious occasion and something very serious had just happened, Shitana really wanted to laugh at this moment.

The Skyfrost Tower did not participate in the final defense of the city, and Ivora herself was nowhere to be found. Only Archduke Ironblade was standing here alone, and he even staked his entire fortune to be food for her pet?

But Hitana was only amused for a moment, because the look on Grand Duke Iron Blade's face... was obviously serious.

"I felt something was wrong the moment she ignored Dormer's little move... Ivora, that Ivora, how could she tolerate Dormer plotting something in secret! She wouldn't even allow Dormer to have this idea!"

Of course, Sitana knew that Ivora was just a she-cat who had no idea of ​​her status, but the question was...what did that guy want to do?

She wouldn't think that she could run away by selling Duke Iron Blade here.

And the old man in the gray tower is the same. Does that guy think that he can avoid being liquidated just by showing those bullshit ideals and ambitions to Anser? Or does he simply not want to die with this tin can?

"From the beginning... this was a scam, right!"

Raylan Ironblade stared at Xitana who seemed to be thinking deeply, and laughed: "Ivora... that piece of trash, she is basically a slave of Hydra! She is nothing, she has no power or confidence to fight against Hydra. From the beginning... this war is a performance by your master to completely rule the empire, a blood sacrifice!"

Xitana, who was thinking about the other two people, came back to her senses and frowned slightly: "Are you crazy? Does Anser need to waste so much time to control the empire? Do you think it is difficult for him to use the two cannons of the ex machina to kill you and the old man in the gray tower?"

"Because that's not what he wants!" Grand Duke Iron Blade roared, "Don't you understand? He wants to be the new emperor! What he wants is the love and admiration of the common people! Only war... only such a crazy and bloody war, only by creating such killing and torture, can he appear wise and great, and can let that damn kid have fun——"

The reflection of destruction enveloped the Duke of Iron Blade, and every breath that flowed carried the scent of death.

"It would still take a lot of effort to kill you. Ivora and the old man in the Gray Tower might be planning something... I don't have the time to waste on you."

"Save your life, I will... collect some interest first."

A loud explosion sounded above the city, followed by a second, a third, and a fourth...

In an instant, it seemed as if hundreds and thousands of roars erupted, and the entire city... was shaking in the increasingly violent and ferocious roars!

The platform on which the entire palace was located completely collapsed in the sound that seemed like the collapse of the sky, just like a mountain that began to crack and shatter from the top. Shitana actually pressed down on Raylan Iron Blade, a veteran fifth-order transcendent, and knocked him from the highest point of the entire city into the foundation!

In the deep pit, the armor of Duke Iron Blade was already tattered, and even his flesh and bones were squeezed out of the cracks, but the physique of a fifth-level warrior was difficult to kill in a short period of time as Hitana said. The moment Hitana stopped, Leiren had already supported himself with his arms, trying to stand up shakily, and his vitality recovered quickly.

"He...you..." He continued vaguely, "The Emperor..."

"All... the same."

The anger between Hitana's brows deepened. If there was one word that she hated the most right now, it was undoubtedly comparing this group of trash with Anser.

She even forgot about other things that she should pay attention to, and she had the idea of ​​just beating this guy to death.

But... a breath suddenly appeared in the sky, which made her immediately give up this idea, and before that -

"Dormer!!!"

Hysterical roars pierced the sky from the deep pit. The Iron Blade Duke, who was beaten like this, was actually one step faster than Shitana and rushed directly into the sky.

It took Hitana several seconds to react and she rushed out of the pit. When she looked up, she saw the mad Duke of Iron Blade tearing through the sky with countless violent slashes. The energy of each blow was enough to easily flatten the mountain.

"This guy is really tough... Can I be that tough at level 5? Hmm, that's not right. It seems like I can just stand for a while and not get hurt."

Just as Hitana was marveling at the cockroach-like vitality of the Iron Blade Duke, Raylen, who was so ferocious in the last second, fell directly from the sky in the next second like a fly that was swatted.

"..."

Hitana stared blankly at Duke Ironblade falling straight into the herd of beasts, her brain unable to react for a moment.

It was not until the disgusting old figure that she had not seen for many days appeared before her eyes that she realized that Leilan Iron Blade seemed to have been killed instantly by Domer Gray Tower.

"It's been a while since we last met, Lord Lance." Dormer still saluted Xitana very respectfully, "The occasion of meeting again this time is really... touching."

"You...just killed that tin can?"

What stunned Hitana was not the fact that Raylen was killed instantly, but the person who did it, it was Domer, the old man whose laboratory she smashed and all his hard work was destroyed by her own hands, but who still dared not say a word, Domer Gray Tower.

"Oh, Raylan is not dead. Strictly speaking...it wasn't me who defeated him."

Dormer smiled and said, "As a scholar, I can't handle the madness he just displayed."

Whether it was the sudden appearance of the Gray Tower or his meaningful words now, they all indicated one thing—

"I see……"

A sadistic smile gradually appeared on Xitana's face: "Although I don't know why, but you... are the end of this war, right?

"I was right, it was you, old man, who did this!"

Dormer bowed slightly with helplessness and apology: "The deception at that time was helpless, Lord Lance. We were not ready at that time, so we had to... delay as much as possible."

"us?"

The smile on Hitana's face grew wider, and the monsters that were feasting on their food strangely stopped at the same time. Some even instinctively lay down, lowered their heads, and began to tremble.

"We...right? Let me guess, the 'we' you're talking about is...those damned bastards from the church!"

The old man shrugged. "After all, that's the only answer, isn't it?"

"So I was right from the beginning. My intuition—"

"Well then, please reintroduce yourself, Lord Lance."

Dormer Gray Tower interrupted Xitana, and his next words made Xitana's murderous intent, which had almost become tangible,... solidify on her face.

"One hundred and twenty-six years ago, on the other side of the continent, a young man became the youngest bishop in the history of the church."

"He had a bright future and could have lived a glorious and sacred life, but he chose to leave his homeland, travel across the ocean, and come to a strange country with the determination and belief that he would die, just for that... belief."

On the throne in the distance, Marina, who was sitting on Ansel's lap, also had her pupils gradually shrinking.

Dormer Greytower, could he -

"He told the great emperor his purpose, and the Supreme Being had the magnanimity to accommodate such a small character, so he took root here, from a boy to a young man, from a young man to a middle-aged man, and finally obtained the title of Grand Duke, and built a tower in a remote and cold place..."

"But even after so many years, he has never truly integrated into the empire. He always wonders, apart from that great mission, is there no other way to change this country, change this world?"

"So he boldly proposed to the emperor, claiming that he could bring her new pleasure and changes. After listening to his idea, the emperor happily agreed to it."

"So, he changed his name and established a new organization starting from his own territory. It was called... the New World Organization."

"One hundred and twenty-six years..." The old man looked towards the north and sighed softly, "It's really long, so long that he almost forgot that he came from such a faraway place."

"But there is one thing he has never forgotten, Lord Lance. That is the reason that has kept him alive until now, and it is also the reason why he can stand here and talk to you."

The warlock robe on his body lost its gorgeous patterns and colors, and finally turned into... pure black.

"He is Dormer Grey Tower, the master of the Skyfrost Tower, and Leng Yu, the founder of the new world of the Revolutionary Army. But before all this..."

"You may call him Ji, Lord Lance."

The real source of this war smiles like this:

"The black-robed bishop, Ji."

Chapter 5: God, Man, Part (K)

Dormer Grey Tower, the most senior member of the imperial aristocracy of the previous generation, the Grand Duke who had been running the power for a full hundred years, was not a citizen of the Empire at all.

No one would believe such absurd words, but it is the truth.

"you--"

Xitana looked at the old man in black robe in front of her in disbelief. This was the first time in some time that she was truly shocked and speechless.

The old man in the gray tower... is he the bishop of the church?

"I see."

At this moment, Marina figured out everything. All the unanswerable questions and contradictions were solved at this moment.

But after realizing the full extent of this war, there was no relief on her face, but instead a look of worry.

"Mr. Anser." The witch stared into the deep blue eyes, "Shitana, she..."

"I have done what I should do."

Anser seemed very indifferent, just like when he was sitting in the hall and watching the confrontation between Ming Furo and the revolutionary army.

"Don't you believe Xier?" he asked with a smile.

"No, I just..."

Marina hesitated for a moment, and finally shook her head, hiding the darkness in her eyes to the deepest level.

She replied softly: "I believe her, Mr. Anser, I believe...she will make the only right choice for you."

Above the ruins, Hitana, who had been silent for a long time and didn't know what to say, suddenly looked up. As the shock and astonishment faded away, pure and surging murderous intent swept over her again.