Vina repeated it, twitching her eyelids nervously. This might lower the doctor's impression of her, but she still wanted to ask persistently.

"It's okay. Isn't that what political struggles are all about? You, Aslan, have also brought Victoria to prosperity. There's nothing to feel guilty about."

Chu Yun said casually, not thinking there was anything wrong with it.

A country cannot tolerate two emperors. If he were the emperor, and there was another emperor sitting next to him while he was in power, how could he bear it? He would either abdicate or kill the other emperor.

Who knows if there were any hidden secrets when Aslan and Drake ruled together? If you think about it carefully, Victoria's prosperity only came after Aslan completely took control of power. In other words, Victoria had been fighting internally before, and the two royal families disliked each other.

Even the Yan Kingdom was killing each other for the throne. It didn't matter that Aslan and Drake were not from the same family. If Aslan did nothing, that would be worthy of criticism. The fact is that Aslan led Victoria to rise, and the results were several times better than when Victoria was ruled by the two emperors.

"Nothing worth feeling too guilty about... Thank you, Doctor."

Vina's lips curled up slightly and a sweet smile blossomed. The knot in her heart was finally untied. The doctor was the first person she shared it with, and his thoughts coincided with hers.

"Then follow me closely, Vina. There may be some remaining undead in here, so be careful."

Chu Yun tightly grasped Vina's tender palm, and became alert when he saw the sword on the grave. Vina's cheeks turned slightly red. The doctor's palm was so strong... and very warm.

Chu Yun remembered that there was a Steam Knight in the tomb who had been guarding the Breath of Kings. He wanted to do an experiment on the dead Steam Knights. Are Steam Knights really driven by flesh? Then why can Steam Knights still move after not eating or drinking for a long time?

Walking into the depths of the tomb, Chu Yun and Vina witnessed a sharp sword stuck in the center of the square at the same time.

Vina's breathing became rapid. She could hear the call of the sword, the Breath of Kings. An emperor in Victoria once used this sword to split the disaster.

Vina was very grateful to the Doctor for bringing her to get the sword. The sword symbolized Aslan's honor, so why did the Doctor hold her hand tightly? Was there something wrong with the sword?

Ding Deng Deng.

Just as Vina was about to ask the doctor, several sounds that sounded like the roar of steam were heard.

A huge armored warrior approached Chu Yun and Vina rapidly from the darkness in front. Chu Yun's expression became excited. He was right in his guess. The Steam Knight was not driven by the flesh!

Isn't this just a zombie? He's not interested in the Breath of Kings, but the Steam Knight's technology! The large Columbia Power Armor is more advanced than the small Gundam of the Durin people.

Victoria - The Last Steam Knight!

Chu Yun is determined.

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Chapter Five: The Steam Legion, Unifying Terra!

"What...what is this!? Doctor, come with me quickly, it's dangerous here!"

Seeing a steam knight charging towards them, Vina was stunned for a moment.

Vina suddenly regretted that she had followed the doctor's order and did not bring a guard. She urgently grabbed the doctor's arm and tried to escape. Now she was the only one who could protect the doctor. What if something happened to the doctor?

Nothing can happen to the Doctor. Vina vows to protect him, not only for herself but for the citizens of Londinium! The Doctor was seriously injured in the Tomb of Kings, and as Victoria's daughter, she bears the blame. The Sarkaz Court and the Self-Defense Forces may clash again in Londinium, with the Self-Defense Forces bound to be purged by the Sarkaz Court.

Victoria is well aware of the power of the Steam Knights. The Steam Knights are the symbol of Victoria and the honor of Victoria. It was with the help of the Steam Knights that Victoria defeated the regular army of Gaul, dominated Terra, and severely damaged Kazdel. After more than two hundred years, the Steam Knights have been the most powerful army in Terra. Nothing can replace the Steam Knights, and the technology of the Steam Knights has been secretly sealed by the Aslan royal family.

"Don't worry, Vina. This Steam Knight is nothing more than an empty shell. He won't hurt me."

Chu Yun smiled calmly, unmoved, and raised his right hand towards the charging Steam Knight.

"Bo, Doctor?"

Vina was puzzled by the doctor's movements. Could the doctor really defeat the Steam Knight? The doctor didn't have any weapons on her body, but at least she had a long sword hanging from her waist.

In front of Vina's shocked face, the Steam Knight who wanted to punch the doctor shook violently and suddenly leaned forward and bent his right knee.

Just as he viewed the Doctor as the Emperor of Victoria, the Steam Knight, who was supposed to be dead, no longer held any hostility towards the Doctor; his soul had been tamed by the Doctor, literally.

Chu Yun's pupils glowed with a golden halo, which disappeared in the blink of an eye. He had just used the power of resonance with the Emperor's soul. In simple terms, he "enslaved" the long-dead Steam Knight and turned him into a warrior who obeyed him.

"Vina, what do you think is the reason why such a large armor can be driven by Victorians?"

"Isn't it because of their excellent physique, Doctor? Every Steam Knight is a warrior hand-picked from thousands of miles away by Victoria. Only those who pass through multiple rounds of selection are qualified to become Steam Knights, regardless of gender."

"The body is one thing, Vina, but to control such a bulky mecha, what's more important is the human soul. You can think of it as a person's will. I guessed right that the mecha is equipped with a nervous system similar to the Columbia Power Armor."

"…will?"

Vina frowned slightly and didn't understand at all. What is the connection between will and mecha?

This involves the content of psychic ascension. Chu Yun understands that it is normal for Vina not to understand. Doesn’t the final Steam Knight fully confirm his theory? Even if the physical body dies, the mecha can still be active.

Perhaps due to his extreme hatred for the eight dukes and his anger for not protecting the king, the soul of a Victorian knight was bound in a mecha. The mecha's neural device always retained the mecha's last consciousness, which was to protect the breath of kings.

Assuming that the last descendant of Aslan cannot even deal with a Steam Knight, Victoria will be dead, and Knight Victoria probably had this idea before her death. Therefore, Vina will attack indiscriminately, and every Steam Knight must have some memory of Vina's appearance when she was a child.

It’s too late to train Steam Knights, so he wants to “enslave” all the Steam Knights and rush to Kjerag!

He could enslave the last Steam Knight, but what about those who died? Chu Yun wanted to do an experiment, using the energy of the Breath of the Kings.

The Breath of Kings is more like the nerve center of all Steam Knights, which can influence the soul of Steam Knights. Therefore, in the history of Victoria, Steam Knights have never betrayed the royal family. Even when Aslan slaughtered the Drake clan, the Steam Knights who depended on Drake also followed Aslan's instructions. Whoever possesses the Breath of Kings is Aslan himself!

"Vina, let me borrow your sword for a moment. I'll return it to you later."

Chu Yun took a step forward and grasped the hilt of the Breath of Kings with his right hand. He began to exert force with his wrist and felt the breath of his own soul stirring, which was forcibly resonating with the Breath of Kings.

Why no one except the royal family of Aslan can pull out the sealed Breath of the Kings? It is because the Breath of the Kings has absorbed the psychic energy of several generations of the royal family of Aslan. The Breath of the Kings can resonate with the blood of the royal family of Aslan and is a weapon exclusive to the royal family of Aslan.

The royal family of Aslan is probably similar to the Sakota people. They are the guardians carefully "selected" by humans in the ArcheAge. What they are guarding is not Victoria, but the Breath of Kings. How could the royal family of Aslan create such a powerful weapon as the Breath of Kings with the technology from hundreds of years ago? The technology of Steam Knight is also a gift from humans in the ArcheAge.

"You were once the glorious knights of Victoria, yet you were betrayed by the eight great dukes. Never mind. I will grant you the right to revenge. You can freely release and vent your anger at being betrayed."

"I will unify Victoria and make it the richest and most powerful nation in Terra. Your glory will be remembered by future generations, and your history will be learned by future generations. You have fulfilled the so-called glorious mission of a knight, protecting the Breath of Kings to this day."

"I will definitely marry your princess in the future. Aslan's bloodline will be passed down for thousands of generations under my protection. Now, I demand that you all serve me. You have no right to refuse, for I am the Emperor of Victoria, and the Emperor who informed you before."

The words calling out to the Steam Knight came out softly from Chu Yun's mouth, and the Emperor's soul gradually suppressed the breath of the kings that kept shaking the sword.

Afterwards, not only the last Steam Knight, but all the Steam Knights who died in the Tomb of Kings began to move "autonomously", walking towards the Doctor step by step, and finally surrounded the Doctor and knelt on one knee.

Vina stared at the doctor's cold profile in a trance, her heart beating uncontrollably. The girl's heart was completely conquered by the doctor at this moment. She wanted to have sex with the doctor's student Monkey!

Is there any man in Terra who is more suitable to be the emperor than the Doctor?

If she wanted to marry the Doctor because of her mission before, Vina now truly yearns for it. The Doctor is her type and she has fallen in love with him!

Vina thought that she should just follow the advice of Dagda and others. She hoped that the doctor would marry her, so she had to seize the opportunity... and try to successfully get the doctor's body.

Victoria's Steam Corps...

Reborn!

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Chapter 6: Kjerag's End, Ursus's Actions

Kjerag.

The two patriarchs are holding a meeting.

Latatos and Actor looked unhappy. They had just received a notice that a group of Londinium troops were about to set out for Kjerag, led by the doctor who had occupied Londinium.

Although the Doctor was not familiar with the two clan leaders, he was familiar with SilverAsh. Latatos and Actor could not help but feel worried. Wasn't it obvious that the Doctor was coming for Kjerag? He even declared war on him!

Latatos and Actor had never imagined the Doctor would go this far for SilverAsh. Are they having an affair? SilverAsh isn't the Doctor's sworn brother, nor is he his male lover. And yet the Doctor is launching such a massive attack on SilverAsh? Isn't Victoria still unified?

"I told you, Actor, let SilverAsh out. I don't want to argue with you. If the Doctor really comes, Kjerag will become a battlefield!"

Latatos yelled at Actos with an embarrassed look on her face. It was the first time she lost her temper.

Latatos felt that she might have gone too far. She had not expected that SilverAsh had such a close friend as the Doctor. This was bad, and Kjerag would be in danger.

She has always been busy with the business of the Brontao family. Her sister is useless. What can she do? As an older sister, she must take some responsibility. Her sister is cute in a certain way.

"Why, Latatos? We finally defeated SilverAsh, who was trying to corrupt Kjerag, and you're giving up just because of the Doctor?"

Actos stared at Latatos unwillingly, not agreeing with her opinion at all, but he was a little hesitant in his heart. Did he really want Kjerag to fight because of SilverAsh?

"Just because we're a tiny nation like Kjerag, and they're Terra's great heroes, fighting the eight Dukes of Victoria, Columbia, Lateran, and Haisi, and most importantly, winning, how can you compare to the Doctor? Actos, know yourselves! This is all part of SilverAsh's plan!"

Latatos scolded in a high-pitched voice, and instantly saw through the mystery behind it. SilverAsh did it on purpose to lure the Doctor to Kjerag!

Could she and Axtos really execute SilverAsh in private? It was unrealistic. It was only a tiny possibility that she and Axtos would plot against SilverAsh. The Kalan Trading Company was still keeping a close eye on her and Axtos.

Latatos never wanted to kill SilverAsh, she just wanted to suppress SilverAsh. SilverAsh's Kalan Trading Company had robbed the Brontao family of too much business. If this continued, the Brontao family would sooner or later become a subsidiary of SilverAsh. She would undoubtedly have to take action.

"I don't, Latatos!"

Actor denied it with a stern face, and Latatos' pupils instantly narrowed.

"You, what did you say...Aktos?"

Latatos looked at Aktos in disbelief. Did Aktos take the wrong medicine? If he really didn't release SilverAsh, Kjerag's doom would be coming soon. Everything Kjerag had would be completely destroyed by the attack of Bausch-Lentinium's army.

From Latatos's perspective, Aktos is not a fool. Why does Aktos insist on imprisoning SilverAsh? At most, they can find an excuse to restrict SilverAsh's freedom to a certain extent. It is such a simple thing that Aktos, a patriarch, should not fail to understand.

"Latatos, Kjerag has never bowed to anyone in its history. We have the protection of Yelagund. Kjerag will win this war."

Aktos said in a deep voice, these were the words of a living charlatan, and it was not surprising considering the beliefs of the Perlochi family, their unconditional and fanatical loyalty to Yelagund.

"Then Yelagund didn't ask us to start a meaningless war. Many people will die in this war. You will become Kjerag's sinner, and the lives of many of us will be shattered by the doctor."

Latatos refuted Aktos's point of view in a sharp voice. What was Aktos saying? After all, didn't Kjerag have to rely on Yelagund? It was just that Yelagund hadn't appeared in a long time.

"But we have the help of Ursus, Latatos. The Ursus army will help us and has already stationed troops on the border of Victoria!"

Aktus roared, revealing his cards with a single word.

"Aktos, did you really believe the Ursus messenger's lies..."

"That's right, Actor. The Doctor forced us to do this. We, Kjerag, will never submit to him, even to the Doctor!"

Protecting Kjerag's peace and dignity is one of the Perlochi family's responsibilities. Kjerag has indeed never submitted to any nation on Terra. Is Kjerag too embarrassed that Dr. True released SilverAsh? Kjerag is a sacred nation protected by Yelagund, not a "vassal state" of some great power!

"..."

Latatos remained silent, with a few drops of cold sweat subconsciously appearing on her forehead.

How do you say "proxy war" in Yan Country? Latatos felt like she was being represented by Axtos without her knowledge, and Axtos hadn't even consulted with her.

Ursus is clearly using Kjerag as a pawn. With Yelagund's gift, Kjerag wouldn't necessarily be defeated on the battlefield, but wouldn't Kjerag be tied to Ursus's chariot against the Doctor? The main problem is that the Doctor is so disrespectful to Kjerag, not even trying to cover it up, that they're embarrassed. Kjerag, a small nation, has dignity, and the Doctor is practicing abhorrent "imperialism."

"I'll go and prepare for the Doctor's arrival. If he dares to start a war, we won't surrender. You can do whatever you want, Latatos. Just don't betray Kjerag."

Actos said this indifferently and left. There was nothing more to talk about with Latatos. He was going to lead Kjerag's warriors to fight the doctor to the end. The doctor should not look down on the "independent" small country. Kjerag would teach the doctor a good lesson!

With the military assistance of the new nobles of Ursus, Actoros didn't believe that the doctor had no fear at all. The warriors of his tribe have always been known for their bravery and strong individual combat qualities, unless the soldiers of the doctor's army are not "human".

"Ah…"

Latatos stared at Aktos's departing back, narrowed her orange eyes, and sneered, amused by Aktos's "courage". Aktos was really a single-celled polar bear, and it would be a waste of her time to persuade him again.

Between Kjerag's "dignity" and "safety", Aktos chose the former.

The problem is that the investigation into whether Hatsuyuki is the real culprit who destroyed Kjerag's holy relic has not been completed. Actor's "dignity" is not Kjerag's "dignity", but his own "dignity". He simply let SilverAsh go out of spite and tried to drag Kjerag and the Doctor into a fight. He did it for Kjerag's sake.

The Doctor's purpose was to rescue SilverAsh, and he didn't publicly humiliate Kjerag in any diplomatic rhetoric. Just let SilverAsh go. Wouldn't it also be beneficial for Kjerag to establish a good relationship with the Doctor?

Kjerag's military power is in the hands of the Perlochi family, and Brontao has no military power.

Latatos's mind has changed. She plans to cooperate with SilverAsh. Why didn't SilverAsh, this sinister strategist, tell her earlier that he had a relationship with the Doctor? She is asking for trouble!

She had to stop the war between Shelag and the Doctor in time. She asked the Doctor to visit Londinium as the head of the Brown Tau family before leaving. It would probably take the Doctor several days to prepare, which was enough time for her to get to Londinium. Her most inconsiderate thing was that she did not see through Shelag's situation in time until the Doctor came because of SilverAsh.

Hadn't Actor considered that Ursus's messenger might also be a suspect? Or, to put it another way, could this be Yelagund's will? The Ursus messenger had secretly destroyed the sacred artifact in Manzhuyuan using unknown means, and how could the great Yelagund not have known about it? If Yelagund had other plans and didn't punish the Ursus messenger, there was a chance he was trying to gain insight into the situation. In that case, could she have actually helped Yelagund?

Yelagund was a real person who had come down to earth to punish the people of Kjerag who were becoming increasingly disrespectful to the gods. The people of Kjerag were also proud of Yelagund. The reason why Kjerag never expanded was because of the agreement with Yelagund. The people of Kjerag lived peacefully under the snow-capped mountains for generations and did not participate in the disputes on Terra.

"If you want to die, go ahead and die, Astor. I don't want my life to be wasted. I still have to protect my sister~"

Latatos curled the corners of his lips and was about to leave alone!

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Chapter 7: Kal'tsit's Regret, East Appears

Victoria Londinium.

After awakening the Steam Knight of the Tomb of Kings, Chu Yun handed it over to Javi and his trio to modify it.

The Steam Knights' armor needed maintenance. Kjerag was going on a trip soon, and he wanted to take all the Steam Knights with him, along with Anso, Vina and others, to avoid a shortage of armed forces stationed in Londinium.

To build a steam knight's armor, including maintenance and other care work, it would take at least three years and a lot of resources. Chu Yun knew that there were not many steam knights in Victoria so far. The modification of steam knights' armor and the training of personnel were too troublesome, and the logistical expenses were astronomical.

After all, Kjerag's unrest still has the shadow of Ursus. Who knows what Ursus will do? The nations of Terra are on guard against Lontinium. Lontinium has become Terra's "public enemy." The elites of Babel and the Reunion Movement have also followed Theresa to conquer the Sea Si. After conquering the Sea Si, they will attack Lateran, so they need to bring all the men together.

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