In the Name of the Queen

Roland really couldn't bear to see Sif sad, and from his position, he couldn't directly persuade his future wife to kill her father-in-law.

Sif could do it, but he couldn't.

From another perspective, it would be good if the old emperor could stay at the bottom of the sea with knowledge and interest.

If he couldn't figure it out, then find someone to persuade him until the old man figured it out.

Roland believed that Edward could figure it out, and he could at least live well if he took the initiative to abdicate. He didn't have any big ambitions, so did he have to be the first emperor?

Edward was a person who had been in politics, so he understood this.

But Roland couldn't figure out one thing, what did the sea witch Adina want to do?

What good would it be for her to capture the old emperor?

She wouldn't think that controlling the old emperor would control the Sussex Empire, right?

What determines the ownership of power has never been identity or bloodline, but strength.

Whether the power will go to the new emperor Sif or the cabinet next, it has nothing to do with Edward.

Except for a few frustrated old men and young men, who would care about the abdicated old guy?

Since he couldn't figure it out, Roland would not trouble himself. He smiled and comforted Sif.

"Don't worry, your father is the emperor of a top power after all. Even if he is under house arrest, his life will not be difficult. The sea witch Aedina can't detain him for life, you will meet again sooner or later."

"I know, I will govern the country well and let him retire with peace of mind."

Sif wiped away her tears silently, her attitude firm.

Caring about family affection does not mean being politically naive, she can tell the difference.

If her father's existence will threaten her rule, then she would rather be an orphan.

Roland did not continue this heavy topic, he just hugged Sif's slightly trembling shoulders and gave her the most practical comfort.

Hansa City, Governor's Mansion.

Back to the base camp, Roland has a lot of things to do.

The appearance of General Hai Ao made him feel more clearly that the return day is approaching.

The strength of the Sea Palace is indeed not to be underestimated. Although General Hai Ao died, he was killed by arrogance, not strength.

With his huge body and defense as hard as Austrian steel, it is difficult for human extraordinary people to kill him.

So he jumped onto the deck arrogantly, wanting to shock the tiny human marine general.

But he underestimated Roland and underestimated humans.

Humans can stand among the world's powerful races not because of their strong bodies and sharp teeth, but because of their smart minds.

The Sovereign accompanied him on the journey, which was also a grand funeral. Most people don't have this blessing.

Many sailors of the Fourth Fleet regretted the sinking of the Sovereign, and General Bridges, who was always calm and capable, also bowed his head and said nothing.

But in Roland's view, this is the best time to replace the flagship.

The Sovereign represents the glory of the past, the long history and brilliant achievements of the Imperial Navy, but her actual performance is not outstanding.

The brilliant achievements cannot cover up the aging of the ship with more than 50 years of age.

The old lady is already staggering, and her tonnage is not too large among the first-class battleships.

This is a battleship with a perfect design when it was first launched.

But perfect design also means zero upgrade redundancy.

Glory and backwardness coexist, this is the Sovereign.

In the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Navy with a glorious naval tradition, this meritorious ship has an outstanding status and is an irreplaceable flagship.

But in Roland's view, backwardness is backwardness, and the data speaks.

Roland nominally roasted the big turtle, but in fact burned the shackles that shackled the development of the navy.

A giant semi-ironclad ship is under construction.

This giant ship can not only become the father of the navies of various countries, but also effectively fight against seafood that can talk.

This is the flagship Roland wants.

In a country like Sussex with a long naval tradition, even if Roland is in a high position, he can't easily change the flagship.

Unless the old flagship sinks.

As long as the new flagship is also named Sovereign, the navy will not feel so bad.

Roland understands the navy's feelings for Sovereign very much, and is willing to respect it, but does not accept kidnapping.

The new Sovereign will be launched for sea trials in at most one month, and Roland is full of expectations for this giant ship.

But before that, he has more important things to do.

Uncover the secret of the magic armor.

He even felt that the way to become stronger was in it.

For this reason, he specially invited Master Anthony to Hansa as an appraiser.

In terms of knowledge in the field of magic, Master Anthony is naturally the best in the world.

Roland did not wait too long. Three days later, the old magician with a body as strong as a giant bear came.

The host and the guest met and welcomed into the study. Before Roland could speak, Anthony's hearty laughter was about to blow the roof off.

"Hahaha, Roland, how do you know that my closed disciple Lisa has passed the magician assessment and has become a distinguished regular magician?"

"Ah?" Roland was stunned for a moment. No one told him about this.

A few days ago, Lisa returned to the Magic Association for meditation and gave the invitation letter to Anthony.

During this trip, Lisa also experienced several battles and accumulated a lot of combat experience. With the guidance of a master like Anthony, her progress will be very fast.

Roland certainly will not hinder her progress.

Anyway, there is nothing big during this period of time, and everyone is busy with their own things.

He had a feeling that Lisa would be able to make a breakthrough in the near future, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Anthony seemed to think of something regretful while feeling happy, and he shook his head and sighed:

"It's a pity that Lisa underestimates herself and refuses to take the path of multi-training."

Anthony felt more and more uncomfortable the more he thought about it, and the joy of Lisa's breakthrough was also diluted a lot.

You can't go far with one leg. At the beginning of the establishment of the Magic Empire, magicians who specialized in one system and magicians who specialized in all systems were the mainstream cultivation schools.

Some people think that there are no obvious shortcomings in practicing multiple systems, and the comprehensive ability is stronger, so they choose to practice multiple systems.

Some people think that no special strengths are equal to weaknesses, so they choose to practice multiple systems.

The dispute over the cultivation route lasted for hundreds of years, and both cultivation methods have produced super strong people equivalent to rank three.

In the competition between these strong people, magicians who practiced multiple systems and specialized systems had their own wins and losses, and no system had a complete upper hand.

People once thought that both paths could lead to the other side of power, until the birth of a higher-level super magician, the debate ended.

These holy magicians with strength equivalent to rank two are all from the school of practicing multiple systems.

The debate began to develop in a one-sided direction, but the specialized schools were not convinced. They believed that practicing multiple magic was just a step ahead, which did not mean that specialization was wrong.

They wanted to prove the correctness of the path of specialization, so they accelerated their practice.

However, in the following decades, the top magicians of the specialized schools were all annihilated in the long river of time or failed to break through.

In short, they were all dead.

You can brag about winning or losing, but you can't fake life and death.

The debate between specialization and multiple magic ended with the death of all the top magicians of the specialized schools.

There were no more specialized magicians after that.

Even if they had a pure attribute physique and were very suitable for practicing single-line magic, they would be required to learn other magic.

To ensure that they could learn, pioneers created attributeless magic.

Attributeless magic uses the purest magic power, without any elemental attributes, but can also integrate magic of any system.

Attributeless magic is very versatile, but because it has no elemental attributes, it is not very strong in all aspects.

Even the most extreme combined magicians will practice both the main system and the attributeless system.

Anthony hoped that Lisa could also follow the example of the sages and take the path of practicing both the fire system and the attributeless system, but Lisa firmly disagreed.

Her reason was simple. She was already a superhuman, and practicing magic was already very strenuous. She couldn't do it at all.

Anthony persuaded her to give up the path of superhumans and learn magic. This time Lisa disagreed even more.

The reason she gave was that the path of superhumans had a bright future, but the old man didn't know that what she wanted in her heart was to continue to be a high-level chef and make more food for Roland.

Of course, she would not tell anyone about this reason, not even the teacher.

Looking at Anthony's distressed expression, Roland was afraid that the old man would ask him to persuade Lisa, so he quickly changed the subject.

"Master Anthony, I just got a new magic armor. Can you help me take a look?"

Anthony nodded listlessly and said weakly: "Bring it here."

His dull eyes fell on the magic armor, and Anthony stood up suddenly, with a little more astonishment in his voice.

"This is the White Devil Armor. Where did you get it from?"

"I got it from the battle. As expected of the knowledgeable Master Anthony, you really know it. Is there anything special about this White Devil Armor?" Roland raised his eyebrows and asked in response to Anthony's words.

"The Demonic Armor was the armor worn by elite magic warriors during the heyday of the Magic Empire. This armor itself is not too precious, but the White Devil Armor is different. Through it, you can contact the devils in the Netherworld and make deals with the devils."

The Netherworld? The Netherworld!

Roland's palms were sweating. He thought of several place names that the Elf Sif had mentioned.

She once said, "If you want to revive me, you must cross the Styx, pass through the Netherworld, pick up the fragments of the spirit body that were shattered to the ground in the deepest part of the Sea of ​​Annihilation, piece them together, and give them a soul and body again."

The Elf Sif provided Roland with a lot of help, and Roland remembered it all.

He originally thought that he would not have the opportunity to go to these places in the short term, but he did not expect that the distant Netherworld could connect with him in this way.

Anthony looked at Roland with strange eyes, his face changed slightly, "Roland, you don't want to make a deal with the devil, do you? I must solemnly warn you that people who do business with the devil will not have a good result."

Roland smiled and shook his head, decisively denying, "I'm not stupid."

This is a standard misleading rhetoric.

He just said that he was not stupid, but did not say that he would not make a deal with the devil.

Anthony had no idea that Roland had so many thoughts. He also felt that Roland would not make a deal with the devil, so he stopped talking and continued to praise Lisa.

When Anthony felt sorry for Lisa's refusal to practice concurrently for the fourth time, Roland finally couldn't help interrupting his Xianglin Sao's complaint.

"Master Anthony, has any magician who has taken the path of concurrent practice ever entered the realm of God?"

Anthony's face was ugly.

Roland was rubbing salt into the wound.

If the Magic Empire had such a genius, why would it be destroyed by heaven's punishment?

Seeing his grim expression, Roland smiled and consoled him: "So, practicing various magics at the same time is not necessarily a bright road. On the contrary, three goddesses have emerged from the extraordinary path. Lisa's practice of the star power and fire magic of the extraordinary may be the right path."

Anthony roared in dissatisfaction and asked back: "What if it is not right?"

Roland did not speak.

Anthony was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed first.

Yes, there is no absolutely correct path. The extraordinary path did produce three goddesses. Practicing star power and magic at the same time may really be a good way out?

Anthony laughed and stopped struggling.