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Swan Lake in winter still has very beautiful scenery.

Under the warm sun, the endless frozen lake reflects the golden sunlight, which is a perfect fusion of ice and fire. The tall Metasequoia trees on the lakeside stand neatly like silent giants, showing a unique tough temperament of the north.

Walking along the Swan Lake, Irene was in a good mood, and she was prepared for the questions raised by Rosen.

The only thing that surprised her was that the other party had been holding back until now, because it was almost five months since the defeat of the Aaron Navy.

Even if she returned to Weilan, two months have passed.

In fact, this was her first private meeting with the Duke in the past two months.

"Duke, I have carefully studied this matter. It was the result of our country's Light Forge Bureau's self-assertion."

"After the Queen learned the whole story, she asked me to apologize to the Duke, and the various Light Forge weapons equipped on the Levender warship were given to the Duke as an apology gift."

This was really an argument that left Rosen speechless.

Fortunately, Rosen didn't really want to settle accounts with the Glorious Empire. The light-forged weapons he obtained on the Levender battleship did benefit him greatly.

Especially the array that can convert flames into the power of Glory, which he has applied to many fields.

As an anti-aircraft weapon, he naturally took the high-energy trial array and modified it.

One of the most important modifications is puppetization.

In other words, the combat puppets complete most of the attack actions, and the magicians only need to assist in the control, which greatly reduces the difficulty of operation and greatly increases the attack power.

So, he spread his hands: "Okay, then let's forget about it."

After a pause, he changed his tone: "But next, I, Weilan, will openly be an enemy of Levender. I hope your country can stand on the side of the human race and maintain a neutral attitude as much as possible."

Irene blinked, puzzled: "The side of the human race? What the Duke meant by this is that Weilan represents the human race, and as long as you stand on the opposite side of Weilan, you are the enemy of the human race?"

She felt that the other party's words were too arrogant.

Unexpectedly, the young Duke of Weilan nodded seriously, his face looked very solemn.

"Miss Irene, I have been very busy for the past two months. Guess what I have been mainly busy with?"

Irene said lightly: "You didn't tell me, how could I know?"

After saying that, she felt that her tone was a little wrong, and she coughed lightly: "Your Excellency the Duke might as well speak directly."

Rosen smiled faintly: "I am investigating the royal family of Levender."

Without waiting for the other party to ask, he explained carefully.

"Maybe you don't know, but the queen of your country must know that through the banned summoning spell, it is possible to summon to another plane, or the existence of the void outside the ring."

Irene was shocked: "No, I know."

As a member of the glorious royal family, she really knows.

She also knows that the continent across the sea has fallen into a terrible disaster because of this summoning technique, and this is also the biggest reason why the empire prohibits summoning.

Since you know, then this matter is simple.

Rosen raised his eyebrows: "After careful investigation, I found that the guardian sage of the royal family of Levender, the frost messenger Lafengge, practiced the summoning forbidden technique without authorization, and may have fallen into a puppet of the void demon outside the ring."

Irene was shocked and stopped: "Impossible!"

Rosen also stopped, and his eyes met with her without hesitation.

"I don't need to lie. Some time ago, the eldest princess of Levender, Ms. Molly, fled to Weilan and told me about this in person, and I also saw the incredible power with my own eyes."

"If it weren't for the powerful thunder weapon we have newly developed. With traditional spells alone, we are no match for Lafengge."

Irene's heroic sword eyebrows were almost locked together: "Where is the evidence? I want evidence!"

Rosen could have given ironclad evidence, that is, the ice-blue demon power, but this thing has collapsed.

Even if it didn't collapse, it couldn't be taken.

Because once this thing was taken out, it would inevitably expose his ten-ring magic power.

As far as he knew, the Glorious Empire was very wary of this.

So, he couldn't produce any hard evidence, and a hint of 'embarrassment' appeared on his face.

"Lafengge hid very well, and Weilan is too far away from Levender, so the investigation is difficult, so I only got some indirect supporting evidence. I will sort it out and send it to you later."

"Of course, this is just my personal statement. Miss Irene may not believe it, but please pay attention to this matter and pass the news to the Queen and let her investigate it carefully."

Irene nodded slowly: "The Duke is right, this news is very terrible, I really want to pass this matter back to the country."

She wanted to go back and pass the news immediately, but stopped halfway and turned to look at Rosen: "Duke, I suddenly think this matter is very interesting."

"Because the special envoy of our country stationed in Levender also received very unfavorable information to the Duke."

"There is a feeling of throwing dirty water between your two countries."

Rosen raised his eyebrows: "Unfavorable information, Miss Irene?"

"Levender said that the Duke has the power of the peak of the ten rings."

When saying this, Irene stared at Rosen's eyes without blinking, as if to observe his reaction carefully.

In response, Rosen looked ‘surprised’, and then spread his hands innocently.

“Miss Irene, we have had the most intimate contact, and I think I have fully confessed the situation to you.”

Erin's cheeks were slightly hot, and she nodded: "That's why I don't intend to plot against you secretly, but ask you openly."

"I also hope that the Duke can give me a convincing enough explanation."

There are actually quite a few travelers around Swan Lake, but they all keep a polite distance from each other. This time, Rosen and Erin deliberately concealed their identities and talked in private, so there were no guards around them.

At this moment, the two of them unknowingly walked to a relatively deep lakeside road. There were no people around, which was a good place for private chats.

So, Rosen took the opportunity to release a pure water breathless crystal wall technique and a light invisibility technique to hide his figure.

Then, he explained sincerely.

"Erin, I've said before that I know myself. We, Weilan, are just a principality and have no intention of being enemies with your country."

"I've also said that my power is only at the initial stage of the eighth ring, and I have no power to improve."

"The magic weapon that Miss Erin brought back earlier should have clearly indicated this."

Erin nodded: "That's true, but if the Duke really has the ultimate magic power of the tenth ring, then you are still able to deceive the detection of the magic weapon."

Rosen was puzzled: "I'm curious, even if I really have the ultimate magic power of the tenth ring, is this more important than the invasion of the void demon?"

Erin shook her head: "Of course the latter is more important."

"But our country has infinite power and is fully capable of fighting demons and eliminating other potential threats."

Rosen sighed in his heart: 'Ah~ Maybe it's the arrogance of the great empire. '

He can fully understand this spiritual trait, because if the country is large enough and well organized, the power that can be erupted is really terrifying.

Over time, from the empress to the people, they will have a feeling of being invincible and omnipotent.

This is the case in other worlds, and so are the countries on Earth.

Even Rosen himself felt that if he sat in the position of the empress, he might be more arrogant than her.

At this time, relying on various verbal truths will not change the other party's thinking. If you run out of saliva, people will only think you are a clown, and a sentence of "If you dare, come and hit me" can kill you.

Only a truly heart-wrenching military failure will make the citizens of a great country sober up and re-examine their own shortcomings.

Rosen naturally would not be a "clown" who talks about truths, so he said with a "sigh": "Your Majesty's courage is really admirable."

"Then, what should I do to completely eliminate your Majesty's worries?"

This is very important.

Because the current Natural Alliance is still in a decentralized state. In this state, the Glorious Empire can easily cause him great trouble.

For example, supporting a war agent in the alliance, supporting him with various powerful magic weapons behind the scenes, and specifically competing with Weilan, can not only make Weilan's life very difficult, but also greatly consume the power of the alliance.

Another example is to send domestic strongmen to assassinate him directly.

If one is not enough, then ten or a hundred will do. Even if Rosen is promoted to a legend, his life will be very difficult. Even if he doesn't die, his family will die.

Of course, he can fight back, but there is basically only one way, assassination.

But the risk of assassination is also very high. An obvious fact is that the phase transfer array is definitely ineffective against the God of Glory.

Because the other party knows the existence of the devil, there must be a phase confinement array.

After comprehensive consideration, the best way is to keep a low profile, quietly integrate the alliance, and wait until you have the power to compete with the Glorious Empire head-on, and then talk to the other party properly.

On the other hand, seeing Rosen so frankly, Irene personally has completely believed him, but no matter what, His Majesty's will must be carried out meticulously.

"Your Majesty needs some of the Duke's blood, not much, 50 milliliters is enough."

Rosen understood the other party's idea when he heard this request, because blood and other human tissues contain the most basic soul information of a person.

With enough blood, a very powerful soul divination can be performed, which can penetrate all the fog and directly observe the essence of a person's soul.

If it were before, Rosen really didn't dare to let the other party get so much blood, even if he was intimate with Irene before, he also deliberately controlled the amount of body fluids gushing out.

But now the situation is different.

The realm of the ten rings is not enough to disguise the soul perfectly, because the Lord of Light also has the power of the ten rings, and the sensitivity of the souls of both parties is at the same level.

But his current soul strength is more than 20% higher than that of the ten rings.

20% is not a lot, but the sensitivity to power is a full order of magnitude higher.

What I couldn't understand before, now I can see it at a glance. What was difficult to control before, now it's easy.

Of course, this doesn't mean that his power is invincible in the world, because the mysteries of the world are endless, and there are all kinds of mysteries that cannot be figured out.

But then again, in soul divination, Rosen has a way to achieve perfect disguise.

So, he spread his hands: "Does it have to be blood? Fifty milliliters is not a small amount."

After a pause, he asked: "How about spit? Or urine?"

Irene couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Be serious, Your Majesty, spit may be okay, but urine is definitely not!"

"But do you really want me to bring fifty milliliters of saliva to His Majesty?"

Rosen waved his hands again and again: "Of course I won't be so disrespectful to His Majesty."

"I can give 50 milliliters of blood, even 100 milliliters, but Miss Irene must give me some compensation."

Irene's cheeks turned red, and she said coquettishly: "You are so big, what's this little blood? You even want compensation?"

Rosen chuckled: "You know what I want, Ms. Irene."

Irene glanced at Rosen: "Tonight, I'll come to you tonight."

Rosen was satisfied: "The old place?"

"Can't we change places?"

It feels weird to do things in the study.

Rosen smiled: "In fact, I have opened a special lounge behind the study, which has a big bed, a separate bathroom, and even a dressing room."

"Duke, you are such a bastard. But okay, I'll come to you in the evening."

Seeing that there was no one around, Rosen pointed to his cheek again: "Miss Irene, kiss me."

Irene pursed her lips, and finally tiptoed and did it.

Of course, Rosen would not be honest, and took the opportunity to embrace the other party and hugged him tightly.

The whole performance was that of a dissolute duke who had no restraint on beauty.

Irene enjoyed this taboo intimacy very much, while thinking in her heart.

"Your Majesty is too cautious. This duke is only 21 years old, not much older than the little king of Xila. Reaching the eighth ring is already a top talent. How could it be the ultimate ten rings?"

The news from Levender was slanderous at first glance. It took so much effort to investigate, why?

Just thinking about it, she suddenly felt that the duke's hand was in a place where it shouldn't be, and she hurriedly stopped it: "Duke, this is not allowed!"

If this is seen by others, how can she face people in the future!

"This place is very remote, no one will come here, and we are protected by the eight-ring barrier."

Irene still wanted to refuse, but her head was dizzy, and she nodded somehow.

After a mess of actions, she heard the Duke say: "Miss Irene, you can actually bring this thing to His Majesty."

Irene glared at Rosen fiercely and said angrily: "Little Duke, you are so disrespectful! Do you want to die?!"

She felt that the Duke was too absurd in private. She really didn't know if the people of Weilan would collapse if they saw the Duke in this state.

She would never believe that such an absurd guy could have the ultimate magic power of ten rings.

After the slightly absurd trip to the lake, Irene hurried back to the embassy.

After a while, someone sent a jar of blood in a glass bottle, which was 100 ml, and acid was specially added to prevent coagulation.

The strong smell revealed in the blood showed that this was indeed the Duke's blood.

Irene would never admit her mistake on this point. She secretly commented: 'Although his private morality is very absurd, he is not confused at all in major matters. ’

After she froze the blood, she sent someone to quickly send it back to the Empire, and at the same time, she also sent the information about the demons invading Levender back to the country through a secret optical channel.

The information naturally arrived before the blood.

Less than an hour after she sent it out, the news reached the city of Medasilin and was placed on the Queen's desk.

The Queen took the document and looked at it carefully.

The first half made her feel relieved, but the second half made her frown again.

"It seems that there is indeed a big problem with this guy Lafengge!"

Not only because of the information sent back by Irene, the Empire's envoy in Levender also found many strange things. The two sides corroborated each other, which was enough to explain a lot of things.

She tapped the table lightly, and after a long time, she hand-drafted a top-secret document: 'You must not directly intervene in the conflict between Weilan and Levender, and change to neutral observation. '

After writing, she asked the maid to distribute the document, and the Queen immediately drafted a new top-secret document.

‘Imperial Shadow Guard, the Sixth Special Operations Group, go to Levender immediately to investigate the demon invasion of the Levender royal family. ’

Why is it called the Special Operations Group?

It is a battle group specially set up to deal with demon invasions. Its related training and the use of magical instruments and equipment are all developed by the Imperial Weapons Research Department at great cost, with demons as the imaginary enemy.

After passing down the document again, the queen sat up behind the desk and walked to the huge light window in the study.

Through this specially made large window, you can overlook the scenery of the entire Medasilin City.

After looking for a long time, she whispered in her heart: "Grandfather, can we fight against the void demon?"

After more than ten seconds, she got a response in her mind: "If we can't, then no one in the Wit Continent can."

"What about the Holy Elf Empire?"

"They are very strong, but the contradiction between the sun god Bolo and the moon god Dora is getting deeper and deeper. This will definitely be used by the void demon and become the fuse of its civil strife."

"Zhuoya, my granddaughter, this world can only be saved by us."