The villain queen eavesdropped on my inner thoughts and won't let me lie down?

ps1. If there are no unexpected events, future updates will be scheduled for 7 PM.

ps2. Bounty progress (30/48)

Chapter 82: The Six-Winged Angel's Gamble

A note fell into Tassika's palm, with the following written on it:

"It is regrettable that such a situation has occurred, but victory and defeat are common in military affairs. The tribe is gone, but the Tianming Army is your eternal home!"

Instantly, Tassika's blood pressure soared: "I've put in so much effort into this plan, and you're giving me a pep talk?"

What a mentor, indeed a mentor. So, you use these kinds of things to run your classes, huh?

Trying to entice me to join your trash Tianming Army!

Damn it, I'm older than you by who knows how much. I've done so many bad things that my stress resistance is maxed out. I'm better at this kind of stuff than you are, constantly playing the role of the High Priest to fool people, okay?

After signing such a humiliating agreement, all I get is a few self-comforting words that he probably can say even better. Old Jostar really can't accept this!

Tassika angrily wanted to throw the note away.

But she found it lightly floating, drawing a circle in the air, and returning to her hand.

The writing on it changed, becoming new content:

"If you really don't want to give up, you can open the second layer of the brocade bag."

"???"

Tassika thought to herself, this is absolutely amazing, truly amazing.

Your backup plan has a backup plan, huh?

She picked up the brocade bag and looked at it again, discovering another small brocade bag inside, stuck to the inner wall and not falling out.

Opening it, she found a magic array and a strange, semi-transparent bug that existed between matter and energy.

It looked like a sleeping cicada, silver-gray, about the size of a fingertip, with a spiral mark on its head that unconsciously drew one's gaze.

"Eris Worm? Hmm, indeed very effective against the Eternal Night Empress… As expected of the Holy Maiden of the Church of Wisdom, adept at using these strange things."

A sinister smile couldn't help but appear on Tassika's lips.

So, you don't want to leave, you scummy Empress?

Fine, if you don't leave, then wait to eat this skill!

She left only an illusion on the dragon's back, while her main body teleported underground.

The array left by Xia Ti needed to be set up using the residual blood and killing intent in Sleina City, and then the Eris Worm would be strengthened.

If done properly, a small worm could cause severe mental damage to the Eternal Night Empress, even causing her to become lost in the outer realm!

And even if the Eternal Night Empress successfully escaped, she would still need time.

Her sudden disappearance and imprisonment, given her invincible image in the hearts of the Empire, would inevitably deal a huge blow to the army, causing them to rush forward recklessly to try to rescue the Empress.

Unable to scare away Rommel, Tassika decided to cripple and destroy his legion at the smallest possible cost, rendering them unable to fight.

The Eternal Night Empress, once freed, would inevitably retaliate, but she couldn't realistically occupy the Orcish tribe alone, and she would also face the Tianming Army's sabotage in the rear, so she would definitely have to leave...

Therefore, this backup plan had a high success rate and even higher rewards.

However, Tassika still looked very unwilling.

The agreed-upon plan of using the tigers to devour each other had inexplicably turned into Xia Ti using the knife to kill, using the Orcish elites to wear down the Qing Teng Empire's forces.

"But the Orcs are too weak, there's no choice..."

She sighed softly, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness.

The younger generation of schemers is pushing the older generation forward, and the older generation might really die on the beach...

In the sea of consciousness, the real Tassika watched all of this, knowing that the Orcish tribe would suffer a huge loss again.

But her tears had already dried up, and she had no expression on her face at this time.

She just silently observed, recorded, and thought, wanting to imprint these clashes and games in her mind.

Old Jostar, Xia Ti Veronica, the Eternal Night Empress, Rommel, and even the Goddess of War, the God of Wisdom...

These beings were not only powerful, but also unsparing in their use of various cunning schemes, always trying to exchange the smallest price for the greatest benefit.

But when a price had to be paid, they were also decisive and would not drag their feet due to sunk costs, causing even greater losses.

"In this light, it's truly childish for the tribe to erupt into conflict over a mere glance!"

The light in the real Tassika's light brown eyes grew dimmer and dimmer, gradually turning into helplessness, "I understood too late, becoming the one who had no choice..."

Her sadness was like reality, but she constantly looked outward, paying attention to every change.

Even if only a miracle could save her fate, she would watch over that last ray of hope before the destruction of everything.

If even she gave up, who else in the world would remember that Orcs are also people?

……

……

Qing Teng Empire, Arcane Capital.

Military Department.

Margaret was so annoyed by the magic communications from the Yaman provinces that her breasts were getting bigger.

Requests for aid, requests for aid, still requests for aid!

Are the nobles nowadays all useless? Besides requesting support, can't they stand on their own?

It's clear that the Empire's army has already been stationed there, and the surrounding provinces have also acted immediately.

The Empire's strong individuals have even teleported in advance to coordinate defense. What else do you nobles want from me?

Except for the Eternal Night Empress, who is still being delayed by the front-line battles and hasn't returned to defend immediately, all the support that the Empire should provide has been provided, okay?

But those nobles in the Yaman direction are like chicks waiting to be fed, haven't eaten or drank water for three days, desperately saying that they have already seen undead monsters and that their territories are about to be surrounded, asking the Eternal Night Empress to come and support them quickly.

"According to the requests for aid they've reported, the enemy's undead army is probably over thirty million..."

A adjutant trembled like a sieve, handing Margaret the calculated terrifying number.

The half-devil snorted and threw the calculation paper into the trash:

"It's all bullshit. All the Yaman provinces combined don't even have thirty million people. Did the Tianming Army turn ants into undead soldiers? Does that old woman have that kind of brain?"

She finally erupted, and backhandedly connected to all the nobles who had requested aid.

Everyone thought that the Empress's support had arrived, but what greeted them was Margaret's scolding:

"From now on, any old devil who reports false information will be dealt with according to military law. Don't think that just because you have a noble status, you don't have to swallow a thousand needles for lying. When the time comes, even if His Majesty doesn't pursue the matter, I will give up my position as Left Minister to let you weather vanes know that the Empire's military doesn't exist for you nobles. We're here to protect the entire Empire, understand?"

In the demon's worldview, cursing someone as a devil is the most vicious curse.

There was silence in the magic communication for a few seconds, then suddenly someone heard a duke ask: "Ahem, when can Her Majesty support my side? My side is only three hundred kilometers away from Ashford City..."

"I'm one hundred and forty kilometers!"

"I'm seventy kilometers away!"

The magic communication immediately became noisy.

"Shut up, all of you shut up!"

Margaret slammed the table and stood up, her hairstyle in disarray, pointing fiercely at the magic mirror, "Her Majesty is the Empress of the Qing Teng Empire, the supreme existence, not your maid! Support, support, support, you bunch of trash, do you deserve her support!

You are nobles, your ancestors have made great achievements to have your current status! You enjoy privileges and the support of the common people, that's not because the creator gave you more organs, but because you have to fulfill the responsibility of protecting the common people!

Are undead soldiers scary? Is the Tianming Army invincible? Don't you have private armies and guards? A noble who doesn't step onto the battlefield to defend their territory, constantly shouting for the Empress to support you, I think, shouldn't you be protecting the Empress? The Empress is expanding the territory, does she owe you?

The Empress has given everything for this country, and she naturally has her reasons for not supporting you. Please, everyone, act like a man and fulfill your duties. While shouting for support, think more about what you have done for this country? If you don't want to fulfill the duties of a noble, there are plenty of people who want to be one. Please give up your seat!"

A young earl suddenly cried, "But I can't fight, I'm just a piece of trash, I need protection..."

"If you're a piece of trash, then go learn. If you can't learn, then go die. The Empire doesn't support trash, it doesn't support cowards!"

The first duke threatened, "Left Minister, if you don't respect us like this, we will consider re-pledging our loyalty to the Veronica family."

"Please, why should I respect you? Have you done anything worthy of my respect? Switch camps? Okay, but please remember, the Empire will not accept anyone's second surrender!"

Margaret kicked all these nobles out of the magic communication and then blacklisted them.

"Her Majesty is too kind, too soft-hearted... A bunch of weather vanes, what qualifications do they have to let Her Majesty take risks for them!"

She angrily tore the documents in front of her into pieces. A bunch of pigs still want to turn her most beloved Empress into a maid?

It's outrageous! It's outrageous!

Margaret suddenly asked, "Find out who persuaded the Empress to go to Ashford City. I will personally reward them handsomely!"

"Returning to the Left Minister, Lord Rommel said it was Roger Charles."

"...Heh, the weather is really nice today~"

"???"

……

……

Ashford City.

The undead army, covering the mountains and plains, marched tirelessly westward. The villages and towns encountered along the way could not resist this terrifying military force, and in the end, they all evolved into part of the skeletal torrent.

The staff of the Underworld Deer in Xia Ti Veronica's hand turned into a skeletal reindeer, advancing under the heavy protection of the Tianming Army, with an unconcealable worry between her brows.

The feast is prepared, but the heroine is late. The delicacies she prepared at a great cost will also get cold!

A six-winged angel phantom with hair as red as a waterfall hanging down to her heels appeared in her field of vision.

She had violet eyes, with her left eye reflecting the birth and death of countless planes, and her right eye hiding the joys and sorrows of millions of living beings. Her face, which was so perfect that it almost shouldn't exist in the world, wore an equally perfect smile, but it lacked the warmth of a living being because it was too perfect.

The six-winged angel rode backwards on the deer's back, looked at Xia Ti, and opened her palm, revealing a green light spot containing vast vitality.

Her sweet voice had no intonation: "Xia Ti, the time is up. The Eternal Night Empress has not entered the designated range. I will hand over this batch of life essence for you."

Hearing this ruthless announcement, Xia Ti's tightly locked brows suddenly relaxed, and she respectfully said, "I'm sorry, my arrangement failed. I'm sorry for the trouble, Lord Nalinair."

"Verification passed. Life essence for 500,000 people offsets your 50 million units of faith power loan. The Yaman Empire still owes our Lord 250 million units of faith power. And because the bet failed, your interest-free period has not been extended, and interest will be calculated at 35.9% per year starting tomorrow."

"I will do my best to shepherd the lambs for our Lord."

Hearing that astronomical figure and the tightly fixed 'low interest', Xia Ti trembled and agreed, with a trace of anxiety in her eyes.

One of the important reasons why the God of Knowledge can become the head of the Seven Gods is because he is the most skilled at 'managing' the church among the Seven Gods.

He is very good at using advanced consumption to stimulate the work motivation of clergy.

And how to use faith to generate more faith.

For example, there is a price to pay for Xia Ti to go to the multiverse gap to take refuge and cultivate.

The Yaman Empire needed to help the Church of Wisdom absorb 100 million units of faith power every year to get the protection of the God of Knowledge before.

This amount can be provided by 10 million devout believers praying continuously for a year, or it can be directly converted by sacrificing 1 million people to extract life essence.

The Yaman Empire has repeatedly carried out bloody suppression in the past, and in fact, the Church of Wisdom has also promoted it behind the scenes.

Of course, in the eyes of the great nobles, the common people have always been two-legged sheep.

Xia Ti became the Holy Maiden, obtained the teachings and inheritance of the God of Knowledge. All the love of the gods is a lie.

It is entirely because she is willing to continue to bear the faith quota of the Yaman Empire in the form of a loan.

Moreover, this loan is interest-free in the multiverse gap. When she returns to the Eternal Night World, interest will be calculated.

So, the players don't understand why Xia Ti is procrastinating. In fact, it's just because she wants to pay less interest and do more preparation work in the multiverse gap...

As a pessimist who has always taken a steady route, Xia Ti, the Holy Saint of Tianming, agreed to Old Jostar's plan to drive away wolves, choosing to face the Eternal Night Empress not to commit suicide, but to think about counter-killing.

The basis for this counter-kill is Nalinair.

Nalinair is the first angel under the God of Knowledge, and her angel rank is called "Time Shepherd," managing the many planes that the God of Knowledge fully controls for him.

At the same time, she is known as "the angel closest to God," and there are rumors that she has secretly ignited her divine fire.

Of course, rumors will always be rumors. Nalinair will not admit it, and no one dares to ask in person.