Chapter Thirty-Five He Was Half-God

  As for the ominous words of Zaosheng, Mercedes VII dodged and smiled: "My Lord Zaosheng, what do you think about Duke Ye?"

  Seeing the overly calm expression of Mercedes VII, the Left Minister suddenly felt that the emperor in front of him was a little unfamiliar. Following his words, he said: "Content with whatever one has, act according to one's nature, without great ambitions, kind-hearted, if you say make friends, it's not a bad person, if used, also very easy to control. If..."

  Mercedes VII seemed to have not heard what the Left Minister said, her gaze drifted far away, and in a flat tone, she interrupted the Left Minister's words: "He first appeared in the Kanes Desert, before that, I couldn't find any information about him! It was as if he emerged out of thin air! Where is he from? Have you noticed his sharp fangs and eyes that are too deep and dark? Is there such a human species on the Continent of Gods?"

  "He is the divine incarnation, no need to doubt that, but it doesn't seem so simple! Duke Avril was promoted to Holy Sacrifice, yet he refused to say what happened on top of the Eternal Tower, only warning us to treat him with reverence and not have any thoughts of harming him, why?"

  "He is neither refined nor elegant, clearly a man of the lower class. Yet in just a few short months, he has amassed a fortune and tamed his guards into submission. Even Cano listens to him intently! Is he truly a man of the lower class? Furthermore, regarding his previous injury, I have already had it investigated. He was stabbed through the waist by Lari Panson's sword, a mortal wound. When we went to see him, he was merely weak. I even suspect that he was pretending to be weak for our benefit!"

  "And that calamitous beast! Although it was the unknown egg of yin and yang that I, the king, gave to him, even a nine-stage magic beast in its juvenile stage is not something he can possess! That calamitous beast actually follows him instead of running away, don't you think it's strange? Furthermore, I ordered people to search through ancient books, calamitous beasts only bring calamity, why does nothing happen to him? He also knows how to resolve the calamity and bring good fortune? I, the king, can't even see through him!"

  Mercedes Seventh said a lot in one breath, her eyes filled with confusion.

  The one on the left narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's intention is to get rid of him?"

  Having obtained the sacred sacrifice, Li Xie's "divine body" is undoubtedly somewhat weakened for the Doudou dynasty. Such an unclear person, in the eyes of Zuo Xiang, can be dispensed with, and by not using him, he can be eliminated!

  Mercedes VII shook her head: "No, Left Minister, have you forgotten the warning of Duke Elvira? This is what this king can't figure out! The Holy Sacrifice is already an existence that transcends ordinary people. Although the sacrifice's attack power is insufficient, its status is enough to rival this king! As for Duke Elvira's loyalty to the royal family, there is no need to doubt it. Then her words are even more worthy of attention! What identity does Li Xie have that requires her warning? Left Minister, what do you think?"

  The left prime minister's eyelids contracted, and Mercedes VII asked, "Left Prime Minister furrowed his brow: 'Duke Avier had only met Li Xie once before, and they parted on bad terms. There is no possibility of an old acquaintance! Duke Avier's warning words should be related to something that happened in the Eternal Tower! The terrifying aura that day was too far away for us to sense clearly, but even if Duke Avier were extremely devout, it would not have been possible for him to rise three levels at once. Your Majesty also knows that it is Li Xie's relationship! We all thought Li Xie was a divine vessel who could help Duke Avier pray for the descent of divine light, but the divine light that day seemed too incredible! Moreover, Duke Avier actually kept silent about the events of that day to Your Majesty and instead warned us not to have any thoughts of harming Li Xie. Who can make the Holy Sacrifice keep quiet? Is it possible that Li Xie is not a divine vessel?"

  Mercedes VII suddenly burst out laughing, her lips curled up, and her eyes gleamed with a fierce light: "He is the God-ordained Master! A half-god existence!"

  The left eye pupil shrinks, as if not recognizing Mercedes VII in general. He nodded with a relieved expression and said: "All twelve levels of existence on the continent of gods are collectively referred to as demigods - transcendent human beings who are almost indestructible in front of ordinary people, fearless of any magic or aura, and can instantly recover from ordinary injuries. Even if it's a fatal injury, it will be restored in a short period of time, unless the body is completely destroyed! They can produce divine light on their own and use aura or magic infinitely, even if they are not proficient in combat skills or magic, they are still invincible in front of ordinary people!"

  At this point, the left prime minister's face was rarely excited: "If he is really a godsend, let him make the five countries come to visit this time, and it's best to make the five countries raise their troops! Let him be guilty and have to sit in Doudou! Half-god sitting in town, the five countries dare not move! The achievement of the empire's hegemony is imminent! This trick is extremely dangerous, a high-stakes gamble on life and death, but it's not a bad move! However, before that, we need to confirm whether he is really a half-god!"

  Mercedes VII smiled wryly: "The Left Minister overestimated me, actually, just now when I was talking to you, I realized that he might be a divine master, a half-god existence! Before that, I just thought he was too mysterious!"

  "Didn't you know before? Then why did Your Majesty..."

  "A feeling, a strange feeling, as if he could bring some unexpected good fortune to the House of Tudor!"

  "What?" The left eyebrow twitched, with some anger on his face and a hint of disrespect in his tone: "Your Majesty, are you treating the imperial court as a joke?"

  "Don't be angry, Left Chancellor." Mercedes VII didn't get angry at the Left Chancellor's questioning and smiled: "It's not just a feeling. I've already put Erl in charge of all matters, Erl is familiar with etiquette, careful and steady, except for being slightly lower in status, everything else can handle major responsibilities, if necessary, can directly bypass Duke Xie, this is a secret order, how dare the king treat the royal court as a joke, actually it's already been arranged without any mistakes."

  The left minister's face returned to calm, nodded: "Erl's assistance on the side can indeed take care of everything, plus this secret order, Duke Ye will not make any big mistakes. In this way, if Duke Ye is not a divine strategist, he is also a good candidate. The five-nation delegation came this time, must have brought a large amount of materials to buy people's hearts, our Duke Ye, they want to buy him, I'm afraid it's difficult."

  "Our evil duke seems to be very greedy, looks like he can be easily bought off. However, the five nations' envoys can buy others, but if they want to buy our evil duke..." Mercedes VII couldn't help but chuckle: "I believe our evil duke will tell the foreign envoys that he likes to call bribery 'revenue collection'!"

  "Yes... " The left prime minister's eyes rarely showed admiration: "One injury, six million gold was collected; one palace banquet, ten million gold was collected!"

  "Dear Zuo Xiang, don't be sentimental. Where is our evil Duke now? It's time to test whether he's a divine master or not!"

  Where is the evil duke?

  He's humming a tune as he heads towards the Tower of Eternity, looking for his Eveille Duke!

  Avril Duke has been hiding in the Tower of Eternity, refusing to see anyone. The one-month deadline is now down to just two days. In the past few days, Li Xie was busy flattering the royal nobles and expressing his feelings to the Beast of Misfortune, so he didn't have time to come over. Now that everything has been settled, with no other matters at hand, he must make good use of these remaining two days!

  As the deputy head of the Sacrificial Institute, Li Xie's ascent up the Eternal Tower was the most unimpeded. A person walking along the long staircase, humming a tune suddenly stopped and couldn't help but laugh: "The Eternal Tower is just for me and Meng Na, tsk tsk, she thinks I'm a divine master again, listening to my every word! Master Mian is above, now I'm thinking about that kind of thing, won't it be too evil? Hehe..."

  With a sly smile, Li Xie ascended to the top of the Eternal Tower. This time, he had paid the price of 10,000 bottles of fine wine for Meow not to follow him. He must cherish these two days well, as they say that one night in spring is worth a thousand pieces of gold - and he truly bought it with a thousand pieces of gold!

  Duke Avril knelt by the Pool of Life, which to Li Xie looked like an ordinary water pool, praying in front of that ordinary statue.

  "My dream, autumn has arrived, aren't you cold kneeling like that!" Li Xie hurriedly ran down and intentionally splashed water, unfortunately, the Duke of Aiwier was wearing a white robe, not the transparent outfit from before, so even if it got wet, it only deepened in color and couldn't be seen through, otherwise, Li would have sprayed blood from his nose again.

  "Your Highness, how did you come?" The Duke of Evie was helped up by Li Xie, and gave a slight smile towards him. A faint glow on her skin made Li Xie dazed, even in broad daylight, it couldn't take away the radiance of the Duke of Evie in his eyes.

  "Come." Li Xie pulled the Duke of Aiwier to the edge of the pool, and took out a long, narrow chair from his spatial ring. This was something Li Xie had especially prepared for when he thought there would be nothing on the Tower of Eternity. His spatial ring still contained many household items; now, eight of his ten fingers were wearing spatial rings! It was simply a mobile warehouse!

  The purpose of taking out a long stool is simple, it's for leaning and sitting!

  Pulling Duchess Evie down to sit, Li Xie's hand gently pinched the top of Duchess Evie's knee and asked with concern: "My dear Meng Na, does your knee hurt? There's no one here, why are you still kneeling?"

  Duke Avril didn't mind Li Xie's intimate behavior, perhaps in her eyes, the God of Descent with the most beautiful and purest soul on the continent, everything he did represented the will of the Goddess of Life, even if this intimacy was slightly excessive, it was just out of Li Xie's great love and care!

  Duke Avril smiled and said, "It doesn't hurt, I'm used to it from praying every day."

  "Alas, poor thing, don't you know how to say one thing and do another? On the one hand, you're praying, and on the other hand, you sneak out to play?" For this kind of believer, Li Xie couldn't change some of her behaviors for the time being, such as doing this kind of prayer every day that seemed useless to Li Xie, but had already become a habit of Countess Evie, which was hard to change in a short while.

  Li Xie took out another table and magically filled it with delicious food, as well as two bottles of "Tilney" wine, the best wine from the Tudor dynasty. The wine was smooth to drink, sweet and fragrant, and didn't irritate the throat, so even those who had never drunk before could have a couple of cups. However, this wine was very potent, and after drinking for a while, one would get drunk!

  I chose this wine, or rather, it was Canno's suggestion that I used! In Canno's words: "Duke-sama, when drinking with a young lady, nothing beats Tilney! Young ladies usually can't resist this beautiful wine, like a red gemstone, and they tend to have two cups too many, which is the start of romance, with a hint of intoxication."

  The wine is strong, but apparently Li Xie's thoughts are not so strong.