The storm continued to rush from the north, mixed with an unusually hot and metallic iron.

Standing on a giant lookout in the heart of the East Bentt Plateau, the gloomy sky was set against black clouds, and Israel Delmond watched as the hot and humid tide stretched down the iron-grey horizon – torrential rains fell, the brooks turned into raging rivers, lakes that had dried up after a winter were refilled, and the water grew in the black and green land, and the withered trees drew new shoots.

Spring has come, but this spring day is different from the past, the warm wind from the south to the north is reversed by the power of a legend a few days ago, and the blazing wind from the North Ural Plain mixed with the wet and cold spring rain returned to the Helgamos Plain in the center of the empire against the law of thousands of years, and it has not even stopped, even to the Bant Mountains on the border between the West Mountain and the Empire.

The Emperor watched as the rain fell on his head, pouring rain on the roof of the watchtower, and on the expanding magical energy base, the surface buildings of the Void Battleship Production Base named 'Apocalypse' were already increasing, and they were burning tons of magic crystals all the time, emitting colorful smoke that the rain knocked down to the ground, forming puddles of various colors.

The glow of magic flowed on the ground like a rainbow, and Israel looked at the land, at his empire, and his gaze could sweep across the entire empire, from the Black Forest, a southern fortress, to the dazed sea of the arctic ice fields, as long as Israel wanted to, he could see it all, whether it was a druid in the woods or a villager in the mountains, he knew it all.

There was only one thing he couldn't see clearly. Popularity.

In such a torrential rain, most of the hard-working citizens will not go out, only those who have to work outside for special reasons and the merchants who deliver supplies will grit their teeth and brave the rain, but in addition, there is another kind of people who especially like this kind of weather...... No, they like any kind of weather, as long as it's not a peaceful sunny day.

Israel could see that in the mountains on the southern side of the Helgamos Plain, there was a caravan carrying purified Kaman white grass powder on its way in the torrential rain, four guards wearing leather armor and riding horses to guard in the rain, while the dragon chariot guarded in the center ignored the wind and rain, strode across the rugged mountain road, and ran towards the city that was already not far away—but just when he could see the lights of the city in the distance, with the sound of ropes coming from the woods on both sides of the road, dozens of people were scattered, The tattered and disjointed men burst out at the sound of the whistle, laughing and charging towards the carriage, their numb eyes lurking madness.

Whenever there is prey worth trying in front of them, the bandits never care about the weather.

Ten years after ascending to the throne, Israel originally felt that he already knew a lot about the evils in his empire, whether it was the gangsters who blackmailed the elderly, squeezed protection money, or oppressed the commoners, and forcibly robbed the nobles of virgins, he had seen a lot, even in the army, there were also villains who pressed the death report and drank the blood of the soldiers, for them, His Majesty the Emperor was not the first time to be executed, but this series of actions seemed meaningless, brushing away a layer of haze on the surface of the empire, but he could see more of the darkness surging in the depths - selfish desires, Customs, unspoken rules, blood, favors, and interests...... The whole system seems to be a breeding ground for evil, even if one group is killed, there is a second batch, a third batch, and there is no end.

Human society is not perfect in the first place, it is just hovering between being able to continue and getting by, ordinary kingdoms change once every hundred years, and legendary empires are inevitably occasionally decaying, it is born full of devastation, and it is naturally impossible to grow any perfect flowers.

In those years when he could only gradually move towards death because of his secret wounds, Israel was decadent, he sat on his throne with a wry smile, looking down at his ministers and lords, the war against the orcs was over, and those new nobles who rose because of the war naturally did not want to lose power like this, they bribed ministers and even princes, and wanted to start a war against the Western Mountains or the Eastern Plains by various means.

- Let them go. His Majesty the Emperor thought so at the beginning, he didn't have time to revise the empire step by step, and he didn't even bother to care about where the empire would go in the future, anyway, he had already eradicated the orcs and sent this behemoth that had been entangled with the empire for four hundred years to hell. Israel felt that he had done enough to be worthy of the title of an emperor, and there had been no emperor as great as him in the entire Mycrove continent for hundreds of years.

But now, the star fell 837, March 10.

Israel's eyes flashed with divine brilliance, and a barrage of runic data was reflected behind him, and the pale blue data stream was surging like a waterfall, as if calculating, correcting—Israel watched as the bandits, thousands of miles away, rushed towards the panicked caravan, and then stretched out his right hand.

So, with the frenzied surging rune data, his will turned into the light of heavenly punishment, causing the dazzling golden light to cross the space and become a flame arrow hotter than the scorching sun, thousands of flame arrows pierced the clouds, and as the rain fell out of thin air, turning all the bandits into ashes at the moment when they had no time to convey the pain.

Looking at this scene, the corners of Israel's mouth curled.

He realized that he could do more.

"Hiss-" Not far away, violent space-time fluctuations rippled, accompanied by the faint blue light that suddenly appeared behind him, two trembling huge auras descended, and at this moment, the entire 'Apocalypse' production line came to a halt for a moment, because all the magic power within a radius of hundreds of miles was frozen because of the arrival of the two, and they were no longer obeying the user's orders.

But Israel didn't turn his head. He knew who was coming, and he knew what their purpose was, and Israel knew that one of the two behind him was his most loyal and intimate comrade, and the other was also the most worthy of the fight.

"Nostradamus Sensei, Radcliffe."

Israel stood at the very top of the lookout and watched everything in the distance: "My dream is about to come true. ”

"Isn't your dream leading everyone out of the world to the other side of the sea of stars?"

Monotonous and emotionless, as if the sound of iron rubbing against iron came, it was the voice of Joshua van Radcliffe, the inheritor of the sages, the hero of heaven, his voice was as dull and emotionless as himself, with an aura of fear that could make ordinary people tremble and bow down, he only had a little emotion when he fought with his family, like a person, not a god of death.

"Why, the Void Battleship was built?" Joshua's voice sounded relaxed, and as he approached, he finally came behind Israel. In this regard, His Majesty the Emperor sneered: "Who to take to the other side?" A group of crooks, robbers, thieves, cowards and sadists? It's not my dream to go out into the world with a bunch of crazy people. ”

"One step to the sky, I won't have such a pure dream, I will only slowly move towards the goal I want, even if it is to exhaust my life."

At the beginning, Israel's voice was still a little emotional, but the more he went back, the more firm his voice became, until finally, his voice was as calm as he usually spoke, but no matter who he was, he felt that the air around him was gradually heating and boiling, and an indescribable momentum was spreading in the center of this emperor: "Everything should be thanked to you, Radcliffe, without you, there would be no current empire, there would be no apocalypse base, there would be no information terminal and magic network - naturally, There is no such thing as what I am and what I am now. ”

"You told me, why don't I start reforming right away? Because I know that the time has not yet come, when one group of people is washed down, another group of people will stand up, and sin will be like a reed, and if you break it, it will grow higher in the coming year, and the strong will naturally oppress the weak, just as the same class must oppress another. ”

"And now, the time has come?" The soldier's confused voice came.

"The time has come." Israel nodded slowly.

"Let him see what we've been fighting for these days."

Nostradamus, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, he smiled and stood at the side of His Majesty the Emperor, and then took out a strangely shaped steel bar made of unknown metal from his bosom, Joshua could see that it was half of a prism, and on the other side, Israel also took the same steel bar from his hand, and he took the other half from the old mage's hand.

- This is the information terminal! But why is it so big?! Looking at this scene, the warrior suddenly reacted.

And at the moment when Joshua came to his senses, Israel clasped his palms together and merged the two into one, and suddenly, a pale blue light shot out from the lower end of this prism, which was a data stream composed entirely of runes, and its information was so large that even Joshua could not parse it in an instant.

Israel's calm voice could be heard: "Joshua, watch. ”

"The time for change has come."

Suddenly, the observation tower in the center of the Apocalypse Base began to shake, and the steel plate on the top of the platform began to rotate and bulge outward, forming a high platform, and a deep passage appeared in the center of the high platform, and a beam of blue light like a prism shot out from the bottom of the channel, blending with the light of this 'key'.

[Information Terminal, No. 00-00, the highest administrator authority intervenes, and begins to fulfill Plan No. 1. 】

[The top manager - code name Israel, energy fluctuations are determined, and soul resonance is determined. 】

[Plan begins——]

May you shine like the sun on the world. 】

The metal prism in Israel's hand had liquefied under the impact of high-intensity energy, but it was not destruction, but it seemed to have returned to its original form, and the silver metal containing a pale blue light was churning and changing in the emperor's hands, as unpredictable as the heart of an unfathomable human heart.

A huge roar came, everything was ready, the towering lookout seemed to have a life-like changing form, under the operation of the magic circle program that had already been confirmed, the three legends watched this huge magic energy machine begin to deform, accompanied by the noise caused by the friction between steel and steel, and the slight sound produced by the resonance of magic, the lower part of the lookout tower broke away from the huge steel base, it was suspended in mid-air under the support of huge magic power, and continued to rise towards the sky.

Joshua and Nostradamus stood at the top of the unchanging lookout, the two of them didn't care about the rising platform, their eyes were still on the man in the center of the platform—and at this moment, His Majesty the Emperor spread his palm, and the liquid metal in his hand began to float slowly, and then rapidly unfolded in mid-air, turning into a throne that seemed to be made of light, and Israel watched as the throne slowly fell to the ground, embedded in the high platform that had been reserved for it a long time ago. The emperor sat on his throne.

He then gave his first command: "Unfold the full detection lens." ”

[Obey, supreme manager. 】

An emotionless voice answered him in pure informational language, and the next moment, with invisible energy fluctuations sweeping through every part of the empire, countless light curtains unfolded in front of Israel's eyes.

Joshua's eyes widened in confusion, and he stared at the curtains of light with Nostradamus.

The Helgamos Plain stretches as far as the eye can see, from Lake Yongge to Thomas Gorge, from the Tatarus Plateau to the Great Ajax Mountains, every region and city in the northwest of the empire can be seen, even the dwarves of the mountain villages and the underground, and the warriors can even see the dwarves grazing moles digging a passage into the depths of the earth, which is only a stone's throw away from another underground cavity.

In the southern fortress, the hot and humid air from the north has not yet arrived, but the gloomy black clouds have appeared in the north of the sky, and the families of the soldiers and civilians in the fortress are hurriedly retrieving everything on the hangers, so as not to wet the clothes that have been washed with great difficulty, and the thick gray clouds are slowly moving in the southeast swamp, like a cloud mountain, in which lightning shuttles, and the inhabitants of the tribe are accustomed to this, and continue their daily lives.

On the eastern coast of the empire, the golden afterglow of the sunset is reflected on the sea surface of Shiwan Harbor, as moving as the purest real gold, the waves are stacked on top of each other, and the starlight gradually emerging on the horizon can already be seen, and on the distant islands, the light of the lighthouse is guiding the merchant ships to avoid the reef and go smoothly in their respective directions.

Every corner of the entire empire, whether it is famous or not, whether there are people or not, even if there are only Hessian Jedi where demonic beasts are raging, even if it is an overcrowded commercial city, there are a large number of light curtains that reflect every trace of change, the imperial capital of the Three Mountains Holy City, in the Morlay Palace, the silver-haired queen frowned, she felt a familiar sight, but she didn't know where it came from, in the castle of the ancient fairy island, the empty elemental pillar was empty, and the goblins who were originally stationed there had long left here, With a certain teenager wandering around the empire.

A swordsman who travels with his family, a dragon girl wandering around the Northland Mountains, a mount that swims in the dazed sea while the warrior is away, the first team that conscientiously completes the task, and an artificial intelligence that wanders around the city with a silver-haired girl and buys miscellaneous books...... Familiar, unfamiliar, everything in these endless curtains of light.

"I am not a sage, nor a sage, I know with Nostradamus that the opening of the wisdom of the people is the first step in transforming society, but before this first step, I must crush all the classes, which is almost an impossible task, because there are destined to be superior and inferior between people, and there are destined to be oppressed and oppressed."

On the throne, Israel gradually became indifferent, and his voice with heavy echoes sounded, his tone was cold, and a thick killing intent appeared in the words: "I have thought about it for a long time, but I can only think of one way. ”

"That's me going to be the oppressor—the only one."

The radiance of divinity danced in Israel's eyes, and the Emperor's deep pupils began to gradually transform into pure light - at this time, his eyes completely turned into two golden flames, like the sun burning everyone who looked at him, Israel sat on the throne, staring at all the light curtains, and he said softly: "Thank you, Radcliffe, you have brought the magic web, you have brought the production line of the Void Battleship, and we have joined forces to create the final step of this plan - a surveillance network covering the entire empire. ”

And at this moment, Joshua also understood, he raised his head, looked into the void, his pupils also flashed with silver light, he saw countless rune light chains rising from all over the empire, and then heading to a certain place in the void, that is the Empire's recently completed Void Battleship No. 1, Israel named it and the entire production base 'Apocalypse', the Apocalypse has a huge core terminal, it receives the detection circle signals scattered throughout the empire, and then reaches the throne of Israel.

It was not clear to the warrior at that time why he came up with this name, but now, he understands.

"No wonder the server always crashes every now and then...... Obviously, there are several legendary powerhouses who are reinforcing and repairing day and night, and it turns out that you are experimenting. ”

Joshua muttered to himself, he turned his head and looked at Israel, "Nostradamus must be your accomplice, Barnier and William know about it?" ”

"After all, I paid for the construction of the information terminal, and they just followed the professional ethics and didn't ask me what I was doing."

Israel nodded slightly to Joshua as a sign of apologies, but then he reached out to the curtain of light and whispered, "Behold, Radcliffe." ”

"These sins are everywhere."

Following Israel's words, Joshua looked at the light curtain, and at this moment, the most superficial light curtain lenses changed together, turning into countless images that were different from before, and the warrior subconsciously clenched his fists at the first sight of them, and an irrepressible anger rose from his heart.

He saw the evil that lurked beneath the empire, hidden by the façade of prosperity.

It was the bandits who roamed the wilderness and the forests, plundering caravans and lone travelers, and it was because of them that countless lists of missing people were born, countless old people lost their children, countless children lost their fathers, caravans after caravans went bankrupt, and thousands of families were ruined because of them.

It was the adventurers hidden under the smile of harmony, the adventurers who shot at the Wilderness Old Forest Squadron, they pretended to be kind appearances, and took the inexperienced newcomers who were full of hope for the future to the inaccessible wilderness, and then killed them one by one in their sleep, they harvested the dreams of others, filled their money bags, and the blood on their hands could not make them feel the slightest guilt, only made them laugh disdainfully.

In addition to this, there are also nobles hidden in secret rooms, who think that no one knows, who have tried all the thrills and tasted all the delicacies, and after hunting wild beasts and monsters can no longer satisfy these people, they turn their eyes to their own kindred, so that every month, every week, and even every day, one or two young girls will disappear in a slum somewhere, and a group of people in a certain mountain village will be taken captive by masked knights, and they will end up in the bloody basement of the castle. Novelty' of material satisfies the tyrannical desires of these people that cannot be described in words.

"Gangsters who sell human beings, merchants who train slave girls, nobles who persecute commoners for pleasure, mages who are interested in dissecting human beings...... They think they are hidden, they think they have an umbrella, so they can do whatever they want. ”

In the name of usury, the villain who dragged the crying girl out of the house is ridiculing the stupidity of this family; The excitement of the slave trader who used magic potions to destroy the minds of slaves and reshape their personalities; The peasants who whipped their territories, the nobles who liked to hear the sound of broken bones shouted freely, which incidentally increased the force in their hands; And on the experimental table, the magician, who did not inject any paralyzing potions, but simply wanted to see the extremely frightened eyes of others, showed an inhuman smile.

Israel's indifferent voice echoed through the lookout, and His Majesty the Emperor, seated on the throne, let out a sneer: "But now, all in my eyes—the laws of the Empire—I will judge them." ”

He stretched out his right hand, and shook it in the air, and suddenly, with the sudden increase in energy fluctuations, every place where evil was derived from the light curtain ushered in its own heavenly punishment - the scorching flame arrow fell from the sky, killing all the bandits, all the villains, the gang's lair, the shocked eyes of many numb bystanders turned into a sea of fire, the headquarters of the slave trader collapsed in the heavenly fire, the nobleman's mansion was dismantled under the precise laser illumination, including the nobleman himself, and the magician in the mage tower spontaneously combusted out of thin air, In the eyes of the next test subject who has not yet been dissected, he becomes a piece of black coal.

Countless evil people are still looking at Heaven in fear before they die, and they are praying and confessing their sins to God, but the emperor's wrath will not be diminished by this feeble repentance, and those who should die should be like withered grass, turning into ash in the flames.

"Thirty days."

After doing all this, suddenly, Israel said loudly in a raised tone: "As long as the materials are sufficient, the Apocalypse Base can produce a second-class air cruiser, which can carry four high-energy magic crystal cluster cannons, and serve as a transit station, carrying my power, thirty or thirty days later, I will establish a monitoring and combat network covering the entire empire, as long as it is a visible evil, I can send a flying ship, or directly suppress it." ”

"The ultimate dystopian ......"

At this time, Joshua was whispering such a word to himself, because he said it in the language of the earth, so neither Nostradamus, who was smiling and watching all this, nor the calm Israel did not understand, just when the two showed puzzled expressions, the warrior closed his eyes slightly, and then he opened his eyes and looked at Israel, and asked in a deep voice, "This is your choice?" Israel, oppress the entire empire with absolute power? Monitor everyone with an information terminal? ”

"Yes, that's my choice."

Without hesitation, Israel showed an extremely determined expression, his eyes widened, and he looked at Joshua: "There will be no more crime, no more oppression, bandits will be extinct, all gangsters will go to prison, all nobles who torture and kill civilians will be sentenced to death by me, and any criminal who attempts to murder will be burned to ashes by me - I am the legendary powerhouse Israel, and I have the ability to do this!" ”

"There will be no more classes in this world, civilians can live in peace, caravans can not worry about peace and robbers, the upright can hold their heads high, and the despicable can only go to hell, this is what I want!"

Joshua stared at Israel's countenance: he wanted to find even a trace of selfish desire in it, but he didn't, the emperor didn't have any selfish desires from the inside out, he did what he said and did, without the slightest flaw - what if this was really what he thought from the heart?

"It's absolute power."

The warrior took a deep breath, and many thoughts welled up in his mind, Joshua didn't know what he was thinking for the first time - his reason told him that absolute power would lead to absolute corruption, and Israel was no exception, but on the other hand, he believed in the will of a legendary powerhouse, and if Israel said that he could do justice forever, then Radcliffe was willing to believe that he could do it.

Contradictory? No, trust itself is unreasonable.

"Nostradamus Sensei, Radcliffe."

As if sensing Joshua's complicated emotions, Israel slowed down, stared at the light curtain in front of him, and said in a voice with heavy echoes: "I know that this kind of absolute power is not a good thing. ”

"But now, I do feel the 'justice' that comes with 'power'."

Sitting on the 'Seat of Apocalypse', which was completely condensed by information terminals, Israel looked down on the earth from the observation platform at a height of 12,000 meters above the ground, looking down on his empire, surging divine light poured out from the emperor's body, Israel slowly closed his eyes, and a huge, gear-like black ring emblem appeared behind him.

It is the emblem of the god of power and justice.

In the Boundless Heavenly Realm, a great will vibrates slightly.

"Godawakened ......" he muttered softly, staring at the world of Microve with a complex gaze, but then he shifted his attention and continued to immerse himself in the process of merging with the Boundless Heavens.

And on the continent of Mycrof, above the East Barte Plateau, Israel opened his eyes again, and his eyes burned like the sun emitted a glow that was impossible to look at.

"I'm not going to leave this seat until the day I envisioned it was coming."

The Emperor said, "I will keep my eyes on this kingdom. ”

"Until it becomes what I thought it would be."