Schemes Within the Mausoleum (First Update)

"Ladies and gentlemen, I am your Emperor, the ruler of Loen, East Balam, and the Rorsted Archipelago—George Augustus III."

The next day, at Memorial Day Square in Backlund's West Borough.

Augustus III, his small mustache neatly trimmed and his expression stern and rigid, solemnly stepped onto the podium and began his impassioned speech.

He first denounced the Forsak Empire's past invasion of Loen and its current attacks, stirring the anger of the people below.

Then he painted a vision of the prosperity that would follow Forsak's defeat, making all the citizens deeply acknowledge him as their king and thus achieving the best possible effect for the advancement ritual.

"After the war is won, I will once again lower the property requirements for voting rights and transfer more power to the House of Commons."

"A counterfeit imagined into existence."

On a white cloud above Backlund, George watched Augustus III's passionate speech below and could not help shaking his head.

Adam—or rather, Grisha's imagination might fool everyone else, but it could not deceive him.

"I can sense that he has already begun advancing."

Roselle, standing beside him, had light shining in his eyes.

As the Black Emperor of the previous generation, he could naturally sense the next Black Emperor's advancement. Once the next Black Emperor successfully advanced, he would vanish directly.

However, now that the Fallen Mother God's corruption had been cleansed from him, he could return and resurrect at any time if he wished, reclaiming Augustus III's Uniqueness and Beyonder characteristics.

"Looks like the royal family still doesn't trust the churches."

Augustus III had told the churches that after his speech ended, he would go to one of the nine mausoleums to advance to the Black Emperor.

But in truth, once the speech began, he had already left the podium and