Chapter 197

"Haha! The King of the Wild Hunt is the coolest!"

Ryan laughed.

Federal head of state 'Motis', isn't that right?

Once the federation is established, everything will be much easier. All he needs to do next is let 'Motis' rightfully seize power.

As for those people in the City of Desire within the Federation, isn't the Gate of Janus almost here? Don't worry, Fifth Wife, First Wife is on her way!

"Once we've dealt with the people of the City of Desire, all we need is for Lin Qi to help clear his name. Motis can then step into the spotlight, and based on the Northern Federation, we can further take over Wildea... and the entire Northern Continent will be under our control."

Ryan stroked his chin, looking at Mortis's character art, and imagined what she would look like in her Empress attire... Hmm, on the day Motis ascends the throne, I'll arrange for her and Vainay to stand side by side and make a mess!

Second update! Sorry for the late update, I've been working on the AI character design, and the experts in the group are really amazing, their creations are completely different from mine! They're fantastic! I'll post them once they're all finished.

This one, plus the one from during the day, brings the total word count to 15,000, so I'm checking in 3/7. Still asking for monthly votes!!!

Chapter 132 New Character 'The Tainted Knight', Pope Lilvia [5k5]

The highly anticipated joint meeting ended in a predictably absurd manner.

Elvian decisively severed ties with the Northern Coalition and, with the five member states, prepared to establish the Verdea Federation.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining countries of the Northern Coalition announced the establishment of the Northern Federation State, headed by 'Adechis'.

This meant that the Northern Coalition's regime was moving from fragmentation to unification, and a behemoth was about to take shape... This was how it should have been. If it weren't for the City of Desire causing trouble, Elvian would have become the head of the Federation, full of vigor and ambition, leading her army into Augustus with ease.

In Ryan's view, Elvian could have stayed with the Northern Coalition, slowed down the establishment of the Federation, manipulated public opinion, exposed the conspiracy of the City of Desire, and then dealt with the mole within the Northern Coalition through the Gate of Janus.

However, the Queen's decision was clearly very decisive and swift. She made a clean sweep, ensuring that her federal state was completely clean, and at the same time launched a public opinion campaign to criticize the current Northern Federation.

Unfortunately, the effect was very limited, because Elvian had withdrawn from the United Nations, which could be understood as a sign of frustration at not achieving her goal. Moreover, given that the City of Desire had been plotting for so long, without direct evidence, the people of the Northern Federation would not easily believe that their leader was Heretic in disguise.

This time, we still need the Gate of Janus, a professional and steadfast heretical organization, to step in.

However, Ryan was not in a hurry. After the joint meeting, he had Motis start planning things within the Federation. Right now, the most important thing was to take control of the Federation.

To clear the name of the Federation, Ryan must eliminate the pawns of the City of Desire lurking in various countries, and at the same time preserve Motis's legitimacy as the head of the Federation.

It sounds difficult, but it's actually not simple at all.

However, Ryan already had an idea. After all, human nature is to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Now that the Federation has been established, all that's left is internal purges. The key lies in the Gate of Janus and the Augustus Empire. Ryan can use both of these cards in his hand.

The former can strike at the City of Desire, completely tilting the power of the Federation towards 'Motis', while the latter can suppress the Verdea Federation, completing the purge within the Northern Federation and preventing those member states from siding with Wilder.

You can survive in the Northern Federation, but you'll die if you go to Wilderness. Which would you choose?

To achieve this goal, the destruction of the Verdea Federation is inevitable.

"In most kingdoms, the number of high-level Supernatural Being is very limited. As long as Shally can advance to the fifth level, there's basically nothing to worry about... Let me see, of the five vassal states of Wildea, I'll just pick the weakest one to crush."

"However, the Holy Blood Army is still a bit short. The Kingdom of Lotte's army needs to be mobilized quickly. The key is to first deliver a heavy blow to the Moonlight Knight Order before launching the campaign to destroy the kingdom."

Ryan habitually made a draft plan in his notebook, and after confirming its feasibility, he burned it.

He then opened the game and selected the new character interface.

The army of the Kingdom of Lotte needs to be mobilized immediately. After all, sending troops from Augustus and from Lot are two completely different things, with a huge difference in efficiency. In addition, Augustus has indeed been very busy lately. His two wives, 'Vainay' and 'Ina', are constantly thinking of ways to deduct money and personnel from different places to build up the army and stabilize the situation. The road ahead for the empire is not smooth either.

As for Caslathdi, 'Vainay' assigned her to oversee the construction of the Sorcerer's Tower.

Because the Augustus Empire cannot consistently produce extraordinary professions suitable for military warfare like Wilderia, Ryan plans to develop an Academy of Supernatural Being to cultivate the Empire's own outstanding talents from scratch. Talent cultivation is an indispensable part at all times.

And Caslathdi also enjoyed it.

As for the Kingdom of Lotte, Ryan took out the 'Token of the Tainted Knight' that he had obtained earlier. This thing is a hidden profession, after all, so there's no reason for it to just sit in his backpack and gather dust.

Please name the new character.

"Aisha".

It's time for the dreaded character creation stage again.

The character creation process works like this: Alts only need to focus on leveling up, while the main character has many more things to consider.

Since the job advancement requirement for the Tainted Knight is a Charisma score of 12, which is too unpredictable, it's best to aim for that score from the start.

"It's a pity that Avril actually very suitable, so why did the Moon Goddess come to snatch her away? Could it be that the Moon Goddess is actually a very lewd guy who wants to do that?"

Very good, actually the God of Desire is quite serious!

While pondering, he sculpted and mended the figure.

About ten minutes later, a girl with long purple hair came into view.

Her deep blue eyes swept across the sky, her face was like a warm pebble, her features exquisite and beautiful, her temperament more mature. We've already created a sunny succubus, so let's try a more mature one, the mature 'big sister' Aisha, here she comes!

[Character's initial attributes have been generated.]

Aisha (female): Constitution 12, Spirit 10, Magic Power 8, Comprehension 10, Charisma 13

"Wow! It really is huge. Miracles happen with brute force!"

Ryan's eyes lit up.

Compared to Avril, Aisha is 'bigger' in every way, especially in the front. This time, Ryan used the classic buttery technique, which, although not as daring as Amabena, was still much bigger than before, resulting in her charm value being maxed out at 13 points.

In an instant, Ryan seemed to have grasped some kind of trick.

"No, no, I didn't create this character for this kind of thing. Ryan, the big picture is not yet complete, and the Alts are all working hard. You can't keep going down this path."

Beep, pleasure +1.

Seeing Aisha's truth made Ryan feel better.

Characters are now generated.

When choosing a spawn point, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we'll directly select 'Veldria'. Augustus's character slots are already full, but with Aisha here, we can create three more. The number of slots isn't actually that many, but it doesn't matter; we can just run through the map if necessary.

As the game screen transitions, the view gradually becomes clear, and Ryan then sees Aisha appear in a lavishly decorated room.

Aisha was born into a wealthy merchant family; her father was a renowned Gilded Merchant in the Kingdom of Lotte, but tragically died in a pagan attack. Aisha inherited the family business and, at a young age, amassed a fortune. Last year, she purchased a territory and became a baron in the Kingdom of Lotte, but in Aisha's heart, she always dreamed of becoming a knight.

"Business won't save Lotte." — Aisha.

"Um..."

"The merchant template... but that doesn't seem right. It's not like a knight-merchant isn't a good noble?"

Ryan took a look and found that Aisha's territory was within the Silvermoon City area. Although it was close to the royal city, the price was not expensive. After all, the situation in the Kingdom of Lotte was not good, and the price of titles had plummeted.

Of course, whether or not she jumps into the water makes little difference to Aisha, who has a complete business empire and whose personal wealth may be greater than that of Amabena.

Amabena used to be quite wealthy, but Ryan has emptied her pockets to recruit an army, leaving her with nothing.

"Young Miss".

At that moment, a man who looked like a butler appeared outside the room and said respectfully, "Viscount Asaro has sent an invitation to a banquet at his residence tomorrow evening."

Aisha waved her hand lazily. "I'm not going."

"Young Miss... Viscount Asaro is quite powerful. He specifically invited you, and I'm worried that if you refuse outright..."

"Let Asaro die. Grandpa Job, from today onwards, the business of the Chamber of Commerce will be yours to manage. You only need to report to me regularly."

"Huh?" Butler Job looked up, bewildered. "Young Miss, then what about you?"

"The nation is in peril, this young lady is going to become a knight!"

Job: "?"

That afternoon, fully armed 'Aisha' plunged into a rift in the Inner World.

As the influence of the Outer Gods expanded, the instability of the Chaos Space increased further, and things like the rifts in the Inner World are now everywhere.

However, under normal circumstances, the demons inside cannot get out unless the Chaos Power riot, and the Hunter's Guild will also cooperate with the city to maintain order and issue missions to deal with the demons.

Moreover, some powerful Bounty Hunter Group also explore the Inner World to unearth ancient civilizations. So far, explorations throughout the Northern Continent have proven that many incredible civilizations and technologies exist within the Chaos Space.

The existence of these advanced technologies attracted a large number of people to explore them. Even without any missions, people would continuously enter, euphemistically calling it "treasure hunting".

Let Aisha play by herself, Ryan yawned, walked into the yard and lay down.

These past few days have been his time lying down.

The Verdea Federation and the Northern Federation have already started throwing mud at each other. Let them fight for a while. Ryan is waiting for the City of Desire's next move. Whether it's 'Motis', Dilia, or even Old Joe, they should be able to bring some news over.

Once the two sides have fought to a sufficient extent, the Gate of Janus and the Augustus Empire will enter the fray simultaneously, and then they will begin to reap the rewards.

It is worth mentioning that the Second Wife, 'Shally', has already led the Holy Blood Army to break camp, totaling 5,000 people. There are also 8,000 who secretly infiltrated earlier, plus the nearly 2,000 Holy Blood Army left to guard Silvermoon City, for a total of 15,000 people.

If this 15,000 is used well, it will be no problem to resolve the situation of the Northern Coalition. However, before fighting Wilder, 'Shally' needs to take the Holy Blood Army to train, since a large part of them are newcomers.

Ryan estimated that the official start of the war would probably take about a month, so he wasn't in a hurry.

[Congratulations on your successful class change— 'Tainted Knight'.]

"Hmm, you successfully changed jobs? That was pretty fast."

Less than half a day after Aisha entered the rift, Ryan received news of her job change.

He opened the job information and glanced at it.

"Oh? That's really impressive."

[Introduction to the Tainted Knight Class:]

[Professional Talent]

[Emotional Control: The Tainted Knight can accumulate emotion points. When the emotion points reach a certain level, different abilities are unlocked. Effect 1: Every 6 points of emotion points increases all attributes by 1%. Effect 2: The Tainted Knight can control targets; the higher the target's lustful emotions, the easier they are to control. Effect 3: The Tainted Knight clears their emotion points and unleashes a Super Mind Strike, dealing additional damage (emotion point percentage) to the target and inflicting an erosion effect on the target's Mental Power. The maximum emotion point is 200; once reached, it cannot be accumulated. It decreases by 1 point every 6 seconds; increasing the emotion point refreshes this timeout.]

[Profession-Specific]

[Mind Strike Lv1: The Tainted Knight unleashes a slash, dealing 110% attack damage to the target and increasing their lust level. Each use of this skill accumulates 10 lust points. Cooldown: 10 seconds.]

[Praise: The Tainted Knight unleashes the Power of Desire, causing the target's emotions to erupt and their lust value to increase significantly. Each use of this skill accumulates 20 points of emotion value. Cooldown: 30 seconds.]

[Career Attribute Growth]

[Physical Constitution: ★★★★☆]

[Mental State: ★★★★★]

[Magic Power: ★★★★]

[The Tainted Knight: A knight corrupted by lust, who hates desire and possesses a steadfast heart, yet is cursed by desire and becomes the source of all evil. Through his control of lust, the Tainted Knight can easily destroy any target.]

"Damn, no wonder so many people want to play this class, it's all about old perverts!"

The growth of professional attributes is definitely not low, and can even be said to be excellent. As for the professional characteristics, they can be seen from the initial skills. They have no shortage of high attributes and high damage burst, but they are not as simple and brutal as the Blood Knight. They need to control their emotional value.

At the first level, the accumulated emotion value is definitely not enough. Skills should have additional bonuses at higher levels, otherwise just stacking emotion value is too troublesome.

But.

Looking at the 'Praise' skill, Ryan couldn't help but feel that the Tainted Knight should be in an underground interrogation room, not on the battlefield.

If they were to shower the target with praise and cause Sese to erupt in a frenzy, Ryan didn't believe any prisoner could withstand it.

The key to this skill is to control the field first, rendering the target unable to resist. Otherwise, in the confrontation with Supernatural Being, many professions will have mental immunity and relic protection, which will greatly reduce the effectiveness.

Overall, Ryan was very satisfied with the abilities of the Tainted Knight... no, extremely satisfied!

"Let's advance to the third rank first."

After successfully changing jobs, Ryan had Aisha continue leveling up. In the early stages, leveling up in the Chaos Space was quite fast, but it became slower after the third tier. The demons on the outer perimeter were low-level and offered little experience, and soloing inside was too dangerous unless you were Blood Knight or Deep Sea Hunter, otherwise the risk was too high.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The Verdea Federation was established swiftly, and before Elvian could even celebrate this momentous occasion, she gave the order for the Moonlight Knight Order to launch their attack.

Her target was naturally the Northern Federation. And indeed, looking at the two federations in her territory, they were clearly divided. Wildea occupied the northern half of the original Northern Coalition, while the Northern Federation was in the southern half.

After the Moonlight Knight Order south, they launched a surprise attack on the Kingdom of Casolda in the Northern Federation overnight. The king of this kingdom was none other than Coleman had previously opposed Elvian at the joint conference.

As it turns out, Elvian, though broad-minded, was petty and vengeful.