That Is Swearing Allegiance To The Dear

Rhine: "Just lend me the sword for now, I'll go get it some fuel."

Constance: "Mmm..."

Speaking of the Pay-to-Win Sword, Constance seemed to hesitate.

Rhine paused: "What happened?"

Constance: "Your Highness, why don't you come see for yourself."

And so, Constance led Rhine into her room.

Constance's room was very simple. She lived in the dormitory for Sanctuary clergy, with one living room, one bedroom, and a kitchen. The furnishings were extremely basic, even to the point of being austere.

Constance brought Rhine to the door of her bedroom.

Rhine noticed that the bedroom was sealed with magic by Constance.

Rhine: "What's inside?"

Constance: "The sword, and..."

"My Lord!! My magnificent Lord!! My great Lord!!!"

A scream suddenly came from the bedroom: "Where are you?! Why have you sealed me in this space! If this is your will, I will execute it with all my might, but my great Lord! Your holy artifact cannot be lost here too!!"

This voice is...

Rhine's expression changed.

"Obadiah?"

"Yes," Constance said tiredly. "I woke up this morning, and he suddenly appeared in my room."

Rhine: "..."

This is rare.

Rhine had never encountered this situation before.

Rhine: "Is it dangerous?"

Constance: "It doesn't seem to have any destructive power."

Rhine: "Then let me see it. Release it."

Constance dispelled the seal.

The bedroom door slowly opened.

"My Lord!!!"

The next moment, a chibi ancient dragon, holding the Pay-to-Win Sword in its mouth, rushed out of the room like the wind and lunged into Constance's arms.

Then it slammed into the barrier Constance had erected, crying out in pain.

While screaming, it still desperately apologized to Constance: "Forgive me, My Lord! Your subordinate has offended you! I shouldn't have gotten carried away and tried to touch your noble body! Please punish me, My Lord!!"

Constance: "..."

Constance looked troubled.

Rhine observed the chibi ancient dragon. Setting aside its mini body, shrunk a thousandfold, and its noticeably rounded contours...

This guy really did look like Obadiah.

Then, Obadiah noticed Rhine and his face changed dramatically.

Obadiah: "Rhine Hein... It's you, you beast!!"

Rhine: "You still remember me?"

Obadiah gritted his teeth: "You despicable ant!! Olivia's lapdog!! I will never forget the ugly and malicious face of you murderer... Ah, of course! Although I died later, I was willingly killed by My Lord, please rest assured! My great Lord! Obadiah will unconditionally and loyally execute all your commands!!"

After cursing Rhine, Obadiah then lavished praise upon Constance.

Rhine was a bit speechless.

"My Lord? You mean, her?"

Rhine patted Constance's shoulder.

However, this action enraged Obadiah: "Vile human, take your filthy hands off My Lord!! How dare you, an ant, touch the sacred body of the Primal Sequence?!"

Rhine sneered: "Heh, then bite me."

"Wait, what are you doing! Don't play with My Lord's hair!"

"Stop it quickly!! Don't pinch My Lord's ears!!"

"Ahhhhhhhhhh do you know what you're doing!!! Don't pinch My Lord's butt!!"

Obadiah wailed as if he had lost his parents, his cries so heart-wrenching that he nearly fainted.

Constance blushed: "Your Highness..."

Rhine smiled and withdrew his hand, falling into thought.

Obadiah was actually still alive?

This truly surprised Rhine.

After all, in all his previous loops, Rhine had never encountered such a situation.

However, Rhine quickly understood the crux of the matter.

Olivia.

In previous loops, Rhine had viewed the Evil God as an enemy and never attempted to cooperate with him, so naturally, he couldn't have gotten Olivia to willingly remove Obadiah's immortality.

In past battles, Rhine only had opportunities to deal with Obadiah under two circumstances.

The first was when Obadiah completed his molting and ascension, challenged Olivia, and by sheer luck, wasn't killed by her.

The second was when Olivia perished.

Both scenarios could have occurred depending on the strategy of the loop at the time.

But either way, it would have meant that Obadiah, killed by Rhine, had completely broken ties with Olivia.

But now, the situation was different.

Obadiah's rebellion against Olivia so far was premeditated but had not yet been put into action.

And because of this...

Rhine: "Olivia?"

Ripples spread across Rhine's eyes as Olivia's voice came through.

"Sorry, he's my subject, after all."

Olivia said helplessly.

As expected.

Olivia had spared his life.

After all, ancient dragons were incredibly rare.

Every subject held great significance for them.

If Obadiah had completely fallen out with Olivia and challenged her, Olivia would have shown no mercy.

But now...

The Dragon Princess had shown compassion.

Olivia: "I spared his life, allowing him to rely on [Rhine] to survive. Of course, recovering his original strength is impossible. His current power is only slightly better than a dog's."

I see...

Then there's no problem.

Rhine didn't have any deep-seated hatred for Obadiah. As long as he got the Pay-to-Win Sword and the Skull of Mercy, Rhine honestly didn't care whether Obadiah lived or died.

However... looking at the revived Obadiah, Rhine suddenly had an idea.

Rhine: "Since you've revived him anyway, to prevent him from being killed again, why not restore his immortality for a while?"

"Oh?"

Olivia blinked in surprise: "You're speaking up for him?"

Rhine: "Grant him immortality, and then lend him to me for a while."

Olivia: "Ha~ha~ha~"

Olivia understood Rhine's intention and laughed meaningfully.

And so, A blessing traveled through the Nether Realm, reaching the mortal world, and descended upon Obadiah.

Obadiah's wails instantly ceased.

He was astonished: "Was that... Olivia's blessing? Even now, that Evil Dragon still wants to protect me?!"

"Obadiah."

Rhine crouched down and said softly, "You know, Olivia saved you. She couldn't bear to slaughter her own subject, so she wanted to give you another chance."

Obadiah's voice was icy: "I thank her for her magnanimity, but my will shall not change!"

"That's fine."

Rhine smiled: "Although you've lost your power now, you can't die. Why don't you use your own eyes in the future to confirm whether Olivia has truly betrayed the ancient dragons?"

"..."

Obadiah fell silent.

In fact, the moment he awoke from the holy artifact of the Primal Sequence, he had already guessed who had saved him.

Though he was unwilling to admit it...

Olivia's actions had begun to shake Obadiah's resolve.

An Evil Dragon that had ascended to become an Evil God should have been brutal and frenzied, swayed by the powers it wielded, becoming an embodiment of emotion, losing itself, and descending into chaos.

But how could a chaotic, mad, lustful avatar possibly understand forgiveness and mercy?

However, perhaps Obadiah truly needed to reflect now... on what kind of deity Olivia actually was.

"Alright..."

Obadiah drooped his head, accepting reality.

Rhine smiled, "Then it's settled. Oh, and Constance, can I borrow this dragon as a meat shield?"

Constance: "Mm."

Rhine: "Did you hear that? Your great My Lord has issued an order."

"??????"

Obadiah stared, dumbfounded, a question mark hanging over his head.

What?!

8. The Goblin CEO's Perfect Scheme

Golden Land.

The Goblin paced back and forth in his office, his expression unusually excited.

Within a spatial rift, White Vulture rested with her eyes closed, monitoring the Golden Land with her senses. She occasionally cast a glance at her employer before boredly looking away again.

Her Goblin employer had been in this state for a full day.

All of this was, naturally, because of the death of the ancient dragon Obadiah.

In the Golden Land, there was a secret everyone tacitly understood.

From the moment the Goblins borrowed the first loan from the mortal kingdoms in the name of the Golden Land, the Golden Land's leadership no longer belonged to the dwarves.

With advantages like having no bottom line and being intelligent, the Goblins used the massive principal stored in the Golden Land to leverage enormous wealth from across the mortal world.