Truly Worked to the Bone / It's Not Like He's Doraemon

Then, in a televised address, Jada publicly announced her recognition of the sovereignty of the Fourth Night Empire.

His remarks also caused a huge uproar.

Many people are privately speculating whether the Chaos Zone has betrayed the Sanctuary Treaty Organization and chosen the Fourth Night Empire as its ally.

After all, only two True Ancestors of Vampires had appeared in the Pacific Ocean War before this.

The Third True Ancestor Chaos Bride, never appeared from beginning to end, suggesting that she had already cooperated with the other party.

Among the countries that chose to establish diplomatic relations, there were three names that surprised Ren.

The first two are the countries represented by the handsome and cheerful young man and the female prime minister of the Cheli Giant, respectively, while the third is the small Nordic Aldegia Kingdom, which had not previously joined the Sanctuary Treaty Organization.

Because he had been active on Itogami Island for some time, Ren didn't have much of an impression at first glance, but he quickly remembered the existence of the Silver Princess.

Yase Kanon's niece, Princess La Folia, the Silver Princess, is also the eldest princess of the Aldegia Kingdom.

He hadn't expected that a country that had a significant role in the original story would choose to establish diplomatic relations at this critical juncture.

However, this is a good opportunity to choose a time later for Yase Kanon to return to her ancestral home and reunite with that princess.

Of course, Ren doesn't have time for them to recognize each other right now.

After this mission, he planned to go back first, and then come back to deal with the remaining matters in the Strike the Blood world after he had dealt with things there.

After all, there are still many plot points from the original story that didn't happen.

Whether or not those events occurred had little to do with whether or not Itogami Island was established as a nation.

Of course, whether he can return in the future depends on the "Teleport Anchor" function provided by the system.

The reason he was so proactive in doing side quests was so that he could come back anytime after completing the main quest.

Otherwise, if you complete a world's main storyline and never get to return, and never see the beautiful girls you know again, that would be too much of a hassle.

"System, how do I synthesize a world Teleport Anchor?"

Less than a second later, the system spoke.

"Construct a world Teleport Anchor? Once constructed, the host can teleport across worlds."

"Synthesis."

"In synthesis, please wait..."

After waiting for about half a minute, Ren finally heard a "ding".

"World Teleport Anchor successfully crafted. Please select the location. Once set, it cannot be modified for thirty days."

"It's even possible to modify the Teleport Anchor coordinates?"

Ren exclaimed in surprise, then opened the system map.

World Teleport Anchor are highlighted and are whiter and larger than regular Teleport Anchor.

Ren was quite adept at setting up the anchor points, directly selecting the bedroom in Nangong Nayue's house as the coordinate. Once the selection was complete, the anchor points were set.

After clicking on the map, Ren immediately saw the familiar world map of High School DxD.

Chapter 372 Truly Exhausting Work

After all, the location of many Teleport Anchor was marked on it, so Ren was very familiar with it.

Unfortunately, although he has activated many anchor points in the High School DxD world, only the one at his home in Kuoh Town is accessible for teleportation.

Ren didn't care, as long as they could communicate.

With that in mind, Ren tapped the Teleport Anchor in Kuoh Town.

The next second, he felt weightlessness, and when Ren regained his balance, he found himself in a familiar room.

This is his master bedroom in Kuoh Town.

The window near the bed was half-open, and a gentle breeze blew in, feeling cool and pleasant as it brushed against one's face.

The mere sensation of the wind was enough for Ren to realize that he was no longer on Itogami Island.

The artificial island, located above the dragon vein, enjoys a summer-like climate year-round, with temperatures around 20 degrees Celsius even in winter. In other seasons, the wind blowing into the bedroom is extremely hot.

At the same time, Ren also sensed several familiar presences.

Only after realizing this did Ren confirm that he had returned to the world of High School DxD.

"System, how is the time flow calculated in the instance world after I leave it?"

"Similar to the world the host is currently in, the time flow between the two worlds will be adjusted, and the maximum time spent in the instance world will not exceed twenty-four hours."

Hearing this, Ren finally felt relieved.

He did not stay in Kuoh Town, but returned to the world of Strike the Blood once again.

Although the passage of time will mean he'll be gone in no more than 24 hours, he should still say goodbye before he leaves.

Moreover, some things haven't been resolved yet.

For example, the promise I made to the Karyana sisters.

With that in mind, Ren went directly to the two inseparable sisters and told them about it.

At first, they thought Ren was going to assign them new jobs, but when they heard that Ren had decided to deal with the Beastmen who had invaded the Caruana family, Liana burst into tears of joy and, before Veldiana could react, dragged her to her knees.

After saying that, Ren used the remaining time to personally take them to what is now Nefelapitus.

In fact, the Nefelapitus was only established in the last few years.

Therefore, many ordinary people are unaware of this small border country located next to the War King Territory.

Moreover, many countries in the world do not recognize the legitimacy of the Beastmen government.

Furthermore, most of the Beastmen were only good at fighting and not at building a nation. Therefore, after establishing his state, the Nefelapitus constantly waged wars abroad to divert attention from domestic social conflicts, resulting in extremely low reputation among the surrounding countries.

After all, most of the surrounding small countries still recognize the former Caruana Duchy, not some Beastmen.

Furthermore, there's one more point.

That was during the previous Feast of the Crimson, the arms dealer Zaharias held a ceremony in a major city in Nefelapitus to increase the inherent time of the Fourth Progenitor in order to better awaken him.

The main purpose of doing this was to increase the Fourth Ancestor's favorability towards him.

Unfortunately, the Fourth Progenitor had long since become Ren's Pokémon. No matter how much Zaharias did, he was just a sycophant who ended up with nothing.

Furthermore, due to the ritual, a significant portion of the city's residents became vampires, plunging the city into prolonged riots.

Although this process ended after the Original absorbed enough memories and the vampire returned to normal, the body and mind suffered severe damage, leading to the near collapse of Nefelapitus's medical resources to this day.

Now, due to the news of the establishment of the Sanctuary Organization Army and the Fourth Night Empire, Nefelapitus has become even more neglected.

It was under these circumstances that Ren brought the two sisters to their hometown.

As for the question of how to revive the family...

Veldiana's idea was more direct: she hoped that Ren could completely destroy the Beastmen army, just as he had destroyed the Sanctuary Organization Army, and teach these Beastmen a profound lesson.

However, Liana rejected her sister's suggestion.

She knew Nefelapitus's current situation better than anyone else.

If they were to wreak havoc here and destroy the Beastmen army, the entire country would descend into chaos, and even with Ren's military suppression, they could only barely maintain order.

Therefore, she implored Ren to go and find the current high-ranking members of the Beastmen.

"If they were smart enough, they would know what to do."

Liana knew exactly what Ren was thinking.

After silently admiring the intelligence of this daughter of a vanquished clan, he personally led them to meet the current high-ranking members of the Beastmen.

Just as Liana said, the high-ranking Beastmen did not show much emotional fluctuation after learning of Ren' arrival. On the contrary, they treated Ren, the true mastermind Fourth Night Empire, with great courtesy and tried to make a good impression.

Although the Beastmen touted themselves as a warrior people, that was only relative.

Ren's reputation is now known to all, and even these warrior nations feel fear towards him.

Knowing full well that their resistance would only lead to annihilation, they simply surrendered and made peace.

Especially after several hot-tempered Beastmen tried to ambush Ren but were instantly burned to ashes, his previously restless thoughts were also suppressed.

Of course, there are bound to be a few stubborn fools who insist on courting death.

However, all of them were soon shot in the back and were ultimately ruled as suicides.

After dealing with these high-ranking officials, the core of Nefelapitus's power was completely handed over to Ren. Ren then entrusted the daily management of Nefelapitus entirely to Liana, continuing to be a hands-off manager. After activating the Teleport Anchor here, he returned to Itogami Island.

The following day, Liana announced the incorporation of the Nefelapitus into the Fourth Night Empire.

This incident did not elicit any reaction.

After all, the Fourth Night Empire is currently thriving, and besides Nefelapitus, there are many people abroad who voluntarily renounce their nationality and hope to join the Fourth Night Empire.

After this matter was reported to Ren naturally delegated it to others around him.

For example, Aya Tokoyogi.

Of course, Ren wouldn't completely abandon the project.

He put forward three conditions for outsiders applying to join the Night Empire: no criminal record, no racists, and no Brother Ni.

Aya Tokoyogi found it hard to stay calm when she saw the last line.

You still dare to say you're not racist?

Ren didn't care about any of that; it was his hard and fast rule anyway—if you weren't happy, you weren't welcome.

Then, their daily lives became a Nangong Nayue Aya Tokoyogi focused on their careers during the day, while Ren focused on his "career" at night.

A few days later, they became quite furious with Ren's arrangements.

"Why are you the one in charge behind the scenes, while we do all the work?!"

Ren shrugged. "If being a boss means working yourself to death, then what's the point of being a boss?"

They were speechless, furious, and vowed to make Ren experience what it felt like to be exhausted that night.

Then every morning, they could only struggle to get out of bed with aching backs and drag their tired bodies to deal with the various affairs of the empire, experiencing firsthand what it truly meant to be exhausted.

Chapter 373 It's Not Doraemon

The rain-soaked concrete reflected a slippery sheen in the sunlight.

In the courtyard of a private palace, there is an open-air outdoor swimming pool.

Several girls were standing on the dried-up pool floor, scrubbing it with mops.

This is one of the Sin God's Legacy summoned from another realm with the assistance of Glenda and Aiba Asagi.

What was once a military fortress in this otherworldly city has now become a small country with an area of no less than 250,000 square kilometers, capable of accommodating tens of millions of people.

Moreover, although it is an artificial island, it is also planned for the agricultural reclamation area.

Because it has been sealed in another realm for many years, the farmland has retained its nutrients, which will be put into use once the population is replenished.

In addition to agricultural facilities, there are also private facilities.

The luxurious palace that Cain once used to live in was no longer in use, so Ren naturally took it and made it his private property.

Upon learning that there was a swimming pool, Nagisa Akatsuki immediately suggested that everyone help clean it up.

"It's so hot."

After working for about ten minutes, Nagisa Akatsuki looked up at the blinding blue sky and sighed deeply.

The involuntary sigh dissipated into the air with the steam.

Although her goal was to swim here, the scorching floor tiles and the constant stream of ultraviolet rays were gradually draining her energy.

"It's definitely hotter than usual this year. The weather forecast says it's going to be a mild winter."

The one who answered with gentle anticipation was Yase Kanon, a woman with silver hair.

She usually wears a black undershirt under her school uniform, which not only prevents accidental exposure but also blocks the scorching sun of Itogami Island. Wearing a sun hat on top of that makes her feel less hot.

Nagisa Akatsuki was also fully armed, spraying herself with sunscreen all over, but it still couldn't stop the heat.

At this point, they couldn't help but glance at Ren was also cleaning the pool.

Although he had made capitalist remarks in front of Nangong Nayue others, implying that bosses don't need to work, Ren joined in the labor after receiving their request.

In addition, Himeragi Yukina, Kirasaka Sayaka, Aiba Asagi, and Glenda were also present.