Her Majesty the Empress
"The Orks are good in every way, except they're a bit too ferocious."
"Look how terrified these children are!"
Chen Changhe seems to have a bit of a Versailles vibe.
However, Vasily Madsyan and the dozens of soldiers who accompanied him into the armory were all terrified.
It seems they still haven't adapted to the Orks's simple and unadorned fighting style.
"It's okay, you'll get used to it after a while."
"But if you dare to soil my weapons and equipment with your vomit, I'll have the Orks eat you alive!"
Chen Changhe patted a soldier who was vomiting profusely.
Startled, the soldier gasped for breath.
Strangely enough, not only did his vomiting problem disappear, but it also disappeared.
The other soldiers around them, who had also felt nauseous, suddenly lost that urge.
The Orks's terrifying behavior during this period completely terrified them.
They believed that if they really dirtied the weapons and equipment in the armory, Chen Changhe would take them and feed them to the Orks.
Leaving that aside for now, let's turn our attention to the capital of the Dragon Empire.
Inside the imperial palace, Her Majesty Nefertari Vivi, the current Empress of the Dragon Empire, was gazing towards the Northlands.
Neferutari is the surname of the Griffon Family, and the Dragon Empire has practiced an elective monarchy for thousands of years.
According to the law, the Imperium throne must be inherited by a suitable candidate chosen from among a dozen or so electoral families within the Imperium.
The House of the Lion Earl, to which Chen Changhe belongs, is also one of the Elector families.
However, in reality, the throne has been firmly held by the Nefertari Family for thousands of years.
The surname Long originates from the Divine Dragon Family, Imperium original owners were the Dragon family.
Thousands of years ago, the emperor suddenly abdicated the throne to the Nefertari Family and established an electoral system.
Although the Long family remains one of the electoral families of the Imperium, they have been suppressed for thousands of years, and their highest rank today is only viscount.
It has long lost its influence in the Noble Council.
Full and upright, the kind of uprightness where you can't see the toes when you look down.
Her slender waist was so delicate it could be encircled by a single hand, and the red gown accentuated her radiant figure, exuding an air of elegance and nobility.
Her eyes held a faint chill and indifference; she needed no makeup, yet possessed unparalleled elegance and breathtaking beauty.
The Nefertari Family has always had blonde hair, but Her Majesty the Empress's three thousand strands of black hair are spread out in a flamboyant manner, making her fair and translucent skin even more dazzling.
Her Majesty the Empress has long been recognized as the most beautiful woman in the Dragon Empire.
Even now, she still holds the top spot on the Divine Dragon Beauty Ranking.
One reason was to show respect for Her Majesty the Queen.
On the other hand, it's also because everyone still believes that Her Majesty the Queen's beauty is unmatched.
It is said that decades ago, the Beastfolk Kingdom launched a massive invasion because the Human King at the time wanted to abduct the queen to be his concubine.
At that time, Her Majesty the Empress was just a young girl of sixteen or seventeen who had not yet fully grown up.
Her Majesty the Queen is even more charming now.
"Someone is stealing my Divine Power!"
Her Majesty the Queen appeared extremely angry.
Rumors circulate that Her Majesty the Queen has allied herself with the Corruption Goddess human representative.
But the reality is that Her Majesty the Empress is the Corruption Goddess.
To be precise, it's an incarnation of the Corruption Goddess.
This dimensional world is very special.
The gods cannot enter in their physical form; they can only sense the natives of this plane of existence through their Divine Power, making them lords or God's Chosen to gather faith for them.
However, the Power of Faith provided by the natives of this plane of existence is exceptionally pure.
Furthermore, once the God's Chosen become Petitioners, they can be transformed into Hero Unit.
This alone was enough to make the gods unable to resist.
Even for gods, cultivating outstanding Hero Unit is not easy.
A plane that can reliably provide Hero Unit is enough for them to invest significant effort in controlling it.
The Corruption Goddess has found a shortcut.
A long time ago, he severed a wisp of his divine soul and sent it into this dimension.
For thousands of years, this wisp of divine soul has been reincarnated continuously.
Until the birth of Her Majesty the Empress.
When the Beastfolk Kingdom invaded the Northlands, Her Majesty the Queen finally awakened all her memories and made contact with the Corruption Goddess.
With the help of Her Majesty the Empress's soul location, the Corruption Goddess finally channeled her Divine Power into this plane of existence.
The Divine Power fell upon the Northlands, forming Corruption Mists.
And as an avatar of the Corruption Goddess.
Her Majesty the Queen has control over the Corruption Mists.
If Her Majesty the Empress were to travel to the Northlands and absorb the Corruption Mists, she could easily achieve godhood in this world and merge with her Divine Domain in the divine realm.
However, this was not the Corruption Goddess's goal.
Corruption Goddess wants to do is to continuously nourish the Corruption Mists with the flesh, blood, and souls of the native beings of this plane of existence.
After the Corruption Mists enveloped the entire plane of existence.
Her Majesty the Empress has once again merged with the Corruption Mists.
The Corruption Goddess might be able to take this opportunity to make a big leap forward.
In recent years, Her Majesty the Queen has been controlling the spread of Corruption Mists across the Northlands borders.
Because Her Majesty the Queen deliberately concealed the information, ordinary people were unaware of it.
The area shrouded in fog in the Northlands has already increased by one-fifth.
And this only applies to the area within the Dragon Empire.
In the Beastfolk Kingdom, among the Elves, and in the territory ruled by the Goblin Tribal Alliance.
This diffusion is more pronounced.
Countless lives were absorbed into the Corruption Mists, becoming part of it.
What exactly happened in the Northlands?
"Is the loss of Divine Power just my imagination, or is it actually true?"
Because she was far removed from the Corruption Mists, Her Majesty the Empress was able to sense very limited information.
She couldn't pinpoint the exact location where the Divine Power had been lost.
After much deliberation, she finally decided to put the matter aside for the time being.
She will command the corrupt chosen ones, hidden in the Corruption Mists, to search for suspicious targets.
She looked at a document that had just been delivered to her.
"Wang Zizhen... is this Wang Defeng's son?"
Wang Defeng is the name of the contemporary Lion Count.
"He sent his son to the Northlands to inherit the Blackwater Fief?"
"That poor old man not only caused the death of his wife, but also the death of his son."
"If he ever regains his sanity, he will surely regret it so much that he will want to die."
Don't you think so, Hannah?
She looked behind her and saw several armored, expressionless figures in the shadows.
One of them was Hannah Taraschuk, whom she had mentioned.
"I don't know, Your Majesty. As you know, since becoming the Chosen of Corruption, I have lost all my memories of my former self."
The woman answered in a very broken voice.
If Chen Changhe were here, he would definitely recognize him.
This woman was clearly the sixth-tier God's Chosen's mother from Wang Zizhen's memories.
She's just younger than I remember.
"Okay, okay! What a pity!"
Her Majesty the Queen pursed her lips.
Although he has been the ruler of this country for decades.
She still occasionally reveals her childlike side.
Of course, this would only be in front of these corrupt chosen guardians who protected her.