"This concludes the report on the final attack plan." A young staff officer from Brazil Region pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then turned his attention to Ian and Olivia. This young man was dressed in an extremely retro style - a decent Old Era suit and tie, which looked a little out of place.
"The plan is very thorough, I can't find any faults." Ian nodded. He was very self-aware. His attainments in military tactics were actually quite limited, and those sitting in this core war room were all Arcane Empire's top military brains. Therefore, for this decisive battle plan that was related to life and death, he chose to unconditionally trust their professional judgment.
"Do you have any other questions you would like to add?"
"Your Majesty, there is one detail that we have not received clear instructions on - Regarding the final decisive battle with Guznader, does Empire plan to conduct a simultaneous live broadcast across the entire network and galaxy?" a very senior military veteran asked.
"The answer is: no live broadcast." Ian answered decisively.
As soon as this statement came out, no one in the war room continued to ask questions. The people who could sit here were foxes with thousands of years of experience. They immediately understood that the reason why His Majesty the Emperor wanted to hide this last epic decisive battle behind the scenes must involve some core secrets that must not be known to the public. Moreover, as Empire is a group of people in power with the highest security level, since they do not even have the authority to know the inside story, they do not want to explore it even more. The less you know, the longer you will live. This is a universal iron law in the universe.
Their intuition is very sharp and accurate. The reason why Ian wants to block the live broadcast is because he is extremely worried that in the final fight with Guznader, the terrifying background of Tenth Tier Floating City "Netheril" will be accidentally exposed!
Just imagine, if Empire citizens and interstellar refugees saw with their own eyes that Empire had actually mastered Tenth Tier bits of force that could crush everything, and could end this brutal galaxy-level meat grinder war as easily as crushing an ant to death, but it has been delayed until now... Then, the image of "Wei Guangzheng's the Chosen One" that Empire spent countless efforts and resources to establish will collapse in an instant!
Therefore, this War of Gods and Demons video must undergo the most rigorous editing and post-processing by the Imperial Propaganda Department, erasing all technical details that should not appear, before it can finally be released to the public in the form of a recording.
"Since there are no other questions," Ian looked around, "Then the decisive action plan has been officially finalized."
Ian stood up, paid a military salute to all the generals present, and watched the group of the Empire and War Machine file out. When the heavy alloy door was completely closed and only he and his wife Olivia were left in the huge war room, Ian turned his head and looked at the woman who had always been as cold as ice.
"What? Don't you have anything to say to me?" Ian broke the silence.
"I have nothing to say." Olivia responded coldly.
"Really?"
"If you have something to say, just say it quickly, don't beat around the bush." She snorted impatiently.
"Dear, we now have super-dimensional existences with nearly Infinity lifespans that are comparable to the gods," Ian said in a relaxed and casual tone. "We have already evolved at the level of life. There is no need to use such childish 'cold violence' to vent our emotions like those uncivilized mortals. If you are unhappy in your heart, express it in words. We are partners and we need to communicate."
Olivia waved his hand suddenly, turned off the holographic tactical screen in front of him, turned his head and stared at him. "The biggest dissatisfaction I have right now is you!"
"You don't have to say it, even the blind can see it." Ian secretly cursed in his heart, but on the surface he still maintained a lot of patience and acted like he was listening.
"Ian, I have never interfered with your overwhelming romantic luck; even if you change women every day and sleep with stunning women all over the galaxy, I won't even blink!" Olivia's tone revealed a deep disappointment and anger, "But, I have always thought that the word 'wife' has an extremely special and sacred weight in your heart!"
"But look at what you're doing now? You're just like a psychopath with a collecting habit, treating marrying a wife as collecting Pokémon!"
'Damn it, what on earth did I do wrong to teach her to scold me with such a stupid otaku?' Ian complained crazily in her heart, but there was no ripple on her stern face.
"Every time you bring a woman back from outside casually, and then grandly give her the title of wife, I feel that you are trampling on and cheapening the bond between you and me, and you and Hermione that has gone through countless years! Your frivolity makes me feel that our sacred marriage is simply worthless in your eyes!"
Hearing this stern accusation, Ian did not immediately refute. He fell into deep thought, tore apart every word of Olivia and weighed it carefully in his heart. He knew very well that this was an extremely serious core conflict that could trigger a family crisis at any time.
Through this quarrel, Ian finally began to look directly at the dark corner of his heart that had been deliberately hidden, and began to deeply reflect on the bonds between himself and his wives.
He sadly discovered that the source of his initial attraction to these peerless and beautiful women was actually not some bullshit love at first sight, but stemmed from an extremely possessive desire that was deeply rooted in the marrow of his soul and was almost pathological!
It is true that after getting to know their vivid and real souls in the subsequent day and night, he truly fell in love with these women. However, when they first met, the impulse to take them as his own was entirely because he retained the mentality of "Origin Earth" in his previous life!
In his first life, top goddesses like Hermione, Olivia, Wiz, and Tsunade were all aloof, fantasy dreams that existed in an illusory two-dimensional world and could only be viewed from a distance but not played with.
He had lusted after their images for countless late nights, but his miserable inferiority complex made him very clear that even if these women really came to reality, trash of his level would definitely not be worthy of carrying their shoes.
However, when he was reincarnated into this Wizarding World, when he climbed from the bottom to the pinnacle of power step by step, when he became handsome, wealthy, and held the hegemony of the universe... His desires and greed, which had been suppressed, suddenly rebounded with revenge!
When he really interacted with these goddesses who were once out of reach, he was like a hungry man who suddenly became rich and saw a full banquet, unable to control his extremely swollen Lust and possessiveness!
It is precisely because of this morbid desire that is deeply rooted in his soul that he completely let Self go in the relationship between men and women, and he must forcefully pull anyone he likes into his harem. As Olivia pointedly pointed out, his ridiculous behavior, which is similar to "stamp collecting", has seriously devalued the supposedly sacred bond between him and his early wives.
Ian quickly reviewed his emotional history with all his wives in his mind. He and his early wives - even counting Olivia - had experienced countless ups and downs together.
He even accompanied Olivia as he grew old together, and the two of them spent decades of ordinary and warm years together like an ordinary married couple.
But what about Wiz and Tsunade? The situation is completely different. Although their encounter was full of dramatic sparks, it was simply a brief love affair.
The so-called emotional foundation between the two people does not even meet the most basic threshold of marriage. From a very Coldblood political perspective, these two marriages are more like a disguised political marriage to attract high-end combat forces!
"You're right. My behavior in this matter... is indeed too ugly." Ian exhaled heavily, with a rare hint of self-blame and honesty in his tone, "My self-control has suffered a serious decline."
He finally realized from a painful experience that he must remain more sensitive to the emotional needs of his wife and family members. If this bottomless lust for beauty is allowed to continue to expand, this time bomb buried in the harem will one day trigger a terrifying storm that can tear apart Empire.
Olivia leaned back on the chair and looked at Ian's rare gesture of admitting his mistake. His tone finally softened and he let out a tired sigh, "Although I wish from the bottom of my heart that you would make a vow now and promise never to go out to flirt with women again... But I also know that this is unrealistic. For now, I reluctantly accept your attitude."
Quit Lust completely? Ian laughed bitterly in his heart. He didn't think he had such a high moral realm and willpower to be an ascetic. The biggest compromise he could make was to strengthen Self management and never let this kind of corrupt private life affect the harmony of the family.
"I have deeply reviewed my mistakes. Now, it's your turn to give me an explanation." Ian's pair of deep silver eyes became sharp in an instant, staring at Olivia.
"Explain? I did nothing wrong." Olivia looked away with some guilt.
"Stop pretending to be confused. You know better than anyone else that your actions of sending your military spies to secretly monitor Wiz and Tsunade have seriously crossed my bottom line!" Ian's voice was not loud, but it exuded an unquestionable imperial majesty.
Olivia let out a long sigh and finally took off the tough disguise:
"I admit that I went too far. But... I simply can't control the illogical fear in my mind!" She explained painfully, "I don't know why, but ever since they appeared, a ridiculous thought has always popped up in my mind uncontrollably - I'm afraid that one day you will completely abandon me for these new loves, and even cruelly strip away all the power and military power in my hands and give it to them!"
In fact, on a rational level, she knows better than anyone else that with Ian's cold, rational and extremely controlling character, it is absolutely impossible for her to make such a stupid move of destroying the Great Wall for a woman. But Envy and the sense of crisis are like the poisonous snakes in Abyss, biting her reason tightly, and finally driving her to make the extremely stupid monitoring decision.
"You clearly know that I would never do that to you." Ian softened his voice.
"I know. But I just... can't control myself."
Ian rubbed his eyebrows and let out a helpless sigh, "It seems that there are indeed some problems in our marriage. As soon as this damn galaxy war is over, our entire family must undergo in-depth family psychotherapy. This will definitely greatly improve our current tense relationship."
"This idea sounds quite reliable." Olivia nodded, but then frowned, "But... in this vast universe, finding a psychiatrist who has the courage and destiny to dare to take our business is probably more difficult than climbing to the sky, right?"
Serving as a psychiatrist for the Imperial Family, Arcane Empire? This is simply asking for death! The treatment process will inevitably involve countless absolute secrets that can destroy the galaxy. For those psychiatrists, once they hear these secrets that they should not hear, the moment they leave the clinic, it is probably the day when they will be ruthlessly obliterated by the Empire agents.
"There will always be that kind of lunatic who wants money rather than his life and is willing to take the order. If we can't find anyone alive, we will simply let the top artificial intelligence be our psychiatrist." Ian made the decision without hesitation.
"It's a deal."
With this internal crisis temporarily resolved, Arcane Empire, this terrifying state machine, finally began to run crazily towards the final victory!
Under the control of the Imperial Propaganda Department, the entire press and interstellar media were completely thrown into a climax. The final declaration of "crusade Necromancer Emperor and end Undead Calamity" was overwhelming. Ian had no intention of concealing the intention of this general attack. He wanted the entire Milky Way Galaxy to tremble under the front of the Empire!
The citizens of the Empire are excited. This protracted and bloody meat grinder war that has lasted for nearly ten years is finally about to see the final light!
People are too eager for peace, especially in the Arcane Empire, a civilization that is in a period of rapid development. It is true that war can greatly stimulate the technological explosion of civilization, but those dividends are often limited to the cold military field.
Today's Empire has just entered a golden age of "Universal Magical Awakening". Every civilian has the opportunity to come into contact with extraordinary power. Therefore, they are eager for peace to come, eager to tap their own potential in a stable environment, and create their own glory.
Except for a small group of warmongers who made their fortune from war and are eager to seize more power in the chaos, the vast majority of citizens are eagerly waiting for the ultimate victory of the Empire completely crushing Guznader!
More importantly, for the Arcane Empire, the significance of this war has long gone beyond simply "unifying Milky Way". This is the first shot for Arcanist Civilization to officially declare war on the superior gods! Therefore, this battle can only be won, not defeated!
Under Ian's subtle brainwashing, the citizens of the Empire have long been filled with extreme contempt and unabashed hostility towards those so-called gods.
Countless people are sitting excitedly in front of the holographic screen, waiting with great anticipation for the Empire army to capture Guznader alive. They even fantasize about being able to witness with their own eyes how Empire's group of crazy Alchemy masters vivisected this Necromancer Emperor on live TV!