"One did everything he could to distance himself, using corruption, madness, and having no other choice to evade responsibility for the slaughter of his later years..."
"The other freely admitted all his blood debts without caring in the slightest: That's right, repeat your accusations against me. They are entirely correct. One million four hundred thousand lives. I like that number."
"Isn't it obvious which one truly has humanity?"
"...Such abundant humanity, Your Majesty. But Huang Tao isn't what the gods need. How long will you keep playing Huang Tao, Consul, Caesar, Tyrant, Massacrer, Black Emperor, the great Roselle Gustav?"
Before we began discussing the greatest emperor and the maddest earl in Intis history, we had to understand one premise: the two kings were hostile toward each other and mocked each other, yet under certain circumstances trusted each other more than anyone else. When you could pay enough, a devil was the best trading partner in the world. Roselle never doubted that Edward would betray him, unless the devil had never been loyal to begin with. Edward never believed Roselle would refuse him, for Roselle's great undertaking and objectives had long surpassed the bounds of mortals. Only he could put goods matching Roselle's ambitions on the shelves at the right moment, and their relationship appeared so close and inseparable.
The young man was naturally full of pride, just as all the transmigration novels of the Old Earth Era described. Even if most readers thought they would die in all sorts of ways if they transmigrated, the young Huang Tao-Roselle, unsuccessful in his previous life, was simply that confident.
He did indeed have grounds for confidence. With the help of the Savant potion, he brought the great achievements of human civilization from the Old Earth Era into reality, one after another.