My wife is an immortal black snake.

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"Only the War Knights are left." Yang Hao shrugged, indicating that this was the biggest problem.

Yang Hao had too much leverage over the capitalists, so getting them all together, even to the point of a brawl, wouldn't be difficult. The real challenge was getting the commander of the Conquering Knights to come along too.

After all, the capitalists have come, and Yang Hao has the ability to wipe them all out. Naturally, he hopes to take this opportunity to eliminate the high-ranking members of the Conqueror Knights as well, paving the way for his own little pony. But how can he get those Conqueror Knights commanders, who are foolish but know some military and diplomatic knowledge, to come over as well?

Yang Hao and Teresa looked at each other, racking their brains to think of something.

While holding Hela, Ms. Sonia was looking at Margarita, wondering whether she should prepare a nursery for her when they got back so they could take care of her together.

Miss Karina was still working hard, while Ms. Norson, who had returned at some point, was listlessly drinking the chilled blood she had taken from the refrigerator, while staring at Yang Hao's wrist with hungry eyes.

About five minutes passed—just when Yang Hao thought the Knights of Conquest might have to deal with it "after some time"—Mr. Bozokasti returned.

He brought back a great gift: the body of a traitor...

Upon seeing the decapitated corpse that Mr. Bozocas brought back, Yang Hao and Theresa simultaneously slammed their fists on the table and exclaimed in unison:

"This is it! Use this corpse to force them to come over!"

That is a disgrace to all the commanders of the Conqueror Knights... If Miss Theresa were willing to show magnanimity and resolve this matter by making a mountain out of a molehill, even the most stubborn Conqueror Knight would have to swallow his pride and have a proper talk with Miss Theresa about the "traitor," right?

That... solves it, doesn't it?

The heartless boss and the shameless pony exchanged a glance, both able to see the thoughts hidden in each other's eyes. They laughed simultaneously, and seeing their smiles, Margarita could only mourn for the knights who had fought.

Chapter 122

.......

After annihilating the main force of the Colombians, the remaining time until November 5th was for the Casimir and Ursus coalition to launch a counterattack against the Colombians.

Colombian cities experienced a stock market crash due to the defeats of the frontline troops. Bankrupt citizens wailed in despair, while mayors and capitalists, who had made a fortune, hastily evacuated while the cities remained relatively safe. During this evacuation, they inevitably abandoned the cities of Casimir—cities nearly wiped out by gas attacks; taking them would only delay their progress.

To avoid being caught by the coalition forces, the Colombians naturally ran as fast as they could. But then again, while they escaped, they did accomplish one of their core objectives, which was also one of Lord K's core objectives—to test the effectiveness of the new weapon and, where unavoidable, to eliminate the Kazimierz's "human force."

As a result of this battle, Kasimir lost approximately one-fifth of its population—the vast majority of whom were young and able-bodied men.

But whether it's fortunate or unfortunate, besides the young and middle-aged labor force, many elderly people who were no longer able to work and could no longer bring any value to Kazimierz also died during the spread of the poison gas... At least for the Kazimierz government now, they don't have to worry about pension expenditures or the burden of the elderly population on the country.

However, despite this, the people of Kazimir were particularly dissatisfied with the current government. After the war was completely over, the people cheered and marched through the streets holding up wooden plaques engraved with the coat of arms of the Theresa family—they hoped that Theresa Nowitsky would return to Kazimir and bring light to the country in place of the current corrupt and incompetent government.

Of course, the capitalists and the current leadership of the Conquering Knights were unwilling, but soon, two letters from Theresa's side were placed before them...

The letter sent to the Business Entities Federation stated that "the capitalists who betrayed Kazimir have been killed, their assets need to be redistributed, and I hope you will come to see me in person." However, in the letter to the capitalists who attempted to surrender to Mr. Yang Hao, Theresa added, "The dirt on the capitalists who lean towards the Knights of Conquest is also here," and in the letter to those who did, she added, "The dirt on the capitalists who attempted to surrender to Ursus is also here."

Alright—the capitalists are all taken care of. Almost all of them have agreed to hold the meeting aboard the captured Columbian landship outside the Great Knight's territory. The only remaining issue is... has the situation changed with the Conquering Knights?

Hmm...that's good too.

When Theresa wrote about the "traitorous commander" in the letter, they couldn't sit still—the more conservative people are, the more they care about their reputation, especially when it comes to such a shameful matter... Naturally, they hoped that the matter could be minimized and resolved peacefully.

So they also planned to come, and the two sides agreed to meet on November 7th.

"Hmm... So boss, you've already planted the bombs? Haha, they'll be blown to bits in one go, and the explosions won't hurt civilians or our people—but speaking of which, it's a shame we're missing a land-based ship."

“That landship was going to be blown up anyway, so we might as well make good use of it—and Theresa, Kazimierz doesn’t need that many mobile city blocks right now, right? Can you sell me some?”

"Hey? Boss, if you want it, just take it, okay?"

“But now we are officially equals, and I should also give you the respect due to a Grand Duchess.”

"But I am still your little pony."

"...Fine."

During this rare moment of leisure, after clearing away obstacles to Theresa's rule, Yang Hao had to prepare the materials for her ascension before leaving for Kazdel.

To prevent Teresa from feeling lonely during her work, Yang Hao simply arranged his schedule for the next few days to "accompany Teresa while she works." This was necessary, as they needed to hand over many things to each other.

One of them concerns the use of the now-deserted cities in Casimir—with a fifth of the population lost and three Columbian landships captured, Theresa is genuinely worried about what to do with those empty cities.

One Colombian landship was to be blown to bits along with the capitalists and the leaders of the conquering knights; of the other two, one was to be kept for border patrol, and the other to be dismantled to upgrade Kazimierz's technological reserves. So, what about the vast number of Kazimierz's mobile cities?

Even if all the Kazimir people moved into those deserted cities after the gas attack, about 20 mobile districts would still be empty. The daily maintenance costs for those mobile districts would be astronomical if they weren't used—but simply abandoning them would be such a waste...

So Yang Hao decided to ease some of the pressure on Theresa: he planned to buy the empty mobile cities from her with money. But Ursus didn't need that many mobile cities, so what did he plan to do?

It's very simple. Sell them to Kazdel at a slightly higher price, to his student, Ms. Therese.

He knew that Kazdel had always wanted to restore its kingdom, and he also knew that every high-ranking member of Kazdel desperately desired to possess the city of Sarkaz... no, Tikkaz. Therefore, he did this partly to solidify the "friendly" relationship between Ursus and Kazdel, partly to do Lady Theresis a favor, and more importantly—he wanted to make Kazdel a "shield," a "shield" to prevent the psionic entities of the Gallic Empire from directly advancing on Ursus.

He was convinced that Ms. Theresa would accept this "generous gift" after careful consideration, but to his surprise, Theresa had no intention of asking him for money at all—she planned to give those things directly to her boss.

"Really! If you continue like this, how can I genuinely use you?" Yang Hao sighed, reaching out to rub Theresa's cheeks, now dressed in aristocratic attire. After rubbing for a while, he looked up at the sky and sighed:

"Alright, alright, then I'll take those districts from you for free. But I won't let you suffer such a loss. Besides the [Credentials] that were originally going to be given to you in half, I'll also station the other half of the Templar Knights here."

"Huh? I can understand Lily and the others, but boss, aren't the Templars your private army?"

“You’re my little pony, and I don’t want you to get assassinated by someone in a few days. Besides, this can be considered a kind of ‘rotational work’ system—the creeds who work for me can go back home to rest for a while every now and then, and the Templars who work for you can also take turns to rest every now and then. Isn’t that perfect?”

“Oh...what about trade? Kazimierz doesn’t have anything to offer right now—except for the Knights’ Tournament.”

"Then expand the Knights Tournament. As for gambling... while I don't particularly like it, for Kazimir right now, the most important thing is to quickly restore the economy and people's livelihoods—militarily, you don't need to worry for the time being. After all, Kazimir and Ursus will be bound together by fate from now on, and the Colombians won't risk fighting Ursus openly against you anymore, okay?"

"It means that they will continue to do this behind the scenes."

"That's your job, my little pony."

"I understand, I understand... It's just that the economy we restored through the Knights Tournament is still 'virtual'. As for the development of real industries and so on, we'll still have to trouble you, boss."

"Ugh..."

The knightly race in Kazimierz was originally a glorious testament to dignity and bravery, a spectacle to behold—but it has long been turned by capitalists into a tool for amassing wealth.

If Kazimierz wants to revive its economy, it will have to do the same. However, instead of the previous method where capitalists plundered the people's wealth along with their own, Theresa plans to exploit foreigners and then find a way to convert that money into resources needed for industrial and social development. Even so, she will still need Yang Hao's help, but Yang Hao has already made preparations.

However, if we want to restore Kazimierz and Ursus to their pre-war strength while also steadily developing their economies... how many years would that take?

Sitting on the bench, Yang Hao held Teresa in his arms and gently stroked her belly. As Teresa blushed, he pondered for a while: 50 years.

It is now 1042. If he is given 50 years, he can turn Ursus and Casimir into the world's first and second strongest powers, and then he can conquer Columbia and take over the first, second, and third places.

If Kazdel is included, perhaps fourth place is achievable. Even better if Yan Kingdom sides with him; then he's confident of securing a top-five spot in the world rankings—the only question is whether the five most powerful land-based nations can withstand the psionic beings who have wiped out the Gauls?

Furthermore, the chaos and disorder on Ursus' side also needs to be resolved as soon as possible... well, both are difficult.

It's all so difficult... If only we could get some more helpers who wouldn't betray us...

Just as Yang Hao was looking forward to it, he suddenly thought of something...

"By the way, Theresa—you want a child, right?"

"Eh? Ah, uh... um..." Theresa was a little flustered, but in the end she nodded properly, her face flushed.

"So I was thinking, if you become an Ascended being like us, our children should also inherit our long lifespans... Although I haven't ascended yet, it should be the same if you do..."

Yang Hao began to put his hand inside Teresa's clothes and started to rub her sensitive areas, making her gasp in a way that sounded like both crying and laughing.

"Ah... um... no, boss? Um..."

"Then our child can help us... Hmm? That's good. Anyway, even if you, Theresa, have three days to go home and rest, you'll still be very tired working alone... Having a child is a good thing."

"—But...but...but at least don't do it outside..."

Theresa's cries of anguish ultimately failed to deter Mr. Yang Hao from venturing deeper—after all, this was the top of the land-based warship, and there was no one around, really...

...

If Mr. Yang Hao's eyes were sharper, he should have noticed that on the distant mountaintop, Ms. Norson, who was standing on Sanae's shell grooming her enormous pet, was watching this place with her exceptional eyesight.

But Ms. Northumen just blushed and muttered a few words, saying, "You're just waiting to die of exhaustion in bed," while tapping Margarita's hair as she helped out. Amidst Margarita's groan, she said, "You'd better put in some extra effort when you go back to Kazdel, Margarita!"

...... ......

When Yang Hao, looking refreshed and seemingly normal, but actually with his stomach full of seeds and panting, returned to her ostensibly normal residence in Kazimierz to rest, he greeted Sonia and the others who were there, and then had dinner with the girls...

He asked Sonia's mother to come to his room alone and explained a recent arrangement to her.

"Sonia? You really have to go back with Hela then."

"...But I need a reason."

Yang Hao decided to let Sonia return to China temporarily. The journey ahead was too dangerous for her, and he didn't want to beat around the bush; he stated the most direct reason:

"The psychic entity on the Kazdel border, near the Gallo Empire, is related to you." He sat down and earnestly explained to the displeased Sonia's mother, "Those psychic entities can wipe out the entire Gallo Empire in an instant. I can't risk taking you there as well—don't worry, my guards, Lady Northrend, and Margarita will protect us. Besides, I can't bring too many troops into Kazdel—this is a politically significant matter."

"...Do we really have to do this?"

“Really. Sonia, you’re the person I trust most, and there’s no doubt that it’s the most dangerous place for you there—I’ll need you to protect me when I go to other places later. So I don’t want you to take such a big risk getting close to there. Just this once, okay?”

"...Fine."

Looking at her child who was sincerely making his request, Sonia's mother could only sigh gently and hold him in her arms.

Meanwhile, while enjoying Sonia's embrace, Mr. Yang Hao didn't forget that today was the day he was going to the House of Lamentations.

Hopefully, that performance-based agreement will bring me good news.

Chapter 123

At 0:20 on November 6th.

Yang Hao arrived safely at the House of Elegy, held tightly in Sonia's mother's arms.

It was the same dizzying process again. After falling, he saw Miss Elegy, as always, resting on the recliner. Before Mr. Yang Hao could say anything, still dazed and confused, he heard the woman shrouded in mist laugh:

"Oh dear, not bad, Mr. Yang Hao—I lost this bet. So I should give you what you deserve, right?"

"Hiss... Right—but speaking of which, Miss Elegy, why are you suddenly in such a hurry to end this war...?"

"Did you notice that?"

"After all, you don't seem like the kind of person who would gamble with others just for fun. And if you're trying to lie to me, given our situation... I think I should be able to sense it."

"Hehe. Come here then, I'll explain it to you slowly."

Yang Hao obediently walked to Miss Wange's side, and when he saw Miss Wange's outstretched hands, his lips twitched. He still picked her up and lay down on her recliner while holding her.

I must say, Miss Elegy's body is incredibly soft; holding her in my arms feels like holding a rag doll... but this physical connection is just too strange...

"In short, Mr. Yang Hao, we don't have much time left. That Last Cycle is not some herbivore that's willing to stay in a circle and wait for the grass to ripen—it's already stirring, and you have indeed received similar messages, haven't you?"

"Correct."

"That's why I provoked you a bit, to get you to end the war as soon as possible and deal with things over there... Heh, it seems you're really working hard, trying to grab your place among a bunch of monsters... You've worked hard."

"So could you show me some of those fitness and health supplements...?"

"of course can."

Nestled in Yang Hao's arms, Miss Elegy moved restlessly on his thighs and stomach while extending her scythe forward and then gently pulling it back.

The reclining chairs they had made instantly appeared elsewhere. This was the interior of the House of Lament, where there were three raised platforms, and on each platform sat three strange objects.

On the platform to the left is a bottle of potion, on the platform to the right is an iron hammer, but on the platform in the middle is...

Is it a bottle of mist?

Let me introduce these things to you.

Miss Elegy jumped down from Yang Hao's arms, and as she jumped down, she playfully rubbed her buttocks against his sensitive spot, causing the man to blush with double the sensation, while also harboring high expectations for the props that could improve his living conditions.

She first introduced the item on the far left, which Miss Elegy called the "Forge Potion"—

"After drinking it, it can make your body stronger, right? But the bad news is that it will sever all your connections with psionic energy. So I personally don't recommend you use this potion, since it will cause you to encounter an obstacle on the path to becoming a puppeteer that you have to start all over again."

"Oh...so you mean if I want to continue down the path of a puppeteer...this isn't recommended?"

"formal."

Simply put, this is a potion that can turn a frail mage into a barbarian warrior in an online game, but the price is that you can forget about learning magic in the future—Yang Hao understood this simple and easy-to-understand meaning, so he simply gave it up.

Then, Miss Elegy introduced the prop on the far right—a prop that Yang Hao had to keep in his hand at all times, as it was the only way to improve his health.

"—Because it's an item that grants the user a stronger physique, you have to carry it with you at all times, okay? Although there are no side effects."

"...Then forget it. I can't exactly bring a hammer when my wife and I are about to do those things we love, can I? That's just not good...Besides, Miss Elegy, I don't think you'd like that either."

"hehe."

Therefore, Yang Hao simply and decisively abandoned the hammer, and thus...