553 Revived (1/2)

Even though most of the countries in the world were currently at war, the news of an Undead Calamity being defeated, or, more accurately, the descent and defeat of an Undead Emperor shocked the entire world… Alright, fine, such a thing would never happen, as this only occurred in a small country. Still, the Sala Dukedom and its neighboring countries were shocked at the news.

When most people here heard that an Undead Emperor had descended and then been defeated, the first reaction wasn't actually ”nice job” or ”who accomplished such a thing?” Instead, most people reacted with ”What a joke, someone's lying to try and gain military achievements,” or ”A small group of undead being exaggerated to become an Undead Calamity and Undead Emperor? Who would be stupid enough to try and spread such a rumor so that they could become a hero?”

Undead Emperors were troublesome, truly troublesome to deal with, to the point where every Undead Emperor's arrival would be recorded in history. Not a single country or True God would have the guarantee of being able to defeat an Undead Emperor. Meanwhile, for a small country that most people wouldn't know how to locate on the map to be able to singlehandedly defeat an Undead Emperor seemed to most people like nothing more than an outlandish story.

But, before other countries' spies and scouts could gather more information, the fairies issued a detailed combat report for this small in scale yet fierce battle. Not a single country or church dared not to take the information contained within seriously.

”The wood spirits have made their move. Their queen personally led their most elite aerial forces in battle.”

”A real Undead Emperor actually arrived! A forbidden spell battle destroyed the entire mountain range there! The Mage Country has determined from the energy residue that there were at minimum two super mega forbidden spells cast there!”

”Rumors say that a legendary ruin from the scholars' generation has been discovered. It seems that the wood spirits have taken over that ruin. The skies around that area are also now under the control of the wood spirits' royal fleet. Nobody is able to get close.”

”A God's Descent? Is that person still capable of using God's Descent? Didn't the God research experts already predict that he was unable to use God's Descent anymore? Oh! So it was the God of Discipline who performed a descent to create a divine miracle and save his believers. It seems that this God's reputation will greatly increase.”

”Link died. One of his subordinate knight domain lords killed him… Who's Link? Oh, the prince of Sala Dukedom? Who's responsible for bringing me such a useless piece of information? Who cares if he dies or not? That won't affect our country in the slightest!”

Among all the information reported, of course there was some viewed as important and some viewed as unimportant. Although the Prince Link assassination incident created a huge commotion within the Sala Dukedom, it was treated as useless information by other countries. And, among all the information reported by the fairies, the most attention-grabbing headline was one of the simplest.

”Roland has returned. He defeated Undead Emperor Conservation.”

This one name which had only resurfaced for a short two years before suddenly disappearing again for a long seven years caused a huge commotion in the world.

”Roland the Undying”. ”Roland the Unpredictable”. ”The second most troublesome individual from the Northlands”. (The most troublesome one was a certain he who shall not be named). I had a long series of nicknames, some glorious, and some dark.

Nothing would forever remain a secret in this world. Even the greatest secret would likely become public knowledge after ten or one hundred years had passed. Roland's past as Emperor Yongye made it so that it was impossible for any stranger to ever trust him or treat him in a friendly manner. However, he would forever catch everyone's attention.

And, his unexpected appearance this time was an expression of his attitude and whose side he was on with how he had defeated an Undead Emperor and her army. This caused many people to heave a sigh of relief, and Roland had also proved that his power was still present.

Meanwhile, I was still in Starwood City while casually waiting for a certain person after I stirred up all this commotion.

”Orange level alert. A certain existence who shall not be named has had his second child together with the Great Stone Sculptor Ainslo. Considering how their first child, the stone monkey, caused so much trouble not long after his birth, once everyone found that a certain giant stone egg was also 'his' descendant, all the residents of the Lain Mountains fell into a complete panic. A refugee crisis has appeared there… What type of ridiculous news is this!”

I helplessly put down the fairies' magazine that I was reading. Just what ridiculous reporting was this? I couldn't understand it at all! Was I simply too far behind the times?

”Stop pretending not to understand. That's clearly your former subordinate Beifeng, who's now known as the 'Most troublesome individual from the Northlands.' Did you really think that others wouldn't know about the relationship between you two, and that you actually taught him, if you simply pretended not to understand?”

I found myself helpless to counter this. Indeed, right when I returned to the public eye, my intelligence organizations gave me reports on the most recent international situations and important personages. As for the report on that familiar bastard, I received an entire room filled with case files and wanted posters. There truly was nobody in history who had ever accomplished what Beifeng had.

”Cough, he actually ended up together with Ainslo and had two children together with her? Should I send him my belated congratulations for getting married and having children?”

I did my best to change the topic, but Amelia responded with a cold chuckle.

”Ha, this might only be the Great Stone Sculptor Ainslo's second child, but this is who knows what hundredth child that Beifeng has had. Even a stone couldn't stop him. He now has the nickname of 'Monster Creator'. He absolutely has a great chance at reaching the top five of the Calamity Rankings. Such a disgusting existence. We should castrate him.”

”It's useless. I've heard that his chosen personal Concept is 'Reproduction.' And, the Myth-ranked weapon that he strengthened was literally his reproductive organ. He's a shame upon all powerful individuals… So if you cut that off of him, it can probably still grow back. It would be better to seal him away in another dimension somewhere.”

Harloys and Amelia were actually seriously discussing how to eliminate a great harm for the public benefit. It seemed that they were highly displeased with Beifeng's playboy ways. However, they kept glancing at me while discussing Beifeng, and when I kept hearing them mutter words like ”playboy” and ”castrate”, I couldn't help but sense a mysterious chill run down my spine.

”Cough, let us talk about serious business now. About the 'Revived...'”

”Let us not waste time on such a boring topic. Right, Teacher Harloys, I have the newest plant-based skin care product here. It's a magical rose scent product. Would you like to try it?”