Chapter 844 (2/2)

“You do make some sense in saying so, but in the face of time, what great empire can last forever?” asked the maidservant. She smiled and said, “In truth, the so-called ‘Orc Empire’ has been around for generations. Whether it’s the emperor’s bloodline and tribes, or the guiding ideology of the ruling party… even the king of the Orc gods has changed. So what if I had created my empire? What then? I don’t think it would have made me any more glorious.”

“Is this arrogance typical of successful people?” the earl said. He smiled a little sarcastically and said, “Unlike you, I’m a complete failure. I’ve exhausted my means, thought of all ways, yet ultimately, I was unable to protect anything at all. I’ve never had the kind of confidence you have.”

“That’s why you adopted such an intense style of doing things?”

“Pretty much. I guess I’m the most extreme one of the three of us,” said the earl. He looked at the sky and sighed. “It has never occurred to me that I could actually have the chance to step into the mortal world and do my best to show what I’ve got!”

“Things in this world have always been so unexpected,” said the maidservant. “I was the first one to come to the human world. Then Robert came along. But then, Robert was summoned back, and you came as his replacement… All three of us Holy Spirits have been sent out to the human world. This thing is originally astonishing in its own right.”

“But ultimately, the goal hasn’t changed much, has it?”

“That’s right. We’ve only had one goal all this time,” said the maidservant. With a smile, she said, “In fact, there have been some changes, but the things we have to do pretty much stay the same.”

“Let there be chaos in the Commonwealth of Gold Coins. Let them become as disorderly as possible. This is what we have to do,” said the earl. “I find myself doing quite a good job.”

“You’re doing well, but I find that the method could be even better, in fact.”

“It’s not important what the method is.”

“The method is very important.”

“Winners always feel this way. But for losers, if there’s no guaranteed success, what’s the point in considering other ”methods?'”

In the watchtower, there was a momentary silence.

After some time, the maidservant spoke again, “How’s your injury?”

“It’s okay.”

“It’s okay? You’ve been punished by Heaven. It can’t have been easy for you.”

“Actually, it’s really not as bad as you think. After all, since way back, there has only been hostility between me and these guys. Slaughtering them is not against the oath I made to myself.”

“But given the power we have, the moment we exercise it in the human world, it will be easily detected by the enchantment.”

“You think too much. If it has been detected, I would have been struck dead by lightning ages ago,” said the earl. With a smile, he shook his head and said, “I merely used low-level legendary power, that’s all. A power at this level would not alarm the enchantment.”

“But I don’t see any signs of you recovering from your injury,” said the maidservant.

“That’s right, and it’s impossible for it to recover,” the earl said. He smiled and added, “After all, this body has been dead for a long time. There’s no way a dead man can recover from his wounds.”

There was another period of silence. Then the maidservant sighed and said, “I can’t help having a bad feeling.”

“Me too,” the earl said. “But it doesn’t matter. So long as I get things done, I’m fine with anything.”

The two said nothing more as they fell into utter silence.