Defying the Fate of Beheading-Chapter 554 - 304 Who Knows if You are Possessed by a Succubus_2
But upon hearing Louis being questioned, Beatrice still furrowed her brows slightly.
Louis noticed Beatrice’s unusual expression and patted her shoulder, saying, "Let me handle it."
Beatrice nodded.
Louis had always valued the etiquette while handling various matters, ensuring not to create a real joke.
Beatrice had enough trust in him.
Unexpectedly, the first thing Louis did with a smile was to unleash his pressure.
A terrifying aura instantly expanded from him, spreading rapidly to the surrounding area.
The invisible force swept through like a tidal wave, enveloping everyone nearby.
In an instant, Kane and Bart’s expressions changed.
They seemed to feel a suffocating pressure surrounding them, like a Sword of Damocles hanging overhead, ready to fall and injure them at any moment.
The Demigod’s keen senses detected that behind the dangerous power, something even more lethal was lurking.
"Legendary domain? No, if it’s just a legendary domain, it wouldn’t threaten us."
Bart sighed deeply, "The younger generation is formidable, to possess the constant power of a legend at the exemplary stage, directly endangering a demigod’s life. Many have told me that Prince Louis is an incomprehensible monster, and now I somewhat understand."
Louis, smiling, said, "You’re too kind. This power is, of course, negligible to you. I just want to tell the Young Dragon Emperor that if I wished to harm him, I wouldn’t need the succubus’s power."
Kane’s eyes flashed with a hint of reluctance, yet he conceded Louis’s claim.
People are different from each other.
The disparity between demigods is even more pronounced.
Kane actually knew, for someone like himself who had become a demigod through clever means, his overall power was significantly less compared to other demigods.
He had privately sparred with the Patriarch Bart multiple times.
But, though both demigods, the Patriarch Bart could kill him as effortlessly as he could kill a legend.
After all, both encounters were instantaneous.
Yet he never thought he would feel such a sense of imminent death from someone below the legendary level.
No, rather than a sense of crisis, it was more like a fear of dying.
He was certain the man before him had the means to directly kill him.
This made the young Kane even more despondent.
Are you the demigod or am I?
Louis squinted his eyes, saying, "Don’t feel resentful, or rather, don’t take me as a comparison, otherwise you’ll only feel more sorrow."
Kane sighed, "Now you are indeed stronger, but it’s not the Jean Family that’s weak, it’s merely me."
Louis shook his head, "You’re too simplistic. Guardian stone is strong, but there are forces in this world comparable to it."
Kane smiled, "Perhaps."
Louis knew he didn’t truly acknowledge it, but he didn’t say much more.
No one wants to admit their country is weak unless subdued personally.
Before being defeated, even the world’s fourth military power wouldn’t consider itself as feeble as perceived.
Since the war with the Giant Demon Tribe, he had been contemplating:
How many hidden cards did the nations on Star Continent truly possess?
Just a military level T1 and economic level T3 Giant Demon Tribe, when reckless, could unleash such suffocating destructive power.
What about those countries strong in every aspect?
What about those with hidden strengths?
The Ense Empire was considered the top country globally, bar none.
But Louis was well aware, Ense’s national power of 30 million was largely influenced by the Emperor.
If the Emperor himself were restricted, the Ense Empire years ago was probably less powerful than half of the Lokeshi Empire.
But that’s without his involvement.
It made sense for demigods to oppose him at the Tunisia conference.
The authority granted by the New Book of the Dead truly was a strategic weapon capable of altering power dynamics.
In the most extreme scenario, Louis could turn the entire empire into the Curse Binding Legion.
No matter what, if we must perish, why not change into the Curse Binding Legion and fight those guys?
Ense’s strongest war state wasn’t the unsustainable forceful soldier production, but the period after that explosion when everything was eradicated.
Then the entire empire would transform into a nation of the Curse Binding Legion.
In the IF line, Ense, capable of opposing Abyss alone, was indeed the world destroyer.
But who knows how many of such anomalies, like him, exist on Star Continent?
He said the Young Dragon Emperor was too simplistic, not just to him but also as a self-reflection.
This past six months, his power grew too rapidly, making him underestimate opponents, and he desperately wished for someone to sober him.
The Young Dragon Emperor would do, the Sword Master would do... if desperate, he could only seek Emperor Lao Deng.
The next Abyss raid, he’d look at the warfare at the world’s largest Gate of the Abyss.
With Old Deng around, surely nothing would go wrong.
"Beatrice, how about I resolve the Young Dragon Emperor’s issue?"
Bart furrowed his brows, "To mend the core god requires the help of the Eye of Truth. Your Highness, you’re strong, but..."
The next moment, his mouth hung open, unable to speak.
Louis’s eyes peculiarly transformed before him into an orange-red color.
Orange-red eyes were rare across the continent, but this was clearly a result of special power influence on Louis.
And among humans, only the higher-ups knew this color represented a special power—
The Eye of Truth, passed down through generations in the Ense Empire’s royal family.
"How is this possible!" he exclaimed, "The Eye of Truth only passes within the Emperor’s house!"
In the next moment, he reacted, "Is it the power of the Great Sin?"
Louis did not directly reply, only smiled.
Silence was also an answer.
Now, he had surpassed the phase of cautiously hiding his powers.
He was like an elephant curled up in a room; his presence couldn’t be hidden through ordinary means.
"The power of the Great Sin is magical, isn’t it?"
Bart squinted his eyes, finally grinned, "It seems Your confidence in your own power is even above the Regent King’s."
— Implying, Louis wasn’t worried about provoking the Regent King’s apprehension by being too conspicuous?
Louis said blandly, "I am her fiancé; she is my precious beloved. My power is also her power. I stand here only because she is here."
— He unequivocally expressed his stance, resolutely standing beside Beatrice.
Notably, from that moment, he realized Bart had subtly changed the princess’s title to Regent King.
He seemed to want to remind and warn him; even if Beatrice was his beloved, he shouldn’t be too conspicuous in front of the future emperor.
But Louis toughly refuted this notion.
If Louis truly worried his great wife might have thoughts concerning him, the first thing he should do is hide the effects of Noble Desire.
Yet he shared this power with Black Swan, making Beatrice even less fearful.
Bart Jean chuckled:
"Looks like now we’re somewhat reassured, Ense’s internal state is better than we imagined. For a nation with divided voices internally, the degree of deep cooperation we can have is limited."
Louis narrowed his eyes.
The Patriarch Bart’s statement seemed poignantly suggestive.
What does ’the degree of deep cooperation is limited’ imply?
Having already opened the passage to the Curse Binding Legion, isn’t that considered deep cooperation?
He raised his brows, saying, "Seems like His Majesty communicated with you?"
Naturally, His Majesty referred to the Emperor.
He hadn’t forgotten; previously in the Shadow Country battlefield, the Emperor had fought alongside the Lokeshi Empire.
The Patriarch Bart grinned, "Your Highness Louis, are you interested in understanding our Lokeshi Empire’s unique path?"
Louis raised his brows, his eyes flashing with subtle curiosity.
"You wouldn’t be..."
"We have a way for you to possess Lokeshi’s special bloodline. The curse power and conceptualization method, we’ll consider further opening."
"What’s the price?"
"The price is already paid on Emperor’s side."
Louis pondered; the Lokeshi power system indeed intrigued him.
After all... having forcefully broken through to LV19, he still had two levels of professional rank without selecting a new profession.
Curse Swordsmen was also a good choice.
