Reincarnated as incubus: I didn't mean to seduce you!-Chapter 1270 - 353: Promise of Lavish Rewards for the Players?

"Damn it, can someone tell me what's going on here? Do these Abyss Demons know how to play? Do they know how to play? Do they know how to play?"

In the Imperial Palace, where a particular report from a subordinate kingdom about the "Abyss Gate opened, demons rampaging the kingdom" was quietly ignored, a strategist was nearly beside himself with frustration.

The Emperor, sitting at the top, waved his hand coldly, saying, "Alright, no need to make excuses for failure. No one knows exactly how much potential power Yibel Federation has accumulated over the years. In the end, all our actions against Yibel Federation recently were just to force them to reveal their hidden cards."

The strategist below wiped the cold sweat off his forehead when he saw this.

He wasn't intentionally trying to display such an anxious demeanor.

The main reason was that by allying with several small kingdoms, they released the Abyss Demons and then watched the chaos they wrought in the surroundings, just to see if there would be any reaction from Yibel Federation.

But no one expected the commotion to be so significant.

The strategist knew that the decision for this action was driven by the Emperor, but precisely because it was driven by the Emperor, he had to appear regretful on the spot.

For no other reason than the Emperor cannot be wrong.

His purpose for existing was to smoothly redirect all blame onto himself.

He was called the Emperor's spokesperson, but in reality, he was the Emperor's scapegoat.

Of course, no one would be willing to do such a job if there were no benefits.

On regular days, as the Emperor's strategist, he could be quite overbearing.

But more importantly, when such an incident arose, he had to be the first to step up and take the fall. As long as the fault wasn't too severe, the Emperor had ways to reasonably bring the strategist back into service.

"This matter can't be blamed solely on you."

Just as the strategist mentally prepared himself to take responsibility for this strategic misstep, the Emperor on the throne sighed deeply in front of the representatives of various forces within the empire:

"This issue reflects the unified stance of the Empire, that Yibel Federation is rising too quickly. If we don't curb them a bit, their development speed will become even more outrageous.

Only, I didn't expect the King of Mages to be so well-prepared, acting in such a way that...they didn't give us any chance to react!"

Seeing the helpless look in the Emperor's eyes, the strategist's expression turned silent.

The Emperor cannot be wrong. If he is wrong, it would affect the judgment of the various forces below towards the Empire.

This should have been a fundamental truth of the Empire.

But now, the strategist's expression changed a bit.

The Emperor did not choose to let him take the blame but rather took the initiative to admit the mistake.

What does this mean? It means the Emperor can no longer control the situation within the Empire and doesn't care about the attitudes of the various forces below?

Wrong! So very wrong!

In a daze, the strategist understood the core issue of all this.

It's not that the Emperor cannot be wrong, but that the Emperor cannot make mistakes when facing peer-level existences.

In the past, although his Empire had a considerable gap compared to Yibel Federation, this gap was not big enough for the Emperor to acknowledge his error.

Or rather, more than ten years ago, the largest power in the world was the Holy Papal State of Briania.

That state, which once symbolized divine authority and intimidated much of the continent, left deeply painful shadows on various forces.

Even the mighty Yibel Federation of that time had to bow low under the Papal State's intimidation.

There was even a long-standing rumor among the people—

The Holy Papal State of Briania didn't perish because it became weak but because it was so strong that even its internal factions feared it, leading to its downfall through both internal and external collaboration.

And for those sitting here now, it's even clearer.

Their information is more informed, so how could they not know, if not for the Lord of Dawn, Losanda, wielding the power of justice and unwilling to accept a future where righteous gods gradually degenerate into Evil Gods, thus rallying many deities in a rebellion against both righteous and evil gods?

This top-level battle spread directly to the Holy Papal State of Briania and, with the support of Yibel Federation, along with many major powers including their own Empire, jointly established the Floating City Covenant.

Owning the Floating City, a superweapon surpassing any magical creation in history, is what finally achieved the dismemberment of the Holy Papal State of Briania, a feat fierce enough to shock the world.

But that was then.

A long time ago, the Holy Papal State of Briania had such deterrent force.

But now, a new power has taken their place, giving the world the illusion of returning to that era.

No, it should not be called an illusion.

This time, the unknown airborne power that emerged from Yibel Federation, with near-collective deterrent force of multiple Floating Cities, swept through various surrounding forces, displaying astonishing initiative.

One must acknowledge, even the Empire needs to admit one thing, and that is that the foundation that maintains the operation of the Empire is still the ordinary people at the very bottom.

As long as those ordinary people at the bottom do not fall, the Empire can remain up high until it is entirely consumed by external forces.