The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 72

“The former Son of Light colluded with the Dark Church, so he didn’t want to become the Son of Light again?”

“There are even reports that there are users of dark elements appearing in Sadina City?”

“That’s not all, there are also notices posted in the Inner City saying that Euphia has colluded with the Dark Holy Son and is opposing the Church of Light. Even the Mercenary Alliance has become a one-woman show for Euphia. If she says go east, we can’t go west.”

The two mercenaries chatting by the roadside spoke with a mocking tone.

They all felt that the people who issued the notices in the Inner City really didn’t treat the mercenaries as people, being able to fabricate such false information.

And all the above information came from the latest notices issued by the Inner City.

First, the pursuit order that had previously been revoked, regarding Egbert’s collusion with the monster beasts in an attempt to portray himself as the great hero of Siliqing City, has been re-issued.

Only this time, the pursuit is based on the claim that Egbert has colluded with the Dark Church.

Second, the Order of the Knights of Light and the Amikbi army have been dispatched to jointly investigate the truth about the appearance of dark elementalists in Sadina City, and they demand an explanation from Euphia’s father, the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master.

Third, the notice directly states that Euphia, who has colluded with the Dark Church, is to be executed.

The previous two can be said to have exposed the wolf-like ambition of the Church and the royal family. The last proclamation wanting to impose the death penalty on Euphia is a direct announcement of the declaration of war.

As the next heir of the Mercenary Alliance Guild, Euphia has the ability to inherit this position, whether in terms of strength or personal decision-making power, she is already more than qualified.

The reason why she still exists as an heir rather than directly taking the position is simply because the Mercenary Alliance Guild was established by her father.

Euphia also has a sense of self-reliance. Even if the second generation cannot achieve the creation of the previous generation, at least she cannot allow the current pattern to deteriorate.

Therefore, Euphia has always believed that waiting a little longer to inherit the position is not a big deal, after all, her father’s health is still very good.

But all of this was shattered by the news brought by Willard three days ago.

No one expected to get any important news from this arrogant child, just as no one had thought that the royal family actually had the strength to assassinate the Guild Master of the Alliance…

All this happened too suddenly.

It was just like when Willard initially just simply tried to get some information from Ophelia, using it to prove that he was not completely useless, as a tool, he was still handy…

Who would have thought that perhaps because of Willard’s great defeat this time, Ophelia, who had already looked down on him, now looked down on him even more.

This contempt, unexpectedly came true, the possibility of Willard being a spy.

The source of the information was that Willard, in the process of intentionally contacting Ophelia, overheard part of the conversation between Ophelia and the King.

At that time, the rough voice belonging to King Amikbi was saying, “As a dull knife, the Mercenary City no longer has a reason to exist, and our side will soon join forces with the Church to dispatch troops.”

Ophelia’s cold and arrogant voice then sounded, “The Mercenary Alliance Guild should not have existed in the first place. If it were not for the foolishness of my grandfather in his youth, the Mercenary Alliance Guild would never have been established.”

“Then what do you think should be done?” The King probably felt that Sadina City was destined to become his own possession, and he did not think that the entire country, the Church with its widespread influence, could not solve a small autonomous city.

It was in this situation that giving his most beloved eldest daughter a choice that would make her happy was also a move to kill two birds with one stone.

Later, Ophelia also expressed her own idea.

“Deploy Xia Zuo, I want to have that Mercenary Alliance Guild Master directly killed.” Ophelia said in an icy tone, “Since the Mercenary Alliance Guild was born from his hand, I will let the Mercenary Alliance Guild also be destroyed by his hand, so that the play will be full of dramatic appeal.”

“Xia Zuo is not suitable to be deployed.” The King immediately explained after Ophelia’s words.

Ophelia did not think much of it.

She looked down disdainfully and said, “Why can’t he be deployed? Even if the Church will intervene in this annihilation battle, at most they will only send that fool Diz out of face-saving. If it were not for the transfer experiment of elemental affinity, that idiot would not have the value to sit on the position of the Holy Son.”

After that, Ophelia’s eyes flashed and she mentioned another name.

“If Egbert had not refused the second recruitment of the Church, how could Diz have the opportunity to rise to a higher position? That Holy Son with innate cruelty is much more interesting than that idiot Diz.”

“Even if you say so, I still can’t let you easily deploy Xia Zuo.” The King still emphasized.

“Why not!” Ophelia shouted angrily.

This sharp voice, even through a door, gave Willard a clear sense of eardrum vibration.

“Xia Zuo’s exposure now is very likely to be discovered by the Church, and we are not yet at the time to tear off our faces with the Church.” The King pleaded earnestly.

“Let’s cut to the chase, you’re just afraid of that woman sitting on the position of the Queen, the adopted daughter of the Pope of the Church of Light, aren’t you?”

“Tch, adopted daughter, speaking of which, it’s really interesting. Who doesn’t know that the role of the Holy Maiden of Light is just a tool in the hands of the Pope? She just happened to have good natural talent in the past, so she coincidentally married you and became the Queen, otherwise she would have ended up like the rest of the trash, without anything left.”

“So no matter how much you say, you still want to deploy Xia Zuo, don’t you?” The King didn’t want to continue the argument.

“What’s the problem?” Ophelia felt that as long as Xia Zuo was there, wherever she went, it would be as if entering a place without anyone.

What is the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master?

As for the Church, the Pope is already old, and most of the next generation of bishops are exiled abroad, and as for Diz, who seems likely to become the next Pope…

Who would care about an idiot brainwashed by the Pope like a good little boy?

“It’s better to deploy Xia Zuo now. As long as we solve the Mercenary City smoothly this time, in the future, the Church will have to avoid confronting us, and if they choose to avoid it, that will be our opportunity to develop.”

“Talk about the mutual support between the Church of Light and the Amikbi royal family, that’s all bullshit! The Church has no reason to exist at all.”

Ophelia did not hide her disregard for the Church in her words, and then even said bluntly, “Even if I take over your position from you in the future, I will absolutely not be constrained by the Church like you.”

“And the deployment of Xia Zuo is not a discussion with you, but a notification.” Ophelia said coldly, and her tone also revealed a malicious gentleness, “After all, you know, Xia Zuo listens to me the most.”

“What makes you think the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master can die in his hands, and you won’t?”

“Ophelia!” The King shouted.

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After that, Willard didn’t dare to listen any further, but he had already known that Ophelia must have an identity definition that he didn’t know about.

But the “Xia Zuo” they were talking about, Willard could not judge what it was, not even whether it was a person or an object.

However, Willard knew that the strength of the Mercenary Alliance Guild Master could be compared to that of the Pope. The Guild Master might be slightly weaker, but that slight difference in the process of a life-or-death battle could be subtle enough to be undetectable.

After all, this gap in strength is only due to elemental characteristics, not true superiority in strength.

Normally, elementalists of equal strength, in the process of confrontation, the damage caused by light and dark elementalists will be relatively higher.

But damage in a battle does not mean everything.

Therefore, it is better to say that the Guild Master is humble out of respect for the Church of Light and the Pope, rather than saying that he is weaker than the Pope.

However, the “Xia Zuo” that the King and Ophelia mentioned possess the ability to kill the Guild Master…

If during this process, this so-called Xia Zuo had the slightest desire to harm Su Li, the situation would be.....no one could stop it.

There is no reason for the user of the tool to lose their life before the tool has even played its role.

But what is terrifying is that in the 12 years Willard has lived in the palace, he doesn’t even have a single trustworthy confidant.

He, just as Cyril guessed in the beginning, really chose the method of sending a letter, which is both clumsy and inefficient.

What’s even more unbelievable is that the so-called gods, if they truly exist, might have favored Willard at this moment, and the message was actually delivered to Su Li’s hands.

However, it was not he who initiated it.

Others, in order to prevent anything that might harm Su Li from being in the letter, one by one, showed great care in such small details.

Therefore, when the so-called assassination information was discovered, Euphia rushed back to the Alliance immediately.

But even so, Euphia was still a step too late.

By the time she arrived, the Guild Master had already fallen in a pool of blood, and the enemy, whose stature did not seem particularly tall, was about to behead the fallen Guild Master when the one who had been praised as the Flame Maiden, Euphia, unleashed dozens of fire dragons that swept around her.

The commotion was too great, so the so-called “Xia Zuo” could only abandon the beheading attempt, roughly estimating that the Alliance Guild Master might not survive, and then retreated quietly.

Euphia did not try to stop the person, but that person’s speed was too fast to be comprehensible, and her father was not yet dead.

However, at this time, although Euphia was a step late, Lan Zhe, who was not late even for the Grim Reaper, also rushed over.

The medicinal materials that had been used to provide incubation energy for Na’an’s child, which the Dark Holy Son had finally obtained after spending several months, became the ultimate lifesaver at this moment.

But this battle ultimately still injured the root, and even if the Alliance Guild Master consumed the medicinal materials that could provide a large amount of growth energy for an eighth-level monster beast’s offspring, he could only be pulled back from the edge of death.

Everything happened so suddenly.

But after her father’s life was stabilized, Euphia immediately thanked Lan Zhe. “Thank you, in the future, if there’s anything, I’ll be willing to risk my life to accompany you.”

“There’s no need to risk your life, just pay more attention to protecting Su Li in the future.” Lan Zhe had no intention of repaying the favor, but he still felt it necessary to fight for Su Li.

“After all, if it wasn’t for Su Li hurriedly adding ‘Lan Zhe, follow back, explain later’ after you rushed out, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have figured out the worst-case scenario on the way and prepared the necessary medicines in advance, and gave them first to your father when I saw him.”

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Everything happened so suddenly.

Lan Zhe at the time really didn’t understand why Su Li asked him to follow.

Just as Lan Zhe didn’t think anyone could inflict a fatal blow on the Alliance Guild Master in such a short time, Euphia actually didn’t think so either.

She rushed out solely out of concern for the most important person in her life.

But she was extremely grateful for this concern.

After confirming that her father was out of danger of death, Euphia quickly realized the reason why Su Li had asked Lan Zhe to follow.

Su Li’s way of thinking about things has always been very good at anticipating the worst-case scenario, but he has also always been prepared to take reasonable follow-up actions for the worst possibility.

While others were still more or less maintaining the belief that the Guild Master would not die so easily, Su Li thought: if the worst-case scenario really happened, the only one among them who had the means to save him would be Lan Zhe.

A faint warmth that Euphia did not want to speak of to outsiders welled up in her heart, perhaps feeling that this emotion was too gentle and insignificant, she blurted out, “Protecting Su Li is something I’m willing to do. But in the future, risking my life to help you once, it won’t be just because of your help to my father.”

Lan Zhe raised an eyebrow and said, “Anything else you want to say, let’s talk about it together.”

“As for another point…” Euphia paused for a moment, “Of course, it’s because you trust Su Li enough. Just like that brainless guy Egbert. No matter how much he wants to get rid of Willard, who once held a knife to Su Li’s throat back then, he would still let Willard live because Willard might still be able to be of use and help Su Li.”

“I’m about the same. You came because you trust Su Li and are willing to compromise for him, so you, the Dark Holy Son who has always been holed up in the small building to prevent your identity from being discovered, could be summoned by Su Li.”

Euphia was extremely grateful at this moment that she had established a deep revolutionary friendship with Su Li as a landlord and tenant with the low rent of the small building.

“But my willingness to risk my life is not because you saved my father’s life, but because in times of danger, I will truly become your most loyal partner.”

“Then let me say thank you in advance.” Lan Zhe nodded in agreement, but after agreeing, he still couldn’t resist adding a sentence, “Though I don’t think anyone can really threaten my life.”

Euphia: …

“Men are truly the best representatives of low emotional intelligence.” Euphia said coldly, but she didn’t forget to add, “Except for Su Li.”

Lan Zhe brushed aside this low EQ evaluation and felt that he had become a bit corrupted by staying with Egbert lately.

Otherwise, how could he think that everyone is not as good as Su Li, and therefore everyone’s words are not as good as what Su Li says, so everyone else’s words are bullshit…

Lan Zhe shook his head, dispersing this strange idea from his mind, and left with a simple “I’m going back.” He then turned around and rushed straight towards the direction where the small building was located.

At the same time, the people inside the small building were also discussing the sentence in Willard’s letter. “Perhaps Ophelia is the true heir of Amikbi.”

The basic information about the Grand Princess is relatively easy to find, one could say it doesn’t even need to be looked up.

As an unconventional princess, she can actually directly challenge the mother of Qi, the former Holy Maiden of Light and the current Queen, which already makes many people find it incredible.

But once this point is added to the fact that she is excessively arrogant due to the King’s favoritism, some self-righteous people then feel that she is just a mindless brute.

After learning this information, Su Li even had a momentary thought, “Isn’t this better than using Egbert to cover up the existence of Diz?”

Look, Ophelia has actually lived up to the image of a victim being overprized, when in reality she is truly being overprized, but has always managed to avoid being killed as people expected.

Egbert was unconcerned with this evaluation, and proactively said, “It’s different. I can’t judge how Diz is thinking now, but in the past, he was just a puppet in the hands of the Pope.”

“But the Ophelia described in Willard’s letter is different. This is a figure who can openly challenge the King, yet won’t be neglected by the King for some reason.”

“Moreover, the letter also mentions that Ophelia has the ability to control this ‘Xia Zuo’.”

“Whether it’s out of fear or something else, Ophelia is undoubtedly a very dangerous person.”

The notion that the Mercenary City should not exist at its roots already proves that Ophelia’s way of thinking is fundamentally different from ordinary people.

After all, in the past, mercenaries were just private soldiers in the hands of the nobility, without a centralized alliance to back them up.

At that time, the deaths of the mercenaries were caused not only by the cruel war missions that Euphia would now be criticized for, but more by the reasons that even make people feel bloodcurdling.

Back then, they were not called mercenaries.

The nobles who put on a good facade called them subordinates, while the nobles who were bad at putting on airs directly called them – slaves.

The cruel phenomenon of forcing the mercenaries to fight each other like beasts, even directly placing them in the same arena as the beasts, was a common occurrence before the establishment of the Mercenary Alliance.

In the eyes of the nobility, the lives of the lower classes have never been considered as lives, but only as tools for their amusement.

Mercenaries could be any ordinary people who couldn’t survive, while the nobility were forever the nobility.

Later, the Mercenary Alliance appeared, and the mercenaries no longer had to take private jobs, and those who wanted to become mercenaries were no longer just those forced to do so out of inability to survive, but became a career choice.

Now the mercenaries only need to accept tasks from the Alliance and can establish a one-time targeted contract with the client. After a single contract is completed, they are no longer bound for life, as they were in the past.

With the Mercenary Alliance, the mercenaries can finally be considered as having some humanity.

But perhaps all this in the eyes of that Grand Princess is just the Guild Master creating unnecessary trouble for her.

Even more so, some people may be nothing more than symbols in Ophelia’s eyes.

Mercenaries? Tools that can be manipulated by gold.

Commoners? Numerical symbols that have no use other than paying exorbitant taxes.

Just thinking about this perspective makes one feel suffocated.

But realizing that this kind of concept exists because Ophelia lives in the royal family, one will understand that there are probably even more so-called nobles who do not regard their own kind as their kind, allowing even teenagers to develop such a perspective.

This is much more cruel than the war between humans and beasts.

Even if there are no scenes of dismemberment, it does not mean that it is not bloody.

It may just be because everything has already rotted into mud, and the only thing left is the unavoidable stench of evil.

At a glance, one only discovers the stench, overlooking the cruelty.

And Ophelia is one of the few people who, based solely on the words quoted in Willard’s letter, has directly made Su Li frown.

Su Li had previously thought that the royal family should be a struggle between the Queen and the King. The marriage of the Holy Maiden to the King can indeed be said to be a strong alliance, but above the Holy Maiden not only exists the controlling Cardinal, but also the Pope who can stand on par with the King in terms of power…

And the Holy Maiden, on the other hand, has multiple identities, without any uniqueness.

Yet despite this, that Holy Maiden still became the Queen.

These points in various aspects imply that this marriage, even if it has a focus on a strong alliance, the true center of gravity is definitely not just that.

Following the inherent nature of the struggle between divine power and human rights, Su Li had always thought that the phenomenon of the Holy Maiden marrying the King was the Pope’s unilateral attempt to take the initiative on human rights.

Now, looking at Ophelia and the “Xia Zuo” she holds, he suddenly realizes that the Holy Maiden in this marriage is actually completely in a weak position.

Reversely, the fact that Qi’s mother used him may have even deeper underlying information to be explored…

But more importantly, the currently unclear “Xia Zuo”, whose name is still hazy, is worth more attention.

The ability to have the confidence to kill the Guild Master…

Egbert didn’t even have the confidence.

Even the idea of resolving the Guild Master single-handedly would make him feel that he was too arrogant.

Yet that “Xia Zuo” is seen by the enemy as possessing the ability to kill the Guild Master and even retreat unscathed…

What level is this?

Su Li doesn’t know how others judge him, but he knows that this is a realm he will never reach in his lifetime.

Su Li rubbed his temples for a while, muttering, “My brain is about to explode.”

There are too many hidden information, and the clues revealed are not enough.

What kind of unknown transaction is there between the Pope and the King, how should Sadina City get through the upcoming “large-scale war mission”, and what will Qi’s future be like…

As Su Li’s brain kept turning these over, he also noticed that everyone had gathered around him because of his one sentence.

How to put it…

It’s just that the gap between people is quite large.

But the people around him, although not the kind of smart ones close to being abnormally smart, are not the kind of weak ones without any resistance either.

Su Li inexplicably feels that in the upcoming turmoil, they will either “defeat ten with one” and crush everything, or… there’s no “or”.

Thinking this way, Qi, who shares the King’s bloodline, has an inner sense of justice, and has self-awareness, is simply a rare find, comparable to a garlic among a thousand tangerines.

As for Willard…

He’s probably so stupid that it’s rare.

“Thinking this way, reality is really the kind of thing that no matter how terribly one is evaluated, it doesn’t seem out of place at all.”

Ignoring the urge to curse, Su Li reiterated, “Willard’s letter clearly shows that the Church and the Royal Family are about to officially move against Sadina City, we should organize our forces in advance to prepare.”

And sure enough, the news Willard brought almost became outdated.

Three days later, the information on the notice in the Inner City was rapidly spreading through the streets and alleys.

Looking at the development of the timeline, that “Xia Zuo” most likely fled in the direction Lan Zhe had chased Euphia at that time.

Similarly, even if the Royal Family did not know the reason why Lan Zhe was chasing Euphia at the time, they have already directed everything towards a situation favorable to them.