The turmoil within the Human Central Empire was completely unexpected by everyone.

Duke Regulus's sudden rebellion caught everyone off guard.

Even Doro was left stunned.

After grasping the meaning behind Mohe's hints, everything became clear.

Peace was simply impossible to achieve.

In the scenario Mohe illustrated, all the Snow Elves in the mansion had left, with only maids 1 and 5 remaining from maids 1-6.

What kind of personalities do these two maids have?

Doro was suddenly somewhat curious about this question. But the current situation was even more delicate.

The collapse of the massive Human Empire was imminent, and no one could predict what would happen next.

Because it was very illogical.

Logically, even in the event of chaos, given the Central Human Empire's military prowess, they should easily suppress it. However, the Wise King's silence altered this situation, leading many nobles to remain aloof, causing numerous changes to occur.

People suddenly realized.

The so-called Central Human Empire that occupied the center was actually... so weak!

The previous glory of the Human Central Empire seemed entirely false, as if the millions of corps and the so-called powerful beings had never existed. Duke Regulus's army had begun its advance towards the Royal Capital!

Doro visited Mohe's mansion again on the fifth day after the rebellion occurred.

"What do you think this situation really is?"

Even someone like Doro could clearly recognize the discrepancies within, to put it bluntly... anyone could incite a rebellion, but it certainly shouldn't be Duke Regulus. Frankly, he was in charge of diplomacy! His military power was limited to the portion of the corps allowed to him as Duke, essentially his own private army. Compared to those nobles who genuinely held military power, Duke Regulus's strength could only be described as weak.

Yet this weak person initiated a rebellion!

How could this possibly happen?

Could you say that Duke Regulus colluded with foreign tribes during diplomacy and then received foreign aid? But Duke Regulus's corps was blatantly a human army, and even some military buffs could see that the overall quality of this force wasn't high. How could such a corps advance on the Royal Capital?

Of course, with the war just five days old, everyone was still watching to see whether this army would be suppressed, whether the rebellion would continue.

But regardless, the current situation in Sim City had become tense—a plain fact was that inspections at the city gates had become much stricter, with rigorous procedures and approvals required to enter or exit the city, all due to fears of unforeseen circumstances. It was an intensely tense period.

If this rebellion wasn't suppressed, leading to a dreadful outcome, potentially... the vast Human Central Empire would be on the brink of collapse.

For the world's humans, this would be quite a dire situation.

Even though Doro personally had no fondness for many rulers, like the Wise King, he did not wish to see such a situation actually occur. Just as he originally didn't want to intervene in the many matters happening in the Ice and Snow Kingdom, yet ultimately took action—indeed, in the war occurring within the Ice and Snow Kingdom, actual casualties were very few, and the Land of the Ancestors of the Elf Kingdom suffered the most severe blow instead.

Although this largely had to do with Doro's breakdown in anger.

But the present Doro had a much clearer understanding of himself than before, and he finally comprehended his own will more deeply, which was why he had come to Mohe's mansion to ask Mohe such questions.

"What kind of situation... if you don't clarify your words, I'm quite in a bind!"

Mohe tapped his fingers lightly on the tabletop, prompting the maid named Michelle to step forward with red wine.

Pouring red wine for the two: "Please enjoy."

Doro's gaze rested on this young girl.

"What's the matter? Mr. Doro, are the maids at your place not enough? Interested in Michelle? If you need, I could actually give her to you."

The former princess named Michelle was actually of a petite stature, slightly taller than the current Mohe, though Mohe projected a more lively aura, whereas Michelle always gave off a sickly impression. Yet Doro knew she was not truly weak.

She simply looked so delicate, evoking pity in others.

At this moment, hearing Mohe's words, the young girl blushed slightly, shyly averting her gaze and not daring to meet Doro's eyes, making it hard to discern her thoughts.

"No need for that." Doro responded to Mohe's query, "What I mean is, how do you think this war will progress?"

He knew both the Wise King and Duke Regulus, and in the end, he simply couldn't believe Duke Regulus would betray the Wise King. But then again... even he was betrayed by members of the Hero's team, so Duke Regulus betraying the Wise King seemed like something naturally expected, nothing surprising about it.

After all, humans are prone to betrayal.

After figuring out this layer, he realized another issue.

On what basis does Duke Regulus have this privilege?

The Wise King is not one to be taken lightly!

The Wise King's power is not weak either! Even if you say Duke Regulus had the chance for an assassination... Would the Wise King truly trust those around him?

The Wise King only lets others feel that "His Majesty the Wise King trusts me completely."

In reality, he would never truly trust anyone.

This is something Doro only realized after experiencing betrayal.

So, you say Duke Regulus would assassinate the Wise King?

Isn't that nonsense?

It's a bit too humorous.

At least from Doro's perspective, Duke Regulus is not qualified to assassinate the Wise King, much less keep the Wise King silent after igniting rebellion.

So why would such turmoil occur?

"You ask this, isn't it because you already know the answer?"

Mohe swirled her wine glass, the emerald-red liquid flowed into her mouth from the clear glass, a blush appeared on the young girl's face: "You ask me because you already know this was entirely under the Wise King's orders, right? Why not ask more directly?"

Her rosy cheeks looked so adorable.

Doro still felt somewhat embarrassed. He was thinking of introducing the topic. But Mohe was as direct as ever, so Doro could only nod: "I just can't figure out, what's the advantage for the Wise King to do this?"

The place he found most perplexing was: "Making humanity the supreme race was clearly his wish — and as you said, humans becoming this kind of race is inherently the manifestation of the Goddess's will, he could expand the Human Central Empire this way without anyone finding fault. Why start a rebellion like this? To eliminate dissent?"

The only thing Doro could think of was that the Wise King wanted to fish for information this way, to see who at home opposed him, and then eliminate those who did.

However, he felt that doing so would be harming others without benefiting oneself. For the Wise King, there was no advantage, and it would instead cause great upheaval to the Human Central Empire.

"Expanding the Human Central Empire this way, and no one finds fault?"

Mohe laughed, her finger pointing helplessly at Doro, then at herself: "Are you saying that the Demon King, who will one day re-dominate the world, will sit back and watch him let the Human Central Empire rule everything, or that the Hero, who broke the ancestral land of the Elf Kingdom over a mere war of hundreds of thousands in the Ice and Snow Kingdom, has no opinions on this?"

"..."

Doro was suddenly silent.

Mohe clinked her glass against Doro's: "Mr. Doro, although you recently seem to have realized you've become the same kind of being as me, it seems like your understanding of your status isn't very clear... Weren't you quite self-aware before? Knowing that you absolutely shouldn't appear in the Ice and Snow Kingdom... But in the end, you still showed up."

Doro was stunned. Indeed, he knew beforehand that appearing in the Ice and Snow Kingdom would cause quite a disastrous impact, so he kept saying he shouldn't be there, yet he went in the end.

Why now, instead...

"No need to worry about such things, Mr. Doro." Mohe seemed to be in a good mood, her eyes almost smiling, "Such things aren't worth worrying about at all~ This is proof that you are becoming stronger!"

"Proof that I am becoming stronger?"

Mohe smiled joyfully: "Yes! Mr. Doro! Since you visited today, let me tell you the way of survival as a strong being!"

The girl placed her wine glass on the table, then said.

"The strong advance, the weak should make way!

The strong retreat, the weak should sacrifice!

The strong are willful, the weak should comply!

The strong are joyful, the weak should cheer!

The strong mourn, the weak should weep!

The strong are lazy, the weak should be reverent!

The strong have all the freedom in this world! Like when you drop a stone into the water, the weak's reaction is just the rippling water splashes, what effect does it have on the stone itself? What about the one who threw the stone? They're merely admiring the view of the water splashes. Mr. Doro, we are the most powerful entities in this world, our every whim changes the world — you don't need to concern yourself with others' thoughts or the consequences of change, just praise and applaud when you see pleasing splashes, and casually erase unpleasant scenes,"

Mohe stood up from the chair: "This is the way of existence for the strong, this is the meaning of existence for beings like us — Mr. Doro. Losing the awareness of being a strong being is a symbol of becoming one, because the strong do not need to care for the weak. The weak can only seek ways to cater to the strong."

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