Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

Chapter 94.1: There's No Good Woman By My Brother's Side (1)

The way to reach the hometown of Order was actually extremely simple.

All they had to do was locate the door leading there and open it.

However, both processes were extremely difficult to execute.

It was a hidden dungeon located deep within the Desolate Tundra.

In order to find a way to get there, Rayne had once spent a lot of effort.

He obtained information about the existence of the hometown of Order and located the entrance.

He devised a plan and carried it out, eventually opening up the hidden passage.

Every single step required a huge cost from Rayne and luck played a huge part as well.

Even so, when he finally managed to open that door after painstaking effort...

What awaited him within the dungeon were also terrifying enemies that could not be defeated.

Eventually, in his previous 999 reincarnations...

There was not a single time when Rayne had successfully cleared this hidden dungeon.

Even now, with Gold Village, the help of Edaline and the Great Teacher as well as the secret protection of the evil gods...

Rayne was still not confident of winning.

In this final cycle, Rayne should have been cautious and avoided all risks.

Initially, he could have opted not to challenge this hidden dungeon in the Deep Tundra as well.

However, there was a reason why Rayne had to do this.

"So, what do you want out here?"

Deep Tundra.

Edaline had already accompanied Rayne to explore the barren tundra for a long time.

Finally, she asked Rayne impatiently, "Is the scenery here that amazing?"

"I'm not here to admire the scenery."

Rayne gazed at the snowstorm in the distance and was still calculating in his heart. "The Locust Catastrophe is about to be nurtured. It's time to prepare for the next step of the plan."

Edaline asked, "What?"

Rayne replied, "Find the door."

Edaline asked, "Door?"

Rayne: "Of course, didn't I say? The entrances of the Black Catastrophe lairs are well-hidden and these monsters are not simple wild animals. Therefore, their lairs would be extremely… beyond your expectations."

"Fufu, is that so?"

Although it was true that Edaline knew very little about the Black Catastrophe, she did not think that the mysterious lairs would truly exceed her expectations or even surprise her.

In the years of maintaining the balance for the Goddess, she had already seen too many strange things in the mortal world.

However, Edaline still asked out of curiosity, "So, what's there?"

Rayne: "A city created by crystallization, a man-made sun and a group of Black Catastrophes that will be formed at high speed according to the strength of the enemy… you'll see them soon."

"Is that so?"

That did not sound like much.

However… a crystallized city?

Edaline heard a keyword that she was concerned about.

She took out the golden crystal given to her by Rayne.

"Is it related to this thing?"

"That's right. Keep it safe."

If the most dangerous regions of the mortal world were ranked, in Rayne's heart, the Black Catastrophe lairs that he mentioned could definitely be ranked in the top ten… no, at least top five.

That was a legacy of an ancient civilization when the apocalypse descended.

As for Order, the strongest goddess...

Before she became a human Main God, she was the manager of that city.

Due to the absence of the manager, that place had already lost the possibility of expansion and its lifeforce and hope.

However, Rayne still had to act with caution and reverence.

The reason was simple.

That was because there were a total of two managers in the crystal city.

After several hours of exploration, Rayne finally found his target—the door to the crystal city.

In the howling snowstorm, there seemed to be nothing on the endless plains.

There were a few scattered Black Catastrophes that wandered aimlessly, but they were burned to ashes by the magic that Edaline threw out casually.

Through a set of rules, Rayne determined the approximate location of the door.

Thereafter, he focused his attention and moved his feet slowly. Finally, at a specific angle, he saw a transparent barrier.

That was the gate of the crystal city.

Most of the time, the door would not open.

Only when the number of guards patrolling the Deep Tundra had fallen to less than 50% would the ancient crystal city declare itself to be in a state of war and open its doors to send an even stronger army outside.

"Little Eda, do you see that?"

Rayne made Edaline stand in his position.

Thereafter, she caught sight of the transparent door as well.

Rayne said, "This is what we're looking for. There should be a few more doors like this in the Deep Tundra… let's go."

After recording the exact coordinates of the door, Rayne and Edaline continued to set off to search for the next door.

…

After finding the first door, Rayne and Edaline found the second and third doors.

What Edaline did not know was how Rayne was able to lock onto invisible doors that were impossible to detect under normal circumstances with such precision and efficiency on the vast tundra.

However, thanks to Rayne's actions that, for some reason, seemed so proficient that it was even heart-wrenching to watch, the great challenge of heading to the Black Catastrophe lairs was easily overcome.

Right now, as long as they created some issues in the Deep Tundra and triggered the war alarm of the lairs, they could enter the mysterious lairs to check things out—they could then blow it into ashes to eliminate future troubles.

But, how should she put it...

Everything was going smoothly for Rayne.

However, Edaline felt a little disappointed.

So, Rayne only wanted to travel with me because he needed me for proper business.

Edaline followed behind Rayne silently. She looked at his back view and felt depressed.

It seemed like…

He was truly treating her like a tool.

Although Rayne claimed that he wanted to help Edaline locate the lairs of the Black Catastrophe, it seemed like it was because he wanted to head there himself.

Right now, it was even clearer to Edaline.

This fella probably only wanted to go for a honeymoon in the tundra with his elven pointy ear lover.

However, he only called Edaline along because he needed a tool for the hard work, wasn't it?

However, forget it… it did not matter.

Edaline calmed down quickly and did not have any resentment.

She did not want to resent Rayne because of this either.

To begin with, she did not have a good relationship with Rayne. If not for the fact that he had a favor to ask of her, why would he suddenly express goodwill to her?

However, right then…

Rayne stopped in his tracks.

Edaline asked, "What's wrong?"

Rayne: "Little Eda, I have something to tell you."

Edaline said, "Is that so…"

This fella… did indeed have something to say to me?