The young swan nodded, trying to recall what he had learned about the revolutionary army from outside:

"Grace's branch of the revolutionary army should have received permission from the Emperor or the Country of Temptation."

Louis: ???

The young swan said helplessly:

"A few days ago, I had a chat with the Emperor. His meaning was, he hopes you can grow quickly so that he can free up his hands to do many things."

Louis slapped his forehead:

"I was so confused I almost forgot you and Beatrice can speak directly with the Emperor."

The young swan mumbled:

"I can't always contact the Emperor! His periods of sleep are getting longer and longer now."

Louis said seriously:

"What does the Emperor hope for me to become stronger for?"

The young swan thought for a moment and decided to speak honestly:

"The Emperor's meaning is that although the Seven Deadly Sins originated from the Abyss, for this very reason, each Sin has a special attack against Abyssal creatures."

"If there's anyone who might stop an Abyssal invasion, it's not the pious ones from the Church of Glory, but someone like the Emperor who is a Sin."

Louis had an epiphany.

Everything became clear.

Everything became clear.

No wonder the White Tower is able to advance the Sin experiments.

The White Tower has been rooted in the Empire for a long time and has long departed from other systems of mages, becoming a part of Ense's mage power.

The Sin experiments probably began in the Emperor's generation, with his permission.

The biggest problem now is that the Emperor is basically unable to act to block the gate to the Abyss.

The Church of Glory and Justice is considered a half ally.

They used to send people to support blocking the gate.

They have a better understanding of the Emperor's situation.

But over the years, countries have been speculating about the Emperor's true condition.

This indicates that the Church of Glory keeps their secrets well.

In this matter, they haven't caused any trouble for the Ense Empire.

But why has the revolutionary army developed so quickly in the end?

Undoubtedly, there's definitely support from the Church of the God of Glory behind it.

In Fox's memory, Pope Calio once said to the Emperor that if the Emperor were swallowed by the Seven Sins, he would take action personally.

So, the Ense Empire and the Church of Glory are both allies and enemies.

As allies, their attitudes towards the Abyss are consistent.

As opponents, the Church of Glory is always vigilant against all the Sins that exist in the world.

Louis felt his head starting to ache.

He roughly understood the Emperor's thinking.

The Sins only reach their full potential against the Abyss when fully developed.

The Emperor probably isn't counting on himself to fight the Abyss; he needs time.

As long as someone can temporarily suppress the Abyssal invasion, giving him time to handle other issues.

After dealing with external issues, he plans to combine the power of himself and his son-in-law to directly close the gate.

Once the Abyssal crisis is resolved, the Empire can start considering more important issues.

The Emperor won't have to worry about any national duties.

Without the Abyssal interference, everything can proceed according to standard international conflict protocols.

"I am the righteousness!"

He could imagine how relieved the Emperor would be after stepping down from his golden throne.

"Little Swan, hehe, since we've already opened up to each other, let's discuss what we should do next?!"

The young swan's eyes lit up.

God knows how troubling it's been for her, holding all these things inside since her rebirth.

Now she finally had someone to talk to.

...

The next day, Louis and his party embarked on their journey back to the Ense Empire.

As Beatrice had said before, the merchant group and students could return to Tino City first, but the others had to accompany the princess to Laine City.

The return journey was more troublesome than he imagined.

Just like when they went to the Tunisian Royal Capital, Louis and his group eventually teleported to the underground city at the Ense border.

There, Louis saw cities even more majestic than the underground ruins outside Tunisia.

[Location: Ense · Underground City]

"Oh my God!"

Louis stuck his head out of the window to look at the grand scene outside.

It was so magnificent.

Beatrice had mentioned to Louis before about the Underground City at the Ense border.

It was said that this city was built 200 meters underground.

When Louis looked up, he saw layers of stone staircases.

The stone staircases stretched upwards continuously, ultimately leading to the "sky."

It reminded him of the Heaven Gate Mountain he visited in his past life.

The staircases of Heaven Gate Mountain also stretched upwards like this, eventually leading to the "Heaven Gate."

And now, such a scene appeared underground.

He looked up at the dome.

The dome was covered with structures emitting a faint green-blue light.

"Why is the wall glowing?"

Louis asked his first wife.

Beatrice said:

"That's bioluminescent algae. When the Underground City was first established, we brought these special algae from the Druids and planted them on the dome."

"This is the main light source of the Underground City."

Louis sighed.

It truly had the style of a Western fantasy world.

Beatrice said:

"The geographical location of the Underground City is special, and it lacks water sources. When you proposed the diversion project earlier, I was thinking how great it would be if we could channel water flow here."

Louis nodded: "It will be done."

Soon, the group used the teleportation array of the Underground City to teleport again.

When they landed again, they had reached their first destination upon returning to the country.

...

[Location: Laine City]

Just as they stepped off the teleportation array, Louis saw a group of people who had been waiting there for a long time.

Those were the city administrators of Laine City.

Louis looked up at the sky.

The sky was covered with thick, lead-gray clouds.

And the sky was still snowing.

This made him recall the snow scenes he witnessed while studying in the Northeast in his past life.

Back then, the sky there also had this dark hue.

When it first started snowing, everything was blanketed in white, looking quite nice.

But when the snow was about to melt, with the half-melted ice in the streets, it didn't look as beautiful anymore.

Louis looked at Beatrice:

"Beatrice, let's first deploy the first batch of prototype waste treatment facilities from the White Tower here."

Beatrice was momentarily stunned, then nodded.

"Alright."

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