Chapter 244: Chapter 244 Little Stealing Country
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Xue Beng's reward to Yu Xiaogang aroused the envy of many nobles, even Ning Fengzhi.
Of course, what he envied was not the treatment of titles, but the soul master treasure, the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
Just then, a soldier rushed in, knocking over several waiters and spilling many plates and drinks.
"Who is it?" Some nobles looked at the reckless soldier with displeasure in their eyes.
"Report... emergency report from the border, the Star Luo Empire has launched hundreds of thousands of troops to invade the border again." The soldier came to Xue Beng, knelt on one knee, and shouted breathlessly.
"Impossible!" Xue Beng and Dai Mubai said in unison.
They looked at each other, and Dai Mubai said with some urgency: "I, the envoy who submitted the national letter, am still here, and before I left the Star Luo Empire, there was no sign of a large-scale troop mobilization in the country."
Xue Beng asked in a low voice: "Could it be a mistake? The Star Luo Emperor returned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, such a treasure, to show his hope for peace."
"Your Majesty, how dare I lie about important military matters?" The soldier shouted eagerly: "The commander of the Star Luo Empire has been replaced. It's 'Military God', Lei Yin."
"Thunderclap Douluo?" Dai Mubai's face was solemn. "I also know something about this person. When I was training in the White Tiger Army, he was the one who commanded the Heaven Dou Empire's army and fought against General Wei. At that time, all our White Tiger Army's actions were calculated by him."
"But wasn't he a general of your Heaven Dou Empire? Later, after Duke Amon was jointly wanted by the two empires, he disappeared with him."
Xue Beng was a little confused, "How did he run to the Star Luo Empire? And become a leading general?"
Yu Xiaogang said softly: "It is possible that the Star Luo Empire secretly recruited Duke Amon and others who were wanted."
Xue Beng's face was livid, and he glared at Dai Mubai:
"Is this the sincerity of your Star Luo Empire? You asked our Heaven Dou Empire to hunt down Duke Amon, but secretly recruited them..."
Dai Mubai said in a deep voice: "Please calm down, I think there must be some misunderstanding. As the 'Crown Prince', I personally came to submit the peace treaty and returned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which is enough to prove our desire for peace."
He looked calm on the surface, but he was anxious in his heart. Based on his understanding of Dai Chenghua, it was not impossible for him to paralyze the Heaven Dou Empire while secretly gathering troops to prepare for war. Or rather, this possibility was quite high.
He was completely disappointed with his father. This was simply using him, the "Crown Prince", and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as bait to make Xue Beng relax his vigilance.
Now he was in the enemy's territory, and if the two countries went to war again, he and Zhu Zhuqing would definitely not be able to escape! The outcome would be extremely miserable.
Dai Mubai frantically turned his brain, thinking about countermeasures in his heart... Maybe Shrek Academy could save himself and Zhu Zhuqing, but this would inevitably lead to Xue Beng's dissatisfaction with Shrek Academy...
Maybe this was precisely one of his father's conspiracies, using himself to provoke conflicts between the academy and the royal family, causing instability within the Heaven Dou Empire.
"Hmph, maybe this is your conspiracy, the Crown Prince is just a cover thrown out by the royal family, and it is also possible that there is another real Crown Prince."
Xue Beng snorted coldly: "Come on, take down these two spies from the Star Luo Empire."
Dai Mubai protected Zhu Zhuqing behind him, his evil eyes flashing fiercely, staring at Xue Beng, like a tiger that would pounce and hurt people at any time.
"Let's see who dares! Whoever moves Dai, is my enemy." The hot-tempered Ma Hongjun immediately came to Dai Mubai's side, flames rising from his body, glaring at the surrounding guards.
Oscar and Ning Rongrong also came to their side, "How can we be missing from this kind of thing?"
Ning Fengzhi felt a headache as he watched this scene.
Tang San wanted to take Xiao Wu back into the "Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch", but she refused, so he had to hold her, walked to them, looked at Xue Beng and said:
"Even if the Star Luo Empire really leads troops to attack, I will not let anyone hurt Mubai, he is my brother."
"That's right, we Shrek Seven Devils always advance and retreat together!" Ning Rongrong said firmly.
Xiao Wu also widened her red eyes, staring at Xue Beng.
"Little San..." Dai Mubai was moved.
"Mubai, when Xiao Wu's identity was exposed, didn't you stand in front of me regardless of the danger? Now it's my turn," Tang San said with a smile.
Seeing this scene, Xue Beng's face changed, realizing that he was a little out of control and too hasty.
The daughter of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's master, Tang San representing the Clear Sky Sect, and the personal disciple of Flender, the dean of Shrek Academy, these people's identities were not simple, and each one was worth his serious treatment.
If the people in Shrek Academy unite against him, his throne will be unstable!
This was also the reason why he had been wanting to worship Yu Xiaogang as his teacher... He wanted to join them, become a member of Shrek Academy, and then win them over and divide them.
But he had just officially become a teacher, and before he had time to win over a group, this headache-inducing situation occurred.
He was now in a dilemma.
At this time, "Master" Yu Xiaogang stood up, patted Tang San on the shoulder, and said:
"Little San, you don't need to be so nervous, Xue Beng is just worried about the situation at the border and didn't consider it properly.
"Mubai and Zhuqing are always members of our academy, and no one dares to attack you casually before the truth is found out.
"Xue Beng, I believe this matter has nothing to do with Mubai, and you don't need to be too hasty. We will not sit idly by while the Star Luo Empire invades."
He gave Xue Beng a way out.
"What the teacher taught is right, I was not considerate enough." He said with a trace of apology.
At Yu Xiaogang's suggestion, Dai Mubai also made a guarantee:
"I really don't know about this, but it is also possible that my father is using us as bait. If this is the case, then I will sever ties with him. From now on, I will no longer be the prince of the Star Luo Empire, but just a graduate of Shrek Academy."
Although he said so, Dai Mubai was still wary of Xue Beng, and took Zhu Zhuqing slightly away. Oscar and others were also with him, looking at Xue Beng with unfriendly eyes.
Xue Beng had a smile on his face, but his heart was full of anger. He made up his mind that if he had the opportunity, he would definitely rectify Shrek Academy. He could not allow such a force that he could not control to exist within the empire.
"Perhaps it was not the Star Luo Emperor who recruited Amon, but that 'Thief Duke' who stole again... but this time, what he stole was the entire Star Luo Empire!" Tang Hao walked into the banquet hall from outside, and said in a deep voice.
"What do you mean?" Dai Mubai was stunned.
"Just recently, the disciples of the Clear Sky Sect in the Star Luo Empire sent news that the Star Luo Empire has been renamed the Tudor Dynasty, and Star Luo City has also been renamed Night Capital. This is a very obvious signal. Obviously, the position of emperor has changed hands."
"A thief stealing a country... what a terrifying guy," Tang San murmured to himself.
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing looked at each other and asked: "How can you tell that the Star Luo Empire has changed hands? We have not found Amon's trace in the palace."
Tang San looked at Dai Mubai in surprise, his eyes a little strange: "Renamed the Tudor Dynasty, isn't that obvious enough?"
"Ah?" Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing didn't quite understand. They felt a trace of incongruity and contradiction in their hearts.
This was the fate stolen by Amon taking effect.
When Amon steals someone's destiny, replaces them, and does things that are inconsistent with that person's original behavior, others will subconsciously think that what he does is in line with that person's destiny... unless it is too contrary to common sense.
Changing a country's name or a city's name, in Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai's eyes, is just a whim of Dai Chenghua.
Even if Tang Hao pointed it out, they were still puzzled.
It wasn't just them who were puzzled; Xue Beng, Yu Xiaogang, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong were equally puzzled and couldn't understand.
Tang San's pupils shrank as he noticed the strangeness. He asked a guard:
"What do you think? About the Star Luo Empire changing its name to the Tudor Dynasty?"
The guard was stunned at first, then said, "Is that strange?"
Tang San then asked a Soul Sage, "What do you think?"
The Soul Sage analyzed seriously, "An empire would never change its name casually. It's very likely that the Star Luo Empire has changed hands... But what I can't understand is that with such a drastic change, the Star Luo Empire's court is still so calm, and there hasn't been any news about it before."
After asking a few more people, Tang San called Tang Hao, Xue Beng, Yu Xiaogang, and others into a room.
Yu Xiaogang asked with confusion, "Xiao San, what did you discover?"
"Don't you find it strange about the Star Luo Empire changing its name?" Tang San asked, "I just asked a few people, and those above the Soul Sage level all feel that the Star Luo Empire has been ruled by Amon, but those below the Soul Sage level have no reaction to this at all."
The one who stole Dai Chenghua's destiny was Amon's Soul Sage-level clone, so this kind of destiny tampering will not have any effect on people at or above the Soul Sage level. The destiny they perceive is normal destiny.
"Different perceptions... based on strength?" Yu Xiaogang frowned.
"That's right." Tang San nodded solemnly.
"I do have a very discordant feeling, as if something has been torn, distorted, and mixed up, but I just can't put my finger on it," Dai Mubai said thoughtfully.
"Could this also be Amon's doing? Isn't that too terrifying?" Ning Fengzhi said in a heavy tone.
"Destiny... what's being distorted is destiny!" "Gehrman's" figure emerged from the shadows.
Ning Fengzhi's expression changed drastically, "Duke Amon!"
"It's not him, I'm called Gehrman Sparrow." "Gehrman" glanced at him, his voice calm.
Tang San first briefly introduced "Gehrman" to Xue Beng and Ning Fengzhi, and then asked:
"Gehrman, do you know what means Amon is using?"
"This is probably a power called 'Trojan Hors of Destiny.' Even in our family's history, it has only appeared a handful of times."
"Gehrman's" expression was somewhat solemn, "He can steal other people's destiny, making others regard him as that person... Some unreasonable things will also be ignored due to the influence of the power of destiny."
Hiss... Ma Hongjun couldn't help but gasp, "How can there be such a strange and terrifying ability?"
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had undisguised horror in their eyes, and cold sweat dripped down their foreheads and backs... Could it be that the emperor they had been in contact with during this time was not Dai Chenghua, but Amon?
The thought of sincerely treating someone with a different face as their father, without realizing it, and even feeling the warmth of family from that person, gave Dai Mubai a creepy feeling.
Ning Rongrong couldn't help but ask, "Isn't there any limit?"
Gehrman said in a deep voice, "The biggest limitation is that to obtain the 'Trojan Horse of Destiny' ability, one needs to hunt Soul Beasts related to destiny... and this type of Soul Beast is very rare.
"And it's only a hope to obtain the 'Trojan Horse of Destiny'; the probability of success is very low... But this biggest limitation has already been overcome by him... He even hunted a Rui Beast!
"Generally speaking, the upper limit of the strength of the person who can be replaced is related to the age of the Soul Beast hunted. The higher the age of the Soul Beast, the higher the upper limit of destiny that can be stolen.
"But the Rui Beast is special. It can ignore the constraints of rules, grow without limit, and will not encounter Heavenly Tribulation... This leads to the upper limit that Amon can replace also increasing with the improvement of his own level.
"This is the complete 'Trojan Horse of Destiny' ability that only the first Amon once possessed! Only those whose Soul Master rank is the same as his, or higher, can be unaffected by this power of destiny and see through the true destiny.
"Since people at the Soul Sage level can now detect that the Star Dou Empire has changed hands, it means that Amon is also a Soul Sage... That's probably the only good news."
"If he reaches the Title Douluo level, does that mean that only Title Douluos can be immune to this influence?" Xue Beng thought of this terrifying scene, with a hint of horror in his eyes.
"That's right," "Gehrman" affirmed.
Amon's ability is simply a nightmare for people like Xue Beng, who are not strong but hold high positions. How many Title Douluos are there in this world?
The empire's biggest means of dealing with high-level Soul Masters is to consume their soul power through numerical superiority, and then surround and kill them.
But facing Amon, this will not work, because low-level Soul Masters cannot distinguish which is the real Amon at all. They may even regard Amon as their superior and obey his orders!
"Wait, you said that his ability has no effect on people of the same rank as himself or higher. Although I'm not very sure about my father's soul power level, it's definitely above Soul Sage," Dai Mubai discovered the blind spot.
"Gehrman" shook his head and explained, "This is not contradictory. Amon has been good at exploiting various loopholes since he was a child... Some rules' loopholes can also be exploited.
"He can first use some methods to lower your father's soul power level. Of course, it is also possible that his strength is already more than Soul Sage, but I still prefer the first possibility."
A rare trace of helplessness appeared on "Gehrman's" stern face. After a moment of pause, he continued:
"Before, when I heard that he hunted the Rui Beast, I didn't consider it in this direction, because the 'Trojan Horse of Destiny' has appeared too few times.
"Now that your experiences have made it clear that he has this ability, then in this world, I'm afraid no one will be his opponent anymore."
"Facing such an enemy, how can we possibly win... Is it too late for us to surrender now?" Ma Hongjun said half-jokingly.
"Old Fourth, don't say such things again," Tang San said coldly.
He looked at Yu Xiaogang and said, "Sorry, Teacher, Old Fourth didn't mean it."
Yu Xiaogang shook his head, "Anyone would feel despair in the face of such an enemy... If my hatred for him wasn't too deep, I wouldn't be his enemy.
"I don't know how the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest will respond, but since Amon dares to blatantly declare his rule over the Star Luo Empire, then he has probably prepared to face the Ferocious Beasts."
"Gehrman" said, "Although Jacob, who now possesses the name of Amon, is very strong, he has not surpassed the original ancestor... In that distant past, the Amon family, which was once at its peak, disappeared at its most illustrious time..."
Tang San understood the implied meaning in his words, and his eyes lit up:
"You mean that Amon is not invincible, and there is something that can restrain him."
"Gehrman" nodded, "It's very simple, you just need to become a god."
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