408: The Disadvantages of the Mysterious Blessing (12K six chapters, congratulations on the completion of the second volume)

Chapter 407: The Drawbacks of the Mysterious Blessing (12K, Six Updates, Volume 2 Concluded)

After explaining some points to note, Victoria simply packed her luggage and decided to return to the Toya Empire with Dick and his group that same night.

With just one kiss, Victoria's many reservations and doubts disappeared; she didn't even listen to the advice of the noble officials.

Love, in fact, was not enough to make Victoria lose her rational judgment.

Dick knew that the truly decisive factor was the Mysterious Blessing!

After a period of use, Dick had come to understand and master the Mysterious Blessing.

Strictly speaking, its effect was not to enhance one's own charm, but to amplify all feelings others had towards oneself!

Not only positive feelings, but also negative emotions such as hatred, jealousy, and resentment would be amplified by the Mysterious Blessing. The young master of the Snow Orchid Family, Jeffrey, was a typical example.

No matter how dissolute or petty he was, he was still an educated Elf noble who knew what should and shouldn't be done.

It was normal for a human youth to humiliate Jeffrey in front of so many people, and it was normal for him to feel hatred and want to kill to vent his anger.

However, even after Jeffrey knew his identity and the full story, he still thought this way and couldn't even suppress the anger in his heart.

This was very abnormal!

As long as Jeffrey wasn't an imbecile or suffering from madness, he should have swallowed this insult, enduring it no matter how much he valued his dignity.

Back then, at the execution ground in the medicinal garden, Jeffrey, feeling the threat of death, wasn't tough at all; didn't he beg for mercy with tears streaming down his face?

Clearly, Jeffrey was inherently spineless; in the face of a death threat, he could completely abandon his dignity.

At the banquet after defeating the BOSS, when Jeffrey was educated by Vaseline and obediently came to offer a toast and apologize, Dick keenly noticed something was off.

Logically, Jeffrey should have completely let go of his psychological burden, but when their eyes met, there was still a hint of resentment lingering in his eyes.

Was Jeffrey's character too poor?

Although this was possible, Dick never overlooked any subtle anomaly and immediately suspected the Mysterious Blessing was at work.

It was the Mysterious Blessing that intensified the hatred in Jeffrey's heart!

To verify his conjecture, Dick conducted many subsequent experiments and finally concluded that the true effect of the Mysterious Blessing was to amplify others' emotions towards him.

Those who loved him would love him more, and those who hated him would hate him more!

Thus, the drawbacks of the Mysterious Blessing were actually not small.

For example, someone like Jeffrey, if not for Vaseline's education, he might very likely have been blinded by hatred and done something foolish.

Some troubles that could have been avoided might reappear because of the Mysterious Blessing, and even worsen!

Some emotions with blurred boundaries would change for the worse: envy turning into jealousy, displeasure into anger, a little suspicion turning into complete distrust...

But similarly, the beneficial effect of the Mysterious Blessing was also extremely strong; it could affect almost everything, even increasing the favor of gods!

Both Trundle and Orivia were affected by the Mysterious Blessing, and it didn't even spare the world will!

Dick even boldly speculated that the God of Rules was also within the range of the Mysterious Blessing's influence; its strength as a silver Blessing was clearly too overpowered.

...

One day later, in the central sleeping quarters of the Royal Palace in the Royal Capital of the Toya Empire.

"Victoria... let Victoria... succeed to the throne, she is the next Toya Emperor, proclaim my decree, announce... to the world..."

On the bed, Emperor Kaiye's voice was hoarse and weak.

He half-opened his cloudy eyes and looked at the ministers beside him, issuing the decree intermittently.

"The succession is of utmost importance, it cannot be rushed!"

"Your Majesty, Princess Victoria has not yet returned to the country, and the matter of establishing diplomatic relations with the Snow Elves is still ongoing. Your subject believes that succession at this time is somewhat inappropriate..."

"Yes, Your Majesty. The princess's qualifications are shallow, and her experience in governing is insufficient. Your subject suggests following the usual rules and having her oversee the state and act as regent for a few years first..."

Many ministers offered their advice one after another. They did not mention the failed assassination attempt earlier, but simply thought it should be postponed for a while longer.

Regarding the matter of succession, all the ministers currently standing in the sleeping quarters unanimously agreed that Victoria should be the next Emperor.

After all, those ministers who held opposing views had mostly died or been dismissed.

During the time Victoria was in the Eternal Frost Forest, Emperor Kaiye had been using the Deathsworn Troops to purge the country, clearing away almost all obstacles.

"All of you... shut up!!!"

With a low roar from Emperor Kaiye, the chattering ministers immediately fell silent, and the sleeping quarters instantly became quiet.

Recently, the bloody storm that swept through the Toya Empire made everyone realize one thing again: this old emperor, not far from death, was still terrifying; he was still the sky of Toya.

In his youth, Emperor Kaiye implemented highly centralized autocratic rule, truly achieving "those who obey me prosper, those who oppose me perish."

The silence in the sleeping quarters lasted for nearly half a minute. Emperor Kaiye propped himself up, his cloudy eyes revealing a hint of clarity, and his tone was unquestionable.

"This matter is settled, draft the decree as I said!"

After saying this, Emperor Kaiye lost all his strength, his head fell heavily onto the pillow, and his breathing was weaker than ever before.

Three hours later, amidst sorrowful wails, Emperor Kaiye breathed his last. This legendary Toya Emperor passed away.

According to his dying wish, the Crown Princess of the Toya Empire, Princess Victoria, would succeed to the throne and take over all power and wealth.

At this time, Victoria, far away in the Eternal Frost Forest, did not know about this.

Although long-distance magic sound transmission was convenient and fast, within the teleportation array built by Dick, Victoria was completely unable to receive any external information.

"Dick, can this really work? The Toya Empire is so far away, long-distance teleportation is probably not realistic, and there might also be dangers like spatial turbulence..."

Listening to Trundle's worried words, Dick explained while lowering his head to carve the magic array: "Generally speaking, if the distance exceeds a million li, the teleportation array will exceed high-level, and I won't be able to build it at all."

"But that's just common knowledge for magic arrays. However, I am now using your divine power and divinity, plus the divine pact I signed with the God of Space, Phicrez, within my body, so..."

Dick drew the last stroke, then slowly stood up, a smile curving his lips: "So, what I am carving is a divine array, a divine array that can teleport over ten million li!"

After saying that, Dick lightly snapped his fingers. Xiao Nai subconsciously pressed her legs together, her face flushed, preparing to welcome the baptism of the storm.

But unfortunately, she didn't feel anything special; Dick's finger snap was just to activate the teleportation divine array beneath their feet.

"Dick, why bother with all that trouble? Instead of spending a lot of energy building a divine array, I can directly take you flying..."

"No!!!"

Including Dick, everyone in the divine array simultaneously refused Trundle; no one wanted to experience projectile vomiting again.