Chapter 780: Chapter 474: Shen Sui’s Dungeon Trial Plan (Ten-Thousand-Word Mega Chapter) Part 6

Compared to Fujimoto Kyosuke’s direct insults, the others seemed much more reserved. Among them, the clever ones had already started to question the authenticity of this person.

After all, no matter what, Hu En’s original form was the son of a renowned noble in his own country. The pride instilled in his education shouldn’t allow him to surrender so easily.

Suddenly having free time, Shen Sui immediately felt bored.

He sat next to Vivian, his expression not too happy.

"Winning yet still wearing a sour face is really something rare," Vivian handed Shen Sui a bottle of water.

"If the opponent surrenders, it can’t be counted as a win," Shen Sui took the water and drank several gulps.

He still couldn’t understand why the opponent surrendered.

Was it fear of exposure? That can’t be it.

After killing the original form, he should’ve acquired the opponent’s card deck, though the Soul Card couldn’t be used, the other Life Cards were still usable. Even without the full capability of the original form, he should still be able to duel, right?

He could even pretend to have a bad hand and be forced to lose, couldn’t he?

Why surrender?

Wouldn’t it be better to have a duel?

The more Shen Sui thought about it, the more frustrated he got. He decided to open the Dueling Device to check on Alice’s situation to adjust his mood.

Clearly, Shen Sui forgot one thing: watching Alice always put his blood pressure through the roof, never serving as a mood adjuster.

The first sentence he saw after opening the Dueling Device made Shen Sui lose his composure:

[Alice set Roland City on fire.]

What the heck are you doing, Alice!

I remember the last I checked on you, you were still looking at materials related to Aivia, right?

Now, as soon as I open the Dueling Device, you’ve burned down Roland City.

And why is it that after burning down Roland City, there’s no prompt for acquiring a Life Card?

Could it be that from the perspective of the Dueling Device, arson in the city is so common for you that acquiring Life Cards isn’t needed?

Damn! How did it come to this?

Shen Sui patted his forehead, feeling his already frustrated mood now even more so.

Indeed, letting Alice gain strength doesn’t always bring good results.

At least her increased strength has clearly raised the threshold for acquiring Life Cards, leading to equally absurd events that once might have churned out a series of Life Cards but now yield none at all.

This would cause Shen Sui to miss many critical moments, making it impossible to hold Alice back when necessary.

Just like now.

Why did Alice set Roland City on fire?

How did she set Roland City on fire?

Shen Sui was full of questions.

This little lady is just too mischievous!

With a hint of frustration, Shen Sui started looking through previous records to find out what caused this.

Then Shen Sui discovered he might have wronged Alice.

For Alice, everything happened very suddenly as well.

After Alice completed the papal ceremony and officially became the Thunder Pope, it was only a few days before the imperial army of Roland City revolted, and a large portion of Thunder Knights from the Thunder Church also surrounded the church where Alice was located.

The previous Pope, although struck into a vegetative state by the Master of Thunder’s rage, still left behind factions.

As a ruler, the most crucial thing to grasp is the control over the military.

Alice had just officially assumed her role, and the Dragon Knight Legion from the Dragon God Sect had become a thing of the past following the decline of Dragon Valley, leaving her with very little military power.

In normal times, these Thunder Knights wouldn’t have betrayed Alice, since she had been rightfully acknowledged, and quite strongly so, by the Master of Thunder during the papal ceremony.

Yet, unexpectedly, the unexpected happened.

Alice never imagined that the current Roland Empire had ambitions—the present emperor, who had been firmly controlled by the Thunder Church, wanted to become the first historical emperor to unify church and state.

Thus, unknown to Alice, a deal of interests began.

With simple rhetoric, the Roland Emperor convinced the senior knights of the Thunder Church in Roland City to betray Alice.

The reason was simple: Adoma favored the Elm City faction more, and they would be replaced, reassigned to spend the rest of their days in a backwater diocese.

Then, the Roland Emperor offered them significant rewards.

To those in power, faith is nothing compared to interests.

Soon, those knight leaders chose to betray Alice.

When Alice emerged from the intelligence office, seeing a group of Thunder Knights with bared fangs directed at her, she was stunned.

But Alice, being Alice, quickly assessed the situation and didn’t accept these knights’ invitation for a meeting but instead decisively fled.

Soon after, the entire Roland City began a large-scale search for Alice in the name of capturing a high-severity fugitive.

Actually, Alice could have resolved this by calling on the Master of Thunder.

Although the Gods wouldn’t interfere with internal church conflicts, Alice isn’t truly a Thunder Believer. Her relationship with the Master of Thunder is more akin to a deal.

Similarly, as it’s a deal, one must let the other party see one’s strength and capability.

Alice had initially entranced the Master of Thunder in a short-term manner; if she couldn’t handle even this, the Master of Thunder would doubt whether Alice truly had the ability to usurp Viviane’s Twilight Power.

To escape her pursuers, Alice had no choice but to use her Flame Invisibility Technique within Roland City.

The initial line [Alice set Roland City on fire] indicates the remarkable effectiveness of her Flame Invisibility Technique.

And Alice, being quite vindictive, specifically targeted and set on fire the houses of the great nobles and clerics, directly causing massive chaos within Roland City.

During this chaos, Alice entered Catherine’s room.

[Alice saw Catherine taking a bath.]

["Alice?" Catherine looked at Alice in surprise, "What are you doing here?"]

[Alice quickly and concisely explained the situation, then asked, "The imperial army is hunting me down, do you know who’s behind it?"]

[Catherine furrowed her brow and analyzed, "To mobilize the imperial capital’s army on such a large scale, it could only be my father."]

[Alice looked at Catherine, suddenly having an idea, "Why don’t we rebel against your father?"]

[Alice knew that Catherine always had issues with her father, and every time they talked about issues, she would express dissatisfaction with her father.]

["Betrayal?" Catherine slowly stood up, gazing at Alice, "My loyalty to the emperor forbids me from doing so."]

[Alice felt a bit disappointed, did she judge incorrectly?]

[Catherine wrapped herself in a towel:]

["But I think, as his daughter, I have the obligation to give him a decent death."]