Chapter 785: Chapter 475: The Alice Equation Holds True! (Ten-Thousand-Word Chapter)

Vivian looked at Shen Sui in surprise, then furrowed her brow and fell into thought, shortly thereafter her brow relaxed, and her expression turned somewhat strange: "Could it be that you were there at the scene back then?"

"Ah, that day I was mining at the abyss entrance."

"..." Vivian didn’t know how to comment, "How long did it take you?"

"In the game, it took three days, I think?" Shen Sui thought it over.

"With your strength at that time, it took you three days?" Vivian was a little surprised, "Is the abyss that formidable?"

"Uh... it took three days to kill everything." Shen Sui scratched his cheek, "The dungeon had skill level restrictions, otherwise, I would’ve cleared the screen with one click."

Vivian didn’t know what to say.

On the Dawn Continent, the chaos in Roland City was quickly quelled.

After Emperor Charles I of the empire died, Catherine rapidly gathered the imperial Army of Roland City.

In fact, at that time, Catherine was at a disadvantage in the line of succession, and if any prince before her in the order stepped out, Catherine would miss the opportunity to control the army.

However, life always needs a little luck. And the premise of that luck is a small time advantage.

Actually, when the flames erupted in Roland City and several giants descended from the sky causing havoc, Catherine’s brothers had already sensed something amiss and sent out appropriate personnel.

But Catherine, who had great confidence in Alice, had already started to incorporate troops, under the pretense that the emperor had died, the moment Alice headed for the palace.

Some troops that leaned towards Catherine were skeptical of the situation, but considering the current turmoil in Roland City, they thought she was trying to stage a coup and joined her with the idea of gaining merit by aligning with the new order.

After the palace caught fire, more and more troops were persuaded by Catherine’s envoy.

It was at this moment that Alice, having dealt with Charles VII, made a high-profile exit from the palace, using her thunderous methods to "drive away" the invading giants.

The emperor was dead, the imperial Army stopped attacking, and the Thunder Knights were about to resist further, but Alice summoned the Twilight Legion disguised as Thunder Knights to annihilate their final resistance using dragon scales.

There were quite a few high-ranking combat power members in the Thunder Knights, but they were no match for Anna and Lobelia.

When the sun rose again the next morning, the entire Roland Empire had drastically changed.

Half of Roland City was destroyed by Alice’s flames.

Most of the people of Roland City, upon seeing this scene, were not only not angry, but rather pleased because the destroyed parts of the city did not belong to them.

Roland City was a reflection of the Roland Empire.

Ten percent of the nobility and clergy occupied eighty-five percent of the land in Roland City. The remaining ninety percent of commoners owned less than fifteen percent of the land.

Alice’s fire directly destroyed the sociological structure that had been built in Roland City over hundreds of years, and the rebirth after destruction was uncertain in terms of what future it would bring to this ancient city.

[Ding! You have obtained the event card: Coup Amid Flames]

[Ding! You have obtained the event card: Giant Invasion]

[Ding! You’ve obtained the spell card: Giants Descend]

[Ding! Your follower has obtained the new alternate art: Imperial Empress·Catherine]

[When Alice arrived at Catherine’s bedroom, she was in the middle of changing clothes, very busy, but upon seeing Alice, she decisively put down what she was doing.]

[The maid beside Catherine cast an admiring glance at Alice.]

[Alice was somewhat puzzled by the maid’s gaze, but since she was about to leave for the War God Temple, she didn’t spend time on such matters.]

[Catherine looked deeply at Alice.]

[This was a powerful and charming young woman.]

["Aren’t you about to ascend the throne? And here you are changing in your house," Alice said casually.]

[Catherine glared at Alice: "I’d prefer to have my coronation completed in the palace."]

[But the palace of the Roland Empire, due to the efforts of certain individuals, had turned into ruins, which even with magic would take several years to rebuild.]

[Alice felt slightly embarrassed.]

[But she quickly regained her confidence: "You told me to burn it."]

[This adept and forceful passing of the blame made Catherine doubt whether she really had said that.]

["You really don’t need my help," Catherine said, recalling the events of the previous night with a sigh.]

["Actually, I do need your help," Alice said earnestly, looking at Catherine, "I need a strong empress who opposes divine authority to stand at the forefront and attract the fire."]

[Alice’s words were very straightforward, but Catherine showed no sign of being upset.]

[In fact, even if Alice hadn’t mentioned it, Catherine had roughly guessed Alice’s intention.]

[Catherine would not let personal feelings influence her governance, but if their goals and interests aligned, she didn’t mind helping Alice.]

[Catherine was very clear that Alice didn’t like the feudal rule of the emperor very much, but she knew even more that Alice despised the rule of gods and the church more.]

[At least in this aspect, the two’s objectives were unified.]