Chapter 601 Loren Is in so Much Pain
"Today is the forty-second day since you came to this shadow world."
"The Horning Empire not only successfully occupied the neighboring Kingdom of Bliss, but also the Fuklo Kingdom and Edith Kingdom on the east and west sides have been infiltrated. The Polant Empire is retreating on the front battlefield. In this battle, our army suffered 30,000 casualties and nearly 1,000 magic cannons. The ports in the northern continental strait have also fallen into the hands of the blood clan. It has become an established fact that the Horning Empire will launch a new offensive against our country or neighboring countries."
"What's worse is that the parliament's trust in you has dropped to an unprecedented low. If nothing unexpected happens, you will be impeached in the vote of no confidence to be held tomorrow."
"This afternoon's speech is your last chance."
"Success or failure depends on this one move. Your fate is already tied to Loren."
Boss Cat stood on Lanqi's desk, fiddling with his Nixie timer and broadcasting the report to him.
It was noon in the Prime Minister's office of Helsarem.
After the curtains were drawn, the room was slightly dim, and the Nixie timer lamp emitted a saturated orange-red light, like magma lighting up the final countdown.
Lanqi sat alone behind an old-fashioned wooden desk, surrounded by densely packed documents and file bags.
"It's time for me to give a speech in the House of Commons."
Lanqi's face was illuminated by the Nixie tube on the table. No one knew what he was thinking. His eyes seemed to penetrate the direction of the Capitol.
Two days later, after returning to the capital of Hersarem from Birkinhe County on the northern border, Lanqi had already done all the docking work with his stand-in and arranged the final agenda.
The wartime cabinet's support for the resistance action no longer existed. It was drafting a peace agreement and even adopted the right to postpone the passage. The alliance with the demons was not passed for the time being.
Lanqi stood up, walked around the long table, and took off his coat in front of the coat rack.
Next, before he picked up the cat boss, he took a magic guide box covered with prohibitions from the cabinet on the side of the room.
After opening it, there was only a small communication device inside, and on top of it was a button with three holy patterns twisted and spliced together.
"Cat, press this button."
Lanqi stroked the cat boss's head and said to it.
The faint buzzing sound of the timer echoed in the quiet room, reminding them of the passage of precious time.
"What is this, meow!"
The cat boss curiously circled around the communication device.
"Press this button, and your shadow world contribution will take off. Maybe you can get an epic reward that matches your rank."
Lanqi said with a smile.
"Meow meow?!"
The cat boss rolled over happily.
It thought that Lanqi was trying to make it happy by saying that he would help it brush its contribution, but it didn't expect Lanqi to keep it in mind. He liked him too much!
"Really? If I press it, will I have a chance to get an epic reward?"
After rolling over on the table, the cat boss confirmed again.
It always felt that the legendary high-level epic card far away in the sky was too simple. After all, it didn't dare to dream of getting an epic item before!
"Yes, press it, and many people will be happy."
Lan Qi nodded, opened a book of "The Gospel of the Holy Rite" on the table, and said firmly.
The concept of the Trinity represents the community between the Heavenly Father, the Son of Man, and the Holy Spirit, that is, the community of love.
It reveals that love is the essence of God, and God's love is unconditional, perfect and eternal.
The followers of the Holy Rite Church are encouraged to imitate God's love and strive to embody love and harmony.
The concept of the Trinity is also related to the concept of salvation of the Holy Rite Church.
The Heavenly Father sent the Son to save mankind, and the work of the Holy Spirit in individuals and the church helps to realize this salvation plan.
Salvation is the joint action of all persons of God, aimed at saving the world.
And this button is the last step to realize great love.
"Meow!"
The cat boss raised his paw and pressed the button without hesitation.
"Then what? What will change after pressing it?"
The cat boss asked nervously looking around.
It feels that nothing will happen after pressing this button.
According to Lan Qi's mysterious tone, there should be some changes after pressing this button.
"Ten thousand suns will rise somewhere in the Horning Empire."
Lanqi picked up the cat boss and said to it kindly.
"Meow?"
The cat boss opened his bright cat eyes.
It didn't understand.
But it's okay, as long as it can get the reward.
...
Three hours later.
The present world.
In the heart of the Kingdom of Hutton, the Old Buri Tribunal along the wall of Ikrit, a building immersed in the depths of history was gently swept by a wisp of dawn in the dark moments before dawn.
At this moment, the world has not yet fully awakened, but the Old Buri Tribunal has been silently waiting on the edge of time, ready to welcome the urgent hearing of the new day.
The time zone of the Dark Eclipse Demon Realm of the Seventh-Level Shadow World is about twelve hours different from the present world. If the present world is at five or six in the morning, then the Shadow World is at five or six in the evening.
There are less than seventy-two hours left in the Shadow World, and basically everything has become a foregone conclusion.
Inside the courtroom, traditional wooden panels and heavy red curtains towered high, and the statue of the God of Light and Law stood at the end of the hall, as if her eyes were also watching the hearing that was about to begin.
On this solemn morning, Loren had already stood alone in the center of the courtroom.
He is now a frequent visitor to the trial bench. The rare stubble on his tired and weathered face adds a touch of earthly smoke to his former gentleness and handsomeness.
As an eighth-level great priest, he is like walking on thin ice.
"This seventh-level shadow world is basically hopeless. Let alone one percent, even 0.1 percent is out of reach."
"Judging from the video that Student Loren opened last time, it's all nonsense."
There was little natural light outside the courthouse windows, and the chatter in the jury box echoed like ghostly whispers in my ears.
"Today may be the last hearing. Loren, are you ready?"
The presiding judge's gavel struck, and the discussions stopped abruptly, and a dead silence enveloped every corner.
The presiding judge, Duke Akares, waved his hand gently, and the crystal ball-shaped magic instrument on the side of the trial court lit up at the same moment, projecting the last scene of the shadow world.
In the thick mist, the outline of Helsalem, the capital of Pollant, was looming.
The bells of Hull's clock tower rang in the quiet and tense air, reminding the Pollantes that the darkest hour had arrived.
Then the scene shifts to the Paulante Capitol, where the tension is almost palpable.
Politicians no longer argued fiercely, and their faces looked particularly serious in the dim light.
There were heavy clouds in the sky, and occasionally the flying dragon warriors of the Horning Empire could be seen passing through the sky. The streets were already filled with trenches.
This is the information about the shadow world left by Loren’s students when they started the live broadcast for the last time——
[Mission Objective 1: Find the key to defeating the Vampires, completed. 】
[Mission Objective 2: At the end of the Shadow World, increase the human side’s winning chance against the vampire side to more than 1%. The current winning rate is 0.0007%. 】
[Mission goal 3: All challengers must survive until the end of the 45-day time limit, and the current survival rate is 3/3. 】
Mission objective 1 has been completed.
But the most core task 2 has not only made no progress, but has also regressed.
[Current status of the Pollante Empire]
[Popularity: 586→705/1000 (popular support rate and cohesion)]
[House of Representatives: 175→32/1000 (support rate of high-level officials within the Pollante Empire)]
[Military strength: 199/1000 (using the Horning Empire as a reference)]
[Finance: 325→337/1000 (the current productivity status of the Polante Empire)]
[Diplomacy: 232/1000 (diplomatic relations with the demon world and surrounding countries that have not yet surrendered)]
[Comprehensive odds of winning: 0.0007%]
After Lanqi returned to the Paulante Empire, [Public Support] was still growing steadily, but it didn't help.
[Military power], [Finance], and [Diplomacy] basically remain unchanged.
The most fatal thing is that the [House] item directly fell below the warning line of 100, which means that the shadow world has entered an uncontrollable rampage mode.
The odds of winning dropped from 0.0074% back to 0.0007%.
As expected, the helpless Loren student will soon be impeached, and by then this seventh-order shadow world will come to an end!
And a terrible natural disaster will come somewhere in this world.
"I...know it well."
Loren looked at the cold reflection, took a deep breath, and tried to calm the waves in his heart.
"Loren, your student has now completely collapsed this shadow world. Do you admit that he was taught by you, and that you have an unshirkable responsibility for his rash entry into the shadow world and his failure?"
The Minister of Justice of the Hutton Kingdom, Duke Akares, had a serious expression.
"……yes."
Loren choked up a little.
In fact, Lan Qi was not taught by him, but at this time, it was even more impossible for him to shirk the responsibility to the students, because Lan Qi could not bear this responsibility, and he did not want to ruin Lan Qi's future.
"Everything was ordered by me."
Loren lowered his head and said.
His words seemed to be arguing with reality, and every word was as heavy as a thousand stones.
"Okay, Loren, since you said so, I won't ask you any more or state too many causes, processes, and results. The United Parliament of the Southern Continent Kingdom, the Shadow World Management Association, the Southern Continent Disaster Prevention Agency, and the Kingdom of Hutton The joint investigation team composed of the Security Bureau and other departments has produced a very detailed investigation report.”
The presiding judge, Duke Akares, continued.
The conclusion was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of everyone in the Tribunal again and again.
The trial bell rang at Old Bree Court, and the thin light mingled with the heavy air.
People's eyes were focused on Loren, as if the weight of the hearing was entirely on him.
The entire Hutton Kingdom was also waiting with bated breath at this moment. Even early in the morning, the broadcast of the crucial hearing began.
Even in the trial court and the audience, there were still a few eyes full of concern for him, but these were just a drop in the ocean and could not reverse the torrent of public opinion.
At the trial seat, the paladin captain of the Goddess of Destiny Church who came all the way from the Kingdom of Canberra clenched his hands tightly.
At this moment, she was not wearing the heavy armor of the past, but a light dress, and Loren didn't recognize her at all.
"Best friend..."
The Paladin leader still believed that her best friend was a mature and stable person who would not make such a mistake. Although she wanted to stand up and say a few words for Loren, she came to the Kingdom of Hutton with the important task of investigating the mysterious cardinal in the Kingdom United Parliament. She could not favor her own people without distinguishing between public and private at this moment and drag the entire Church of the Goddess of Destiny into the water.
She turned her head with great struggle in her heart and stopped looking at Loren.
At this moment, she felt that everything was over and she was sitting on pins and needles.
The hearing was coming to an end before the first ray of sunshine in the morning, and everything returned to silence again.
Just when people thought that a generation of noble priests would be ruined.
The open-air giant screen in the Kingdom of Hutton, which had been playing the morning news, turned black and began to show an urgent shadow world picture.
It immediately attracted a few eyes.
The shadow world that could be interrupted at this time must not be a trivial matter.
Hearing the sound, more and more people in the court looked at the projection screen.
It was indeed Ranchi who opened the shadow world live again!
"This should be the last live broadcast of Shadow World."
"I think Loren's students should mean the same thing."
"Is there any need to struggle with a 0.0007% chance of winning?"
The hearing was temporarily suspended, and whispers gradually spread in the trial and audience seats.
In the picture, the sunset gradually sank to the west, and the afterglow sprinkled on the Helsharem River. The golden light and the river surface sparkled, and the spire of the Capitol next to it was still shrouded in a layer of uneasy shadows against the backdrop of the sunset.
The sound of air raid sirens came from time to time, bringing some horror and uncertainty to this quiet evening.
Around the Capitol, the bustling scene on weekdays was no longer there, replaced by heavy troops and sparse reporters.
They either stopped and stared at the afterglow of the sunset on the Helsharem River, or silently looked up at the Capitol, praying for the empire in their hearts.
This afternoon, in the House of Commons in Helsharem, Prime Minister Wilford will give a speech, which will be broadcasted nationwide.
Three days before the speech, various media began to report enthusiastically, and people from all walks of life were eagerly waiting for it.
The current situation of the Prime Minister in the wartime cabinet is known to everyone in the Polant Empire.
This speech.
It was also called by the media as the Prime Minister's -
last speech.