Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

Chapter 2: Thea Constance

Thea Constance.

She was one of the seven Imperial Guards of the Empire and was also the Imperial Guard that Rayne trusted the most in the past.

The maidservant headed towards the Church with Rayne's orders.

What Rayne had to do next was to wait patiently.

According to the rules of the Haines Empire…

The Imperial Guards would only be on call to the Emperor.

They possessed extremely high autonomy. Even if the princes wanted to meet the Imperial Guards, it would depend on their mood at that time.

Given Constance's character, she would not reject Rayne's invitation.

However, that would have to wait till she was done with her work.

While waiting for her, Rayne could think about how he should fight in this generation.

With the downfall of the System, Rayne no longer had the chance to delete the game and restart it.

His final chance dangled right before him.

After a thousand rebirths, Rayne already had a detailed countermeasure for every enemy and difficulty he would encounter in the future.

However, what Rayne could not defeat up till now were his seven Imperial Guards.

The Imperial Guards were the foundation of the Haines Empire and were the strongest individuals of this continent.

In this era, apart from the extremely special ancient mythical species, the only one who could stop a demigod on the battlefield was another demigod.

The bloodline of the gods had never stopped flowing in this continent. Apart from the Haines Empire, other countries would occasionally be lucky enough to recruit one or two demigods.

However, the quality of these wild demigods was naturally incomparable to the demigods that were officially nurtured in the Haines Empire.

Therefore, this also created an unshakable absolute military advantage for the Haines Empire.

Only, an invincible war machine had its own drawbacks.

Due to the success of the awakening ritual of the Orthodoxy Church, the purity of the bloodline of the demigods increased generation after generation. In fact, there were even super monsters with a goddess composition of more than 90%.

A high purity bloodline would bring about stronger combat strength. However, at the same time, it would cause a problem.

Identity.

The Imperial Guards no longer identified themselves as humans.

This was not a subjective thought. It was a disdain towards ants that was rooted in the bloodline of high-dimensional living beings.

They did not view themselves as humans, let alone be restrained by their morals.

According to Rayne's research, in their understanding, their relationship with humans could be compared to players and NPCs.

Although they could get along with humans happily, their natures prevented them from viewing humans as their own.

This was also the reason why the demigod Imperial Guards were only after profits and played with the mortal realm.

If he could make good use of these demigods, Rayne could easily flatten the mainland and complete the unification.

However, on the other hand, if he went overboard, this group of traitors had countless methods to backstab and kill Rayne.

It was probably… from the 200th rebirth.

Rayne no longer bore any hopes towards the Imperial Guards.

After each rebirth, Rayne would spare no effort to eliminate the group of demigod Imperial Guards until there was only one left.

All the demigod Imperial Guards underwent a series of scientifically rigorous bloodline evaluation in the Church before a most suitable candidate was chosen for fusion. These were the officially certified products that were created after undergoing various magical rituals and receiving the blessings of the gods.

However, Thea Constance was the only one who was different.

Her mother was a prostitute in a small town at the borders of the Empire while her father was an unknown demigod whose identity was still unknown to the Empire.

This caused the purity of her bloodline to be very low—it was only 50% at best.

The disadvantage of the bloodline was that without cheating, Constance's combat strength was ranked last among the Imperial Guards.

However, the benefit was that this girl was very humane and had a clear distinction between love and hate.

Rayne looked back at his first life. At that time, he did too many stupid things and wasted too much time.

19 years of precious time was wasted meaninglessly by that ignorant little fool of the past in a frivolous lifestyle.

However, in his first life, he did something right.

That winter, they passed by that small town at the borders and brought Thea Constance back from that dark basement.

As long as he had Constance, Rayne would have a shot even if he killed all the other six Imperial Guards.

In fact, by the 999th rebirth, Rayne had almost cleared the world and was only a step away from completing the final sacrificial ritual.

However, right before the final step was completed, Rayne was stabbed in the back by Constance.

Before the heart-wrenching pain in his chest dissipated, Rayne could still clearly recall the scene of the girl apologizing to him with tears in her eyes while piercing his heart firmly.

Thea Constance…

Rayne murmured the name softly.

Suddenly, an emotionless and calm voice sounded.

"Your Highness?"

Raising his head, Rayne caught sight of a beautiful white-haired demigod.

Her ravishing face lacked the necessary expression as she looked at Rayne calmly like an exquisite puppet.

As a descendant of the gods, the white-haired woman before him was no ordinary beauty. Instead, she was the exemplary answer to the abstract concept of beauty.

She wore a plain white petticoat and a coat of hollow silver armor made from elven craftsmanship. In front of her ice-blue eyes was a pair of dragon crystal glasses. As a demigod, she naturally wouldn't be short-sighted. However, those glasses were of other use.

Thea Constance.

She stood upright in front of Rayne, her voice emotionless. "Your Highness, you're looking for me?"

"You're early. Are the prayers over?"

Constance replied, "No, but Hela is back. She's on duty with me."

Rayne nodded.

He looked at Constance and said nothing more.

A moment later, he said in a deep voice, "Constance, I had a dream this morning."

"Is that so?"

Rayne continued, "Yes, that dream was very, very long, about 10,000 years long. In the dream, I was surrounded by enemies and the only person I could rely on was you. You stayed by my side, walked with me towards victory and died with me. Finally, after experiencing too much death and pain, we reached the end of the story."

He smiled and gazed at Constance affectionately. "We stood at the end of the world and all we needed was a final step to draw a perfect ending to the story. Can you guess what happened next?"

Constance's expression seemed to have changed. However, she did not say much and merely replied truthfully, "I don't know, Your Highness. Please tell me."

Rayne's expression suddenly darkened. "Then, you killed me!"

Constance: "…"

Rayne said through gritted teeth, "You said that you loved me while twisting the knife so that you could crush my heart... you crazy little sl*t!"

Constance: "…"

Although she was scolded for no reason, Constance did not seem angry.

She merely consoled him indifferently, "Your Highness, that was just a dream. You don't have to take it seriously."

"Is that so?"

"Guess I can only treat it as a dream then..."

Rayne shrugged. "The past is the past. The key is that we have to move on, right?"

Constance replied, "Yes, Your Highness."

"So…"

Rayne looked at Constance and various thoughts ran through his mind. After a few rounds of struggling to make a decision, he finally made up his mind.

He said, "Constance, I wonder if you're willing to accompany me on the streets."

"I'll be delighted. Where are you intending to go?"

Rayne smiled. "We're about to accomplish something that can change the world and bring happiness to everyone. Right now, we're about to take the first step."

"Follow me, Constance,"

Rayne's gaze was resolute as he walked towards the main entrance of the palace. "Let's go to the brothel."

Constance: "…?"

After a moment of silence, Constance followed Rayne in exasperation.